BIG IDEA: TRUSTING IN GOD BEATS TRUSTING IN MAN
(:1-2) INTRODUCTION: PRAISE THE LORD CONTINUALLY
“Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord while I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.”
I. (:3-5) THESIS: TRUSTING IN GOD BEATS TRUSTING IN MAN
A. Limitations of Trusting in Man
1. Even Princes = Mere Mortals
“Do not trust in princes, In mortal man”
2. Unable to Provide Salvation
“in whom there is no salvation”
3. Death Kills His Vision and the Implementation of His Plans
“His spirit departs, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts perish.”
B. Blessings of Trusting in God
“How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God;”
II. (:6-9) PROOF: NO LIMITATIONS IN WHAT GOD CAN DO
A. Creator of All
“Who made heaven and earth,
The sea and all that is in them”
B. Faithful / Unchanging
“Who keeps faith forever”
C. “Executes Justice for the Oppressed”
D. “Gives Food to the Hungry”
E. “Sets the Prisoners Free”
F. “Opens the eyes of the Blind”
G. “Raises up Those Who are Bowed Down”
H. “Loves the Righteous”.I. “Protects the Strangers”
J. “Supports the fatherless and the widow”
K. “Thwarts the Way of the Wicked”
(:10) CONCLUSION: IT PAYS TO TRUST IN GOD BECAUSE
HE WILL REIGN FOREVER
“The Lord will reign forever, Thy God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!”
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DEVOTIONAL QUESTIONS:
1) Where do we find ourselves placing undue confidence and trust in our undershepherds in the church rather than in the Great Shepherd who gave His life for the
sheep?
2) Think of this life as an opportunity to express Praise for the God whom we trust while we still walk by faith rather than by sight. Have we taken full advantage of that opportunity today?
3) Think of the Messianic implications of this psalm. Compare the types of capabilities mentioned in verses 6-9 to those applied to the Messiah in Isaiah 61:1-3 (quoted by the Lord in Luke 4:18-19).
4) What types of sins held us prisoner before the Lord set us free?
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