WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.740 If you have your Bibles with you, please open them up to Psalm chapter 52. 00:00:06.580 --> 00:00:08.480 Psalm chapter 52. 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:23.800 It was about 3.30 last Tuesday when Jen and I were traveling home. 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:28.480 We were driving with the kids on the highway, Highway 9. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.899 And when all of a sudden we saw, not too far ahead of us, some dark, black smoke billowing up into the air. 00:00:40.780 --> 00:00:44.960 And as we got a little bit closer, we could see that it was coming from right on the highway. 00:00:46.379 --> 00:00:52.579 There had been multiple vehicles that were in an accident, and some of them were on fire. 00:00:53.859 --> 00:00:56.579 We had just passed through the hamlet of Chinook. 00:00:56.579 --> 00:01:05.780 And as we got even closer, it was right in the middle of the road, and so we had to pull off onto one of the range roads. 00:01:06.459 --> 00:01:12.859 And from there, we saw a little more of what was going on. 00:01:13.859 --> 00:01:20.519 Semi-truck with some tanker trailers of some kind of flammable substance had caught fire. 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:29.159 There were people just in the ditch nearby that had fled their vehicles as the fire was beginning to spread. 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:35.579 One of the tankers, I noticed, had not yet caught fire or exploded. 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:40.959 And all of a sudden, the realization that this is dangerous for these people who are nearby kind of hit. 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:47.579 And I kind of went out into the field a little bit to see if I could help kind of get these people to come back 00:01:47.579 --> 00:01:51.819 and to put some distance between them and what was happening there on the road. 00:01:51.819 --> 00:02:00.179 And even in that moment, I felt unsure of what to do as some of these people didn't want to leave. 00:02:00.759 --> 00:02:08.099 At least one of them knew that there was someone, a man, still in one of the vehicles, trapped, unable to get free. 00:02:08.819 --> 00:02:18.139 I saw a woman lying lifeless on the ground and her family dragging her away from the fire as it spread. 00:02:18.139 --> 00:02:25.919 And we watched in horror as one by one, the vehicles all around caught fire, exploding into flames. 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:31.679 And it was a horrific thing to witness. 00:02:33.019 --> 00:02:35.259 Three people died that day. 00:02:37.659 --> 00:02:43.000 Several were critically injured and others with less severe injuries. 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:47.860 But it hit home to me. 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:52.759 Just that these three people were gone. 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:58.199 Just snuffed right out in that moment. 00:02:59.340 --> 00:03:01.580 And their families permanently altered. 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:08.719 That day and since that day, I've kind of gone through the full range of emotions 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:19.259 from just sadness and grief to frustration and anger at the driver who was responsible for this. 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:24.319 I've questioned in my own heart, 00:03:24.860 --> 00:03:28.000 God, why did you allow this to happen? 00:03:29.060 --> 00:03:30.919 Where are you in the midst of this? 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:44.919 I imagine it's not all that different from how David was feeling in the situation that he's in 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:47.819 as he writes this psalm, which we're going to read this morning. 00:03:48.899 --> 00:03:50.539 If you look at the superscription, 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:52.579 it says, 00:03:52.580 --> 00:04:05.220 On the surface level, there doesn't seem to be much to those words. 00:04:05.939 --> 00:04:12.120 But these are the words which point back to a great tragedy that happened in the life of David. 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:15.879 As the story goes, 00:04:16.340 --> 00:04:22.660 David was the young shepherd that God had anointed to be the next king of Israel. 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:25.519 Everything was going well for him. 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:28.120 He defeated Goliath. 00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:31.340 He came into the service of the king in his palace. 00:04:31.899 --> 00:04:34.840 He came to serve in the army of Israel. 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:37.980 He rose up in the ranks of the army 00:04:37.980 --> 00:04:40.340 until he was in leadership. 00:04:40.339 --> 00:04:44.119 He was best friends with the king's son. 00:04:44.339 --> 00:04:47.939 The people loved David because of the success that God gave him in battle. 00:04:50.299 --> 00:04:52.439 He even married into the royal family. 00:04:53.219 --> 00:04:54.439 He was the king's son-in-law. 00:04:54.599 --> 00:04:56.279 Everything was going well for David 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:59.479 until things began to fall apart. 00:05:01.039 --> 00:05:03.059 God had told King Saul 00:05:03.059 --> 00:05:06.459 that he was going to take the kingdom away from Saul 00:05:06.459 --> 00:05:09.479 and give it to someone better than him 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:11.780 because he had disobeyed God 00:05:11.780 --> 00:05:15.420 to his neighbor. 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:19.420 And so Saul was watching over his throne, 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:20.259 his rule, 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:22.800 with a jealous and suspicious eye. 00:05:23.180 --> 00:05:25.640 And he came to see that David was the one 00:05:25.640 --> 00:05:29.920 that God was moving in to replace him. 00:05:30.580 --> 00:05:32.220 His suspicion and his jealousy 00:05:32.220 --> 00:05:33.980 became pointed at David. 00:05:33.980 --> 00:05:35.700 And it got to the place 00:05:35.700 --> 00:05:36.180 where Saul, 00:05:36.280 --> 00:05:39.220 in his obsession to maintain his power 00:05:39.220 --> 00:05:40.160 and his kingdom, 00:05:41.280 --> 00:05:43.360 attempted to take David's life 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:44.480 several times. 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:47.000 In the midst of all this, 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:50.900 David was trying to figure out what to do 00:05:50.900 --> 00:05:51.879 and it got to the place 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:52.620 where he realized, 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:54.240 I just have to run. 00:05:55.020 --> 00:05:56.000 I have to leave. 00:05:56.180 --> 00:05:57.580 I can't stay here anymore. 00:05:57.720 --> 00:05:58.460 It's not safe. 00:05:59.080 --> 00:06:00.700 And so he fled for his life. 00:06:01.140 --> 00:06:02.319 He left everything behind. 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:03.800 He left his wife. 00:06:03.899 --> 00:06:04.860 He left his family. 00:06:05.180 --> 00:06:06.579 He left his possessions 00:06:06.579 --> 00:06:09.199 with nothing but the shirt on his back. 00:06:09.540 --> 00:06:11.540 He hit the road and he ran. 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:15.740 The first stop was to Samuel, 00:06:15.899 --> 00:06:17.319 the Lord's prophet in Ramah. 00:06:18.779 --> 00:06:21.319 But it wasn't long before Saul realized 00:06:21.980 --> 00:06:22.659 that he was there 00:06:22.659 --> 00:06:24.180 and started to come after him there. 00:06:24.379 --> 00:06:27.659 So after a meetup with Jonathan, 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:29.759 he then fled to the town of Nob. 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:32.699 Nob was a small town 00:06:32.699 --> 00:06:35.319 where the tabernacle was set up, 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:38.039 where the priests served 00:06:38.039 --> 00:06:40.120 in the ministry of the tabernacle. 00:06:40.579 --> 00:06:41.899 And David went there to, 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.139 and he met up with a man named Ahimelech. 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:47.459 Ahimelech was a priest 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:49.740 who served at the tabernacle. 00:06:51.099 --> 00:06:52.839 Out of desperation, 00:06:54.060 --> 00:06:55.939 David lied to Ahimelech. 00:06:55.939 --> 00:06:55.980 Ahimelech. 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:58.620 He told him that he was on a secret mission 00:06:58.620 --> 00:06:59.300 from the king. 00:07:00.740 --> 00:07:02.100 And he asked Ahimelech 00:07:02.100 --> 00:07:04.060 to give him some provisions, 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:04.759 some bread. 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:08.899 He also asked him for a sword. 00:07:09.779 --> 00:07:10.759 Of course, David knew 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:12.779 that the sword of Goliath was there. 00:07:12.899 --> 00:07:14.600 That's where it was being kept. 00:07:16.379 --> 00:07:19.240 And so Ahimelech helped David out that day. 00:07:20.019 --> 00:07:21.399 He gave him some provisions. 00:07:21.579 --> 00:07:22.939 He gave him the sword of Goliath. 00:07:22.939 --> 00:07:25.519 But there was one problem. 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.420 There was a man there that day 00:07:28.420 --> 00:07:30.219 named Doeg the Edomite. 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.439 He was a servant of Saul, 00:07:34.180 --> 00:07:36.000 Saul's chief shepherd. 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.939 And he witnessed this exchange 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:42.300 between Ahimelech and David. 00:07:43.379 --> 00:07:44.180 And so now, 00:07:44.620 --> 00:07:46.659 as David has continued on the run, 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:48.300 he's gone into Philistine country, 00:07:48.420 --> 00:07:49.519 he was captured there, 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:50.279 he escaped, 00:07:50.659 --> 00:07:52.019 he's back in Israel. 00:07:52.019 --> 00:07:54.479 And Saul's obsession 00:07:54.479 --> 00:07:55.899 with taking him out 00:07:55.899 --> 00:07:57.099 begins to rise again 00:07:57.099 --> 00:07:57.919 when he gets word 00:07:57.919 --> 00:07:59.379 that David is out 00:07:59.379 --> 00:08:00.699 by the cave of Adullam. 00:08:02.719 --> 00:08:03.839 On one day, 00:08:04.099 --> 00:08:05.439 Saul has 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.599 what I'm going to call 00:08:07.599 --> 00:08:09.060 a bit of a temper tantrum. 00:08:10.099 --> 00:08:11.500 And he starts accusing 00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:12.560 all of his servants 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:15.019 of conspiring against him, 00:08:16.099 --> 00:08:18.219 of supporting David. 00:08:18.220 --> 00:08:18.320 David. 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:21.400 And it's at that moment 00:08:21.400 --> 00:08:22.380 that Doeg 00:08:22.380 --> 00:08:24.140 sees an opportunity 00:08:24.140 --> 00:08:25.780 and makes his move. 00:08:27.060 --> 00:08:27.620 Actually, 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:28.980 your majesty, 00:08:30.300 --> 00:08:30.920 King Saul, 00:08:32.019 --> 00:08:32.820 not everyone 00:08:32.820 --> 00:08:33.860 has conspired 00:08:33.860 --> 00:08:35.379 against you. 00:08:37.139 --> 00:08:39.220 I have been loyal to you. 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:39.540 In fact, 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:41.320 I have some information 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:42.879 that might be helpful to you. 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:45.720 I saw David 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.039 go to the house 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:48.919 of Ahimelech. 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:50.740 And Ahimelech 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:52.000 gave him provisions 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:54.360 and the sword of Goliath. 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:59.820 When Saul heard this report 00:08:59.820 --> 00:09:01.259 from Doeg, 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:03.200 he summoned Ahimelech 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:04.059 and his family 00:09:04.059 --> 00:09:05.159 from Nob. 00:09:05.700 --> 00:09:07.720 He interrogated them. 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:10.660 Even though Ahimelech 00:09:10.660 --> 00:09:12.220 pleaded innocent 00:09:12.220 --> 00:09:13.040 and ignorant 00:09:13.040 --> 00:09:14.620 to this situation 00:09:14.620 --> 00:09:15.660 that was going on 00:09:15.660 --> 00:09:16.440 between Saul 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:17.420 and David, 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:19.000 Saul decided 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.279 to order 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:23.139 to have Ahimelech 00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:24.259 and his whole family 00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:25.019 executed. 00:09:27.300 --> 00:09:28.460 Saul's officials 00:09:28.460 --> 00:09:29.180 were unwilling 00:09:29.180 --> 00:09:31.180 to lay their hands 00:09:31.180 --> 00:09:32.600 on the priests 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:33.259 of the Lord. 00:09:35.100 --> 00:09:36.540 So Saul turns 00:09:36.539 --> 00:09:37.159 to Doeg 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:37.719 and says, 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:38.379 you, 00:09:39.099 --> 00:09:40.079 strike them down. 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:42.279 And that day, 00:09:42.699 --> 00:09:43.579 Doeg did that. 00:09:44.079 --> 00:09:44.980 He struck down 00:09:44.980 --> 00:09:45.980 Ahimelech 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:47.379 and his whole family. 00:09:49.059 --> 00:09:49.959 The record 00:09:49.959 --> 00:09:50.659 in the scriptures 00:09:50.659 --> 00:09:51.980 tells us 00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:53.240 that 85 men 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:53.879 who served 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:54.899 at the tabernacle 00:09:54.899 --> 00:09:55.759 were struck down 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:56.319 that day. 00:09:58.339 --> 00:09:59.360 And then Doeg 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:00.519 went one step further. 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:01.539 He went to the town 00:10:01.539 --> 00:10:02.099 of Nob 00:10:02.099 --> 00:10:03.519 and he put 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:04.500 the entire town 00:10:04.500 --> 00:10:05.259 to the sword. 00:10:06.539 --> 00:10:07.659 Not just the men 00:10:07.659 --> 00:10:09.659 but the women 00:10:09.659 --> 00:10:11.539 and even the children 00:10:11.539 --> 00:10:12.059 as well. 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:15.439 Only one person 00:10:15.439 --> 00:10:15.980 escaped. 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:18.099 His name 00:10:18.099 --> 00:10:18.899 was Abiathar. 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:20.399 He was the son 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:21.319 of Ahimelech 00:10:21.319 --> 00:10:22.459 and he managed 00:10:22.459 --> 00:10:23.199 to get away 00:10:23.199 --> 00:10:24.480 and fled 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:25.799 to where David was. 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:27.919 He told David 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:29.199 what Saul 00:10:29.199 --> 00:10:30.360 and Doeg 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:30.919 had done. 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:33.139 and David 00:10:33.139 --> 00:10:34.039 said this to him. 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:36.059 That day 00:10:36.059 --> 00:10:37.259 when Doeg 00:10:37.259 --> 00:10:37.959 the Edomite 00:10:37.959 --> 00:10:38.500 was there 00:10:38.500 --> 00:10:39.719 I knew 00:10:39.719 --> 00:10:40.479 he would be sure 00:10:40.479 --> 00:10:41.319 to tell Saul. 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:44.539 I am responsible 00:10:44.539 --> 00:10:45.399 for the death 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:46.519 of your whole family. 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:49.979 Stay with me. 00:10:50.819 --> 00:10:51.860 Don't be afraid. 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:53.339 The man 00:10:53.339 --> 00:10:53.779 who wants 00:10:53.779 --> 00:10:54.459 to kill you 00:10:54.459 --> 00:10:54.919 is trying 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:55.799 to kill me too. 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:58.500 You will be safe 00:10:58.500 --> 00:10:59.679 with me. 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:03.319 It's at 00:11:03.319 --> 00:11:03.879 or about 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:04.620 this time 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:06.179 that David 00:11:06.179 --> 00:11:06.719 pens 00:11:06.719 --> 00:11:07.279 the words 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:08.279 of Psalm 52. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:09.959 Let me read it 00:11:09.959 --> 00:11:10.379 for you. 00:11:10.379 --> 00:11:13.439 Why do you 00:11:13.439 --> 00:11:14.399 boast of evil 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:16.360 you mighty hero? 00:11:17.460 --> 00:11:18.299 Why do you 00:11:18.299 --> 00:11:19.759 boast all day long 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:20.600 you who are 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:21.120 a disgrace 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:21.879 in the eyes 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:22.399 of God? 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:23.860 You who 00:11:23.860 --> 00:11:25.039 practice deceit. 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:26.639 Your tongue 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:27.840 plots destruction. 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:29.539 It's like 00:11:29.539 --> 00:11:30.600 a sharpened 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:31.000 razor. 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:32.960 You love 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:33.620 evil 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:34.720 rather than 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:35.100 good. 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:36.840 Falsehood 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:37.679 rather than 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:38.659 speaking the truth. 00:11:38.659 --> 00:11:40.600 you love 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:41.620 every harmful 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:42.199 word 00:11:42.199 --> 00:11:43.659 you deceitful 00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:44.000 tongue. 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:46.500 Surely 00:11:46.500 --> 00:11:47.600 God will 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:48.079 bring you 00:11:48.079 --> 00:11:48.459 down 00:11:48.459 --> 00:11:49.579 to everlasting 00:11:49.579 --> 00:11:50.059 ruin. 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:51.500 He will 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:52.100 snatch you 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:52.439 up 00:11:52.439 --> 00:11:53.360 and pluck 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:53.839 you from 00:11:53.839 --> 00:11:54.360 your tent. 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:55.679 He will 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:56.459 uproot you 00:11:56.459 --> 00:11:56.860 from the 00:11:56.860 --> 00:11:57.279 land of 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:57.679 the living. 00:11:58.939 --> 00:11:59.719 The righteous 00:11:59.719 --> 00:12:00.419 will see 00:12:00.419 --> 00:12:01.439 and fear. 00:12:02.539 --> 00:12:02.959 They will 00:12:02.959 --> 00:12:03.659 laugh at you 00:12:03.659 --> 00:12:04.079 saying 00:12:04.079 --> 00:12:05.439 here now 00:12:05.439 --> 00:12:06.159 is the man 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:06.539 who did 00:12:06.539 --> 00:12:07.199 not make 00:12:07.199 --> 00:12:07.839 God his 00:12:07.839 --> 00:12:08.480 stronghold 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:09.539 but trusted 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:09.940 in his 00:12:09.940 --> 00:12:10.899 great wealth 00:12:10.899 --> 00:12:11.740 and grew 00:12:11.740 --> 00:12:12.560 strong by 00:12:12.560 --> 00:12:13.100 destroying 00:12:13.100 --> 00:12:13.740 others. 00:12:16.420 --> 00:12:17.320 But I 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:17.659 am like 00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:18.019 an olive 00:12:18.019 --> 00:12:18.440 tree 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:19.840 flourishing 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:20.300 in the 00:12:20.300 --> 00:12:20.759 house of 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.120 God. 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:23.080 I trust 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:23.879 in God's 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:24.519 unfailing 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:25.039 love 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:25.840 forever 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:26.860 and ever. 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:28.759 For what 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:29.120 you have 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:29.440 done 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:30.279 I will 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:30.740 always 00:12:30.740 --> 00:12:31.440 praise you 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:32.159 in the 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:32.480 presence 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:32.820 of your 00:12:32.820 --> 00:12:33.139 faithful 00:12:33.139 --> 00:12:33.600 people 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:35.240 and I 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:35.399 will 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:35.740 hope 00:12:35.740 --> 00:12:36.580 in your 00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:36.960 name 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:38.580 for your 00:12:38.580 --> 00:12:38.899 name 00:12:38.899 --> 00:12:39.240 is 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:39.540 good. 00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:42.540 Now 00:12:42.540 --> 00:12:42.820 these are 00:12:42.820 --> 00:12:43.200 probably 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:43.759 not all 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.060 of the 00:12:44.060 --> 00:12:44.540 things that 00:12:44.540 --> 00:12:45.040 David had 00:12:45.040 --> 00:12:45.540 to say 00:12:45.540 --> 00:12:46.120 about 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:46.659 Doeg 00:12:46.659 --> 00:12:48.379 and that 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:48.600 whole 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:49.259 situation. 00:12:49.460 --> 00:12:49.879 It probably 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:50.759 doesn't represent 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:51.740 everything that 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:52.259 David has 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:53.420 felt about 00:12:53.420 --> 00:12:54.560 this tragedy 00:12:54.560 --> 00:12:55.040 that has 00:12:55.040 --> 00:12:55.860 taken place. 00:12:55.860 --> 00:12:56.980 if we 00:12:56.980 --> 00:12:57.320 just go 00:12:57.320 --> 00:12:57.980 back to 00:12:57.980 --> 00:12:58.560 for a 00:12:58.560 --> 00:12:58.960 moment to 00:12:58.960 --> 00:12:59.320 his own 00:12:59.320 --> 00:12:59.740 admission 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:01.200 where he 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:01.759 said I 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:02.480 am responsible 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:03.019 for the 00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:03.480 death of 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:03.840 your whole 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:04.360 family. 00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:05.940 We can 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:06.440 draw from 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:06.919 that that 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:07.519 David has 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:08.200 already been 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:08.680 through the 00:13:08.680 --> 00:13:09.480 full range 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:10.560 of emotions 00:13:10.560 --> 00:13:11.580 here. 00:13:13.019 --> 00:13:13.779 He has 00:13:13.779 --> 00:13:14.139 felt 00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:15.480 sadness 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:17.060 and grief 00:13:17.060 --> 00:13:18.019 at the 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.700 tragedy that 00:13:18.700 --> 00:13:19.240 has occurred. 00:13:20.620 --> 00:13:21.480 He has 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:22.580 felt guilt. 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:23.639 He has 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:24.600 blamed himself 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:25.600 for what 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:26.200 has happened. 00:13:30.300 --> 00:13:31.180 He has 00:13:31.180 --> 00:13:31.500 probably 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:32.519 felt anger 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:33.460 and frustration 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:35.740 towards 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.279 Doeg, 00:13:36.659 --> 00:13:37.180 towards 00:13:37.180 --> 00:13:37.580 Saul, 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:40.240 and yet 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:41.000 powerlessness 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:42.159 to do 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:42.879 anything about 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:43.300 this. 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:45.240 While here 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:46.139 he is out 00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:47.000 in the edge 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:47.399 of the 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:48.139 desert hill 00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:48.759 country in 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:49.460 a cave with 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:49.879 a few 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:50.379 guys, 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:54.519 he's 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:54.840 probably 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:55.580 felt fear. 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:57.200 if that's 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:57.680 what Saul 00:13:57.680 --> 00:13:58.139 will do 00:13:58.139 --> 00:13:58.519 to a 00:13:58.519 --> 00:13:59.000 Himalek 00:13:59.000 --> 00:13:59.320 for the 00:13:59.320 --> 00:13:59.800 one day 00:13:59.800 --> 00:14:00.379 I stopped 00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:00.879 by and 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:01.320 asked for 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:01.920 some help, 00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:03.560 what will 00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:03.820 he do 00:14:03.820 --> 00:14:04.320 to me 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:05.399 and to 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:05.940 others I 00:14:05.940 --> 00:14:06.460 care about 00:14:06.460 --> 00:14:06.779 if he 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.740 gets a 00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:08.120 hold of 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:08.320 us, 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:08.620 if he 00:14:08.620 --> 00:14:08.960 finds 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:09.320 us? 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:13.519 At some 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:14.060 point in 00:14:14.060 --> 00:14:14.480 David's 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:14.879 wrestling 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:15.960 through all 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:16.420 of this, 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:17.200 he comes 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:17.460 to the 00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:17.920 place where 00:14:17.920 --> 00:14:18.500 he pens 00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:19.820 Psalm 52. 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:22.660 this 00:14:22.660 --> 00:14:23.080 psalm is 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:23.440 unlike 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:24.180 many of 00:14:24.180 --> 00:14:24.660 David's 00:14:24.660 --> 00:14:24.980 other 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:25.480 psalms. 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:27.620 His 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:27.879 other 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:28.379 psalms 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:28.820 often 00:14:28.820 --> 00:14:29.320 begin 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:30.120 with him 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:30.620 addressing 00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:31.140 God 00:14:31.140 --> 00:14:32.580 or 00:14:32.580 --> 00:14:33.000 addressing 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.860 the 00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:34.180 person 00:14:34.180 --> 00:14:34.379 that 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:34.580 he's 00:14:34.580 --> 00:14:34.879 writing 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.240 to. 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:37.120 But 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:37.440 here 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:38.420 he begins 00:14:38.420 --> 00:14:38.820 with a 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.320 question 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:40.460 addressed 00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:41.000 to 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.600 his 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:42.040 enemy. 00:14:43.040 --> 00:14:43.520 He 00:14:43.520 --> 00:14:43.680 says, 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:44.300 why do 00:14:44.300 --> 00:14:45.080 you boast 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:45.740 of evil, 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:47.240 you mighty 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:47.660 hero? 00:14:47.659 --> 00:14:50.079 we're 00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:50.319 kind of 00:14:50.319 --> 00:14:50.639 left to 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:50.879 wonder 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.399 just who 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:51.719 he's 00:14:51.719 --> 00:14:52.079 referring 00:14:52.079 --> 00:14:52.399 to. 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:52.759 Is he 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.100 talking 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:53.519 about 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:54.279 Doeg? 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.959 Is he 00:14:55.959 --> 00:14:56.259 talking 00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:56.659 about 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.079 Saul? 00:14:59.179 --> 00:14:59.879 Does 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:00.240 he leave 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:00.500 it 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.519 purposely 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:02.299 ambiguous 00:15:02.299 --> 00:15:03.799 to include 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:04.779 both and 00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.939 maybe any 00:15:05.939 --> 00:15:06.519 others who 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:07.139 have banded 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:07.539 together 00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:08.379 against him 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.759 or 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.360 participated 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:10.939 in this 00:15:10.939 --> 00:15:11.279 slaughter? 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:16.720 Interesting 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:17.179 way to 00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:17.579 begin a 00:15:17.579 --> 00:15:17.899 song 00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:19.759 with a 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:20.159 question 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:20.859 to your 00:15:20.859 --> 00:15:21.199 enemy. 00:15:21.419 --> 00:15:21.839 Why do 00:15:21.839 --> 00:15:22.319 you boast 00:15:22.319 --> 00:15:22.979 of evil, 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.099 you mighty 00:15:24.099 --> 00:15:24.459 hero? 00:15:26.459 --> 00:15:27.339 It's not a 00:15:27.339 --> 00:15:27.959 question that 00:15:27.959 --> 00:15:29.319 David's enemy 00:15:29.319 --> 00:15:30.139 can answer. 00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:32.559 Or is 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:33.199 David looking 00:15:33.199 --> 00:15:33.979 for an 00:15:33.979 --> 00:15:34.279 answer? 00:15:36.099 --> 00:15:36.639 Perhaps 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:37.319 David is 00:15:37.319 --> 00:15:38.419 making a 00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:38.799 statement, 00:15:39.339 --> 00:15:40.699 more of a 00:15:40.699 --> 00:15:41.159 rhetorical 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:41.679 question. 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:42.839 Why do 00:15:42.839 --> 00:15:43.359 you boast 00:15:43.359 --> 00:15:44.079 of evil, 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.799 you mighty 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:46.359 hero? 00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:49.359 In other 00:15:49.359 --> 00:15:49.699 words, 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:51.639 you think 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.719 yourself a 00:15:52.719 --> 00:15:53.120 hero, 00:15:53.459 --> 00:15:53.959 you think 00:15:53.959 --> 00:15:54.979 yourself a 00:15:54.979 --> 00:15:55.839 mighty man 00:15:55.839 --> 00:15:57.419 because of 00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.239 your accomplishments, 00:15:58.479 --> 00:15:59.059 because of the 00:15:59.059 --> 00:15:59.739 things that you 00:15:59.739 --> 00:16:00.379 have done, 00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.079 which are 00:16:01.079 --> 00:16:01.620 evil, 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:03.439 but you 00:16:03.439 --> 00:16:03.959 shouldn't. 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:06.259 You're a 00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:07.379 fool to 00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:07.959 congratulate 00:16:07.959 --> 00:16:08.599 yourself, 00:16:08.599 --> 00:16:09.359 to be proud 00:16:09.359 --> 00:16:09.939 of what you 00:16:09.939 --> 00:16:10.439 have done, 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.000 because what 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.319 you have 00:16:11.319 --> 00:16:12.299 done is 00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:12.819 evil. 00:16:12.820 --> 00:16:15.879 verse 2, 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.520 he goes on 00:16:16.520 --> 00:16:17.200 to describe 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:18.220 the kinds 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:18.820 of things 00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:19.640 that his 00:16:19.640 --> 00:16:20.340 enemy has 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:20.620 done. 00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.180 He says, 00:16:21.540 --> 00:16:22.240 practicing 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:23.160 deceit, 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.180 plotting 00:16:25.180 --> 00:16:26.140 destruction. 00:16:28.700 --> 00:16:29.420 He says, 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.200 your values, 00:16:30.540 --> 00:16:30.879 they're 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.860 completely 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.780 backwards to 00:16:32.780 --> 00:16:33.200 what they 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.720 should be. 00:16:33.800 --> 00:16:34.440 You love 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:36.200 evil rather 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:36.900 than good. 00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:38.320 You love 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:39.320 falsehood rather 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:40.040 than speaking 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:40.799 the truth. 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.779 You love 00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:45.539 every harmful 00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:46.240 word, 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:47.579 words that 00:16:47.579 --> 00:16:48.399 are hurtful 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:49.019 to others, 00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:49.559 literally, 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.459 words that 00:16:50.459 --> 00:16:50.980 devour 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:51.519 others. 00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.899 You deceitful 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.339 tongue. 00:16:56.599 --> 00:16:57.439 Again, 00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:59.679 we probably 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:00.659 see that the 00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:01.480 description here 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.579 fits both 00:17:02.579 --> 00:17:03.539 Doeg and 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:04.119 Saul and 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:05.039 perhaps others. 00:17:07.659 --> 00:17:08.319 Saul has 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.339 been the 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:09.879 source, 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:11.200 of the 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.099 lies that 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.399 have been 00:17:12.399 --> 00:17:13.039 spread about 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.440 David, 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:15.220 of the 00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.980 plans and 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.559 the plots 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.619 for David's 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:18.279 destruction. 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:22.000 But Doeg 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.799 also falls 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.299 under these 00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:23.879 words as 00:17:23.879 --> 00:17:24.180 well. 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:26.440 If anybody 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:27.139 has loved 00:17:27.139 --> 00:17:27.700 evil, 00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.899 it's him. 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.599 Not only 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:34.019 is he 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:35.079 willing to 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:36.559 earn favor 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.000 with the 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:38.000 king by 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:39.099 tattling on 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:39.420 David, 00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:40.100 knowing that 00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:40.279 it will 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:40.940 probably get 00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.620 Ahimelech and 00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:42.080 his family 00:17:42.080 --> 00:17:42.720 into trouble, 00:17:43.100 --> 00:17:43.560 but then he 00:17:43.560 --> 00:17:44.300 goes so far 00:17:44.300 --> 00:17:44.640 as to 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:45.420 execute the 00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:45.779 king's 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.759 orders and 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.500 slaughter all 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:47.840 of these 00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.640 innocent people. 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:51.700 You love 00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:53.120 evil rather 00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:53.680 than good. 00:17:58.320 --> 00:17:59.460 You boast 00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.620 of what your 00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:01.279 hands have 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:01.980 done for you. 00:18:02.060 --> 00:18:02.420 You think 00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:03.460 yourself a 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:03.880 hero, 00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:04.900 a champion, 00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:25.420 God's 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:25.540 going to 00:18:25.540 --> 00:18:26.780 pluck you 00:18:26.780 --> 00:18:27.180 from your 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:27.560 tent. 00:18:28.060 --> 00:18:28.580 He will 00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:29.480 uproot you 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.240 from the 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:31.440 land of 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:31.940 the living. 00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:33.759 You boast right now. 00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:36.180 You think you've gotten away with this. 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:40.500 Nobody can touch you 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:43.259 because you're on the side of power. 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.640 But you're wrong. 00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:53.259 God will see that justice is done. 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:55.840 God himself will make things right. 00:18:56.000 --> 00:19:00.759 God himself will come and bring you down. 00:19:02.820 --> 00:19:05.460 And when he does, it will be permanent. 00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:09.259 It will be forever, everlasting, 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:12.480 something you will not rise up from. 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:15.620 David says he will snatch you up 00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:18.059 and pluck you from your tent. 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:23.140 The picture there is of God's hand reaching in 00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:25.660 and grabbing Doeg right out of his house, 00:19:26.580 --> 00:19:28.799 his tent, the place that he lives. 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:32.980 He says he will uproot you 00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:35.000 from the land of the living. 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:37.159 You may think that you're well-rooted now, 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:40.220 that you're secure in this position 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:42.599 that you have earned for yourself 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:46.579 through deceit and through evil. 00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:51.240 But God will rip you out, roots and all, 00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:53.899 right out of the land of the living. 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.779 And it'll be the end for you. 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:01.079 God will see that justice is done. 00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:04.819 And he will make things right, 00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.639 says David. 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:09.620 And when he does, verse 6, 00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:13.180 the righteous will see and fear. 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:17.720 They will take notice of how God has dealt with Doeg 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:20.360 and how God has dealt with Saul. 00:20:22.300 --> 00:20:26.680 And they will think to themselves twice 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.820 when they are considering doing what is wrong, 00:20:31.300 --> 00:20:32.259 what is evil. 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:36.519 It will strike a reverence into their hearts. 00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.539 Not only that, 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:42.180 they will move from fear, it says, to laughter. 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:45.200 The righteous will see in fear. 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:47.379 They will laugh at you, saying, 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:51.079 here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold, 00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:53.200 but trusted in his great wealth 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:55.940 and grew strong by destroying others. 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:58.420 Now, if we look at other scriptures, 00:20:58.420 --> 00:21:03.120 this is, I'm not sure exactly how to take this myself, 00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:06.200 but probably not an endorsement 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:09.740 of how we should gloat over other people 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:12.000 when they face justice. 00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:17.420 I don't think it means that kind of laughing. 00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:22.840 But God's people will, in the end, 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:29.599 they will say to those who have lived 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:32.839 as Doeg and Saul did, 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:34.559 here now is the man 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:37.639 who did not make God his stronghold, 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:40.759 but trusted in his great wealth 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:43.740 and mighty strength. 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:47.439 The utter foolishness of what they have done 00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:49.179 will be so apparent, 00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:50.220 it will be so obvious, 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.339 it will be laughable. 00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:56.240 You put all of your eggs in that basket, 00:21:57.039 --> 00:22:00.639 and yet that's completely powerless 00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:06.159 to save you from the good and right justice of God 00:22:06.159 --> 00:22:07.359 when it comes. 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:17.819 From David's perspective, 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.919 he now kind of turns and shifts 00:22:19.919 --> 00:22:21.579 from talking to his enemy 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:24.439 to now talking a little bit about himself. 00:22:26.199 --> 00:22:27.659 From David's perspective, 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.659 in his situation, 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:33.759 Saul and Doeg are still in power. 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:39.240 these men who have mercilessly massacred 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:41.220 all these innocent people. 00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:47.000 And yet David says this, 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.440 he says, 00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:49.720 but I am like an olive tree 00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:53.339 flourishing in the house of God. 00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:57.259 When I first read that, 00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.639 I thought, 00:22:57.879 --> 00:23:00.459 I don't really get that. 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:03.419 Olive tree is not really the most 00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:06.259 relatable thing for me. 00:23:08.419 --> 00:23:10.259 But the more I meditated on this, 00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:12.259 the more I began to see 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:14.480 just how beautiful these words are. 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.659 Here David is, 00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:19.380 on the outskirts of the desert hill country, 00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:22.019 a fugitive, 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.820 hiding in caves, 00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.600 fearing for his life. 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.660 Meanwhile, 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:30.720 these tyrants are running the show. 00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.800 And he says, 00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:35.960 but I am like an olive tree 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:38.580 flourishing in the house of God. 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:42.259 I'm like a house plant, 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:44.179 like a tree that's 00:23:44.179 --> 00:23:47.339 inside God's own house. 00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.980 And I'm flourishing. 00:23:49.939 --> 00:23:51.039 I'm green. 00:23:52.439 --> 00:23:54.039 Because God himself 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:56.000 is watching over me, 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.759 is tending to me, 00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:59.099 is caring for me. 00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.619 David says, 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:07.759 I trust in God's unfailing love. 00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:10.419 Forever and ever. 00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.839 You want to know 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.799 what's carrying me 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.759 through the storms 00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.159 of this situation? 00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.960 Through the tragedy 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:19.240 that I've witnessed 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.879 and even been a part of? 00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:24.839 God's unfailing love. 00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:27.139 I'm trusting in that. 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.419 I'm leaning on that. 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:31.199 I'm depending on that. 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:34.179 And not just today, 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.639 but always. 00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:38.339 Forever I will. 00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:40.799 Because that's the kind of love 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:42.339 that he has for his people. 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.559 It's faithful love. 00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:45.099 It's unfailing love. 00:24:46.199 --> 00:24:46.939 Covenant love. 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:48.460 The love that makes promises 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.879 and keeps them. 00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:51.099 One hundred percent. 00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.819 He goes on in verse nine. 00:24:55.919 --> 00:24:56.179 He says, 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.399 for what you have done, 00:24:58.079 --> 00:25:00.559 I will always praise you 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.759 in the presence 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.939 of your faithful people. 00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:06.400 He pledges not just 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:08.019 the worship of today, 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.380 but even the worship 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.680 of his tomorrow 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:12.059 to the Lord. 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.480 For what you have done, 00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:15.480 I will always praise you. 00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:17.320 The things that you have done, 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.640 Lord, 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:19.140 in the past, 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.980 the things you will yet do 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:22.500 in this situation, 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:24.340 I will look back on them 00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:25.880 and I will praise you for them 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.960 because they are good. 00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.860 They are right. 00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:31.219 They always have been 00:25:31.219 --> 00:25:32.779 and they always will be. 00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:36.159 And so you have my worship, 00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:36.559 Lord. 00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.519 At the end of verse nine, 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:39.959 he says, 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:42.319 I will hope in your name 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:45.139 for your name is good. 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.139 The word hope there 00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:51.720 literally means wait upon. 00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:54.240 I will wait upon your name. 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:58.720 David's situation hasn't changed. 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:02.700 He's still skulking about 00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.439 in the desert, 00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:06.299 afraid for his life. 00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:09.240 Doeg and Saul are still in power 00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:12.059 at the helm of the ship in Israel. 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:15.819 What's David going to do about it? 00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:19.659 I will wait upon your name. 00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.579 I'm waiting for you, Lord, 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:26.339 to come and make things right, 00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:30.319 to come and deal with these guys. 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:34.039 For your name is good 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:36.980 and you will, 00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:39.159 you will do good 00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:40.379 in this situation. 00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:43.560 you will bring good from it. 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:50.200 Now this situation in David's life 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.600 might feel a little hard 00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.620 for us to relate to. 00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:54.040 None of us have been 00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:55.500 in a situation like this. 00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.420 But what does the Lord 00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.660 have to say to us 00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.860 through these words? 00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:08.699 our situation may not be the same, 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:10.319 but some of us, 00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.000 if we're honest, 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.779 are in a situation. 00:27:14.979 --> 00:27:16.779 A situation that's not going 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:19.079 the way that we want it to. 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:26.799 A situation in which we maybe 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:28.139 have already gone through 00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:29.679 the full range of emotions 00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:32.799 or are going through them 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.619 right now. 00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:34.859 A situation perhaps 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.019 in which we feel like 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.980 we're powerless 00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.439 to do anything about it. 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:45.340 David encourages us 00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:47.120 in the midst of these kinds 00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.980 of situations 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:50.120 to turn our eyes to heaven, 00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.720 to the Lord, 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.860 to Jesus, 00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:57.480 to put our trust 00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.559 in him, 00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:02.080 in his unfailing love, 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:04.059 in his tender, loving care. 00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:10.960 For those of us 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.779 who are in Christ, 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:15.940 we can say, 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.960 with David, 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:21.240 but I am like an olive tree 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:24.359 flourishing in the house of God. 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.779 Even while we walk 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.559 through the desert, 00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:31.079 even while we sleep 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.839 in the darkness 00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:33.460 of the cave, 00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:37.619 because God takes care 00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.740 of his people. 00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:40.779 And even though things 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.839 might not look good 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.700 in the situation 00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.559 that we're in, 00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:46.819 God will make things right. 00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.259 He always does 00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.339 for his people. 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.940 He always will. 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.839 If there's one thing 00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:56.339 that we learn from David 00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:56.980 in this psalm, 00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.859 it's that we should look ahead. 00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.399 Many times in this 00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:04.420 short little psalm, 00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.759 David uses the word will. 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:08.180 He will. 00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.480 God will. 00:29:11.800 --> 00:29:12.640 I will. 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.640 He encourages us 00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.560 to look ahead 00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:18.420 to the future. 00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.900 The bigger picture. 00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:25.120 as we look around, 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.980 see the world around us, 00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:30.019 look at our government, 00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.080 we look at all kinds 00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.920 of things, 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.840 we look at what people 00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:33.400 are doing, 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:36.519 we may see all kinds 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.800 of things that we 00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:39.259 would say are evil, 00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.360 are wrong. 00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:44.200 We may see those people, 00:29:44.540 --> 00:29:45.440 some people using 00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.200 their position, 00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:47.060 their power, 00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:49.259 to bring about things 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.619 at the expense 00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.259 of others. 00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:54.240 But take heart, 00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:57.460 God will make things right. 00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.619 We may look at 00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.679 the political landscape 00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:02.839 and see how things 00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.779 are changing there 00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.619 and how some are 00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:06.039 pushing for their agenda 00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:08.159 and trying to bring 00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:08.759 about things 00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.299 that are really 00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.579 going to be damaging 00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.579 for some 00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.440 or for others, 00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.759 for many. 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:16.059 but take heart, 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:18.180 God will make 00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.019 things right. 00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.640 I want to end 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.759 this message 00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:33.440 with the ultimate 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.500 restatement 00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.920 of this 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:37.059 psalm 00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:39.859 which comes 00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.640 through the 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.420 Apostle Paul 00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.660 in his letter 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.259 to the church 00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.720 at Rome. 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:47.519 this is the confidence 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.920 that we can have, 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.539 those of us 00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.500 who are in Christ 00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.619 as we look ahead, 00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.140 nothing 00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:55.579 can separate us 00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.940 from the unfailing 00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.759 love of God. 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.599 Let me read it 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.059 for you 00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:02.339 from Romans 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.059 chapter 8. 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.879 And we know 00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:12.279 that in all things 00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:14.359 God works for the good 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:16.099 of those who love him 00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:18.039 who have been called 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:19.460 according to his purpose. 00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:21.319 For those God 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.920 foreknew, 00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.200 he also 00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.700 predestined 00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:26.399 to be conformed 00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:27.279 to the image 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.980 of his son 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.440 that he might be 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.259 the firstborn 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.940 among many 00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.019 brothers and sisters. 00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.579 and those 00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.859 he predestined 00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.839 he also 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.480 called. 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:38.500 Those he called 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.299 he also 00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.480 justified. 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.960 Those he justified 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.920 he also 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.119 glorified. 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.160 What then 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.720 shall we say 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.299 in response 00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.079 to these things? 00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:50.019 If God 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.299 is for 00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.079 us, 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.240 who can be 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.039 against us? 00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:57.119 He who did not 00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.940 spare his own 00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.159 son but gave 00:31:59.159 --> 00:31:59.779 him up 00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.519 for us all, 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.359 how will he not 00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.659 also along 00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:03.319 with him 00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.680 graciously give 00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.839 us all things? 00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.980 Who will bring 00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:10.019 any charge 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.960 against those 00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.659 whom God 00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.759 has chosen? 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:15.339 It is God 00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.799 who justifies. 00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:19.240 Who then 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.039 is the one 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.859 who condemns? 00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:22.819 No one, 00:32:23.979 --> 00:32:24.939 Christ Jesus 00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:27.479 who died, 00:32:27.939 --> 00:32:29.039 more than that, 00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:30.000 who was raised 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.959 to life, 00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.079 is at the 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.659 right hand 00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.259 of God 00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.299 and is also 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.219 interceding 00:32:35.219 --> 00:32:36.319 for us. 00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.979 And so 00:32:37.979 --> 00:32:38.679 who shall 00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.919 separate us 00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:41.119 from the 00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.959 love of Christ? 00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:43.759 Shall 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.199 trouble 00:32:44.199 --> 00:32:46.079 or 00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.679 hardship 00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:48.219 or 00:32:48.219 --> 00:32:49.079 persecution 00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:50.839 or 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.359 famine 00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:53.119 or 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.059 nakedness 00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:55.500 or 00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.159 danger 00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:58.359 or 00:32:58.359 --> 00:32:58.960 sword 00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:00.960 for 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.500 Ahimelech 00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.819 and his 00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.220 family? 00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.539 No. 00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.179 In all 00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:05.960 these things 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.960 we are 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.419 more 00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:08.039 than 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.859 conquerors 00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.759 through 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.220 him who 00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.699 loved us. 00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.279 For I am 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.960 convinced that 00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.240 neither 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.819 death 00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.939 nor life, 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.539 neither 00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.279 angels 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.859 nor 00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.439 demons, 00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.079 neither 00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.779 the present 00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.859 nor the future, 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.480 nor any 00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.940 powers, 00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.700 nor anything 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.500 else in all 00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.079 creation 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:23.420 will be able 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.139 to separate 00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:25.579 us from 00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.019 the love 00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.619 of God 00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.720 that is in 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:29.019 Christ Jesus 00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.180 our Lord. 00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.119 And so 00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.700 with whatever 00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.399 situation 00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:35.559 you find 00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.279 yourself in 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.879 today, 00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:38.279 this week, 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:40.940 let us 00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:42.259 trust in 00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.200 the unfailing 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.399 love of 00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:44.819 the Lord. 00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:44.859 Lord, 00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:47.119 he will 00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.480 make 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.179 things 00:33:48.179 --> 00:33:48.720 right 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.740 as we 00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.099 wait on 00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.359 him. 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.419 Let's 00:33:53.419 --> 00:33:53.659 pray. 00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.839 Father, 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.359 you know 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:02.159 the darkness 00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:03.939 and the 00:34:03.939 --> 00:34:04.720 difficulty of 00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.159 some of the 00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:05.579 things that 00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:05.980 we're going 00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.299 through. 00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.159 And while 00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.599 we don't 00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.340 see clearly 00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.199 or understand 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:12.400 your purpose 00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.260 why you 00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.860 allow some 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.160 of these 00:34:14.160 --> 00:34:14.599 things to 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.000 happen, 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.039 we choose 00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.599 today to 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.160 trust in 00:34:19.160 --> 00:34:19.760 your unfailing 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.180 love. 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.980 We choose 00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.539 today to 00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.099 say with 00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.619 David, 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.800 I am like 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.160 an olive 00:34:28.160 --> 00:34:28.579 tree, 00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.860 flourishing in 00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:31.000 your house. 00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.619 You take 00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.180 such good 00:34:35.180 --> 00:34:35.599 care of 00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:35.880 us. 00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.900 And we 00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.320 love you. 00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:41.500 in Christ's 00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.800 name we 00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.059 pray. 00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:43.019 Amen. 00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.960 Will you 00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.340 join with 00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.760 me in 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.100 our final 00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:52.300 hymn? 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:53.980 How 00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.360 great is 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.740 our God? 00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.240 Please 00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.660 stand if 00:34:57.660 --> 00:34:57.820 you're 00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.019 able.