I. The Psalmist Anguish
A. David experience renewal
1. I will extol You, O Lord…
2. I will exalt you.
3. This Psalm begins with exaltation and in Verse 12 it ends with thanksgiving.
4. Why does David Exalt the Lord and give Him Thanks?
5. Many believe that David may have experience a terrible illness to the point of Death.
6. Others say, David knew he had been in the Shadow of Death many times.
7. Verse two says that God healed him which would lead me to believe that he was sick or suffered a grave injury.
8. Daivd said of God, “You lifted me up”
9. The Lord spared David from death.
10. God had done for David what only God can do.
11. David prayed or cried out to God and God healed him.
12. David acknowledged that God had not let his enemies (foes) rejoice over him.
13. The Lord brought Him up from the grave.
14. Some of you have experienced a taste of death.
15. You know full well what it means to be in deaths clutches and to be pulled out by God.
16. David experienced renewal
B. All of us need renewal.
1. Some of you may need to cry out to God as David did.
2. As we said a few weeks ago.
3. We need to cry out, “Arise, O Lord!”
4. So many times, the wicked gloat over the adversity of the Godly.
5. We ask God to deliver us not just for ourselves but for His honor. Verse 4
6. David called on the saints to sing.
7. His singing alone was not enough, he enlisted the choir, he enlisted all the saints to sing with him.
8. When we get together on Sunday, it’s a good day.
9. Psalms 122:1, I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the LORD.”
10. No matter what life throws at us, come together, and give God praise.
11. Some of you have had difficult weeks.
12. It was all you could do to get up and make it to church.
13. You did it anyway, and my prayer for you is that God will lift you up.
14. David said, “You brought my soul up from the grave.”
15. This morning, I want to encourage you to look to the one who can lift you up.
• He is the Alpha and Omega
• ELOHIM [el-oh-heem]: God “Creator, Mighty and Strong”
• Jehovah-JIREH [yah-way-ji-reh]: "The Lord Will Provide"
• Yahweh Meaning: "I AM WHO I AM" or "the LORD"
• El Shaddai Meaning: "God Almighty" or "God the All-Powerful"
• Jehovah Meaning: "The LORD," "the Self-Existent One," or "the Eternal One"
• And He loves you and cares for you.
• “1 Peter 5:7, casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].
• First, we see Psalmist Anguish but then we see…
II. The Psalmist Appeal
A. David acknowledges the anger of God.
1. David not only found favor with God, but he knew the chastening hand of God.
2. Look with me at Psalms 51.
3. Notice the comparison David make in Psalms 30:5
• His anger is but for _____
• His favor is for ________
• Weeping endures for the ____
• But Joy comes in the ______
4. David turned back to God and God restored him.
B. Is God angry with us?
1. Look at 6-7
2. David was confident in God.
3. God had prospered him.
4. Mt. Zion the city of David was strong and secure by God.
5. It also led to his demise.
6. It is on that same mountain that he sinned with Bathsheba.
7. Some of you have grown comfortable in Zion.
8. You have money, good health, life has been good to you.
9. You are born again, have a good church, but are you sold out for Jesus Christ.
10. Why has God blessed you?
11. What are you doing to make a difference in the Kingdom.
12. While David was prosperous, living in a palace, King of Israel, God hid His face from David, and he was troubled.
13. Has God hid His face from you?
14. Some of you need to come clean with God.
• Some of you are not spending time with God.
• Some of you are not committed to the Lord’s church.
• Some of you are not giving from the resources God has blessed you with.
15. It starts with you.
16. God, forbid we grow comfortable in Zion.
17. We are not home yet.
18. Saints of God we have work to do.
III. The Psalmist Announcement
A. His restoration.
1. Someone said, “It's as if David went from dressing for a funeral to dancing at a wedding.
2. This Psalm directs us to Jesus who declared, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he dies, yet shall he live. John 11:25
3. He spoke those words while standing near the tomb were his friend Lazarus lie dead.
B. God offers us Resurrection.
1. Another term we use is Revival.
2. Thank God for His love and Mercy.
3. This week we read in the book of Psalms 136, Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His Mercy endures forever.
4. David understood what it was like to fall under the chastening hand of God, but he proclaimed that God had turned his mourning into dancing.
5. When we come together in a right relationship with God
• Who loves us and wants us to experience His resurrection Power
• When we think all hope is lost
• When we think we are down for the count
• When we get that dreaded phone call in the middle of the night.
• God then love to turn out morning into dancing
• He gives us renewed life, hope and joy.
6. It was a Friday when Jesus died on the cross.
7. The longest 3 days in history between the blackest darkest day in history and Sunday morning.
8. It may seem like a long time to you.
9. Do you feel like you're stuck on Saturday.
10. Sunday is coming!
11. You may feel like you are wearing sackcloth, but God will cloth you with gladness.
12. David- concludes this Psalm with verse 12.
A pastor who was visiting a hospital when the nurse told him about a patient that had just been transferred from a nursing home because her condition was worsting. The nurse said, "Someone really ought to visit her. She has been severely handicapped her whole life and does not have long to live. She really needs someone to go by and try to cheer her up."
So, the pastor went by to visit her. He always carried around a little booklet that he gave to people to read who were very depressed because it was such a cheerful and uplifting book. He told the woman, "I have something for you. It’s a happy book, an uplifting book, an encouraging book, it’s a good book. I want you to read it because I believe it will encourage you." The woman looked at the book he gave her and she responded, "I really ought not to take that book sir." He replied, "Why not? Have you already read it?" She said, "I have not only read it. I wrote it!"
Our happiness and joy are not dependent upon our physical condition or circumstances, but upon the Lord and his grace.
Conclusion:
1. Have you experienced the Resurrection Power of Jesus Christ?
2. He will forgive you of sin and transform your life.
3. He can turn you morning into dancing.
4. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
