- Overcomer Literature Trust
- Swindon
- Wiltshire
2. HOW THE LIFE MUST BE SOUGHT Ps. 27
“One thing have I asked of the Lord . . . that I may dwell in the house of the Lord” (v4)
1. From the standpoint of assured salvation.
“The Lord is my light and my salvation” (v1).
“Is”, present tense. “He that hath the Son hath the life” (1 John 5 v12).
“My”, personal possession. “He loved me” (Gal. 2 v20).
2. In the knowledge of God as our strength.
“The Lord is the strength of my life” (v1).
Brought to an end of our own strength, we are “strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may dwell in [our] hearts” (Ephes. 3 v16-17).
3. With deliverance from all fear of the enemy.
“Though an host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear” (v3).
There is no knowledge of God gained without the encamping of the hosts of darkness against the soul determined to hinder. But “in nothing terrified by your adversaries”, must be the attitude. See Isa. 1 v5-9 as the pattern for the one desiring to dwell in the Holiest of All.
4. As the supreme desire of the soul.
“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after” (v4).
“That I may know Him . . . this one thing I do” (Phil. 3 v10, 13).
5. What Sanctuary life really means.
a) Abiding in the Holiest of all (see Heb. 10 v19).
“That I may dwell in the house of the Lord” (v4).
b) Walking in unbroken fellowship always.
“ That I may dwell . . . all the days of my life” (v4).
c) Beholding the glory in the Face of Jesus Christ.
“That I may . . . behold the beauty of the Lord” (v4).
d) Asking and receiving that our joy may be full.
“That I may . . . inquire in His temple” (v4).
6. The blessings in the Sanctuary.
a) Hidden in time of trouble.
“In the day of trouble He shall keep me secretly” (v5).
b) Anchored upon the rock in times of shaking.
“He shall lift me up upon a rock” (v5).
c) Kept in the place of victory, “far above all”.
“Now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies” (v6).
d) Kept in the spirit of joy and praise.
“I will offer . . . sacrifices of joy. I will sing, yea I will sing praises unto the Lord” (v6).
7. God’s call to seek His face, and our response.
“When Thou saidst, seek ye My face; my heart said unto Thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek” (v8).
8. The pleading of a seeking soul.
“Hide not Thy face from me” (v9).
“Cast me not off . . . O God of my salvation” (v9).
“Teach me Thy way” (v11).
9. The path of testing, and the enemy.
a) The adversary and his instruments to hinder.
“False witnesses are risen up against me” (v12).
b) The tenacity of faith.
“I had fainted unless I had believed to see” (v13).
c) The assurance of life to follow.
“I believed . . . to see . . . in the land of the living” (v13).
10. The patience of faith.
“Wait on the Lord: Be strong, and let thine heart take courage.”