WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.779 Once, there was a moth. That's right, a moth. And he went to see a podiatrist. 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:14.519 The podiatrist said, moth, what seems to be the trouble? How can I help? 00:00:15.780 --> 00:00:24.260 The moth said to the podiatrist, doc, I'm in a bad way. My life has fallen completely apart. 00:00:24.260 --> 00:00:31.380 My friends have all deserted me. Even my family won't talk to me. I can't find work. My marriage 00:00:31.380 --> 00:00:38.320 is falling apart. Nothing makes me happy. I just don't know what to do, doc. What do I do? 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:47.939 The podiatrist paused and then replied, moth, I can see you're in bad shape. But with everything 00:00:47.939 --> 00:00:53.600 that you have going on in your life, you should be seeing a psychiatrist, not a podiatrist. 00:00:54.259 --> 00:01:01.460 Why did you come to see me? And the moth replied, the light was on. 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:09.500 Where do we turn when our life gets out of control? 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:23.299 Where have you flown when overrun by anxiety or fear? Unlike that moth, we need to turn toward 00:01:23.299 --> 00:01:33.179 the light that can help us with our troubles. In seasons of trouble and darkness, God is near to us. 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:43.539 And for those seasons, he has provided a pattern of prayer that is a path into his light called lament. 00:01:43.540 --> 00:01:55.719 Lament is a uniquely Christian response to suffering and tragedy. When we lament, we take our emotions 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:06.020 and turn to God with them. We tell him what is happening. We ask him to intervene. We challenge his promises. 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:15.919 And there we can rediscover the hope we have in a relationship with him. 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:24.300 When we lament God, he is our weeping. He listens to our cries and he accepts our prayer. 00:02:24.300 --> 00:02:32.920 So in your season of despair, come lament in the light of your hope in Jesus Christ. 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:42.439 Lament is a neglected response to tragedy and suffering in our churches. 00:02:43.399 --> 00:02:48.179 Christians rarely lament together or privately. 00:02:48.899 --> 00:02:53.159 But lament is worth rediscovering and practicing. 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:58.000 Because the Bible is filled with the language of lament. 00:02:58.740 --> 00:03:01.939 In public and private prayers and songs. 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:06.719 We'll discover in the weeks to come the book of Lamentations, 00:03:07.139 --> 00:03:10.099 which in its entirety is one lament. 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:16.280 There are also more than 40 psalms of lament that are written to be sung all together. 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:25.479 If this biblical pattern of lament is here for us, why aren't we lamenting? 00:03:27.379 --> 00:03:35.180 Local Christian author Peter Davis says that Christians in Sydney, and churches generally in Sydney, 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:37.520 are afraid of lament. 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:40.139 Is that true? 00:03:40.139 --> 00:03:50.659 In our multi-ethnic church, most of us only reveal negative emotions from grief and pain in private. 00:03:52.119 --> 00:03:58.679 Could it be that there's some sort of unspoken rule amongst us that any overflow of emotion is wrong? 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:02.579 For many, it's just not done or improper. 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:10.740 But perhaps we would rather appear respectable than openly upset. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:16.580 At an online funeral I attended recently, this was on full display. 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:23.020 It was on Zoom, and there might have been, you know, 80 to 100 faces on screens. 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:27.220 And every single person who had an opportunity to speak, 00:04:27.220 --> 00:04:32.540 before or while they cried, apologized, 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:35.040 at a funeral, 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:38.840 the most appropriate place I can think of, 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:41.020 for shedding tears together. 00:04:43.500 --> 00:04:47.140 In some families, emotions are seen as weakness. 00:04:47.840 --> 00:04:49.940 They prove a person is out of control, 00:04:50.840 --> 00:04:52.600 has lost their self-reliance, 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:56.700 or lost their capacity to contribute to the family. 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:01.600 But who of us has not felt out of control completely in our lives? 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:03.540 Too weak to fix a situation, 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:09.400 or just not knowing the answer of how to solve what's going on in our family. 00:05:12.520 --> 00:05:13.060 Locally, 00:05:14.140 --> 00:05:16.520 hiding our hurting is not working. 00:05:17.420 --> 00:05:19.939 Mental health issues are a major concern 00:05:19.939 --> 00:05:22.079 in our suburb of Chatswood 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:24.879 and at our local government area of Willoughby. 00:05:26.300 --> 00:05:30.000 But we rarely talk about our struggles, 00:05:30.980 --> 00:05:32.360 especially together. 00:05:34.220 --> 00:05:35.560 In some families, 00:05:36.220 --> 00:05:38.500 and in some churches, sadly too, 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:42.980 positive emotions are so obsessively sought 00:05:42.980 --> 00:05:45.779 that any negative emotions are rejected 00:05:45.779 --> 00:05:47.860 or stifled. 00:05:47.860 --> 00:05:50.180 Look out for those 00:05:50.180 --> 00:05:53.120 live your best life now messages. 00:05:54.939 --> 00:05:58.100 Pain and grief cannot be kept 00:05:58.100 --> 00:05:59.580 from our lives. 00:06:01.660 --> 00:06:04.220 In our hiding of these emotions, 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.819 we need to take them somewhere 00:06:07.819 --> 00:06:09.420 and we often go, 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:10.540 like the moth, 00:06:11.420 --> 00:06:12.699 to the wrong light. 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:14.720 It might be 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:16.620 something on a screen. 00:06:16.620 --> 00:06:18.899 It might be 00:06:18.899 --> 00:06:21.660 a destructive relationship 00:06:21.660 --> 00:06:23.379 or an unsafe relationship. 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:27.740 It might end up in an addiction. 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:31.519 Or if you turn completely inward, 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:34.259 you'll find yourself breaking inside. 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:37.379 We naturally react 00:06:37.379 --> 00:06:39.060 to suffering and tragedy 00:06:39.060 --> 00:06:41.000 as our culture 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:42.459 says that we should. 00:06:42.459 --> 00:06:45.159 What would it take for us 00:06:45.159 --> 00:06:46.459 to look at God's Word 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:48.239 as His followers? 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:50.959 To look at God's Word 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:52.099 as our guide 00:06:52.099 --> 00:06:54.579 to reacting to all that is hard 00:06:54.579 --> 00:06:55.799 and horrifying 00:06:55.799 --> 00:06:57.680 in our lives? 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:01.459 It would take a deep, 00:07:01.459 --> 00:07:02.480 a deep, 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:03.060 deep, 00:07:03.060 --> 00:07:03.879 deep trust 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:05.300 that the God 00:07:05.300 --> 00:07:06.480 who created us, 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:07.860 who knows us 00:07:07.860 --> 00:07:09.300 and is in control, 00:07:10.960 --> 00:07:12.000 understands 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:13.960 and can act. 00:07:14.960 --> 00:07:16.199 A deeper faith 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:17.500 to react to hardship 00:07:17.500 --> 00:07:18.780 God's way. 00:07:18.779 --> 00:07:21.199 The Bible 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:22.239 provides us 00:07:22.239 --> 00:07:22.819 a way 00:07:22.819 --> 00:07:24.279 to not be okay 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:25.359 and to come 00:07:25.359 --> 00:07:26.039 to God 00:07:26.039 --> 00:07:27.179 safely, 00:07:28.299 --> 00:07:29.159 never hiding 00:07:29.159 --> 00:07:29.919 or hurting, 00:07:31.479 --> 00:07:32.199 never hiding 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:33.279 our hurting 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:34.239 from our Father. 00:07:35.379 --> 00:07:36.500 So that's why 00:07:36.500 --> 00:07:37.159 lamenting 00:07:37.159 --> 00:07:38.639 is crucial 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:40.139 for Christians 00:07:40.139 --> 00:07:40.679 in Sydney 00:07:40.679 --> 00:07:42.079 and across the world. 00:07:42.799 --> 00:07:43.539 It's okay 00:07:43.539 --> 00:07:44.299 to lament 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:45.939 and it's needed. 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:48.040 But James mentioned 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:48.480 before 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:49.139 that people 00:07:49.139 --> 00:07:49.720 have been calling 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:50.319 tomorrow 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:51.079 Freedom Day. 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:52.660 Why are we 00:07:52.660 --> 00:07:53.520 talking about 00:07:53.520 --> 00:07:54.579 lament right now? 00:07:54.960 --> 00:07:56.000 Why hope 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:56.699 in despair 00:07:56.699 --> 00:07:57.400 now? 00:07:59.160 --> 00:08:00.000 The worst 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:00.500 is over, 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:00.800 right? 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:04.360 Life 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:05.360 has been hard 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:05.819 for all 00:08:05.819 --> 00:08:06.379 in lockdown 00:08:06.379 --> 00:08:07.259 in our city 00:08:07.259 --> 00:08:08.080 but life 00:08:08.080 --> 00:08:09.100 is often hard 00:08:09.100 --> 00:08:09.920 and for some people 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:10.780 it's always 00:08:10.780 --> 00:08:11.639 hard. 00:08:12.860 --> 00:08:13.960 Across the world 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.319 near and far 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:18.199 life is full 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:19.180 of griefs 00:08:19.180 --> 00:08:20.219 and pains. 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:23.099 All of us 00:08:23.099 --> 00:08:23.439 flick 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:24.659 on our devices 00:08:24.659 --> 00:08:25.899 past articles 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:26.859 whether it be 00:08:26.859 --> 00:08:27.500 in the news 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:28.159 or from other 00:08:28.159 --> 00:08:28.839 organisations 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:29.740 of horrors 00:08:29.740 --> 00:08:30.519 all across 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:31.039 the world 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:33.579 let alone 00:08:33.579 --> 00:08:34.759 in your own 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:35.120 life. 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:38.019 It's so hard 00:08:38.019 --> 00:08:39.319 to see 00:08:39.319 --> 00:08:40.319 all of this 00:08:40.319 --> 00:08:40.679 grief 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:41.419 and pain 00:08:41.419 --> 00:08:42.720 and know 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:43.179 what to do 00:08:43.179 --> 00:08:43.699 about it. 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:45.940 If we are 00:08:45.940 --> 00:08:46.660 seeing tragedy 00:08:46.660 --> 00:08:47.220 everywhere 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:49.379 and it is 00:08:49.379 --> 00:08:50.420 such a heavy 00:08:50.420 --> 00:08:50.860 burden 00:08:50.860 --> 00:08:52.980 where do we 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:53.680 turn to hand 00:08:53.680 --> 00:08:54.080 it over? 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:56.900 We're here 00:08:56.900 --> 00:08:57.660 in this series 00:08:57.660 --> 00:08:58.400 to learn 00:08:58.400 --> 00:09:00.019 rather than 00:09:00.019 --> 00:09:00.560 reject 00:09:00.560 --> 00:09:01.220 lament 00:09:01.220 --> 00:09:02.620 we need 00:09:02.620 --> 00:09:03.400 to embrace 00:09:03.400 --> 00:09:03.700 it 00:09:03.700 --> 00:09:04.879 so that we 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:05.360 are ready. 00:09:07.420 --> 00:09:07.940 Discovering 00:09:07.940 --> 00:09:08.180 lament 00:09:08.180 --> 00:09:08.900 starts when we 00:09:08.900 --> 00:09:09.639 open our 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:10.120 Bibles 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:11.860 and read 00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:12.299 along with 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:12.720 laments 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:13.600 like Psalm 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:14.379 6 00:09:14.379 --> 00:09:15.179 as Flora 00:09:15.179 --> 00:09:15.580 just read 00:09:15.580 --> 00:09:16.000 to us. 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:16.500 Thank you 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:16.799 Flora. 00:09:18.539 --> 00:09:19.200 As we 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:20.159 read and 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:20.960 preach along 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:21.500 with the 00:09:21.500 --> 00:09:22.159 laments of 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:22.600 Scripture 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:23.259 they can 00:09:23.259 --> 00:09:23.840 become 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:25.379 our prayers 00:09:25.379 --> 00:09:25.940 to lament 00:09:25.940 --> 00:09:27.560 or shape 00:09:27.560 --> 00:09:28.600 our lament 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:29.399 prayers 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:31.399 for right 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:31.720 now 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:32.600 for some 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:33.000 of us 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:34.860 and certainly 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:35.759 soon 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:36.659 for the 00:09:36.659 --> 00:09:36.980 rest of 00:09:36.980 --> 00:09:37.259 us. 00:09:39.100 --> 00:09:39.779 In lament 00:09:39.779 --> 00:09:40.399 we approach 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:40.659 God 00:09:40.659 --> 00:09:41.240 directly 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:42.240 and that 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:42.720 might feel 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:43.299 unusual 00:09:43.299 --> 00:09:44.000 for some 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:44.320 of you. 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:46.039 It may be 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:46.379 that you 00:09:46.379 --> 00:09:46.879 rarely 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:47.519 approach 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:48.179 God 00:09:48.179 --> 00:09:50.059 one-to-one 00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:51.099 in prayer. 00:09:52.599 --> 00:09:53.299 But even 00:09:53.299 --> 00:09:53.579 though it 00:09:53.579 --> 00:09:53.759 is 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:54.500 uncomfortable 00:09:54.500 --> 00:09:55.959 the good 00:09:55.959 --> 00:09:56.359 news is 00:09:56.359 --> 00:09:56.659 that you 00:09:56.659 --> 00:09:57.019 won't be 00:09:57.019 --> 00:09:57.579 learning it 00:09:57.579 --> 00:09:58.179 alone. 00:09:59.239 --> 00:09:59.879 As I 00:09:59.879 --> 00:10:00.559 said before 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:02.019 Psalms 00:10:02.019 --> 00:10:02.659 and lament 00:10:02.659 --> 00:10:03.079 Psalms 00:10:03.079 --> 00:10:03.899 specifically 00:10:03.899 --> 00:10:05.439 are written 00:10:05.439 --> 00:10:06.119 so that 00:10:06.119 --> 00:10:06.479 God's 00:10:06.479 --> 00:10:07.000 people can 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:07.519 sing them 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:08.299 all together. 00:10:11.079 --> 00:10:11.639 Open 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:12.159 to Psalm 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:12.419 6. 00:10:12.479 --> 00:10:12.779 Make sure 00:10:12.779 --> 00:10:13.039 you've got 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:13.339 that in 00:10:13.339 --> 00:10:13.639 front of 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:13.799 you. 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:15.099 Think 00:10:15.099 --> 00:10:15.439 about 00:10:15.439 --> 00:10:16.559 what it 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:17.719 felt like 00:10:17.719 --> 00:10:19.419 to hear 00:10:19.419 --> 00:10:19.759 those 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:20.319 words 00:10:20.319 --> 00:10:21.259 of 00:10:21.259 --> 00:10:21.639 David 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:21.879 in 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:22.079 that 00:10:22.079 --> 00:10:22.399 Psalm 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:23.039 when 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:23.339 Flora 00:10:23.339 --> 00:10:23.559 read 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:23.699 them 00:10:23.699 --> 00:10:23.879 out. 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:25.079 Imagine 00:10:25.079 --> 00:10:25.579 showing 00:10:25.579 --> 00:10:25.919 up to 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:26.299 church 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:26.519 and 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:27.299 that's 00:10:27.299 --> 00:10:27.659 Psalm 00:10:27.659 --> 00:10:27.939 1. 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:29.439 We 00:10:29.439 --> 00:10:29.799 stand 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:30.120 up 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:30.879 in 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:31.039 our 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:31.339 homes 00:10:31.339 --> 00:10:31.579 or 00:10:31.579 --> 00:10:32.139 gathering 00:10:32.139 --> 00:10:32.679 soon 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:34.139 and 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:34.319 we 00:10:34.319 --> 00:10:34.799 sing 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:36.419 Psalm 00:10:36.419 --> 00:10:36.779 6. 00:10:40.439 --> 00:10:41.079 That 00:10:41.079 --> 00:10:41.299 would be 00:10:41.299 --> 00:10:41.919 a cultural 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:42.959 rarity. 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:43.519 It 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:43.799 would be 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:44.539 incredibly 00:10:44.539 --> 00:10:45.419 uncomfortable. 00:10:46.659 --> 00:10:47.599 But that's 00:10:47.599 --> 00:10:47.959 what this 00:10:47.959 --> 00:10:48.219 Psalm 00:10:48.219 --> 00:10:48.879 is for. 00:10:49.419 --> 00:10:50.860 it's 00:10:50.860 --> 00:10:51.620 not for 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:52.679 singing 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:53.539 to feel 00:10:53.539 --> 00:10:54.139 ourselves 00:10:54.139 --> 00:10:54.839 into some 00:10:54.839 --> 00:10:55.259 kind of 00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:55.659 depression 00:10:55.659 --> 00:10:56.719 and follow 00:10:56.719 --> 00:10:57.699 those emotions 00:10:57.699 --> 00:10:58.360 down the 00:10:58.360 --> 00:10:59.079 path to be 00:10:59.079 --> 00:10:59.519 where David 00:10:59.519 --> 00:10:59.860 is. 00:10:59.939 --> 00:11:00.079 No. 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:02.919 We can't 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:03.879 even sing 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:04.360 ourselves 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:05.379 into understanding 00:11:05.379 --> 00:11:05.979 where David 00:11:05.979 --> 00:11:06.439 was at. 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:08.199 But we 00:11:08.199 --> 00:11:09.139 learn to 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:09.519 lament 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:10.939 like David 00:11:10.939 --> 00:11:12.000 when we 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:12.459 sing 00:11:12.459 --> 00:11:13.559 psalms 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:14.099 like this 00:11:14.099 --> 00:11:14.699 or songs 00:11:14.699 --> 00:11:15.339 like this 00:11:15.339 --> 00:11:15.939 together 00:11:15.940 --> 00:11:17.780 to prepare 00:11:17.780 --> 00:11:18.540 ourselves 00:11:18.540 --> 00:11:19.840 for the 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:20.260 dark 00:11:20.260 --> 00:11:20.660 seasons 00:11:20.660 --> 00:11:21.240 of life 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:22.540 to come. 00:11:24.920 --> 00:11:25.640 We 00:11:25.640 --> 00:11:25.860 could 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:26.260 wait 00:11:26.260 --> 00:11:27.600 to learn 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:28.040 lament 00:11:28.040 --> 00:11:29.760 and pick 00:11:29.760 --> 00:11:30.240 up lament 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:30.720 scripture 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:32.000 when our 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:32.520 lives have 00:11:32.520 --> 00:11:33.060 completely 00:11:33.060 --> 00:11:33.920 fallen apart. 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:33.979 life. 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:37.099 But if you've 00:11:37.099 --> 00:11:37.639 been through a 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:38.159 really difficult 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:38.679 season of 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:40.240 life or a 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:40.899 time of high 00:11:40.899 --> 00:11:41.899 anxiety where 00:11:41.899 --> 00:11:42.939 your mind is 00:11:42.939 --> 00:11:43.719 spinning out of 00:11:43.719 --> 00:11:45.959 control, it's 00:11:45.959 --> 00:11:46.759 hard to tell 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:49.219 where to 00:11:49.219 --> 00:11:49.459 turn. 00:11:50.099 --> 00:11:50.599 It's hard to 00:11:50.599 --> 00:11:51.559 tell light from 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:52.259 light from 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:53.019 light from 00:11:53.019 --> 00:11:53.759 the light. 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:55.379 So we 00:11:55.379 --> 00:11:55.799 need 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:56.939 words 00:11:56.939 --> 00:11:57.620 ready. 00:11:58.620 --> 00:11:58.960 Words 00:11:58.960 --> 00:11:59.539 ready to 00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:00.019 bring to 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:00.639 God in 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:01.360 patterns of 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:01.659 lament 00:12:01.659 --> 00:12:02.080 learnt 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:02.679 together 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:03.620 through 00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:04.059 scripture 00:12:04.059 --> 00:12:05.200 and through 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:05.679 song. 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:07.360 Because we 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:07.919 break. 00:12:09.419 --> 00:12:09.899 And life 00:12:09.899 --> 00:12:10.439 is not 00:12:10.439 --> 00:12:10.860 easy. 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:12.860 There are 00:12:12.860 --> 00:12:13.419 griefs 00:12:13.419 --> 00:12:14.279 near to 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:14.659 us, 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:16.360 outside of 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:16.679 us, 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:17.500 and inside 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.059 of us. 00:12:19.659 --> 00:12:20.559 In this 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:21.080 series, we'll 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:21.720 learn to 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:22.340 lament 00:12:22.340 --> 00:12:24.139 a path 00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:25.280 to the 00:12:25.280 --> 00:12:25.580 light. 00:12:26.160 --> 00:12:26.759 So that 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:27.360 when darkness 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:29.440 comes, we 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:30.500 know our 00:12:30.500 --> 00:12:31.100 way back 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:32.080 to hope. 00:12:35.560 --> 00:12:36.720 Psalm 6 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:37.740 is a 00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:38.360 song of 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:38.700 David. 00:12:39.920 --> 00:12:40.740 It's for 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:41.220 God's people 00:12:41.220 --> 00:12:42.379 to sing, to 00:12:42.379 --> 00:12:43.060 learn, to 00:12:43.060 --> 00:12:43.580 turn to 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:44.340 God and to 00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:44.899 find hope 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:45.600 in Him. 00:12:47.060 --> 00:12:47.500 But turn 00:12:47.500 --> 00:12:47.800 with me 00:12:47.800 --> 00:12:48.220 there to 00:12:48.220 --> 00:12:48.879 verse 8 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:50.460 of Psalm 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:50.860 6. 00:12:50.860 --> 00:12:52.480 David 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:53.379 boldly 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:54.039 laments 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:54.840 because of 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:55.220 this. 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:56.360 Because of 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:57.100 these three 00:12:57.100 --> 00:12:57.680 wonderful 00:12:57.680 --> 00:12:58.200 truths. 00:12:58.960 --> 00:12:59.259 We're going 00:12:59.259 --> 00:12:59.680 to shape 00:12:59.680 --> 00:13:00.039 the rest 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:00.320 of our 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:00.899 time around 00:13:00.899 --> 00:13:01.560 these three. 00:13:02.680 --> 00:13:03.320 The Lord 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:03.879 has heard 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:04.519 my weeping. 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.580 The Lord 00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:06.259 has heard 00:13:06.259 --> 00:13:06.940 my cry 00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:07.480 for help. 00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:08.480 The Lord 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:09.200 accepts 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:10.220 my prayer. 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:11.480 First, 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:12.460 the Lord 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:12.860 has heard 00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:13.480 my weeping. 00:13:15.539 --> 00:13:16.180 This 00:13:16.180 --> 00:13:16.899 psalm is 00:13:16.899 --> 00:13:18.060 very personal. 00:13:18.059 --> 00:13:18.119 personal. 00:13:18.939 --> 00:13:19.639 It doesn't 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:21.319 have the 00:13:21.319 --> 00:13:21.739 personal 00:13:21.739 --> 00:13:22.519 details you 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:23.319 might expect. 00:13:23.819 --> 00:13:24.539 Say, if a 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:25.079 friend was 00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:25.599 telling a 00:13:25.599 --> 00:13:27.319 friend, hey, 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:27.979 this happened. 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:29.739 I felt like 00:13:29.739 --> 00:13:30.099 this. 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:31.579 Then I ran 00:13:31.579 --> 00:13:31.879 out of 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:32.259 tissues, 00:13:33.339 --> 00:13:34.319 etc., etc. 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:35.159 No. 00:13:36.179 --> 00:13:36.879 David, he was 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.779 horribly sick 00:13:37.779 --> 00:13:38.739 in body and 00:13:38.739 --> 00:13:40.000 soul and 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:40.879 somehow also 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:41.399 at the same 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:42.879 time in 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:43.819 imminent danger 00:13:43.819 --> 00:13:44.219 from his 00:13:44.219 --> 00:13:44.899 enemies. 00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:46.259 enemies and 00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:46.959 a situation 00:13:46.959 --> 00:13:47.759 has arisen 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:48.919 that takes 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:49.579 a massive 00:13:49.579 --> 00:13:50.179 toll on 00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:51.039 him, inside 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:52.459 and out, and 00:13:52.459 --> 00:13:53.199 he expects 00:13:53.199 --> 00:13:55.079 to die by 00:13:55.079 --> 00:13:56.000 sickness or 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:57.360 sword in 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:58.399 physical and 00:13:58.399 --> 00:13:59.639 mental agony. 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.419 David's 00:14:02.419 --> 00:14:03.139 sickness gave 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:04.019 him immense 00:14:04.019 --> 00:14:04.980 physical pain, 00:14:05.439 --> 00:14:06.259 down to his 00:14:06.259 --> 00:14:08.000 bones, to the 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.419 point where he 00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:09.539 was weak and 00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:10.519 faint, as it 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.059 says in verse 00:14:11.059 --> 00:14:11.360 2. 00:14:12.299 --> 00:14:12.799 We don't know 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:13.299 what it is. 00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:16.019 Till he was 00:14:16.019 --> 00:14:16.779 worn out and 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:18.379 hoarse of 00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:19.340 voice from 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:19.740 all his 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:20.539 groaning, as 00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:21.059 it says in 00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:21.699 verse 6. 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:23.819 His eyes went 00:14:23.819 --> 00:14:24.659 blind and 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:25.659 failed him, as 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.139 it says in 00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:27.699 verse 7, and 00:14:27.699 --> 00:14:28.379 when he closes 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:30.220 them to rest, he 00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:31.699 cannot sleep, as 00:14:31.699 --> 00:14:32.240 it says in 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.879 verse 5. 00:14:34.439 --> 00:14:35.159 He's also 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:35.740 hurting in 00:14:35.740 --> 00:14:36.340 his soul. 00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:38.439 Verse 3 00:14:38.439 --> 00:14:38.960 says, my 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:40.179 soul is in 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:40.819 deep 00:14:40.819 --> 00:14:41.779 anguish. 00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:44.459 His 00:14:44.459 --> 00:14:45.459 soul blurs 00:14:45.459 --> 00:14:45.720 his 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:46.500 perception of 00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:46.959 the world. 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:49.139 His 00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:49.799 pain of 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.519 soul blurs 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:51.139 his perception 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.679 of the world, 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.379 as it says in 00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:52.899 verse 7. 00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.240 But the 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:55.059 most worrying 00:14:55.059 --> 00:14:56.139 sign of 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.579 David's 00:14:56.579 --> 00:14:57.339 situation, even 00:14:57.339 --> 00:14:57.579 though we 00:14:57.579 --> 00:14:57.879 don't know 00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:58.539 what it is, 00:14:59.139 --> 00:14:59.659 is how it 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.100 looks. 00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:02.279 It's so 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:04.100 bad that 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:04.939 David's bed 00:15:04.939 --> 00:15:05.740 is swimming 00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.700 in his 00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:07.279 tears. 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:09.680 Verse 6 00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:10.500 describes 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:12.740 every place 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:13.200 where David 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:13.919 has sat 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:14.940 as soaked. 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:17.100 Every spot 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.919 is soaked 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:18.879 with weeping. 00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:20.919 This is 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:22.180 long-term 00:15:22.180 --> 00:15:24.060 depression 00:15:24.060 --> 00:15:25.419 or anxiety. 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:28.120 It's at 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:28.539 least a 00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:29.080 night, but 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:29.659 it's probably 00:15:29.659 --> 00:15:30.440 more, and 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:31.279 it's weeping 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:31.980 and crying 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:33.180 and rehydrating 00:15:33.180 --> 00:15:33.840 and weeping 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:34.360 and crying 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.740 more. 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:38.120 And only 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:38.720 after at 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.200 least one 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:39.960 night of 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:40.620 this dark 00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.639 situation 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:42.919 does David 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.680 open his 00:15:43.680 --> 00:15:44.180 mouth. 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.600 It takes 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.580 him breaking 00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:47.560 physically and 00:15:47.560 --> 00:15:48.120 emotionally. 00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:50.080 This once 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:51.039 mighty warrior 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:52.960 now cries 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:53.259 out. 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.320 His fear 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:55.919 of death 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:57.519 from 00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:58.100 sickness 00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:59.240 or from 00:15:59.240 --> 00:15:59.600 man 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:01.440 overtakes 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:02.180 his ability 00:16:02.180 --> 00:16:02.919 to process 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.840 life in 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.500 an orderly 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:04.840 way. 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.919 And stricken 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:07.980 and panicked, 00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:09.039 he decided 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:09.580 to cry 00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:10.779 out, possibly 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.180 the most 00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:11.960 common lament 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.980 in Scripture 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:14.000 in verse 3, 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.279 where he cries 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:15.580 out, 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:16.759 how long, 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.539 oh Lord, 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:19.080 how long? 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:23.720 we should be 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.280 ready to 00:16:24.280 --> 00:16:25.300 lament before 00:16:25.300 --> 00:16:26.080 we are 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:26.620 completely 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:27.680 broken, but 00:16:27.680 --> 00:16:28.300 we can't 00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:28.900 predict the 00:16:28.900 --> 00:16:29.740 speed that 00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.440 darkness will 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:30.960 rush upon 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.259 us. 00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.600 While lament 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.440 is always a 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:35.180 right response, 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:36.139 let me say 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:37.200 that clinical 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.460 depression or 00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:39.720 anxiety or 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.300 any other 00:16:40.300 --> 00:16:41.620 valid and 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.280 treatable 00:16:42.280 --> 00:16:43.240 mental health 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.780 issue, 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.900 they can 00:16:45.900 --> 00:16:46.820 arise in 00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:47.500 dark seasons 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.159 like David 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:48.879 is describing 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.220 now, 00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.980 even before. 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:52.759 You could 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:53.279 argue that 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:53.799 Psalm 6 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:55.259 shows some 00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:56.120 level of 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:57.559 treatable 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:58.799 clinical 00:16:58.799 --> 00:16:59.360 depression, 00:16:59.559 --> 00:16:59.960 for sure, 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:00.759 in David. 00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:02.779 Lament 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:04.200 cannot replace 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:05.359 needed medical 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:06.160 and professional 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:07.099 help, which 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.759 for most of 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.960 us, we will 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.740 need to engage 00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.759 with either 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.319 in our own 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:11.960 lives or in 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.400 the lives of 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:13.299 our family in 00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:13.880 our lifetime. 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:15.760 lament is 00:17:15.760 --> 00:17:16.800 always there 00:17:16.800 --> 00:17:17.700 for every 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.360 dark day, 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.420 even before 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.060 we see the 00:17:20.060 --> 00:17:20.860 cracks forming 00:17:20.860 --> 00:17:21.800 in our soul 00:17:21.800 --> 00:17:22.660 or in our 00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.240 circumstance. 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:26.020 That is 00:17:26.020 --> 00:17:26.360 when we 00:17:26.360 --> 00:17:27.100 take up 00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:27.700 our lament 00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.880 to God. 00:17:32.300 --> 00:17:33.100 The Lord 00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:33.680 hears our 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.120 cry. 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:37.779 As David 00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.419 cries out 00:17:38.419 --> 00:17:38.859 to God, 00:17:38.959 --> 00:17:39.299 we see 00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:39.719 four 00:17:39.719 --> 00:17:40.759 characteristics 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.599 of lament 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:43.219 that together 00:17:43.219 --> 00:17:44.699 guide David 00:17:44.699 --> 00:17:45.679 back to 00:17:45.679 --> 00:17:46.199 his hope. 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:47.699 David has 00:17:47.699 --> 00:17:48.439 been groaning 00:17:48.439 --> 00:17:49.179 and weeping 00:17:49.179 --> 00:17:50.059 aimlessly 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:51.619 as a 00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:52.319 reflex to 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:53.019 his pain 00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:53.679 and fear, 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:54.239 but now 00:17:54.239 --> 00:17:54.819 his words 00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.719 become lament 00:17:55.719 --> 00:17:57.039 as he brings 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.399 them to 00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:57.979 his Lord 00:17:57.979 --> 00:17:59.019 who can do 00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.419 something to 00:17:59.419 --> 00:17:59.799 help him. 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.000 Verse 1, 00:18:02.679 --> 00:18:03.059 turn there 00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.379 with me. 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:06.039 It says, 00:18:06.219 --> 00:18:06.500 Lord, 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.039 do not 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.719 rebuke me 00:18:07.719 --> 00:18:08.039 in your 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.459 anger or 00:18:09.459 --> 00:18:10.299 discipline me 00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:10.859 in your 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.199 wrath. 00:18:13.959 --> 00:18:14.359 Seems a 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:14.979 strange place 00:18:14.979 --> 00:18:15.599 to start. 00:18:17.219 --> 00:18:17.639 David seems 00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:17.939 to be 00:18:17.939 --> 00:18:18.539 confessing 00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.039 something, 00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:20.179 but unlike 00:18:20.179 --> 00:18:21.000 many other 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.539 Psalms that 00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:22.119 begin with 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:23.079 a confession 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:23.959 of a 00:18:23.959 --> 00:18:25.019 specific sin, 00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:27.000 David instead 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.219 pleads with 00:18:28.219 --> 00:18:29.579 God and 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:30.479 confesses 00:18:30.479 --> 00:18:31.179 his 00:18:31.179 --> 00:18:32.039 sinfulness. 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:32.220 forgiveness. 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:34.220 He makes 00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:35.079 a claim 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.259 of need 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:38.920 for God's 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.920 grace toward 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:40.240 him. 00:18:41.379 --> 00:18:42.099 David doesn't 00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.839 deserve his 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.639 relationship with 00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:43.940 God, 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:46.279 but he claims 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:47.059 the relationship 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:47.920 anyway. 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.980 And he does 00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.819 not claim a 00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.980 right to his 00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.500 change of 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.180 circumstances. 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.920 He instead 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:56.059 knows God's 00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:57.339 character is to 00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:58.480 save and to 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:00.339 heal as he is 00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.339 gracious and 00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:01.679 loving. 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:03.019 So he trusts 00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:05.000 God by 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.439 grace. 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.059 He trusts 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:08.039 God's grace 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.559 that he would 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.939 hear him and 00:19:09.939 --> 00:19:12.019 heal him as 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.839 he cries out 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.879 in prayer. 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.859 David then 00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:19.000 tells God of 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.799 his situation, 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:22.199 even though he 00:19:22.199 --> 00:19:22.839 knows God 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.480 already sees 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:23.720 it. 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:27.180 all the 00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:28.900 tears and 00:19:28.900 --> 00:19:29.640 groans. 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:31.059 God can 00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:31.660 already see 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.140 all of it. 00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:34.339 We just 00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:35.000 went through 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:38.339 how David 00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:39.319 describes his 00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:40.079 situation to 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.279 God. 00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:40.819 That's how we 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.240 know what 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.660 David was 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.160 going through. 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.620 David tells 00:19:44.620 --> 00:19:45.440 God all of 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:45.620 it. 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.700 Think of 00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.819 how a 00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.579 little child 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:52.500 reacts to 00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.339 falling down. 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:56.000 the parent 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.400 might be 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:57.319 there and 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.259 usually is 00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:58.500 there. 00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.000 If they're 00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.279 not on 00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.720 their phone, 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.700 they're probably 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.600 watching their 00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.279 child and 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.740 their child 00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.400 knows it. 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.000 And their 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.440 child is 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.039 running and 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.620 playing and 00:20:05.620 --> 00:20:05.920 then their 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.640 child falls 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.140 down. 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.079 They might 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.539 skin their 00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.839 knees, hurt 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.539 their hands 00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:12.299 and they run 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.680 to their 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:14.480 parent or 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.039 their carer. 00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:17.460 And they 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:17.799 say to 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.160 them, what 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:18.579 happened? 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.680 Even though 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.160 they just saw 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.319 it. 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:21.759 And the 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.380 child says, 00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:22.980 I fell 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.460 down. 00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:23.860 I got 00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:24.039 an 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.340 owie. 00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:26.400 You see, 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:26.920 part of 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.700 lamenting is 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.400 blurting out 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.160 in our own 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:29.940 words what 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.720 God already 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.200 sees. 00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.600 Doing this 00:20:32.600 --> 00:20:33.680 affirms our 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.779 close relationship 00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:36.039 where we can 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.640 share our 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.420 hurting words 00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.779 with our 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.440 loving Father. 00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.340 It's safe 00:20:42.340 --> 00:20:43.140 with Him 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:44.740 because He 00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.400 hears what 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:45.840 we say 00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:47.740 and we're 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.420 near to 00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:48.980 His ear. 00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.120 God. 00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.360 Then David 00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:53.339 asks God 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.839 to do 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.240 something. 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.140 He wants 00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:56.480 God to 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.140 have mercy 00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:58.640 and deliver 00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:59.140 him out of 00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.900 his situation, 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.880 verses 2 and 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.140 4. 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:03.259 He asks 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.240 specifically 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.599 for healing 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.440 in verse 2 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:08.160 and that it 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.460 would come 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.720 quickly as 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.160 he cries 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.680 out, how 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.039 long? 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:14.500 He trusts 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.619 in God 00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.480 to deliver 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:18.579 him, even 00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.519 in verse 10 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.639 to bring 00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.339 justice 00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.879 into his 00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.519 situation. 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:25.639 In verse 4 00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:26.119 it says, 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:28.039 save me 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.000 because of 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.940 your unfailing 00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.440 love. 00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.799 Because of 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.299 the love 00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.879 that he sees 00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.460 in God, 00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.700 he trusts 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.559 that he's 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.180 going to be 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.759 saved, or 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.160 at least 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:41.339 he claims 00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:42.440 that promise. 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.500 In a 00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.259 relationship of 00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.900 grace and 00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.319 love with 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.400 God, David 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.259 can safely 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.879 plead for 00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:51.480 help, but 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.379 that verse 4 00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:54.140 save me 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.660 because of 00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.320 your unfailing 00:21:55.320 --> 00:21:57.240 love, could 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.160 also be 00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.580 in part a 00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:00.760 challenge to 00:22:00.760 --> 00:22:01.060 God. 00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:02.920 Does David 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:04.040 feel loved 00:22:04.040 --> 00:22:04.680 by God 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.500 right now? 00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.600 I suggest 00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.120 he probably 00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.900 doesn't feel 00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.080 it. 00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.120 It doesn't 00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.740 mean it's 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.240 not true. 00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.900 And then in 00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.720 verse 5, David 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.660 continues to 00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.000 challenge. 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.420 He says, 00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:18.940 among the 00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:20.040 dead no 00:22:20.040 --> 00:22:20.860 one proclaims 00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.300 your name. 00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.140 Who praises 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.580 you from 00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.340 the grave? 00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:25.780 At death's 00:22:25.780 --> 00:22:26.860 door, David 00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.860 is challenging 00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.840 God. 00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.140 Surely God 00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.600 would keep 00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.060 his king 00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:32.480 alive to 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.020 lead his 00:22:33.020 --> 00:22:33.780 people to 00:22:33.780 --> 00:22:34.700 follow him 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.840 as God 00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:36.520 has promised. 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.680 Will God 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.860 save for 00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.320 his own 00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:41.020 name's sake? 00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.060 How often 00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:44.420 do you 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.280 challenge God 00:22:45.280 --> 00:22:45.880 out loud 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:47.500 to his face? 00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:49.320 Is that a 00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:49.900 safe thing 00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.259 to do? 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.000 Challenging 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.640 God in 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.080 lament 00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:56.100 means 00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.840 remembering 00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:57.480 God's 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:57.980 promises 00:22:57.980 --> 00:23:00.320 and seeing 00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:00.680 if they 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.660 are contradicted 00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.580 by our 00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:02.900 negative 00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.720 circumstances. 00:23:04.780 --> 00:23:05.500 It's a 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.259 brave thing, 00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:06.860 yet it's a 00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.519 safe thing 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.380 for David 00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.920 to do 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:10.460 because of 00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.840 the close 00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.400 relationship 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.920 that he has 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.380 with God. 00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.260 and it's 00:23:13.260 --> 00:23:13.840 a wise 00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:14.360 thing 00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:15.820 because when 00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:16.620 we challenge 00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.060 God's 00:23:17.060 --> 00:23:17.540 promises, 00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:19.120 they always 00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.940 stand true 00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.980 and sure, 00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:22.100 no matter 00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:22.800 the scrutiny 00:23:22.800 --> 00:23:23.320 they are put 00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:23.580 under. 00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:26.740 And so 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.380 after David 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.080 cries out, 00:23:28.820 --> 00:23:30.620 what happens? 00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:33.659 we see 00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.500 no evidence 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.599 of deliverance 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.559 or healing 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:38.359 from illness 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.039 or enemy. 00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:41.179 But the 00:23:41.179 --> 00:23:41.419 lament 00:23:41.419 --> 00:23:42.359 changes tone 00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:42.959 in verses 00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:43.519 9 and 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.759 10. 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.219 David's 00:23:45.219 --> 00:23:45.579 prayers 00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.099 become 00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.699 determined 00:23:46.699 --> 00:23:47.439 and even 00:23:47.439 --> 00:23:48.159 more certain. 00:23:49.739 --> 00:23:50.479 In verse 00:23:50.479 --> 00:23:51.019 9 it says 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.659 he turns 00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.579 away from 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.439 evil toward 00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:53.899 God. 00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.679 There's a 00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.699 purposefulness 00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:57.279 about whatever 00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.879 he will do 00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.259 next. 00:23:58.259 --> 00:24:01.559 As he 00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.559 tells God, 00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.619 asks God 00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.339 and challenges 00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.960 God, 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.680 David finds 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.740 his way 00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:10.559 to truth 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:12.299 in God's 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.640 promises. 00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.759 He finds 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.420 God listening 00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:15.859 to his 00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.240 weeping, 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.220 hearing his 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.299 cries and 00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.319 accepting his 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.740 prayer. 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.819 This is what 00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.359 gives David 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:22.680 hope. 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.180 These verses 00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.500 here. 00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.960 The Lord 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.340 has heard 00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:28.519 my 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.880 weeping. 00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.480 The Lord 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.019 has heard 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.019 my cry 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.680 for mercy. 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.779 The Lord 00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:34.140 accepts 00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:35.039 my prayer. 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.779 As if 00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.799 from nowhere 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.500 David has 00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.160 this sudden 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.880 strength, 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.819 he rejects 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.319 the allure 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.900 of all the 00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.480 other bright 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.259 lights that 00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.240 a king 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.440 of a 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.900 country 00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:49.000 could run 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.779 towards 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.480 in a dark 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.019 time like 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.420 this. 00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.200 Whether it 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.039 be a 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.819 treaty with 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.299 the evil 00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.160 nations around 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.519 David, 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.200 or whether 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.639 it be 00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.700 a lust 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.460 after some 00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.779 other 00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.480 distraction 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.460 to run 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.180 away from 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.799 his internal 00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.539 problems and 00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.980 struggles. 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.039 Instead, 00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.660 David embraces 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.619 the ability 00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.220 of God 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.740 to comfort 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:11.440 him in 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.099 the promise 00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.700 of God's 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.259 acceptance 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.619 of his 00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.039 prayer 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:16.759 before God 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.339 heals or 00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.680 saves. 00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:21.779 David finds 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.440 his trust 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.100 in a 00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.620 relationship 00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.360 with God 00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.160 that cannot 00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.740 be broken 00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.299 by any 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.019 circumstances 00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.880 but can 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.640 be relied 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.860 on in 00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.480 every 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.259 circumstance, 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:33.060 even this 00:25:33.060 --> 00:25:34.299 circumstance. 00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.420 So here I 00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.320 imagine David's 00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:39.120 tear-stained 00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:39.960 face 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:42.480 becoming 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.100 peaceful, 00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.279 maybe a 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.840 deep breath. 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:44.919 death. 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.759 And the 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.379 backing 00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:49.919 music 00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:51.399 turns from 00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:52.179 minor to 00:25:52.179 --> 00:25:52.559 major. 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.240 Maybe there's 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.559 a key 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.059 change, 00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.299 or maybe 00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.959 a peaceful 00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:56.980 ending. 00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.799 And then we 00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.220 have verse 00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.639 10. 00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.619 All my 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.199 enemies will 00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.959 be overwhelmed 00:26:03.959 --> 00:26:04.839 with shame 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.599 and anguish. 00:26:05.959 --> 00:26:06.419 They will 00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:07.179 turn back 00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:07.799 and suddenly 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.379 be put to 00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.720 shame. 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.839 This sounds 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.279 out of the 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.679 blue. 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.679 It sounds 00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.419 a bit bold 00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.039 for our 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.500 tongues. 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.080 Will David's 00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:19.060 enemies be 00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.840 turned back? 00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.840 Will they 00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.560 take on 00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.200 David's 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.720 anguish of 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.400 soul that 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.400 we read about 00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.019 in verse 3? 00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:25.740 Will they 00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.240 take that 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.640 on as 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.120 their own 00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.560 somehow? 00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.560 But no 00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.000 matter the 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.500 outcome, 00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.300 David is 00:26:32.300 --> 00:26:33.140 confident in 00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.740 God's ability 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.279 to do 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.779 verse 10. 00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.240 He's 00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.900 confident in 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.860 God's ability 00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.340 to work 00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:41.320 justice as 00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:42.039 David sees 00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.259 it. 00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:44.279 and he's 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.539 comforted in 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.259 the acceptance 00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.859 that God 00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.400 has given 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:49.240 him in 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:51.180 relationship as 00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.519 he is 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.240 lamenting in 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.440 prayer. 00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.400 Lamenting 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.480 changed David 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.359 from verses 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.299 1 to verse 00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.759 10. 00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.299 But his 00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.039 situation didn't 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:02.240 change, not 00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.519 at all. 00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.980 Lamenting led 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.960 David to hope, 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:08.259 to dismiss his 00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.440 doubts, because 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.220 God heard him 00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.519 weep. 00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.080 He listened 00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.420 to his 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.759 cry, and 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.400 he accepted 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.380 his prayer, 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.480 which confirmed 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.279 the relationship 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.920 that David 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:20.059 had by God's 00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:21.180 grace and 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.140 unfailing love 00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.940 for him. 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.860 For David, 00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:25.680 that was 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.039 enough. 00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.860 Today, you 00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.440 might not be 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.940 in a place 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:32.259 like David 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.620 was, desperate 00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.640 and despondent 00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.320 or even 00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:36.080 dying, but 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:38.019 if you 00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.240 don't 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.000 lament 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:41.539 today, you 00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.119 certainly will 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.419 soon. 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.500 We have 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.079 seen in 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.779 Psalm 6 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:49.379 that God 00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.980 is the 00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:51.839 light that 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.619 Scripture would 00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.279 have us turn 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.000 to for help 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.960 in our darkest 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.379 hour. 00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:56.539 So don't 00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.439 wait until 00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:58.279 your soul and 00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.819 body have 00:27:58.819 --> 00:28:00.419 recovered to 00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:01.339 begin to 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.699 pray. 00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.720 But come to 00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.639 God in lament 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:06.140 while our 00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:07.280 tears are 00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:07.680 flowing. 00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.040 We have 00:28:10.040 --> 00:28:10.620 found here 00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.920 that lamenting, 00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:12.740 turning to 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:14.300 God, telling 00:28:14.300 --> 00:28:15.759 God, asking 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:17.060 God, even 00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.600 challenging 00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:19.380 God, is a 00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.880 pattern of 00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:21.660 prayer and 00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.920 lament that 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.940 God will hear 00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:25.020 and accept. 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.520 And when we 00:28:25.520 --> 00:28:26.240 come to him 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.600 to test our 00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:29.040 relationship and 00:28:29.040 --> 00:28:29.759 compare our 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.600 broken body, 00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.480 soul, and 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.680 circumstances to 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.520 his promises 00:28:33.520 --> 00:28:34.500 for now, 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.420 and for the 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:37.300 future, we 00:28:37.300 --> 00:28:37.840 find him 00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:39.700 trustworthy and 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.220 reliable. 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.660 In lament, we 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.600 can find hope, 00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.860 and as we 00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:46.120 hope, our 00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:47.020 faith grows. 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:50.980 Faith does 00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.759 not always 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:53.160 resolve life. 00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.680 But with 00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.920 faith, there 00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.740 is forever, 00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.240 forever hope 00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.360 in Jesus. 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:02.359 God's 00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.699 God's 00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.539 love, and 00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.019 he 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.539 was 00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:08.859 loving, so 00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.039 that he 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.459 would be a 00:29:09.459 --> 00:29:10.219 saving God. 00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:11.619 So he 00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.299 came to him 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:13.500 and lamented. 00:29:13.979 --> 00:29:14.379 He found 00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:15.439 hope in 00:29:15.439 --> 00:29:16.619 God's light, 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.279 the light of 00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.159 his promises, 00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.459 that one 00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:21.219 day, justice 00:29:21.219 --> 00:29:22.019 and peace 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.419 would be 00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:22.759 done. 00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:25.019 In his 00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.439 life, 00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:28.179 but in the 00:29:28.179 --> 00:29:28.779 world, once 00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.279 for all, 00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.079 justice would 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.599 be done. 00:29:31.399 --> 00:29:31.839 But David 00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.799 didn't live 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.759 to see the 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.740 fullest display 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.359 of God's 00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:37.579 grace, how 00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.639 gracious God 00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.139 would be, 00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.559 but we get 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:41.740 to. 00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:45.059 Today, we 00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.240 have the 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.240 brightest view 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.859 of God's 00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.599 guiding light 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:48.920 in the 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.279 darkness. 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.359 We have the 00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.879 light of the 00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:52.480 world, Jesus 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.160 Christ. 00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.180 God's 00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.980 grace is 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.880 on dazzling 00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:58.660 display, and 00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.599 it sears 00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.440 our sight 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.880 when we 00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:03.059 see Jesus 00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.059 at the 00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.440 cross. 00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.579 It is 00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:08.220 there where 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.140 Jesus took 00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.559 the sin of 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.200 all who 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.799 believe in 00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:13.099 him upon 00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.779 himself, 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.360 dying in 00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:17.420 agony in 00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.059 our place, 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.579 so that we 00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.460 could know 00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:20.880 God's 00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:22.279 grace, see 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.720 God's 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:25.019 grace, and 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.940 discover full 00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.460 forgiveness. 00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.920 How can 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.600 you know, 00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:31.220 how can 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.920 you trust 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.680 right now, 00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.420 2021, in 00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:34.980 Sydney or 00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.460 wherever you 00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.880 are in the 00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:37.299 world, how 00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.920 can you 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:39.559 know that 00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.340 lamenting, 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.160 you're turning 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.880 to God, you're 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.620 telling God, you're 00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.500 asking God, you're 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.400 challenging God, 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.620 and hoping in 00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.420 him, how can 00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:46.920 you know that 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.920 is worth it? 00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.880 How can we 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:53.500 know that 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.500 our tears and 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.960 our prayers are 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.980 not for 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.319 nothing? 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.700 We can 00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.960 know because 00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.039 Jesus became 00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.840 God's enemy 00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:05.900 and died 00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:07.600 in our 00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.240 sorrows. 00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:11.700 Jesus bore 00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:13.100 the pain and 00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:14.640 wrath that 00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.440 in verse 10 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.860 of this 00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:17.200 psalm, David 00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.120 imagined should 00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:19.019 be poured out 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.779 on his worst 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.140 enemy. 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.880 That's what 00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.680 David saw 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:24.279 justice to 00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.559 be. 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.160 But instead, 00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.860 God took 00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.660 our pains 00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.340 of death 00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:30.000 upon 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.559 himself. 00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.840 Jesus 00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:35.660 is the 00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.000 light of 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.420 our hope. 00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.840 He did 00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.500 all that so 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.900 that God 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.340 our Father 00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:42.980 could promise 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:44.140 us so 00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:45.180 assuredly 00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:46.220 that when 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.799 we come to 00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.160 him as 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:48.120 believers in 00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.759 his son's 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.420 sacrifice, 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.480 forgiven 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.860 our 00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.560 sinfulness, 00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.480 that we 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.840 have a 00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.860 father and 00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.539 a family 00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.580 to run 00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:57.580 to with 00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.320 our sorrows. 00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:01.019 So find 00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.640 comfort 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:04.279 somehow, 00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:07.340 but surely 00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:09.460 in lament, 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.080 in the 00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.640 accepting 00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.320 gaze of 00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.880 your father 00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.900 because you 00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.820 have unlimited 00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.960 grace from 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.900 God to 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.240 lament. 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.980 And we 00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.779 can claim 00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.920 that grace 00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.539 like David 00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.059 did in 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.600 verse 1 00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:23.900 of this 00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.299 psalm, 00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.600 if we 00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.680 trust in 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.000 Jesus. 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.160 Jesus. 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:30.319 If you 00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.759 do not 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.319 know Jesus 00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:32.960 yet, I 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.660 encourage you 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.259 to get in 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.940 contact with 00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.559 us by 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.559 email or 00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:38.259 phone in 00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.779 the comments 00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.380 right now 00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:40.559 or hang 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.079 around on 00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.079 Zoom and 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.559 ask, 00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.619 how can I 00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.180 know Jesus? 00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.859 The light 00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.960 of the 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.720 world is 00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.319 your only 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.660 hope. 00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:54.340 But if 00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.680 you do 00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.440 know Jesus 00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.540 and you 00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:56.920 can, 00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.480 with him 00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.880 you will 00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:01.820 find by 00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:03.620 grace that 00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:03.920 you are 00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.320 safe. 00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.460 In him 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.920 you'll find 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:08.220 hope through 00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.640 lament. 00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.440 So church, 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.060 when you go 00:33:11.060 --> 00:33:11.800 through hard 00:33:11.800 --> 00:33:12.400 and horrifying 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:14.120 times, fly 00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:15.060 to God. 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.400 Come to 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.060 his light. 00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.840 Don't be 00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.460 found at the 00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.340 podiatrist 00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:20.460 like the 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.680 moth. 00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:22.900 Don't be 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:24.140 drawn towards 00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:25.100 any other 00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.620 light that 00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.279 cannot 00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.420 deliver you 00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.120 from death. 00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.820 Run by 00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.360 the way 00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.100 of lament 00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.980 to the 00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.420 light of 00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.720 God's 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.440 promises that 00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.039 shine so 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.680 brightly at 00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.240 the cross 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.519 and lament 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.140 to the 00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.600 God who 00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.259 hears your 00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.620 weeping, 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.519 who listens 00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.019 to your 00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.519 cries, 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.680 who accepts 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.700 your prayer, 00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.740 who accepts 00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.560 you. 00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.360 Lament in 00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:49.840 the light of 00:33:49.840 --> 00:33:50.299 your hope. 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:52.600 Jesus Christ.