Wait on the Lord
Psalms • Week 6
Psalm 27 contains four distinct messages about life and how we can seek to find peace amidst the hardness of life. In week 6 of our study of the Psalms, Dave Brown breaks down these messages and encourages us to wait on the Lord.
MESSAGE NOTES
Wait for the Lord
Psalms • Week 6 • June 13, 2021
Teacher: Dave Brown
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Psalm 27:1-14 NIV
The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident. One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock. Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord. Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me. My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior. Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me. Teach me your way, Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors. Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations. I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Psalm 27:1 NIV
The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?
- Life is Hard
- Seek God's Presence
- Happiness in Hardship
- Wait for the Lord
Psalm 27:2 NIV
When the wicked advance against me...
Psalm 27:3 NIV
Though an army besiege me...
Psalm 27:5 NIV
For in the day of trouble...
Psalm 27:10 NIV
Though my father and mother forsake me...
Psalm 27:12b NIV
For false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.
Genesis 3:17-19 NIV
Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” —Declaration of Independence
“Happiness, then, is apparently something complete and self-sufficient, since it is the end of the things pursued in action.” —Aristotle
“Final and perfect happiness can consist in nothing else than the vision of the Divine Essence.” —Aquinas
Psalm 27:4 NIV
One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
There’s a direct correlation between us gazing on the beauty of the Lord and our ability to experience true happiness.
Psalm 27:6 NIV
Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
Without the Lord, there is no such thing as true happiness.
“Present reality without hope is, to be sure, a false happiness, in fact, and utter misery...[but] If anyone accepts the present life in such a spirit that he uses it with the end in view of that other life on which he has set his heart with all his ardor and for which he hopes with all his confidence, such a man may without absurdity be called happy even now.” —Augustine
Revelation 21:3-7 NIV
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.
Psalm 27:14 NIV
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.