Hello everyone. I've seen quite a few new faces today, or faces I haven't seen before.
Just in case I'm from Peru, naturally I don't speak English as my native language, it's Spanish.
And I have a son who is going to be two years old in a month, less than a month now.
And I've been forcing him to be bilingual.
And I'm pushing for him to speak Spanish and English at the same time.
And that's causing a toll on me in so many ways, because I'm kind of speaking now Spanglish.
So, throughout my sermon, you feel I'm saying something you don't understand, it's probably Spanglish.
Just in case. But anyway, we are supposed to... that's my excuse anyway.
But we are here to dig into this song.
And what I want you to do now is to think there in your seat.
When was the last time that you felt in danger?
When was the last time that you felt that you, or someone you really care, was in danger, or were in danger?
A time in your life when you just felt that your life was being threatened.
And what I want you to do is just to remember, how was your attitude in that time?
How was your reaction in that time?
And how was your handling of that situation?
Perhaps you were lucky enough not to have any dangerous situations in your life.
You've never been in that situation where you really felt you were in danger.
That's great.
But personally for me, I had been in several situations where my life was in danger.
And it was tough and difficult sometimes.
I particularly remember one, this particular situation where we had been commissioned to go and reach and help the setting of the church.
And in the middle of the Amazon, to one of those villages.
And it was deep, deep inside the Amazon.
And they wouldn't speak Spanish at all.
They would speak the local dialect.
So communication was kind of difficult with them.
And they tend to be not really engaging with outsiders either.
So we were just a random bunch of guys just coming there, showing up, trying to be in touch with them and set up a church.
That's great, isn't it?
It's a great thing.
And so naturally, we had some people very good and very engaging and responding.
But we also have, in a village of 120 people, some people who were really not happy with us.
And they were always keeping us in check.
Everything we do, no matter where we go, they were always like, we always knew there was this bunch of guys who were this, always keeping us in check.
And I particularly remember this night, this particular night, middle of the night, just well past midnight probably.
Can't remember what time exactly.
Because generally, when you are in the Amazon, there's no power there.
So after 6 p.m., you just go to sleep.
And then you wake up before 5.
So that's kind of the way it works.
But just can you imagine, just in the middle of the Amazon, we get this nook on the door.
And I just come up to the place where we stay in.
And when I come up, I just find this, there were a bunch of villagers with machetes, arrows, and shotguns in their hands.
Matt yelling at me and broke in Spanish and saying, you must sleep now.
I was kind of like, remember, this is the middle of the night.
This is the Amazon.
It's not like you're just going to catch a bus, get a cool taxi, and things are going to be easy for you.
And you go, these guys, we're actually drunk.
So it's even worse.
You don't really know what to do.
So I was like, you know, I was trying to deal with it and say, you know what the situation?
We're in the middle of the Amazon.
We cannot leave now.
It's midnight.
I'll just give us a couple hours.
Then we can just leave when the day clears and we can do that.
After some just talking and talking, eventually they say, okay, first thing in the morning, you are 11.
And they were just really serious.
It's very scary.
And so they left.
I remember myself going back to my hammock.
Just scared, as you can imagine.
Grabbing a machete in one of my hands.
And singing a song in a quiet voice based on that Psalm 27, but it's not there anymore.
In the Spanish version of Psalm 27.
And singing very quietly in my mind while I was there.
I know.
I still have a machete in my hands.
I know.
That doesn't say much of the point.
Trust me.
But to make a story short, it was difficult for me to sleep that night.
But eventually, the next day, the Lord was great.
He did a miracle in that place.
And we were able to stay for another few months.
And after that, we were able to, after a low, hard effort, we were able to set up a church.
Now it's a vibrant church in that place.
Just to make a story short.
It was a great thing.
But it was that night, particularly.
I really felt scared.
I really felt that these guys wanted to do something.
They were just doing it.
And I remember not even telling the bunch of guys sitting next to me.
I was just the one holding on on myself and being so scared of it.
But why am I telling you this?
I'm telling you this because, as you can see, sometimes in life, waiting under difficult times is tough.
Sometimes in life, waiting when we have difficult situations where our life is in danger, it's really tough.
And we are not very good at it.
Doesn't matter how many years of a Christian you are.
Doesn't matter how much of the law you know.
Doesn't matter how much of the Bible you know.
Doesn't matter how tough you think you are.
And one of the things we can see in this psalm is that, precisely, this is a guy, the one who wrote this psalm, which is David.
Who is able to keep himself together in a difficult situation.
And so, in so many ways, I just want us to see that and see just slightly carefully what it says.
But, we are never encouraged to suppose that Christian life will be easy and smooth or free from pressure.
Actually, it's something we learn from the psalms is that, in general, that, even in the toughness and the difficulties of times, the psalms, in general, what the psalms teaches us,
is that we can pray and we can call upon God in any single situation in our lives.
No matter what it is.
And you're going to describe what can you learn from the whole psalms, the 150 psalms, is that, doesn't matter what your situation is,
that you can count on God and you can pray on Him.
You can name whatever situation you can see.
Times of despair, when you are overwhelmed by danger, or sometimes you are anger, or sometimes you are starving, or sometimes you feel like something is not right with you.
And even sometimes when you feel like you are sin, you have sinned.
The psalms always teach us that we can always be in touch with God and come close to Him.
Especially in those dangerous situations, as I described the one for myself, and as we're going to see the one from David.
Something to say before we get into this psalm, about Psalm 27, a few things.
Psalm 27, along with Psalm 26 and 28, are three psalms whose main topic talks about waiting in God, or waiting in the Lord with confidence.
They are like triplet psalms, that are all part of the same idea altogether.
That we can wait for the Lord's help, in hope and in confidence, under difficult circumstances.
Words like the house of the Lord, temple and tabernacle, are frequently mentioned there.
You'll see it throughout these three psalms particularly.
Always been mentioned and mentioned.
I'll tell you all the end why I think it's that.
And particularly about this psalm, no one can read this well-known Psalm 27,
without being struck by the contrast that exists between the first one to six verses,
from the second part of the psalm, from 7 to 14.
There is like a different contrast between both of them.
And it is so marked that some commentators suggest that we have been,
what we have here is probably two psalms who have been composed under different circumstances,
that probably have been merged together.
Again, this is what some commentators think.
We don't have certainty to say that.
But it's just the contrast between one to six, from 7 to 14,
that make us believe that, make us think that.
But overall, both sections, it has something in common,
is that throughout a psalm, we can see the reality of David's faith.
It is important, however, to realize that this is not a faith that is fair weather only.
This is not a faith that only behaves when God is good.
But rather, this is a faith, displaying in the psalms,
that behaves in a way that doesn't matter what the situation is,
that the psalmist, David, still trusts in God under all the circumstances,
and under all the difficult pressures.
This is the kind of faith that stuns the shocks and pressures of life,
and comes out stronger from all these pressures.
But, to be honest, we can never have or display this kind of faith,
this kind of confidence as David had,
if we try to trust in a God that we don't know.
One of the things we see throughout the psalms,
and throughout the psalms in general,
that whoever the writer of that particular psalm you're reading is,
he is speaking from a point of knowing who his maker is,
for knowing who his God is.
We cannot never develop a confidence in a God that we don't know.
And perhaps that is something to keep in our hearts as we dig in into the world.
If we want to know how we can face tough times in our lives,
get to know your maker.
Get to know your creator.
Get to know who God is.
Once you know who God is,
you can actually develop
the patience to deal with tough times.
I think that's what we see.
Again, I'm saying so many things in general about the psalms before we dig into it.
And I really like the way the psalm finishes.
In verses 13 and 14, I'll just read it to you.
And he finishes in this way.
After all the struggles from the chapter, he says,
David definitely had to know his maker
to be able to learn a psalm with those difficulties like this.
And that's such a faithful, trustworthy way.
Anyway, so I divided this psalm in three different things.
So I'm going to be speaking from these three things today.
The things that I think David did.
And we can see in these things that we can actually do it ourselves.
So there are three things I think he did.
From verses 1 to 3,
what David is doing is,
David is remembering,
or David remembers who God is.
That is the first thing we see in this psalm,
that he remembers who God is from verses 1 to 3.
From verses 4 to 6,
he not only remembers who God is,
but he, David, delights in the beauty of God.
So from 1 to 3, he remembers who God is.
From 4 to 6,
he decides to delight in the beauty of God.
And in the last part, from 7 to 12,
David not only remembers who God is,
not only delights in the beauty of God,
but also he resolves to walk in God's way.
So those three things we're going to be seeing today.
And you're saying,
why are you not mentioning 13 and 14?
I think 13 and 14 has a whole global effect on the psalm
that I will tell you at the end.
So, let's read for a moment 1 to 3.
David remembers who God is.
This is what he says,
The Lord is my light and my salvation.
Who shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life.
Of whom shall I be afraid?
When the wicked advance against me to dewar me,
it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.
Though an army beseech me,
my heart will not fear.
Though war break out against me,
even then,
I will be held confident.
If we are to wait with confidence in God,
we must remember who God is.
And if we're going to remember who God is,
it is so important that we see God rightly.
We see God on whom He is,
knowing the way we want Him to be.
So many times when we try to see about God,
we want to make God fit in our mind and our thinking
in the way we want God to be.
But it's something we see from David,
it's he sees God rightly.
David was being hunted down by enemies.
They were seeking Him with violence to take His life,
and they wanted Him dead.
Imagine yourself in that situation.
I can imagine myself,
I can relate to that.
Seeing all the things that were going on through His mind,
probably all the same things that would have been going through your mind
in a situation like that.
But perhaps not in David.
Because it seems to us that David knew who God was.
Look what he calls him.
God is my light.
He says, God was His light.
That light that shines in the darkness.
Even in His darkness,
God was shining His light upon him
and guiding him for the way to go.
God knew where to take him
because God knows everything.
He knows everything.
He doesn't need to Google for things to know where He's going.
God knows where to go and where to take us.
And I think David starts with that.
God is my light.
Why is it important?
Why is the light so important?
I'll tell you why it's important.
Just an example.
When you walk on the Amazon and it's so dark,
in the middle of the night,
and your flashlight is not working,
light is very important in that way.
So I think David says,
light is so important
because even when I'm struggling in this situation
and I don't know where to go,
God is my light.
And He can help me to see clearly.
He trusts that God is His life.
And He knows where to take Him.
But God wasn't only His light.
He was also His salvation.
It didn't matter who was surrounded David.
It didn't matter who his enemy was.
David knew that God was His salvation
and that whatever the enemy would be,
they couldn't even touch Him.
They couldn't even close to Him
because he knew that God was His salvation.
He also declared that God is His stronghold.
He's like fortress,
as a different version would say.
He wasn't alone.
God was with Him.
He was this impenetrable fortress
that no matter what the people around Him would do,
He would be able to keep Him safe.
I think this psalm talks about confidence
in a way that we can trust in God.
We can trust that God will protect us.
We can trust that whatever the situation may be,
God will be there to help us.
I know it's very easy to say it.
I know I can stand here as a preacher and say,
yeah, yeah, that's the easiest thing to say.
But I tell you, God can do it.
You could say, okay, we are not David.
David's been hunted down by his enemies.
We are not a king who is like running away.
So what can we learn from this song personally?
I want you to, for a moment,
to go for the verses 5,
this very instant.
And we're going to read just the first part,
where he says,
For in the day of trouble,
He will keep me safe in His dwelling.
What do you think David is referring
when he says this day of trouble?
What do you think is the day of trouble for him?
You would see in verses 2 and 3,
we can say that perhaps the day of trouble would be
evil men advancing against him,
enemies attacking him,
armies besieging him,
wars breaking out against him.
Perhaps that was his way,
or his day of trouble.
But I think it didn't end there.
Look down at verse 10 as well,
what he says.
Though my father and mother forsake me,
the Lord will receive me.
His day of trouble was not only
enemies besieging him,
but also I think it was that
friends and family
deserted him.
So basically, let's see what David is doing
throughout the song.
It's like he is expanding
the concept of day of trouble,
and apply it to any sort of suffering
that we could ever experience.
So,
whatever the day of trouble,
whatever your day of trouble could be,
someone attacking you,
or opposing you,
causing you sadness,
sickness,
or whatever it be,
we can all add to this song
and say,
even in those difficult times,
God is still good,
and God is still my fortress,
and God is still my salvation,
and God can still
keep me safe in the day of trouble.
I think it's a fascinating song.
But,
okay,
you're saying this,
but how do we,
generally the question is,
how do you really react
in the day of trouble?
One of the biggest temptations
we may face
when we are in these difficult
days of troubles
is to sing wrongly
about God.
Because why?
Because we come to God
in desperate need.
Trusting,
okay,
you're saying to trust in God,
we're going to trust in God,
I'm going to pray to Him,
I'm going to ask Him
to keep me free,
to set me free for this problem,
I'm going to ask Him
to do something for me,
but then we go,
we just go wait and see it.
And when you see it,
you realize God doesn't do anything.
And what do you think?
There's something wrong with this.
He may be not trustworthy,
because He's not doing
what I want Him to do.
And that's generally the danger
in these difficult situations
when it comes to trusting.
Because it's easy to trust
when we see God
doing what we want.
But what about when He doesn't?
What about when you're praying
for that cancer to go away?
What about when you're praying
for that family member
to come to faith?
What about when you're praying
for your partner not to leave you?
And he doesn't.
even in those difficult times,
David comes back to us and says,
I know that He will keep me safe.
Whatever safe may be.
This is a wonderful song
from David.
Because it opens up
the whole life.
Nobody promises
that a Christian life
is going to be great.
It's going to be fascinating.
It's going to pop up
once we want it.
Actually, no.
It's all the opposite.
It gets even harder
and harder and harder.
Why?
Because God has promised
something better at the end.
Something that is not accomplished
in this life,
but in the life to come.
We can't get foreshadows of that.
We can't get some wee pictures of it.
But that's not it at the end.
So you think sometimes
that God is good
because your bank account was great.
God's not good because of that.
If you think that God is good
because your life is great
and your family is doing well,
your children has got a job
and all that,
yeah, God is not good
because of that.
God is good because He is good.
Despite what you get
or what you don't.
And I think we can see
through this psalm
that it doesn't matter
what the situation is,
David still thinks
and still believes
and still proclaims
that God is good.
You see, brothers and sisters,
that one of the things
we can always keep in our minds
is that
our confidence
starts not
when we see
our deliverance,
but our confidence
starts
when we see
our deliverer.
Mighty,
sovereign,
powerful,
ruling for His throne,
lifted up high,
doing what He wants
when He wants
in the way He wants
it.
Perhaps I'll say it again.
Our confidence
doesn't start
when we see
our deliverance.
It starts
when we see
our deliverance
rightly
in power.
and I think
that's one of the
good things
that this psalm
does for us.
God is all those things
from 1 to 3
that David is saying.
He is light,
He is salvation,
He is stronghold.
But David
doesn't say
that the Lord
is light.
He doesn't say
that the Lord
is salvation,
salvation is strange
and far away
from Him.
Rather,
he says
that the Lord
is His life.
David says
the Lord
is my life,
the Lord
is my salvation.
He implies
a sense of belonging.
What can we say
about that?
How do we
consider God?
Is God
your life?
We all know
God is life.
Is God
your salvation?
We all know
God's salvation
but is God
you?
Do you have
this sense of belonging
that David has?
Is God
your life?
Is God
your salvation?
If the answer
is yes,
then
who shall we fear?
As David said.
But who shall I fear?
Am I going to be
scared of this?
David said,
no,
I won't.
So what he chooses
to do,
David first?
He chooses to
remember who God
is.
Who God is?
He is his light,
he is his salvation,
he is his stronghold,
he is the deliverer,
mighty,
he is the God
maker of the universe,
he is God
sovereign,
doing what he wants,
when he wants,
in the time he wants it.
Once David
sees that,
he can go on
to the next bit,
which is,
not only he's seeing
who God is,
he's remembering
who God is,
but now he decides
to delight
in the beauty
of God.
Verses 4-6,
this is what he says,
one thing
I ask from the Lord,
this only
do I seek,
that I may dwell
in the house
of the Lord
all the days
of my life,
to gaze on the beauty
of the Lord,
and to seek Him
in His temple,
for in His day,
for in the day
of trouble,
He will keep me safe
in His dwelling,
He will hide me
in the shelter
of His second tent,
and set me high
upon the rock.
Then my head
will be exalted
about my enemies
who surround me.
So,
at His second tent,
I will sacrifice
with shouts of joy.
Here we see David
delighting
on the beauty
of God.
To not lose heart,
to not give in
into temptation
while we wait
on God,
we must delight
ourselves
in the beauty
of God.
But the question is,
what is the beauty
of God
that He's talking
about here?
I think
the beauty of God
is the truth
of God.
He's a perfection
of God
in all His attributes,
His wisdom,
His power,
His love,
His justice,
and so many
more things
that we can
not name just now.
But you're saying,
like,
what is the difference
between
remembering
who God is
and delighting
in the beauty
of God?
What is the difference
between 4 to 6
compared to 1 to 3?
Well,
I think it's one thing
to remember
who God is.
I think it's one thing
to remember
the truth about God
and to be aware
of who God is.
But it's quite
another different thing
to delight
in that beauty
of who God is.
The word beauty
of verses 4
means delightful
or to be delightful
means to bring
pleasure,
something that brings
pleasure and satisfaction
to our lives.
So,
to be a Christian,
in other words,
it's more than
simply knowing
thoughts about God.
It's more than
just knowing
what the Bible says.
But to be a Christian,
it means
to taste
and see
that God is good.
And not only
to see that God is good,
but to choose
to delight
in His goodness,
to delight
in all the things
that He is.
So,
it is possible
to find pleasure
in God.
Pure,
exhilarating
pleasure
and joy.
When we do that,
when a believer
does that,
he finds himself.
He does not
escape from reality,
but actually
He conquers it
by discovering
a deeper
and greater reality
in which
and by which
He is able
to cope with life
and all its pressures.
He finds,
in fact,
something
larger than life.
And those effects
do not wear off.
Because what?
Because He finds
Himself
that God
is powerful
and majestic.
He chooses
to delight
in Him.
But what is,
if He chooses
to delight
in Him,
what is
delighting in Him
has to do
with confidence?
Why is it
important?
Okay,
yeah,
you're saying,
yeah,
we have to delight
in Him.
Why?
Why is it important
to delight in Him?
Well,
let's check again
verse 5.
Well,
verse 4 says that
why does He want
to delight in Him?
He wants to gauge
the beauty of God.
And then verse 5 says,
why?
Because He says
He wants to be safe
in the day of trouble.
He is delighting
in the beauty of God
even in the day of trouble.
Even where situations
arises
and situations get tough,
He chooses
to delight in Him.
And those times
when we feel
we don't belong,
those times
when we feel
like the situation
is out of control,
those times
when we feel
like seriously bad,
those times
when we are like
hopeless,
David chose
to delight in God
and so we must.
You will tell me,
yeah,
it's easy to say
from a pulpit,
put it into practice,
let's see what you get.
We just got to do it.
David himself
wasn't a perfect person
at all.
His life was always
in trouble.
He was always running away,
being hunted down.
Always doing
good things,
always doing bad things.
But yet still,
he knew
who his maker was.
And he still
decided to delight in Him.
And we see
in verse 6
where this
word is
all delight
and taken.
Verse 6 says that
then my head
would be exulting
about the enemies
who surround me
at his secret tent.
And I will sing.
I will sacrifice
with shout of joys
and I will sing
and make music
to the Lord.
He is able
to walk around
with his head
held high,
singing songs
to the Lord.
He has joy
and this joy
is rooted
in the satisfying
beauty
of God
that will never change.
Before we move
to the next one,
one of the things
I really like
about this part
is that
in verse 4
he asks
one thing
I ask
from the Lord.
The only one
the only one
I do seek
is just one thing
he is seeking
one thing
he is asking.
He is not asking
to be famous.
He is not asking
to be successful.
He is not asking
to be rich
or blessed.
But what he asks
is to dwell
in the house
of the Lord
to gain the beauty
of the Lord.
Because why?
Because his joy
was in God.
And because his joy
was in God
his enemies
couldn't touch him.
Failure
couldn't touch him.
God
kept and said
it is important
to keep in check
what we do desire.
In the case of David
he was deciding
to dwell with the Lord.
I wonder
what we really desire
in our hearts.
Generally
what we desire
in our hearts
reveals
where our confidence is.
Have you ever
heard a person
saying like
if I only get this
I will
finally be happy.
Oh I only
make millions.
Ah finally
I will just
rest and enjoy this.
Oh if I only
get married
I will
do this.
Have you ever
heard that?
I am just
filling the blanks.
But you know this
have you ever
heard this
if I only
so many times
what we seek
reveals
where our confidence is.
For David
he is not
seeking all these things.
The only thing
David is seeking
in verse 4
is like
I want to
dwell with the Lord.
Why?
Because I want
to rejoice
I want to delight
myself into this beauty.
And that's what I want.
He wanted one thing
to delight in the beauty
of God
and compared to
the beauty of God
everything else
is like
it's like
rubbish for him.
Just for a moment
think about it.
Think what your
desires are.
Are your desires
rooted in
satisfaction
to be with God?
Or are you just
rooted in your own
personal comfort?
Do not take me wrong
I'm not saying
personal comfort
is bad.
But what I'm saying
is like
when we replace
all personal comfort
as the goal
for satisfaction
rather than
me for satisfaction
and rejoicing
in God
that becomes
a problem.
But David
come back to David
doesn't only
resolve himself
to remember
who God is
he doesn't only
desire to
delight in God
he does also
resolve
verses 7 to 12
to walk in God
in God's way.
So if we do
want to
wait with confidence
and hope in God
we should
resolve to walk
in God's way.
David trusts
that the Lord
will be merciful
for it.
One of the
repeated ideas
of this section
from 7 to 12
is a constantly
mention of
he is deciding
to seek in God's
faith.
Basically
this is a
repeated idea
from verses 4
and verse 4
he mentioned
he wants
to seek the Lord
he wants to
dwell with the Lord
in verses 8
he says
I want to
seek you
Lord
I want to
seek your
presence
I want to
be in your
presence
so he trusts
that the
voice that
shouts and
sings in him
sings to him
and worships
in verse 6
can also be
confident that
the Lord
will hear him
when he
prays
in verse 7
praying is
one aspect
of seeking
the Lord
what David
is done
in verse 4
seeking him
in his temple
he is also
instructed to
do
in verse 8
okay we are
seeing all
of this
this is what
David is
doing
I know
you are
following my
life
thinking
I hope
you do
but we are
seeing all
the things
that David
is doing
we are
seeing all
this great
but yet
we see
from verses
to
7
till
12
actually
there seems
to be a
conflict
with David
in one
sense
he do
trust
in God
but in
another
sense
he is
like
Lord
please be
merciful to
me
hear me
oh
Lord
do not
hide your
face
from me
there is
this sense
of
fighting
and
wrestling
in his
mind
why
because
as I said
before
David was
still a
sinner
David was
a person
who was
a murderer
at some
point
an adulterer
a liar
so it's
so easy
to imagine
why David
would wrestle
in these
verses
with this
question
will God
really forsake
me
will God
have
hide
his
face
from
me
he
might
be
thinking
like
I
want
to
gaze
on
the
beauty
of
God
but
am I
a sinner
how
am I
going to
do
that
that's
why
in
verse 7
he says
please
Lord
I
plead
for
mercy
please
have
mercy
on
me
that
is
why
I
said
at
beginning
this
from
1 to
6
seems
to
be
something
going
on
and
from
7
to
14
there
seems
to
be
a
different
country
something
different
going
on
but
I
think
it's
all
just
matched
all
together
in
his
wrestling
he
remembers
what
God
has
asked
for
him
look
what
it
says
verse
8
my
heart
says
you
seek
his
face
your
face
Lord
I
will
seek
a
better
translation
from
verse 8
would
say
to
my
heart
he
has
said
seek
my
face
and
what
I
think
David
is
remembering
here
he
is
remembering
that
at
some
point
at
one
point
God
asked
him
asked
his
people
not
him
particularly
his
forefathers
to
seek
his
face
in
Deuteronomy
chapter
4
and I
think
that
invitation
was
always
present
in
David's
mind
he
knew
that
what
God
really
wanted
from
his
people
was
to
seek
to
him
and I
think
that's
what
he
keeps
in
mind
in
this
situation
God
will
never
call
for
a
law
and
withhold
his
own
so
he
knows
if
God
always
wanted
to
be
seek
then
David
could
seek
for
every
person
and
this
is
what
produces
profound
confidence
to the
point
that
he
expresses
verse
10
where
he
says
even
when
my
father
my
mother
would
forsake
me
I
know
he
will
not
forsake
me
why
because
God
was
asking
me
to
seek
him
before
and
why
because
I
know
he
will
be
there
for
me
I
think
what
he
I
think
he
picks
the
image
of
parenthood
here
not
thinking
his
parents
were
very
bad
or
mean
people
but
I
think
he
just
used
it
as
a
reference
to
say
that
if
the
most
improbable
thing
ever
happened
even
if
the
most
improbable
thing
ever
happened
like
my
parents
that
changed
my
nappies
or
changed
my
diapers
nappies
or
whatever
you
want
to
call
them
ever
forsake
me
even
the
most
improbable
happens
David
knew
God
will
not
God
will
be
there
for
me
this
psalm
is
all
about
confidence
whether
you
are
in
the
first
section
one
to
six
or
whether
you
are
in
the
second
section
seven
to
fourteen
there
is
a
confidence
in
God
David
had
confidence
do
he
and
one
of the
things
about
verse
10
is
like
this
confidence
expressed
in
verse
10
leads
him
in
verses
11
to
obedience
teach
me
your
way
Lord
lead
me
to
straight
paths
because
of
my
oppressors
when we
have
seen
who
God
is
we
can
trust
him
when
we
trust
him
we
can
walk
in
his
ways
when
we
walk
in
his
ways
we
are
no
longer
afraid
of
where
he
would
take
us
and
we
are
no
longer
afraid
where
he
would
take
us
we
can
go
wherever
he
lead
us
we
just
decide
to
follow
him
perhaps
you
wonder
why
can
I
know
be
obedient
to
the
Lord
perhaps
you
don't
trust
him
properly
and
why
you
can
trust
him
properly
perhaps
you
don't
know
him
go
from
one
way
to
another
this
is
probably
the last
few
minutes
and
I'll
finish
and
all
the
issues
that
we
face
generally
and
the
troubles
is
that
rather
than
being
compelled
as I
said
to
amazing
the
beauty
of
God
and
to
be
fascinated
about
who
God
is
sometimes
in
this
day
of
troubles
we
do
self
focus
on
ourselves
and
we
do
think
oh
there's
something
in me
to
fix
it
we
always
want
to
fix
our
own
troubles
and
that's
something
common
always
happening
personally
than
me
like
you
remember
my
story
I
was
trusting
in
God
but
what
had
in
my
hand
beginning
of my
story
had a
machete
with me
right
so much
trusting
for me
I
was
trusting
that
the
Lord
will
keep
me
safe
but
in
one
of
my
hands
I
was
trying to
solve
the problem
on my
own
what
was
the way
to solve
the problem
on my
own
having
a
machete
next
to
me
and
in
so
many
ways
when it
comes
to
trusting
we
are
kind
of
like
that
in
one
way
we
do
want
to
wait
and
trust
in
God
but
in
the
other
way
this
is
a
better
way
to
solve
it
let's
do
it
that
way
and
it's
in
this
situation
when we
do
that
we
become
less
focused
on
God
and
more
focused
on
ourselves
and
we
lose
the
fourth
perspective
of the
situation
and God
become
so
small
for
us
and
the
situations
we
are
facing
because
even
bigger
so
what
has
David
done
in
order
to
wait
for
God
three
main
things
he
decided
to
remember
who
God
is
he
decided
to
delight
in
who
God
is
and
he
decided
to
follow
and
obey
God's
way
but
one
of
the
things
that
you
can
see
throughout
this
passage
as
well
is
that
there
is
a
constant
mention
of
the
word
temple
tabernacle
house
of
God
throughout
this
passage
it's
something
very
compelling
as I
said
chapter
26
chapter
27
so
how
can
God
how
can
David
have
the
confidence
that
God
will
rescue
him
it
seems
like
the
answer
for
him
straight
is
like
he
goes
to
the
temple
he
goes
to
the
temple
but
one
of
the
things
we
know
because
of
the
time
that
David
wasn't
the
one
who
built
the
temple
he
was
his
son
the
one
who
built
the
temple
and
one
of
the
things
that
David
is
saying
constantly
he
wants
to
be
at
the
temple
he
wants
to
go
and
gaze
in
the
temple
of
God
I
wonder
what
is
he
meaning
by
it
wouldn't
it
be
that
he
is
not
actually
meaning
a
physical
temple
but
he
is
meaning
the
place
where
God
dwells
which
at
the
time
could
be
the
tabernacle
which
was a
foreshadow
of
the
war
once
became
flesh
of
the
war
that
chapter
John
verse
14
says
it
became
flesh
and
dwell
among
us
or
it's
better
translated
from
the
Greek
and
the
one
who
put
his
tabernacle
among
us
it
is
funny
when
David
is
talking
about
trust
he
says
I
want
to
go
to
the
temple
I
want
to
be
in
a
temple
I
want
to
dwell
in
the
temple
and
we
put
that
in
context
I
do
think
that
temple
for
ourselves
could be
Jesus
the real
temple
the real
dwelling place
where God
lives
the place
where mercy
and justice
leads
why is
David
always
confident
that God
will rescue
him
why is
David
always
confident
that God
will be
there for
him
because
he
was
hoping
for
his
Messiah
Jesus
why
can
we
have
confidence
that
God
will
be
there
for
us
because
that's
what
his
son
Jesus
Christ
has
said
to
us
he
is
Jesus
the
dwelling
place
from
God
on
earth
he
was
he
is
and
he
will
be
he
is
the
new
temple
that
wasn't
built
from
David
he
is
a
better
temple
he
is
the
only
temple
the
one
we
can
trust
so
how do
I
end
this
son
David
seeks
for
the
temple
the
dwelling
place
for
God
where
he
could
find
mercy
in
the
new
testament
that
is
Jesus
in
whom
we
can
gaze
on
the
beauty
of
God
David
knew
that
God
will
not
forsake
him
in
the
same
way
if
we
do
believe
Jesus
he
has
promised
that
he
will
never
forsake
us
can
we
face
difficult
times
can
we
face
time
troubles
can
we
go
for
difficult
times
in
our
lives
yes
we
can
why
because
we
got
Jesus
done
this
you