PSALM CHAPTER 60

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~~ What Could Be Worse Than To Be Abandoned By God ? ~~

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But, Does He REALLY Abandon His
People, Or Does It Just Appear That Way
Because The Road Might Be Hard ?




1. THE MISTAKE OF LOOKING AT THE ROAD RATHER THAN
THE DESTINATION.   V. 1. HEBREW 12:1-2. WHY ?

             WE NEED HIM. FELLOWSHIP. PROTECTION. ETC.

   A. THE OBSTRUCTIONS
                  TO THE FIVE. MARK 2:4.
                  TO THE BLIND. MATT. 20:30-33.
   B. THE DISTRACTIONS
                  TO THE ONE. MATT. 14:28.
                  TO US ALL. MARK 4:19.
   C. THE TEMPTATIONS
                  TO THE LORD. MATT. 4:3-6
                  TO THE RULE OF THE SYNAGOGUE. MARK 5:35.
   D. THE IMPATIENCE
                  OF OUR SCHEDULES & PLANS. HEB. 6:13-15, PS. 40:1.
   E. THE NECESSARY ENCOUNTERS
                  WITH THE ENEMY. V. 2. DEUT. 6:18-20, MARK 16:17.

2. WHEN GOD’S PURPOSE BEGINS TO SINK IN.   V. 3
   A. GOD ALWAYS IS FULFILLING HIS PURPOSE.
        THE HUNGRY PEOPLE, THE LACK OF FOOD, JOHN 6:5-6.
        RAISING OF LAZARUS. JOHN 11:11-14.
        A RAGING STORM. LUKE 8:23-25
   B. WE SEE GOD AS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, NOT US.
        1 COR. 15:28, JOHN 3:31, EPHESIANS 1:11, ROMANS 9:10-14.
   C. WE SEE GOD’S WILL AS BETTER THAN OUR OWN. 4-8
        A DELIGHT TO THE HEART. PS. 40:8.
        MUST BE LEARNED. PS. 143:10
        CENTRAL TO OUR PRAYING. MATTHEW 6:10.

3. THE BANNER OF THE VICTOR MUST BE DISPLAYED.    V. 4.
   A. THE WELL-KNOWN BANNER OF LOVE. Song of Solomon 2:4.
   B. THE BANNER OF JUDGMENT. ISAIAH 13:2
   C. THE BANNERS OF THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD. PS. 20:5.
   D. IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE GODLY. PS. 107:2, 1 PETER 3:15.
        MARK 16:15, ACTS 1:8.
   E. MANY WAYS OF HOLDING UP THE BANNER. PS. 68:11, LUKE 9:60
   F. CONCEALING IT IS SIN AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
        MARK 8:38.
        —THERE ARE WAYS TO OVERCOME TIMIDITY. ROMANS 10:11,
             2 TIMOTHY 1:12, 2 TIMOTHY 2:15.