Your Fall Risk Assessment

            I often find that when I walk into a friends room at a hospital that there is a number on the door on a piece of paper which gives the “fall risk” for the patient. The higher the number, the more likely they are going to fall. It is to warn all of the nurses and staff about the risk of a person falling should they get out of bed. We now have a number of devices which are used to keep us off of the floor or the ground. I have had a number of falls most of which were a result of my own lack of common sense such as riding a bicycle in house slippers. While getting off of the bicycle, my foot moved in the slipper causing me to fall on the ground with the bike on top of me. Another fall occurred at my last place of work when I got my foot tangled up in a walker's wheels while gathering up some equipment causing me to fall on the floor which resulted in three cracks to a bone in my upper left arm. When things get worse, we go to walkers of various types and possible even to a wheel chair. The health industry seems to want to help keep us off of the floor or from saying, “Help. I've fallen and I can't get up.” Isaiah 41:13 says, “For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.”

          As adults, we don't usually have someone close by to hold our hand every time we get up and try to go somewhere. Usually balance and momentum keep us going in the right direction. If God were to give us a “fall number” in our spiritual life, it would be probably “100” which is the highest you can get on the fall risk assessment. We are certainly more prone to fall in our spiritual lives but we have and Asset that will keep us from falling and that is the very hand of God. Imagine, if you will, that you have just received your fall assessment number and now God says, “Don't worry about it. I've got your hand.” Wow! What an assurance of safety and hope in a place that is rocky, unstable, filled with darkness and holes of all sorts. If left to our own devices, we would surely fall into a pit and perhaps never be found but God, by His mercy and grace, has gripped our hand so tight, that we really have no fear of falling. God is there. We are also to notice that God is holding on to our hand and it is not that we are holding on to God's hand. The grip of our heavenly Father will never fail under any kind of danger or pitfall. The way will always be filled with rough terrain during our lives but God will always be there to hold our right hand in our spiritual journey. Whatever goes on in your life or what is about to go on, God has your right hand. Praise God today for His grip on our hand.