"I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved." (Psalm 16:8)
Who has power to "set the Lord" always before him? Can anybody move the Lord about at will? Can one bring the Lord down from above, and set Him at His right hand?
Certainly not; but one can recognize the abiding presence, and be established by it, as no one can who does not know that the Lord is in the place. Be sure that if God is at your right hand, He will take hold of it; that is the reason why you will not fall.
No matter where we are, even though it be "in the uttermost parts of the sea," even there shall His right hand hold us. "If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me." (Psalm 139:9-10)
Unshaken as the sacred hills.
And fixed as mountains stand,
Firm as a rock the soul shall rest,
That trusts th'Almighty hand.
--Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David (1719), Psalm 125: "The Saint's Trial and
Safety."
--Present Truth, August 4, 1904--Psalm 16:8.