"LEAD ME TO THE ROCK"
I. "WHEN MY HEART IS OVERWHELMED."
A. Life is filled with pressure and stress situations.
1. Sooner or later we come to the point where we are forced to cry:
a. "I don't know which way to turn.
b. or, "I can't go on."
2. Our heart becomes overwhelmed.
a. That can be a day of greatest tragedy or greatest victory, it
all depends on where we turn for help.
1. Some turn to bottle to escape.
2. Some make rash decisions.
a. I try never to make a major decision when
under emotional stress.
b. So often they are wrong and irreversible.
c. Marriage, divorce, buying and selling.
d. We are familiar with the pressure tactics
of salesmen.
3. David prayed, "Lead me to the rock."
B. Have you ever felt overwhelmed by a situation?
1. This is more than I can handle.
ll. "LEAD ME TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I."
A. The Lord has often in scripture been referred to as the rock.
1. Song of Moses, Deut. 32.
2. David speaks of Jehovah as his Rock.
3. Apostle Paul declares that the rock from which the water flowed in
the wilderness was Christ.
4. Daniel speaks of the stone not cut with hands.
B. The rock was a symbol of strength.
1. The conie is a feeble folk.
C. The rock was a symbol of security.
1. There I shall be sheltered.
D. From the rock there issued life sustaining forces.
E. If I make the rock my shelter, I find now that I am as strong as the rock.
F. David speaks of abiding there and of trusting.
Rock symbol of God's ultimate triumph.
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Chuck Smith (1927 - 2013)
Pastor Chuck was used in the Jesus People revival where he was used along with others to minister to the hippy young people. They saw a work of the Spirit where many were added to the church and discipled. He has raised up many pastors who are a part of the Calvary Chapel movement now and where he pastors the large Costa Mesa church in California.The Calvary Chapel movement is based of simple principles that Chuck Smith taught over the years such as: The priority of agape love, Simple fellowship amongst the saints, the breaking of bread, the teaching of God's word chapter by chapter and verse by verse. And lastly and most importantly the principle not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord.