Homilist Psalm 90:1-17 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.… I. MAN NEEDS A HOME. Like the climbing plant, without the strongest stem to support it, the sensibilities of our frail but wonderful nature trail in the dust. II. GOD REVEALS HIMSELF AS HUMANITY'S HOME. The perfection of our home in God is seen in three particulars. 1. Physical adaptation. This world is fitted up for man's accommodation; fitted to engage energy and repay toil. It is not for the idler's comfort. 2. Intellect finds a home in God. Never talk of religious dulness. Our Father spreads out for the education of His children the grandly-illustrated page of nature, and the letter of His love. 3. Heart and soul — our moral being — find a home in God. "In all generations." Religion, under every different form, and with every varied accompaniment: patriarchal simplicity, Mosaic picture, Christian manhood — has ever been the same, ever fitted to man's heart. III. OUR HOME IN GOD IS INVIOLABLE. Out of God, there is no resting-place for the jaded spirits of men. IV. GOD OUR HOME: THEN IT IS ETERNAL. V. THIS HOME IS TO BE REACHED THROUGH CHRIST. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: {A Prayer of Moses the man of God.} Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.WEB: Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. |
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