Thou Art

Psalm 71:1-7 
 
From childhood to old age, God is always there to support us. God’s work in our lives ought to be a living testimony, so we should as such.
 
The psalmist was old, and he considered his life to be as a declaration of all that God had accomplished for him (Psalm 71:9 & 18). Recalling God’s lifetime of blessings will assist us with seeing the consistency of His effortlessness consistently, to confide in Him for the future, and to impart to others the advantages of following Him.

• My Rock
• My Fortress

• Psalm 31:1-3, In thee, 0 LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me: deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. 

 
Moses declared that God was our refuge and our security. But often we put our trust in other things, job, money, dreams, and aspirations. But God is our only true refuge. Storms may come and go, but God is always there to provide shelter.

• Deuteronomy 33:27, The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. 

 
David said that God was like (1) a rock that cannot be penetrated, (2) a fortress where the enemy cannot go, (3) a buckler (shield) that is between us and that which can cause harm us, (4) a horn of salvation, which is the power and might of God, and (5) a high tower which puts us above our enemies.

• Psalm 18:2: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer: my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 

 
We should call upon God to deliver us. He is righteous and He is loving. David did. We say that we have confidence in God yet do we truly confide in Him? We ought to submit our families, our belongings, and our occupations to God. But above all and primarily, we ought to submit ourselves totally to Him.

• My Hope
• My Confidence
• My Hiding Place
• He That Took Me Out.
• My Strong Refuge
• Job 31:24, If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence.
• Psalm 22:9-11, But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. 1 was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly. Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
• Psalm 119:114, Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
• Jeremiah 17:17, Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. 

 
God’s caring concern does not start on the day we are born and close on the day we die. It goes back to those days prior to our birth and goes on ahead along the ceaseless way of time everlasting. Our solitary sure assistance comes from God; His compassion for us goes past our natural presence. 
 
Now look at this: 

• Psalm 27:1-3: The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

 
Fear is a shadow that wraps us and eventually detains us inside ourselves. Every one of us has been a captive of fear at some time; fear of dismissal (rejection), fear of misconception (misunderstanding), fear of vulnerability (uncertainty), fear of infection (sickness), or even fear of dying. Yet, we can overcome fear by utilizing the splendid freeing light of the Lord who brings salvation. If we want to dissipate the gloom of fear, let us recall with the psalmist that