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Introduction
Good Morning!
You know doing a word study is interesting.
Studying a single word in Scripture can take you on an awesome and interesting ride.
Take for example the word Hope.
Hope is a powerful thing.
G. K. Chesterton said, “There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.”
Emily Dickinson, in one of her poem said, “Hope is a thing with feathers, That perches in the soul.”
O. S. Marden said, “There is no medicine like hope …”
Pliny the Elder wrote, “Hope is the dream of a waking man.”
Here is how the dictionary describes hope.
“to have a wish to get or do something or for something to happen or be true, especially something that seems possible or likely.”
Hope, from the world’s viewpoint is just what that definition describes.
The world sees hope as a wish or a desire.
Hope, for the world, is a longing for something that may or may not take place.
The Bible teaches us a vastly different definition of hope.
Listen to the words of Jeremiah, “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him,” that’s found in Jeremiah 17:7.
The world says that hope is merely a fond wish or desire.
But, the words used for hope in the Bible tell a different story.
They teach us that hope is “A deep settled confidence that God will keep His promises!”
In our passage this morning, we will see the undertones of hope expressed through King David’s words.
I’d like to invite you to turn in your Bibles with me to the 27th Chapter of Psalms.
We’ll start off in verse 4 and go through verse 6.
Pastoral Prayer
One of the things that is enjoyable in this first book of Psalms is the personal touch in each Psalm.
It’s great to see some of the names of the Bible, and in our case this morning, David, go through life.
It’s encouraging to see them under a normal light.
It’s great to see their heart, and to see their desires wants.
We see this very thing happening with David.
David is desiring just “one thing” from the Lord.
He expresses that right here int he middle of verse 4.
Although David does say one thing,” this one thing is actually mentioned in three parts.
The first is “that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to faze on the beauty of the Lord, and thirdly to seek Him in His temple.
Now, David is not intending on pulling up his camper for an unknown amount of time.
In 1st Chronicles Chapters 13 and 15, David went to great lengths to bring the ark of the covenant back to Jerusalem.
David did this because He wanted access to God.
This begins the root of his one thing.
Believers have the same access to God.
That access is through Jesus Christ.
For David, he had a commitment to stay near to the Lord.
David wants to spend his time in the house of the Lord.
He desires to be in that place where the Lord dwells and where the Lord’s presence is real.
As a side note, this is a parallel theme David talks about over in Psalm 84 and in verses 1 through 4. David wants what the little birds have as the build their nests around the tabernacle.
You see, the little birds can be near to God all the time while he cannot.
His desire is to be where God is - to be in that place where God is worshiped and honored.
That is his heartbeat!
This is the one thing that was in the aim of his life.
This house, this temple of the Lord displays God’s beauty.
The house is reference to a sanctuary.
The sanctuary is not a physical building or anything he can touch.
The sanctuary is God Himself!! God is the focus of David’s attention.
I’d like to point our in our passage this morning, one of the names of God is mentioned 4-times, 3-times right here in verse 4. The word here in our English Bibles can be translated - Yahweh.
One of the attributes of Yahweh concerning God is that God is personal (Exodus 3:7-10), and his promises never fail.
Part of the personal nature of God is David tells us that the Lord will hide him in His pavilion.
This pavilion is the tent that is mentioned here in verse 5.
During this time, a kings tent would have been setup in the middle of the army’s camp.
The kings tent would have been surrounded by all the soldiers.
This means, the kings tent would have been the safest place near the battlefield.
When the battle would have been going on, those who would have been allowed to enter were protected by the soldiers nearby.
In this case, it is God that does the protecting and hiding.
The word hides means to treasure away, conceal, keep out of sight.
This would be the way a lion would hide its pray.
the lion would hide the pray out of sight, concealed from other predators.
This would allow the lion to return uninterpreted.
In a similar sense, Joshua Son of Nun sent two spies into Jericho.
And while the two spies were there, they found sanctuary in Rehab's house.
Rahab has risked here life, but the spies were kept safe in their time of trouble.
Hymn number 496 in our FBC Kirtland hymnals was written by a person named Fanny Crosby, who was inspired by David’s words here in verse 5.
The choirs of the hymn talks about how “he hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock that shadows a dry, thirsty land, and provides cover by his hand.
The rock that is mentioned is talking about God! God is the rock who is always David’s final refuge.
It’s an amazing place to be.
It’s a place that gives a quiet-peace in the very presence of God!
For David, being in this place of sanctuary, he knew his pursuers would not follow.
The rock is strong, inaccessible, impenetrable.
There is no way the big bad wold would ever blow this house down.
It’s a place where believers can be with God.
Have you ever been to that place?
That place where God meet with you and only you!!
That place where all else falls away and you are left with Him!
Stephen was in that place at the moments of his death:
Paul was in that place during many times of his ministry.
When we’re in that place, we can be energized, we can find protection, rest.
We can experience the tender love of God.
And the best part!
We are in the presence of the One who made it all possible.
Folks, we are right there with Jesus!
Jesus knows what you’re going through.
He knows what you are feeling, thinking.
That’s because Jesus is God!
And, that means he knows you.
He knows what’s on your heart.
Verse 6 is David’s response!
Please bring up the next slide (Re-read verse 6):
WOW - then my head will be exalted.
The word exalted meant to be lifted up, lifted high.
God is the one doing the lifting!
God is the one acting like a crane with unlimited lifting power.
There is noting too heavy for God to lift.
However, it does require us to have unshakable faith in God.
One man that had unshakable faith in God was King Asa.
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