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Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Psalm 61:1-4

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"LEAD ME TO THE ROCK"
I. "FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH WILL I CRY UNTO THEE."
A. David had been driven from Jerusalem.
1. It is thought Ps. was written at time of Absalom's rebellion.
2. He was far removed from Tabernacle of God.
3. It seemed to David the end of the world.
B. God is always within reach.
1. No matter how far you may have strayed.
2. No matter how low you have fallen.
3. He is never more than a prayer away.
II. "WHEN MY HEART IS OVERWHELMED."
A. We all came to this place.
1. I have exhausted every resource.
2. I know I am going under, but nothing I can do.
B. A variety of circumstances can bring me to this place.
1. The loss of someone I love.
a. In death.
b. In life.
2. Severe illness, loss of health.
3. Inability to pay bills.
4. Facing an enemy who is stronger than I.
C. God often allows us to experience the limits of our capacities.
1. He waits as we struggle.
2. He watches each of our schemes fail.
3. He blocks every escape route.
4. His purpose is to teach us not to trust ourselves but to trust in Him.
III. "LEAD ME TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I."
A. There is a place of shelter that is beyond me.
1. I cannot experience it with all my efforts.
2. My heart cry's of that rest.
a. I cannot find it.
b. Lead me to that rock.
c. That place that is beyond my capacities to achieve.
B. Jesus Christ is that Rock.
1. Moses in smiting the rock.
a. Rock was a type of Christ.
b. "That Rock was Christ."
2. In Deut. 32 "He (Jehovah) is our Rock."
3. Dan. "Stone cut not with hands."
C. Rock a symbol for strength.
1. A place of shelter.
2. A place of defense.
D. If you will but come to Jesus Christ today, He will be a place of strength and defense for you.
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