The Testimony of a Faithful Walker
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Psalms 27:1-6
Psalms 27:1-6
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. 3 Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident. 4 One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple. 5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. 6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
One of my daily routines is getting up, going to Mount Trashmore, or going to the rec center.
I’ve been consistent now, in working out.
There are two things I love about working out. One is lifting weights and the other one is taking breaks.
I like lifting weights because I can blow off steam.
I like lifting weights because that’s my strong suit.
and I like lifting weights because that’s where I look the best.
I like taking breaks because so I can catch my breath.
I like taking breaks because I get to rehidrate.
and I like taking breaks because I’m a bit lazy.
but there is one thing that I dread about working out.
I love weights, I love breaks, but I hate walking.
As I was walking with my trainer one day,
I was drenched in sweat, I was sore,
and I was about ready to walk to my car, and go home.
I told my trainer, that I couldn’t go any longer and he told me
“Just keep walking, I promise It’ll get better after while”
and
As we are coming to the end of this year, there are a lot of you all who are like me,
Who feel as though they can’t go any longer,
who feels tired
who feels like giving up,
I came to tell you “Just keep walking, I promise It’ll get better after while”
as hard as it may be “Just keep walking, I promise It’ll get better after while”
As many mistakes as you have made “Just keep walking, I promise It’ll get better after while”
I know you’re tired and hurting but “Just keep walking, I promise It’ll get better after while”
As we continue our series entitled “Walk IT Out” Find ourselves in the book of Psalms.
Psalms is one of my favorite books of the Bible because whatever we need, we can find it in Psalms.
If we need Peace, we can go to Psalms 91:1-3
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress:
My God; in him will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,
And from the noisome pestilence.
If we need direction, we can go to Psalms 121:1-2
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
From whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord,
Which made heaven and earth.
If we need to praise we can go to Psalms 34
I will bless the Lord at all times:
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
but when we need hope, we can come to Psalms 27.
Because Psalms 27 gives us hope and assurance, to walk it out despite what we may be going through.
David declares
The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
David first of all is
1. Confident in God’s Power
1. Confident in God’s Power
David is confident in the power of all mighty God.
It is here where we see David’s PERSONAL convictions about God’s power.
David says the Lord is MY light and MY salvation whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of MY life; of whom shall I be afraid
David gives 3 reasons why He’s confident in God’s power.
The first reason is because of God’s
God’s Personal Illumination.
David says the Lord is MY LIGHT.
This is a personal illumination.
When David says the Lord is MY LIGHT,
what David is saying, is that the LORD brought HIS LIGHT, into MY LIFE.
It’s easy to “Walk it out” when there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
but it’s hard to walk in out, when darkness surrounds you.
It’s easy to walk it out when everyone’s healthy,
but it’s hard to walk it out, when sickness comes your way.
It’s easy to walk it out when your circle is happy
It’s hard to walk it out when conflict is in the room
It’s easy to walk it out when your bills are paid,
but it’s hard to walk it out when your bills are due and the money isn’t making sense.
Its easy to walk it out when the marriage is going great,
but its hard to walk it out, when the marriage is on the rocks.
But what makes walking easy is knowing that you’re not walking in this thing by your self.
that every step in the dark I take, the Lord is with me with his light.
THE BIBLE SAYS
8 I have set the Lord always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
THE BIBLE SAYS
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
THE BIBLE SAYS
1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, Now may Israel say;
IM CONFIDENT in Gods LIGHT
BECAUSE GOD’S LIGHT, LIGHTS UP MY LIFE.
He says Im confident because of personal ILLUMINATION.
but then he says I’m confident because of
2. Personal Salvation
He says the Lord is MY salvation.
This is BOTH a physical salvation and a spiritual salvation.
He says i’m confident in the POWER OF GOD, BECAUSE HE HAS THE POWER TO LIGHT UP MY LIFE,
BUT then I’m confident in the POWER of God because he has the power to SAVE MY LIFE.
and David is saying
HE Saved my life LITERALLY and he saved MY life ETERALLY.
When I was on the run from Saul, he saved me literally.
When I messed up and slept with bathsheba, he saved me eternally
When I defeated goalith, He saved me literally,
When I killed bathsheeba’s husband, he saved me eternally.
There’s something about a physical salvation,
that yes God saved me through some of the worst seasons of my life,
but thats nothing compared to God saving me eternally.
This is not a shout for those who are perfect, but this is a shout for those who have messed UP IN LIFE.
THE LORD BEING YOUR SALVATION MEANS THAT THE LORD PROVIDED A WAY OF ESCAPE FROM ETERNAL DAMNATION.
I’M CONFIDENT BECAUSE THE LORD IS MY
A. PERSONAL ILLUMINATION AND PERSONAL SALVATION,
BUT I’M ALSO CONFIDENT BECAUSE HE’S MY
3. PERSONAL STRENGTH.
he says THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE.
He is not just saying the Lord gives me strength, but the Lord IS MY STRENGTH.
that why I can do like paul and
Boast in my infirmities that the power of CHRIST MAY REST UPON ME, BECAUSE WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN AM I STRONG.
HIS STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN MY WEAKNESS.
NOT ONLY IS DAVID CONFIDENT IN GOD’S POWER,
BUT THEN DAVID IS
2. CRAVING FOR GOD’S PRESENCE
2. CRAVING FOR GOD’S PRESENCE
David says,
ONE THING. that I desire of the Lord, that I may seek, is that I may dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life. to behold his beauty.
One thing that kept David sane
One thing that kept David humble
One thing that Kept David successful
Was David’s need for God’s presence.
David was a king who never craved POWER.
David was a KING who craved presence.
EVEN in his flaws, he knew how to find the presence of God.
despite the bad decisions, he craved for God’s presence.
He says ONE THING THAT I DESIRE, is to DWELL.
HE WANTS TO LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
AND
If you want to be successful in life,
If you want to be successful in ministry,
If you want to be a successful parent
If you want to be a successful child
If you want to be a successful person,
YOU NEED TO CRAVE TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE,
The only way to OPEN GOD’s HAND AND HEAR GOD’S VOICE, is TO SEEK HIS FACE.
THE BIBLE SAYS
IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, WILL HUMBLE THEM SELVES AND PRAY, SEEK MY FACE, TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS.
THEN THEY WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN
I WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS
I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.
the bible says
Blessed is the man
That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor standeth in the way of sinners,
Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord;
And in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
That bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
His leaf also shall not wither;
And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so:
But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous:
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
THE SECRET TO SUCCESS IN WALKING IT OUT IS TO NEVER STOP SEEKING GOD’S PRESENCE.
DAVID SAYS
ONE THING THAT I DESIRE,
ONE THING, THAT I CRAVE
ONE THING, THAT I LONG FOR
ONE THING, THAT I NEED
ONE THING, THAT I CANT LIVE WITHOUT,
ONE THINKG THAT I CANT SLEEP WITH OUT,
ONE THING THAT I CANT PREACH WITHOUT
ONE THING THAT I CANT WORK WITHOUT
ONE THING THAT I CANT LIVE WITHOUT IS THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
HE CRAVES GOD’S PRESENCE.
not only is he confident is God’s power,
not only does he crave for God’s presence
but David is
3. Covered under God’s Pavilion
3. Covered under God’s Pavilion
he says “For in the time of trouble, HE SHALL HIDE ME”
In times of despair and in times of dismay,
It’s good to know that we don’t have to worry or fret.
David gives an assurance, that because of my confidence in his power and my craving of his presence, I access to his pavilion.
What is it, that’s in his Pavilion.
I find
1. Solace in his pavillion.-He said in the time of trouble, He shall hide me. IN the secrete place.
Which means I don’t have to worry about my enemies attacking me, because I’m in the secret place.
I find Solace in the secrete place.
The Bible says
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2. Strength in his pavilion- the bible says and MY head shall be lifted up. even though my enemies are all around me.
Not only do I find SOLICE in the secret place
NOT ONLY DO I FIND STRENGTH IN THE SECRETE PLACE
but there’s SINGING in the secrete place.
He says I will offer, sacrifices of praise in his tabernacle.
He says I will sing YES. unto God.
and there should be some one here who can say I’m singing in the secret place.
what is your song?
I will bless, the Lord at all times, his praises shall
what is your song?
Your grace and mercy brought me through
what is your song
amazing grace how sweet the sound
what is your song,
I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore very deeply stayed within sinking to rise no more,
but the master, of the sea.
Is there anyone who can say IM COVERED, in his pavillion.