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 Well, good morning. It's good to be with you.

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 So I've thought about this morning, I've been thinking a lot about longing

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 and how these have been days of longing in many different ways.

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 My kids are longing for the end of school and for summer vacation

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 and hopefully for a vacation where they actually will get to travel

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 and see their family this summer.

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 I am longing to see my fiancee again in person.

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 Many of you have other things that you are longing for.

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 As a group, many of us in this church are longing to gather together again

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 in person, safely, and to have the blessing of being together.

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 And as we've looked over in the last two weeks, we've seen a country longing

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 for justice to roll down and righteousness to reign in our society.

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 Longing is something that is common to the human heart.

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 But it makes us ask a question, why?

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 Why do we long?

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 Why do we long for things that are not?

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 Well, the Bible says, in part, we long because we were made for a kingdom

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 that is not yet here.

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 We are designed to have a life that we only get foretastes of in this life

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 and that we live now in a world that is not yet all that God designed it to be.

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 The Bible tells us that humanity began in perfect fellowship with God.

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 But in rebellion and independence forsook the goodness of Eden and the presence of God.

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 And since then, we have lived in a fallen world, broken, tear-stained, and ugly.

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 And yet still, with the rays of creation and the inbreaking of redemption,

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 tantalizing us, reminding us, reminding us of what we were made for and what we long for.

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 Friends, this is the plight of humanity,

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 that we live in exile from God and from our true home,

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 and that this life is a journey in this world.

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 We are sojourners in a world that will not last forever,

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 and we are pilgrims longing for a heavenly city that we can,

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 a heavenly city whose glory we can only begin to imagine.

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 This is the true source of our longing,

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 and it brings us to our passage today.

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 We are taking a break from the book of James,

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 and we are looking at Psalm 84.

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 If you want to turn there in your Bibles,

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 Psalm 84 we will read.

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 And as we read this, we come to see that

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 this is a psalm written by a pilgrim.

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 One on their way.

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 One who similarly lives with longings and desires.

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 And we will see in this passage the heart of a pilgrim.

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 So let's read Psalm 84 together.

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 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!

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 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord.

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 My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

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 Even the sparrow finds a home,

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 and the swallow a nest for herself,

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 where she may lay her young at your altars.

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 O Lord of hosts, my God and my King,

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 blessed are those who dwell in your house,

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 ever singing your praise.

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 And blessed are those whose strength is in you,

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 in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

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 As they go through the valley of Bacca,

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 they make it a place of springs.

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 The early rain also covers it with pools.

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 They go from strength to strength.

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 Each one appears before God in Zion.

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 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer.

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 Give ear, O God of Jacob.

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 Behold our shield, O God.

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 Look on the face of your anointed.

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 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.

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 I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God

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 than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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 For the Lord God is a sun and shield.

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 The Lord bestows favor and honor.

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 No good thing does he withhold for those who walk uprightly.

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 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Lord, we thank you for this word.

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 We thank you that you speak to us.

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 That we are not left alone on this journey,

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 but that you have spoken so that we might hear your words

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 and your voice as we travel through this life.

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 God, I pray that by your spirit this morning,

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 you would help encourage our hearts.

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 Lord, that you would teach us about the life of a pilgrim.

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 And Lord, that you would turn us again

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 so that we might see what you have made us for.

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 And Lord, give us strength to pursue you in this journey.

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 Amen.

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 We pray all these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 The heart of humanity on pilgrimage through life

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 is pictured in this psalm.

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 We see a pilgrim who has a heart with two characteristics.

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 He has a thirsty heart.

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 He has a treasuring heart.

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 So let's look at these in order.

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 First, a thirsty heart.

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 As you look at the beginning of the psalm,

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 you see the pilgrim burst out in song.

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 How lovely is your dwelling place, O God.

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 He expresses this exaltation and joy

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 about the place where he might know God.

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 And then he says, I long for this.

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 Yes, I even faint to be with God.

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 I cry out.

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 Maybe that's a better translation

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 of the second half of verse two.

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 My heart and flesh cry out in need

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 and in desperation and in longing.

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 I cry out to the living God.

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 The psalmist envies the birds

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 who are able to go and make their nests

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 in the courts of the temple in Jerusalem.

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 The sparrows and the swallows

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 who are able to come and go easily

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 to be in that place.

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 And at the end in verse four of this section,

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 he says, blessed are those

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 who dwell in your house, O Lord.

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 Now he's used a number of metaphors here.

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 Your dwelling place, the courts,

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 the place of the altar, and your house.

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 And all of these things describe

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 the temple in Jerusalem.

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 And to understand why this pilgrim

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 longs to be in the temple of Jerusalem,

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 you have to understand the sweep

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 of the Old Testament story.

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 For when to the estranged world

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 God came and called Abraham.

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 He said, I will make you a father

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 of many nations,

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 and I will be your God.

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 And he confirmed this with Moses in Sinai,

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 and he said, I will be their God,

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 and they will be my people,

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 and I will dwell among them.

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 And he instituted this thing

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 called the tabernacle,

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 which was a portable traveling worship center.

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 And in that, God manifested

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 his presence among them.

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 And then as the people of God

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 moved into the promised land

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 and established themselves as a nation,

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 and as the king sat on the throne,

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 as David and Solomon took up

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 and established this kingdom,

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 then they built a temple,

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 and in that temple,

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 it said the glory of God

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 descended,

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 and in a unique way

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 manifested itself,

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 manifested himself

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 in the world.

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 And so for all who lived in Israel,

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 for all who knew God,

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 they would long to go

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 to this temple,

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 this place,

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 not because God was limited

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 to that place,

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 but because God had chosen

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 to make that place

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 the very special place

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 where his glory would be manifested,

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 the place where his people

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 could come and commune with him,

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 make themselves right with him

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 through the acts of worship

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 and atonement,

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 and sing praises to him.

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 The pilgrim longs to be at the temple

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 because it is a special place

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 where God said,

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 I will be among you.

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 And so he longed for it,

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 and he longed to be there

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 because he longed to be with God,

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 the living God.

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 So for us today,

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 are we to long to go back

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 to a temple in Jerusalem?

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 No, the Bible continues

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 to unfold God's plan

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 for how he will be their God

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 and how he will make

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 a people for himself

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 and how the Old Testament

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 people of Israel

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 and the nation of Israel

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 was a picture

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 of what he wanted to do

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 more broadly,

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 where he would make

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 a people for himself

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 from every tribe

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 and tongue and nation.

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 And you see the fulfillment

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 of this idea of the temple

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 in three ways

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 in the New Testament.

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 First,

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 you see Jesus coming

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 in those famous words

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 in John 1.

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 As John writes about

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 the coming

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 of the Son of God to earth

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 to redeem a people

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 for himself,

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 says the Word became flesh

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 and literally tabernacled

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 among us.

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 He came

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 to be the tabernacle,

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 the presence of God

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 among his people.

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 And so Jesus is the first

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 and maybe the greatest

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 fulfillment of this

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 where the temple is going.

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 It prefigures

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 this place

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 where God himself

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 would come

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 and be among his people.

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 But it's more than that.

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 The Apostle Paul

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 in 1 Corinthians 3.16

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 talks about

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 the people of God

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 in the New Testament

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 that is the church

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 as the very temple

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 of God.

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 That is that

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 in his gathering

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 of people

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 from every tribe

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 and nation

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 to be his

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 by faith in Christ,

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 he is building

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 a,

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 not a physical edifice,

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 not a space,

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 but he is building

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 a community

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 in which he dwells

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 by his spirit.

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 He says the same thing

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 in 2 Corinthians 6.16,

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 the presence of God

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 by his spirit.

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 And so that's

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 the second

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 thing that the temple

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 is prefiguring

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 and pointing to

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 is the people of God

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 now not located

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 in a particular place

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 in Jerusalem,

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 but spread

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 to the ends

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 of the earth,

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 gathering in places

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 throughout the world.

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 And then as we read

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 the Bible story

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 in the end,

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 the future consummation

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 in Revelation 21.22,

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 when God

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 having defeated

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 all the powers

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 of sin and death,

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 having judged

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 all evil

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 and unrighteousness,

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 having now

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 remade the world

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 so that it is

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 without sin

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 and sorrow

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 and sickness

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 and death,

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 it says,

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 there will be

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 no more temple

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 in that renewed world,

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 for the temple

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 is the Lord God,

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 the Almighty,

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 and the Lamb.

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 And friends,

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 this is what we long for,

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 is it not?

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 For us to be

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 in the presence of God,

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 our Creator

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 and our Redeemer,

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 to be with Him

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 in present,

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 in person,

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 in perfection,

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 where there will be

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 no barrier

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 of our sin

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 and our lack

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 of understanding,

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 but we will fully

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 know Him.

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 what a great glory

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 that is.

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 And friends,

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 this is what our hearts

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 were made for,

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 to be in the presence

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 of the living God.

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 I wonder,

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 do you thirst for God

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 the way the psalmist did?

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 I know I don't,

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 always.

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 sometimes my heart

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 doesn't want

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 to long for God.

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 See,

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 I don't like

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 being disappointed.

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 Sometimes I'd rather

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 kill my longing.

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 If I don't desire anything,

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 then

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 it doesn't hurt so much

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 when it doesn't happen.

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 I don't like to live

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 in the tension

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 of longing for something

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 that I can't control

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 the outcome of,

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 can't be sure

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 of when it's going to come.

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 sometimes

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 I long for God

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 and then it seems

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 that He's so far away

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 and there are other things

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 closer by,

00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:13.220
 earthly pleasures,

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 control,

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 success,

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 addictions,

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 whatever they are,

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 things that I grab onto

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 and say,

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 well,

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 at least I can get this.

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 Or sometimes

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 I just prefer despair

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 when I can't get

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 what I want

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 when I want it.

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 it's easier sometimes

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 to settle

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 than to thirst.

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 But friend,

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 the psalmist reminds us

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 that God has made us

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 for Himself.

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 And this life

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 of a pilgrim

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 is to long for Him

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 and for His presence.

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 And we will live

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 in the tension

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 because the psalmist

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 because the psalmist

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 writes this psalm

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 because He's not there,

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 because He's not

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 in the temple.

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 He's longing to be there

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 but He cannot be there.

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 And this is true

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 for us as well.

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 Though we have

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 the inbreaking

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 of His kingdom,

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 though we have

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 the gift of His Spirit,

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 we do not have

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 the fullness yet.

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 and so we live

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 with that longing.

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 And God

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 wants us

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 to continue

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 in this.

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 C.S. Lewis

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 puts it

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 this way,

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 I must keep

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 alive in myself

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 the desire

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 for my true country

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 which I shall not

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 find until death.

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 I must never

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 let it get

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 snowed under

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 or turned aside.

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 I must make it

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 the main object

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 of my life

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 to press on

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 to that other country

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 and help others

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 do the same.

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 Friends,

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 when we think

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 about our longing

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 as a church,

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 this is what

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 we are called to.

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 And I don't know

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 if you've ever

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 thought about it,

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 but this is why

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 we value

00:16:00.439 --> 00:16:01.600
 gathering together

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:03.039
 as a church.

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 Because this is

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 the foretaste.

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 This is the place

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 where we get to

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 by gathering together

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 in person

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 encourage one another

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 and strengthen one another

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 and remind one another

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 and long together

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 for the fullness

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 that is to come.

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 To speak of the hope

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 that we are certain

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 of coming one day

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 but do not have yet

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 and to encourage

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 one another

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 when we are weak,

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 when we are stumbling,

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 and when we want

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 to give up.

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 This is why

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 the leadership

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 of the church

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 has been so eager

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 to figure out

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 how we could gather again.

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 And for those of you

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 who for good reason

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 may not be able

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 to join us

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 in the coming weeks

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 and months,

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 let this be

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 a place where you

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 will take hold

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 of that longing

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 and feed it.

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 Don't become discouraged

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 and certainly

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 don't compare yourself

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 with others who are,

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 but let your

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 not coming

00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:13.059
 feed that longing

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 to be with God's people.

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 for those of us

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 who may come

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 and do it,

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 may we give

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 with great joy

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 give thanks

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 for this oasis

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 in the desert

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 after a long

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 shutdown.

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 for it's been

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 a long shutdown,

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 it's a hard road,

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 has it not been,

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 to be separate.

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 The psalmist knows this

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 in the next part

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 of the psalm

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 in verses 5-9,

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 he displays,

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 he knows that

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 this journey

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 is one that goes

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 through the valley

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 of Baccah

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 and we don't know

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 much about it,

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 but we know clearly

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 that what it's picturing

00:17:52.800 --> 00:17:54.860
 is going through

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 a desert.

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 And the psalmist

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 knows

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 how hard

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 that can be.

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 But in these

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 verses

00:18:04.800 --> 00:18:05.980
 in 5-9,

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 he says,

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 in this journey

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 we are able

00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.920
 to find strength

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 in God.

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 And as we look

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 to Him

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 and as we look

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 to His help

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 for us,

00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:17.620
 we are able

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 not only to pursue

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.720
 Him in the journey,

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.860
 not give up

00:18:20.860 --> 00:18:21.980
 in our longing,

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 but in fact

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 we are actually

00:18:24.060 --> 00:18:25.220
 made to be,

00:18:25.300 --> 00:18:26.860
 look at verse 6 again,

00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:28.680
 that we will

00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:30.000
 make the desert

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 a place

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 of springs,

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 that in the midst

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.000
 of the pilgrimage

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:36.019
 of this world,

00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:38.039
 we can be,

00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:39.080
 because of what

00:18:39.080 --> 00:18:39.820
 God has done,

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:42.160
 places where

00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:43.019
 there will be

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.920
 a foretaste

00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:45.340
 of the fullness

00:18:45.340 --> 00:18:46.060
 of the presence

00:18:46.060 --> 00:18:46.680
 of God.

00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:49.480
 And this is true

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.680
 in our spiritual lives,

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.279
 this is true

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:52.120
 in our society,

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:52.940
 this is true

00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:53.620
 in our church,

00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.799
 that we can be

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.820
 pools of water,

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:55.879
 water,

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 and it will

00:18:57.659 --> 00:18:58.559
 come from pilgrims,

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.240
 and it will also

00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:00.319
 come graciously

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:01.619
 from God Himself.

00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:03.019
 The rains will come,

00:19:03.439 --> 00:19:04.559
 and we will drink

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.359
 in the midst

00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:06.079
 of the desert,

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.519
 because God knows

00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:09.200
 how hard

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:10.039
 this road is.

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 So we're called

00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.839
 to look for it.

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:17.599
 finally,

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.539
 in this longing

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:20.500
 section,

00:19:20.699 --> 00:19:21.659
 I want you to see

00:19:21.659 --> 00:19:22.819
 that He changes

00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:24.379
 His pronouns here

00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.879
 from I,

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 and I long

00:19:27.459 --> 00:19:28.319
 for these things,

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.459
 He changes

00:19:29.459 --> 00:19:30.359
 to plurals.

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 He says,

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.819
 blessed are those

00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:35.259
 as they go

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:36.399
 through the valley,

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.559
 they make it

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.039
 a place.

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:40.920
 we weren't

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.639
 meant to journey

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:42.139
 alone.

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 And as Pastor Greg

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:45.039
 mentioned earlier,

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.980
 one of our great

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:47.399
 desires as a church

00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:48.240
 leadership is to

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.079
 encourage you.

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.440
 I know for me,

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.339
 in the last three

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:51.700
 months,

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:53.399
 my default has been

00:19:53.399 --> 00:19:54.480
 me at home

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.920
 alone.

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:56.099
 Right?

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 That's what we've

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.019
 been asked to do,

00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:59.059
 and it's been a blessing

00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:00.000
 to our world

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:01.659
 to not feed

00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:02.299
 a pandemic.

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.779
 But friends,

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.379
 we weren't made

00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:06.899
 for that.

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:09.359
 And maybe we need

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.899
 to figure out how

00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:10.960
 to do it over phone

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:12.039
 or over Zoom,

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:14.839
 but we need to

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.940
 be intentional

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.819
 about connecting

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.619
 with others.

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.039
 I've been thankful

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:22.319
 for chances to connect

00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:23.200
 with my small group

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.700
 over Zoom.

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.399
 I've been thankful

00:20:24.399 --> 00:20:25.960
 for the few times

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.659
 I've gone on

00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:27.480
 socially distanced

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.940
 walks with friends

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:30.180
 where we've just

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.119
 been able to talk

00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:32.759
 face to face.

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:35.019
 I encourage you,

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.079
 find places

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:37.359
 and ways to do this.

00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:38.679
 as much as you can,

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.559
 and everyone's

00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.599
 situation is different.

00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:41.939
 There is no

00:20:41.939 --> 00:20:43.339
 absolute

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:45.339
 standard

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.519
 to meet here,

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:48.879
 but recognize

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.899
 that as we long

00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:50.439
 for God,

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.979
 we are meant

00:20:50.979 --> 00:20:52.000
 to do it together,

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.159
 and we need

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:53.659
 one another

00:20:53.659 --> 00:20:54.359
 to continue

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:55.139
 on this road.

00:20:58.719 --> 00:20:59.500
 So the heart

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.099
 of a pilgrim

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:01.519
 is one who thirsts.

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:02.679
 The heart

00:21:02.679 --> 00:21:03.259
 of a pilgrim

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.039
 is also one

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.599
 who treasures.

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.480
 And this is what

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.159
 we see in verses

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:07.179
 10 through 12.

00:21:08.679 --> 00:21:09.899
 A day in your courts

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.819
 is better than

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:12.099
 a thousand elsewhere.

00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:13.959
 I would rather

00:21:13.959 --> 00:21:14.919
 be a doorkeeper

00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:16.639
 in the house of God

00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:17.439
 than dwell

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:17.980
 in the tents

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 of wickedness.

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 The psalmist says,

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.619
 the reason why

00:21:23.619 --> 00:21:24.559
 I long for God

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.419
 is because God

00:21:25.419 --> 00:21:26.079
 is of such

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:27.199
 great worth

00:21:27.199 --> 00:21:29.639
 that the highest

00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:30.859
 value that I could

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.779
 give to anything

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.920
 in life would be

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:34.339
 to be in

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:35.660
 his presence.

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 It is a treasure.

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 And a doorkeeper

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.639
 in the house

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.579
 is not per se

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.599
 in this psalm

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.339
 a role.

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 It is instead

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:46.399
 a position.

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 I'd rather be

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.779
 just on the outskirts

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:53.500
 of the Lord's house.

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 I'd rather be close.

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 I would treasure

00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:58.059
 that above anything.

00:21:58.059 --> 00:22:02.279
 A thousand days

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.799
 elsewhere

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:04.679
 couldn't satisfy

00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:06.740
 but one day

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:08.700
 being that close.

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.879
 This is the treasure.

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.700
 And it's easy

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.379
 sometimes

00:22:17.379 --> 00:22:19.480
 for us to treasure

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.079
 other things,

00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:20.500
 isn't it?

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:24.000
 It's easy

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:25.059
 for us to treasure

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:28.319
 maybe things

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.799
 that are easier

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.480
 to control.

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 Things that we can

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.379
 gather

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:33.319
 and do on our own.

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.099
 Things that we

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:36.079
 can escape to

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:37.339
 that for the moment

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.179
 will help us

00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:39.779
 feel better

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.819
 and resolve

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.480
 the tension

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.839
 of the longing

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:44.000
 life that we live.

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:48.179
 Perhaps it's worth

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:49.679
 reflecting

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.980
 what have I been

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.839
 obsessing about

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:52.779
 in the last couple

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.240
 of weeks

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 or months?

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:56.819
 Maybe it's worth

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.619
 thinking about

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 where have I found

00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:00.799
 anxiety overwhelming

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.240
 me

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.359
 in the last

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:05.159
 weeks?

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 What are the things

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.259
 that I find myself

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.159
 talking about

00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:11.480
 more than anything

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.879
 else?

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.919
 What do I find

00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:15.220
 my mind going to

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 over and over again?

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 Friends,

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.959
 for this psalmist

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:19.619
 it was

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.879
 God himself

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.839
 and being

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.740
 in his presence.

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 and I wonder

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.839
 if we have

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:28.000
 become

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:29.000
 distracted

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 and the psalmist

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:30.960
 says

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.799
 the thing is

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 that when we

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.019
 look at God

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.839
 when we actually

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 pay attention

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.000
 to him

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.299
 he is glorious

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.279
 beyond belief

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.279
 and he is all

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.500
 that we want

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.099
 and need.

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.440
 He is a treasure.

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.740
 It's not a question

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.519
 of whether he is

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.680
 worth that attention.

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.660
 It is simply

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.380
 a question of whether

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.539
 we recognize it

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.980
 or not.

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 this is what he

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.779
 says in verse 11

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:54.000
 for the Lord God

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.759
 is a sun

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.579
 and a shield

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.640
 what more

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.380
 could we want

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:57.980
 in life

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 than an ever

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.660
 producing

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:02.339
 ball of fire

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.380
 that gives light

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.299
 and life

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.400
 to all things

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.480
 in our cosmos.

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:07.519
 Okay,

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.880
 so that's an exaggeration.

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.039
 In our solar system

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:11.420
 it gives all

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.339
 in our world

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.000
 at least

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.279
 the sun

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.259
 is the source

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.360
 of all the energy

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.219
 and all the light

00:24:17.219 --> 00:24:18.079
 and God

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.819
 is like that

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.519
 in our world

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.459
 as the creator

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:21.159
 and sustainer

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:21.859
 of all things.

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.199
 God is the one

00:24:23.199 --> 00:24:24.959
 who bestows on us

00:24:24.959 --> 00:24:27.240
 after a long winter

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.199
 how do we long

00:24:28.199 --> 00:24:28.819
 for the sun

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.319
 to come

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.419
 and bring its warmth?

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.659
 How does it lift

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.179
 our hearts?

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.459
 God does this

00:24:33.459 --> 00:24:34.419
 tenfold

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.399
 hundredfold

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:37.579
 to our souls

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.699
 and to our spirits

00:24:38.699 --> 00:24:39.299
 regardless

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.939
 of the journey

00:24:40.939 --> 00:24:41.759
 that we're on

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:43.959
 and the trials

00:24:43.959 --> 00:24:44.799
 that we face

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:46.180
 and he is not

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:47.159
 only that

00:24:47.159 --> 00:24:49.079
 this life-giving

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.539
 source

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.500
 but he is also

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.599
 our shield

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.919
 he is our head

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:54.059
 our protector

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:55.859
 our overseer

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:57.680
 he is like a king

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.680
 who oversees

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.220
 his kingdom

00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.819
 and as a shield

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.519
 protects

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.500
 gathers

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.619
 provides

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.819
 and loves

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:06.460
 those that he is

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.119
 over

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:10.579
 and not only that

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.639
 but he bestows

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.279
 favor

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.139
 and honor

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:16.800
 one commentator

00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:17.360
 said that

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.380
 this might be

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.259
 better understood

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:22.300
 as we look ahead

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:22.840
 to what

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.560
 the psalmist

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.460
 is pointing to

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:26.320
 favor and honor

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:27.240
 sound like

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.600
 God may give us

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:30.240
 an extra day off

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.240
 a bonus check

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.580
 in our

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.460
 paycheck

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:35.120
 a special gift

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:36.180
 something like that

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:39.100
 but he said

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:40.020
 actually this might be

00:25:40.020 --> 00:25:40.820
 better translated

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.359
 that God

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.159
 is giving us

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:43.079
 his grace

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:44.839
 and his glory

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:48.019
 his grace

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.439
 that is

00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:50.019
 his undeserved

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.980
 acceptance

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:53.759
 of weary

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.279
 pilgrims

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.980
 like us

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:56.500
 whose faith

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.319
 falters

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:59.000
 whose hearts

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.579
 are weak

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:02.359
 he gives us

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.460
 that acceptance

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.339
 and welcome

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.659
 come into my

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.039
 house

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.740
 and be my

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.240
 people

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.619
 be a part

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.559
 of my family

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.259
 I will be

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.859
 your heavenly

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.399
 father

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:16.559
 this is the

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.079
 grace that he

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.700
 offers us

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.359
 and it is also

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.139
 his glory

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:20.379
 that he invites

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.539
 us not only

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.519
 into his

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.119
 presence

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:24.019
 but he invites

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.700
 us into the

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.079
 richness

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:26.359
 and the beauty

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.279
 of his kingdom

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.159
 and of his

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.519
 goodness

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.279
 and of all

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.579
 of his

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:29.960
 characters

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.819
 and it's not

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.419
 something that

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:31.980
 we simply

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.480
 observe

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.059
 but it is

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.519
 something that

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.419
 we participate

00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.019
 in

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.960
 it is something

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.379
 that we are

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.919
 able to

00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:38.599
 become a part

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.000
 of

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.299
 he bestows

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.019
 upon us

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.939
 his glory

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.339
 so that

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.939
 together

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:44.219
 we reflect

00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:46.059
 and resound

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.519
 and magnify

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.899
 his glory

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:52.059
 and this is

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.699
 why God

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:54.079
 is a treasure

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.799
 above all

00:26:55.799 --> 00:27:00.639
 and so

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:01.159
 Paul

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:02.799
 in Philippians

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.179
 3

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:04.500
 says

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:06.039
 I count

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.619
 all things

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.160
 as loss

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.539
 for the

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:07.880
 sake of

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.140
 knowing

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.559
 Christ

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:08.940
 and being

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.259
 found

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.720
 in him

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:11.299
 not having

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.839
 a righteousness

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.420
 of my

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.839
 own

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:15.519
 but a

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.680
 right

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.019
 having

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.319
 one

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.500
 that

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.019
 comes

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.019
 by

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.599
 faith

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:22.839
 I press

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.460
 on towards

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.299
 these things

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:27.039
 because of

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.460
 the

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:29.720
 surpassing

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.160
 treasure

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.380
 of knowing

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.200
 Christ Jesus

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.880
 my Lord

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:37.200
 now friends

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.960
 it's easy

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.340
 at this

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.700
 point

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:40.840
 to read

00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.560
 this psalm

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:42.200
 and to hear

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.940
 this message

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.760
 and to think

00:27:44.760 --> 00:27:45.260
 that what I'm

00:27:45.260 --> 00:27:46.140
 saying is

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.180
 alright

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:49.320
 it's been a

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:49.940
 hard season

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.700
 buck up

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.780
 long

00:27:51.780 --> 00:27:52.240
 harder

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:54.180
 treasure

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.700
 better

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:56.860
 keep

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.340
 going

00:27:57.339 --> 00:28:00.699
 you have

00:28:00.699 --> 00:28:01.019
 to

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:02.480
 pull up

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.599
 your

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.240
 bootstraps

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.980
 and get

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.379
 on with

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.619
 it

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:08.319
 and friends

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.179
 there is a

00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:09.539
 sense of

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.179
 exhortation

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:10.539
 in this

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:10.819
 sermon

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.799
 for us

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.240
 to set

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.419
 our

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:12.959
 longings

00:28:12.959 --> 00:28:13.379
 right

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:14.659
 and for

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:14.959
 us to

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.299
 set our

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.740
 treasuring

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.139
 right

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:17.079
 but the

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.539
 good news

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.859
 of the

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.240
 gospel

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.379
 is that

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:19.759
 there's a

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:19.959
 better

00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:20.419
 story

00:28:20.419 --> 00:28:20.819
 than us

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.119
 trying

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.459
 harder

00:28:21.459 --> 00:28:21.879
 to do

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.199
 better

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:24.079
 it is

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.659
 that Christ

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.079
 took his

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.379
 own

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:25.819
 pilgrimage

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 and came

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 he left

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.539
 heaven

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 to come

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 to earth

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.139
 for us

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 he walked

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 a pilgrim

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.659
 road of

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 hardship

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 and suffering

00:28:33.739 --> 00:28:35.019
 of persecution

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 and death

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 for us

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 and he did

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 it with such

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 righteousness

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 he is the

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.879
 righteous one

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 from whom

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 God does not

00:28:45.219 --> 00:28:45.919
 withhold any

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 good thing

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 he has done

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.599
 what we cannot

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:52.000
 do in walking

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 righteously

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 before God

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 and he came

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 and did this

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 for us

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 so that we

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.300
 might have

00:28:58.300 --> 00:28:59.200
 an acceptance

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.900
 with God

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 and a

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:00.780
 righteousness

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 with him

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.060
 and a

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:02.480
 presence

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.920
 and the

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 right to

00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:04.320
 become

00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:06.019
 his people

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.440
 and to

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.100
 walk into

00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:07.759
 his temple

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.220
 and into

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.880
 his presence

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 we have the

00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:11.480
 right to do

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.880
 that not

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.320
 because of

00:29:12.320 --> 00:29:13.080
 anything that

00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:13.400
 we have

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:13.580
 done

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 not because

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.380
 we succeed

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.120
 in being the

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.960
 best pilgrims

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.500
 today or

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.100
 next week

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:19.360
 but because

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:19.660
 in our

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.259
 faltering

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.320
 faith

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:23.220
 and in

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.679
 our weak

00:29:23.679 --> 00:29:24.159
 hearts

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:25.720
 and when

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.099
 we lose

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.539
 sight of

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.099
 the treasure

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.299
 Christ has

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.740
 taken a

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.119
 hold of

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 us

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:33.539
 and when

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.819
 we have

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.299
 been joined

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:36.619
 to him

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.339
 by faith

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.139
 he says

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.619
 you are

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.220
 now mine

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.759
 and I

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.319
 will take

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.579
 you

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.559
 and the

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:41.960
 work that

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.179
 he has

00:29:42.179 --> 00:29:42.720
 begun in

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:42.899
 us

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.519
 he promises

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.099
 he will

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.480
 bring it

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.200
 to completion

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:48.299
 he has

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.799
 come to

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.220
 do this

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.700
 for us

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.240
 to win

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.759
 himself

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:52.360
 for a

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.759
 people

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.759
 a people

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.240
 who are

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.580
 called

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.340
 pilgrims

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:56.360
 who are

00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:57.259
 going home

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.819
 a home

00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:00.220
 that God

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.539
 has achieved

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.220
 for us

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.960
 in Christ

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.900
 a home

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.600
 in eternity

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.680
 that we are

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.240
 certain of

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.900
 going to

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:09.559
 and a

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.220
 presence of

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.640
 his Holy

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.120
 Spirit

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:12.080
 along the

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.420
 way

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:15.840
 friends

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.360
 this is

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.779
 how the

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.200
 pilgrim

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.759
 walks

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.880
 with a

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.259
 longing

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.759
 heart

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.080
 for

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.800
 the

00:30:20.800 --> 00:30:21.100
 fullness

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.580
 of what

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:21.900
 Christ

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.120
 has

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.600
 already

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.000
 done

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.600
 for a

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.279
 treasuring

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.900
 of the

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.380
 things that

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:28.960
 Christ has

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.840
 already done

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.880
 for us

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:33.800
 when we

00:30:33.800 --> 00:30:34.380
 do this

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.740
 then

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:38.420
 we can

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.000
 pursue

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.620
 and walk

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.080
 the road

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.680
 with hope

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.360
 and not

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:41.960
 give up

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:43.620
 may this

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.140
 be true

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.880
 for us

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.100
 let's

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:48.400
 pray

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:51.140
 Lord we

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.640
 thank you

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.579
 for this

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.019
 word

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:55.100
 Lord we

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.460
 you

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.279
 by your

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.759
 spirit

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:58.420
 Lord renew

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.000
 our hearts

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.519
 today

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:03.440
 Lord we

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.019
 pray that

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.460
 you would

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:06.660
 Lord implant

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.279
 in us

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.400
 and revive

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.319
 in us

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.620
 our longing

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.359
 for you

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:12.159
 oh Lord

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:15.219
 may you

00:31:15.219 --> 00:31:15.639
 help us

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:16.239
 to see

00:31:16.239 --> 00:31:17.799
 how great

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.379
 a treasure

00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:18.939
 we have

00:31:18.939 --> 00:31:19.359
 in you

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:20.939
 and will

00:31:20.939 --> 00:31:21.539
 you guide

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.259
 us oh

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.639
 Lord

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:25.859
 on this

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.339
 pilgrimage

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:28.839
 may it be

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.659
 your strength

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:30.199
 that is our

00:31:30.199 --> 00:31:30.699
 strength

00:31:30.699 --> 00:31:34.879
 we pray

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.539
 these things

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.219
 in Jesus

00:31:36.219 --> 00:31:36.619
 name

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.659
 amen

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:39.279
 say

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:42.500
 what

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.100
 be

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.240
 what

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:45.920
 did

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.700
 this

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.660
 act

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.220
 on him

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:51.360
 and have

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:53.820
 a

00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:54.360
 honor

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:55.320
 as

00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:56.259
 hi

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.019
 and have

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.420
 this

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.400
 other

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.840
 same

00:31:58.840 --> 00:32:00.120
 as

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.580
 as

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:00.820
 I

00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:01.140
 saw

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.279
 them

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.680
 and have

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:01.960
 as

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.720
 oh

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.720
 to

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.300
 right