The Real Promise

Proverbs 24:16 "For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again."

Psalm 36:12 "See how the evildoers lie fallen - thrown down, not able to rise."


The promise is not that we'll never be on the ground. Because of the accumulation of a series of bad decisions, that's often a place that a Christian will find themselves - looking up wondering what just hit them.

The promise is that we will rise again. The wicked, when they get thrown down (and there is a difference between being falling down and getting thrown down) - are not able to rise.

That's the promise - rising again. Getting back up and moving forward. It's a pretty good promise.

And those of us who are standing can reach our hands out to the fallen.