WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.259 Let us begin our worship of God by singing in His praise to Psalm 23 of the Sing Psalms. 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:12.759 That's on page 28 of the Blue Book. 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:23.280 Psalm 23, Sing Psalms version on page 28. 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:28.440 The Lord is my shepherd, no want shall I know. 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:31.820 He makes me lie down where the green pastures grow. 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:34.900 He leads me to rest where the calm waters flow. 00:00:35.859 --> 00:00:38.719 My wandering steps He brings back to His way, 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:41.939 in straight paths of righteousness making me stay. 00:00:42.420 --> 00:00:46.020 And this He has done, His great name to display. 00:00:46.820 --> 00:00:49.480 Though I walk in death's valley where darkness is near, 00:00:49.480 --> 00:00:51.980 because you are with me, no evil I'll fear. 00:00:52.639 --> 00:00:55.039 Your rod and your staff bring me comfort and cheer. 00:00:55.859 --> 00:00:58.239 In the sight of my enemies a table you spread. 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:01.059 The oil of rejoicing you pour on my head. 00:01:01.579 --> 00:01:04.379 My cup overflows and I'm graciously fed. 00:01:05.060 --> 00:01:10.640 So surely your covenant, mercy and grace will follow me closely in all of my ways. 00:01:11.219 --> 00:01:15.000 I will dwell in the house of the Lord all my days. 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:20.140 A psalm that will align with our study today in Psalm 40. 00:01:20.140 --> 00:01:25.019 It's a good psalm for the young ones to know and to memorize. 00:01:25.659 --> 00:01:28.879 And to know, of course, that the Lord is their shepherd. 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:31.019 So we'll stand together and sing this, 00:01:31.579 --> 00:01:33.819 The Lord is my shepherd, to God's praise. 00:01:33.819 --> 00:01:45.559 The Lord is my shepherd, no one shall I know. 00:01:45.559 --> 00:01:54.799 He leads me light on where thy green pastures grow. 00:01:54.799 --> 00:02:04.799 He leads me to rest where the land and waters flow. 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:14.800 My wandering steps he brings back to his way. 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:25.260 In strength of righteousness making me sing. 00:02:25.260 --> 00:02:34.200 And this he has done his great name to display. 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:45.579 So I walk in death's valley where darkness is near. 00:02:46.019 --> 00:02:55.199 Because you are with me, no evil I'll fear. 00:02:55.199 --> 00:03:05.199 Your rod and your staff bring me comfort and cheer. 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:15.639 In the sight of my enemies at table you spread. 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:25.199 The oil of rejoicing pure pour on my head. 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:35.539 Like apple-wurn close and I'm gracious he fed. 00:03:35.539 --> 00:03:45.680 So surely your covenant mercy and grace 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:55.199 Will follow me closely in all of my ways. 00:03:55.199 --> 00:04:03.959 I will dwell in the house of the Lord Almighty. 00:04:08.699 --> 00:04:11.599 Okay, we'll just bow and say a short prayer together. 00:04:13.659 --> 00:04:17.399 Our Father in heaven, we thank you for this time that we have together. 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:20.199 We thank you for being able to come to church. 00:04:20.659 --> 00:04:23.279 We thank you that we have Bibles to read. 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:27.399 And we thank you that you show us who you are. 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:31.139 And the Bible tells us all about Jesus Christ. 00:04:31.899 --> 00:04:33.599 And what he has done for us. 00:04:34.179 --> 00:04:37.379 And tells us about all the people that were with him. 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:43.679 His disciples that were so faithful to go out and share the good news about Jesus. 00:04:44.799 --> 00:04:47.719 That though he died, he rose again. 00:04:48.579 --> 00:04:50.000 And that gives us hope. 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:54.160 We pray as they go into Sunday school, tweenies. 00:04:54.300 --> 00:04:55.819 And pray for those that are in church. 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:59.939 We pray that they would understand what they are being taught. 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:02.680 We pray that they would see who Jesus is. 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:05.319 And we pray for the teachers as well. 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:09.160 We pray that you would give them help to be able to do this. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:16.420 In a manner that portrays how beautiful and amazing God is. 00:05:17.060 --> 00:05:19.700 And what Jesus is to us. 00:05:20.220 --> 00:05:23.160 We pray he would be with us in our time together. 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:25.660 Forgive us our sins we ask. 00:05:25.960 --> 00:05:27.040 In Jesus name. 00:05:27.520 --> 00:05:27.879 Amen. 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:28.000 Amen. 00:05:30.500 --> 00:05:31.019 Okay. 00:05:31.139 --> 00:05:38.060 So I want to say a short word to use before you go into your Sunday school classes or tweenies. 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:41.180 I've got something with me here. 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:43.839 Do you know what that is? 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:45.300 Do you know what that is? 00:05:46.259 --> 00:05:46.600 Anyone? 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:47.159 Yeah? 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:47.920 A bulb. 00:05:48.459 --> 00:05:49.079 That's a bulb. 00:05:49.259 --> 00:05:51.339 That's what plugs into the light. 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:53.800 And that's what gives us light. 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:57.639 But I want you to imagine if you were a bulb. 00:05:58.240 --> 00:05:59.460 If you were a light bulb. 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:02.660 Where would you go? 00:06:03.500 --> 00:06:04.540 Where would you be? 00:06:04.620 --> 00:06:06.139 Where would the best place for you to be? 00:06:06.300 --> 00:06:07.240 Would it be in your welly? 00:06:08.379 --> 00:06:08.819 No. 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:09.439 No. 00:06:09.740 --> 00:06:10.560 Would it be in your hat? 00:06:11.580 --> 00:06:11.980 No. 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:12.540 No. 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:14.580 Would it be in the sandpit outside? 00:06:15.580 --> 00:06:16.000 No. 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:16.759 No. 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:20.360 This is made to be in a light. 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:25.980 And when you put it in the light and you turn it on, then it glows. 00:06:26.540 --> 00:06:28.939 And what the light does is it helps us to see. 00:06:29.860 --> 00:06:38.280 It helps us to be able to see what's around us and understand what's there so we don't crash into things and we don't bump into each other. 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:39.840 It helps us to see. 00:06:40.819 --> 00:06:44.580 Last night I was at a house and the light was stuck on. 00:06:45.580 --> 00:06:48.600 The switch was off and the light was going on by itself. 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:54.240 Now, there's our lesson in the light bulb. 00:06:54.960 --> 00:06:56.060 And I want you to remember. 00:06:57.160 --> 00:06:59.379 The light bulb is made for the light. 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:04.760 And you and every one of us here has been made by God. 00:07:05.340 --> 00:07:07.840 And we belong with God. 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:09.920 The light bulb is meant to be with the light. 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:21.080 We are being created by God are designed to be with God and connected to God and belonging to God. 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:25.379 And if we are with God, we are in the right place. 00:07:25.960 --> 00:07:31.639 And even coming to church and Sunday school puts us in the right place to be with God. 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:38.199 And we ask that God will be with us when we come to church and we come to Sunday school. 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:45.399 But God is the one that turns the power on. 00:07:46.659 --> 00:07:52.199 We come and we might have to put the bulb in and we come and we wait. 00:07:52.579 --> 00:07:54.500 We might have to wait to be switched on. 00:07:55.099 --> 00:07:59.560 Many of us have had to wait before the light went on in our life. 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:03.939 Before the Lord made us his light. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:06.220 And the Lord's light was in us. 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:11.579 But I want you to be like the light bulb. 00:08:11.899 --> 00:08:16.600 And I want you to be like the light bulb that never goes out when you come to God. 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:21.120 And it will always glow and shine. 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:35.919 And you will be boys and girls that will show what things are there that we can crash into in life. 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:38.320 And the things that are bad in life. 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:41.560 And that you show how good God is. 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:44.019 By his light. 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:46.120 God is light. 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:51.460 And you are going to learn about someone today that was a light for God. 00:08:52.379 --> 00:08:57.240 And he went and he spoke to someone about who Jesus was. 00:08:57.620 --> 00:08:58.860 And he helped them to see. 00:09:00.820 --> 00:09:04.980 One of Jesus' friends called Philip went to meet a man. 00:09:05.940 --> 00:09:08.080 And he helped the person to see. 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.279 He was like a light bulb for God. 00:09:11.700 --> 00:09:14.820 And he showed the man the way. 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:17.019 Where he should be. 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:19.799 And what God was like. 00:09:20.419 --> 00:09:22.200 So I want you to remember the light bulb. 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:26.259 That we are in the right place. 00:09:27.399 --> 00:09:28.659 And we belong to God. 00:09:29.019 --> 00:09:30.519 We are designed to be with God. 00:09:31.139 --> 00:09:33.379 And that we would be lights that never go out. 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:35.000 And always shine. 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:36.360 And tell people. 00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:37.720 And show people. 00:09:38.379 --> 00:09:39.720 How good God is. 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:41.879 And what God can do for us. 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:44.840 So I pray that would be blessed to you. 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:47.259 We'll say the Lord's prayer together. 00:09:48.259 --> 00:09:50.980 Our Father which art in heaven. 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:52.960 Hallowed be thy name. 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:54.600 Thy kingdom come. 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:58.019 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:09:58.580 --> 00:10:00.780 Give us this day our daily bread. 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:05.019 And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:07.320 Lead us not into temptation. 00:10:07.860 --> 00:10:09.500 But deliver us from evil. 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:11.360 For thine is the kingdom. 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:13.399 The power and the glory. 00:10:13.980 --> 00:10:14.340 Forever. 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:15.460 Amen. 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:17.159 Okay. 00:10:17.220 --> 00:10:19.720 We'll continue in our praise to God. 00:10:20.379 --> 00:10:22.700 By singing in Psalm 118. 00:10:23.259 --> 00:10:24.620 Of the Scottish Psalter. 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:28.679 You'll find that on page 398. 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:29.679 118. 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:39.299 Scottish Psalter. 00:10:39.979 --> 00:10:41.919 We'll sing from verse mark 8. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:43.559 Down to verse mark 14. 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:47.659 Better it is to trust the Lord. 00:10:48.059 --> 00:10:49.599 Than trust in man's defence. 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:52.319 Better it is to trust in God. 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:54.879 Than make princes of confidence. 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:57.480 You'll see the man here. 00:10:57.820 --> 00:11:00.100 The psalmist that trusts in God. 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:04.759 But he's overwhelmed by something. 00:11:05.059 --> 00:11:06.919 As he sings through the psalm. 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:10.200 The sins that are about him. 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:11.460 The evils that are around him. 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.580 The emotion of it comes through in this psalm. 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:17.980 As we sing down to verse mark 14. 00:11:18.820 --> 00:11:21.039 So let us sing this to God's praise. 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:23.919 Better it is to trust in God. 00:11:24.099 --> 00:11:25.639 And trust in man's defence. 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:35.980 Better it is to trust in God. 00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:40.980 And trust in man's defence. 00:11:40.980 --> 00:11:47.980 Better it is to trust in God. 00:11:47.980 --> 00:11:48.580 Better it is to trust in God. 00:11:48.580 --> 00:11:49.659 And trust in God. 00:11:49.659 --> 00:11:50.659 And trust in God. 00:11:50.659 --> 00:11:55.659 Princess of confidence. 00:11:55.659 --> 00:12:05.620 The nations joining all in one. 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:12.339 Did compass me about. 00:12:12.339 --> 00:12:20.299 But in the Lord's Lord's holy name. 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:27.299 I shall then call return. 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:34.519 They compass me apart. 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:36.179 I say. 00:12:36.179 --> 00:12:42.179 They compass me apart. 00:12:42.179 --> 00:12:51.099 But in the Lord's holy name. 00:12:51.099 --> 00:12:56.620 I shall then call return. 00:12:56.620 --> 00:13:07.240 Like peace they compass me apart. 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:13.899 Like God to thorns that flame. 00:13:13.899 --> 00:13:18.340 They quenched out. 00:13:18.340 --> 00:13:29.299 For them shall I destroy in God's own name. 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:38.219 Thou sore hast trust that I might fall. 00:13:38.219 --> 00:13:44.859 But my Lord helpeth me. 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:52.620 God my salvation is given. 00:13:53.419 --> 00:13:59.500 My strength and song is here. 00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:08.080 We turn now to the reading of the word of God. 00:14:08.680 --> 00:14:11.080 And we'll take our first reading from the book of Ephesians. 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:12.740 Chapter 5. 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:15.340 At verse 8. 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:16.440 Book of Ephesians. 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:18.539 Paul's letter to Ephesians. 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:22.080 Chapter 5. 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:23.919 At verse marked 8. 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:33.159 Let us hear God's word to us today. 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:39.740 For at one time. 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:42.620 You were darkness. 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:47.080 But now you are the light in the Lord. 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:50.019 Walk as children of light. 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:54.940 For the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true. 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:58.759 And try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:02.299 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness. 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:04.700 But instead expose them. 00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:08.700 For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. 00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:12.040 But when anything is exposed by the light. 00:15:12.040 --> 00:15:13.040 It becomes visible. 00:15:13.040 --> 00:15:16.500 For anything that becomes visible is light. 00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:18.259 Therefore it says. 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:20.160 Awake, O sleeper. 00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:22.320 And arise from the dead. 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:25.320 And Christ will shine on you. 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:26.660 Look carefully. 00:15:26.660 --> 00:15:28.660 Look carefully then how you walk. 00:15:28.660 --> 00:15:30.620 Not as unwise. 00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:31.540 But as wise. 00:15:32.040 --> 00:15:34.160 Making the best use of the time. 00:15:34.660 --> 00:15:36.320 Because the days are evil. 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:38.960 Therefore do not be foolish. 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:42.800 But understand what is the will of the Lord is. 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:45.559 And do not get drunk with wine. 00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:47.319 For that is debauchery. 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:49.399 But be filled with the spirit. 00:15:50.079 --> 00:15:54.179 Addressing one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:59.199 Singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart. 00:16:00.139 --> 00:16:03.779 Giving thanks always for everything to God the Father. 00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:07.199 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:12.200 Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. 00:16:13.020 --> 00:16:15.700 We'll continue in reading in Psalm 40. 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:26.320 Psalm number 40. 00:16:26.420 --> 00:16:29.500 And we'll read from the verse marked 6. 00:16:37.200 --> 00:17:07.180 Psalm 40. 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:09.080 Behold the glad news of deliverance. 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:11.180 In the great congregation. 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:15.160 Behold I have not restrained my lips as you know O Lord. 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:18.400 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart. 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:22.080 I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation. 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:27.259 I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation. 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:29.960 As for you O Lord. 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:32.819 You will not restrain your mercy from me. 00:17:33.580 --> 00:17:36.000 Your steadfast love and your faithfulness. 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.880 Will ever preserve me. 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:40.740 For evils have encompassed me. 00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.779 Beyond number. 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:44.700 My iniquities have overtaken me. 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.259 I cannot see. 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:49.019 They are more than the hairs of my head. 00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:51.160 My heart fails in me. 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:54.279 Be pleased O Lord to deliver me. 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:56.720 O Lord make haste to help me. 00:17:57.220 --> 00:18:01.120 Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether. 00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:03.600 Who seek to snatch away my life. 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:07.779 Let those be turned back and brought to dishonor. 00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.259 Who desire my heart. 00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:12.779 Let those be appalled because of their shame. 00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:14.379 Who say to me. 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.039 Aha. 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:15.900 Aha. 00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:18.879 But may all who seek you. 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:21.579 Rejoice and be glad in you. 00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:25.240 May those who love your salvation say continually. 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:27.220 Great is the Lord. 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.720 As for me. 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:30.700 I am poor and needy. 00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:33.559 But the Lord takes thought for me. 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:35.359 You are my help. 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:37.039 And my deliverer. 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.599 Do not delay. 00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:39.980 O my God. 00:18:41.179 --> 00:18:44.299 May the reading of God's words be blessed to us. 00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:47.200 Let us join our hearts together in prayer. 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:54.200 Our Father in heaven. 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.880 We thank you again. 00:18:57.120 --> 00:18:59.539 That we are gathered like this as your people. 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:03.580 And Lord we pray that you would make us still before you. 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:07.400 Let us hear your word to us today. 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:09.819 May it speak to our hearts. 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:12.120 May it speak to our soul. 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:14.100 Our minds Lord. 00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:14.179 Lord. 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:16.740 Unrestrict our minds. 00:19:17.459 --> 00:19:18.819 From the things of the world. 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:23.539 Open us up to the knowledge of who you are. 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:27.219 And let us come with reverence before you. 00:19:27.919 --> 00:19:30.019 As the God who is almighty. 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:32.500 And over all things. 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:35.519 Lord we see. 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:38.279 In the power of your word. 00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:42.079 Your self revealing who you are to us. 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:43.460 So that we may know you. 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:48.619 Lord give us diligent minds to understand. 00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:51.399 Exactly who you are. 00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.759 Open our minds up. 00:19:54.419 --> 00:19:56.099 To see the greatness of God. 00:19:57.199 --> 00:19:58.299 The wisdom of God. 00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:59.579 The holiness of God. 00:20:00.379 --> 00:20:02.220 Different aspects of God. 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.319 Things that we do not. 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.059 Cannot. 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:08.220 Understand in full. 00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:10.759 Never can we. 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:13.339 But as we approach you. 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.860 And give our worship to you. 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:18.079 Lord be great to us. 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:20.160 And that you would be one. 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:22.180 That we confess within our hearts. 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.759 And say. 00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:24.579 Great is the Lord. 00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:26.440 As we read in the psalm. 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.900 Give us light. 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.680 We pray. 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.900 As we look at your word. 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.240 Lord. 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:34.400 Our minds are so full of darkness. 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:36.340 And it is. 00:20:39.540 --> 00:20:41.140 Not because of our ability. 00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:42.440 That we can unearth. 00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.380 The deep treasure. 00:20:43.540 --> 00:20:44.820 And riches of your scripture. 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:47.519 But it is by the power of your spirit. 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.080 Enabling. 00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:50.259 Our minds to understand. 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.720 It is you. 00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.120 Who illuminates. 00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:53.820 Our mind. 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.440 It is you. 00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:55.500 Your spirit. 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:57.040 Does give that power. 00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.280 To illuminate. 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.080 Lord. 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:03.540 We pray that you would be with us. 00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:05.000 As we gather. 00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.359 Together. 00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.339 To hear. 00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.559 What you say. 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.000 Lord. 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.700 We are aware. 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:12.159 That there are temptations. 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.940 Before us. 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:15.119 Thoughts. 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.480 Words. 00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.039 And deeds. 00:21:16.159 --> 00:21:17.079 That distract us. 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:19.000 From gathering. 00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.119 From coming here. 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:21.500 From understanding your word. 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.819 That we pray. 00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.359 Oh Lord. 00:21:23.399 --> 00:21:24.039 In your name. 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:26.039 That you would restrain. 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:27.559 These distractions from us. 00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.980 And the power of the evil one. 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.799 Keep us from. 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.440 Keep him from us. 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.019 We pray. 00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:35.639 Exclude him from our gathering. 00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:38.159 And that our hearts and souls. 00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.759 May come and rejoice in you. 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:43.139 Great is our Lord. 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.779 Be our confession. 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.460 And Lord. 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:49.240 Great is the salvation. 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.240 That you have provided. 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.220 Through your son. 00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:53.319 The Lord Jesus Christ. 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:56.399 Who bore our sins. 00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.619 As if they were his. 00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:59.159 And so. 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.639 We are set free. 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.020 Because he took. 00:22:03.020 --> 00:22:04.200 What we deserved. 00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.920 On the cross. 00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.740 At Calvary. 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.259 Lord. 00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:09.660 Again. 00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.660 We cannot fathom. 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.380 Or understand. 00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:12.140 The weight. 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:13.120 Of these things. 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:15.379 But when we look. 00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:17.179 In the depths of our hearts. 00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.639 And the sin. 00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.599 That lies within. 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.879 We see the greatness. 00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.339 Of it. 00:22:22.399 --> 00:22:23.879 And how it can overwhelm us. 00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:25.359 If we were to focus upon. 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.219 And yet. 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.659 Everyone. 00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:28.639 Has been taken. 00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.259 By you. 00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:31.559 And justly. 00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.859 Paid for. 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.519 For the one. 00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:35.559 Who has faith. 00:22:35.719 --> 00:22:36.879 In Jesus Christ. 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:40.380 Lord. 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.500 We pray. 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.320 That you would be with us. 00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.980 In our walk. 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.640 With you. 00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:45.780 In the direction. 00:22:45.780 --> 00:22:46.840 That you take us. 00:22:47.540 --> 00:22:48.380 May we be willing. 00:22:48.780 --> 00:22:49.720 To go with you. 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:52.000 Wherever you show us. 00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:53.040 Give us the strength. 00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.980 To go forward. 00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:56.100 Often in things. 00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:57.280 That we do not think. 00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:58.320 We are able to do. 00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:00.200 And to places. 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.220 That we do not think. 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.980 That we should go. 00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:04.080 But let us have an ear. 00:23:04.300 --> 00:23:04.800 To hear. 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:07.279 What you say to us. 00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.759 We do not rely. 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.720 On our own confidence. 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.539 In these things. 00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:13.240 But again. 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.359 Trust in you. 00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.399 So many things. 00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:17.740 Can encompass us. 00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:19.220 As the psalmist sung. 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.759 The psalmist's expressions. 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.539 To us. 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.240 Are so real. 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:26.000 And we are so thankful. 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.599 For it. 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.599 That we can associate. 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.940 With what he says. 00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.819 Lord. 00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:35.359 To make Christ real to us. 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.960 As we look at your word. 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:39.099 Help us to understand. 00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.960 Who he is. 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:44.439 To the best of our ability. 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:47.339 As you enable us. 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.200 To. 00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.899 Lord. 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:51.240 We pray for this congregation. 00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.679 We pray that you would give. 00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:55.059 Each person. 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.919 Assurance. 00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:57.059 In their spirit. 00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.599 Confidence. 00:23:58.919 --> 00:23:59.779 To go with you. 00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:03.319 Give us conviction. 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.259 Of our sins. 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:06.440 If that is what is needed. 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.480 Lord. 00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.180 You know us. 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.420 As our father. 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.759 And you are our shepherd. 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.680 That is trustworthy. 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.160 To rely upon. 00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:16.160 To whom else. 00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.839 Can we go. 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.480 Especially. 00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.680 When the valley of darkness. 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.500 Is upon us. 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:24.279 Who will guide us. 00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:26.019 Except the Lord. 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.319 Jesus Christ. 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:30.019 May we be people. 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.119 That trust in him. 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:33.379 As we live our lives. 00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.000 Lord. 00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.220 Be with. 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.859 All those. 00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:39.159 Who share your word today. 00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.799 Who proclaim. 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:42.159 The unsearchable riches. 00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:43.179 Of Christ Jesus. 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.139 May the power. 00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.839 Of your spirit. 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.700 Accompany it. 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.119 We remember. 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.059 Those who gather. 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.379 In. 00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.759 Gaelic service. 00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.319 Nearby. 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.519 We pray. 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.619 That you would be with them. 00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.000 Also. 00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.119 In spirit. 00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.980 And in truth. 00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.259 Lord. 00:24:59.419 --> 00:25:00.539 Go amongst our nation. 00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.119 We pray. 00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.460 A nation. 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.240 That largely. 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.339 Lives for themselves. 00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:07.099 But open their eyes. 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:08.919 May. 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.559 Your illuminating truth. 00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.639 Be set before them. 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.539 By your servants. 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.079 As Philip. 00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.879 Went to that. 00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.700 Ethiopian. 00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:17.099 You know. 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.779 As the children. 00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.559 Look at that. 00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.099 And they see. 00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.719 The man. 00:25:22.219 --> 00:25:23.000 That was obedient. 00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:24.039 To God's word. 00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:25.919 And helped. 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.119 The one. 00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:29.000 To understand. 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.939 What you are saying. 00:25:30.939 --> 00:25:31.500 To us. 00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:32.899 And what you have done. 00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.379 For us. 00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.399 Through Christ. 00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.599 He just came. 00:25:36.719 --> 00:25:37.379 Alongside him. 00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.959 And we can all. 00:25:39.219 --> 00:25:39.740 Come alongside. 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.939 One another. 00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.459 To help. 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.359 And encourage. 00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.919 To support. 00:25:46.459 --> 00:25:47.079 And to. 00:25:47.219 --> 00:25:48.319 Help us understand. 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.319 So be with us. 00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:50.799 We pray. 00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:52.179 As we look on. 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.839 Your word. 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.639 Forgive us. 00:25:54.939 --> 00:25:55.419 Our sins. 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.000 We ask. 00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.959 In Jesus. 00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.839 His name. 00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.659 And in his power. 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.740 Amen. 00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:03.279 We continue. 00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:03.659 In a. 00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:05.199 Praise to God. 00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.719 By singing. 00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.980 In Psalm 71. 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:09.019 Of the Scottish Psalter. 00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.439 Version. 00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.839 Page 3. 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.399 1. 00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:11.740 1. 00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:17.599 Psalm 71. 00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:20.099 Page 3. 00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.459 311. 00:26:20.459 --> 00:26:21.559 Scottish Psalter. 00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.599 From verse 14. 00:26:22.699 --> 00:26:24.039 Down to verse mark 19. 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:26.240 But I. 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.319 With expectation. 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:29.079 Will hope continually. 00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.200 And yet. 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.920 With praises. 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.859 More and more. 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.420 I will. 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.759 The magnify. 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:37.059 Down to verse mark 19. 00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.000 And I. 00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:39.460 Most perfect righteousness. 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.240 O Lord. 00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.319 Is very high. 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.319 Who has. 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.539 So great things done. 00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.180 O God. 00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.159 Who is. 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.119 Like unto thee. 00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.819 We'll stand. 00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.200 Lift our hearts. 00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.079 To praise to God. 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.700 But I. 00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.460 With expectation. 00:26:50.460 --> 00:27:09.279 Will hope continually. 00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:12.279 And yet. 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:16.079 With praises. 00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:20.359 More and more. 00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:22.399 I will. 00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:27.399 The magnify. 00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:32.339 Thy justice. 00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:37.839 And salvation. 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:40.299 Thy matter. 00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:55.079 Thy lives o'ervola delivery. 00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.720 Thou'reSpeaking. 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:59.139 The Empire. 00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:01.240 Cheers. 00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.859 Once. 00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:22.939 And I will constantly go on in strength of God the Lord. 00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:40.940 And I, O righteous, testify, alone I will recall. 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:58.940 For even from thy good, O God, like thee I have been taught. 00:28:58.940 --> 00:29:18.299 And hitherto I have declared the wonders thou hast wrought. 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:36.299 And now, Lord, leave me not when I hold and regret it all. 00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:53.299 Till to this age my strength and power to all to come I show. 00:29:53.299 --> 00:30:12.480 And thy most perfect righteousness, O Lord, is very high. 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:29.480 Who has so great things done, O God, who is like God to thee. 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.920 Amen. 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:37.839 We can turn back to Psalm 40. 00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:46.480 And we'll continue and conclude in a study of Psalm 40 from verse 11. 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:53.920 Last week we looked at the section from verse Mark 6 down to the end of verse Mark 10. 00:30:53.920 --> 00:31:00.019 And we saw there David as he came to worship God. 00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:03.039 Where David drew near to God. 00:31:04.060 --> 00:31:09.660 As opposed to the first section where God drew near to David at the beginning. 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:11.620 He took him from the mire and the pit. 00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:17.940 From verse 6, God now returns to worship God and draw near to him. 00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:27.960 And we remember the image of the servant who was so willing to devote his life to the Lord and to his service. 00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:30.440 He was willing to have his ear pierced. 00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:38.440 And the willingness to delight in whatever was the will of the Lord for his life. 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:48.759 And we noted that even the Lord Jesus Christ struggled in a sense with the will of God. 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:53.600 And we will too struggle with what God has for us. 00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:57.120 But are we people to say nevertheless, 00:31:58.340 --> 00:32:04.900 whatever I feel and whatever I want, I will trust in you, O God. 00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:13.280 So the third and final part of this psalm we will call the walking with God. 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:19.040 We have the waiting, the worship and now the walking from verse Mark 11. 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:25.320 And the sentiment of the words here was expressed in what we sung. 00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:33.019 As a hopeful expectation upon the God that would continue with each of us. 00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:40.420 And constantly we will be people that will go on in the strength that God gives to us. 00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:46.379 And if we use the image of a walker to help our thoughts as we look at this concluding part of the psalm, 00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:51.940 we know that if you are to set out on a walk, you have some rough idea of where you want to go. 00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:55.879 You have a plan or a destination that you would like to reach. 00:32:55.880 --> 00:33:05.240 You may have a route planned out, you may use a map or more modern devices that you get on your phone, 00:33:05.540 --> 00:33:06.280 something like that. 00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:11.760 But you would have confidence that you are able to reach the point of your destination. 00:33:12.580 --> 00:33:17.960 And if you did not have any confidence to reach that point, well, you wouldn't depart. 00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:24.460 There would be no point in going if you knew it was impossible to reach the place you wanted to go to. 00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:33.600 And as you set out on that walk, you may find out that, well, if you had that confidence to go, 00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:37.579 you may come across things that, well, it wasn't in the plan. 00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:39.860 And I didn't expect these things to happen. 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:43.059 You may have times where your walk is hindered. 00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:46.100 You may have times when you have to stop and take a break. 00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:51.839 Often there's times where we have to just look back and be encouraged by where we've been. 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:58.559 Often we have to just say, this is a lot harder than I expected it to be. 00:33:59.459 --> 00:34:01.579 The walker requires confidence. 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:05.059 The walker requires courage to go on. 00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:09.799 The most important thing for the walker to do is to keep going. 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:17.019 To keep making steps forward and to reach the destination that he has desired to go to. 00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.460 The person needs to continue. 00:34:20.600 --> 00:34:23.760 And much of this is applicable to the Christian's life. 00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:29.300 And you may already have thoughts of Pilgrim's Progress going through your mind and your favorite part of it. 00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:32.180 But we see the sentiments of this. 00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:35.660 Throughout this psalm, it was one that relied on God in confidence. 00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:40.180 He had the courage to go with him amidst fear. 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:46.420 But he is a person that continues in God. 00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:51.620 So let us look quickly at the confidence the psalmist has. 00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:53.080 And we'll read from verse Mark 11. 00:34:53.079 --> 00:35:08.779 Firstly, you can notice his direction and his focus. 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:13.559 As for you, O Lord, it is towards his God. 00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:19.799 As he thinks upon his God, he has confidence. 00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:23.940 And it is expressed in his words. 00:35:24.600 --> 00:35:27.900 You can see that they are sure words. 00:35:29.060 --> 00:35:30.820 You will not restrain. 00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:39.860 And you will show your steadfast love and faithfulness. 00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:46.900 God is a God that will and will not. 00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:54.220 And understanding who God is is fundamental to having confidence in God. 00:35:55.180 --> 00:36:05.519 And the most reassuring thing about God for David and for you and for me is that God is a God that will and will not. 00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:08.139 He is not a God that might. 00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:10.559 He is not a God who is vague. 00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:13.079 He is not a God who changes his mind. 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:17.000 He is a God that does not change. 00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:20.159 In whom there is no change or variation. 00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:25.759 So as he was in the scriptures that we read, so he is. 00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:31.279 And so we can have confidence in what we read within the scriptures. 00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:38.000 And as we read the scriptures, we actually get to know who God is. 00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:39.680 Because he hasn't changed. 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.000 He is still the same. 00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:45.720 We have confidence in God. 00:36:48.100 --> 00:36:51.080 We know what he will not hold back from us. 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:55.760 And we learn, too, what he will do for us. 00:36:55.760 --> 00:37:02.060 What does David highlight about that assured confidence he has in God? 00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:08.400 The first thing you can see is that he will not, you can see is he will not restrain his mercy from me. 00:37:10.080 --> 00:37:17.260 Now, the wording of that, there's more feeling to it than just not restraining his mercy. 00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:24.860 You may remember the Psalter version has tender mercies. 00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:31.220 There's a compassionate element to the mercy that is shown here. 00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:41.780 There's a deep feeling in compassion where the person who exercises compassion is sympathetic. 00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:48.060 As for me, you will not restrain your mercy from me. 00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:54.340 God will not withhold his compassionate mercy from you. 00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:59.960 Compassion is a comfort for us. 00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:02.620 And we often need comfort in our lives. 00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:11.200 And compassion that is shown by this God was also a compassion that was shown by the wonderful counselor. 00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.960 Christ Jesus. 00:38:13.560 --> 00:38:18.220 He is the one who can sympathize with every need that we have. 00:38:18.600 --> 00:38:25.060 And he showed himself when he was on this world to be a person of great compassion. 00:38:26.220 --> 00:38:33.440 He was one who felt compassion to the one who lay in need. 00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:39.220 He did not restrain his compassion to the afflicted and to the needy. 00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:50.019 The same Christ is here as a man that will not withhold his compassion and mercy from you. 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:53.379 And you can be confident in this. 00:38:54.199 --> 00:39:01.699 Secondly, we see that your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me. 00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:11.839 As he has done and as God has preserved him and shown him his love to the psalmist from the beginning, 00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:14.799 he will continue to do so. 00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:19.719 As he's saying that my preservation is not upon myself. 00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:23.679 He relies on God to preserve him. 00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:33.099 Your steadfast love, your faithfulness are not things that only last for a moment. 00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:36.219 There are things that are eternal. 00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:38.819 There are things that are everlasting. 00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:42.859 The one who keeps me and holds me forever. 00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:53.559 These assurances are personal to him because he says they are for me. 00:39:55.260 --> 00:40:00.160 You will not restrain your mercy from me. 00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:05.579 Your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me. 00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:13.719 He has a personal confidence that God will always be with him. 00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:22.139 That the light of the Lord dwells within him. 00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:25.920 The light of revelation is in him. 00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:30.460 He is a child of light from Ephesians 5. 00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:35.820 And he is someone who has decided to walk carefully. 00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:38.659 But he is walking confidently. 00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:42.980 Because as you remember from the beginning of the psalm, 00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:46.320 he was one who had his steps established. 00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:52.320 His steps were set securely by the God that relied on him. 00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:56.099 The God that brought him from the pit and the mire and set him upon a rock. 00:40:56.880 --> 00:41:00.019 Believing in Christ Jesus gives us confidence. 00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:02.500 That he will always be with us. 00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:07.639 He will not withhold his compassionate mercy from you and from me. 00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:16.079 And that is a great encouragement and confidence for us to go with this Christ. 00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:21.619 Do you have the confidence that David has? 00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:26.079 Do you have that personal confidence that can say, 00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:28.679 God is always with me? 00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:31.960 No matter what experience I am going through. 00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:36.279 He will not withhold his compassion from me. 00:41:36.859 --> 00:41:39.799 He will not withhold his steadfast love from me. 00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:42.819 He is faithful to me. 00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:48.240 What about this walk of life? 00:41:48.240 --> 00:41:51.820 Is it in darkness or is it in light? 00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:55.559 And the Christian walk, as you look at it, 00:41:56.580 --> 00:42:00.660 you may ask yourself, as we probably all have, 00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:02.280 how can I do it? 00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:04.660 Well, here is the answer. 00:42:05.660 --> 00:42:07.200 Relying on God. 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:10.680 Trusting in him who will keep our steps, 00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:12.900 who has established our steps, 00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:14.980 who knows the direction we go in, 00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:16.960 who will be with us faithfully, 00:42:17.560 --> 00:42:19.900 who will not withhold his compassion from us 00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:21.560 and shows us steadfast love. 00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:28.099 David says and admits that he cannot do it alone. 00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:31.699 He relies on this God of whose. 00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:38.659 Psalm 40 is often one of conversion, 00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:41.139 with reference to conversion. 00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:45.460 The one that took a step in faith, 00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.980 trusting in this God. 00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:52.519 The God that revealed himself to David. 00:42:53.299 --> 00:42:55.319 The God who reveals himself to us. 00:42:55.320 --> 00:43:00.220 It's a step in faith, often. 00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:03.400 But we must ask ourselves, 00:43:03.620 --> 00:43:06.360 well, where is your confidence for this walk of life? 00:43:07.740 --> 00:43:10.800 What is the ultimate destination that you want to get to? 00:43:12.080 --> 00:43:14.700 Are you confident in yourself? 00:43:15.620 --> 00:43:17.960 Or are you confident in Christ? 00:43:19.700 --> 00:43:21.940 The one who has faith in Christ 00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:25.019 and understands who Christ is to him. 00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:29.380 He gets courage to face the difficulties 00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:31.200 that come before him. 00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:33.740 And we see that courage from verse 12. 00:43:34.620 --> 00:43:37.059 For evils have encompassed me beyond number. 00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:39.280 My iniquities have overtaken me. 00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:40.519 I cannot see. 00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:43.280 They are more than the hairs of my head, my heart. 00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:44.780 My heart fails me. 00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:47.300 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me. 00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:49.400 O Lord, make haste to help me. 00:43:49.620 --> 00:43:53.720 Let those who put to shame and disappointed altogether, 00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:56.699 who seek to snatch away my life. 00:43:57.339 --> 00:43:59.759 Let those who be turned back and brought to dishonor, 00:43:59.819 --> 00:44:01.619 who desire to my hurt. 00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:04.819 Let all those be appalled because they're shame, 00:44:05.259 --> 00:44:06.179 who say to me, 00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:07.779 Aha, aha. 00:44:07.779 --> 00:44:07.959 Aha. 00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:13.299 There is a fear in this section that comes through to us. 00:44:13.839 --> 00:44:14.859 The psalmist there. 00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:17.539 You'll see there's actually two sections to it. 00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:18.240 From verse 12. 00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:21.480 Well, verse 12 is one section. 00:44:21.680 --> 00:44:25.039 You have a cry to God in verse 13. 00:44:25.180 --> 00:44:28.940 And then verse 14 and 15 is another sort of section 00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:29.700 that you can take. 00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:35.200 Where verse 12 is something from within. 00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:41.319 And the second part from 14 to 15 is something external to himself. 00:44:42.339 --> 00:44:45.139 Yeah, that war, as a Christian often does, 00:44:45.339 --> 00:44:47.839 from within ourselves and externally, 00:44:48.439 --> 00:44:50.599 from things that are outside in this world. 00:44:53.259 --> 00:44:54.739 A Christian needs courage 00:44:54.739 --> 00:44:58.879 because there are many things that make us afraid. 00:44:59.139 --> 00:45:00.599 I looked up this word courage 00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:02.960 in one of the dictionaries that I usually use. 00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:04.139 And it said, 00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:06.320 The quality of mind or spirit 00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:08.619 that enables a person to face difficulty, 00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:10.519 danger, pain, etc. 00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:11.679 without fear. 00:45:12.740 --> 00:45:13.159 And I thought, 00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:15.360 Well, that's not right, really. 00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:16.900 I mean, if there's no fear, 00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:18.340 where's the courage? 00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:21.280 So I had to look at another dictionary 00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:23.539 and that confirmed my ideas. 00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:28.099 Courage is really incomplete fear. 00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:32.139 When we are fearful of what lies ahead of us. 00:45:32.139 --> 00:45:35.879 And you may be fearful of the next steps of your walk. 00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:37.859 Whether you are a Christian 00:45:37.859 --> 00:45:42.000 or whether you have to make a beginning with Christ. 00:45:42.799 --> 00:45:45.319 There are many fears set before us. 00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:47.359 And there are many fears 00:45:47.359 --> 00:45:49.940 that will rob our confidence in Christ 00:45:49.940 --> 00:45:51.319 and in his word. 00:45:51.879 --> 00:45:52.879 There's people out there 00:45:52.879 --> 00:45:55.920 dismissing this as a story. 00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:58.780 But it's not. 00:45:59.940 --> 00:46:01.700 And the believer in Christ Jesus, 00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:03.940 the one who has had himself rescued 00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:06.900 from the mire and the pit of destruction, 00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:10.579 who has felt the power of salvation of God, 00:46:11.579 --> 00:46:13.800 knows that this is no story. 00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:18.340 And we wish that everyone would understand it. 00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:19.920 That it was true. 00:46:20.580 --> 00:46:22.660 And it reveals to us who God is. 00:46:24.200 --> 00:46:26.519 There are many fears to rob our confidence. 00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:30.260 But courage has confidence amid fear. 00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:34.120 Courage has confidence amid fear. 00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:36.719 The defining factor is, 00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:38.219 where is our confidence? 00:46:38.819 --> 00:46:39.339 In fear. 00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:42.739 In the valley of the shadow of darkness. 00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:46.579 Courage conquers fear. 00:46:48.859 --> 00:46:51.940 The inward fears that David has briefly. 00:46:53.799 --> 00:46:54.980 They're surrounding him. 00:46:55.420 --> 00:46:56.679 They're encompassing him. 00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:59.000 Iniquities have overtaken. 00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:01.179 It says for evils there 00:47:01.179 --> 00:47:02.559 at the beginning of verse Mark 12. 00:47:02.659 --> 00:47:04.000 For evils have encompassed me. 00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:05.900 We may think that this is 00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:08.440 almost an external element for evils. 00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:11.880 But the word is sort of a misery distress. 00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:15.619 Again, the Psalter words it, 00:47:15.739 --> 00:47:16.539 ills, I think. 00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:18.500 Now, misery and distress 00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:21.420 is not something externally from ourselves. 00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:22.840 It is within us. 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:26.820 Misery and distress has encompassed me 00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:28.260 beyond number. 00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:30.260 Misery is all distresses. 00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:32.280 They are his own 00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:34.460 and they weigh him down. 00:47:34.460 --> 00:47:37.540 They are surrounding. 00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:40.720 There are innumerable pains, 00:47:41.120 --> 00:47:41.960 iniquities, 00:47:42.280 --> 00:47:44.040 his sins that have overtaken. 00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:47.580 They are more than the hairs of his head. 00:47:47.579 --> 00:47:52.239 They are so overwhelming, 00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:52.840 they are so overwhelming, you see. 00:47:53.460 --> 00:47:55.079 David's looking at himself 00:47:55.079 --> 00:47:56.319 within his heart 00:47:56.319 --> 00:47:57.920 and he's overwhelmed 00:47:57.920 --> 00:48:00.099 because of who he is. 00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:01.719 The sin that lies within him 00:48:01.719 --> 00:48:02.679 overwhelms him 00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:04.380 and that is exactly the same for us. 00:48:04.380 --> 00:48:07.099 When we look at ourselves 00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:08.940 and we see that 00:48:08.940 --> 00:48:11.280 there's things that we've done wrong, 00:48:12.160 --> 00:48:13.460 we wouldn't want to tell anyone. 00:48:14.260 --> 00:48:16.079 They're overwhelming to us. 00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:20.260 And if we give our attention to them, 00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:22.200 they will overwhelm us 00:48:22.200 --> 00:48:23.440 and they have an effect there, 00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:24.320 as you can see. 00:48:25.380 --> 00:48:26.700 Well, David couldn't see. 00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:28.519 I cannot see 00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:30.039 because of these iniquities, 00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:32.039 the sins before God. 00:48:33.879 --> 00:48:35.179 His heart fails. 00:48:36.819 --> 00:48:37.859 He loses courage. 00:48:39.739 --> 00:48:41.219 He loses confidence 00:48:41.219 --> 00:48:43.339 when he focuses on his sins. 00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:47.199 It's almost like that 00:48:47.199 --> 00:48:49.119 when we look at ourselves. 00:48:49.239 --> 00:48:50.619 It's almost like I spot the difference 00:48:50.619 --> 00:48:54.539 where you may see one thing straight away 00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:56.000 and then you may, 00:48:56.440 --> 00:48:57.400 the longer you look at it, 00:48:57.420 --> 00:48:58.599 the more you see, basically. 00:48:59.639 --> 00:49:01.279 And that is exactly the same with us. 00:49:01.800 --> 00:49:03.079 The more we look at ourselves, 00:49:03.719 --> 00:49:05.420 the more sin we see 00:49:05.420 --> 00:49:07.239 and the more overwhelmed we feel. 00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:13.800 But David cries out to God, 00:49:16.139 --> 00:49:18.559 Be pleased to help me, 00:49:18.840 --> 00:49:19.619 to deliver me. 00:49:20.199 --> 00:49:21.800 Make haste to my help. 00:49:22.320 --> 00:49:23.320 He knows these things 00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:24.259 are weighing him down. 00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:29.420 But there's an outward strain on him as well. 00:49:31.159 --> 00:49:31.920 There's people 00:49:31.920 --> 00:49:33.900 who do different things to him 00:49:33.900 --> 00:49:35.259 from verse 14. 00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:38.579 People who snatch to take away his life. 00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:40.420 People who want to bring dishonor. 00:49:40.880 --> 00:49:42.779 Who want to bring him hurt. 00:49:43.739 --> 00:49:44.739 People who mock him 00:49:44.739 --> 00:49:45.840 by saying, 00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:46.599 ah, ah, ah, ah. 00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:47.940 People who laugh at him. 00:49:49.539 --> 00:49:51.360 And that goes without saying. 00:49:51.579 --> 00:49:53.300 That is hard for us. 00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:56.360 When people slander us 00:49:56.360 --> 00:49:57.759 because of who we believe in 00:49:57.759 --> 00:50:00.519 and have faith and trust in this walk 00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:03.739 and tell people the direction of our walk, 00:50:04.860 --> 00:50:06.679 people will do all sorts to us 00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:09.500 to stop us in the walk that we are on. 00:50:09.500 --> 00:50:15.360 Yet, David has compassionate thoughts towards them. 00:50:15.719 --> 00:50:17.380 He doesn't want God to destroy them. 00:50:17.420 --> 00:50:18.820 He wants them to feel their shin. 00:50:18.900 --> 00:50:20.139 He wants them to be disappointed. 00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:22.480 He wants them to understand 00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:24.239 who God is. 00:50:24.940 --> 00:50:26.300 That they would be turned back 00:50:26.300 --> 00:50:27.780 and brought to dishonor. 00:50:27.780 --> 00:50:32.980 And through all this suffering, 00:50:33.980 --> 00:50:35.860 you can see Christ. 00:50:36.600 --> 00:50:38.740 Undeniably, Christ is there. 00:50:40.480 --> 00:50:43.019 The only one I questioned was my iniquities. 00:50:43.980 --> 00:50:48.680 But then, Christ bore all our sins 00:50:48.680 --> 00:50:50.580 as if they were his sins. 00:50:50.579 --> 00:50:52.340 And he could say 00:50:52.340 --> 00:50:55.039 that they were my iniquities 00:50:55.039 --> 00:50:57.599 that he paid the price for. 00:50:58.840 --> 00:51:00.639 When you look through that section, 00:51:01.019 --> 00:51:02.679 you can see Christ. 00:51:03.460 --> 00:51:04.739 And I encourage you to do so 00:51:04.739 --> 00:51:06.900 because we don't have time at the moment. 00:51:06.900 --> 00:51:11.000 But amidst all these fears, 00:51:12.300 --> 00:51:13.440 he looks in himself. 00:51:14.820 --> 00:51:16.720 He sees what's going on before him. 00:51:17.619 --> 00:51:19.480 But he doesn't stop crying to God. 00:51:20.059 --> 00:51:21.480 Be pleased to help me. 00:51:23.079 --> 00:51:24.760 And then the last section there. 00:51:26.300 --> 00:51:28.820 Regardless of what fears are said before him, 00:51:29.599 --> 00:51:30.559 he has courage. 00:51:31.500 --> 00:51:32.200 And he says, 00:51:32.200 --> 00:51:35.180 But may all who seek you 00:51:35.179 --> 00:51:37.019 rejoice and be glad in you. 00:51:37.440 --> 00:51:39.039 May those who love your salvation 00:51:39.039 --> 00:51:40.079 say continually, 00:51:40.460 --> 00:51:41.319 Great is the Lord. 00:51:42.219 --> 00:51:44.179 As for me, I am poor and needy. 00:51:44.460 --> 00:51:46.000 But the Lord takes thought for me. 00:51:46.500 --> 00:51:48.339 You are my helper, my deliverer. 00:51:48.699 --> 00:51:50.859 O Lord, do not delay. 00:51:51.399 --> 00:51:52.159 O my God. 00:51:54.139 --> 00:51:57.899 The psalmist continues with God. 00:51:59.899 --> 00:52:02.159 He has courage amidst fear. 00:52:02.159 --> 00:52:06.179 And he continues with God. 00:52:08.119 --> 00:52:09.440 He looks to him. 00:52:11.219 --> 00:52:11.699 Himself. 00:52:12.819 --> 00:52:14.259 But you can see in verse 16, 00:52:14.379 --> 00:52:16.099 it's almost like he desires 00:52:16.099 --> 00:52:18.339 that everyone would look to him. 00:52:18.759 --> 00:52:20.659 It's almost like there's a congregational 00:52:20.659 --> 00:52:23.019 desire there. 00:52:23.259 --> 00:52:25.019 But may all who seek you 00:52:25.019 --> 00:52:26.420 rejoice and be glad in you. 00:52:27.139 --> 00:52:29.219 May those who love your salvation 00:52:29.219 --> 00:52:30.239 say continually, 00:52:30.980 --> 00:52:31.839 Great is the Lord. 00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:34.440 And then there's a personal aspect to it. 00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:35.719 As he looks now, 00:52:36.279 --> 00:52:37.239 As for me, 00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:39.699 I am poor and needy, 00:52:39.980 --> 00:52:41.799 but the Lord takes thought of me. 00:52:42.500 --> 00:52:44.719 You are my help and my deliverer. 00:52:45.639 --> 00:52:46.679 Do not delay. 00:52:47.179 --> 00:52:48.179 O my God. 00:52:50.179 --> 00:52:52.619 As we join in worship together, 00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:54.719 we kind of touched on it last week. 00:52:54.719 --> 00:52:58.500 That we would have our eyes opened 00:52:58.500 --> 00:52:59.959 and our ears unblocked 00:52:59.959 --> 00:53:02.619 to understand and know who God is 00:53:02.619 --> 00:53:04.859 and who he tells us he is. 00:53:05.539 --> 00:53:06.819 That we may know the breadth, 00:53:07.000 --> 00:53:07.459 the height, 00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:08.119 the depth 00:53:08.119 --> 00:53:10.859 of his character 00:53:10.859 --> 00:53:12.519 in every aspect. 00:53:12.519 --> 00:53:15.960 and the greater he would become 00:53:15.960 --> 00:53:17.559 that we would be people. 00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:19.780 As we gather together, 00:53:21.039 --> 00:53:22.039 we'd say, 00:53:22.239 --> 00:53:23.079 Great is the Lord. 00:53:24.639 --> 00:53:25.059 Again, 00:53:25.179 --> 00:53:26.539 that word doesn't really 00:53:26.539 --> 00:53:28.300 take out the greatness 00:53:28.300 --> 00:53:29.300 of what 00:53:29.300 --> 00:53:30.920 he means. 00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:31.880 He means 00:53:31.880 --> 00:53:33.699 the Psalter version 00:53:33.699 --> 00:53:34.599 is magnified, 00:53:34.739 --> 00:53:35.099 the Lord. 00:53:35.099 --> 00:53:39.860 It's an increasing thing 00:53:39.860 --> 00:53:40.559 that goes on. 00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:42.259 But where God is not 00:53:42.259 --> 00:53:43.759 becoming smaller to us, 00:53:44.259 --> 00:53:45.079 God should be becoming 00:53:45.079 --> 00:53:45.739 greater. 00:53:46.279 --> 00:53:47.719 As we sit under his word 00:53:47.719 --> 00:53:48.880 and learn about him, 00:53:49.339 --> 00:53:51.139 we see the greatness of God. 00:53:54.000 --> 00:53:55.219 And when you see 00:53:55.219 --> 00:53:57.679 they are what he writes, 00:53:58.619 --> 00:53:59.980 I am poor and needy 00:53:59.980 --> 00:54:01.860 as we are. 00:54:01.860 --> 00:54:04.700 But the Lord 00:54:04.700 --> 00:54:05.760 takes thought of me. 00:54:08.079 --> 00:54:08.740 And I think 00:54:08.740 --> 00:54:12.000 that verse 00:54:12.000 --> 00:54:13.680 becomes more significant 00:54:13.680 --> 00:54:15.940 the greater God becomes. 00:54:18.360 --> 00:54:19.780 When we really 00:54:19.780 --> 00:54:20.840 grasp 00:54:20.840 --> 00:54:22.019 and start grasping 00:54:22.019 --> 00:54:22.820 who God is 00:54:22.820 --> 00:54:24.079 and continue to grasp 00:54:24.079 --> 00:54:24.800 who God is, 00:54:26.220 --> 00:54:27.400 he thinks upon you. 00:54:28.579 --> 00:54:29.420 And he thinks 00:54:29.420 --> 00:54:30.460 and knows 00:54:30.460 --> 00:54:31.660 and hears 00:54:31.659 --> 00:54:32.779 your prayers 00:54:32.779 --> 00:54:33.899 and your cries, 00:54:34.019 --> 00:54:35.159 whether you be in the pit, 00:54:35.579 --> 00:54:36.960 whether you be overwhelmed 00:54:36.960 --> 00:54:37.480 by 00:54:37.480 --> 00:54:40.079 your own 00:54:40.079 --> 00:54:41.359 feeling of sinfulness, 00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:43.139 whether you're overwhelmed 00:54:43.139 --> 00:54:43.440 by 00:54:43.440 --> 00:54:44.679 an external 00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:45.859 evil 00:54:45.859 --> 00:54:46.339 that 00:54:46.339 --> 00:54:48.420 makes you question 00:54:48.420 --> 00:54:49.019 everything, 00:54:50.359 --> 00:54:51.119 God knows. 00:54:53.139 --> 00:54:53.899 And God 00:54:53.899 --> 00:54:55.199 has an everlasting 00:54:55.199 --> 00:54:56.159 compassion 00:54:56.159 --> 00:54:57.399 and steadfast love 00:54:57.399 --> 00:54:58.480 towards you. 00:55:00.379 --> 00:55:01.539 You have confidence 00:55:01.539 --> 00:55:03.320 to be with God. 00:55:04.940 --> 00:55:05.920 God hears 00:55:05.920 --> 00:55:07.360 all our cries, 00:55:08.039 --> 00:55:09.059 whatever they are. 00:55:10.279 --> 00:55:11.300 And you'll remember 00:55:11.300 --> 00:55:12.719 we started 00:55:12.719 --> 00:55:13.659 in the pit 00:55:13.659 --> 00:55:14.900 and the psalmist 00:55:14.900 --> 00:55:15.920 was looking back 00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:19.159 upon this experience 00:55:19.159 --> 00:55:20.199 that he had 00:55:20.199 --> 00:55:21.659 and how he had to 00:55:21.659 --> 00:55:22.320 wait 00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:23.440 patiently 00:55:23.440 --> 00:55:24.320 upon the Lord. 00:55:24.320 --> 00:55:26.680 but he wrote 00:55:26.680 --> 00:55:26.980 it 00:55:26.980 --> 00:55:28.660 when he's in a state 00:55:28.660 --> 00:55:29.340 of feeling 00:55:29.340 --> 00:55:29.840 poor 00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:31.080 and needy. 00:55:32.340 --> 00:55:33.000 The Christian 00:55:33.000 --> 00:55:33.580 life, 00:55:34.380 --> 00:55:35.480 many may portray 00:55:35.480 --> 00:55:36.400 it to be wonderful 00:55:36.400 --> 00:55:37.700 and it is 00:55:37.700 --> 00:55:38.180 wonderful, 00:55:39.180 --> 00:55:40.519 but it's not 00:55:40.519 --> 00:55:41.039 easy. 00:55:41.720 --> 00:55:42.559 It's not 00:55:42.559 --> 00:55:43.760 that feeling 00:55:43.760 --> 00:55:44.160 that 00:55:44.160 --> 00:55:45.200 everything's 00:55:45.200 --> 00:55:45.920 okay, 00:55:46.120 --> 00:55:46.600 in a sense 00:55:46.600 --> 00:55:47.039 they are, 00:55:47.820 --> 00:55:48.580 but it's not like 00:55:48.580 --> 00:55:49.480 everything's going 00:55:49.480 --> 00:55:50.539 to go so well 00:55:50.539 --> 00:55:51.199 and we're never 00:55:51.199 --> 00:55:51.840 going to question 00:55:51.840 --> 00:55:52.360 anything 00:55:52.360 --> 00:55:53.099 or need to 00:55:53.099 --> 00:55:53.539 question 00:55:53.539 --> 00:55:53.960 anything 00:55:53.960 --> 00:55:54.679 in our life. 00:55:55.940 --> 00:55:56.639 Because we see 00:55:56.639 --> 00:55:57.380 the emotion 00:55:57.380 --> 00:55:58.000 of David 00:55:58.000 --> 00:55:58.719 coming through 00:55:58.719 --> 00:55:59.519 in this psalm. 00:56:00.079 --> 00:56:00.579 As we look 00:56:00.579 --> 00:56:00.920 through, 00:56:01.759 --> 00:56:03.679 regardless of 00:56:03.679 --> 00:56:04.340 anything else, 00:56:04.420 --> 00:56:05.000 he is one 00:56:05.000 --> 00:56:05.500 that wants 00:56:05.500 --> 00:56:05.960 to come 00:56:05.960 --> 00:56:06.480 to God. 00:56:07.320 --> 00:56:07.759 Nevertheless, 00:56:08.320 --> 00:56:08.940 continually, 00:56:09.259 --> 00:56:09.739 O Lord, 00:56:09.820 --> 00:56:10.779 I am with thee. 00:56:11.239 --> 00:56:11.880 That's almost 00:56:11.880 --> 00:56:12.679 what he's saying 00:56:12.679 --> 00:56:14.420 when he gives 00:56:14.420 --> 00:56:14.779 himself 00:56:14.779 --> 00:56:15.440 and devotes 00:56:15.440 --> 00:56:15.820 himself 00:56:15.820 --> 00:56:16.420 to worship 00:56:16.420 --> 00:56:16.940 in God. 00:56:16.940 --> 00:56:18.780 You are my 00:56:18.780 --> 00:56:19.220 help, 00:56:19.440 --> 00:56:20.079 you are my 00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:20.720 deliverer. 00:56:21.460 --> 00:56:22.400 Do not delay, 00:56:22.639 --> 00:56:23.480 O my God. 00:56:26.900 --> 00:56:27.679 What about 00:56:27.679 --> 00:56:28.360 your walk? 00:56:30.420 --> 00:56:30.840 This 00:56:30.840 --> 00:56:32.139 Psalm 40 00:56:32.139 --> 00:56:32.900 resembles 00:56:32.900 --> 00:56:34.480 and speaks 00:56:34.480 --> 00:56:36.300 to us 00:56:36.300 --> 00:56:36.820 about our 00:56:36.820 --> 00:56:37.280 walk in 00:56:37.280 --> 00:56:37.860 many different 00:56:37.860 --> 00:56:38.280 ways. 00:56:38.840 --> 00:56:39.639 And we can 00:56:39.639 --> 00:56:41.079 associate 00:56:41.079 --> 00:56:41.760 ourselves 00:56:41.760 --> 00:56:42.260 with the 00:56:42.260 --> 00:56:42.780 words of 00:56:42.780 --> 00:56:43.159 David. 00:56:44.159 --> 00:56:44.639 And that is 00:56:44.639 --> 00:56:44.940 where the 00:56:44.940 --> 00:56:45.559 richness of 00:56:45.559 --> 00:56:46.119 the psalms 00:56:46.119 --> 00:56:46.820 comes through. 00:56:46.940 --> 00:56:51.139 He is 00:56:51.139 --> 00:56:51.579 overcome 00:56:51.579 --> 00:56:52.940 by the 00:56:52.940 --> 00:56:53.480 evils of 00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:54.099 this world. 00:56:55.119 --> 00:56:55.579 He does 00:56:55.579 --> 00:56:56.320 question 00:56:56.320 --> 00:56:56.860 things. 00:56:57.059 --> 00:56:57.260 He is 00:56:57.260 --> 00:57:00.059 battled 00:57:00.059 --> 00:57:00.519 with the 00:57:00.519 --> 00:57:01.000 will of 00:57:01.000 --> 00:57:01.500 God for 00:57:01.500 --> 00:57:02.039 his life, 00:57:02.880 --> 00:57:03.000 his 00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:03.679 experiences. 00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:05.200 That's 00:57:05.200 --> 00:57:05.460 where the 00:57:05.460 --> 00:57:05.860 psalms are 00:57:05.860 --> 00:57:06.400 so rich. 00:57:07.420 --> 00:57:07.760 And I 00:57:07.760 --> 00:57:08.099 feel like 00:57:08.099 --> 00:57:08.340 if we 00:57:08.340 --> 00:57:08.760 didn't have 00:57:08.760 --> 00:57:09.500 the psalms 00:57:09.500 --> 00:57:11.240 that express 00:57:11.240 --> 00:57:12.019 these words 00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:13.000 and feelings, 00:57:13.679 --> 00:57:14.039 we would 00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:14.460 be asking 00:57:14.460 --> 00:57:14.840 ourselves, 00:57:14.960 --> 00:57:15.039 well, 00:57:15.079 --> 00:57:15.539 what's wrong 00:57:15.539 --> 00:57:15.940 with me? 00:57:16.639 --> 00:57:17.280 Why am I 00:57:17.280 --> 00:57:17.740 feeling 00:57:17.740 --> 00:57:18.139 overcome 00:57:18.139 --> 00:57:18.780 by my 00:57:18.780 --> 00:57:19.119 sin? 00:57:19.840 --> 00:57:20.539 Why am I 00:57:20.539 --> 00:57:21.079 feeling like 00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:21.700 the people 00:57:21.700 --> 00:57:22.019 of this 00:57:22.019 --> 00:57:22.679 world are 00:57:22.679 --> 00:57:23.760 squashing 00:57:23.760 --> 00:57:24.119 me? 00:57:29.119 --> 00:57:30.159 We must 00:57:30.159 --> 00:57:31.579 have confidence 00:57:31.579 --> 00:57:32.460 in God. 00:57:33.400 --> 00:57:34.179 We must 00:57:34.179 --> 00:57:34.960 have courage 00:57:34.960 --> 00:57:37.159 in trusting 00:57:37.159 --> 00:57:37.860 that God 00:57:37.860 --> 00:57:38.220 will be 00:57:38.220 --> 00:57:38.699 one that 00:57:38.699 --> 00:57:39.619 will never 00:57:39.619 --> 00:57:40.460 leave us 00:57:40.460 --> 00:57:41.199 nor forsake 00:57:41.199 --> 00:57:41.500 us in 00:57:41.500 --> 00:57:42.000 our walk 00:57:42.000 --> 00:57:43.599 and that 00:57:43.599 --> 00:57:44.260 we continue 00:57:44.260 --> 00:57:45.139 in that 00:57:45.139 --> 00:57:45.500 walk. 00:57:47.380 --> 00:57:48.440 The walker 00:57:48.440 --> 00:57:49.780 has a 00:57:49.780 --> 00:57:50.440 destination 00:57:50.440 --> 00:57:51.300 planned 00:57:51.300 --> 00:57:53.539 before he 00:57:53.539 --> 00:57:54.220 sets out. 00:57:54.219 --> 00:57:55.839 we must 00:57:55.839 --> 00:57:56.339 ask, 00:57:57.099 --> 00:57:58.379 do you 00:57:58.379 --> 00:57:58.500 have 00:57:58.500 --> 00:57:59.179 confidence 00:57:59.179 --> 00:58:00.439 for this 00:58:00.439 --> 00:58:00.859 Christian 00:58:00.859 --> 00:58:01.279 life? 00:58:03.679 --> 00:58:04.319 Are you 00:58:04.319 --> 00:58:04.839 assured, 00:58:05.119 --> 00:58:05.559 persuaded, 00:58:05.759 --> 00:58:06.299 and enabled 00:58:06.299 --> 00:58:08.559 that Christ 00:58:08.559 --> 00:58:09.059 will not 00:58:09.059 --> 00:58:09.559 leave you 00:58:09.559 --> 00:58:10.299 or forsake 00:58:10.299 --> 00:58:10.559 you? 00:58:13.139 --> 00:58:13.859 If you're 00:58:13.859 --> 00:58:14.039 going to 00:58:14.039 --> 00:58:14.379 go on 00:58:14.379 --> 00:58:14.980 this walk, 00:58:15.659 --> 00:58:16.279 trust in 00:58:16.279 --> 00:58:16.579 him, 00:58:17.579 --> 00:58:17.919 devote 00:58:17.919 --> 00:58:18.559 yourself 00:58:18.559 --> 00:58:19.460 to him 00:58:19.460 --> 00:58:21.960 and he 00:58:21.960 --> 00:58:22.559 will be 00:58:22.559 --> 00:58:23.940 your God. 00:58:25.779 --> 00:58:26.239 He will 00:58:26.239 --> 00:58:27.099 rescue you 00:58:27.099 --> 00:58:28.199 from every 00:58:28.199 --> 00:58:29.880 pit and 00:58:29.880 --> 00:58:30.559 rescue you 00:58:30.559 --> 00:58:31.039 from the 00:58:31.039 --> 00:58:31.599 pit that 00:58:31.599 --> 00:58:32.099 will be 00:58:32.099 --> 00:58:32.719 eternal 00:58:32.719 --> 00:58:33.599 if you 00:58:33.599 --> 00:58:34.239 trust in 00:58:34.239 --> 00:58:34.519 him. 00:58:37.519 --> 00:58:38.559 I pray 00:58:38.559 --> 00:58:38.980 that as 00:58:38.980 --> 00:58:39.500 we gather 00:58:39.500 --> 00:58:39.880 here, 00:58:41.199 --> 00:58:42.119 we may 00:58:42.119 --> 00:58:44.259 rejoice 00:58:44.259 --> 00:58:45.199 and be 00:58:45.199 --> 00:58:46.159 glad in 00:58:46.159 --> 00:58:46.559 God 00:58:46.559 --> 00:58:47.659 as we 00:58:47.659 --> 00:58:48.259 seek him 00:58:48.260 --> 00:58:50.380 and that 00:58:50.380 --> 00:58:50.680 we may 00:58:50.680 --> 00:58:51.200 love the 00:58:51.200 --> 00:58:51.680 salvation 00:58:51.680 --> 00:58:52.080 that we 00:58:52.080 --> 00:58:52.660 have in 00:58:52.660 --> 00:58:52.980 Christ 00:58:52.980 --> 00:58:53.400 Jesus. 00:58:55.140 --> 00:58:55.700 You 00:58:55.700 --> 00:58:56.040 are 00:58:56.040 --> 00:58:58.140 great, 00:58:58.740 --> 00:58:59.920 O Lord. 00:59:00.720 --> 00:59:01.200 May that 00:59:01.200 --> 00:59:01.600 be your 00:59:01.600 --> 00:59:02.100 confession 00:59:02.100 --> 00:59:03.020 today. 00:59:04.360 --> 00:59:05.120 May these 00:59:05.120 --> 00:59:05.620 thoughts be 00:59:05.620 --> 00:59:06.120 blessed to 00:59:06.120 --> 00:59:06.400 us. 00:59:06.580 --> 00:59:06.760 We'll 00:59:06.760 --> 00:59:07.420 conclude by 00:59:07.420 --> 00:59:07.980 singing in 00:59:07.980 --> 00:59:08.720 Psalm 40, 00:59:10.140 --> 00:59:10.460 sing 00:59:10.460 --> 00:59:12.240 Psalm's 00:59:12.240 --> 00:59:13.060 Version on 00:59:13.060 --> 00:59:14.000 page 51. 00:59:18.260 --> 00:59:28.460 Psalm 40, 00:59:28.460 --> 00:59:29.740 on page 51, 00:59:30.940 --> 00:59:31.340 verse 00:59:31.340 --> 00:59:31.820 marked 00:59:31.820 --> 00:59:33.460 11, 00:59:34.120 --> 00:59:34.500 down to 00:59:34.500 --> 00:59:34.760 the end 00:59:34.760 --> 00:59:35.040 of the 00:59:35.040 --> 00:59:35.400 psalm. 00:59:36.780 --> 00:59:37.660 Do not 00:59:37.660 --> 00:59:38.320 withhold your 00:59:38.320 --> 00:59:38.680 mercy, 00:59:38.880 --> 00:59:39.080 Lord, 00:59:39.240 --> 00:59:39.900 surround your 00:59:39.900 --> 00:59:40.340 servant 00:59:40.340 --> 00:59:41.160 constantly 00:59:41.160 --> 00:59:42.280 with your 00:59:42.280 --> 00:59:42.840 great love 00:59:42.840 --> 00:59:43.800 and faithfulness 00:59:43.800 --> 00:59:45.000 for many 00:59:45.000 --> 00:59:45.600 troubles 00:59:45.600 --> 00:59:46.680 threaten me. 00:59:46.679 --> 00:59:48.239 And down to 00:59:48.239 --> 00:59:48.460 verse 00:59:48.460 --> 00:59:49.239 17, 00:59:49.399 --> 00:59:51.440 Lord, 00:59:51.440 --> 00:59:52.299 think on 00:59:52.299 --> 00:59:52.519 me. 00:59:53.159 --> 00:59:53.739 I humbly 00:59:53.739 --> 00:59:54.099 pray, 00:59:54.899 --> 00:59:55.440 you are my 00:59:55.440 --> 00:59:56.239 saviour and 00:59:56.239 --> 00:59:56.759 my help. 00:59:57.359 --> 00:59:57.559 Come, 00:59:57.739 --> 00:59:57.940 O my 00:59:57.940 --> 00:59:58.339 God, 00:59:58.940 --> 00:59:59.500 do not 00:59:59.500 --> 01:00:00.199 delay. 01:00:00.879 --> 01:00:01.599 We'll stand 01:00:01.599 --> 01:00:02.099 and we'll sing 01:00:02.099 --> 01:00:02.599 these words 01:00:02.599 --> 01:00:03.199 to God's 01:00:03.199 --> 01:00:03.519 praise. 01:00:03.519 --> 01:00:03.599 Amen. 01:00:03.599 --> 01:00:03.659 Amen. 01:00:03.659 --> 01:00:03.719 Amen. 01:00:03.719 --> 01:00:03.739 Amen. 01:00:03.739 --> 01:00:03.759 Amen. 01:00:03.759 --> 01:00:03.799 Amen. 01:00:03.799 --> 01:00:03.859 Amen. 01:00:03.859 --> 01:00:03.899 Amen. 01:00:03.899 --> 01:00:03.940 Amen. 01:00:03.940 --> 01:00:03.960 Amen. 01:00:03.960 --> 01:00:05.799 Amen. 01:00:05.799 --> 01:00:07.739 Amen. 01:00:07.739 --> 01:00:07.799 Amen. 01:00:07.799 --> 01:00:07.899 Amen. 01:00:07.899 --> 01:00:07.940 Amen. 01:00:07.940 --> 01:00:07.960 Amen. 01:00:07.960 --> 01:00:08.940 Amen. 01:00:08.940 --> 01:00:09.859 Amen. 01:00:09.859 --> 01:00:09.899 Amen. 01:00:09.899 --> 01:00:11.899 Amen. 01:00:11.899 --> 01:00:11.940 Amen. 01:00:11.940 --> 01:00:12.940 Amen. 01:00:12.940 --> 01:00:13.899 Amen. 01:00:13.899 --> 01:00:15.899 Amen. 01:00:15.900 --> 01:00:20.019 Amen. 01:00:24.639 --> 01:00:25.300 Amen. 01:00:25.300 --> 01:00:26.760 Amen. 01:00:26.820 --> 01:00:28.760 Amen. 01:00:34.780 --> 01:00:38.740 Amen. 01:00:38.840 --> 01:00:40.960 Amen. 01:00:41.400 --> 01:00:41.880 Amen. 01:00:41.900 --> 01:00:45.880 Amen. 01:00:45.900 --> 01:00:56.240 Thy sins have overtaken me, 01:00:56.240 --> 01:01:06.019 Theremore thy flesh upon my head, 01:01:06.019 --> 01:01:15.660 Thy heart within me fails for grief, 01:01:15.900 --> 01:01:25.740 I cannot see the rain ahead. 01:01:25.740 --> 01:01:35.599 Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me, 01:01:35.940 --> 01:01:45.260 O Lord, come with me to my aid, 01:01:45.260 --> 01:01:55.100 May all who seek to take my life 01:01:55.099 --> 01:02:04.940 With shame and turmoil be paid. 01:02:04.940 --> 01:02:14.780 May all who've got my overthrow 01:02:14.780 --> 01:02:23.780 Turn back this grace of living him, 01:02:23.780 --> 01:02:33.620 May those who walk me to my face 01:02:33.620 --> 01:02:43.620 Become a pall that there won't shame. 01:02:43.619 --> 01:02:53.460 But let all those who seek your face 01:02:53.460 --> 01:03:03.460 Be joyful in you all their days, 01:03:03.460 --> 01:03:13.300 Let those who love salvation say, 01:03:13.300 --> 01:03:23.300 Exalted be the Lord always. 01:03:23.300 --> 01:03:33.140 Yet I am pure and in great need, 01:03:33.140 --> 01:03:41.140 Lord, think of me, I humbly pray, 01:03:41.139 --> 01:03:50.980 You are my Saviour and my help 01:03:50.980 --> 01:04:00.820 Come, O my God, do not delay 01:04:00.820 --> 01:04:02.660 Close in prayer. 01:04:02.660 --> 01:04:05.300 Our Heavenly Father, we thank you for this time we have, 01:04:05.300 --> 01:04:06.660 Aside from the world. 01:04:06.660 --> 01:04:09.120 Lord, we thank you for everyone that is gathered here 01:04:09.120 --> 01:04:10.660 And those who are gathered online. 01:04:10.659 --> 01:04:14.019 We pray that we would know your blessing as we study your word. 01:04:14.019 --> 01:04:17.500 Lord, we know that many are the anguishes and cries of your people, 01:04:18.099 --> 01:04:19.739 But you are one who hears. 01:04:21.839 --> 01:04:27.799 Let your name be exalted, O Lord. 01:04:28.819 --> 01:04:30.799 We pray this in your name. 01:04:31.359 --> 01:04:31.639 Amen. 01:04:40.659 --> 01:04:41.659 Amen. 01:05:10.659 --> 01:05:14.399 Amen. 01:05:14.399 --> 01:05:15.359 Amen. 01:05:15.739 --> 01:05:16.359 Amen. 01:05:16.359 --> 01:05:17.299 Amen. 01:05:17.299 --> 01:05:17.379 Amen. 01:05:17.599 --> 01:05:17.699 Amen. 01:05:35.960 --> 01:05:36.119 Amen. 01:05:39.119 --> 01:05:40.319 Amen.