Psalm 118:10-14 "All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. (11) They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. (12) They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. (13) Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. (14) The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation."
I want my words this morning to be directed directly into our hearts, minds,
and circumstances. Have you ever felt like the world was against you? Or, have
you ever felt like every way you turned was a dead end and there was no way
out? Have you ever felt all alone and then your mind began having thoughts that
took you into an even darker place? Have you ever felt like nothing was going
right and your life was in a downward spiral? Or maybe, you let yourself watch
the news so much that you felt like you were the only one that was looking at
the situations in a correct manner. If you have never felt any of these things,
then please pray for the rest of us.
The writer of this Psalm apparently felt these things as he was writing this
Psalm. "All nations compassed me about." I was completely
surrounded by those elements of the world that were against me. "They
compassed me about like bees." I felt like I was being swarmed by yellow
jackets. They were coming from every direction and it was all at the same
time. The enemy tried to make me fall... "BUT THE Lord helped
me." Satan tries his best to get us into a place where all hope seems to
be gone, but in these five verses, the writer says, "but in the name of
the Lord." Yes, there is hope in the name of the Lord! The enemies,
whether real or imagined, try to make me fall - "But there is hope in the
name of the Lord." When I can hold that in my heart and mind, then I can
speak verse 14 with great confidence. "The LORD is my strength and song,
and is become my salvation."
1 My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.
2 When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace;
in every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.
Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand:
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.