Although in our struggle against sin we have God himself with all His armor to help us, it sometimes happens that through vain self-confidence or failure to take heed to our ways we get a fall. What then? Shall we lie still and mourn over our defeat? Not by any means. "A man's goings are established of the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand." (Psalm 37:23-24)
So we should always say, "Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me." (Micah 7:8)
This boldness, this quietness and confidence, will be our strength, our victory. "[Christ] is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel." (Luke 2:34)--Present Truth, January 8, 1903--Psalm 37:23-24.