Finding Yourself in the Psalms

Psalm 16

A Psalm of Trust in God

PSALM 16 – A Psalm of Trust in God

How would you face this kind of news?
The person who can trust God in death has learned to trust God in life
TRIALS are like an x-ray of the soul. They reveal what is hidden under the skin.
Thesis. V. 1 “keep me safe”
I. Trusting God in Life
A. Indications of Trusting God in life. 2-4.
1. We recognize our emptiness. “Apart from you. . .”
a. John 15:5 “without me. . .”
b. John 6:68. PETER “Lord, to whom shall we go?”
2. We identify with God’s people.
a. Psalm 1
b. 1 John 1:7 “but if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanses us from all sin”
3. We separate from evil a. Psalm 101:2-3
B. Rewards of Trusting God in Life. 5-8
1. Blessing. 5-6
a. “Boundary lines” the division of an inheritance. The best land
(Lot chose the fertile land)
2. Comfort. 7-8
a. We receive God’s counsel
b. We will not be shaken
II. Trusting God in Death. 9-11
A. Messianic psalm. Acts 2:31
B. Eternal pleasure. Eternal life
Psalm 16:1