“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth again.” ~ Prov. 24:16
Falling down doesn’t make you a failure; but staying down does. It’s to be expected that we will be knocked down in the ring of life from time to time. Just make sure you’re back on your feet before the count of ten.
A quaint little saying by an old preacher, who is now with the Lord, has helped me from the inception of my Christian life until now. He reiterated this miniature truth over and again in his long ministry. Simply put, it was: “Keep gettin’ up!” Simple, but, oh, how profound.
We are apt to think bad people only fall, but this is not what David observed. The Shepherd’s shepherd tells us, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand,” Psa. 37:23-24. This is the fall of a good man walking in the ways of the Lord.
Cast him down as many times as you will, but a true Christian has something in him that causes him to always bounce back. Micah knew this truth, for he tells us, “When I fall, I shall arise,” Micha 7:8. And so will you, dear saint of God!