God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
There is a very real danger of our putting our faith in our sermon rather than in the Spirit. Our faith should not be in the sermon, it should be in the Holy Spirit Himself.
Our security is not in our own strength or feeble freewill, but in His strength and His will, it is not (as much about) us holding on to Him but the Good Shepherd holding on to us (Psm. 18:35).