{"id":4120,"date":"2015-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/when-my-heart-is-overwhelmed-lead-me-to-the-rock-that-is-higher-than-i-psalm-612-nkjv\/"},"modified":"2015-09-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T00:00:00","slug":"when-my-heart-is-overwhelmed-lead-me-to-the-rock-that-is-higher-than-i-psalm-612-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/when-my-heart-is-overwhelmed-lead-me-to-the-rock-that-is-higher-than-i-psalm-612-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;When my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I&#8221; (Psalm 61:2 NKJV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by David, this psalm cried out to God to lead him to a place that was safe and secure. When his heart was &#8220;overwhelmed,&#8221; perhaps by the attacks of enemies or by the disappointments of life, David cried out for a place where his heart could find rest and his clouded vision could be restored. We can pray like David. And when we ask for the &#8220;rock that is higher,&#8221; we have access to that Rock, which is Christ (1 Cor. 10:4). He invites all those who are &#8220;weary and heavy-laden&#8221; to come unto Him and to find rest for their souls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by David, this psalm cried out to God to lead him to a place that was safe and secure. When his heart was &#8220;overwhelmed,&#8221; perhaps by the attacks of enemies or by the disappointments of life, David cried out for a place where his heart could find rest and his clouded vision could be restored. We can pray like David. And when we ask for the &#8220;rock that is higher,&#8221; we have access to that Rock, which is Christ (1 Cor. 10:4). He invites all those who are &#8220;weary and heavy-laden&#8221; to come unto Him and to find rest for their souls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1394],"oyb_day":[1787],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4120","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1394","oyb_day-september-17"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4120"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4120"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4120"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4120"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}