WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000 Let's talk about mottos for a minute. 00:00:04.940 --> 00:00:06.219 We'll start with an easy one. 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:09.419 What's the Marine Corps motto? 00:00:11.380 --> 00:00:14.000 Semper Fidelis, Semper Fi, always faithful. 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:16.000 How about the Coast Guard? 00:00:18.580 --> 00:00:19.559 It's similar. 00:00:20.420 --> 00:00:22.879 Semper Paratus, always ready. 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:28.719 The Coast Guard actually has a much older, unofficial motto as well. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.600 You have to go out. 00:00:32.259 --> 00:00:33.420 You don't have to come back. 00:00:35.219 --> 00:00:37.600 How about Air Force pararescue men? 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:40.859 That others may live. 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:45.240 Have you heard of the Postal Service Creed? 00:00:47.100 --> 00:00:50.480 Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night 00:00:50.480 --> 00:00:53.900 stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:58.000 It's actually not an official creed at all. 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:00.780 No one has to swear by it. 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:03.359 They don't have to sign on it. 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:07.159 But it is chiseled in stone above a post office in New York City 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:08.420 that was built in 1914. 00:01:09.060 --> 00:01:12.359 And it became associated with the USPS 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.760 and became called their creed. 00:01:17.219 --> 00:01:19.579 But why do groups have creeds and mottos? 00:01:19.579 --> 00:01:23.560 It's because they capture something. 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:26.799 They distill something. 00:01:27.500 --> 00:01:29.000 It gives them the opportunity to say, 00:01:29.420 --> 00:01:31.640 this is who we are and this is what we do. 00:01:33.019 --> 00:01:34.640 This is our modus operandi. 00:01:35.819 --> 00:01:37.200 It's how we operate. 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:42.219 If God had a motto, 00:01:43.219 --> 00:01:45.620 what would His motto be? 00:01:45.620 --> 00:01:51.880 If God had a motto, 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:54.580 I'm pretty sure it would be something like, 00:01:56.300 --> 00:01:59.480 steadfast love to the children of man. 00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:03.900 Steadfast love to human beings. 00:02:06.140 --> 00:02:07.680 That's who He is. 00:02:07.740 --> 00:02:10.120 That's how He operates. 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.659 Steadfast love to us. 00:02:16.200 --> 00:02:18.800 And that's what Psalm 107 is all about. 00:02:20.060 --> 00:02:24.939 It's easy to see the purpose of why Psalm 107 is in our Bibles. 00:02:25.659 --> 00:02:28.420 We see it in verses 1-3 at the beginning 00:02:28.420 --> 00:02:31.400 and in verse 43 at the end. 00:02:32.420 --> 00:02:34.000 Look at verses 1-3. 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:37.300 Oh, give thanks to the Lord for He is good 00:02:37.300 --> 00:02:41.360 for His steadfast love endures forever. 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.240 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:47.159 whom He has redeemed from trouble 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:48.840 and gathered in from the lands, 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:49.960 from the east and from the west, 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:51.199 from the north and from the south. 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:54.460 And then at the end, verse 43, 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:58.500 whoever is wise, let him attend to these things. 00:02:59.460 --> 00:03:02.520 Let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:08.699 So the purpose of this Psalm for God's people 00:03:08.699 --> 00:03:12.419 is that we would consider God's steadfast love 00:03:12.419 --> 00:03:13.580 to give Him thanks. 00:03:16.460 --> 00:03:18.639 And what is steadfast love? 00:03:22.620 --> 00:03:24.580 It comes from a Hebrew word 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:26.379 that if you've been around church for a while, 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:27.960 you've probably heard before, chesed. 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:32.680 It's notoriously difficult to translate into English 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:33.400 with one word. 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:37.080 Very commonly it's translated as steadfast love. 00:03:37.379 --> 00:03:40.319 Sometimes it's translated as loyal love. 00:03:40.420 --> 00:03:42.420 It's trying to communicate something 00:03:42.420 --> 00:03:45.580 about an intention to do good to someone 00:03:45.580 --> 00:03:47.020 no matter what. 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:53.020 In Exodus 34-6, this word, this term, 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:54.140 steadfast love, 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:57.140 is an important part of God's self-declaration 00:03:57.139 --> 00:03:59.439 describing who He is. 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:02.599 As He passes before Moses, 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:02.879 it says, 00:04:02.959 --> 00:04:04.059 The Lord passed before Him 00:04:04.059 --> 00:04:04.579 and proclaimed, 00:04:04.799 --> 00:04:06.179 The Lord, the Lord, 00:04:06.279 --> 00:04:07.559 a God merciful and gracious, 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:09.019 slow to anger, 00:04:09.539 --> 00:04:11.979 and abounding in steadfast love 00:04:11.979 --> 00:04:12.919 and faithfulness. 00:04:16.060 --> 00:04:18.439 It's also often translated in your Bible 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:19.399 in the Old Testament 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:21.719 simply as kindness. 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:27.480 My favorite example is from 2 Samuel 9, 00:04:28.180 --> 00:04:30.660 where David is now the king of Israel 00:04:30.660 --> 00:04:33.920 after Saul has died, 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:34.680 the previous king, 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:36.680 Saul who tried to kill him many times. 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:39.440 And David asks the question, 00:04:39.700 --> 00:04:43.320 Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul 00:04:43.320 --> 00:04:46.440 that I may show him kindness 00:04:46.440 --> 00:04:48.260 for Jonathan's sake? 00:04:48.940 --> 00:04:50.540 Chesed, steadfast love. 00:04:50.540 --> 00:04:55.080 The expectation of the time and culture 00:04:55.080 --> 00:04:56.819 could be that he would eliminate 00:04:56.819 --> 00:05:00.040 the previous king's house and family 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:01.379 to secure his own throne. 00:05:03.820 --> 00:05:06.120 But David says, 00:05:06.200 --> 00:05:07.200 Is there still anyone left 00:05:07.200 --> 00:05:08.500 that I may show him kindness? 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:13.300 Steadfast love. 00:05:15.860 --> 00:05:17.879 I'd like you to think of it as kindness 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:18.900 that doesn't give up. 00:05:20.540 --> 00:05:24.260 So in our psalm today, 00:05:24.379 --> 00:05:26.319 we're to consider the steadfast love, 00:05:26.400 --> 00:05:28.020 the kindness of the Lord. 00:05:28.400 --> 00:05:29.760 The second thing you need to know 00:05:29.760 --> 00:05:31.540 about this psalm before we jump in 00:05:31.540 --> 00:05:33.600 is that this psalm 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:35.620 is set in the context 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:37.480 after the exile. 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:40.560 You see a clue to that 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:41.860 in verses 1 through 3, 00:05:42.520 --> 00:05:43.200 where it says, 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:44.879 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:48.100 those who he has gathered in from the lands 00:05:48.100 --> 00:05:49.000 from the east and from the west 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:50.159 and from the north and from the south. 00:05:50.159 --> 00:05:51.959 That's exile terminology 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:54.379 because that's not how Israel started, right? 00:05:55.019 --> 00:05:57.740 They started from one family in one place. 00:05:58.719 --> 00:06:00.800 And they grew and they multiplied in Egypt 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.259 and their establishment as a nation came 00:06:03.259 --> 00:06:05.019 when that group as a whole 00:06:05.019 --> 00:06:07.899 came from Egypt altogether at once 00:06:07.899 --> 00:06:09.500 and became God's people. 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:12.420 So Israel was not founded 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:14.560 by gathering from all different directions. 00:06:15.699 --> 00:06:17.240 So when this psalm talks about 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:19.259 this gathering from around the world, 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:21.699 it means after the exile. 00:06:22.259 --> 00:06:24.000 Because Israel was in its land, 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:25.019 in the promised land. 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:28.379 It was rebellious against God. 00:06:28.540 --> 00:06:29.819 God punished them 00:06:29.819 --> 00:06:31.560 as he told them that he would. 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:33.480 He allowed them to be conquered, 00:06:33.660 --> 00:06:34.279 to be dispersed, 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:35.180 to be exiled. 00:06:35.180 --> 00:06:37.439 And after a time, 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.060 they were allowed to return to their land. 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:41.519 Still under foreign rule, 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:42.540 but they were allowed to return 00:06:42.540 --> 00:06:44.100 to rebuild Jerusalem. 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:46.740 They were gathered back together. 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:48.759 So this psalm was meant to be understood 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:52.620 as a description of the experiences 00:06:52.620 --> 00:06:53.939 of God's people 00:06:53.939 --> 00:06:57.439 experiencing the steadfast love of God 00:06:57.439 --> 00:06:58.780 in exile. 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:02.019 And in this psalm, 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:04.300 we see God's steadfast love in two modes. 00:07:04.300 --> 00:07:05.900 We see it in deliverance 00:07:05.900 --> 00:07:07.379 in verses 4 through 32. 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:09.780 We see God's steadfast love 00:07:09.780 --> 00:07:12.040 in reversal in verses 33 through 42. 00:07:12.699 --> 00:07:14.720 Deliverance and reversal. 00:07:16.180 --> 00:07:16.939 So first of all, 00:07:16.960 --> 00:07:18.680 we see God's steadfast love 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:21.160 in deliverance from troubled circumstances. 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:25.280 This psalm shows us 00:07:25.280 --> 00:07:26.540 that the steadfast love of God 00:07:26.540 --> 00:07:28.740 cuts through our troubled circumstances. 00:07:28.960 --> 00:07:32.060 So if you are currently in trouble, 00:07:32.060 --> 00:07:34.240 this psalm is for you. 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:38.100 Or if you have been in trouble 00:07:38.100 --> 00:07:39.620 and been delivered from that, 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:40.720 this psalm is for you. 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:41.060 And of course, 00:07:41.100 --> 00:07:42.439 I don't just mean trouble 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:43.900 like I'm in trouble with my parents 00:07:43.900 --> 00:07:45.120 or I'm in trouble with my boss. 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:46.560 I mean trouble like 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:47.840 I don't know if I'm going to make it. 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:51.060 Physical health trouble, 00:07:51.620 --> 00:07:52.240 like I don't know 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:53.019 if I'm going to make it. 00:07:53.620 --> 00:07:55.819 I don't know how I can go another day. 00:07:56.259 --> 00:07:57.120 Financial trouble, 00:07:57.240 --> 00:07:58.040 like I don't know 00:07:58.040 --> 00:07:59.100 how we're going to make it. 00:07:59.660 --> 00:08:01.160 Or relational trouble, 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:02.199 like I don't think 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:03.539 our marriage can make it. 00:08:04.379 --> 00:08:06.079 Or mental health trouble, 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:07.279 like I don't think 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:08.699 I can make it. 00:08:10.339 --> 00:08:11.680 Or grief trouble, 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:12.539 like I don't know 00:08:12.539 --> 00:08:13.759 how I can make it 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:14.579 without them. 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:19.980 If you are in trouble 00:08:19.980 --> 00:08:21.319 or if you have been in trouble, 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:22.459 this psalm is for you. 00:08:22.579 --> 00:08:23.779 The steadfast love of God 00:08:23.779 --> 00:08:24.500 cuts through 00:08:24.500 --> 00:08:26.539 our troubled circumstances. 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:28.019 This psalm gives us 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:29.519 four examples of people 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:30.399 who have been redeemed 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:31.039 from trouble. 00:08:31.799 --> 00:08:33.399 Four different types of trouble. 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:34.460 Four situations 00:08:34.460 --> 00:08:35.919 that exiled Israelites 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:37.139 found themselves in. 00:08:38.179 --> 00:08:39.199 And there's a common pattern 00:08:39.199 --> 00:08:39.819 for each one. 00:08:41.939 --> 00:08:43.419 First situation of trouble, 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:45.120 verses 4 through 9, 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:46.659 homeless and hungry. 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:50.019 Look at verses 4 and 5. 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:54.500 Some wandered in desert wastes, 00:08:55.199 --> 00:08:56.579 finding no way to a city 00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:57.340 to dwell in. 00:08:58.720 --> 00:08:59.940 Hungry and thirsty, 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:01.280 their soul fainted 00:09:01.280 --> 00:09:01.860 within them. 00:09:04.900 --> 00:09:05.900 Wandering in the desert 00:09:05.900 --> 00:09:07.020 is not a good situation. 00:09:09.060 --> 00:09:10.139 If you're going to travel 00:09:10.139 --> 00:09:10.720 through the desert, 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:11.680 you want to take 00:09:11.680 --> 00:09:14.440 a straight and short path. 00:09:15.100 --> 00:09:16.440 It's an inhospitable environment. 00:09:16.580 --> 00:09:17.200 You don't know 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:18.320 where your next meal 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:18.940 will come from 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:19.800 because you don't have 00:09:19.800 --> 00:09:21.220 fields to draw from 00:09:21.220 --> 00:09:22.020 or pasture land 00:09:22.020 --> 00:09:22.740 for any animals 00:09:22.740 --> 00:09:23.580 who might be with you. 00:09:23.580 --> 00:09:24.700 You don't know 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:25.420 where or when 00:09:25.420 --> 00:09:26.759 you will find water next. 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:27.440 You just have to rely 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:28.259 on what you're carrying 00:09:28.259 --> 00:09:28.740 with you. 00:09:30.040 --> 00:09:31.060 And you're in danger 00:09:31.060 --> 00:09:31.960 because you don't have 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:32.879 the walls of a city 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:33.560 around you 00:09:33.560 --> 00:09:35.040 or a community of neighbors 00:09:35.040 --> 00:09:35.960 to protect you. 00:09:38.460 --> 00:09:39.700 And to wander in the desert 00:09:39.700 --> 00:09:41.040 would be an especially 00:09:41.040 --> 00:09:42.720 painful situation 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:43.340 for Israelites 00:09:43.340 --> 00:09:44.120 who remember 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:45.600 the desert wandering 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:46.620 of their ancestors. 00:09:47.520 --> 00:09:49.000 Who wandered for 40 years 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:49.520 before entering 00:09:49.520 --> 00:09:50.180 the promised land 00:09:50.180 --> 00:09:51.420 because of their disobedience. 00:09:51.419 --> 00:09:54.399 So for them 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:55.559 to wander in the desert 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:56.259 now was to have 00:09:56.259 --> 00:09:57.019 lost everything. 00:10:00.819 --> 00:10:02.620 To have no home at all 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:04.279 after all of Israel's history 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:06.079 in their own land. 00:10:06.199 --> 00:10:06.860 Now some of them 00:10:06.860 --> 00:10:07.579 are back right 00:10:07.579 --> 00:10:08.479 where they started 00:10:08.479 --> 00:10:09.519 and they have nothing 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:10.299 to show for it. 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:14.219 And this psalm 00:10:14.219 --> 00:10:16.480 finds these exiles 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:17.360 at the end of hope. 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:20.679 It's been a long time 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:21.899 since they've had food. 00:10:21.979 --> 00:10:22.799 A long time 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:23.839 since they've had water 00:10:23.839 --> 00:10:24.379 to drink. 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:25.859 And they can't seem 00:10:25.859 --> 00:10:26.919 to find anywhere to settle. 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:29.239 Only desert. 00:10:31.699 --> 00:10:32.919 Have you ever felt like that? 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:35.639 Unemployed 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:38.559 or underemployed. 00:10:40.059 --> 00:10:41.399 Maybe living paycheck 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:41.979 to paycheck 00:10:41.979 --> 00:10:43.379 and the end of one 00:10:43.379 --> 00:10:44.479 never reaches 00:10:44.479 --> 00:10:45.719 the start of the other. 00:10:47.079 --> 00:10:48.159 Housing trouble. 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:50.679 No security. 00:10:50.819 --> 00:10:51.379 No stability. 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:52.480 No provision. 00:10:53.379 --> 00:10:54.199 No end in sight. 00:10:57.419 --> 00:10:58.279 These exiles 00:10:58.279 --> 00:10:59.639 are in troubled circumstance 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:00.879 and that's the first part 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:01.339 of the pattern 00:11:01.339 --> 00:11:02.100 that we see repeated 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:03.120 in these four situations. 00:11:03.459 --> 00:11:05.100 We see a troubled circumstance. 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:06.120 And the second part 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:06.639 of the pattern 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:07.899 is in verse 6. 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:11.720 Then 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:13.340 they cried 00:11:13.340 --> 00:11:14.340 to the Lord 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:15.620 in their trouble 00:11:15.620 --> 00:11:18.179 and He delivered them 00:11:18.179 --> 00:11:19.059 from their distress. 00:11:21.699 --> 00:11:22.500 These people 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:23.819 turn to God 00:11:23.819 --> 00:11:24.840 as their only hope 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:26.120 and they cry out to Him 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:27.879 and this is not simply 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:28.799 a quick prayer 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:29.879 God please help us. 00:11:31.439 --> 00:11:32.439 Please send some food. 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:34.659 It's not just 00:11:34.659 --> 00:11:35.500 a simple prayer 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:36.179 of desperation 00:11:36.179 --> 00:11:37.279 because remember 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:38.620 the psalm 00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:39.219 is describing 00:11:39.219 --> 00:11:40.299 their experiences 00:11:40.299 --> 00:11:41.159 in exile 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:42.279 and why did they go 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:42.859 into exile 00:11:42.859 --> 00:11:43.639 in the first place? 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:47.839 One major reason 00:11:47.839 --> 00:11:48.579 is because they 00:11:48.579 --> 00:11:49.279 worshipped 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:50.620 and they prayed to 00:11:50.620 --> 00:11:51.739 and they hoped in 00:11:51.739 --> 00:11:52.779 other gods. 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:55.979 They looked to 00:11:55.979 --> 00:11:57.179 Baal 00:11:57.179 --> 00:11:58.299 and Molech 00:11:58.299 --> 00:11:59.159 and Asherah 00:11:59.159 --> 00:12:00.139 for provision 00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:01.159 for security 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:02.379 for food 00:12:02.379 --> 00:12:03.120 for rain. 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:05.720 So when it says 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:06.399 that they cried 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:07.360 to the Lord 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:07.940 all caps 00:12:07.940 --> 00:12:08.639 Yahweh 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:10.019 that's significant. 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:12.419 That's intentional. 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:15.220 This isn't a generic 00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:16.419 God please help me 00:12:16.419 --> 00:12:17.019 this is 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:19.159 God of my fathers 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:20.360 Yahweh 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:21.279 God of Abraham 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:21.840 Isaac 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:22.360 and Jacob 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:23.720 all other gods 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:24.779 have failed us. 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:27.159 You're our only hope. 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:31.199 God 00:12:31.199 --> 00:12:31.759 and he delivered 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:32.819 them from their distress. 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:35.219 God 00:12:35.219 --> 00:12:36.079 responds 00:12:36.079 --> 00:12:36.860 his steadfast 00:12:36.860 --> 00:12:37.360 love 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:38.139 cuts through 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:39.439 their troubled 00:12:39.439 --> 00:12:40.439 circumstances. 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:42.219 It acts 00:12:42.219 --> 00:12:43.079 on their behalf 00:12:43.079 --> 00:12:43.819 in verse 7 00:12:43.819 --> 00:12:46.079 he led them 00:12:46.079 --> 00:12:47.219 by a straight way 00:12:47.219 --> 00:12:49.039 till they reached 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:49.419 a city 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:50.079 to dwell in. 00:12:51.179 --> 00:12:52.259 Instead of wandering 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:52.779 they were led 00:12:52.779 --> 00:12:53.799 straight out 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:54.500 of the desert 00:12:54.500 --> 00:12:55.840 to a city 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:57.360 a city 00:12:57.360 --> 00:12:58.039 to dwell in 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:00.039 a place 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:00.779 to be secure 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:01.539 a place 00:13:01.539 --> 00:13:01.919 where there is 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:02.259 provision 00:13:02.259 --> 00:13:03.139 for their needs. 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:06.340 And what is 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:07.259 the right response? 00:13:07.700 --> 00:13:08.399 What's the only 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:09.360 response 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:10.279 that can well up 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:10.600 within them 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:11.240 that can't help 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:11.659 but give 00:13:11.659 --> 00:13:12.539 in verses 8-9 00:13:12.539 --> 00:13:13.220 let them 00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:14.279 thank the Lord 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:15.360 for his 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:16.159 steadfast 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:16.879 love 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:18.279 for his 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:18.960 wondrous works 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:19.559 to the children 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:20.179 of man 00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:21.059 for he 00:13:21.059 --> 00:13:21.840 satisfies 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:22.720 the longing 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:23.259 soul 00:13:23.259 --> 00:13:23.919 and the hungry 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:24.340 soul 00:13:24.340 --> 00:13:24.940 he fills 00:13:24.940 --> 00:13:25.340 with good 00:13:25.340 --> 00:13:25.840 things. 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:29.740 It's the 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:30.160 steadfast 00:13:30.160 --> 00:13:30.879 love of God 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:33.600 his kindness 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:34.399 that doesn't 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:34.940 give up. 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:38.920 Troubled 00:13:38.920 --> 00:13:39.399 situation 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:39.920 number 2 00:13:39.920 --> 00:13:40.240 is verses 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:41.000 10-16 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.820 captivity 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:45.980 verses 10-12 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:47.060 some 00:13:47.060 --> 00:13:48.379 sat in 00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:48.900 darkness 00:13:48.900 --> 00:13:50.139 and in the 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:50.600 shadow of 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:50.960 death 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:52.780 prisoners 00:13:52.780 --> 00:13:53.820 in affliction 00:13:53.820 --> 00:13:54.400 and in 00:13:54.400 --> 00:13:55.080 irons 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:56.740 for they 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:57.560 had rebelled 00:13:57.560 --> 00:13:58.140 against the 00:13:58.140 --> 00:13:58.780 words of God 00:13:58.780 --> 00:13:59.480 and spurned 00:13:59.480 --> 00:13:59.960 the counsel 00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:00.260 of the 00:14:00.260 --> 00:14:00.840 Most High 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:01.600 so he 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:02.200 bowed their 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:02.840 hearts down 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:03.440 with hard 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:03.980 labor. 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:05.980 They fell 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:06.560 down with 00:14:06.560 --> 00:14:06.960 none to 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:07.240 help. 00:14:08.900 --> 00:14:09.540 So these 00:14:09.540 --> 00:14:10.220 exiles are 00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:10.520 not just 00:14:10.520 --> 00:14:10.920 wandering 00:14:10.920 --> 00:14:11.260 they're in 00:14:11.260 --> 00:14:11.620 actual 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:12.160 captivity. 00:14:14.280 --> 00:14:14.980 These are 00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:15.640 some of God's 00:14:15.640 --> 00:14:16.220 people in 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.020 exile chained 00:14:17.020 --> 00:14:17.420 up as 00:14:17.420 --> 00:14:18.060 slave labor. 00:14:18.059 --> 00:14:18.119 labor. 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:21.119 The 00:14:21.119 --> 00:14:21.659 conditions are 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:23.579 cruel and 00:14:23.579 --> 00:14:24.079 the labor 00:14:24.079 --> 00:14:24.679 and harsh 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:25.359 treatment has 00:14:25.359 --> 00:14:26.000 left them 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:27.379 with no 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:28.059 strength left. 00:14:29.479 --> 00:14:30.559 They fall 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:31.239 and no one 00:14:31.239 --> 00:14:31.819 cares to 00:14:31.819 --> 00:14:32.279 help them. 00:14:32.359 --> 00:14:32.739 And this 00:14:32.739 --> 00:14:34.679 too is 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:35.239 some painful 00:14:35.239 --> 00:14:36.059 deja vu 00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:36.439 for the 00:14:36.439 --> 00:14:36.779 Israelites, 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:37.259 right? 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:38.779 They've been 00:14:38.779 --> 00:14:39.319 slave labor 00:14:39.319 --> 00:14:42.439 before in 00:14:42.439 --> 00:14:43.319 Egypt and 00:14:43.319 --> 00:14:44.179 their entire 00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:45.639 identity as a 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:47.100 people is 00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:47.639 hey we're a 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.120 people who 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:48.340 have been 00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:49.419 delivered by 00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:50.340 God's mighty 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:51.919 hand out of 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.340 slavery. 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:55.539 And now 00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:56.240 some of them 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:57.299 are in chains 00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:57.879 and under the 00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:58.539 whip again. 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:00.139 And it's 00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:00.679 devastating. 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:04.960 And why are 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.340 they in this 00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:05.620 trouble? 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:09.759 God put 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.200 them there. 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:11.899 Right? 00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:12.539 Verse 11. 00:15:13.779 --> 00:15:14.480 For they had 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:15.080 rebelled against 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:15.720 the words of 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.139 God and 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:16.480 spurred the 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:16.860 counsel of 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.100 the Most 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.400 High. 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.639 So he 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.879 bowed their 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:20.320 hearts down 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:20.720 with hard 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.020 labor. 00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:23.060 God gave 00:15:23.060 --> 00:15:23.600 his people 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:24.240 his good 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:24.660 word, 00:15:24.800 --> 00:15:25.900 clear wisdom 00:15:25.900 --> 00:15:26.500 for life, 00:15:26.560 --> 00:15:26.960 a beautiful 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:27.800 structure of 00:15:27.800 --> 00:15:28.580 morality to 00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:29.160 create a 00:15:29.160 --> 00:15:29.580 just and 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:30.900 healthy society. 00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:31.540 And most 00:15:31.540 --> 00:15:32.020 importantly, 00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:32.940 he gave 00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:33.340 them knowledge 00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:33.820 of himself 00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:34.040 and the 00:15:34.040 --> 00:15:34.700 opportunity to 00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:35.400 know him 00:15:35.400 --> 00:15:36.060 and be in a 00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:36.680 relationship with 00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:37.300 him and to 00:15:37.300 --> 00:15:38.220 be his special 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:38.980 people among 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:39.700 all the peoples 00:15:39.700 --> 00:15:40.320 of the earth. 00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:40.700 And they 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:42.300 rebelled against 00:15:42.300 --> 00:15:42.580 him. 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:44.400 They counted 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:45.059 his words as 00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:45.539 meaningless. 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.659 They spurned 00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:46.799 them. 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.399 They tossed 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:47.840 them aside 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.519 like trash. 00:15:50.459 --> 00:15:51.279 So now here 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.579 they are, 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.159 prisoners in 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:52.480 darkness. 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:55.139 And as they 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:56.379 sit in 00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:57.120 darkness with 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:58.379 the clasps on 00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.000 their wrists 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:00.579 rubbing bloody 00:16:00.579 --> 00:16:01.159 grooves into 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.819 their skin, 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.579 afraid that they 00:16:02.579 --> 00:16:03.079 won't have the 00:16:03.079 --> 00:16:03.860 strength for the 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.879 next day's 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:05.319 labor, 00:16:06.319 --> 00:16:08.159 they remember 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:08.720 their God. 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:08.740 God. 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:11.740 And they 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.700 too turned 00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:14.220 to Yahweh. 00:16:16.160 --> 00:16:17.120 Verses 13 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.680 and 14. 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:19.180 Then they 00:16:19.180 --> 00:16:20.360 cried to the 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:21.000 Lord in 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.639 their trouble 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:23.860 and he 00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.540 delivered them 00:16:24.540 --> 00:16:25.019 from their 00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.379 distress. 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:25.960 He brought 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:26.860 them out of 00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.540 darkness and 00:16:27.540 --> 00:16:27.980 the shadow 00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.700 of death and 00:16:28.700 --> 00:16:29.259 burst their 00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:29.940 bonds apart. 00:16:33.540 --> 00:16:34.560 To those in 00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:35.639 captivity, God 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:37.300 brings freedom. 00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:38.419 His steadfast 00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:39.120 love cuts 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:40.179 through their 00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:40.579 troubled 00:16:40.579 --> 00:16:41.740 circumstances and 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.479 breaks apart 00:16:42.479 --> 00:16:43.740 their chains and 00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.399 brings them out 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.000 into the light. 00:16:47.839 --> 00:16:48.759 And what's the 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:50.039 only response 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.319 they could 00:16:50.319 --> 00:16:51.099 possibly give? 00:16:51.179 --> 00:16:51.539 What would 00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:52.319 you do? 00:16:52.699 --> 00:16:53.259 Verses 15 00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:53.819 through 16. 00:16:54.439 --> 00:16:54.939 Let them 00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:55.919 thank the 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:56.799 Lord for 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:58.139 His steadfast 00:16:58.139 --> 00:17:00.579 love for 00:17:00.579 --> 00:17:01.120 His wondrous 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.839 works for the 00:17:01.839 --> 00:17:02.279 children of 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:02.539 man. 00:17:05.879 --> 00:17:06.599 It's the 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:07.579 steadfast love 00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:08.379 of God. 00:17:10.179 --> 00:17:10.839 It's His 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.539 kindness that 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.000 doesn't give 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.299 up. 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.240 Troubled 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:15.919 situation number 00:17:15.919 --> 00:17:16.459 three, verses 00:17:16.459 --> 00:17:17.459 17 through 22, 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.179 sickness. 00:17:21.199 --> 00:17:22.219 Verses 17 and 00:17:22.219 --> 00:17:22.980 18, it says, 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.779 Some were 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.559 fools through 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.079 their sinful 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.859 ways and 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.359 because of 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:28.039 their iniquities 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.579 suffered 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:29.099 affliction. 00:17:30.959 --> 00:17:32.019 They loathed 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.719 any kind of 00:17:32.719 --> 00:17:33.319 food and they 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:33.980 drew near to 00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:34.659 the gates of 00:17:34.659 --> 00:17:35.039 death. 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.719 So for some, 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:38.339 their sin has 00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:38.839 led to terrible 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:39.299 sickness. 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.039 And whether the 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:41.599 sickness is 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:42.579 specially sent 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:43.740 by God or 00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.379 simply the 00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:45.359 natural result of 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:45.859 a sin-filled 00:17:45.859 --> 00:17:46.559 life, we don't 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:46.859 know. 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:47.819 But either way, 00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.819 they're now near 00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.859 the end of a 00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.539 brutal sickness. 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:53.959 Think of the 00:17:53.959 --> 00:17:54.559 last time you 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.000 were really 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.359 sick. 00:17:57.939 --> 00:17:58.740 I was sick 00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.399 earlier this 00:17:59.399 --> 00:17:59.699 week. 00:18:00.379 --> 00:18:01.039 I was not 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.839 near the gates 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.939 of death, but I 00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:03.699 did loathe any 00:18:03.699 --> 00:18:04.419 kind of food. 00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:06.440 And when 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:07.140 you're sick, 00:18:07.380 --> 00:18:07.900 nothing else 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.580 matters, right? 00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:11.000 You don't have 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.759 the strength to 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.360 do what you 00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:12.960 need to do. 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.640 The things that 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:14.400 are expected of 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:15.019 you each day, 00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.940 you're not able 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:16.320 to do. 00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:16.940 And anything 00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:17.420 that was 00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:18.300 interesting or 00:18:18.300 --> 00:18:18.980 excited to 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:20.080 you just a 00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:20.560 day or two 00:18:20.560 --> 00:18:21.160 ago when you 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:21.640 were healthy 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:22.200 now means 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:22.560 nothing. 00:18:24.320 --> 00:18:24.900 All that 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.600 matters is, 00:18:26.120 --> 00:18:26.600 how can I 00:18:26.600 --> 00:18:27.019 get past 00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.180 this? 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:27.580 How can I 00:18:27.580 --> 00:18:27.920 get through 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.080 this? 00:18:28.100 --> 00:18:28.420 How can I 00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:28.680 get my 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.240 health back? 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.860 Even sleep 00:18:30.860 --> 00:18:31.600 is miserable. 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:34.179 And the 00:18:34.179 --> 00:18:34.859 people here 00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:35.439 in Psalm 00:18:35.439 --> 00:18:36.139 107 are 00:18:36.139 --> 00:18:36.639 past any 00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.019 hope of 00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.399 medical 00:18:37.399 --> 00:18:38.079 intervention 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:38.879 or recovery. 00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.699 All that's 00:18:41.699 --> 00:18:42.199 left for them 00:18:42.199 --> 00:18:42.719 is to die 00:18:42.719 --> 00:18:43.079 and get it 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:43.559 over with. 00:18:47.459 --> 00:18:47.980 But you 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.199 know how 00:18:48.199 --> 00:18:48.599 this pattern 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.119 goes now, 00:18:49.199 --> 00:18:49.359 right? 00:18:49.419 --> 00:18:50.219 Verses 19 00:18:50.219 --> 00:18:50.980 through 20. 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:53.399 Then they 00:18:53.399 --> 00:18:54.219 cried to the 00:18:54.219 --> 00:18:54.779 Lord in 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.459 their trouble 00:18:55.459 --> 00:18:57.000 and he 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:57.619 delivered them 00:18:57.619 --> 00:18:58.039 from their 00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.559 distress. 00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:00.579 He sent 00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.039 out his 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.940 word and 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.779 healed them 00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.500 and delivered 00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.259 them from 00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.460 their 00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.000 destruction. 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.799 He heals 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.039 them. 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:12.119 The steadfast 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:12.899 love of God 00:19:12.899 --> 00:19:13.899 cuts through 00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.940 their sickness 00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.639 and delivers 00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.460 amazing health. 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.720 Here's how I 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.279 imagine it 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:21.099 going for 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:21.319 them. 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.259 They're 00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.819 tossing in 00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.139 bed, 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.539 half asleep, 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.420 in pain, 00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:29.559 and that's 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.079 when God's 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.559 word of 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.220 healing reaches 00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.559 them. 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:35.099 And they 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.500 take a deep 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:37.879 breath and 00:19:37.879 --> 00:19:38.419 they really 00:19:38.419 --> 00:19:39.559 fall asleep. 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.379 And in the 00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.740 morning they 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.539 open their 00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:45.339 eyes and 00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:45.559 they think, 00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:46.000 wait a minute, 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:48.039 did I just 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:49.319 sleep through 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.659 the night? 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.519 They sit 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:56.319 up and 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.679 they feel 00:19:56.679 --> 00:19:57.359 great for the 00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:57.919 first time 00:19:57.919 --> 00:19:58.439 in a long 00:19:58.439 --> 00:19:59.139 time and 00:19:59.139 --> 00:19:59.799 the life 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:01.219 that they 00:20:01.219 --> 00:20:01.539 had given 00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.000 up on 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.359 is theirs 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:02.879 to live. 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.299 Verses 00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.819 21 and 00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.359 22, 00:20:09.419 --> 00:20:10.240 let them 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:11.299 thank the 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.119 Lord for 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:13.000 his steadfast 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.599 love, 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.939 for his 00:20:14.939 --> 00:20:15.419 wondrous 00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:15.939 works to 00:20:15.939 --> 00:20:16.339 the children 00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:16.899 of man, 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:17.719 and let 00:20:17.719 --> 00:20:18.339 them offer 00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:19.519 sacrifices of 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.199 thanksgiving 00:20:20.199 --> 00:20:20.899 and tell of 00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:21.519 his deeds 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.119 and songs 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.679 of joy. 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:27.700 they 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.360 thank and 00:20:28.360 --> 00:20:28.920 praise and 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:29.279 sing to 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.840 God because 00:20:29.840 --> 00:20:30.100 of his 00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:30.480 steadfast 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:30.900 love, 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:33.360 because of 00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:33.840 his kindness 00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:34.340 that doesn't 00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:34.820 give up. 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:38.619 troubled 00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.179 situation 00:20:39.179 --> 00:20:39.980 number 4, 00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.240 verses 23 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.019 through 32, 00:20:42.899 --> 00:20:43.700 life-threatening 00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.139 danger. 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.259 Look at 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.879 verse 23. 00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:48.619 Some went 00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:49.279 down to the 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.879 sea in 00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.559 ships doing 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.279 business on 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.559 the great 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.039 waters. 00:20:53.659 --> 00:20:53.799 Now, 00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.419 Israelites were 00:20:54.419 --> 00:20:55.220 generally not 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.919 a seagoing 00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.319 people. 00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.259 So, 00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:58.700 likely what's 00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.119 going on 00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.579 here is that 00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.179 as part of 00:21:00.179 --> 00:21:00.819 the exile, 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.039 as God's 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.399 people were 00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:02.799 dispersed 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.159 from their 00:21:03.159 --> 00:21:03.460 homeland, 00:21:03.679 --> 00:21:03.960 some of 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.139 them, 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.319 whether 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.939 voluntarily 00:21:04.939 --> 00:21:05.159 or 00:21:05.159 --> 00:21:05.799 involuntarily, 00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.439 become part 00:21:06.439 --> 00:21:06.859 of sailing 00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.240 crews. 00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:09.899 And this 00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.079 is what 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.819 they experienced, 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.679 verses 24 00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:12.359 through 27. 00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:14.139 They saw 00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:14.619 the deeds 00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:14.939 of the 00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:15.159 Lord, 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.819 his wondrous 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.460 works in 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.859 the deep. 00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.240 For he 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.639 commanded 00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:19.339 and raised 00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:19.740 up a 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.079 stormy 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.299 wind, 00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.859 which lifted 00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.200 up the 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:21.619 waves of 00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:22.000 the sea. 00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.519 They 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:23.819 mounted 00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.159 up to 00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:24.379 heaven, 00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.720 they went 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.159 down to 00:21:25.159 --> 00:21:25.639 the depths. 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:27.980 Their 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.419 courage 00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:29.359 melted away 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:29.779 in their 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.480 evil plight. 00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:31.000 They 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.480 reeled 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.299 and staggered 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.899 like drunken 00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.480 men and 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:33.859 were at 00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:34.099 their 00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:34.399 wits' 00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:34.819 end. 00:21:37.179 --> 00:21:38.039 A massive 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.799 storm has 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.339 these sailors 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.399 deeply afraid. 00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.199 They are 00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:41.979 beyond any 00:21:41.979 --> 00:21:43.139 skill that they 00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.679 might have 00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:44.159 as sailors. 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:44.779 They're beyond 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.679 any capacity 00:21:45.679 --> 00:21:46.299 of their 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.359 ship to deal 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:48.179 with the size 00:21:48.179 --> 00:21:48.639 of these 00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.139 waves. 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:50.039 All that's 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.379 left for 00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:50.779 them is to 00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.199 hang on, 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.659 wait for it 00:21:51.659 --> 00:21:52.299 to capsize. 00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.699 And then 00:21:56.699 --> 00:21:57.179 they remember 00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:57.539 the God 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:57.779 of their 00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.240 fathers, 00:21:59.479 --> 00:22:00.339 the God 00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.599 of their 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.000 homeland, 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.640 verses 28 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.180 through 30. 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.220 Then 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.000 they cried 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.359 to the 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.960 Lord in 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.160 their 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.940 trouble and 00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.579 he delivered 00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.220 them from 00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.000 their distress. 00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.380 He 00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.880 made the 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:14.160 storm be 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:16.559 still and 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:16.920 the waves 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.220 of the 00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.619 sea were 00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.180 hushed. 00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.819 Then they 00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.299 were glad 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.599 that the 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.200 waters were 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.839 quiet and 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.240 he brought 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.680 them to 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.339 their desired 00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.740 haven. 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:29.839 God's 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.259 steadfast 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.940 love cuts 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.680 through the 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.559 clouds and 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.359 the wind and 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.120 the lightning and 00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:35.240 the rain and 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.880 he stills the 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.380 storm and 00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.799 hushes the 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.279 waves and 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.740 quiets the 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.380 waters and 00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:39.980 he guides them 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.259 to their 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:41.380 port and 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.019 they step 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.740 foot on 00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.799 solid dry 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.740 ground again 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.240 which was 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.700 something they 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.059 thought would 00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.660 never happen. 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.500 Verses 31 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.079 through 32, 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.019 let them 00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.539 thank the 00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.339 Lord for 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.059 his steadfast 00:22:58.059 --> 00:23:00.079 love, for 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.699 his wondrous 00:23:00.699 --> 00:23:01.460 works to the 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.980 children of 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.279 man. 00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:02.859 Let them 00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:04.279 extol him in 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.799 the congregation 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.500 of the people 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.759 and praise him 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.419 in the assembly 00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:08.139 of the elders. 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.240 What else 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.799 would you do 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.220 if you were 00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.500 them? 00:23:15.439 --> 00:23:16.279 When God 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.279 shows incredible 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.199 kindness to 00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:18.500 you that 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.960 doesn't give 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.240 up? 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.159 four 00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:26.659 examples of 00:23:26.659 --> 00:23:27.359 troubled 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.460 situations 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.939 where the 00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:29.419 steadfast 00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:30.339 love of 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.159 God cut 00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:31.559 through. 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.899 And these 00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:35.980 are four 00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.980 specific examples 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.379 but the 00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.059 point in this 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.699 psalm is that 00:23:38.699 --> 00:23:39.519 God's steadfast 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.099 love cuts 00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.559 through any 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.019 circumstance. 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.740 The point of 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.419 this psalm is 00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:46.259 that our 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:47.359 trouble is an 00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.240 opportunity to 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.500 see God's 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.079 kindness 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:51.160 clearly. 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.299 Let's 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.880 highlight 00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.500 something 00:23:58.500 --> 00:24:01.140 that we've 00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.779 seen but we 00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.140 need to think 00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.680 about for a 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:02.839 minute. 00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.700 God's 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.380 steadfast 00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.339 love cuts 00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:08.859 through our 00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.180 troubled 00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.920 circumstances 00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:13.079 even the 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.759 trouble of 00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.220 our own 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.720 sin. 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.019 Remember 00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.819 this psalm 00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.759 is set in 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.559 the context 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.059 of the 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.519 sin of 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.879 God's 00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.220 people. 00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.179 That's 00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:23.799 what exile 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.539 was. 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.480 Exile 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.099 was God's 00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.799 judgment on 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.279 his people 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.679 for their 00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:31.159 rebellion 00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:32.279 against him. 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.139 So in 00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.579 every 00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.319 circumstance 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.039 that we 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.519 see here 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.839 in these 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.299 psalms 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:39.039 these people 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:40.319 are experiencing 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.119 God's 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.579 judgment. 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.379 And in 00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:43.659 two of 00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:43.939 these 00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.720 situations 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.399 it explicitly 00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:46.220 says that 00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.220 their trouble 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.659 is the 00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:48.519 direct result 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.259 of their 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.579 sin. 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.480 It was 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.139 their sin 00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.599 that brought 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.180 them to 00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.759 captivity. 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.019 It was 00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.559 their sin 00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.000 that brought 00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.460 them to 00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.960 sickness. 00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.099 So God's 00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:04.039 steadfast love 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.680 cuts through our 00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:04.900 troubled 00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.420 circumstances 00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.079 even the 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.639 trouble of 00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.039 our own 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.359 sin. 00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.579 We 00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.059 naturally 00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.879 assume that 00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.160 if we're 00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.680 going to ask 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.160 for God's 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.700 help we need 00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.220 to earn it 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.140 or at 00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.380 least we 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.680 need to 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.279 temporarily 00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:18.539 be in 00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.339 a situation 00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.299 where we 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.839 feel like 00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.720 we're okay 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.460 asking for 00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:22.799 it. 00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.559 You know 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:25.980 like if 00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.539 trouble 00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.180 randomly 00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.799 comes to 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.900 me while 00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.680 I am 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.279 following 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.440 Jesus and 00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.200 reading my 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.420 Bible 00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.019 regularly 00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:35.720 and you 00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.220 know not 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.700 sinning 00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:38.200 too much 00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.660 I think 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:40.019 then yeah 00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.440 when trouble 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.140 comes that's a 00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.660 great time for 00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.039 me to say 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.399 God please 00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:44.599 deliver me 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.339 please save 00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.019 me please 00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.680 help me 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:49.799 that's a 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.200 good time to 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.740 ask God to 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.359 deliver us. 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.960 We have 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.960 trouble when 00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.399 we know 00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:57.460 that's not 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.279 our situation 00:25:58.279 --> 00:26:02.039 and we 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.519 might assume 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.980 that if our 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.700 trouble is the 00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.299 result of our 00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.200 own sin we 00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.700 shouldn't dare 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.339 ask God to 00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.819 help us. 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.059 We just have 00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.659 to live with 00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.259 the consequences 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.019 of our actions 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.319 right? 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.099 Suck it up. 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.559 You got 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.059 yourself into 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.379 this. 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.339 You don't 00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.920 deserve to 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.339 ask for 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.639 God's 00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.200 deliverance. 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.099 If this is 00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.500 God's 00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.160 discipline we 00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.720 just have to 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.279 endure it. 00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.879 And the 00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.180 truth of 00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.460 course is 00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:29.879 yes that 00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.900 God does 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.559 send trouble 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.500 sometimes as 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.400 discipline for 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.460 sin as he 00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.940 does in this 00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.819 psalm and we 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.980 should let that 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.420 discipline have 00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.440 its effect in 00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.519 our lives but 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.819 the effect the 00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.759 intended effect of 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.639 that discipline is 00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.379 to turn us to 00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:44.700 God. 00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.659 It is to cause 00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.379 us to turn away 00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.139 from whatever it 00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:49.159 was that was 00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:49.839 leading us away 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.659 from him and 00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.460 cry out to him. 00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.720 So what this 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.299 psalm is teaching 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.419 us is that God's 00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:57.519 steadfast love is 00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.119 so good, 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:00.919 he is so kind 00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.579 that he even 00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.379 loves to deliver 00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.919 us from the 00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.759 trouble of our 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.500 own sin. 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:08.960 God's kindness 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.799 toward you 00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:11.619 does not 00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:13.099 depend on 00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:14.019 you being 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.559 innocent. 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:19.180 A lot of us 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.500 have a hard 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:22.359 time believing 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.740 that. 00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:25.640 God's kindness 00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.400 toward you 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.960 does not 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.240 depend on 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.220 you being 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.640 innocent. 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:34.540 the 00:27:34.540 --> 00:27:35.160 steadfast love 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.540 of God 00:27:35.540 --> 00:27:36.360 cuts through 00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.980 our troubled 00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.680 circumstances 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.500 even the 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.100 trouble of 00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.680 our own 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.240 sin. 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.680 And this 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.259 psalm wants 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.940 us to see 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.800 the steadfast 00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.480 love of God 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.320 in action 00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:45.920 in many 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.200 different 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.740 situations 00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.840 and when we 00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:48.440 cry out to 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.160 God in our 00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.820 trouble in 00:27:49.820 --> 00:27:50.259 the same 00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.680 way, 00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:52.020 turning to 00:27:52.020 --> 00:27:52.800 him as our 00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:53.360 only hope, 00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.180 we also will 00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.600 see his 00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.220 kindness to 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.460 us. 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.960 Amen. 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.460 Amen. 00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.460 Amen. 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.020 But the 00:28:01.020 --> 00:28:01.540 truth is, 00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.120 we know, 00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:04.400 he does not 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:06.400 always heal. 00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.600 He does not 00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:11.300 always save 00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:12.100 in the ways 00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:12.780 like we just 00:28:12.780 --> 00:28:13.180 read. 00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.540 Sometimes his 00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:17.380 faithful people 00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.960 who cry out 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.660 to him remain 00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.080 in their 00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:19.360 troubled 00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:20.040 circumstances. 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.720 You might 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.380 think particularly 00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.259 of Christians 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.759 who are 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.380 persecuted 00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.060 around the 00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:26.800 world and 00:28:26.800 --> 00:28:27.540 there's no 00:28:27.540 --> 00:28:29.240 out in 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.540 sight. 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:30.780 love. 00:28:35.780 --> 00:28:36.640 The psalm 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.259 ends by 00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.680 showing us 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.200 that God's 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.759 steadfast 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.360 love is 00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.420 not only 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.540 expressed in 00:28:41.540 --> 00:28:42.259 deliverance 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.100 from trouble, 00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:46.320 but also 00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:47.259 in reversal 00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:49.320 of what is 00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:49.920 wrong in 00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.400 the world. 00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.680 We see 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.259 reversal in 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.060 verses 33 00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:56.160 through 42. 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:02.220 He turns 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:04.460 rivers into 00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.100 a desert, 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:07.680 springs of 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:09.660 water into 00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.259 a thirsty 00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.820 ground, 00:29:12.280 --> 00:29:12.900 a fruitful 00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:15.000 land into 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.560 a salty 00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:17.960 waste because 00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.759 of the evil 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.180 of its 00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.680 inhabitants. 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:19.860 water. 00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:23.420 He turns a 00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:25.580 desert into 00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:26.120 pools of 00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:28.060 water, a 00:29:28.060 --> 00:29:29.060 parched land 00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:30.880 into springs 00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:33.380 of water, and 00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.980 there he lets 00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.500 the hungry 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:36.560 dwell, and 00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:37.080 they establish 00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:38.380 a city to 00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.840 live in. 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.460 They sow 00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.140 fields and 00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.920 plant vineyards 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.500 and get a 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.779 fruitful yield. 00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.720 By his 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.400 blessing, they 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:47.340 multiply greatly, 00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.980 and he does 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.740 not let 00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.439 their livestock 00:29:49.439 --> 00:29:50.139 diminish. 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.919 When they 00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.319 are diminished 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.679 and brought 00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:54.179 low through 00:29:54.179 --> 00:29:55.359 oppression, evil, 00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.619 and sorrow, he 00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:57.480 pours contempt 00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:59.119 on princes, i.e. 00:29:59.179 --> 00:29:59.980 those who are 00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:01.099 oppressing them, and 00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:02.559 makes them wander 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.699 in trackless 00:30:03.699 --> 00:30:04.179 wastes. 00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.259 But he raises 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.259 up the needy out 00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.139 of affliction and 00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.619 makes their 00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.419 families like 00:30:10.419 --> 00:30:11.000 flocks. 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:14.000 The upright see 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.959 it and are glad, 00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:16.179 and all wickedness 00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.259 shuts its mouth. 00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:21.099 Do you see 00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.519 what's happening 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.759 there? 00:30:24.919 --> 00:30:26.059 God is not 00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.500 simply saving 00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.779 people from 00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:30.579 trouble, troubled 00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:34.059 circumstances, and 00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.759 taking them out 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.359 of that and 00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.699 putting them 00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.159 somewhere else. 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.559 He is reshaping 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.980 reality itself 00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.039 according to his 00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:42.359 kindness and 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:43.119 his justice. 00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.299 justice. 00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:46.479 He's making the 00:30:46.479 --> 00:30:47.699 world right. 00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.659 The evil people 00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:52.339 of the world, who 00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.099 at one point seem 00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:54.039 to have everything, 00:30:54.239 --> 00:30:54.699 end up with 00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:55.039 nothing. 00:30:57.459 --> 00:30:58.319 And those who 00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.359 are poor and are 00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:00.179 upright are given 00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:01.199 a home and a 00:31:01.199 --> 00:31:02.019 wonderful future. 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.979 God's people live 00:31:04.979 --> 00:31:07.319 in a city, and 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.979 those who oppress 00:31:07.979 --> 00:31:08.559 them end up 00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.199 wandering in the 00:31:09.199 --> 00:31:09.439 desert. 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:13.460 God's kindness 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.160 that doesn't give 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.279 up is shown in 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.140 his work of 00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.600 reversal. 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.720 And what these 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.380 verses are telling 00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:22.100 us is that even 00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.900 for those who 00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.840 don't experience 00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.820 God's deliverance 00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:28.420 right away, it's 00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.200 going to be okay. 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:32.720 even when it 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.580 looks like wrong 00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:34.319 is winning, 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.279 reversal is 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.600 coming. 00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:39.460 God is committed 00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.400 to making the 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:41.600 world right. 00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:43.279 God's steadfast 00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:45.059 love will win 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.920 in the end. 00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.000 And he works 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.900 these reversals 00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:50.019 in small part 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.860 throughout history, 00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.799 and he will do 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.819 so ultimately at 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.240 the end of 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.600 history. 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:59.139 He's making 00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.619 the world 00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.299 right, and 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.480 our assurance 00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.459 of God's 00:32:02.459 --> 00:32:03.619 steadfast love 00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.419 both in the 00:32:04.419 --> 00:32:05.719 present and 00:32:05.719 --> 00:32:07.119 for all of 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.779 the future, 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:11.000 our assurance 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.559 of God's 00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.419 kindness to 00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:13.359 us, no 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:14.119 matter what, 00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.480 is secured 00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.219 for us by 00:32:17.219 --> 00:32:17.579 Jesus. 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.959 In his death 00:32:21.959 --> 00:32:22.740 and resurrection 00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.459 for us, the 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.460 ultimate example 00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.100 of God's 00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.799 kindness that 00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.500 doesn't give 00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.759 up. 00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.019 He who did 00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:30.059 not spare his 00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:31.039 own son but 00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:32.519 gave him up 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.620 for us, how 00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.140 will he not 00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.600 also with him 00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:37.100 graciously give 00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.799 us all things? 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.079 And what is 00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.559 God's plan for 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.360 all of the 00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.100 future, for all 00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:44.840 of eternity when 00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.400 he makes the 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.920 world right? 00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.440 It's that in 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.860 the coming 00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.740 ages he might 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.440 show the riches 00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.500 of his 00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:53.200 kindness. 00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.720 towards us 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.700 in Christ 00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.059 Jesus. 00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.519 That's what our 00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.680 future is. 00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:01.160 It's more and 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:02.299 more and more 00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.059 of God 00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.440 showing kindness 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.579 to us in ways 00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.240 that we 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.980 could not 00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.519 expect or 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:08.880 imagine. 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.579 So in Psalm 00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:15.440 107 tells us 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.259 about God's 00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.299 steadfast love 00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:19.039 reversing the 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.079 situations of the 00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.680 world, it's 00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.220 telling us that 00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.539 it's going 00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.059 to be okay. 00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.440 God will 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.960 bring you to 00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.440 a home. 00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.059 What does 00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:35.500 John see in 00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.120 his vision and 00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.519 revelation? 00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:40.420 He sees a 00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:42.220 city prepared 00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:44.420 by God, a 00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.900 place where 00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.759 God will dwell 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.559 with his 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:46.920 people. 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.319 That's the 00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:51.960 steadfast love 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.420 of God. 00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.019 Where do you 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.859 find yourself 00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.940 in relationship 00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.379 to Psalm 00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:03.140 107 this 00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.379 morning? 00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.660 Are you 00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.799 in trouble 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.599 right now? 00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.300 Maybe 00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.579 trouble as a 00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.440 result of your 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.139 own sin, 00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.940 maybe not. 00:34:18.799 --> 00:34:19.359 Are you 00:34:19.359 --> 00:34:19.819 turning to 00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.000 him? 00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.000 Are you 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.679 crying out to 00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:21.839 him? 00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.139 Are you 00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:23.059 hoping in 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.940 his steadfast 00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.500 love? 00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.539 Are you 00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.159 trusting that 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.059 his kindness 00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.179 will win out 00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.799 for you in 00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.259 the end, 00:34:31.379 --> 00:34:32.099 even when 00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.900 things seem 00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.259 bleak? 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.460 Have you 00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.299 experienced 00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:40.960 trouble in 00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.619 the past 00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:43.619 God's 00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.239 deliverance? 00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.859 Are you 00:34:47.859 --> 00:34:48.420 offering him 00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:49.000 thanks for 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.199 that? 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.639 Are you 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.639 praising him? 00:34:52.819 --> 00:34:53.319 Are you 00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:54.519 extolling him 00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.179 in the 00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.539 congregation? 00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.279 Are you 00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:57.179 continuously 00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:58.199 sharing with 00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:59.079 others what 00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.900 God's kindness 00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.519 has done 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.400 for you? 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.500 Are you 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:09.019 God's 00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.280 kindness 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.679 doesn't 00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.019 give up? 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.960 God's 00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.639 steadfast 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.579 love cuts 00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.420 through our 00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.760 troubled 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.519 circumstances, 00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.599 even the 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.199 trouble of 00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.579 our own 00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:17.900 sin, 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:20.260 to bring 00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:21.300 us to 00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.820 a home. 00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.380 Let's 00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.579 pray. 00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.639 Amen. 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:31.359 Father, 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.859 we, 00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.139 on our 00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:34.179 best days, 00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:34.679 do not 00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.059 deserve 00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.279 your 00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:35.599 kindness. 00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.559 Thank you 00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.019 that you 00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.339 have 00:35:40.339 --> 00:35:41.259 steadfast 00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:41.719 love, 00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.099 that it's 00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.539 who you 00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:42.819 are, 00:35:42.879 --> 00:35:43.179 it's how 00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.420 you 00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.960 operate. 00:35:44.879 --> 00:35:45.519 Help us 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.980 to believe 00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.219 it. 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.420 For those 00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:51.379 in this 00:35:51.379 --> 00:35:52.059 church who 00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.460 are in 00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.920 trouble 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.839 right now, 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:58.400 we cry 00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.740 out to 00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:58.960 you. 00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.180 You are 00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:01.680 our only 00:36:01.680 --> 00:36:02.059 hope. 00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.600 And we 00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:06.000 ask that 00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.440 you would 00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.260 deliver, 00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.720 you would 00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.220 save, 00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.120 and you 00:36:10.120 --> 00:36:10.420 would show 00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.980 your kindness 00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.539 to us. 00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:12.980 Amen.