Our Hiding Place
W. Birch. Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. — A man who is pursued as if he were a wild beast can appreciate the value of a safe hiding place. I. WE NEED A HIDING PLACE FOR THE SOUL. 1. For there is an enemy to our souls ever seeking their destruction. Is it true that there is a wicked devil? Some think not, but Jesus tells us that there is. He tells us also that there is a hiding place from Satan's power, and it is the Lord Himself. 2. From our own inclinations. Some years ago I was walking with one of my children over a canal on a very narrow bridge. The child was frightened, and begged me to hold her tight, as she felt as if something were pulling her down into the canal. And so, like that child, we all of us have an inclination to fall from purity, and we shall fall unless the Lord hold us fast. And He will, if we ask Him. He will no more let you fall into sin, if you call on Him with all your heart, than I would have let that child fall into the canal. Though we have an inclination to sin, there is at all times a hiding place in which our souls may shelter until the danger be past. II. THERE ARE SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE NEED A HIDING PLACE. 1. One of those times is, when the fear of death comes upon us. Who can help us when we die? 2. Allow me to say a word about the hiding place we need when the sorrows of poverty afflict us. Ah, don't you think that such people need a hiding place? How blessed is the Gospel to them! They suffer, but they know, they feel, that our Heavenly Father cares for them. (W. Birch.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. WEB: You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.