{"id":3546,"date":"2020-07-04T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T19:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2020-07-04T12:43:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T19:43:20","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-psalms-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3546","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Psalms 61"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 61<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   There is weariness in the struggles of life\nthat cause us to search for a place of safety and rest.  In Psalms 61 we find that David comes to the\nLord in search of a Rock, a place of safety, refuge, and peace.  We need to call out to God to \u201clead me to the\nRock that is higher than I.\u201d(vs. 2)  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   The Word pictures of this Psalm are awe\ninspiring as we see the Lord\u2019s love, power and protection in life.  Picture the strong tower of protection in our\nbattles.  Any General in a battle knows\nthat the army that controls the high ground will win the battle.  So true of our lives, when we run to our high\ntower of strength and truth, we have the ability to have victory in our\nstruggles.  We also need a place of safe\nrefuge.  We find this in the picture of\n\u201cthe shelter of His wings.\u201d  My Mother\nused to tell a story of a fire in the barn or chicken coupe where the baby\nchicks were sheltered under the mother hens wings.  After the fire was put out the baby chicks\nwere found alive under the wings of the mother hen.  Even though the mother hen was dead, the\nbabies were saved.  What a picture of\nwhat God does for us in the Lord Jesus Christ. \nThe difference is that Christ rose again and we are alive together with\nHim.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   The most important picture is that of living\nin the presence of the Lord forever. \nDavid realized that the only complete place of victory and safety was in\nthe presence of the Lord.  So this is his\nfinal prayer: Psalms 61:7-8, 7    May he\nbe enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint your love and faithfulness to\nprotect him. 8   Then will I ever sing\npraise to your name and fulfill my vows day after day.(NIV)  We have the promise of God that one day we\nwill live eternally in the presence of the Lord, ruling and reigning in worship\nand glory with our God and King Jesus Christ. \nThis is the final victory we have in the Lord, to be able to worship and\npraise Him forever.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, many times in this life I find\nmyself weary and battle scarred from the battles of this life.  I find that I need You as my tower of\nprotection and strength.  Help me to run\nto the shelter of Your wings and depend on You as my Rock, Refuge, Safety, and\nPeace.  Thank You for the promise that\none day I will live eternally in Your presence celebrating in worship and\npraise, giving glory to the King of Kings and Lord of Lord!  In Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 61    There is weariness in the struggles of life that cause us to search for a place of safety and rest.  In Psalms 61 we find that David comes to the Lord in search …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3547,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions\/3547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}