BIG IDEA:
DEATH OPENS THE DOOR TO THE RICHES OF OUR SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE SECURED BY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
INTRODUCTION:
Remember that this is a Messianic Psalm — Acts 2:25-28; Acts 13:34-35; True of David in his own experience, but ultimately speaking of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
Note:
There is debate as to whether David is asking for deliverance from death or deliverance out of death via the resurrection;
Certainly much more is intended here than what David understood himself when he wrote this
1) (:1) GOD IS MY PROTECTOR
RESPONSE: Bless God; Seek Refuge in Him
“Preserve me”
“I take refuge in Thee”
2) (:2-4) GOD IS MY DELIGHT
RESPONSE: Bless God; Boast in Him and in His people
contrasted with the sorrows of those who have rejected loyalty to the true God;
we take no delight in them
3) (:5-6) GOD IS MY INHERITANCE
RESPONSE: Bless God; Appreciate the Beauty of His Inheritance
“The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup”
“Thou dost support my lot”
“The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places”
“Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me”
4) (:7) GOD IS MY COUNSELOR
RESPONSE: Bless God; Draw comfort from His instruction
“who has counseled me”
“my mind instructs me in the night”
5) (:8-9) GOD IS MY ROCK
RESPONSE: Bless God; Stand firm
“I will not be shaken”
“My flesh also will dwell securely”
6) (:10) GOD IS MY RESURRECTION
RESPONSE: Bless God; Don’t Despair
“Thou wilt not abandon my soul to Sheol”
“Neither wilt Thou allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay”
Wever:
“leave” means to abandon
“sheol” — hades, the unseen world, the world of departed spirits of men (not graves, but where the spirits of men go)
“suffer” = permit
“holy one” = beloved one; true of Christ in the absolute
“corruption” = for the body to dissolve
1) God won’t allow the body and the spirit to remain separated in death
2) the body won’t see corruption before this occurs
3) the united soul and body come into the presence of the living God
7) (:11) GOD IS MY LIFE
RESPONSE: Bless God; Enjoy Him forever
“the path of life”
“fulness of joy”
“pleasures forever”