{"id":7255,"date":"2026-09-09T02:55:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T02:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7255"},"modified":"2026-09-09T02:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T02:55:51","slug":"we-need-you-to-bring-us-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7255","title":{"rendered":"We need\u00a0You\u00a0to bring us to You!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>We need&nbsp;<em>You&nbsp;<\/em>to bring us to You!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(C.H.Spurgeon)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen my heart is overwhelmed\u2014lead me to the Rock that is higher than I!\u201d Psalm 61:2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of us know what it is to be&nbsp;<em>overwhelmed in heart<\/em>\u2014sinking like a vessel deluged by the storm!<br><em><br>Discoveries of inward corruption<\/em>&nbsp;will do this\u2014if the Lord permits the great deep of our depraved heart to become troubled, and cast up its mire and dirt.<br><em>Disappointments&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>heartbreaks&nbsp;<\/em>will do this\u2014when billow after billow rolls over us, and we are like a&nbsp;<em>broken shell<\/em>&nbsp;hurled to and fro by the raging surf!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blessed be God, at such seasons we are not without&nbsp;<em>an all-sufficient solace<\/em>\u2014our God is the harbor of weather-beaten souls, the hospice of forlorn pilgrims! His&nbsp;<em>mercy&nbsp;<\/em>is higher than our sins! His&nbsp;<em>love&nbsp;<\/em>is higher than we could imagine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is pitiful to see unsaved men putting their trust in something lower than themselves; but our confidence is fixed upon the exceeding high and glorious Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<em>Rock&nbsp;<\/em>He is\u2014since He changes not. And He is a&nbsp;<em>high&nbsp;<\/em>Rock\u2014because the tempests which overwhelm us\u2014roll far beneath at His feet! He is not disturbed by them\u2014but rules them at His will. If we get under the shelter of this lofty Rock\u2014we may defy the hurricane! All is peaceful under the shelter of that towering cliff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas! such is the confusion in which the troubled mind is often cast, that we need&nbsp;<strong>piloting&nbsp;<\/strong>to this divine shelter. Hence the prayer of the text, \u201cWhen my heart is overwhelmed\u2014lead me to the Rock that is higher than I! O Lord, our God, by Your Holy Spirit\u2014teach us the way of faith, and lead us into Your rest. The wind blows us out to sea\u2014and our puny hand cannot steer the helm! You, You alone can steer us over the wide ocean between yon sunken rocks\u2014and safe into the fair haven. How dependent we are upon You!&nbsp;<strong>We need&nbsp;<em>You&nbsp;<\/em>to bring us to You!<\/strong>&nbsp;To be wisely directed and steered into safety and peace is Your gift, and Yours alone!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need&nbsp;You&nbsp;to bring us to You! (C.H.Spurgeon) \u201cWhen my heart is overwhelmed\u2014lead me to the Rock that is higher than I!\u201d Psalm 61:2 Most of us know what it is to be&nbsp;overwhelmed in heart\u2014sinking like a vessel deluged by the storm!Discoveries of inward corruption&nbsp;will do this\u2014if the Lord permits the great deep of our depraved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-h-spurgeon","category-gods-drawing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7256,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7255\/revisions\/7256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}