Psalm 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
It’s a rock that juts far above the battles going on at its feet. It allows those who ride its heights to rise far above the tumult beneath — those who personally know the Lord.
“He Hideth My Soul”, a hymn by Fanny Crosby, explains her life, for she faced three incredible hardships in her ninety-five years.
The first was her blindness caused by a careless doctor when she was six weeks old.
The second was a less-than-ideal marriage.
Her deepest blow was the loss of her infant child.
Fanny Crosby lived out her song every day of her life: “He hideth my soul in the depths of His love, and covers me there with His hand.”
He hideth my soul.
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“A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord, — A wonderful Savior to me; — He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock, — Where rivers of pleasure I see.
Chorus:
“He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock — That shadows a dry, thirsty land; — He hideth my life in the depths of His love, — And covers me there with His hand, — And covers me there with His hand.
“A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord, — He taketh my burden away; — He holdeth me up, and I shall not be moved; — He giveth me strength as my day.
“With numberless blessings each moment He crowns; — And, filled with His fullness divine, — I sing in my rapture, oh, glory to God, — For such a Redeemer as mine.
“When clothed in His brightness, transported I rise — To meet Him in clouds of the sky, — His perfect salvation, His wonderful love — I’ll shout with the millions on high!”
Fanny J. Crosby 1850
Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit. Also, “Then Sings My Soul”.
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