IN GOD

PSALM 56

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I was talking to a man the other day and he was telling me about bad experiences outside the USA. Now I realize, as an accident-prone person, bad things can happen to you anywhere but he made a convincing argument for staying in our borders. You may feel safer in your home country, in your home state, in your hometown, in your home, in your bed but things can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone. The only sure place to be is “In God”. In Him, nothing can happen to you that He is not aware of and that He did not at the very least “allow” it for your good and His glory.

 

 

I. IN CONTRAST [v. 1-3]

 

1. Man Oppresses, God Blesses [v. 1]

 

2. Man is Low-Down, God is “on High” [v. 2, Psalm 102:19]

 

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

 

3. Man is a Contradiction, God is Constant [v. 3, Heb. 9:28, James 1:17]

 

II. IN GOD [v. 4-6]

 

1. I’ll Praise His Word [v. 4]

 

2. I Have Put My Trust [v. 4]

 

3. I Won’t Fear “In God” [v. 4-6, Is. 26:3, Heb. 12:2]

 

III. IN CONCLUSION [v. 7-13]

 

1. God is For Me [v. 7-9, Romans 8:31]

 

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

 

2. I Am In God [v. 10-11, Romans 12:5]

 

So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

 

3. I Will Live for God [v. 12-13, Philippians 1:21]

 

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.