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 One thing have I asked of the Lord that I will seek after.

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 That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life

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 to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.

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 For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble.

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 He will conceal me under the cover of his tent.

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 He will lift me high upon a rock.

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 Amen.

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 I have a picture in my living room.

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 There it is.

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 As you can see, it's looking out a window.

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 There's sunlit lawn and shrubs and trees in the background.

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 And then right outside the window, you can see another little tree

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 with a bird sitting on the branch singing away.

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 There's a, you can see the little like, I guess it's an oil lamp

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 and some glasses on the windowsill.

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 And then there's a page from, it looks like a page from a hymn book there.

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 Although it's just that blank, that sheet of paper with a pen and the ink beside it.

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 Like someone has just written it out or, yeah.

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 And there's lilies on the desk.

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 White.

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 And you can see there's a lot of like contrast of light and darkness in there.

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 The light is outside and coming into the darkness of the room and shining on that hymn.

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 So, the hymn is, you might guess, this is my father's world, which is what the painting is called.

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 We just sang it, but let me just read a couple of verses.

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 This is my father's world and to my listening ears, all nature sings and round me rings the music of the spheres.

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 This is my father's world, the birds their carols raise, the morning light, the lily white, declare their maker's praise.

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 So, yeah.

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 This hymn was written by a guy named Maltby Babcock, a Presbyterian minister in the late 1800s.

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 He was, when he was a young pastor, there he is.

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 When he was a young pastor up in upstate New York, right near Niagara Falls, and up near Lake Ontario there,

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 he would go for walks in the countryside, and apparently that's when he wrote this poem,

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 although it wasn't published until after he died in around 1900.

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 The poem had like 16 stanzas, two lines each, and so when it's said as a hymn,

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 they have to select some of the verses, the best known ones.

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 So, yeah, a very well-known hymn.

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 It celebrates creation bearing witness to God's reign and goodness and beauty and praising him.

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 It also talks about God speaking to us through creation.

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 There's the lines that we sang,

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 This is my father's world, he shines in all its fear, in the rustling grass I hear him pass.

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 He speaks to me everywhere.

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 You're probably familiar with this idea that God speaks to us through creation.

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 There's various passages in the Bible that speak about that, like Psalm 19,

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 saying that the heavens declare the glory of God.

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 In Romans 1, Paul says,

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 Ever since the creation of the world, God's eternal power and divine nature

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 have been understood through the things that he has made.

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 In Acts 14, Paul says that God has not left himself without a witness in doing good,

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 giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons,

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 and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.

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 In fact, in the Te Deum that we just prayed,

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 there was the line,

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 Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of your glory.

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 That's all great, but you're probably wondering,

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 what does this have to do with Psalm 27?

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 It doesn't talk about flowers and butterflies and cute furry creatures,

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 or even thunderstorms and sea monsters,

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 which the Bible says speak to us about God.

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 Although there are monsters, I guess, or monstrousness in this psalm,

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 talks about evildoers intent on devouring flesh,

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 armies, false witnesses.

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 It's obviously about someone in danger crying out to God for deliverance.

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 It seems a long way from like this dreamy pastor wandering through the countryside

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 or someone looking out the window at their pretty garden while sipping a cup of tea.

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 Well, so we'll look at the psalm,

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 and I'll see if I can connect it back to the view out the window and the hymn.

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 We're going to go through it verse by verse,

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 so if you have your Bible or your phone or whatever,

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 you can follow along.

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 There are Bibles here if you need them,

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 and we'll be looking at Psalm 27,

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 but let's just pray before we do that.

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 Father, we thank you that you are our light and our salvation,

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 our mighty fortress and our rock.

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 We need fear nobody and nothing,

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 but we want to have our holy fear of you.

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 We come to you and your word with sin-stained souls and darkened understanding,

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 and we thank you that in Jesus you have washed us clean

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 and are renewing our hearts and minds according to your will.

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 Please give me grace to speak the truth

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 and give us all wisdom, courage, and faith to hear you speak

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 and to live according to the truth of your gospel.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 So the Psalms, we're doing a summer series on the Psalms.

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 The novice preacher is the one who's starting the series,

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 which seems a little off, but anyway,

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 this is like the, what do they call it, the pilot in a TV show,

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 and you don't know if it's going to be any good or not,

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 but anyway, so don't judge the rest of the series by this.

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 So anyway, so we'll be looking at the Psalms.

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 I'm not going to give a whole overview of them,

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 but as you know, you're probably familiar with them.

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 It's a collection of 150 poems or songs

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 that were part of the worship of the Jewish people

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 starting from the time of King David.

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 David, in the Psalms, a lot of them are attributed to David,

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 about half of them say of David or a Psalm of David

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 or something like that.

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 We don't really know what it means exactly when it says that,

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 but people think that, you know,

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 at least the kernel of a lot of the Psalms were written by him

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 or maybe even the whole Psalm.

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 But, you know, sometimes they're shaped by the later experiences

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 of the people of Israel.

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 But these are the things we know about David.

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 He was a skilled musician.

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 He was hired or he was brought to the court at first

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 when Saul was king

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 because Saul was being attacked by evil spirits

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 or an evil spirit from the Lord, actually, it says.

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 I don't know how that works.

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 But anyway, but David played music for him

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 to bring him peace and to calm his mind

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 and his soul.

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 So he was obviously played the lyre,

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 which is like a guitar kind of thing.

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 We know that he was a wild dancer.

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 In 2 Samuel chapter 6,

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 when they were bringing the ark back to Jerusalem

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 or to Jerusalem for the first time,

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 three times in that chapter,

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 his wild, crazy dancing is sort of vividly described.

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 We know that David put up a tent in Jerusalem

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 to accommodate the ark as a place of worship.

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 It was a sign of God's presence with his people.

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 In the next chapter, 2 Samuel chapter 7,

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 we see that David wanted to build a temple for God.

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 But through the prophet,

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 God told him that that job would be left to his son.

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 But if you read Chronicles,

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 we see that David helped in the preparation

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 for the building of the temple

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 by supplying a lot of materials,

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 and he planned out the liturgy

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 and the musical leadership of it.

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 So he was a passionate worshiper,

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 a dancer, and a poet.

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 Humanly speaking,

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 he was also violent

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 and promiscuous and deeply flawed.

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 But nevertheless, the Bible,

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 because of his humility and his contrition,

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 he's described as being a man after God's own heart.

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 So these are things we know about David,

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 who it said wrote this psalm.

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 So let's take a look at it

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 and what he says to us.

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 There are 14 verses,

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 and the books that I was reading,

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 commentaries and that kind of thing,

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 all see it as being divided into four sections.

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 I'm a musician,

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 and so when I sort of naturally go to musical

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 sort of ideas and images and concepts

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 that help me understand things sometimes,

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 and so when I was thinking of these four sections

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 in the psalm,

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 I thought of kind of like a symphony

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 or a sonata,

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 which is the same idea,

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 but just for one or two instruments,

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 where you've got a big piece of music

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 that's divided into four separate,

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 we call them movements.

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 So it's like four separate pieces of music,

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 but they come together

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 to form one artistic expression.

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 And as I was reading through this psalm,

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 it kind of struck me

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 that these four sections

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 kind of flow that way.

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 In a symphony,

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 you have the first and the last ones

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 are generally more energetic

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 and upbeat and loud

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 and positive feeling.

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 Generally speaking,

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 this is usually how it goes,

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 whereas the two in the middle

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 are a little slower,

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 especially the second movement

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 is more like reflective,

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 and then the third movement

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 is more like a dance,

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 actually, typically,

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 and then moves us to the last one,

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 which is, again,

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 energetic and upbeat.

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 So just indulge me a little here,

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 and we'll go through

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 the four movements of this psalm

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 and see if that helps us understand it.

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 So the first movement,

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 we meet the enemies, okay?

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 Verses one to three,

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 you can follow along.

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 The Lord is my light and my salvation.

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 Whom shall I fear?

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 The Lord is the stronghold of my life.

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 Of whom shall I be afraid?

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 There's evildoers assailing

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 to eat up my flesh,

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 adversaries and foes,

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 but when they do,

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 it's they who stumble and fall.

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 And even though an army

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 is encamped against me,

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 my heart shall not fear.

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 Though war rise against me,

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 yet I will be confident.

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 So obviously,

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 there's a tone of confidence

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 and trust in the Lord,

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 his light and his salvation.

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 At the same time,

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 obviously,

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 there is danger and opposition.

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 All right?

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 Why would he be talking about fear

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 unless there's something

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 to be afraid of?

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 And I think this is something

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 that we can all relate to,

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 this sense of danger and trouble,

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 which naturally leads to fear

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 and enemies.

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 Obviously, in the news,

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 we see there's actual wars

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 going on in the world

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 and in the cities,

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 there's violence in the streets,

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 in our homes,

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 maybe not in your home,

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 but obviously,

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 we're aware of situations

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 where there's violence

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 and conflict.

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 Perhaps you might be,

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 like the psalmist,

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 a victim of slander,

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 enemies speaking evil of you.

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 It could be that your enemy

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 is a disease

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 or something in your body,

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 in your mind,

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 in your spirit.

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 So David was familiar

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 with that idea

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 through his helping Saul

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 overcome that attack

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 from an evil spirit.

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 Maybe there's conflict

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 in your family.

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 Some people wonder

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 if this psalm

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 was about

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 when David's son,

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 Absalom,

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 rebelled against him

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 and tried to

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 take over the kingship.

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 Or perhaps it's your boss.

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 That can be an enemy

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 for some people.

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 I was just talking to people

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 at the eight o'clock service

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 and they were telling me

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 that one of them,

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 their boss had just resigned

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 and that was a good thing

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 because they had given them

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 a lot of trouble.

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 And David's boss,

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 Saul,

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 caused him a lot of trouble.

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 In fact,

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 he was intent

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 on killing him

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 even though David

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 was nothing but loyal

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 to him.

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 So we're not sure

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 what are the enemies

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 that are referred to here,

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 but it could be a neighbor.

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 David fought against

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 these neighboring nations

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 like the Philistines.

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 So I'm sure

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 there's different ways

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 that we can relate

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 to what the psalmist

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 is going through here.

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 But whatever is the enemy

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 that we're facing,

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 we know that the Lord,

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 the creator of the universe,

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 and the one

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 whose love

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 is steadfast and faithful

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 is our light

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 and our salvation.

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 He brings wisdom

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 and truth,

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 deliverance

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 and vindication.

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 Our life

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 is in his hands.

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 The more we realize

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 what he's done

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 for us in Jesus,

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 forgiving our sins

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 and winning us

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 eternal life,

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 triumphing over sin

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 and death

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 and the evil one,

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 we can enter

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 into the ringing confidence

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 of the psalmist

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 who knows that in God

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 we're more than conquerors.

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 This movement,

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 musically,

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 would be like a rousing,

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 maybe march

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 by Beethoven

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 or something like that,

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 exuberantly triumphing

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 over the threat

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 of war

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 and destruction.

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 The second movement,

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 starting at verse 4,

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 brings a tone

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 of peace

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 and stillness

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 and tranquility

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 as the psalmist

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 invites us

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 through his prayer

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 to God

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 for the one thing

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 that he desires

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 above all else,

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 to be in God's presence.

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 One thing

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 I ask of the Lord

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 that I will seek after,

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 to dwell in the house

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 of the Lord

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 all the days of my life,

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 to gaze upon the beauty

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 of the Lord

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 and to inquire

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 in his temple.

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 It's almost like

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 just this silence

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 comes in

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 and you're just

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 in this stillness,

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 gazing,

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 delighting in God

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 and inquiring,

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 that is,

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 seeking to learn

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 from God

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 and grow.

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 there's echoes here

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 of Psalm 23,

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 which is just

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 a few psalms before

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 in the Psalter

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 where David talks

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 about God

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 leading him

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 beside streams

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 of still water,

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 restoring his soul

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 and he talks

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 about at the end

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 of that

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 that he will dwell,

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 he's confident

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 of dwelling

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 in the house

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 of the Lord

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 all the days

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 of his life

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 and there are enemies

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 in Psalm 23

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 as well,

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 right?

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 You prepare a feast

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 before me

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 in the presence

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 of my enemies

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 so in spite

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 of the conflict

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 and the things

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 around us,

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 God,

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 when we enter

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 his presence

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 and fix our gaze

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 on him,

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 gives us this peace

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 and also

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 a sense

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 of protection,

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 deliverance

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 and grateful worship.

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 In Psalm 16,

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 11,

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 it says that

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 in God's presence

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 is fullness of joy.

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 Think of that

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 old hymn,

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 chorus,

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 turn your eyes

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 upon Jesus,

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 look full

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 in his wonderful face

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 and the things

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 of earth

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 will grow strangely dim

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 in the light

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 of his glory

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 and grace.

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 David

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 reiterates his love

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 for God's presence

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 by using five

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 different descriptions

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 of,

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 well,

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 going into

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 that holy place.

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 He talks about it

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 as a house

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 of the Lord,

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 a temple

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 which is

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 not necessarily

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 talking about

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 the temple

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 that eventually

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 Solomon built

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 but just a more

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 general idea.

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 It could also be

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 translated a palace.

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 It's a place

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 where a king

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 or a divinity

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 would live.

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 A house,

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 a temple,

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 a shelter,

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 a tent,

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 so shelter

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 is the idea

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 of being covered.

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 A tent

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 is more

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 the idea

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 of being

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 like a place

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 of hospitality

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 and welcome.

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 Like Abraham,

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 actually,

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 we've been reading

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 about him,

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 how he's pitched

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 his tent

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 and invited

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 strangers

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 to come in

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 with him.

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 And finally,

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 a rock,

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 so God's

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 presence,

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 God's house

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 is like a rock

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 or a fortress,

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 a safe,

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 strong place.

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 So,

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 we can sense

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 in this music,

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 if it was

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 set to music,

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 it would be

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 still and calm

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 and peaceful,

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 but also these notes

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 of joy and praise,

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 I will offer

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 in his tent

00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:06.440
 sacrifices

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 with shouts of joy,

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 singing and making

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.720
 melody to the Lord.

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 There's a tone

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 of gratitude

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 for what God

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 has done.

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 I guess the question

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 is,

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 if it was David

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 who wrote this psalm,

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:21.140
 this longing

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 to be in God's house,

00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:23.860
 is it meant

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 to be sort of

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:25.120
 taken as a literal

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 thing

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 or

00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:28.980
 more of a

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:31.339
 poetic expression

00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:31.740
 of wanting

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 to be in God's

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 presence?

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 I mean,

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:33.880
 the tent

00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.600
 was there

00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:36.579
 in David's

00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:37.279
 lifetime

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:39.079
 because he says

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 to Nathan,

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 the prophet,

00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:43.460
 you know,

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:43.720
 look,

00:18:43.840 --> 00:18:44.279
 God's living

00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:44.700
 in a house

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.060
 of tent,

00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:45.500
 but I'm in

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:45.779
 a house

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.240
 of cedar.

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 I mean,

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 he could have

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.160
 moved into

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.640
 the tent

00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:49.600
 if he wanted

00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:49.940
 to,

00:18:50.100 --> 00:18:50.259
 but,

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.500
 and to,

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.000
 you know,

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 I'm sure

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.560
 that would have

00:18:53.560 --> 00:18:54.080
 been a nice

00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:55.019
 refuge for him

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.620
 from all the

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.480
 wars and battles

00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:56.920
 that he had

00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.580
 to deal with

00:18:57.580 --> 00:18:59.460
 and politics

00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.680
 and wives

00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.460
 and this kind

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:01.960
 of thing.

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:04.200
 And he longed

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.640
 for peace

00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:05.200
 and justice,

00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:05.840
 a time when

00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.380
 God would put

00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:07.100
 things right.

00:19:08.120 --> 00:19:08.560
 And,

00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:08.880
 of course,

00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.580
 this hope

00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:10.639
 of justice

00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:11.379
 and peace

00:19:11.379 --> 00:19:13.799
 was developed

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.319
 more and more

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.919
 through the Old

00:19:14.919 --> 00:19:15.279
 Testament,

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.099
 through the

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.539
 prophets.

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:18.179
 They envisaged

00:19:18.179 --> 00:19:18.919
 the holiness

00:19:18.919 --> 00:19:19.399
 of God

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:20.079
 flooding the

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.519
 nations

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.699
 in a future

00:19:21.699 --> 00:19:22.139
 age of

00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:22.639
 righteousness.

00:19:23.679 --> 00:19:23.939
 But,

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.859
 during David's

00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.259
 time,

00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.379
 the access

00:19:27.379 --> 00:19:28.259
 to the temple

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.960
 and God's

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:29.740
 holy place

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:31.799
 was only

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:33.740
 for those

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.279
 who were made

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:35.119
 richly clean

00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:36.539
 and priests

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:36.980
 could only,

00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:37.319
 of course,

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:37.799
 go into the

00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.319
 most holy

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:38.779
 place.

00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:40.299
 But,

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.240
 this idea

00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.859
 of him

00:19:41.859 --> 00:19:42.279
 offering

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.059
 sacrifices

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.619
 to God

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.259
 as a king

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.779
 actually

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.619
 points us

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.179
 to Jesus.

00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:47.939
 Often,

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.500
 we use

00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.039
 that expression,

00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:49.419
 he's the

00:19:49.419 --> 00:19:49.699
 prophet,

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.079
 priest,

00:19:50.159 --> 00:19:50.599
 and king.

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.759
 And,

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.199
 by his

00:19:52.199 --> 00:19:52.919
 sacrifice,

00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:55.039
 like he

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.500
 says here,

00:19:55.639 --> 00:19:56.259
 I will offer

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.039
 sacrifices.

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.319
 And,

00:19:57.439 --> 00:19:57.779
 as we sort

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.079
 of heard

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.439
 in that

00:19:58.439 --> 00:19:58.899
 Hebrews

00:19:58.899 --> 00:19:59.480
 text,

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.559
 Jesus

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.059
 makes a

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.439
 way for us

00:20:02.439 --> 00:20:03.000
 all to enter

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.500
 into God's

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.079
 presence and

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.599
 dwell with him

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:04.939
 forever.

00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:07.039
 Looking at

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.619
 the cross,

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.799
 we see his

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.199
 beauty,

00:20:09.719 --> 00:20:10.419
 and following

00:20:10.419 --> 00:20:10.739
 him,

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.079
 we can

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.759
 inquire and

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.139
 learn from

00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:12.419
 him,

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.419
 meditate on

00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:13.879
 his life,

00:20:13.979 --> 00:20:14.159
 death,

00:20:14.199 --> 00:20:14.799
 and resurrection,

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.899
 and we rest

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.500
 on him as

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:16.919
 the rock of

00:20:16.919 --> 00:20:17.639
 our salvation,

00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.299
 delighting in

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.119
 his deliverance

00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:21.059
 and exalting

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:21.539
 over our

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 enemies by

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 faith in

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 him.

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 This fourth

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 verse here,

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 one commentator

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:27.679
 says about

00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:28.699
 that singleness

00:20:28.699 --> 00:20:29.459
 of purpose

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 and the

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 priorities within

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 that purpose,

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 that is,

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 to dwell in

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 the house

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 of the

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 Lord and

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 to inquire

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 of him.

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 He says it

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 is the

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 very essence

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 of worship

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 and of

00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:42.580
 discipleship.

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 And so I

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 invite you to

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 think about

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 that,

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.519
 what it

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.220
 means to

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 want to be

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 in God's

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 presence and

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 to delight

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 in him,

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 gaze on

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 him,

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 and inquire

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 of him.

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 It reminds

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.759
 us actually of

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.680
 Jesus when

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 he was a

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 child.

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 he spent

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 time in

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 the temple

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 and was

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 actually thought

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 that was the

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 natural place

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 for him to

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 be,

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 was surprised.

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 Remember when

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 his parents

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 said to him,

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 where were

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 you?

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 He said,

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 well,

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 where else

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 would I

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 be but in

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 my father's

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 house?

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 And it

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 says that he

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 was sat at

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 the feet of

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 the teachers

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 listening to

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 them and

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 asking them

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 questions.

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 And that's

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 what God

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 wants us to

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 do,

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 wants us to

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 spend time

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 with him,

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 whether it's

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 in his

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 word or

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 gathering in

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.299
 Bible studies

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.699
 or in

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 church.

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 The New

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 Testament,

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 of course,

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 says that we

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 are the

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.699
 temple of

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 the Holy

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 Spirit,

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 so we

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 don't have

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 a temple

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 to go to

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 anymore,

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 but as we

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 gather with

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 each other

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 and by the

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 grace of

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 God,

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 the Holy

00:21:44.899 --> 00:21:45.419
 Spirit is

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 with us,

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 we can

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 spend time

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 with God

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 and sit

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 and learn

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 and,

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 yeah,

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 that's kind

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 of what we're

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 doing today,

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 right?

00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.319
 Gathering

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 together.

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 And so we

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 thank God

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 for Jesus

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 setting us

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 that example

00:21:59.380 --> 00:21:59.779
 and the

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 psalmist,

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 the essence

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.000
 of worship

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.480
 and of

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.220
 discipleship.

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.519
 That's the

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.160
 second movement.

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 Third movement,

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 which I put

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 the title,

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 a hungry

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 heart

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:13.460
 seeking rest

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 in God.

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 This is

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 verses 7

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.720
 to 10.

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 So the

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.380
 threat of

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.920
 trouble is

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.900
 returning here,

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.240
 right?

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:21.600
 We see it

00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:22.299
 in verse 7.

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.680
 Hear,

00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:23.039
 O Lord,

00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:23.680
 when I cry

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.160
 aloud,

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 be gracious

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 to me

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 and answer

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.039
 me,

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.400
 so he

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.039
 needs help

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.559
 from God.

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:30.399
 But it's

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:31.119
 tempered here

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:31.700
 not so much

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.039
 by this

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.960
 ringing confidence

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.139
 in the

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.980
 opening section

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.480
 but almost

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.019
 a note of

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.740
 contrition

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.659
 and a

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:39.139
 longing for

00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:39.519
 connection

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.180
 with God

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.960
 that seems

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.559
 to be born

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.359
 out of the

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.599
 experience of

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.200
 God's presence

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.839
 that we just

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.839
 saw in the

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.879
 second section.

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:49.039
 It's not really

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.899
 clear why the

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.720
 psalmist is

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.700
 concerned that

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.359
 God might

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.339
 cast him

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.839
 off or

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.619
 forsake him.

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:59.199
 But

00:22:59.199 --> 00:23:01.039
 he's

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.419
 earnestly

00:23:01.419 --> 00:23:01.759
 seeking

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.059
 God's

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.459
 face but

00:23:02.459 --> 00:23:02.759
 he says

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.759
 don't hide

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.239
 your face

00:23:04.239 --> 00:23:04.699
 from me

00:23:04.699 --> 00:23:06.779
 which of

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.259
 course is

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.019
 his longing.

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.979
 But we do

00:23:09.979 --> 00:23:10.459
 know that

00:23:10.459 --> 00:23:11.059
 in scripture

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:12.019
 we see that

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.619
 when people

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.859
 behold the

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.659
 holiness of

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.279
 God and

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:16.439
 his awesomeness

00:23:16.439 --> 00:23:17.339
 often the

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.199
 response is

00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:19.899
 well a

00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:20.199
 kind of

00:23:20.199 --> 00:23:21.000
 holy fear.

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:23.200
 Peter when

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:25.339
 Jesus caught

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.779
 that miraculous

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.380
 catch of

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.200
 fish he

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.740
 fell at

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.299
 his feet

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.480
 and he

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.900
 said go

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.440
 away from

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:31.839
 me Lord

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.279
 for I am

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.660
 a sinful

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.079
 man.

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.579
 Or in

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.079
 Revelation

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:36.779
 John

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:39.619
 sees the

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.420
 vision of

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.259
 God

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:43.539
 the glorified

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.359
 Christ and

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:44.960
 he falls at

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.519
 his feet as

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.940
 though dead.

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.380
 And so

00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:49.000
 I think he

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.859
 comes he

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:51.139
 realizes that

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:52.859
 to dwell in

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.419
 God's presence

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:54.319
 also means to

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.740
 deal with

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.339
 the sin in

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:55.939
 his life.

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.879
 Certainly

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:01.379
 reading these

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:02.740
 verses would

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.539
 suggest that

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.319
 when he's

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.079
 talking about

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.979
 the temple

00:24:05.979 --> 00:24:07.099
 in the second

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:09.119
 section it's

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.519
 more of a

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.859
 poetic idea

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.659
 because otherwise

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.959
 he would still

00:24:12.959 --> 00:24:13.799
 be there right?

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.919
 But now he's

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:16.479
 back talking

00:24:16.479 --> 00:24:16.839
 about the

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.500
 dangers that

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.419
 he's experiencing

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:20.380
 and the

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.779
 trouble

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:24.420
 but he

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.000
 knows that

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:26.740
 God is

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.160
 faithful

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:28.400
 and he

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:29.080
 says even

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.940
 if my

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:32.200
 father and

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.539
 mother have

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.200
 forsaken me

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.640
 but you can

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.180
 also translate

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.880
 it if my

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.380
 father and

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.460
 mother forsake

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.720
 me yet the

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.100
 Lord will

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.820
 still take me

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.140
 in.

00:24:39.800 --> 00:24:40.740
 This desperate

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.380
 hunger for

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.660
 God comes

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.100
 from knowing

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:43.640
 that no one

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.279
 else but him

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.960
 can save

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.100
 and we're

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.660
 utterly

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.380
 dependent on

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.420
 God's grace

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:50.240
 for salvation.

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.500
 Be gracious

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.160
 and answer

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.960
 me he

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.340
 says.

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.120
 Once again

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.539
 we're pointed

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.160
 to the cross

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.680
 here when we

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.259
 think about

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.880
 Jesus on the

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.340
 cross he was

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.380
 utterly forsaken

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:04.440
 by his

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.360
 disciples,

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.220
 his family,

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:08.420
 he's thrown

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.299
 completely on

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.900
 the mercy of

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.200
 God.

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.819
 And as we

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.819
 read he

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.839
 cried aloud

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.439
 to God

00:25:14.439 --> 00:25:15.859
 to the

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.220
 one who's

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.599
 able to

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:16.939
 save him

00:25:16.939 --> 00:25:17.519
 from death

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.179
 and was

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:18.799
 heard because

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.059
 of his

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.399
 reverent

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:19.859
 submission.

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.279
 And God

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.819
 did save

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.039
 him.

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.759
 At first he

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.439
 descended into

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.159
 hell of course

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:24.720
 to take the

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.319
 punishment for

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.859
 our sins

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:28.879
 but then he's

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:30.319
 raised on

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.099
 Easter Sunday.

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.399
 He tasted

00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:35.039
 the depth of

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.439
 what it meant

00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:36.220
 to be forsaken

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.859
 by God

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:38.259
 for our

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.559
 sake.

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.480
 But then

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.579
 God delivers

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.059
 him because

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.379
 of his

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.879
 righteousness.

00:25:43.659 --> 00:25:43.879
 This

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.599
 sacrifice

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:46.279
 and self

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.940
 giving love

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:48.039
 allows us

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.819
 to seek

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.519
 and see

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.940
 God's

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.339
 face.

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.179
 To be

00:25:51.179 --> 00:25:51.679
 welcomed by

00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.240
 God into

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.279
 our true

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.740
 heavenly

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:55.399
 home,

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.599
 his presence

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.259
 forever.

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.220
 Not made

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.919
 right by our

00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.579
 efforts but

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.220
 by the

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.299
 mercy and

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.899
 faithfulness

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.539
 of Christ.

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:05.799
 So as I

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.179
 said this

00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:07.039
 third movement

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:08.899
 is like a

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.339
 dance.

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.720
 and I

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.179
 see that

00:26:11.179 --> 00:26:12.019
 in sort

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.639
 of the

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:13.000
 way the

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.579
 conversation

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.199
 goes back

00:26:14.199 --> 00:26:14.779
 and forth.

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.759
 You know,

00:26:16.179 --> 00:26:17.500
 you have

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.879
 said,

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.159
 Lord,

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.659
 seek my

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.059
 face.

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.299
 My heart

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.740
 says to

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:20.980
 you,

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.000
 your face,

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.199
 Lord,

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.740
 do I seek.

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.079
 There's a

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.319
 sort of

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.759
 back and

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.379
 forthness

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:27.419
 and it

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.379
 leads us

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.220
 out of

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.759
 that still

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:32.019
 place into

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:33.319
 more moving

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.919
 forward in

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.339
 life,

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.379
 life,

00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:36.159
 which is

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.480
 kind of

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.859
 how the

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.099
 third

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.419
 movement

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.839
 of a

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.759
 symphony

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.599
 works.

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:40.579
 So,

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.379
 finally,

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.000
 fourth

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.439
 section,

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:43.220
 fourth

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.699
 movement,

00:26:44.699 --> 00:26:44.859
 a

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.459
 steadfast

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:46.099
 obedience,

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.220
 faithful and

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.679
 courageous.

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.179
 I guess

00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:51.579
 I'll read

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.439
 these words.

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.039
 Teach me

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.480
 your way,

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:53.859
 O Lord,

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.279
 and lead

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.699
 me on a

00:26:54.699 --> 00:26:55.319
 level path

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.720
 because of

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.319
 my enemies.

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.220
 Give me

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.859
 not up to

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.159
 the will

00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.459
 of my

00:26:59.459 --> 00:27:00.019
 adversaries,

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.559
 for false

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:00.939
 witnesses

00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:01.439
 have risen

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:02.099
 against me

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:03.399
 and they

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:03.839
 breathe out

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.399
 violence.

00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:06.079
 I believe

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.379
 that I

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.779
 shall look

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.159
 upon the

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.579
 goodness of

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:07.899
 the Lord

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.179
 in the

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.500
 land of

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.879
 the living.

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.099
 Wait for

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.459
 the Lord.

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.219
 Be strong

00:27:11.219 --> 00:27:11.859
 and let

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.279
 your heart

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.959
 take courage.

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:13.879
 Wait for

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.240
 the Lord.

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.740
 One thing

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.139
 we notice

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.639
 here is a

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:17.359
 movement in

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:19.039
 who the

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.519
 psalmist is

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:19.939
 addressing.

00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:20.759
 So,

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.039
 in the

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.399
 first verse,

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.019
 he's talking

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.459
 to God,

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.159
 praying that

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:24.639
 he'll teach

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:24.939
 him his

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.299
 way,

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.379
 which gets

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:26.799
 back to

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.159
 that

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:29.699
 verse

00:27:29.699 --> 00:27:30.539
 four where

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.859
 he talks

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.639
 about inquiring

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:31.960
 of the

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.180
 Lord,

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:34.120
 that theme

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:35.120
 of discipleship.

00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:36.040
 So,

00:27:36.540 --> 00:27:36.980
 teach me

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.360
 a way,

00:27:37.520 --> 00:27:38.000
 lead me

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.440
 on the

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.100
 path of

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.480
 life.

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:39.900
 So,

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.200
 he's praying

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.700
 to God

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.380
 and then

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:43.480
 he's sort

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.780
 of talking

00:27:43.780 --> 00:27:44.340
 to himself

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.820
 almost.

00:27:45.020 --> 00:27:45.480
 I believe,

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:45.940
 he's just

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.980
 reiterating

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.500
 his faith,

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.040
 I believe

00:27:48.040 --> 00:27:48.300
 that I

00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:48.660
 shall look

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.080
 upon the

00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:49.300
 goodness

00:27:49.300 --> 00:27:49.680
 of the

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:49.960
 Lord

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.640
 in the

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:50.980
 land of

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.100
 the

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.360
 living.

00:27:51.780 --> 00:27:52.040
 And then

00:27:52.040 --> 00:27:52.720
 thirdly,

00:27:53.020 --> 00:27:53.800
 he speaks

00:27:53.800 --> 00:27:55.120
 to other

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.500
 people.

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.280
 Wait for

00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:56.680
 the Lord.

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.920
 Be strong.

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.360
 So,

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.740
 there's a

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.060
 movement

00:27:59.060 --> 00:27:59.860
 through here

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:01.779
 out of

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.619
 what God

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:03.979
 has done

00:28:03.979 --> 00:28:04.459
 in him

00:28:04.459 --> 00:28:06.079
 and God's

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.799
 teaching him

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.899
 to exhorting

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.419
 other people

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:08.979
 to that

00:28:08.979 --> 00:28:09.500
 faith.

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:16.099
 But yeah,

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.479
 there's a

00:28:16.479 --> 00:28:16.879
 sense of

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.799
 almost like

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.299
 a march,

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:18.859
 like moving

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.459
 forward in

00:28:19.459 --> 00:28:19.839
 life.

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:23.919
 what else

00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:24.439
 was I

00:28:24.439 --> 00:28:24.639
 going to

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.079
 say about

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.480
 this?

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.679
 Oh yeah,

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.139
 so the

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.759
 enemies,

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.679
 so again

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.179
 it echoes

00:28:30.179 --> 00:28:30.579
 back to

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.059
 that first

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.459
 section

00:28:31.459 --> 00:28:32.539
 because in

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:32.959
 the first

00:28:32.959 --> 00:28:33.399
 section

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.259
 he talks

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.639
 about the

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.119
 enemies

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:37.579
 stumbling

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.240
 and falling

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.819
 when they

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.459
 attack him.

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.419
 But now

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:42.019
 he's praying

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.579
 for God

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.339
 to uphold

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.839
 him as

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.720
 he goes

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.299
 forward on

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.839
 the path

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:47.000
 of faith

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:49.140
 in spite

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.420
 of the

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:49.660
 enemy

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.240
 attacks.

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.059
 So there's

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.319
 a sort

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.720
 of echo

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.240
 there of

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.539
 what we

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.859
 saw in

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.200
 the first

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.599
 section.

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.599
 Also,

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.720
 we see

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:59.000
 a connection

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.380
 with the

00:28:59.380 --> 00:28:59.599
 beginning

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.200
 part in

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.019
 this idea

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.680
 of vision

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.839
 because he

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.240
 says,

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:03.720
 he's talking

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:03.960
 about,

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.180
 I will

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.400
 look on

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.779
 the goodness

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.140
 of the

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.480
 Lord in

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.799
 the land

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.039
 of the

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.359
 living.

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:09.960
 And at

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.680
 the beginning

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.099
 of the

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.660
 psalm he

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.460
 talked about

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.140
 God being

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.720
 his light.

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.740
 And so

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.259
 God gives

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.960
 us light to

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.860
 see his

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.340
 goodness.

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.559
 I just,

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.600
 what I see

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:24.180
 here is that

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.779
 as redemption

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.400
 works through

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.900
 history,

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.200
 we return

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.660
 from the

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.319
 wilderness to

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.860
 the garden,

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.000
 right,

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.880
 because of

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.299
 what Jesus

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.900
 has done.

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.000
 It's only

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.600
 by grace

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:35.940
 that we

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.960
 receive salvation,

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.539
 deliverance,

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.059
 and blessing.

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.620
 This note

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.360
 of courage,

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.819
 wait for the

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.299
 Lord, be

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.799
 strong and

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.039
 let your

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.500
 heart take

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.840
 courage,

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.279
 wait for

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.700
 the Lord,

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.460
 again,

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.100
 it bookends

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.860
 the psalm

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.720
 which started

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.579
 asking,

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.019
 who will

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.440
 I fear?

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.140
 So,

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.720
 that's

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.160
 symphony

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.559
 in four

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.079
 movements,

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.259
 Psalm

00:29:58.259 --> 00:30:00.019
 27.

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.960
 So,

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.779
 back to

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.420
 our

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.160
 hymn

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:05.860
 and the

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.059
 hymn

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.460
 writer,

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.539
 Maltby.

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:09.799
 he was

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.579
 an admired

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.460
 pastor and

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.240
 preacher and

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.879
 poet and

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.319
 musician,

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.599
 kind of like

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.099
 David,

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.839
 but he had

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.319
 enemies,

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.339
 maybe not

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.159
 human ones,

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:21.899
 but vicious

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.460
 enemies.

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.819
 The enemy

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.460
 of death

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.440
 stole,

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.559
 he only had

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.399
 two children,

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.119
 neither of them

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.960
 survived out of

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.460
 infancy.

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:32.340
 he struggled

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:32.640
 with the

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.160
 enemies of

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.640
 doubt and

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.100
 depression.

00:30:36.100 --> 00:30:36.779
 One of the

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.380
 lines of the

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:37.940
 hymn that we

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.500
 didn't sing,

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.200
 but it's in

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.660
 the poem,

00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:40.740
 he says,

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:42.340
 why should my

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.799
 heart be

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.240
 sad?

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:47.000
 And so

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.440
 obviously

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.980
 there's a

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.859
 sense that

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.279
 he dealt

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.559
 with sadness.

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.120
 He dealt

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.599
 with enemies

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.259
 of injustice

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.920
 and poverty.

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.319
 He

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.039
 pastored a

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:58.420
 big urban

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.799
 church and

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.180
 was very

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.799
 concerned for

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.380
 the poor

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:05.400
 and kind

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.720
 of wore

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.579
 himself out

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:08.500
 with his

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:10.920
 efforts in

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.779
 caring for

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.480
 the persecuted.

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.700
 And he

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.099
 died very

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.400
 young.

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.140
 He was

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.859
 only 42

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.319
 when he

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.700
 died.

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.039
 He got

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:19.279
 a bacterial,

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.120
 like some

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.759
 neurological

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.859
 infection and

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:24.220
 he succumbed

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:25.740
 to darkness

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.759
 and exhaustion

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.720
 and he

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:27.980
 died.

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.819
 But in

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.740
 his life,

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.440
 in the land

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.660
 of the

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:31.900
 living,

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.680
 he waited

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.240
 for God.

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:36.880
 And we

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.480
 see in the

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.940
 hymn that

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.680
 God was his

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.319
 confidence and

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:40.019
 his salvation

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.620
 like the

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.059
 psalmist.

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.740
 And that he

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.200
 was listening

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.600
 for his

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.019
 voice,

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.000
 just like

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.720
 David was

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.440
 when he

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:46.720
 says,

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.580
 and looking

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.059
 at him,

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.759
 he shines

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.200
 in all its

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.480
 fear,

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.080
 he speaks

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.400
 to me

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.920
 everywhere.

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.340
 God,

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.900
 the ruler

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.380
 of the

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.779
 world,

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.980
 his father's

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.259
 world,

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.660
 was the

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.039
 ruler of

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.580
 his heart.

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.519
 I just

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.900
 want to talk

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.400
 about light

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.840
 and darkness

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.500
 a little bit.

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.600
 And so

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.840
 if we look

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.120
 at the

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:08.039
 picture again,

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:11.119
 one thing

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.539
 I didn't

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.920
 mention

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.359
 before,

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.740
 but you

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.059
 might have

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.559
 noticed,

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.119
 is that

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.819
 the shadow

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.279
 of the

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.700
 window,

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.420
 the bits

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.779
 of wood

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.259
 across the

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.460
 window,

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:18.779
 which are

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.000
 called

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.440
 mountains,

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.839
 by the

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.019
 way,

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.339
 if you

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.139
 need some

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.720
 architectural

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.500
 information,

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.440
 I learned

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:23.819
 that,

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:25.859
 they make

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.960
 a cross

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.500
 on the

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.420
 hymn as

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.859
 it lies on

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.259
 the desk

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.619
 there.

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:31.279
 And the

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.859
 artist is

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.719
 saying that

00:32:32.719 --> 00:32:36.519
 it's the

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.679
 cross by

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.399
 which we

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:39.259
 really see

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:41.239
 God most

00:32:41.239 --> 00:32:41.959
 fully in

00:32:41.959 --> 00:32:42.599
 this world.

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:47.739
 And it's

00:32:47.739 --> 00:32:48.439
 that last

00:32:48.439 --> 00:32:48.839
 verse we

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.219
 sang,

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.799
 Jesus,

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.439
 the battle

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:51.819
 is not

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.119
 done.

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.959
 Battle against

00:32:53.959 --> 00:32:54.579
 these enemies

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.000
 is not

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.259
 done.

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:55.919
 Jesus who

00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.439
 died shall

00:32:56.439 --> 00:32:57.279
 be satisfied

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.239
 and earth

00:32:58.239 --> 00:32:58.679
 and heaven

00:32:58.679 --> 00:32:59.439
 will be

00:32:59.439 --> 00:32:59.739
 won.

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.599
 So it's

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.039
 like the

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:03.259
 light out

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.140
 there is

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.740
 coming into

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.319
 the darkness

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:06.240
 here and

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.160
 that's what

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:08.799
 God is

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:10.339
 doing through

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:11.160
 Jesus and

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.160
 as we live

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.559
 out our

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:12.980
 lives in

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.420
 faith,

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:16.180
 the light

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.640
 of heaven

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.180
 is coming

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:19.180
 into the

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.819
 darkness of

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.420
 our world.

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.019
 And obviously

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.799
 there is still

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.620
 dark but we

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.380
 carry his

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.220
 light and

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.880
 his salvation

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.519
 with us as

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.859
 we bear

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.359
 witness to

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.660
 Jesus.

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:31.200
 this idea

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.600
 of the

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.160
 light coming

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.680
 into the

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:34.000
 world and

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.700
 putting things

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.920
 right was

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.840
 captured by

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:38.340
 the artist

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:40.320
 Louis Tiffany,

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.220
 heard of

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.519
 Tiffany

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.019
 Glass.

00:33:42.560 --> 00:33:43.460
 So Tiffany,

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.540
 after the

00:33:45.540 --> 00:33:46.019
 hymn writer

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.380
 Maltby

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.740
 Babcock

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.940
 died, he

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.500
 was commissioned

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.860
 to make a

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.540
 stained glass

00:33:50.540 --> 00:33:51.220
 window in

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.840
 his memory.

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.180
 There it

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.460
 is.

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.259
 So this is

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.900
 in the church

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.380
 that he

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.120
 pastored in

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.519
 Baltimore.

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.019
 It's one

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.559
 of, I

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.899
 think, the

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:03.239
 two biggest

00:34:03.239 --> 00:34:04.019
 stained glass

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.619
 windows that

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:05.319
 Tiffany made.

00:34:06.459 --> 00:34:07.119
 Down the

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.579
 bottom, you

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.159
 probably can't

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.659
 read it, but

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.859
 it says his

00:34:09.859 --> 00:34:10.679
 name, Maltby

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.319
 Davenport

00:34:11.319 --> 00:34:11.920
 Babcock.

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.980
 So this

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.960
 picture, this

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.519
 stained glass

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:16.859
 is called

00:34:16.859 --> 00:34:17.239
 the Holy

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:17.639
 City.

00:34:18.339 --> 00:34:19.000
 It's in

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.119
 reference to

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.619
 Revelation

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.880
 chapter 21

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:24.240
 where John

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:26.059
 sees the

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.680
 holy city,

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.059
 the new

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.579
 Jerusalem,

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.320
 which is

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.000
 replacing the

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.539
 Jerusalem where

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.340
 David lived and

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.860
 where the tent

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:33.760
 was, were

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.480
 formerly the

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.980
 signs of God

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.519
 presence with

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.039
 humanity.

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.820
 But now

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:41.160
 this new

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:41.840
 Jerusalem is

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.400
 coming out of

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.260
 heaven from

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:44.700
 God as a

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.740
 bride adorned

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:46.400
 for her

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.140
 husband.

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.119
 I'll just

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.500
 read the

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.940
 rest of

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.400
 that little

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.359
 passage there.

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:52.719
 It says,

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:55.159
 a bride adorned

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.639
 her husband,

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.940
 and I heard a

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.599
 loud voice from

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.000
 the throne

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.699
 saying, see,

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.279
 the home of

00:34:59.279 --> 00:35:00.500
 God is among

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.059
 mortals.

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.159
 He will dwell

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.879
 with them and

00:35:02.879 --> 00:35:03.619
 they will be his

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.539
 peoples and

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.619
 God himself

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.219
 will be with

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:06.460
 them.

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.319
 He will wipe

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:08.059
 away every tear

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.440
 from their

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.859
 eyes.

00:35:09.379 --> 00:35:09.859
 Death will be

00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:10.400
 no more.

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:11.259
 Mourning and

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:12.000
 crying and pain

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.440
 will be no

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.719
 more.

00:35:13.379 --> 00:35:13.739
 No more

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.319
 battles, no

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:14.920
 more enemies,

00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:15.900
 for the first

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.400
 things have

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.119
 passed away.

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:17.900
 And the

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.179
 one who

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.440
 is seated

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.739
 on the

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.259
 throne said,

00:35:19.379 --> 00:35:19.819
 see, I'm

00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:20.400
 making all

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.599
 things new.

00:35:23.859 --> 00:35:24.500
 Thank you,

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.879
 God.

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.819
 He's making

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.319
 all things

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:29.279
 new, a new

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.059
 creation, a

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:31.179
 new father's

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:33.179
 world, which

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:34.440
 we will delight

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.759
 in for

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.259
 eternity.

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.559
 And we will

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.139
 dwell in the

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.599
 land of the

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.259
 truly living.

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.799
 And the

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.619
 one that the

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.239
 hearts of the

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:44.059
 faithful desire

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.859
 and seek after

00:35:44.859 --> 00:35:45.879
 above all else.

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:48.980
 will be, our

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.820
 desire to be

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.300
 with him will

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.920
 be fully and

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.320
 eternally

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.960
 realized.

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.400
 We will

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.980
 behold his

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.360
 beauty and

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.559
 learn from him

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.000
 forever.

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:00.260
 Until then, we

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.079
 wait with courage

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.519
 as God

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.320
 strengthens our

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:03.320
 hearts by faith

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.380
 with thanksgiving.

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.500
 being.

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.340
 As I wrap

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:10.099
 things up, I

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.500
 just want to

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.019
 mention this

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:12.480
 book that is

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:14.059
 maybe my

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.720
 favorite Christian

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.039
 book.

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:17.099
 It's called

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.700
 One Thousand

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.000
 Gifts.

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.700
 It's by a

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:20.099
 Canadian

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:23.920
 farm girl

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.800
 named Anne

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.380
 Voskamp.

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.300
 She's from

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:27.000
 southern Ontario.

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.000
 Anyway, she

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.739
 talks about

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:30.260
 what she

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:31.159
 calls the

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.739
 Eucharistic

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.119
 life.

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.599
 That's a

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.019
 life of

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.639
 gratitude and

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.820
 a life that's

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.380
 shaped by the

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.699
 cross.

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:39.039
 When we

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.780
 celebrate communion,

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.320
 we call it

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.840
 Eucharist.

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.480
 It's a love

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.360
 feast, a

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.260
 celebration of

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.960
 thankfulness.

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.219
 She talks about

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:46.059
 this psalm in

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.699
 the book,

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.820
 about verse

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.679
 four, where it

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.199
 says the one

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.679
 thing that I

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.519
 desire is to

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.400
 be with the

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.599
 Lord.

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.699
 And what she

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.400
 says about this

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:54.920
 verse is,

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:56.019
 I want to see

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.840
 God endlessly.

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.440
 I long to

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.980
 merge with

00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:00.280
 beauty, breathe

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:01.179
 it into lungs,

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.380
 feel it heavy

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.719
 on skin, to

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:06.380
 beat the

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:09.739
 door of the

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:11.139
 universe, pound

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.860
 the chest of

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.860
 God with the

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.440
 psalmist.

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.960
 So that I

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.460
 want to be

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.139
 with you, God,

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.059
 is what he's

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.420
 praying.

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.619
 Faith is the

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.159
 gaze of the

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:21.019
 soul, and I

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.699
 want to see

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.519
 in so I can

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.420
 enter into

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.619
 God.

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:24.679
 God.

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:26.119
 And she

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.480
 has this

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.940
 line in

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.279
 the book,

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:28.699
 just five

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.380
 words, that

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.139
 I have taped

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.619
 to the bottom

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:30.940
 of my

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.719
 picture of

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.719
 the hymn

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.059
 there.

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.460
 The line

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.920
 is, all

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.339
 the world

00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:35.839
 is window.

00:37:37.799 --> 00:37:38.400
 She says,

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.199
 no material

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.980
 is opaque.

00:37:40.359 --> 00:37:40.779
 If we're

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.239
 willing to

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:42.359
 see people,

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.239
 circumstances,

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.059
 situations,

00:37:44.299 --> 00:37:44.799
 relationships,

00:37:45.799 --> 00:37:47.239
 enemies, all

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:48.099
 is transparent.

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:49.219
 All of this

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.980
 globe is but

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.960
 glass to God.

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:52.800
 God, and

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:54.579
 Eucharisteo,

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.760
 thankfulness,

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.679
 washes the

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.119
 glass.

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:58.480
 It's redemptive

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.240
 work wiping

00:37:59.240 --> 00:37:59.800
 away the

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.380
 soot of our

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:00.780
 days.

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.460
 You know,

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.179
 Paul says

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.800
 that now we

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.619
 see in a

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.500
 mirror darkly,

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:07.440
 but when God

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.720
 puts things

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.139
 right, we

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.480
 will see

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.019
 face to

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.440
 face.

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.639
 And we

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.559
 can be

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:15.320
 mirrors or

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:16.240
 windows

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:18.460
 ourselves of

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.559
 God's work

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:19.920
 in the

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.199
 world.

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:21.320
 People can

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:21.759
 look at

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:22.159
 us.

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:25.039
 And so

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.619
 I pray for

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.239
 myself that

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.579
 I will be

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.759
 a window and

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.639
 also that I

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.679
 will see

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.619
 others and

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.500
 see my life

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.000
 as a window

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.460
 to God.

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.900
 What is he

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.519
 teaching me?

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.460
 Lord, lead

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.860
 me on your

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.380
 path and

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.799
 teach me

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.259
 your way.

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.900
 Show me

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.480
 your face,

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.299
 your face,

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.840
 oh Lord,

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.880
 do I seek.

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:41.920
 God's work.

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.660
 We need

00:38:48.660 --> 00:38:49.599
 those glasses,

00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:50.820
 right, that

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.380
 were sitting on

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.320
 the windowsill to

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:53.920
 see the glasses

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.500
 of faith,

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.599
 the spectacles of

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:57.740
 faith to see

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.380
 what God is

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:58.980
 doing in the

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.440
 world and in

00:38:59.440 --> 00:38:59.960
 our lives.

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:03.420
 And then,

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.300
 no matter what

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.579
 are our

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.240
 circumstances,

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:06.039
 we can live in

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.700
 thankfulness,

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.880
 singing and

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.680
 making melody to

00:39:08.680 --> 00:39:09.240
 the Lord, as

00:39:09.240 --> 00:39:09.940
 David said,

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:12.159
 bringing our

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.960
 sacrifice of

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.280
 praise.

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.220
 We had a

00:39:14.220 --> 00:39:14.980
 workshop yesterday

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.639
 about singing

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.220
 and we talked

00:39:16.220 --> 00:39:17.159
 about the

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.860
 sacrifice of

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.159
 praise.

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.659
 You might not

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:21.159
 always feel

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:24.099
 like praising

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:25.760
 God, but

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.179
 when we

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:27.139
 remember Jesus,

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:29.340
 we have

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:29.820
 nothing but

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:31.019
 gratitude for

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.599
 the salvation

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.220
 that he's won

00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:32.700
 for us.

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:33.920
 I think of

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.400
 Paul and

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:35.099
 Silas, you

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:36.220
 know, when

00:39:36.220 --> 00:39:36.579
 they were

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:37.639
 beaten up,

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:39.639
 unarmed,

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.740
 unjustly and

00:39:40.740 --> 00:39:41.800
 thrown into

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:43.980
 jail and

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:45.679
 singing hymns

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.159
 at midnight.

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.740
 I wouldn't be

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.440
 singing hymns at

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:48.039
 midnight if I

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.639
 was Paul and

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.139
 Silas and

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.740
 being whipped

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:50.200
 and beaten.

00:39:50.700 --> 00:39:51.519
 I'd be curled

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.059
 up in a ball

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.700
 feeling sorry

00:39:52.700 --> 00:39:53.320
 for myself.

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.000
 But they

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.960
 knew so much

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:56.400
 the grace of

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.539
 God that they

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.240
 could sing and

00:39:58.240 --> 00:39:59.820
 bear witness and

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.780
 speak words of

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:02.820
 peace to their

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:05.659
 enemies and

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:08.139
 calm when there

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.920
 was trouble and

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.519
 earthquakes.

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.320
 I pray that

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.820
 we'd be like

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:12.920
 that no matter

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.320
 what our

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:14.039
 circumstances.

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:15.340
 We'd still be

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.059
 praising God.

00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:19.780
 I pray that

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:20.400
 we'd be people

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:20.940
 of gratitude,

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.780
 strength and

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:23.139
 courage, led

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.740
 by God on

00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:24.099
 his level

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:25.200
 pathways wherever

00:40:25.200 --> 00:40:25.920
 life's journeys

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.559
 take us,

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.700
 seeking his

00:40:27.700 --> 00:40:28.480
 face in the

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.039
 window of the

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.740
 father's world,

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.920
 his tender love

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.400
 being greater

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.980
 than that of

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.420
 any human

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.900
 parent.

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:36.079
 second Peter

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:38.740
 312 says we

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:41.220
 are waiting for

00:40:41.220 --> 00:40:42.119
 and hastening

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:44.380
 his coming and

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.880
 we can do that

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:47.059
 as we rest in

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.840
 Jesus and put

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.440
 our trust in

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:48.639
 him.

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.460
 And when he

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:51.440
 comes, earth

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:51.940
 and heaven will

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.700
 be one as the

00:40:52.700 --> 00:40:53.220
 hymn says.

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:57.259
 God will

00:40:57.259 --> 00:40:57.859
 finally put

00:40:57.859 --> 00:40:58.459
 things right.

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:01.480
 Jesus who

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:02.079
 died will be

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:03.939
 satisfied and

00:41:03.939 --> 00:41:05.959
 the last enemy

00:41:05.959 --> 00:41:06.679
 will be defeated.

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.579
 In him we

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:11.319
 have life and

00:41:11.319 --> 00:41:13.139
 salvation and

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.919
 so we seek his

00:41:13.919 --> 00:41:15.399
 face in all our

00:41:15.399 --> 00:41:15.639
 days.

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.679
 Amen.