September 22 Evening Devotional | Lead Me to the Rock That Is Higher Than I | Charles Spurgeon

Evening, September 22 | When my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” —Psalm 61:2 (NASB)

This Evening's Scripture Reading: Psalm 61:1-4 (NASB)

Hear my cry, O God;
Give heed to my prayer.
From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
For You have been a refuge for me,
A tower of strength against the enemy.
Let me dwell in Your tent forever;
Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.

Devotional Video Transcript:

Most of us know what it is to be overwhelmed in heart; emptied as when a man wipes a dish and turns it upside down; submerged and thrown on our beam ends like a vessel mastered by the storm. Discoveries of inward corruption will do this, if the Lord permits the great deep of our depravity to become troubled and cast up mire and dirt. Disappointments and heartbreaks will do this when billow after billow rolls over us, and we are like a broken shell hurled to and fro by the surf.

Blessed be God, at such seasons we are not without an all-sufficient solace, our God is the harbor of weather-beaten sails, the hospice of forlorn pilgrims. Higher than we are is he, his mercy higher than our sins, his love higher than our thoughts. It is pitiful to see men putting their trust in something lower than themselves, but our confidence is fixed upon an exceeding high and glorious Lord. A Rock he is since he changes not, and a high Rock, because the tempests which overwhelm us roll far beneath at his feet; he is not disturbed by them, but rules them at his will. If we get under the shelter of this lofty Rock we may defy the hurricane; all is calm under the lee of that towering cliff. Alas, such is the confusion in which the troubled mind is often cast, that we need piloting to this divine shelter.

Hence the prayer of the text. O Lord, our God, by your Holy Spirit, teach us the way of faith, lead us into your rest. The wind blows us out to sea, the helm answers not to our puny hand; you, you alone can steer us over the bar between yon sunken rocks, safe into the fair haven. How dependent we are upon you — we need you to bring us to you. To be wisely directed and steered into safety and peace is your gift, and yours alone. This night be pleased to deal well with your servants.

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