Psalms 27:1 These words claim a close relation to God. They profess an entire allegiance to God. They involve the corresponding fealty to God that, howsoever His light may come to the soul, it will admit that light, and joy in it, and be faithful to it. I. These words are the keynote of a belief t... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 27:4 Moral effects of communion with God. I. What is prayer? It is _conversing_with God. We converse with our fellow-men, and then we use familiar language, because they _are_our fellows. We converse with God, and then we use the lowliest, awfullest, calmest, concisest language we can, beca... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 27:8 The text divides itself into two parts. We have (1) God's address to man; (2) man's reply to God. I. God's address to man: "Thou saidst, Seek ye My face." (1) Here we have the origin of all true religion. It begins with God. All who know anything about quarrels among men know that, as a... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 27:11 The map of life is a network of roads; and the broadest and those that present themselves most readily to the eye are not generally the best, and the narrow ones are very hard to find, while every heart is naturally bent to its own way wayward. I. Notice, first, the Teacher. And here... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 27:13 The text puts before us: I. A future experience embraced or anticipated by faith. It indicates the sustaining power of such anticipation. (1) The goodness of God is His kindness. Of the kindness of God we may remark: (_a_) it is natural; (_b_) it is infinite; (_c_) it is eternal; (_d_... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 27:14 I. How we are to wait on God. (1) We are to wait on God in His ordinances. (2) We are to wait on God in His ordinances with faith and perseverance. II. They that wait on the Lord shall receive strength. God shall make good His promise, "As thy days are, so shall thy strength be." T.... [ Continue Reading ]