WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.860 Okay, the one verse that I want us to look at 00:00:04.860 --> 00:00:10.339 and hopefully memorize is Psalm 119, verse 28. 00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:14.759 My soul is weary with sorrow. 00:00:16.300 --> 00:00:19.100 Strengthen me according to your word. 00:00:21.100 --> 00:00:24.980 One of the most annoying, irritating questions 00:00:24.980 --> 00:00:28.080 in the whole world is the question, 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:30.279 how are you? 00:00:32.059 --> 00:00:35.119 Now, sometimes it's irritating because of the person asking it. 00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:37.719 So they ask you, how are you? 00:00:38.739 --> 00:00:42.920 But by how they then kind of conduct themselves after that, 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:46.299 they reveal they don't give a toss about what your answer is. 00:00:46.379 --> 00:00:47.939 They don't even listen to what you're saying. 00:00:48.659 --> 00:00:51.719 So you could reply to the question, how are you, by saying, 00:00:53.060 --> 00:00:56.299 my cat just got eaten by a badger 00:00:56.299 --> 00:00:59.299 and my dad's in intensive care and my leg's just falling off 00:00:59.299 --> 00:01:01.019 and they can go, oh, that's nice. 00:01:02.179 --> 00:01:03.179 You know people like that? 00:01:03.899 --> 00:01:05.200 They don't even listen to what you're saying. 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:06.879 Irritating. 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:11.599 But sometimes the people who are irritating 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:12.979 are the people who answer the question. 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:19.459 And normally because we verge on kind of two extremes of dishonesty. 00:01:19.459 --> 00:01:22.719 So the question is asked, how are you? 00:01:23.979 --> 00:01:26.719 And some people have had a lot going on in their life 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:28.579 so their cat might have just been eaten by a badger 00:01:28.579 --> 00:01:29.919 and dad is in intensive care 00:01:29.919 --> 00:01:32.219 and their leg has just fallen off. 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.219 But they reply by going, yeah, I'm good. 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:36.000 Fine. 00:01:37.539 --> 00:01:37.939 Liar. 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:40.519 Christians are the worst, aren't we? 00:01:41.039 --> 00:01:41.579 I'm fine. 00:01:41.579 --> 00:01:46.019 Sometimes, though, there's other people who treat that question 00:01:46.019 --> 00:01:49.500 as like a competition to try and win the kind of 00:01:49.500 --> 00:01:51.480 whose day's been the crappiest competition. 00:01:52.140 --> 00:01:55.299 And we're out for like maybe to manipulate emotions, 00:01:55.500 --> 00:01:57.739 maybe to get something from the other person. 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:01.319 And so the response is, oh, my cat just got eaten by a badger 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:03.340 and my dad's in intensive care and my leg's just falling off. 00:02:03.459 --> 00:02:05.680 When in reality, they've never had a cat. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:09.300 Their dad's maybe got a wee tickly cough 00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:12.240 and they've ripped their tights, but that's the extent of need. 00:02:12.939 --> 00:02:17.400 But they're exaggerating for the sake of a little bit of empathy. 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:23.240 We're terrible at answering and asking the question, how are you? 00:02:25.300 --> 00:02:28.500 But the reality is, every time you come to God's Word of the Bible, 00:02:29.820 --> 00:02:31.680 God is asking you that question. 00:02:33.920 --> 00:02:34.880 How are you? 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:38.840 And if the God of the Bible is real, 00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:43.380 then dishonesty at that point is completely pointless. 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:45.360 He knows everything. 00:02:47.060 --> 00:02:48.660 He sees everything. 00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:53.480 All of my emotions, my motives, my thoughts, my past, 00:02:54.020 --> 00:02:57.380 my scars, my nightmares, my fears, my relapses, 00:02:57.780 --> 00:03:01.040 my darkness, my depression, my mania, my lies, 00:03:01.160 --> 00:03:04.260 my prayers, my past, my future, everything. 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:06.860 It's like an open book to him. 00:03:06.860 --> 00:03:14.420 And so, listen, that means church is not just an hour a week 00:03:14.420 --> 00:03:17.920 where you turn up slightly smarter than you've been for the rest of the week. 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:21.480 And maybe with your kids encouraged to be slightly better behaved 00:03:21.480 --> 00:03:22.900 than they have been the rest of the week, 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:26.900 to present some kind of disguise or mask. 00:03:26.900 --> 00:03:34.560 It's about coming as you are to the God who already knows how you are. 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:41.319 And the hope that the Bible holds out for us depends on the extent 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:45.000 that we are honest with him. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:50.580 And what we're going to see today is that when we are honest about how we actually are, 00:03:51.099 --> 00:03:54.099 God gives us exactly what we need. 00:03:55.419 --> 00:03:56.699 That's the first half of this verse. 00:03:56.819 --> 00:03:57.219 Look at it again. 00:03:57.340 --> 00:04:00.300 Psalm 119, verse 28. 00:04:00.979 --> 00:04:03.819 It is this guy responding to the question, how are you? 00:04:03.819 --> 00:04:11.159 And he answers, my soul is weary with sorrow. 00:04:13.739 --> 00:04:16.480 Now, let me ask three questions just to kind of dig into this a little bit. 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:19.839 We're going to ask what, where, and why. 00:04:20.819 --> 00:04:22.279 So question one, what's he feeling? 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:25.620 Answer, weary. 00:04:26.620 --> 00:04:27.439 Ever been there? 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:36.579 The word that's used weary there is also used in the Bible to describe a leak in a house. 00:04:38.139 --> 00:04:42.620 So the word is giving you a picture, conjuring up something in your mind 00:04:42.620 --> 00:04:46.860 that weariness feels that life is leaking out of you. 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:49.139 It's a classic cartoon sketch. 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:51.339 You know when there's a leak in a pipe and you go, 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:54.439 and then suddenly it's just everywhere else. 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:59.939 You know that feeling of, it's just emptying out of me, 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:03.500 and I'm left with nothing. 00:05:04.620 --> 00:05:05.480 I'm empty. 00:05:06.660 --> 00:05:09.519 The same word is also used in the Bible to describe the eyes, 00:05:09.939 --> 00:05:11.959 pouring out tears. 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:17.019 Here's a man who knows that crying is tiring. 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:19.500 He's done. 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:23.819 You can also translate the word as melting. 00:05:25.339 --> 00:05:29.540 He feels like his life is just dissolving. 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:31.620 It's like a snowman in a sauna. 00:05:31.980 --> 00:05:35.660 It's just disappearing from him. 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:38.639 Weary. 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.500 Some of us know what that is like intimately. 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:47.000 That's what. 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:49.040 Question two, where? 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:50.199 Where is he feeling this? 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:55.620 He says, my soul is weary. 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.920 Now we all know what it is to feel physically tired, 00:05:59.019 --> 00:06:00.319 but that's not what he's talking about here. 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:05.100 We don't just have a body that grows and then gradually decays. 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:08.420 We have a soul that lives and lives on forever. 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:14.139 The soul is the life that God has breathed into us. 00:06:14.139 --> 00:06:17.139 It is not so much that we have a soul, 00:06:17.259 --> 00:06:19.039 but we are a soul. 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:19.919 It's what we are. 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.800 It's the precious inner constant, 00:06:24.339 --> 00:06:27.560 despite all of our life's outward changes. 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:31.319 It's my longings and my feelings and my hurts. 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:35.680 It's everything on that scale from delight to depression. 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:40.780 It's that part of me that gets overwhelmed and overthinks. 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:43.500 It's the soul. 00:06:44.660 --> 00:06:47.500 And it seems to be involved in everything we do in this world, 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:53.319 but it also seems to be unable to be satisfied by anything in this world. 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:59.319 My soul is weary. 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:01.240 Never felt that? 00:07:02.779 --> 00:07:06.540 Now identifying the wear of his weariness is important 00:07:06.540 --> 00:07:11.000 because the wear of the symptoms will impact the what of the treatment. 00:07:12.659 --> 00:07:14.360 So if part of our weariness is physical, 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:16.399 you might need rest. 00:07:16.620 --> 00:07:17.800 You might need physio. 00:07:17.899 --> 00:07:18.879 That's true. 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.879 It might be that part of your weariness comes from some kind of chemical imbalance 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:23.459 in your brain. 00:07:23.540 --> 00:07:25.040 So you might need medication. 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:32.420 But if part of your weariness is in your God-given soul, 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:37.579 then we need a remedy that is more than a physio's manipulation 00:07:37.579 --> 00:07:40.279 or more than a doctor's medication. 00:07:40.620 --> 00:07:41.459 The question is, 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:44.139 who can cure a soul? 00:07:46.579 --> 00:07:49.019 That's what we're going to get to when we get to the second half of the verse. 00:07:49.019 --> 00:07:53.399 What weary were the soul? 00:07:53.819 --> 00:07:54.779 Question three, why? 00:07:57.159 --> 00:08:01.500 My soul is weary with sorrow. 00:08:02.859 --> 00:08:06.759 Now we don't exactly know what has been going on in this guy's life. 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:09.060 We don't know if he's in danger. 00:08:09.159 --> 00:08:10.439 We don't know if folk are after him. 00:08:10.479 --> 00:08:14.459 We don't know if someone close to him or something that belonged to him has gone. 00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:18.120 It's possible that he's sorrowful because he's been sinful. 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:19.359 If you look at verse 25, 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:22.639 he talks about feeling stuck in the dust. 00:08:23.459 --> 00:08:27.060 So maybe he's referring to that kind of sin curse of, 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:28.979 to dust you will return. 00:08:29.479 --> 00:08:30.099 In verse 29, 00:08:30.259 --> 00:08:32.799 he asks to be kept from deceitful ways. 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:34.740 So maybe he's been bang at it. 00:08:35.579 --> 00:08:36.379 But we don't know. 00:08:38.199 --> 00:08:38.500 Actually, 00:08:38.579 --> 00:08:40.139 the fact that it's undefined 00:08:40.139 --> 00:08:42.620 means that I can make this verse mine. 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:45.779 My soul 00:08:45.779 --> 00:08:48.039 is weary with 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:50.120 my sorrow. 00:08:53.179 --> 00:08:53.799 Been there? 00:08:55.019 --> 00:08:55.840 You feel that? 00:08:57.440 --> 00:08:59.639 Now we are going to get to the second half of the verse and go, 00:09:00.019 --> 00:09:02.220 well, where does he find relief? 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:03.419 Where does he find escape? 00:09:03.539 --> 00:09:04.320 Where does he find answer? 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:06.519 But before we get to that too quickly, 00:09:06.620 --> 00:09:07.460 we need to acknowledge 00:09:07.460 --> 00:09:11.340 that wherever he is going to go, 00:09:11.460 --> 00:09:13.540 we've got places that we normally go. 00:09:15.920 --> 00:09:16.120 Now, 00:09:16.460 --> 00:09:18.300 in our sorrow, 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:20.820 it's often somewhere that we can get stuck. 00:09:21.420 --> 00:09:22.620 We kind of get wedged 00:09:22.620 --> 00:09:23.620 into our 00:09:24.160 --> 00:09:24.800 weariness. 00:09:26.740 --> 00:09:28.400 Maybe some of us in the room this morning are going, 00:09:28.780 --> 00:09:31.740 I've only ever lived in the first half of this verse. 00:09:31.740 --> 00:09:34.200 That's been my whole life. 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:36.080 My soul, 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:37.279 weary with sorrow. 00:09:38.899 --> 00:09:40.100 And we've probably got 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:41.580 some ingrained habits 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:42.879 and kind of coping mechanisms 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:43.560 of where 00:09:43.560 --> 00:09:44.940 our weary soul 00:09:44.940 --> 00:09:46.100 has traveled 00:09:46.100 --> 00:09:47.879 to try and find answers. 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:51.139 So maybe there's 00:09:51.139 --> 00:09:52.139 well-traveled paths 00:09:52.139 --> 00:09:53.080 from our weary souls 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:53.419 to 00:09:53.419 --> 00:09:55.519 retail therapy 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:57.120 where we try and spoil ourselves 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:58.220 when we feel like 00:09:58.220 --> 00:09:58.820 we are 00:09:58.820 --> 00:10:00.299 spoiled. 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:02.559 Maybe 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:04.080 to the makeup counter 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:05.240 when our head is telling us 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:05.740 that we're ugly. 00:10:05.860 --> 00:10:06.299 Maybe to 00:10:06.299 --> 00:10:07.159 the dealer 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:08.080 to escape 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:10.100 what won't stop haunting us. 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:11.279 Maybe to the off-license 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:12.159 to try and numb 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:13.279 all of the noise. 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:14.279 Maybe to pornography 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:15.399 to try and escape 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:16.779 the boredom. 00:10:16.940 --> 00:10:17.860 Maybe to the gaming 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:18.180 world 00:10:18.180 --> 00:10:18.940 when reality 00:10:18.940 --> 00:10:20.720 is just too overwhelming. 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:22.060 Maybe to self-harm 00:10:22.060 --> 00:10:22.800 when life feels 00:10:22.800 --> 00:10:23.620 out of control. 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:24.100 Or maybe 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:25.279 just to phone 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:25.960 Just Eat 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:26.879 because 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:28.220 it offers 00:10:28.220 --> 00:10:28.960 comfort 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:29.399 amid 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:30.379 a world 00:10:30.379 --> 00:10:30.740 that is 00:10:30.740 --> 00:10:32.259 dissatisfying. 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:34.360 But there's 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:35.960 well-trodden paths 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:37.379 to all of these things 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:38.480 and the truth is 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:39.700 they have never 00:10:39.700 --> 00:10:40.600 got us 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:41.680 out of the first half 00:10:41.680 --> 00:10:42.300 of this verse. 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:46.340 They're well-trodden paths 00:10:46.340 --> 00:10:46.940 because we have 00:10:46.940 --> 00:10:47.480 walked them 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:48.020 often 00:10:48.020 --> 00:10:49.400 but we are 00:10:49.400 --> 00:10:49.960 still 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:51.120 stuck. 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:52.540 My soul 00:10:52.540 --> 00:10:53.840 is weary 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:55.480 with sorrow. 00:10:57.800 --> 00:10:58.600 And we need 00:10:58.600 --> 00:10:59.440 to see these things 00:10:59.440 --> 00:10:59.960 and say 00:10:59.960 --> 00:11:01.060 a bit like the language 00:11:01.060 --> 00:11:02.020 in 119 00:11:02.020 --> 00:11:02.860 verse 32 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:03.960 they have promised 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:04.680 to make us 00:11:04.680 --> 00:11:05.259 run 00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:06.539 but in reality 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:07.519 they have 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:08.419 left us 00:11:08.419 --> 00:11:09.460 stuck. 00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:12.100 They promised 00:11:12.100 --> 00:11:12.620 enjoyment 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:13.279 they have left 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:13.779 us 00:11:13.779 --> 00:11:14.919 enslaved. 00:11:15.060 --> 00:11:15.539 My soul 00:11:15.539 --> 00:11:16.659 is still 00:11:16.659 --> 00:11:17.539 weary 00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:19.620 with sorrow. 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:22.940 So how do we 00:11:22.940 --> 00:11:23.419 get out of the 00:11:23.419 --> 00:11:23.820 first half 00:11:23.820 --> 00:11:24.360 of the verse? 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:27.399 Well he says 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:28.560 Psalm 119 00:11:28.560 --> 00:11:29.200 verse 28 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:30.700 My soul 00:11:30.700 --> 00:11:32.299 is weary 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:33.539 with sorrow 00:11:33.539 --> 00:11:36.139 strengthen me 00:11:36.139 --> 00:11:36.740 according to your 00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:36.960 word. 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:39.179 Let me ask 00:11:39.179 --> 00:11:39.940 three more questions 00:11:39.940 --> 00:11:40.840 just to try and 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:42.480 see what this 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:43.060 actually means 00:11:43.060 --> 00:11:43.519 for us. 00:11:44.659 --> 00:11:45.820 So first question 00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:46.480 how? 00:11:48.160 --> 00:11:48.820 How do you 00:11:48.820 --> 00:11:49.260 get out of the 00:11:49.260 --> 00:11:49.840 first half? 00:11:50.260 --> 00:11:50.700 Answer 00:11:50.700 --> 00:11:52.800 it begins 00:11:52.800 --> 00:11:53.500 with prayer. 00:11:54.760 --> 00:11:55.340 Prayer is 00:11:55.340 --> 00:11:56.000 the 999 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:56.540 call 00:11:56.540 --> 00:11:57.700 that connects 00:11:57.700 --> 00:11:58.320 him to 00:11:58.320 --> 00:11:59.580 the life 00:11:59.580 --> 00:12:00.140 support that 00:12:00.140 --> 00:12:00.680 God gives. 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.020 He 00:12:01.020 --> 00:12:02.780 in the first 00:12:02.780 --> 00:12:03.080 half of the 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:03.560 verse just 00:12:03.560 --> 00:12:03.960 is kind of 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:04.800 describing his 00:12:04.800 --> 00:12:05.480 feelings 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:06.280 but this 00:12:06.280 --> 00:12:06.879 second half 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:07.240 of the verse 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:07.980 is the 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:08.640 desperation 00:12:08.640 --> 00:12:09.480 of his 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:10.200 faith. 00:12:11.920 --> 00:12:12.800 When he's 00:12:12.800 --> 00:12:13.480 stuck 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:15.280 he acknowledges 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:15.579 that he 00:12:15.579 --> 00:12:16.120 has to 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:16.459 look 00:12:16.459 --> 00:12:17.360 beyond 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:17.839 himself 00:12:17.839 --> 00:12:18.299 for help. 00:12:18.579 --> 00:12:18.699 Now 00:12:18.699 --> 00:12:20.220 we're not 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:20.480 good at 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:20.759 this but 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.039 we need 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:21.399 to own 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:21.779 this. 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:24.039 When 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:24.819 we need 00:12:24.819 --> 00:12:25.419 an answer 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:27.519 the reason 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.139 why I am 00:12:28.139 --> 00:12:28.759 often not 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:29.319 the answer 00:12:29.319 --> 00:12:29.879 to my own 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.259 problems 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:30.879 is because 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:31.559 I am 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:32.100 the problem. 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:34.759 Or 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:35.159 sometimes 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:35.679 the reason 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:36.500 that I am 00:12:36.500 --> 00:12:36.879 not the 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:37.319 answer to 00:12:37.319 --> 00:12:37.779 my problems 00:12:37.779 --> 00:12:38.360 is because 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:39.059 my problem 00:12:39.059 --> 00:12:39.620 is way 00:12:39.620 --> 00:12:40.279 bigger than 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:40.600 me. 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:43.459 And if 00:12:43.459 --> 00:12:43.939 the sorrow 00:12:43.939 --> 00:12:44.459 is deep 00:12:44.459 --> 00:12:44.919 in our 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:45.339 soul 00:12:45.339 --> 00:12:47.120 it is 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:47.599 not enough 00:12:47.599 --> 00:12:47.939 to phone 00:12:47.939 --> 00:12:48.479 a doctor 00:12:48.479 --> 00:12:49.639 it is 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:50.079 not enough 00:12:50.079 --> 00:12:50.399 to book 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:51.159 a counsellor 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:51.939 it is not 00:12:51.939 --> 00:12:52.299 enough to 00:12:52.299 --> 00:12:52.599 go to 00:12:52.599 --> 00:12:52.979 a dealer 00:12:52.979 --> 00:12:53.919 it is not 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:54.279 enough to 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:54.479 phone 00:12:54.479 --> 00:12:55.079 Just Eat 00:12:55.079 --> 00:12:56.459 you need 00:12:56.459 --> 00:12:56.919 to cry 00:12:56.919 --> 00:12:57.679 out to 00:12:57.679 --> 00:12:59.479 God. 00:13:01.719 --> 00:13:02.439 If your 00:13:02.439 --> 00:13:03.259 soul is 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:04.360 created by 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:04.979 God then 00:13:04.979 --> 00:13:05.479 your soul 00:13:05.479 --> 00:13:06.159 can only 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:06.719 ever be 00:13:06.719 --> 00:13:07.299 cared for 00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:07.939 by God. 00:13:09.299 --> 00:13:10.059 The one 00:13:10.059 --> 00:13:10.939 who formed 00:13:10.939 --> 00:13:11.740 it must 00:13:11.740 --> 00:13:12.240 be the one 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:13.099 who fills 00:13:13.099 --> 00:13:13.360 it. 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:15.720 and what 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:15.899 we are 00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:16.180 being 00:13:16.180 --> 00:13:16.720 modelled 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:16.980 here 00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:18.180 from a 00:13:18.180 --> 00:13:19.980 sorrow 00:13:19.980 --> 00:13:21.259 wearied 00:13:21.259 --> 00:13:22.100 soul 00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:24.560 is that 00:13:24.560 --> 00:13:24.940 the way 00:13:24.940 --> 00:13:25.240 out of 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:25.919 this first 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:26.279 half of 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:26.740 the verse 00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:27.840 the only 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.360 way out of 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:28.700 the first 00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:29.039 half of 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:29.580 this verse 00:13:29.580 --> 00:13:30.840 is to 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:31.340 cry out 00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:31.620 to the 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:32.039 God of 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:32.279 the 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:32.980 universe. 00:13:34.779 --> 00:13:35.399 You look 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:35.659 beyond 00:13:35.659 --> 00:13:36.139 yourself. 00:13:37.700 --> 00:13:38.180 Prayer 00:13:38.180 --> 00:13:39.159 the 999 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:39.960 call of the 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:40.820 weary soul 00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:41.700 to the 00:13:41.700 --> 00:13:42.420 living God. 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:44.220 Okay, 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:44.780 question 00:13:44.780 --> 00:13:45.300 two. 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:46.680 What? 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:48.640 What do 00:13:48.640 --> 00:13:48.980 you pray 00:13:48.980 --> 00:13:50.379 for when 00:13:50.379 --> 00:13:50.720 your soul 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:51.020 is like 00:13:51.020 --> 00:13:51.340 this? 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:52.200 Answer, 00:13:53.300 --> 00:13:53.740 he prays 00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:54.120 to God 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.600 for 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.920 strength. 00:13:58.440 --> 00:13:58.800 Now that 00:13:58.800 --> 00:13:59.360 is amazing 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.100 because what 00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:00.340 does that 00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:00.800 tell you? 00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:03.140 You do 00:14:03.140 --> 00:14:03.540 not need 00:14:03.540 --> 00:14:03.860 to be 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:04.520 strong to 00:14:04.520 --> 00:14:04.840 come to 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:05.100 God. 00:14:06.520 --> 00:14:07.080 I think 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:07.360 we often 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:07.840 think that. 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:09.759 I need 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:10.060 to get 00:14:10.060 --> 00:14:10.420 my life 00:14:10.420 --> 00:14:10.800 together. 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:12.000 I need 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:12.320 to give 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:12.440 the 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:12.899 appearance 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:13.080 that 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:13.460 everything's 00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:13.820 okay. 00:14:14.180 --> 00:14:14.660 I need 00:14:14.660 --> 00:14:15.519 to stop 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.180 crying. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:17.860 I need 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:18.740 to have 00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.280 some kind 00:14:19.280 --> 00:14:19.759 of record 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.460 of good. 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:22.899 This 00:14:22.899 --> 00:14:23.120 verse 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:23.639 says wrong. 00:14:25.560 --> 00:14:26.379 The shape 00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:26.639 of a 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:27.060 relationship 00:14:27.060 --> 00:14:27.639 with God 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:28.700 as it's 00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:29.500 pictured over 00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:29.759 and over 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:30.100 again in 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:30.399 the Bible 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:30.920 is this. 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:32.139 We bring 00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:32.540 our 00:14:32.540 --> 00:14:33.000 weaviness 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.700 to him 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:35.220 and he 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:35.600 gives 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:36.080 his 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:37.000 strength. 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:38.379 to us. 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.379 See if 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:41.580 you're not 00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:41.899 a Christian 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:42.399 that's the 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:43.660 shape of 00:14:43.660 --> 00:14:44.320 a relationship 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:44.560 with God. 00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:44.879 It's how 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:45.639 it starts 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:45.980 and how 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:47.399 it continues 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:47.759 and how 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.220 it ends. 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:48.940 It starts 00:14:48.940 --> 00:14:49.620 by saying 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:50.940 God I am 00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:51.680 weary in 00:14:51.680 --> 00:14:52.340 my sin 00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:52.740 and it's 00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:53.100 the only 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:53.580 thing that 00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:53.860 I've got 00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:54.280 to offer 00:14:54.280 --> 00:14:54.720 to you. 00:14:56.160 --> 00:14:56.519 And we 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.019 bring our 00:14:57.019 --> 00:14:57.460 sin to 00:14:57.460 --> 00:14:57.840 him and 00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:58.460 he gives 00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:59.860 a strong 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.360 saviour 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:00.860 to us. 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:03.940 And if 00:15:03.940 --> 00:15:04.240 you're at 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:04.620 that point 00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:04.960 where you're 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.300 just 00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:06.560 overwhelmed 00:15:06.560 --> 00:15:07.500 with sorrow 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:08.179 the one 00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:08.539 thing we 00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:08.840 want you 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:09.080 to get 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:09.299 out of 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:09.440 this 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:09.740 service 00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:10.039 today 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:10.460 is God 00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:11.100 says you 00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:11.639 do not 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.080 need to 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:12.600 come to 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.980 a place 00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.500 or position 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:15.700 of strength 00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:16.700 to meet 00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:17.080 with me. 00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:19.440 You just 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:19.799 bring your 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:20.379 weary soul 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:21.980 and you'll 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:22.299 hear the 00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:22.679 Lord Jesus 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:24.460 say come 00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:25.220 to me all 00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:25.519 you who 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:25.940 are weary 00:15:25.940 --> 00:15:26.379 and heavy 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:26.879 laden and 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.740 I will 00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:28.480 give you 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:29.500 rest. 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:32.259 It's an 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:32.740 amazing thing. 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.059 You don't 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:33.419 need to be 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:33.720 strong. 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.220 But it's 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:34.580 also a 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:34.960 surprising 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:35.279 thing. 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:35.539 Right? 00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.299 See if I 00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:36.719 was writing 00:15:36.719 --> 00:15:37.120 this, 00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:37.779 this is 00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.120 how I'd 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:38.539 finish it. 00:15:38.579 --> 00:15:38.839 This would 00:15:38.839 --> 00:15:39.099 be the 00:15:39.099 --> 00:15:39.579 second half 00:15:39.579 --> 00:15:39.819 of my 00:15:39.819 --> 00:15:40.099 verse. 00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:40.959 God, 00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:42.339 my soul 00:15:42.339 --> 00:15:43.019 is weary 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.699 with sorrow. 00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:45.199 Take my 00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:46.259 sorrow away. 00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:48.240 Would that 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:48.599 not be what 00:15:48.599 --> 00:15:48.959 you'd pray? 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.359 I want 00:15:50.359 --> 00:15:51.139 easy life 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:51.479 and I want 00:15:51.479 --> 00:15:52.359 quick fix. 00:15:53.199 --> 00:15:53.639 God, 00:15:53.939 --> 00:15:54.659 remove the 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.039 sorrow. 00:15:56.539 --> 00:15:56.859 Is that 00:15:56.859 --> 00:15:57.039 what he 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.479 asked for? 00:15:58.579 --> 00:15:59.059 No, 00:15:59.099 --> 00:15:59.539 he doesn't 00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:00.079 ask for 00:16:00.079 --> 00:16:01.639 his soul's 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.179 burden to 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:02.979 get lighter. 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.100 answer. 00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:05.060 He asks 00:16:05.060 --> 00:16:05.580 for his 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.180 soul to 00:16:06.180 --> 00:16:08.080 get stronger. 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.620 He's not 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.820 asking to 00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:12.440 escape the 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:13.700 sorrow, but 00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:14.180 he's asking 00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:14.899 for strength 00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:16.740 to endure 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:17.960 the sorrow. 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.960 See, we 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:24.639 know the 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:25.879 only way to 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.820 escape this 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:28.100 sorrow-filled 00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:29.980 world is to 00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:30.420 leave this 00:16:30.420 --> 00:16:30.720 world. 00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:33.700 And that 00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.000 is our 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.420 hope as 00:16:34.420 --> 00:16:34.740 Christians, 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:35.159 isn't it? 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.139 That the 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:38.000 resurrection of 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:39.860 Jesus is 00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:41.100 the steadfast 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:43.720 promise that 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.279 for someone 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:44.920 who trusts 00:16:44.920 --> 00:16:45.399 in him, 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:47.480 the end 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:48.300 of this 00:16:48.300 --> 00:16:50.600 life is 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:51.220 the end 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.100 of sorrow. 00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.120 And it 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.460 is the 00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:56.060 beginning of 00:16:56.060 --> 00:16:56.500 forever 00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.080 rest. 00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:59.980 that is 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.480 better by 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:00.860 far. 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:02.759 We can 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.200 say, 00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.440 to die 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:07.140 is gain. 00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.680 But until 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.440 he saves 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.779 us from 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.640 that, we 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.779 need strength 00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:16.220 for it. 00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.620 And that's 00:17:18.620 --> 00:17:18.840 what he 00:17:18.840 --> 00:17:19.180 promises. 00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:21.440 You just 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.120 bring your 00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:22.759 soul 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.640 williness 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:24.279 to me, 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.680 and I 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.279 will give 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.059 my strength. 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:27.699 to you. 00:17:29.439 --> 00:17:30.139 So, final 00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:30.579 question. 00:17:32.199 --> 00:17:32.619 How? 00:17:34.179 --> 00:17:34.980 How will 00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:35.839 God strengthen 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:36.199 us? 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.199 My soul 00:17:38.199 --> 00:17:38.679 is weary 00:17:38.679 --> 00:17:39.339 with sorrow. 00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.439 Strengthen 00:17:40.439 --> 00:17:41.000 me, what 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.240 does he 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.399 say, 00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:42.480 according to 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:45.079 your word. 00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.359 If prayer 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:47.659 is the 00:17:47.659 --> 00:17:48.439 999 call 00:17:48.439 --> 00:17:48.879 that cries 00:17:48.879 --> 00:17:49.199 out to 00:17:49.199 --> 00:17:49.500 God, 00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:50.699 God's 00:17:50.699 --> 00:17:51.579 word is 00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:52.740 the life 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.519 support that 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.359 God provides 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:55.599 for weary 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:56.079 souls. 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:59.639 according to 00:17:59.639 --> 00:18:00.319 God's word, 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:01.659 everything has 00:18:01.659 --> 00:18:02.519 its origin 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.679 in God's 00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:03.919 word. 00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:04.500 If you remember 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.000 the first 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.899 pages of the 00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:06.480 Bible say, 00:18:06.859 --> 00:18:07.119 in the 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:07.500 beginning, 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.379 God 00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:09.439 said, 00:18:10.439 --> 00:18:11.519 let there 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:12.019 be light, 00:18:12.419 --> 00:18:12.740 and there 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.139 was light. 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.019 Absolutely 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.879 everything in 00:18:14.879 --> 00:18:15.439 this world 00:18:15.439 --> 00:18:16.480 owes its 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:17.659 origin to 00:18:17.659 --> 00:18:18.000 the word 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.339 of God. 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:48.319 God's 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:49.319 God's 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:49.359 love. 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.379 And all of a 00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:49.559 sudden, 00:18:49.679 --> 00:18:50.019 you just 00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.460 feel like 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:51.740 it's weary 00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.159 and you're 00:18:52.159 --> 00:18:52.439 weary. 00:18:53.399 --> 00:18:54.079 What do you 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.399 need? 00:18:54.659 --> 00:18:55.059 Plug 00:18:55.059 --> 00:18:55.859 yourself in. 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.500 That's what 00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:58.859 we need. 00:18:58.939 --> 00:18:59.359 The Bible 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:00.079 is life 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.779 support for 00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:02.059 sorrow-filled 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.759 souls. 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:02.819 others. 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.099 But it's not 00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:06.420 only that 00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:07.259 creation comes 00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.859 through God's 00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.119 word, 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.440 and it's 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:08.839 not just 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.359 that God 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:10.379 speaks to 00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:10.700 us in 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.059 a book, 00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.359 which he 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:11.759 does, 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:14.359 but it's 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:14.599 that he 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:15.400 sent his 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:16.079 son Jesus 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:17.420 into this 00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:18.359 world as 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:20.440 the word. 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.700 That's what 00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.119 he's called. 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:24.739 And I 00:19:24.739 --> 00:19:25.119 know when 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.639 you are 00:19:25.639 --> 00:19:26.759 weary with 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.439 sorrow, 00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:29.199 the Bible 00:19:29.199 --> 00:19:29.779 can feel 00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.219 like a 00:19:30.219 --> 00:19:30.759 clamp 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:32.319 that is 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.679 shut. 00:19:33.659 --> 00:19:34.199 And when 00:19:34.199 --> 00:19:34.599 your eyes 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.199 are full 00:19:35.199 --> 00:19:35.799 of tears 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.199 and when 00:19:36.199 --> 00:19:37.099 your whole 00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:37.839 existence 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.519 feels like 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:38.759 it's 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.339 melting 00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.319 and life 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.019 has leaked 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.699 out of you, 00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.279 the hardest 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.719 thing in the 00:19:42.719 --> 00:19:43.319 world sometimes 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.219 is to open 00:19:44.219 --> 00:19:44.619 the Bible, 00:19:44.739 --> 00:19:45.039 isn't it? 00:19:47.239 --> 00:19:47.879 The good 00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:48.179 news on 00:19:48.179 --> 00:19:48.539 days like 00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.179 that is 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:50.860 it's not 00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:51.259 just a 00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.620 book that 00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.539 you can 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.160 come to, 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.340 but the 00:19:54.340 --> 00:19:54.660 word of 00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.100 God is a 00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:55.640 person who 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:56.140 has come 00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:57.519 to you. 00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.400 And if I 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:00.880 do anything 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:01.360 today, 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.480 I want to 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:02.860 make sure 00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:03.120 that you 00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:04.580 know and 00:20:04.580 --> 00:20:05.320 see and 00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:06.039 hear today 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.019 that the 00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.460 word of 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:07.900 God 00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:10.060 strengthens 00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:11.080 sorrowful 00:20:11.080 --> 00:20:12.440 souls and 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.019 that comes 00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.600 through having 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:14.160 a clear 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:16.060 sight of 00:20:16.060 --> 00:20:16.279 your 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.660 Savior, 00:20:18.100 --> 00:20:18.980 the Lord 00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.220 Jesus 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.720 Christ, 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.019 the 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.779 word of 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.079 God, 00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.339 strength for 00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:24.220 weary souls 00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:25.599 comes through 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.779 a sight of 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.900 Jesus the 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.160 word. 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.700 And I 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.160 want you to 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.599 see this 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:33.839 word that 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:34.480 weeps with 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:34.819 you in 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.319 your sorrow. 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.860 Remember that 00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.279 moment when 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.900 Jesus is at 00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.519 the gravesite 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.079 of one of 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.460 his good 00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:40.980 friends called 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.920 Lazarus and 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:44.400 we get a 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:44.740 simple 00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.299 statement, 00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.000 Jesus 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.779 wept. 00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:52.240 his eyes 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.400 are leaking 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:54.599 tears. 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.400 His life 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.759 is like 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.160 it's 00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.799 melting 00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.940 away from 00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.160 him. 00:20:59.500 --> 00:20:59.900 And the 00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.319 beautiful 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.860 thing about 00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:01.640 the closeness 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.819 of Jesus, 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.460 the word of 00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:03.740 God, 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.599 is in that 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.500 moment he 00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.180 is not just 00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.700 full of 00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.720 sorrow at 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.299 death, 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.279 but he is 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.920 also there 00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:11.140 in sympathy 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.819 with you. 00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:15.419 you need to 00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.019 see the 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.799 strength comes 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.379 by seeing 00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:18.220 this word 00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:19.779 weeping. 00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.059 But we 00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.399 need also 00:21:23.399 --> 00:21:23.859 to see, 00:21:24.439 --> 00:21:25.179 and I'm 00:21:25.179 --> 00:21:25.740 desperate for 00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.179 you to see, 00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:27.539 the word that 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.500 then goes from 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.359 weeping to 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:30.039 willingly 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:32.659 suffering for 00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:33.000 you. 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:36.680 the night 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.279 before Jesus 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.319 was killed 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.599 on a 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.019 cross, 00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.660 he enters 00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.119 a garden 00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:41.420 called 00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:42.140 Gethsemane, 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.980 and like 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.680 the psalmist 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.519 cries out in 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.019 desperate 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.480 faith, 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:46.940 the Lord 00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.799 Jesus says, 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:50.099 my soul 00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:51.940 is overwhelmed 00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:53.200 with sorrow 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:55.500 to the point 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.000 of death. 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.160 Sound familiar? 00:21:58.160 --> 00:22:00.680 It's almost 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.360 like he's 00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:02.620 speaking, 00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:03.680 Psalm 119 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.360 verse 28, 00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.100 my soul 00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:06.080 is weary 00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.820 with sorrow. 00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:10.060 The eternal 00:22:10.060 --> 00:22:11.040 word of God 00:22:11.040 --> 00:22:12.660 that spoke 00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.500 creation 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.519 into being 00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:16.519 enters the 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.019 first half 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.279 of this 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.620 verse. 00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.000 He willingly 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.920 takes on 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.640 your sorrow, 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.700 he willingly 00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:25.040 bears your 00:22:25.040 --> 00:22:25.540 burden, 00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.019 he is 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.400 willingly 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.380 taking upon 00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.960 himself 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:29.259 the suffering 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.000 and the 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.460 sorrow 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.340 and the 00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:31.840 sin 00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.340 that is 00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:32.880 mine. 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.940 And he 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.400 takes that 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:37.900 burden the 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.380 next day 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.779 to a 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.319 hill called 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.720 Calvary 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.059 where we 00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.360 are told 00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:42.680 he bows 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.519 his head 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.620 and breathes 00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:46.200 his last. 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.340 The eternal 00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:50.779 word gives 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:52.100 his life 00:22:52.100 --> 00:22:52.860 for you 00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:54.819 so that 00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.160 he can 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:56.120 give life 00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:57.420 to you. 00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.380 his strength 00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.660 is gone 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:02.900 so that 00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.279 he can 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.779 breathe 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.920 strength 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.819 into your 00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.559 weary 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.460 soul. 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.140 And then 00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.480 on the 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.019 third day 00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:15.059 in what 00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.660 is the 00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.079 most 00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.960 loud 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:18.500 communication 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.160 of 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.180 strength 00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.560 God 00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:22.060 to weary 00:23:22.060 --> 00:23:22.539 people. 00:23:24.100 --> 00:23:25.160 He rises 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:27.320 and do you 00:23:27.320 --> 00:23:27.580 know the 00:23:27.580 --> 00:23:27.980 word that 00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.860 he speaks 00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.500 almost more 00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.340 often than 00:23:30.340 --> 00:23:31.160 any other 00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.920 word is? 00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:34.259 He comes 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.840 to his 00:23:34.840 --> 00:23:36.380 disciples and 00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.100 he says 00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:39.160 peace. 00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:42.200 And in that 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.660 moment that 00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.200 is not a 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.900 weak word. 00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.200 That is a 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.560 word that 00:23:45.560 --> 00:23:46.519 is strong 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:48.160 and it 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.460 is a 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.039 fighting 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.720 word that 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.500 says even 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.160 in the 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.799 moments where 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.519 your soul 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.720 is overwhelmed 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.759 with sorrow 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.579 even to the 00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.039 point of 00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.660 death 00:23:57.660 --> 00:24:00.379 according to 00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.819 the word of 00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.319 God there 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.740 is peace 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:05.599 even now. 00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:05.740 God. 00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:09.579 And so I 00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:09.819 want to 00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:12.119 give you 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.559 this verse 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:12.899 as the 00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.559 invitation of 00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.379 God where 00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.019 he comes to 00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.399 you today 00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:15.879 and says 00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:17.259 you don't 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.799 need to be 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.199 strong. 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.399 You don't 00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:20.779 need to 00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.199 pretend. 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.740 You can 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.799 come exactly 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.279 as you 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:27.299 are and 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.039 my promise 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.579 to you 00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:30.500 is that when 00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:30.859 you bring 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.319 your weary 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.819 soul to 00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:33.639 me my 00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.339 word will 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.099 give you 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:36.419 strength. 00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.619 And that's 00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:38.839 what we've 00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.099 been praying 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.519 for you 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.480 even just 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.740 in this 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.319 last week 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.259 from 00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.539 Grace 00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:42.740 Mount. 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.579 Shall I 00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:43.779 pray? 00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.139 Our 00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.579 Father in 00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:47.799 heaven 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:49.980 when our 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.619 souls are 00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:50.980 weary 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.639 overwhelmed 00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.480 with sorrow 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:55.419 please lift 00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.059 our eyes 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.579 to see 00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.259 your Son 00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.559 the Word 00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.039 of God 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:01.039 and in 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.839 seeing him 00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.779 in hearing 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.279 him 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.980 may you 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.740 please 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.519 breathe 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:08.259 resurrection 00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.559 strength 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:11.460 into our 00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.480 sorrow 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.900 filled 00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.360 souls. 00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.980 And we 00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.460 pray these 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.940 things in 00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.200 the only 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.519 way we 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.799 can. 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:18.980 In 00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.240 Jesus' 00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.559 name. 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:21.400 Amen.