“‘He will guard the feet of His saints, but the wicked shall be silent in darkness. For by strength no man shall prevail.’” (1 Samuel 2:9)

Hannah takes still another upward step. She not only teaches that the Lord will supply our needs, making the poor rich, and so forth, but she also says that the Lord will keep the feet of the saints.

• Our God is a God who gives guidance to His own.

When we think of our feet, we think of the pathway we tread, of the way we go. God will keep our pathway and show us the way in which we should go. Nor do we have to think that this “keeping of our feet” means only the great trend of our life; that is, that God will guide us only in the big things. It is written, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord” (Psalm 37:23).

Is it not wonderful to have some One go before us to point out the way? Is it not blessed to have some One saying to us, “ This is the way, walk ye in it”?

• Our God is a God who puts the wicked into darkness.

How striking is the expression “but the wicked shall be silent in darkness.” When it was light in Israel it was dark in Egypt.

The true saint is treading a path which grows brighter and brighter unto perfect day. The wicked are walking a path which grows darker and darker, until at last the wicked enter into the “blackness of darkness forever” (Jude 13).

• Our God is a God of victory.

The last statement of our verse is: “For by strength no man shall prevail.”

When the kings of the earth set themselves together against the Lord and against His Anointed; when they say: “‘Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us’” (Psalm 2:2), do you think that they shall prevail?

When, as described in the Book of Revelation, the antichrist shall curse those that dwell in the Heavens, do you think that he shall prevail?

It does not matter what strength the world may have - strength of money, for money is power; strength of armies, for armies stand for force - all will be as chaff before the wind on a summer threshing floor when the Lord arises.

Guard your heart. Teach your children. Watch and pray.