Psalm 27

And in the final analysis, the church is nothing less than the Lord Jesus Christ in his people.

he shall be for a sanctuary now we spoke quite a time about that a few weeks ago and then last week I got off my heart Psalm 27 those verses about one thing have I asked of the Lord that will I seek out of that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord to inquire in his temple for in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion and so on.

Now this week, I would like just to take these verses, Psalm 36, verses 7 and 8.

How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

of your beauty that we behold.

We think of what David prayed in Psalm 27.

One thing I ask, that I may gaze upon the beauty of the Lord all the days of my life.

Oh, Father, how you have given us your beauty to gaze upon at the cross of Christ.

Sorry, this might be weepy all over again.

How can we begin to thank you? I was praying this morning and Psalm 27 verse 4 came to me just in praying over you, Bill, and praying over what God wanted to do here today.

David sings this, one thing I have desired, O Lord, this only do I seek that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.

And I was like, wow, that's That's Bill in one scripture.

feeling like you have to fight for your reputation in a room, right? And again, that can be an idol where we care more about our reputation and that people, we get the approval of other people than we care about how God sees us.

And so one of the things I've been coaching my heart with lately comes from Psalm 27.1.

It says, the Lord is my light and my salvation.

Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life.

God will begin to use them to take us to our next level.

Look at what David said in Psalm 27 before we start to pray.

Psalm 27, verse 6.

Psalm 27, verse 6.

He said, and now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies.

Look at that.

You can live forever if you're a Christian, right? He already paid the price.

So the future is in God's hands and we trust him, right? So keep on living, keep loving your kids, keep praying, keep speaking God's word over your family, over your situation, keep making plans for good, keep expecting God's goodness, right? Psalm 27, 13 says, I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

So that's why you can face the future with faith instead of fear.

Amen.

I wanna pray these verses over you.

Psalm 27.

David says, the Lord is my light and my salvation.

Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life.