SHELTERED PSALM 91:1-10

INTRODUCTION

IT IS THE WORD THAT HEALS, GIVES LIFE

THE PSALMIST SAID, THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET AND LIGHT UNTO MY PATH

IN BIBLE DAYS, THEY HAD ANKLE LIGHTS FOR NIGHT TRAVELLERS

LITTLE LAMPS THAT YOU WOULD PUT AROUND YOUR ANKLES, SO THAT YOU COULD SEE AT NIGHT

THE PROBLEM WITH ANKLE LAMPS IS THAT YOU COULD NOT SEE DOWN THE ROAD

THEY GAVE YOU JUST ENOUGH LIGHT TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP

TODAY, THE WORD IS ILLUMINATING YOUR NEXT STEP

WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FUTURE, ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN TO US IN THE FUTURE

BUT, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH

YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST HIM TO SHOW YOU ONE STEP AT A TIME

GOD MOVES WHEN TO SHOW YOU WHAT

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU THAT IF YOU HAD SEEN IT, YOU WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT

UNTIL YOU YOU CAN GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL, GOD KEEPS YOU SO THAT YOU CAN GROW INTO THE NEXT LEVEL AND TAKE LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME

JOB SAID, I ESTEEM HIS WORD ABOVE MY NECESSARY FOOD

HE SAID I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE WORD THAN CHICKEN TIKKA

I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE WORD THAN HAVE MY LUNCH

HE SAID, I CAN MKE IT BETTER WITHOUT FOOD THAN I COULD MAKE IT WITHOUT THE WORD

FOOD CANNOT PRODUCE WORD, BUT WORD CAN PRODUCE FOOD

THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE ALL THE GIFTS BUT FORGET THE GIVER

YOU HAVE YOUR HAND OUT TO GOD AND YOU WILL MISS THE HEART

IF YOU GET ANYBODY’S THINGS, THEN YOU HAVE GOTTEN THE CHEAPEST PART OF HIM

I AM BETTER THAN THE THINGS THAT I OWN

THAT IS WHY THE ONE LEPER TURNED AROUND TO SAY, THANK YOU

BECAUSE THE GIFT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE GIVER

BODY

OUR TEXT IS REAL UNIQUE LIKE WHEN WE ASSUME THAT ALL OF THE PSALMS WERE WRITTEN BY DAVID WHEN THEY WERE NOT

FALLS TO THE CATEGORY OF UNCERTAINTY

GENERALLY THE HEADING OF THE PSALM WOULD REVEAL THE AUTHOR

LIKE WHEN IT SAYS, A PSALM OF DAVID, OR KORAH

OFTEN HOW WE EXPLAIN GOD OR OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS METAPHORICAL BECAUSE GOD IS UNCOMPRABLE

HE IS TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BREAD OF HEAVEN

IS IS NOT THAT JESUS CAME AS A LOAF OF BREAD

IT IS A WAY OF SAYING HE IS MY SUSTENANCE

OFTEN GOD REVEALS HIMSELF THROUGH THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER IN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND

SO, DAVID AS A SHEPHERD BOY SAYS THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD

HE IS CALLED THE SEED OF ABRAHAM BECAUSE HE IS DEALING WITH AN AGRICULTURAL TYPE OF PEOPLE

GOD WILL REVEAL HIMSELF ON A LEVEL THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND

GOD CAN SHEW HIMSELF ON YOUR LEVEL

WE CAN OFTEN UNDERSTAND WHO WROTE THE PSALM BUT LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS PSALM

WAS WRITTEN BY MOSES, WHICH POINTS A GOOD WAY TO MOSES

I BELIEVE THAT WAS WRITTEN BY MOSES

I THINK THAT MOSES’ LIFE IS A REFLECTION OF THIS PSALM

HE THAT DWELLETH IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY

AND THEN MOSES SPENDS THE NEXT 15 VERSE TALKING ABOUT THE SECRET PLACE

WHERE IS THE SECRET PLACE

BECAUSE IF YOU GAVE ME THE ADDRESS, I WOULD RUN TO THE PLACE

THE TRUTH IS THAT MOSES IS GIVING US A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO

YOU DO NOT NEED A SHELTER IF THERE IS NOT A STORM, AN ATTACK, EXTERNAL ELEMENTS SO DANGEROUS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ESCAPE

DANGER IS PERCEIVED IN THE HEART OF THE INDIVIDUAL

SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE WRECKLESS BECAUSE OF THEIR INEXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE WILL GIVE YOU CAUTION

EXPERIENCE WILL TEACH YO HOW TO RESPECT CERTAIN SITUATIONS YOU HAVE SEE THE OUTCOME OF

ONCE YOU EXPERIENCE IT, YOU DO NOT TAKE LIFE FORGRANTED, LEARN TO BE GRATEFUL, THANKFUL, LEARN TO LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP, YOU DON’T OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND TELL YOUR BUSINESS TO EVERYBODY

ONCE YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH CRISIS, DESTRUCTION, STORMS, YOU LEARN TO APPRECIATE WHAT IS GOING ON IN PSALM NUMBER 1

OH GOD, SHOW ME YOUR SECRET, I WOULD RUN RIGHT IN THERE IF I COULD FIND YOUR SECRET

WHICH HOUSE IS SAFE, PERSON IS SAFE, JOB IS SAFE

THE SECRET PLACE IS NOT A HOUSE, NOT AN ADDRESS

IT IS A PLACE OFFERED TO YOU IN THE SPIRIT

THE SECRET PLACE IS IN THE SPIRIT

AND WORSHIP IS SUCH A KEY

SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL I DON’T MOVE BECAUSE THAT IS JUST EMOTIONS

BUT, WORSHIP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EMOTIONS

IT MAY AFFECT YOUR EMOTIONS BUT IT IS NOT CAUSED BY YOUR EMOTIONS

IT IS A DEEPER REALITY THAT YOU GO INTO WHERE THE ENEMY CAN’T FOLLOW, STORMS CANNOT FOLLOW, WHERE WORRY CANNOT FOLLOW YOU

AND IT IS A SECRET BECAUSE PEOPLE DON’T WALK IN THE SPIRIT

YOU MAY HAVE NOT MISSED THE BUILDING BUT YOU HAVE MISSED THE PLACE