“LEAD ME TO THE ROCK HIGHER THAN I ”
JUNE 15, 2008
New Life Bible Church
Allen McLauchlin, Pastor
Hear my cry, O God; listen to my
prayer. From the ends of the earth
I call to you, I call as my heart
grows faint; lead me to the
rock
that is higher than I.
Psalm 61:1-2
I will stand there before you by the
rock
at Horeb. Strike the
rock,
and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the
sight of the elders of Israel.
Exodus 17:6
"Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together.
Speak to that
rock
before their eyes and it will pour out its water. Then Moses raised his arm and
struck the
rock
twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock
drank.
Numbers 20:8,11
for they drank from the spiritual
rock
that accompanied them, and that
rock
was Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:4
"The stone (rock)
which the builders rejected, This became the very corner stone,"
1 Peter 2:7b
1. A rock is symbolic of a place of
refuge or
FORGIVENESS.
For you have been my refuge.
Psalm 61:3
"Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a
person who has killed someone may flee.
Numbers 35:6
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and
purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of His grace,
Ephesians 1:7
2. A
rock is symbolic of a tower or a source of
STRENGTH.
A tower of strength against the enemy.
Psalm 61:3a
He alone is my
rock
and my salvation; he is my fortress
(tower), I will never be shaken.
Psalm 62:2
3. A
rock is symbolic of a tent or a soft
PILLAR
place of rest).
I long to dwell in your tent forever…
Psalm 61:4
Say to the Israelites: `On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the LORD's
Feast of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days,
so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in booths
when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'"
Leviticus 23:34,43
One thing I ask of the LORD, this
is what I seek: that I may dwell in
the house of the LORD all the days
of my life, to gaze upon the beauty
of the LORD and to seek him in his
temple. For in the day of trouble
he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and set me high upon a
rock.
Then my head will be exalted
above the enemies who surround me;
Psalm 27:4-6
4. A rock is symbolic of God’s
wings or His
CHARACTER OR LOVE.
I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your
wings.
Psalm 61:4
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her
chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.
Matthew 23:37
He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
Psalm 91:4
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love.
1 John 4:16
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ
Jesus.
Philippians 4:19