Psalm 71 - Prayer of an Old Man for Deliverance

05/10/2022 52 min
Psalm 71 - Prayer of an Old Man for Deliverance

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Psalm, Chapter 71Prayer of an Old Man for Deliverance.71 In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed.-          The title of this message is prayer of an old man for deliveranceo   first of all notice guides grace in that the man lived to be oldo   Second notice that your need to pray and ask God for deliverance doesn't go away even when you're oldero   Finally note that the older you get and the more prayers that you have made certainly the more you can trust God that he will deliver you again!-          and You, oh Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be ashamedo   To take refuge in the Lord means it's the place that you run too   even though David is an older man he still runs to God regularly because he knows that's his safe placeo   let me never be ashamed (this means don't let me down God continue to save me even as you have before)§  notice the duration is never (this means keep protecting me forever and ever) 2 In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me.-          In your righteousness deliver me and rescue meo   notice that David doesn't pray in his own righteousness but in God's righteousnesso   David could ask Jesus to deliver him because of the righteousness that was in Christ alone-          incline your ear to me and save meo   I like that David ask God to incline his ear to him that means he wants God's attention and he expects God to give it to himo   and save me (this means that David also expects God to answer his prayer request in the affirmative)o   are you bold enough to ask God to bend his ear and listen to you?o   is your faith strong enough that you absolutely believe that he will listen and that he will help you and answer you in the affirmative like David did? 3 Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given commandment to save me, For You are my [a]rock and my fortress.-          Be to me rock of habitation to which I may continually comeo   a rock of habitation seems to imply that you spend so much time on this rock it's almost like you live thereo   Jesus Christ will be your rock, your strong foundation, all your life, and He will never leave you or forsake you-          You have given commandment to save me, for you are my rock and my fortresso   David knows that God gave a commandment to save David who is a Sinnero   David knows if God made a commandment then it's going to be kepto   David expects God to keep his promises, do you?-          for you are my rock and my fortresso   again this speaks volumes about the personal relationship between Jesus and Davido   David sees Jesus as his rock; a firm foundation on which he can build his life in confidence and trusto   and my fortress (this speaks of God hedge of protection like a fortress wall all around every side and for all his years)Intro to Outbless Weekly Thanks for listening to Outbless.com