Go with me, if you would, back
to Psalm 62. And while you're turning there again,
I'll tell you how this came to be our text. At the meeting last weekend in
Fairmont, Quite a few brethren came from other churches, and
it was so good to see them. Just so good to see them. One
of them was our brother John Davis from Rocky Mount. He came
up, and it's good to see him. Friday night, we were talking
about our brother Roy. Rejoicing, just rejoicing, you
know, just talking about how the Lord graciously called him
home and what he must be seeing now. We do that every time the
Lord calls a brother or sister home. But I mean, really, our
brother was here two Wednesday nights ago, sitting right here
among us. And he's in glory now, sitting
amongst us. But anyway, I was just, you know,
Brother John and I were just talking about things, how all
the waiting that we do down here, all the looking that we do down
here, all the trusting that we, you know, we're, and he's there. Everything that we're hoping
for, waiting for, looking for, he has it. Roy has it. physically. And, you know, to sum it all
up, he has Christ. We have Christ, but he has Christ. He has received the prize. He's received the prize. Well,
you know, John and I were talking about this because for a period
of time, we were all together in Rocky Mount. That's where
I met Roy and Juanita. And in, you know, talking about
Roy, being thankful for the fact that he's been called home and
being thankful for the fact that he was given a heart for Christ.
How thankful we ought to be for ourselves and all of our brethren
that we've been given a heart for Christ, a heart for the gospel,
a heart for the word. What a blessing, what a blessing. In just really rejoicing in that
and talking about that, John Davis said, Psalm 62, you know,
I probably said, you know, how wonderful is it that we would
just be given a heart for the Word? You know, Roy had a heart
for the Word, John said, Psalm 62. And I said, was that a favorite
Psalm of his? He said he read it almost every time it was his
turn to read in the men's meeting. He said he just read it always,
always. It wasn't literally the only
thing he read, but he read it over and over and over. Well, hearing that made me want
to go read Psalm 62. And when I read it, I was so
blessed thinking about the fact that this is what blessed Roy. Does that make sense? I was so blessed reading it through
his eyes and his mind and his heart, just entering into this
as Roy entered into this. Roy's... inner meditation, if you want
to say it that way, before God. Roy's plea before God, what he
said, that's for me. That right there is for me. It
just blessed me so much. So I want to read this Psalm
tonight from Roy's point of view. Now, Roy has a new point of view,
but I'm talking about the point of view that he had when he was
here, just like us. the point of view of the desire
that he had in his heart when he was here, just like the rest
of us. And I want to rejoice in the
fact that this was his testimony. This was his plea before God.
I've titled this message, A Psalm for Our Brother Roy. Now these
psalms say, our Lord wrote every bit of this, but these psalms
say a Psalm of David. You'll see that under the heading.
It'll say a psalm for Solomon, a psalm for Asaph. Well, tonight
this will be a psalm for our brother Roy. Let's read this
coming from him. Step into his shoes for just
a minute, okay? Look at verse one with me. Truly, my soul waiteth upon God. from him cometh my salvation. I love this. I love if you have
a center margin in your Bible, you'll see that the word truly
means only. Only. That's what the word translates
to mean. Only. My soul waiteth upon God. My soul only waits upon God. Truly. Truly, my soul is waiting
upon, looking to, hoping in, trusting in the salvation that
comes only from God. The one that comes only from
God. What salvation are you trusting
in, brother? What's your hope? It's the one
that comes only from God. God alone. The salvation that
only He can give. The salvation that truly is salvation. That's the one. The only salvation
that's finished. That's the one. The only salvation
that is secure. The salvation that is only in
the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. That's the one. Verse one goes
on to say, from him cometh my salvation. Salvation's of the
Lord. It's of the Lord. If you want
to know what was in the mind and heart and soul of our dear
brother, it was that. Salvation's of the Lord. I talked
to him. He told me. Salvation's of the
Lord. That's what David said. That's
what all of God's people say. Salvation's of the Lord. By the
grace of God, our brother was made to believe in the depths
of his soul concerning the Lord Jesus Christ when it came to
the Lord Jesus Christ. Look at verse two. He only is my rock and my salvation. Can you in your heart agree with
that? He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my defense. I shall not
be greatly moved. Only. Only. Verse one says, only my soul
waiteth upon God. Verse two says, he only is my
rock and my salvation. Only. Only. You know, that's what separates
the, the heart that is clinging to the true salvation of Christ
and the heart that has muddied the water with man's works. Only,
He only, He only is my rock. What do we
add to Christ for salvation? It's Christ plus what? Nothing. Nothing. And that's what our brother said.
That's what he believed and clinged to. Christ plus nothing. I pray that can be said about
me. If next Wednesday night I'm in
glory, or I'm not here, I pray that
can be said about me. I pray that can be said about
all of us. Christ plus nothing. Only Christ, Christ alone. Only Christ. I truly love, not
loved, but love our dear brother. And he was a precious man who
would tell people that. Anybody who knew him knew that's
where he stood, Christ plus nothing. Only Christ. Verse one says,
truly my soul waiteth upon God. From him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my defense. I shall not
be greatly moved. I heard a wonderful illustration
for this verse on, I shall not be greatly moved. I shall not
be greatly moved. A man was talking about being
on a ship, a huge ship. And he said, when
we got to a place where we wanted to stay, we would drop anchor. And that anchor would go down
and grab onto a rock and it would hold us there. But he said, the wind and the
waves would still move the ship around, but it would only go as far as
the anchor would allow it to go. And that's how it is for
us. We feel like we're the wind in
the waves of trials and fear and all those kinds of things.
We feel like we're tossed to and fro, such on and so forth.
But because of Christ, our anchor, we're only gonna go as far as
the anchor will let us go. We're not gonna be greatly moved. We may feel like we're all over
the place, That anchor of Christ is keeping us by His power. That's the faith and the hope
and the substance of a child of God. That really is. That's,
He'll keep me. He'll keep me. Verse 3 says,
concerning those who have not been given this faith and this
hope and this substance. Verse 3 says, How long will you
imagine mischief against a man? Mischief against the man. How
long will you cry, it's not him only? That's the cry of mischief
against this man. That's the cry of error, that's
the cry of lies. It's not him only, that's the
false cry. It's not him alone, it's him
plus something else. How long will you try to add
man's works to him? How long? Verse three says, how
long will you imagine mischief against a man? You shall be slain,
all of you. As a bowing wall shall you be,
and as a tottering fence. Something that will come down,
it's just a matter of time. And but for the grace of God,
that would be all of us. That'd be all of us. How long
will a man imagine mischief? Until it pleases God to sit him
down, clothe him, and put him in his right mind. Verse four says, they only consult
to cast him down from his excellency. They delight in lies, they bless
with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. That's the flesh outside
of Christ. That's all flesh outside of Christ. But for the grace of God, that
would be me and you. We have so much to be thankful
for. But by the grace of God, in the grace of God, through
the grace of God, because of His grace to us, we've been caused
to say to our own souls, right here in verse 5, my soul, Wait thou only upon God. You see how he keeps saying only?
You notice that? Verse one, only. Verse two, only. Verse four, only. Verse five,
only. Wait only upon God. One man called
this the only psalm. Not the only psalm, the only
psalm. Only, only. Verse 5 says, My soul wait thou
only upon God, for my expectation is from Him. Wait thou only upon
God, Jesus Christ the Lord, the Lord God of heaven and earth. Wait only on Him, my soul, for
my expectation, that's where the word hope comes from, expectation. You know, the Lord has put in
the hearts of His people an expectation, not a presumption, not an arrogant
pride. It's an expectation. It's a humble,
confident expectation in the Lord Jesus Christ. They believe
and they trust that He did what He said He would do. He accomplished
what He came to do. It's a confirmed, convinced expectation. My expectation, he said, is from
Him, Jesus Christ the Lord. It's from Him, it's to Him. I love how Hebrews 11 describes
God's people on this earth as strangers and pilgrims who have
not yet received the promises. But it says, they have seen them
afar off, and they're persuaded of them. They're persuaded of
them. I've told you so many times before,
I've had moments like this, and I'm sure you have too. You ever
had a moment where you feel horrible for it? You just loathe yourself
because of this, I believe, help my unbelief. But have you ever
asked yourself for a brief moment, is this real? Wait a minute. Did He really go somewhere? You
know what the Spirit of God does? Yea and amen. Even though you
are so weak in faith, He is faithful. Even if we believe not, He is
faithful. He'll keep you looking to Christ.
He'll keep you pointing to Christ. He will. God's people expect these things. They expect to receive these
things, just like every brother and sister who's gone before
them has received these things. The city which has foundations,
whose builder and maker is God. God's people expect that's where
they're going. Expect it. Verse 5 says, My soul wait thou
only upon God, for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock
and my salvation. He is my defense. I shall not
be moved. That's what verse two says. That
is a repeat of verse two. Our comfort is in hearing the
same things over and over again, isn't it? Same things, same things
over and over again. Just tell me one more time about
my only rock. Just tell me one more time about
my only salvation, my only defense against the adversary, against
myself, against all the sin that this world throws at me. Tell
me one more time about my only desire. Just tell me one more
time how you put a desire in me for Christ. Tell me one more time about Him.
If you could hear the gospel one more time, if you could hear
one more message in your life, what would you wanna hear? One
more, what would you wanna hear? Tell me about Him. Just tell
me about Him one more time. Verse seven, it says, in God
is my salvation and my glory. The rock of my strength and my
refuge is in God. How does a person get in God? If a person is in God, where
is that person? He or she is in Christ. In Him dwells all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily, and you are complete in Him. How does
a person get in Christ? To me, there's a couple of very
important questions that I wondered for years. And because I experienced
that, I want to go ahead and tell everybody and tell you children,
how does a person get in Christ? Of God are you in Christ Jesus. God the Father chooses who He
wants to be in Christ and He puts them there. It's unto Him,
it's to His glory, it's to His credit. Salvation is of the Lord. Salvation is of the Lord. What
is the evidence of being in Christ? How can I know if I'm in Christ? How can I know if I'm in Christ?
Faith says that right there. The same thing he professed,
the same thing we profess, it's the same thing David professed.
Faith in Christ, a God-given heart that cries this right here,
a belief in His Word only. How can I know if I'm in Christ?
I will believe His Word only. His Word only. A man came up
to a fellow pastor of ours one time, and after he had preached
a beautiful, true message on Christ, and a man came up to
him and said, John Gill disagrees with what you just said. And
the brother wisely and very kindly said, well, he said, brother,
I just told you what the Lord said, and you just told me what
John Gill said. Who do you think we ought to
believe? I love John Gill. but it's Him only. I agree with
John Gill as long as he agrees with Him only and everybody else
and me. Him only. It's a heart that cries,
how can I know if I'm in Christ? It's a heart that will cry, verse
six, He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my defense,
I shall not be moved. I'm not my own rock. I'm not my own salvation. I'm
not my own defense. Verse 7 says, In God is my salvation
and my glory. He's my salvation and He's my
glory. I'm saved by Him. I'm saved to
Him. He is my glory. He is glory. If we get to glory, it means
we've gone to Christ. That's what it means. You think about that. That's
where our brother went last week. He went to Christ. He went to
the arms of the Lord Jesus Christ. From experience now, if our brother
could come back and tell us one final thing, it'd be this right
here. Look at verse eight. Trust in him at all times. You people pour out your heart
before Him. God is a refuge for us." That's
what he'd say. From experience, he would say,
you just trust in Him. He'll bring it to pass. Don't
put your trust in the princes of this world. Don't put your
trust in horses. Don't put your trust in chariots.
You trust in Him. Trust Him. You trust Him. Pour out your heart to Him. To
Him. Don't pour out your heart to
anybody but Him. Him alone. Him only. Him only. This is why true preachers
don't have these little confessional booths so people can come up
and pour out their heart to Him. It won't do any good. He's the counselor. He's the
Savior. He's the judge. Pour out your
heart to Him. You say, well, it'd just be a
bunch of sin. If I did, if I poured out my
heart to Him, all it would be is a bunch of sin. Well, this
man received sinners. He'll even eat with them. The great physician receives
the sick. Verse eight says, trust in him
at all times. Ye people pour out your heart
before him. God is a refuge for us. Where do I go? Where do I run
to? Who do I turn to? God is a refuge
for us. Verse nine says, surely men of
low degree are vanity. And that's me in my flesh. That's all men in their flesh.
And men of high degree are a lie to be laid in the balance. They
are altogether lighter than vanity. They're more empty than emptiness. Verse 10 says, trust not in oppression
and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your
heart upon them. God hath spoken once, twice have
I heard this, that power belongeth unto God. Also unto thee, O Lord,
belongeth mercy. For thou renderest to every man
according to his work. What he's saying is look to God
only. Everyone else, everything else
is empty. All power is in His hand. He will do whatever He's pleased
to do and thank God for His people. He is pleased to show mercy.
He was pleased to take our works upon Himself and put His work
on us. And then every man was judged
according to his work. He was judged according to His
work. But He made it His own. And we're
going to be judged according to our work. But He made it our
own. So unto Him belongs mercy. All the mercy and the blood of
the Lamb, every soul in that work, that was given to God's
people, the work of the blood that he shed every soul in there.
There's mercy for that soul, mercy to be had with him. And,
you know, our brother, our brother hoped in mercy. And that's what
we're hoping in, mercy. Mercy in the blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Every soul that has their own
sin revealed to them, I mean really revealed to them, and
every soul that has total forgiveness and mercy in the blood of Christ
revealed to them, I mean complete total forgiveness. Every soul
will say with David and with Roy, Verse one, truly my soul
waiteth upon God. From him cometh my salvation. From him cometh my salvation.
That's it. That's it. It all stands on that
right there. Only, only him. May that be our
testimony. May that be our plea before God. I pray so. All right.