BUILT FOR SOMETHING GREATER Psalm 37:1-11 Pastor Alan Dionson June 19, 2022
Introduction:
1. Saul: a man apart (1 Samuel 9:2)
2. David: a man after God’s own heart (Acts 13:22)
A. PRINCIPLE #1: CENTERING (v. 1-2)
Success requires focusing on God and not fretting about other people’s success.
B. PRINCIPLE #2: TRUSTING (v. 3)
Success requires sincerity and settling in contentment.
C. PRINCIPLE #3: DELIGHTING (v. 4)
Success is the practice, the position, and the perception of delighting in God, resulting in His favor.
D. PRINCIPLE #4: COMMITTING (v. 5-6)
Success requires innocence in your intentions and justice in your causes.
E. PRINCIPLE #5: WAITING (v. 7-11)
Success requires being still, patient and controlled resulting in blessings.
Conclusion
“Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread.” (Psalm 37:25)
