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 Father God, we thank you for your goodness.

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 Father, we thank you for your faithfulness.

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 Father, we slowly do learn to trust you, Father.

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 Father, we thank you for all that you do for us and all that you are.

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 Father, we thank you that we can learn who you are.

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 Father, we're thankful. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 When I was young, I was a pastor's kid.

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 It didn't mean much to me at the time.

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 I mean, nothing when you're a kid really means that much to you.

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 What it meant for me was that I got shepherded all over the place all the time.

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 You know, my parents had places to go, things to do.

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 Because my dad was a pastor, he was at every event possible.

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 I mean, from the beginning to the end, every event.

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 And so we were shepherded, event to event to event.

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 And sometimes that was a great thing.

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 Like when we got to go to baptisms.

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 We didn't have a fancy baptismal tank or a font or anything like that.

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 It was a bit like this.

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 We had to make do.

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 But since we were in a tropical country, we could improvise.

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 We could go to beaches.

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 We didn't know anybody with pools, so we had to really improvise.

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 We could go to beaches, but more often than not, we would go scouting for rivers,

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 which were usually closer to where we were.

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 One of my favorite places to go ever was this river.

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 It was running down a mountainside.

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 And every few feet of drop, there would be another big pool.

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 Just a big rocky pool, sort of 30 feet across.

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 And it would just be pool after pool after pool after pool.

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 And so you would just, if you weren't going there to baptize somebody,

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 you would just go and you would look around and you'd find the best pool

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 and the best place to have your picnic, because of course there's always a picnic.

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 And you would set up.

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 And we would always have a great time, because as soon as the baptizing was done,

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 as soon as the picnic was done, then my mom and dad would say,

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 all right, see you later.

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 And we would go and explore whatever pools there were.

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 We would make dams.

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 We would go running up and down the hill.

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 And it was always a really great thing.

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 But more often than baptisms,

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 my dad being a pastor meant that we were at every single weekly service.

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 For better or worse, we were almost there from the beginning into the end every time.

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 The first people to arrive, the last people to leave.

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 Our church started sort of just after lunch, early afternoon.

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 So when everything had ended,

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 my brothers and I were always just clamoring to get home

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 so we could snatch that last bit of sunshine before we had to go in for dinner.

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 But no, we were always there early for Sunday school,

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 just waiting for kids to show up,

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 trying not to look bored,

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 because, I mean, mom always gives you chores when you look bored, right?

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 And then we were always there late as well.

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 Again, trying not to look bored, because there's always chores.

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 And if there were no chores,

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 we would throw paper airplanes into the ceiling fans,

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 which, if you're a kid, no, they're all gone now.

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 I can say it.

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 It's a great way to get your parents so annoyed they'll take you home,

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 throw a ceiling fan, throw paper airplanes in the ceiling fan.

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 But more often than not, there were always chores,

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 so we would have to go hide in the building somewhere

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 and pretend to be whatever characters we were reading about

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 or seeing on the flannel graph that day in Sunday school.

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 For me, David was always one of those characters that stood out.

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 For a kid, he was maybe about as close to a pirate as he got in the Bible.

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 You know, he killed giants, he won wars,

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 all his friends were mighty men of valor.

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 I mean, he was a king.

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 It was pretty awesome.

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 So you had all those elements covered if you were going to play King David,

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 which was awesome.

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 And yet, somehow he was still a man after God's heart,

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 which, as a little Christian boy in church, was also awesome.

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 So when we were old enough to actually read the Bible for ourselves,

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 my brothers and I started noticing something about David.

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 And that is that he was not just a man after God's own heart,

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 but he was also bloody, adulterous,

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 and just a broken, hard man.

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 But, I mean, God tells David he can't build the temple

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 because he's shed so much blood.

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 I mean, it's a big thing.

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 You know, he killed 200 men for his first wife,

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 and for his last wife he had his best friend killed,

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 or one of his best friends killed.

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 So how is it that we reconcile these two characteristics,

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 man after God's own heart,

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 and bloody man too bloody to build the temple?

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 David's Psalms, I think, like Psalm 22,

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 which was read just a couple of minutes ago,

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 gives us a good idea of how it might be.

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 Like Brian mentioned last week,

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 it's all about the character of God.

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 David clung to God through a very long period of time

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 and learned who he is.

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 He learned what God is like,

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 how he responds to his people.

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 David spent years watching God work through his life

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 for his own purposes,

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 and a psalm like Psalm 22 comes out of that process.

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 So, what in David's life would allow him to be both

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 a man after God's own heart

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 and too bloody to build the temple?

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 Like I said, I'm sure there isn't just one answer,

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 but we can find at least one answer here.

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 So, let's take the psalm apart a little bit,

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 shake it around, see what pops out.

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 In the first reading, you may have felt a shift

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 halfway through the psalm.

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 That second part of the psalm is one long hymn of praise

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 for who God is and what he will do.

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 But that first part of the psalm

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 is all observations that David's making.

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 And he alternates between observations of his own situation

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 and observations of what God is doing

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 and who God is.

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 So, if you have your Bible,

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 open it up to Psalm 22.

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 If you're missing your Bible,

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 there's a couple up here that you can use for today,

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 and if you don't have one at home,

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 just take it home with you.

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 So, Psalm 22, verse 1.

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 So, this is David looking at his own situation.

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 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 Why are you so far from saving me

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 from the words of my groanings?

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 Oh, my God, I cry by day,

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 but you do not answer.

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 And by night, but I find no rest.

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 Now switching to God.

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 Yet you are holy,

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 enthroned on the praises of Israel.

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 In you our fathers trusted.

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 They trusted, and you delivered them.

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 To you they cried and were rescued.

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 In you they trusted,

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 and were not put to shame.

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 Back to observation of David.

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 But I am a worm, and not a man,

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 scorned by mankind,

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 and despised by the people.

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 All who see me mock me.

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 They make mouths at me.

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 They wag their heads.

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 We trust in the Lord.

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 Let him deliver him.

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 Let him rescue him,

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 for he delights in him.

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 Yet you, God,

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 are he who took me from the womb.

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 You made me trust in you

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 at my mother's breast.

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 On you was I cast from my birth,

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 and from my mother's womb

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 you have been my God.

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 Be not far from me,

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 for trouble is near,

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 and there is none to help me.

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 Many bulls encompass me,

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 strong bulls of Bashan surround me.

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 They open wide their mouths at me,

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 like ravening and roaring lions.

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 I am poured out like water,

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 and all my bones are out of joint.

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 My heart is like wax.

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 It is melted within my breast.

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 My strength is dried up like pot shards,

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 and my tongue sticks to my jaws.

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 You lay me in the dust of the earth.

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 For dogs encompass me.

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 A company of evildoers circles me.

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 They have pierced my hands and my feet.

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 I can count all my bones.

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 They stare and gloat over me.

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 They divide my garments among them,

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 and from my clothing they cast lots.

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 Now observation of God again.

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 But you, O Lord, do not be far off.

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 O you, my help, come quickly to my aid.

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 Deliver my soul from the sword,

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 my precious life from the power of the dog.

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 Save me from the mouth of the lion.

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 You have rescued me

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 from the horns of the wild oxen.

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 And on David goes into a song of praise.

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 So, he starts off saying,

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 I'm forsaken,

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 but my father's trusted.

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 But I'm not like them.

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 I'm like a worm.

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 I'm not even worth anything.

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 But then again,

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 God was with him from the very start.

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 But today he's surrounded.

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 They're even stripping him of his clothes

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 before he's dead.

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 And then God arrives and victorious.

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 So, David is clearly wrestling with himself

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 and with God throughout this entire passage.

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 David feels small in the face of his,

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 in his troubles,

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 the people tormenting him.

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 He feels like he's surrounded by enemies

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 and abandoned by God.

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 David is so overwhelmed

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 by the people he's referring to,

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 they're already counting him dead.

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 Now, I've been lucky enough

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 to avoid situations like this in my life.

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 like the one that David is describing.

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 I've never been counted dead.

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 I don't think I've ever been so hated

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 that I would say that mankind hates me.

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 But it's hard not to relate on some level

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 to what David is saying.

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 You know, I think I've definitely felt

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 at various times in my life

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 that at least all the people around me

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 seem to dislike me,

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 even if the entire mankind doesn't hate me.

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 And certainly I've had sleepless nights.

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 I mean, this is a fairly common thing.

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 Like David is talking about,

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 sleepless nights.

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 I mean, I'm a night person.

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 My body will stay up as long as I'll push it.

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 I mean, it's the opposite.

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 I can't get up in the morning in the same way,

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 but I can stay up as long as I want.

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 I can always fall asleep in the morning,

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 but I'll always stay up at night.

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 I'm also a worrier.

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 So it almost doesn't matter what it is,

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 whether it's a conversation I'm supposed to have

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 the next day,

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 or an exam,

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 or a presentation to do,

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 or some other public speaking event.

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 I don't know.

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 It makes me nervous.

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 But it almost doesn't matter.

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 For me,

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 I'll just toss it back and forth in my head

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 for a couple hours at a time.

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 Now, at my best times,

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 I will specifically bring whatever it is

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 that's bothering me to God.

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 I'll say,

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 God, there's this big thing in my life,

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 whatever it is.

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 What are you going to do about it?

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 Please talk to me.

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 Now, I'm not one of these people.

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 I know plenty of them,

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 but I'm not one of these people

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 who hears really specifically

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 in my times of need, usually.

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 I'm not a great listener yet.

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 And it sounds as though David,

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 in whatever he's going through,

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 is in that same position.

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 He's not hearing God.

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 And here's where David shows

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 that he knows something

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 of the character of God.

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 As David recites all the articles

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 of his desperation,

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 I'm poured out like water.

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 The dogs encompass me.

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 I'm despised by people.

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 He starts to recite evidence

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 that God is also faithful.

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 It's like he's saying,

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 well, I don't see God in this situation.

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 But then again,

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 God was with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

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 when they needed him.

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 He's saying something like,

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 well, I'm completely despised

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 by the people around me.

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 But on the other hand,

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 I've seen God in my life

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 from the very, very start.

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 David's faith in God

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 is based on his knowledge of God.

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 And in turn,

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 his knowledge of God

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 is based on his experience with God.

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 Which is, of course,

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 built on the faith

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 that he's placed in God

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 in the first place,

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 like one big cycle.

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 When Christians describe themselves,

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 they often use these same words.

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 They say,

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 maybe you say this all the time too,

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 I have a personal relationship

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 in Jesus.

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 Or,

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 I put my faith in God.

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 And these two ideas

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 are deeply entwined.

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 We learn about God,

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 we learn who God is

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 through life with him.

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 And in turn,

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 we trust him more.

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 And we learn that God is faithful

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 by trusting him

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 in hard situations.

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 We learn that God is good

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 by trusting him

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 to be good to us.

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 We learn that God is merciful

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 by repenting

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 and being forgiven.

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 Now, in David's case,

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 his faith is based on knowing

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 that God is faithful.

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 If you read the books

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 of 1 and 2 Samuel,

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 you'll see plenty of situations

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 where David has a hard situation,

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 he trusts in God,

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 and when he trusts in God,

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 God comes through for him.

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 David learns this very

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 hands-on way

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 that God is faithful.

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 Late in David's life,

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 David decides to take a census.

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 And he decides to take a census

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 specifically to find out

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 how many fighting men

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 there are in Israel.

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 And I'm not really sure

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 what laws he was breaking,

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 but absolutely everybody

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 around him,

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 including his very hard

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 commander of his army,

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 said,

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 look, David,

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 this is a bad idea.

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 This is not going to go well

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 for you.

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 And he does it anyway.

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 So David knew on some level

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 that he was sinning.

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 And yet somehow,

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 he decides to do it.

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 So he takes the census,

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 and God sends him

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 his prophet.

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 And I'll read very briefly

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 from 2 Samuel 24.

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 You don't need to turn there.

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 I've got it open already.

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 But David's heart struck him

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 after he had numbered the people.

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 And David said to the Lord,

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 I have sinned greatly

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 in what I have done.

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 But now, O Lord,

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 please take away

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 the iniquity of your servant,

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 for I have done very foolishly.

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 And when David arose

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 in the morning,

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 the word of the Lord

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 came to the prophet Gad,

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 David's seer, saying,

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 Go and say to David,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 Three things I offer you.

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 Choose one of them,

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 that I may do it to you.

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 So Gad came to David

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 and told him and said to him,

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 Shall three years of famine

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 come to you and your land?

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 Or will you flee three months

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 before the foes

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 while they pursue you?

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 Or shall there be three days

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 of pestilence in your land?

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 Not a good scenario.

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 Now consider and decide

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 what answer I shall give

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 to him who sent me.

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 And David said to Gad,

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 and here it is,

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 I am in great distress.

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 Let us fall into the hand

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 of the Lord.

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 For his mercy is great,

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 but let me not fall

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 into the hand of man.

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 David knew that even

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 when he sinned,

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 he could trust the Lord,

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 who had always been good

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 and merciful and faithful,

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 to continue being good

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 and merciful and faithful.

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 Even when God was angry,

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 even when God was punishing sin,

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 David trusted that God

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 would be who he is.

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 God would continue

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 to show mercy.

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 God would continue

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 to show mercy

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 to the repentant.

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 In the case of David

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 taking the census,

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 God cuts short

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 the punishment.

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 And as far as we can tell

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 from the text,

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 it's exactly because

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 David was repentant.

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 All through his life,

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 David came to God

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 immediately and repented.

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 And this forms rather

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 a vivid example

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 of why David might be

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 a man after God's heart.

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 Because it wasn't

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 because he didn't sin,

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 because clearly he did.

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 David was a man

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 after God's heart

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 because he knew

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 who God is.

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 and because he learned

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 who God is.

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 Not to trust in God,

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 just in the knowledge

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 of God, excuse me.

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 Not just to trust

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 in the knowledge of God,

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 but trust in knowledge

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 of who he is

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 gained through experience.

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 Now I'll admit

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 something to you.

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 Up until now,

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 what I've told you

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 is very simple.

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 It's very ideal, maybe.

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 And maybe at its worst,

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 what I've said

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 is a little bit glib.

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 Because when you start

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 your Christian journey,

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 you say you have

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 just a little bit of faith

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 and you put it in Jesus

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 and he rewards that faith.

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 He forgives you.

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 Fantastic gift of God.

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 And as life goes on,

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 you learn to trust him more.

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 And as you trust him more

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 and put your trust in him,

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 he continues to be there for you.

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 And you continue

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 to gain more trust

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 and the cycle goes on

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 until presumably

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 you're a super Christian

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 and everything is good.

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 Same thing with mercy.

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 You learn to repent

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 and as you repent,

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 you learn that God forgives

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 and eventually repentance

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 will become second nature to you.

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 Now the problem

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 that I kept coming back to

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 as I read this chapter

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 over and over again this week

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 was that,

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 and maybe I'm a little bit jaded,

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 I don't know,

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 but as I read this chapter

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 over and over again,

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 I keep thinking to myself

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 that I have learned

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 over life,

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 that even a short life,

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 that the more you trust someone,

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 the more likely you are

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 to get seriously hurt.

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 And sometimes,

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 I'll face it,

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 I'll tell you right now,

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 I feel that way with God too,

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 that as if I trust God more,

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 there's more room

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 for disappointment.

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 When I was young,

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 I deeply trusted my parents

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 to shepherd me from event to event.

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 And I trusted them

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 to do it safely.

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 But eventually,

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 people always learn

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 that their parents

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 can't be completely trusted

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 with everything.

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 Some people learn it

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 long before they even

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 have solid memories

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 of their parents.

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 One of the times

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 that we were at this

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 tropical paradise river

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 with all the,

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 you know,

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 all the terraced pools,

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 we had finished

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 whatever we were doing

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 that day,

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 and my brother

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 and his friend

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 decided to run up

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 the path a little ways

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 to one of the higher pools,

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 the pools that were

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 further up.

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 And as they were coming back,

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 they were relayed

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 by a couple of guys

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 at knife point.

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 And for five or ten minutes,

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 they held my brother

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 and his friend there

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 and discussed

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 what to do with them.

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 And just before

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 they decided to rape

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 and probably worse,

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 my brother and his friend,

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 they said,

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 we should probably get going.

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 So they took their watches

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 and whatever else

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 they had and ran.

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 My parents

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 were not there.

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 Numerous times

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 I've learned

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 that I can't trust

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 my parents for everything.

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 Now you probably noticed too

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 that this psalm

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 is familiar somehow.

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 You may have heard

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 some of these words before

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 if you didn't know

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 exactly where

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 you've heard them

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 at another time.

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 As well as being

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 a psalm of David,

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 Psalm 22

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 is also

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 an uncanny prophecy

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:02.900
 of Jesus' death

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 on the cross.

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 And frankly,

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 if we're talking

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 about what trust

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 in God looks like,

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 Jesus is not

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 the first example

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 I want to jump to.

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 Psalm 22

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 is not the first place

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 that I want to look.

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 And the reason

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 that I don't want

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 to jump straight to Jesus

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 is because

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 Jesus trusted in God

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 and he died.

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 So David trusted in God

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 and lived a long life.

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 He trusted over and over again

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 and was rewarded

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 over and over again.

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 Jesus was the very heart

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 of God

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 in human flesh,

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 not just after the heart

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 of God.

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 And he died

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 an early

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 and violent death.

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 So how do we reconcile

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 this?

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 A man after God's own heart

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 lives a long life

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 and the very

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 son of God

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 lives a short

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 violent life,

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 dies a short

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 violent death.

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 And what it looks like

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 to me is

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 two men trusting God.

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 One lives,

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 one dies.

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 Two men trusting God,

00:20:05.280 --> 00:20:06.260
 one is saved

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 and one is lost.

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:09.380
 And if maybe that sounds

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 a little bit fishy to you,

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 it's because it is.

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 Because there's more

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 to it than that,

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 isn't there?

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.960
 Jesus' death

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 meant something.

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 Jesus' death

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 had a deeper purpose.

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 So let's take a quick look

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 at what the two of them

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 said during their lifetimes,

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 Jesus and David.

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 So here's what David said.

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 This is what we just read.

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 Psalm 22,

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 verse 3.

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 Yet you,

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.220
 God,

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.859
 are holy

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 and throned

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 on the praises

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 of Israel.

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 Right?

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 And here is what Jesus said.

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 This is Matthew 26.

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 Again,

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 I have it open already.

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 I'll read it for you.

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 Matthew 26,

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 verse 39.

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 And going a little further

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 into the garden

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 of Gethsemane,

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 he fell on his face

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 and prayed,

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 saying,

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 My father,

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 if it is possible,

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 let this cup pass from me.

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 Nevertheless,

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 not as I will,

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 but as you will.

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 And again,

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 a second time,

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 he went away

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 and prayed,

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 My father,

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 if this cannot pass from me

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 unless I drink it,

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 your will be done.

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 Both Jesus and David

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 knew God's character.

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 They both

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:15.699
 recognized

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 who God is.

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 They both

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 knew what he was like.

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 They recognized

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 that God is not only faithful,

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 that God is not only

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 merciful,

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 but God is also

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 sovereign.

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 Part of what that means

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 is that God

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 is for his own glory.

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 He's not for

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 our comfort.

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 He's not for

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 our safety.

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 He is for his own glory.

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 He forgives

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 and he saves us

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 for his own glory.

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 We live

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 for his glory.

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 We live

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 so that

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 he will be praised,

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 not so that

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 we will be praised.

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 The entire

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 second half

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 of the Psalm 22

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.620
 that we read earlier

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 is all about

00:21:56.820 --> 00:21:57.620
 praising God

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:58.580
 for his glory.

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 Now,

00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:00.560
 God's sovereignty

00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:01.380
 puts an entirely

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.160
 different spin,

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.759
 a different light

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.700
 on the question

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.500
 that we had earlier.

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 What it means

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.620
 to be a man

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.580
 after God's own heart

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 is no longer

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.240
 just about

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.920
 putting faith

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:13.340
 in a faithful God

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:15.520
 in hard situations,

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:15.820
 although,

00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:16.360
 of course,

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:16.900
 we need to

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.759
 bring our trouble

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.180
 to God

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:19.440
 in very specific

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.360
 prayers sometimes.

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 Do you need

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:22.659
 a car

00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:23.279
 to get to work?

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.219
 We should pray

00:22:24.219 --> 00:22:24.559
 for that

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:24.939
 and expect

00:22:24.939 --> 00:22:25.879
 God to do something.

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:26.779
 Are you being

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.579
 pestered at work,

00:22:28.479 --> 00:22:29.359
 mocked for your faith,

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.159
 perhaps worse

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.819
 than pestered?

00:22:30.959 --> 00:22:31.579
 We need to pray

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.039
 about that.

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.859
 God responds.

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.759
 But

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:39.219
 it's no longer

00:22:39.219 --> 00:22:40.079
 just about

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.740
 trusting in the

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.399
 mercy of God

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:42.459
 and the goodness

00:22:42.459 --> 00:22:42.959
 of God.

00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:45.899
 It's also about

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.699
 recognizing the

00:22:46.699 --> 00:22:47.519
 kingship of God,

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:49.339
 which both

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:50.319
 David and

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.940
 Jesus did.

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.500
 It's about

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.200
 recognizing the

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.000
 kingship of God

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.559
 to the point

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:56.000
 that his glory

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.000
 becomes as important

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.539
 to us

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.779
 as it is to him.

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 It's about

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:02.319
 trusting God's

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.940
 faithfulness

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.799
 to the point

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 that we can

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.859
 not only say,

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.720
 God, I need

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.139
 your help

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:07.000
 and expect him

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.500
 to be there,

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:09.180
 but getting to

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.579
 the point

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.480
 that our

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.139
 faithfulness

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:12.960
 also says,

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.339
 not my will,

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.960
 but your will

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.340
 be done.

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.259
 Now,

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:17.840
 these words

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.500
 are hard to say

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 and I recognize

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.460
 that,

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:19.860
 your will

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.160
 be done,

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.559
 not mine,

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.740
 but whatever

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.420
 faith you came

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.840
 in with this

00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:23.079
 morning,

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.019
 that's where

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.440
 we start.

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.220
 Probably most

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.680
 of us aren't

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.079
 at the place

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.440
 where we can

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:29.640
 say,

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.579
 not my will,

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.079
 but your will

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.380
 be done

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.720
 in every

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.259
 situation.

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.120
 But here's

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:35.480
 a question,

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.160
 can you trust

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.720
 him for food

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.160
 this week?

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.440
 Can you trust

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:42.519
 him for a job

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.000
 for the rest

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.400
 of the month?

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.079
 Can you trust

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.720
 him to forgive

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.420
 you for being

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.039
 snappy with

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.400
 your neighbor

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.039
 or your

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.180
 roommate or

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.019
 your wife or

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.480
 husband this

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.700
 morning?

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.720
 That's where

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.120
 we begin.

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.600
 That's how we

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.039
 get to know

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.340
 God,

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:59.019
 by trusting

00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:00.380
 him in his

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.100
 faithfulness for

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:02.079
 the things in

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.660
 daily life,

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.200
 for trusting

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.680
 him for

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.440
 forgiveness for

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.660
 small things.

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.160
 Eventually,

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:09.940
 the larger

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.480
 things come,

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.700
 and ultimately

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:15.360
 trusting him

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:15.880
 in his

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.340
 sovereignty,

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.180
 that his

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:18.259
 faithfulness will

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.980
 be ultimately

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.960
 for his

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.259
 glory.

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.580
 Now, if you

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:23.980
 came this

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.460
 morning and

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.920
 you're thinking,

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.660
 well, I don't

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.080
 think I have

00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.680
 enough faith to

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:28.100
 say, not

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.779
 your will be

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.519
 done, but

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:31.340
 my, not my

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:31.799
 will, but your

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.299
 will be done,

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:35.580
 you can start.

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.420
 You can start

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.880
 with what you

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.120
 came.

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.620
 If that means

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:40.279
 that you have

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.819
 enough to say,

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.779
 okay, Jesus, I

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.319
 have enough

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.759
 faith in God

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:46.200
 to start a

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.099
 relationship, to

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:48.579
 start putting my

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.119
 trust in you,

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.759
 that's enough.

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.539
 So let's pray.

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.079
 Father God, we

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.720
 thank you that you

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.519
 are faithful.

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.799
 We thank you that

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.759
 you are merciful.

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:03.279
 And Father, we

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.039
 thank you that in

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.960
 whatever capacity

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.440
 we have faith at

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.379
 this moment, we

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:08.099
 can trust you.

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.639
 And Father, we

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.539
 can trust that we

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.279
 are not the

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.740
 center of the

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.200
 universe and

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.680
 that you are.

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.000
 We can trust

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.659
 that you are

00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:15.859
 sovereign and

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.259
 that we don't

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.779
 have to worry

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.240
 about it.

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:23.700
 Father God, we

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.339
 would like to

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:27.079
 start today

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:28.639
 putting our

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.259
 trust in you.

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.480
 Father, with

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.960
 whatever we

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:34.460
 have, we

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.859
 have to start

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.279
 putting our

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.839
 trust in you.

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:36.859
 And Father, we

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.379
 thank you that

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.099
 you sent Jesus

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.720
 to make a way

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.259
 to do that.

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.660
 That we can

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.860
 trust you for

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.240
 forgiveness.

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.360
 Father, we

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:45.740
 thank you.

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.380
 And we thank you

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.839
 for Jesus.

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.900
 And in his name,

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.160
 amen.