May 08, 2021: SOAP #4174:  2Samuel 15, 16; Psalm 32; Matthew 25

SCRIPTURE:  Psalm (NIV) 32:6 You are my hiding-place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
2Corinthians (NIV) 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
Psalm (NIV) 7:10 My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.

OBSERVATION: God does not show me a hiding-place.  God does not tell me where to find a good hiding-place.  God is my hiding-place!

God does not give me a sympathy card for comfort.  He does not even give me a scripture for comfort.  God does not pat me on my head, tell me that I will make it through the sorrow, then send me off.  No, God is my comfort!

God does not give me a shield.  God does not show me where to find a good shield.  God is my shield! 

APPLICATION:  These, and other things, are available to me through the presence of God in my life.  I value the presence of God.  God is with me when I am alone.  I want my words and my actions, in public or by myself, to demonstrate how I value His Presence. 

PRAYER:  Lord, of all my possessions, nothing, absolutely NOTHING, compares with you. You are my hiding place!  You are my comfort!  You are my shield!  Amen

Pastor Leon
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