PSALM CHAPTER 60
~~ What Could Be Worse Than To Be Abandoned By God ? ~~
But, Does He REALLY Abandon His
People, Or Does It Just Appear That Way
Because The Road Might Be Hard ?
1. THE MISTAKE OF LOOKING AT THE ROAD RATHER THAN
THE DESTINATION. V. 1. HEBREW 12:1-2. WHY ?
WE NEED HIM. FELLOWSHIP. PROTECTION. ETC.
A. THE OBSTRUCTIONS
TO THE FIVE. MARK 2:4.
TO THE BLIND. MATT. 20:30-33.
B. THE DISTRACTIONS
TO THE ONE. MATT. 14:28.
TO US ALL. MARK 4:19.
C. THE TEMPTATIONS
TO THE LORD. MATT. 4:3-6
TO THE RULE OF THE SYNAGOGUE. MARK 5:35.
D. THE IMPATIENCE
OF OUR SCHEDULES & PLANS. HEB. 6:13-15, PS. 40:1.
E. THE NECESSARY ENCOUNTERS
WITH THE ENEMY. V. 2. DEUT. 6:18-20, MARK 16:17.
2. WHEN GOD’S PURPOSE BEGINS TO SINK IN. V. 3
A. GOD ALWAYS IS FULFILLING HIS PURPOSE.
THE HUNGRY PEOPLE, THE LACK OF FOOD, JOHN 6:5-6.
RAISING OF LAZARUS. JOHN 11:11-14.
A RAGING STORM. LUKE 8:23-25
B. WE SEE GOD AS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, NOT US.
1 COR. 15:28, JOHN 3:31, EPHESIANS 1:11, ROMANS 9:10-14.
C. WE SEE GOD’S WILL AS BETTER THAN OUR OWN. 4-8
A DELIGHT TO THE HEART. PS. 40:8.
MUST BE LEARNED. PS. 143:10
CENTRAL TO OUR PRAYING. MATTHEW 6:10.
3. THE BANNER OF THE VICTOR MUST BE DISPLAYED. V. 4.
A. THE WELL-KNOWN BANNER OF LOVE. Song of Solomon 2:4.
B. THE BANNER OF JUDGMENT. ISAIAH 13:2
C. THE BANNERS OF THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD. PS. 20:5.
D. IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE GODLY. PS. 107:2, 1 PETER 3:15.
MARK 16:15, ACTS 1:8.
E. MANY WAYS OF HOLDING UP THE BANNER. PS. 68:11, LUKE 9:60
F. CONCEALING IT IS SIN AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
MARK 8:38.
—THERE ARE WAYS TO OVERCOME TIMIDITY. ROMANS 10:11,
2 TIMOTHY 1:12, 2 TIMOTHY 2:15.