Underneath

Deuteronomy 33:27 KJV The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: . . .

-I don’t think that it took Moses a lifetime to learn this. It only took a few years for him to determine this. This knowledge did not lessen the intensity of the trial but it did help him to understand that God was “underneath” everything that he had to walk through.

-When this Scripture was simmering in my mind, I thought of another that tells how I feel about know that God is “underneath” every situation that we must endure. It goes like this:

Psalms 139:1-6 KJV To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. [2] Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. [3] Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. [4] For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. [5] Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. [6] Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

-I was talking with a pastor in another state a few days ago (Bro. Harrell in Bridge City, TX) and he told me this: “Son, there is a broken heart on every pew. Some hearts are freshly broken and some have been broken years ago but they are still broken. There will be times in your ministry when you have the opportunity to pour in the oil and use the bindings of the Samaritan. Do it every time you can because life is a long, hard road.”

-This is a word you need to hear tonight. It might not be for you tonight but not many days down the line, this message will make a world of difference.

A. The Word, Underneath

-This scripture from God through the pen of Moses tells us that God is underneath everything.

-This had great meaning for the Israelites.

They had walked through the hot desert.

The wearying marches through the sand had worn them down physically.

They had gotten blisters on their feet from the pebbles that had gotten wedged in their sandals.

They had endured sharp cuts from the thorns.

They had gained stone bruises from the rocks that were scattered in the path.

-From underneath the pressure had come. Life has a way of being a wearying desert path sometimes and the most difficult times come from “underneath.” But I remind you that there is a God who is “underneath” all of the trouble.

-But there is another component to this word “underneath.” Sometimes the attack assails us from the dark abyss and the attacks come from a very real underworld. The attacks that come from the devil are sometimes unnerving and tense.

-The work of the enemy is attempting to destroy us. Trying to discredit God with his outright lies and half-truths. But Moses writes to us that God is underneath with His everlasting arms.

-A hymn-writer one day sat down and put this Scripture to song. It goes like this:

What a fellowship, what a joy divine,

Leaning on the everlasting arms;

What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,

Leaning on the everlasting arms.