June 19, 2024

Overwhelmed #

Psalm 61:1-2

Introduction

Overwhelmed means to overspread or crush beneath something violent and weighty, or to become faint, or feeble at the weight of something.

We sometimes use it in a positive way, overwhelmed with joy, but in the Bible, we find it's context is always negative.

Psa. 55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

Psa. 77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

Psa. 78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Psa. 124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Psa. 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Psa. 143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

At some point in your life, you will have that feeling of being overwhelmed. Know, you are not the only one to have felt overwhelmed.

I. Experience with God (1-3) #

A. Presence of God (2) "from the ends of the earth" #

1. The Psalmist from the wilderness! #

Jer. 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

B. Present Situation (2) "I will cry" "my heart is overwhelmed" #

1. Cry unto thee #

2. In life, you will feel overwhelmed. #

C. Past Relationship (3) #

1. "hast been a shelter" #

2. "strong tower" #

II. Established Faith (4-5) #

A. Faithfulness to God (4) "in thy tabernacle" #

1. David was hindered from the tabernacle at times #

2. Faithful in your commitment! (5) "heard my vows" #

B. Faith in God (4) "trust in the covert of thy wings" #

1. Faith in the present situation "covert of thy wings" #

2. Faith in the future! "for ever" (4) #

C. Father's Example (5) "heritage of those who fear" #

III. Expectation from God (6-8) #

A. Propagation (6) " #

1. "prolong the king's life" #

Matt. 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.

Matt 6:25-34

2. "as many generations" #

B. Permanence (7) "abide before God for ever" #

1Th. 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

1. By God's Mercy - #

2. By God's Truth! - The Word of God teaches us about our sin, God's mercy, God's Grace, and salvation! #

C. Praise (8) #

1. Songs have a way of lifting the spirits! #

2. Singing, while fulfilling your commitments! #

Psa. 122:1 ¶ I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

2Cor. 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.