CHRIST THE ROCK CONGREGATION
Sunday NOVEMBER 24TH 2024
By pastor Marc E Simeon
“Sit at My right hand Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Psalm 110:1 ¶ The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Proverbs 3:5-8
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
7 ¶ Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil.
8 It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
INTRODUCTION
- Although the context of Psalm 110:1 is projected to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who will completely vanquish the power Satan and his allies for all eternity,
- There are numerous applications that can be drawn from this portion of the Scriptures to apply to our daily life.
- The subtitle of this message is “THE Necessity to Know When and How to seat by God’s Right Hand”
- Sitting is an uncomfortable posture of combat.
- To march—to stand—to hide—to run—to attack—to ambush and to ambush are the logical postures of combat.
- Sitting has the connotation of disengagement.
- No true soldier expects to achieve victory by sitting down.
- We are naturally wired to be anxious when the number of our enemies rises.
- We feel the need to change our tactics in order to slaughter them in masses.
- While the battle is more drawn, that’s when the Lord asks us to sit.
- When people go hunting with dogs, the most difficult part is to keep the dogs quiet.
- The dogs are so pumped up for the occasion that they often cause the preyed animal to notice the presence of the hunter.
- The natural hunting instinct of the dogs often does more bad than good for the hunter.
- Likewise, many fatalities occur to the children of God because they fail to follow that sample command to sit.
- Many of us follow our own logic while doing the work of God.
THE DANGER OF NOT SITTING WHEN GOD ORDERS YOU TO SIT
Joh 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
- You will run out of strength
- You will run on carnal power
- You will lose focus of the mission; You will take the fight personally
- You will be isolated; You will be disqualified
- You will lose your joy; You will be overpowered by the enemy
- You will run into the traps of the enemy; You will hate God in the process
- You will have a lesser view of God
- You will lose the joy of your salvation
WHY DOES GOD ASK US TO SIT?
Ps 94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence.
- Because the battle with evil forces is beyond our human capacity.
- Because the number of our enemies is beyond our control.
- Because the battle has become God’s size.
- So that we would not take credit and become boastful and proud.
- We need to reckon that it is by God’s grace that we are where we are and not by our own strength.
Ps 124:1-3 ¶ “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,” Let Israel now say-
2 “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, When men rose up against us,
3 Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
- Sitting down means to let God take control over the happenings of your life.
- Sitting by God’s right side means to take refuge under the wings of God.
WHILE YOU SIT, GOD IS IN ACTION
Psalm 18:6-10
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.
8 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.
10 And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.
- While you rest, God deals with your enemies
- While you seat, God levels the opposition party to your favor
- Some kind of way, the next time you see your enemies, you realize that you are positioned higher than them by God’s doing.
- Those who wanted to finish you are now under your feet.
- The obstacles are removed without you doing anything. All the credit is due to God.
- God causes the order of things to change, the first become last, and the last become first.
Ps 91:14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
BE A POISED CHRISTIAN WHO WAITS ON THE LORD
- Being unable to sit by God’s right hand is a sign of lack of trust in God.
- Pride is the reason why some children of God are trying to steal the credits that belong to God for their wellbeing.
Ps 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.
Jer 9:23 ¶ Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
24 But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD.
CONCLUSION
- I don’t know what you are going through in life as we speak.
- Are you exhausted yet in trying to fight this battle alone?
- You will never know true victory until you let go and let God take over.
- When God is behind the steering wheel of your life, you can rest and take a nap because he is the flawless Captain who can assure you a safe arrival to your destination.
- Remember that your battle as a child of God is the Lord’s battle.
Ps 121:4 Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.
AMEN!
Pasteur Marc Simeon 