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  THE ROCK AND THE BOWING WALL
  by John Henry Jowett
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Summary: The righteous find confidence in God as their rock and high
place, while the wicked are like a bowing wall, destined for moral
disaster.

Topics: "Godly Confidence", "Spiritual Security"
Scripture References: Psalm 62:2, Proverbs 10:25, Matthew 7:26, Ephesians 2:6

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John Henry Jowett preaches on Psalm 62, using powerful symbols to
illustrate the confidence of the righteous and the futility of the
wicked. The righteous find security in God as their rock and high place,
sheltered from life's storms and out of reach of harm. In contrast, the
wicked are like a bowing wall, building their lives on shaky foundations
that will lead to ruin, and like a tottering fence, easily dislodged by
the winds of adversity.

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PSALM lxii.

Here are two symbols by which the psalmist describes the confidence of
the

righteous. "_He only is my rock._" Only yesterday I had the shelter of a

great rock on a storm-swept mountain side. The wind tore along the

heights, driving the rain like hail, but in the opening of the rock our

shelter was complete.

And the second symbol is this: "_He is my high place._" The high place
is

the home of the chamois, out of reach of the arrow. "Flee as a bird to

your mountain!" Get beyond the hunter's range! Our security is found in

loftiness. It is our unutterable privilege to live in the heavenly
places

in Christ Jesus. Such is the confidence of the righteous.

In this psalm there is also another pair of symbols describing the

futility of the wicked. The wicked is "_as a bowing wall._" The wall is

out of perpendicular, out of conformity with the truth of the plumb-
line,

and it will assuredly topple into ruin. So is it with the wicked: he is

building awry, and he will fall into moral disaster. He is also "_as a

tottering fence._" The wind and the rain dislodge the fence, it rots at

its foundations, and one day it lies prone upon the ground.

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