The Secret Place
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· 475 viewsGod is our refuge and our fortress. He is worthy of our trust. Listen as Pastor Leger explains our safe place in God from Psalm 91.
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The Secret Place
The Secret Place
A. Today’s Psalm is a Psalm for those who walk with God.
1. Theirs is more than religious profession. Faith has fixed their hearts on God.
2. Their purpose in life is to know and serve Him.
B. Spurgeon gave a definition of these favored ones.
1. “Only those who know the love of God in Christ Jesus come into the secret place of the Most High. To those who dwell there, ‘to live is Christ, and to die is gain’ ()”
2. Wow! How do we measure up to Spurgeon’s conclusion?
C. What words emerge from the Shadow of the Almighty?
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”
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He is My Refuge (v. 2)
He is My Refuge (v. 2)
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
1. The believer finds the Lord is his hiding place.
a. He is a place to hide when storms assail.
b. He is a place to hide when others fail.
2. See how often the psalmist flees to his refuge.
a. “God is our refuge and strength” ()
b. “The God of Jacob is our refuge” ()
c. “God is a refuge for us” ()
d. “You are my strong refuge) ()
3. The trusting one always has a place to hide in a storm.
He is My Fortress (v. 2)
He is My Fortress (v. 2)
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
1. God provides a place of safety for times of battle.
a. Salvation doesn’t end times of conflict with Satan.
b. Every Christian is at war with the enemy of our souls.
2. During these attacks of the enemy, God is our fortress.
a. The tempter is limited to what God allows ()
b. Our safe retreat is the secret place of the Most High.
3. C. H. Spurgeon comments on the fortress: “Our omnipotent Lord will shield all those who dwell with Him; they will remain in His care as guests under the protection of their host.”
In Him Will I Trust (v. 2)
In Him Will I Trust (v. 2)
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
1. Trust is another word for faith.
a. We have salvation through faith. ()
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
b. We have been justifies by faith. ()
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
c. We have peace with God through faith. ()
2. In whom is this faith to be placed?
3. The Psalmists says, “My God,”
Conclusion:
A. Do you dwell in the Secret Place of the Most High?
B. Hurry to the Hiding Place, the Fortress, the Place of Safety.
C. You’ll rest secure under the shadow of the Almighty.