“Ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost” (Jude 20).
The last bit of the hill is the steepest. But never mind, climb anyway, and “as thy days, so shall thy strength be” (Deut. 33:25).
The days in which we live are perilous times, but the Lord is just as sufficient for perilous times as any other time. The power of the Spirit is always accompanied by a sense of weakness and difficulty, and therefore the need of mercy.
“Looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life” (Jude 21). Here we have the mercy needed along all the path, mercy reaching to the end and carrying us into everlasting life.
J. N. Darby