Prayer for Security

Pilgrim Prayer: Psalms for the Journey PART VII
Dr. Timothy Keller
05 April 2015

EASTER SUNDAY 2015

Psalms 16: 1-11
1Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.

2I say to the Lord, "You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing."
3I say of the holy people who are in the land,
"They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight."
4Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.

5Lord, you alone are my portion and cup;
you make my lot secure.
6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.

8I will keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body will also rest secure,
10becuase you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
11You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

WHY WE NEED A REFUGE THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN
--Hebrews 11-12; Abraham was looking for a foundation and a king that can't be shaken.
--Matter doesn't last.
--Intellectual thoughts come and go.
--We are all crying out for something.

HOW WE GET THIS REFUGE
--v.4 See what we run to
--v.2 + v.5 The Lord is the highest good and highest joy.
--Highest joy and praise
--Pursue God and not other things.
--v.9-11 Relationship with God is so strong that not even death comes between it.
--Creative rapture can be experienced as physical pleasure. (music, art)