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AN OVERWHELMED HEART

INTRODUCTION:

PSALM 61 WAS WRITTEN BY DAVID AT AN TIME WHEN HE WAS FAR FROM HOME AND SAFETY. DAVID BEGINS WITH HIS DESPERATE CRY TO GOD.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN DESPAIR WERE YOUR ONLY RELIEF CAME WHEN YOU CALLED ON THE NAME OF JESUS.

DAVID TOOK HIS ISSUE TO GOD IN PRAYER. DAVID OPEN HIS HEART TO GOD TO LET HIM KNOW THAT HIS HEART IS OVERWHELMED.

WHEN YOU WALK OUT THIS CHRISTIAN WALK WITH GOD YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF OVERWHELMED,IN YOUR HEART, BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE YOU MAY FEEL WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN TUNE WITH GOD.

BUT THE ONE THING WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN OUR HEART IS OVERWHELMED .

GOD IS OUR ROCK.

GOD IS OUR SHELTER.

GOD IS OUR STRONG TOWER.

A. GOD IS OUR ROCK

PSALM 61:2 “From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”

DAVID SAID WHEN HIS HEART IS OVERWHELMED PRAYER IS HIS WEAPON THAT WILL CONNECT HIS HEART TO GOD.

THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN FIND COMFORT IN , IS OUR ABILITY TO BRING THE ISSUES OF OUR HEART TO GOD.

WHY BECAUSE GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO IS ABLE TO DELIVER YOU FROM YOUR PRESENT CONDITION.

DAVID FOUND HIMSELF IN A DISTANT COUNTRY, WHERE HE WAS NOT EXPERIENCING THE PRESENCE OF GOD. IT IS EASY FOR YOUR HEART TO BECOME OVERWHELMED, WHEN YOUR HEART IS HEAVY AND NOT EXPERIENCING THE LIGHT.

DAVID POURED OUT HIS HEART TO GOD ASKING HIM TO LEAD HIM TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I.

THE ROCK IS A PLACE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.

SOMETIMES WE DON’T KNOW WHEN GOD IS PROTECTING US FROM THOSE WHO OUT TO DO US HARM.

PSALM 40:2 “He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.”

B. GOD IS OUR SHELTER.

SHELTER IS A PLACE WHERE GOD CAN FIND YOU REST , COMFORT AND RETREAT WHEN YOUR HEART IS OVERWHELMED.

DAVID ALREADY HAD EXPERIENCE DELIVERANCE IN HIS PAST FROM SAUL AND HIS SON ABSALOM,

WHEN YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS BEEN A SHIELD FOR YOU BEFORE, YOU CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT HE WILL BE AN COMFORT FOR YOU IN YOUR PRESENT DESPAIR.

GOD WILL GIVE US REST EVEN WHEN THE ENEMY STEP UP HIS ATTACK AGAINST US.

WHY SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.

WHEN YOU AT REST, YOU CAN FIND PEACE WHILE YOU GOING THROUGH IT.

GOD IS THE ONE WE CAN GO TO WHEN LIFE IS COMING AT US FROM ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. HE IS OUR SHELTER IN THE FACE OF STORMS. EVEN WHEN STORM ARE IN OUR LIVES, WE MUST KNOW THAT GOD WILL COVER US UNTIL THE STORMS PASS OVER. HE IS OUR VERY PRESENT HELP IN A TIME OF TROUBLE.

PSALM 91:4 “He shall cover thee with his feathers, And under his wings shalt thou trust: His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.”

C. GOD IS OUR STRONG TOWER.

GOD IS OUR STRONG TOWER WHEN WE ARE FEARFUL AND LIFE IS UNCERTAIN.

GOD IS THE ONE WE CAN RUN TO AND FIND SAFETY.

GOD IS OUR FOUNDATION THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN

GOD IS OUR PROTECTOR WHEN THE ENEMY IS OUT TO DESTROY US.

GOD IS A STRONG TOWER TO THOSE WHO KEEP THEIR VOWS , WHEN THEIR HEART IS OVERWHELMED.

PROVERB 18:10 “The name of the Lord is a strong tower: The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.”