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Funeral Homily: The Refuge of the Lord
Marion Clark
Psalm 71
Introduction
I am honored to present the Word for the husband, family and friends of C. She and B were valued colleagues and supporters during our time in Gainesville, and remained dear friends since then. One thing they understood and supported about me is my method of preaching, which is to go down a Scripture passage and open up its message. That is what we will do now.
Psalm 71 was the theme psalm of B and C, which is quite fitting. The psalmist, who is likely David, offers this prayer to God in his old age and after years of following his Lord. The first line sums up well his life.
In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
Though David was a mighty warrior and a wise king, he unabashedly throughout his life, almost like a child, clung to his God as his refuge, his rock, his fortress, and whatever other names and images he could come up with, to make the point that God, not he, is the one who gave success and protection. The next three lines are typical of his prayers.
????let me never be put to shame!
2?In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
????incline your ear to me, and save me!
Note how utterly dependent this king is upon God for deliverance. The next three verses develop this attitude.
3?Be to me a rock of refuge,
????to which I may continually come;
you have given the command to save me,
????for you are my rock and my fortress.
4?Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
????from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
5?For you, O Lord, are my hope,
????my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
You are the king who commands. You are my rock and my fortress. You are the one who rescues. You are my hope. You are my trust. You are my trust from my youth. Now David looks back over his life and his relationship with his God.
6?Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
????you are he who took me from my mother's womb.
David's tes ...
Marion Clark
Psalm 71
Introduction
I am honored to present the Word for the husband, family and friends of C. She and B were valued colleagues and supporters during our time in Gainesville, and remained dear friends since then. One thing they understood and supported about me is my method of preaching, which is to go down a Scripture passage and open up its message. That is what we will do now.
Psalm 71 was the theme psalm of B and C, which is quite fitting. The psalmist, who is likely David, offers this prayer to God in his old age and after years of following his Lord. The first line sums up well his life.
In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
Though David was a mighty warrior and a wise king, he unabashedly throughout his life, almost like a child, clung to his God as his refuge, his rock, his fortress, and whatever other names and images he could come up with, to make the point that God, not he, is the one who gave success and protection. The next three lines are typical of his prayers.
????let me never be put to shame!
2?In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
????incline your ear to me, and save me!
Note how utterly dependent this king is upon God for deliverance. The next three verses develop this attitude.
3?Be to me a rock of refuge,
????to which I may continually come;
you have given the command to save me,
????for you are my rock and my fortress.
4?Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
????from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
5?For you, O Lord, are my hope,
????my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
You are the king who commands. You are my rock and my fortress. You are the one who rescues. You are my hope. You are my trust. You are my trust from my youth. Now David looks back over his life and his relationship with his God.
6?Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
????you are he who took me from my mother's womb.
David's tes ...
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