I. WHEN YOU ARE OVERWHELMED: CRY OUT TO GOD.
- “Overwhelmed” means, “to be submerged under the weight of something. To be overtaken by a superior force. To throw a dark sheet over to create darkness. To be enveloped as to become weak or faint.”
II. WHEN YOUR HEART IS OVERWHELMED: ALLOW GOD TO LEAD YOU
- Faith’s greatest triumphs are achieved in our heaviest trials.
III. WHEN YOU ARE OVERWHELMED: BECOME OVERWHELMED BY WHO GOD IS
- David is both confessing human inadequacy and affirming divine sufficiency.
- Another definition of overwhelmed is, “to be overpowered by your thoughts and feelings.”
When you realize WHO God is you will be OVERWHELMED by His grace and mercy.
- The overwhelming issues of life are difficult to face. But when overwhelm meets faith, we find a God who is able to hear us, help us, hide us, and OVERWHELM us with WHO He is!
·In the midst of David’s cry, he uses the past tense to help his present dilemma.
IV. WHEN YOU ARE OVERWHELMED: BECOME OVERWHELMED BY HIS PRESENCE.
·David knew if he were to abide in the Tabernacle of God’s presence he would be sustained.