Brother Gary Sunday Evening 11/25/12

Brother Gary Sunday Evening 11/25/12

David was fighting a losing battle except for God.  There are many battles that have been won that were not won because everything seemed to be going for God’s people.  Many battles have been fought and won because God gave the victory.

Psa 20:1  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

Psa 20:2  Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Psa 20:3  Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

It is alright for us to pray and tell God how much we need Him.  Our head is not in the sand.  We understand the uncertainty of the times and we understand that in a lot of ways the direction of things is totally out of course.  It is not only in this country, it is everywhere. 

Many souls that are out of course have a heavy pull on our heart strings.  We know that without the order of the Lord, things will not turn out well for them.

There is something wonderful about the plan of God that sends us help from meeting together in the sanctuary, in the meeting house. 

I called on a man that we met about 15 years ago.  We met him because he was the grandpa of a girl that we tried to help.  As we were travelling, we passed a car along the road and then met a girl walking.  We stopped to pick her up and she was grateful.  We took her on to Dixon where she said her grandpa would help her.  I was impressed with the thought that she had a grandpa that loved her and would care for her. 

I stopped to meet that old gentleman a few years ago and told him the story and invited him to church.  Recently I went back there.  When I invited him again to church he said, “No, I’ve lived my life without going to church and when I want to go to church I go up on that mountain.” 

I left heavy hearted.  There are a lot of people that thank God for the mountain.  I might go back again and ask him, if Jesus was on the mountain when he was there and ask him if Jesus came down and helped him. 

There is real help when we assemble and God sends help.  Strength does come out of Zion.  As I shook and trembled this week, I could not help but thank God for all the saints of God that have ever prayed for me.  I don’t want to be a fugitive.  I don’t want to ever leave God. 

There is strength in Zion because God dwells there and we have come to the spirits of just men made perfect.

In the text we read, the people prayed and the king was getting ready to go out and face a losing battle except for divine intervention.

There are many thank offerings we give to God.  Tonight we brought in a small offering for the dear saints in Havana and the saints in Far Rockaway.  You can go into your cellar and your freezer and see that we live so good.  

We’re thankful for a car and a place to live.  We don’t stop there, we are thankful that the Lamb of God, that God sent, became the sacrifice for our sins.  We come back and thank Him for it and keep it real. 

Psa 20:4  Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Psa 20:5  We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

Psa 20:6  Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

We live in a world that if it could it will get us on an escalator that is gaining speed all the time.  I have a mind that can wake up in gear and speed up before daylight.  God help us to stop and consider: God, our need of prayer, our need of each other, and not just the challenges of the day but also the beauty of eternity.

It is a wonderful time when God tells us that He has heard our prayer.  It is wonderful when we lay our challenge out before Him that is bigger than we are.  Sometimes our challenge is our own personal challenge, other times it is someone whose life is out of course and who is headed for trouble.

It is wonderful to know where our help, our deliverance, and our victory come from.  We are going to stake the banner of victory.  Sometimes we must claim victory by faith.  You cannot look at the evidence or the probability, but trust God and claim the victory.

It warms the heart of God when you and I humble ourselves before Him and claim victory knowing that it only can come from God.  We ourselves cannot bring victory, it only comes from God.

You can rest assured that if you are God’s child, He will save, protect, and bring victory.

I like to think of the big hand of God.  It does lots of things.  It protects, it gathers.  There are times where little children need to be held.  There are times when we need God to gather us and hold us.  It is wonderful when we feel the big hand of God. 

There are times when we need the big hand of God directing us.  Think of the snares that are set, but there is the big hand of God that will be there to direct over and around. 

You and I need to have the attitude, “I am not exempt.  The enemy will send a snare, but I have set up my banner and I am trusting the big hand of God to guide me over and around the snare.”  He will do it.

Psa 20:7  Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Psa 20:8  They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

Psa 20:9  Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

Those which David was going out to war against had the chariots, the horses, and the army.  It looked like they were set to win.  The enemy has many things that he is offering individuals that you and I are praying for.  It may look like he will win.  David said, “We will remember the name of the Lord our God.”

David was not allowed to have horses or chariots.  There will be times when you and I face things where the enemy of our soul has the advantage over us.  That isn’t rocket science; he has been deceiving for thousands of years. 

He is a liar; he is one of the best sales men that have ever been.  He is experienced in tripping up young, old and middle-aged preachers.  He is old, experienced, crafty, and a roaring lion, but we will remember the name of our lord. 

We serve a God that not only will He fight for us but He will win the victory.  I want to encourage you that even though you don’t know how things will work out, you can come out with the victory. 

As much as we would like to keep people from making choices that would ruin their lives, we don’t want to see any fugitives or people that ruin their life, but when people make certain choices it can position them to be a fugitive.  Someone that is close to me or you can become a fugitive.  Yet it doesn’t have to take our victory.  We need to have it settled that we are going to go right on serving God.

People that have the attitude that they will not bow or change, stop right there, God is the God in heaven and he rules and reigns.

God remember all of your people.