Psalm 27 – Deliverance Through Trust

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Deliverance Through Trust

(Walk in the Light)

Text: Psalm 27

Some of the psalms are prayers and answers within one psalm. This psalm looks like the last half was recorded or prayed before the first half. The last half is the prayer and the first half is the answer to the prayer.

David is pursued by enemies, shut out of the house of the Lord, separated from his parents.

Let’s start in verse 7 with the prayer first. Then we’ll look at verses 1-6.

David’s prayer (vss 7-14)

• David longs for the LORD’s presence (vss 7-10)
  • David’s prayer itself is obedience to God. He does not assume God is this genie in a bottle who he can summons when he wants to. David gives the LORD more credit than that. He believes God is a person who makes decisions. He believes the LORD chooses mercy.
  • The LORD has invited people like David to seek out His help. So David says this is what he’s doing (vs 8).
  • The LORD is salvation to David. Outside of the LORD there is no salvation.
  • When my parents forsake me is such an unfortunate situation. It could be in death, it could be in life that parents forsake their children. But God is a God of the fatherless. David’s relationship with the LORD is similar to parental relationship.
• David needs God’s guidance. This is how he is protected (vss 11-14)
  • There is safety and life in the leadership of the Spirit of God.
  • Hopelessness is failure to understand the goodness of God.
  • Wait on the LORD for strength.

Answered prayer (vss 1-6)

• Not because the Lord did great things that I just read about. But he has personally defeated an enemy I face.
• Who is the LORD to David?
  • Light: understanding.
  • C.S. Lewis — ‘I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.’
• The LORD’s reputation in David’s life.
• Christian peace is seen in: (vs 3)
  • Confident endurance through the affliction.
  • Produces the riches results and the glory of God.
• David loves the LORD’s presence. One thing have I desired. This is the model Christian life.
  • Single unified desire.
  • Earnest action.
  • Nearness in communion.
  • Heavenly contemplation.
  • Progress in the production of the fruit of the Spirit.
• The LORD’s protection.
• David rejoices!

Deliverance Through Trust