WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:18.100 Psalm 139 is on page 628. 00:00:22.420 --> 00:00:25.199 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 00:00:25.699 --> 00:00:27.820 You know when I sit and when I rise. 00:00:27.820 --> 00:00:30.320 You perceive my thoughts from afar. 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:33.840 You discern my going out and my lying down. 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:36.600 You are familiar with all my ways. 00:00:37.219 --> 00:00:41.200 Before a word is on my tongue, you, Lord, know it completely. 00:00:42.020 --> 00:00:47.600 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:53.280 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 00:00:54.060 --> 00:00:56.000 Where can I go from your spirit? 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.280 Where can I flee from your presence? 00:00:59.820 --> 00:01:02.520 If I go up to the heavens, you are there. 00:01:02.939 --> 00:01:06.219 If I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.719 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 00:01:12.420 --> 00:01:14.719 even there your hand will guide me. 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:17.740 Your right hand will hold me fast. 00:01:17.739 --> 00:01:26.659 If I say, surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me, 00:01:27.179 --> 00:01:29.719 even the darkness will not be dark to you. 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:32.319 The night will shine like the day. 00:01:33.199 --> 00:01:35.060 For darkness is as light to you. 00:01:35.739 --> 00:01:37.699 For you created my inmost being. 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:40.539 You knit me together in my mother's womb. 00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:45.140 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:47.120 Your works are wonderful. 00:01:47.820 --> 00:01:49.120 I know that full well. 00:01:50.060 --> 00:01:54.440 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, 00:01:54.660 --> 00:01:58.360 when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 00:01:59.420 --> 00:02:01.920 Your eyes saw my unformed body. 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.640 All the days ordained for me were written in your book 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:07.760 before one of them came to be. 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:11.879 How precious to me are your thoughts, God. 00:02:12.700 --> 00:02:14.719 How vast is the sum of them. 00:02:15.860 --> 00:02:19.180 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:22.099 When I awake, I am still with you. 00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:25.780 If only you, God, would slay the wicked. 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:29.759 Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty. 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:32.819 They speak of you with evil intent. 00:02:33.700 --> 00:02:35.719 Your adversaries misuse your name. 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:39.080 Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord, 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:42.300 and abhor those who are in rebellion against you? 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:45.020 I have nothing but hatred for them. 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:47.060 I count them my enemies. 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:50.079 Search me, God, and know my heart. 00:02:50.699 --> 00:02:53.000 Test me and know my anxious thoughts. 00:02:53.780 --> 00:02:56.219 See if there is any offensive way in me, 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:58.740 and lead me to the way everlasting. 00:02:58.740 --> 00:03:09.460 Thanks very much, Sarah. 00:03:10.260 --> 00:03:12.320 So let's keep our Bibles there. 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:18.480 Today, we were hoping John Daunt was going to come and speak. 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:21.739 John hasn't been able to make it. 00:03:21.819 --> 00:03:26.859 He's unwell and passes on his apologies. 00:03:27.699 --> 00:03:30.179 So that means you've got me again today. 00:03:31.399 --> 00:03:35.060 And I thought we would stick with Psalm 139. 00:03:36.099 --> 00:03:40.399 So we'll see how we get on this morning. 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.400 Let's pray. 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:42.960 Let's pray. 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:54.719 Father, the words that we have just read 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:58.640 are perhaps familiar to us. 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:04.339 So we pray that they may become fresh to us, 00:04:05.419 --> 00:04:06.419 light new, 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:09.279 giving us life, 00:04:10.679 --> 00:04:12.439 giving us nourishment, 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:15.519 helping us to see 00:04:15.519 --> 00:04:18.500 that we are loved, cared, 00:04:19.159 --> 00:04:20.639 and treasured by you. 00:04:22.180 --> 00:04:24.879 Help us by your Holy Spirit, we pray, 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:28.980 that you would speak to us through your word this morning. 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:31.420 In Jesus' name. 00:04:32.459 --> 00:04:32.939 Amen. 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:39.439 Well, the title I've given this psalm today 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:41.719 is Our Personal God. 00:04:41.899 --> 00:04:43.379 So I'll give you the headings. 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:44.399 I haven't got a PowerPoint. 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:46.339 So if you're taking notes, 00:04:46.540 --> 00:04:48.339 I'll give them as we go along. 00:04:48.459 --> 00:04:50.079 So Our Personal God. 00:04:51.019 --> 00:04:51.860 I don't know if you know 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:54.680 that the population of the world right now 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:58.400 is 8.1 billion people and counting. 00:04:59.340 --> 00:05:00.720 So already today, 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.939 there's about 200,000 people 00:05:03.939 --> 00:05:06.600 being born around the world. 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:09.100 That's a lot of people, isn't it? 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:11.280 8.1 billion. 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:14.000 And with so many people 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:16.980 and so big a population, 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:19.819 we can almost feel lost 00:05:19.819 --> 00:05:21.720 in the midst of all of that. 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:23.840 Insignificant. 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:25.900 Who am I 00:05:25.900 --> 00:05:27.740 in the mass 00:05:27.740 --> 00:05:29.720 of all these people? 00:05:30.840 --> 00:05:33.500 We can maybe feel a little bit like Wally. 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:34.920 You know Wally? 00:05:35.699 --> 00:05:38.600 Wears Wally with his little red and white hat 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:40.960 where you have to search the page 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:43.040 for the one Wally 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:45.120 amidst hundreds of others 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:46.399 that look like him. 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:49.560 And we can maybe feel like that 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:51.000 in this population 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:51.959 and this world. 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.539 We're just another person. 00:05:55.239 --> 00:05:56.179 A number 00:05:56.179 --> 00:05:58.879 in this ever-increasing population. 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:00.500 And in the midst of it all, 00:06:00.599 --> 00:06:01.299 we can ask, 00:06:01.699 --> 00:06:04.120 does anybody care about me? 00:06:05.299 --> 00:06:07.679 Does anybody think about me? 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:12.300 Well, Psalm 139 teaches us 00:06:12.300 --> 00:06:13.240 about a God 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:16.139 who is deeply personal. 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:20.180 And he does think about us. 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:23.579 And he cares about us deeply. 00:06:25.019 --> 00:06:28.199 The psalm breaks up into four sections, 00:06:28.660 --> 00:06:30.160 six verses at a time. 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:32.460 So we're going to look at 00:06:32.460 --> 00:06:34.580 four parts to this psalm. 00:06:34.740 --> 00:06:35.080 First, 00:06:35.320 --> 00:06:39.080 God is intimately knowledgeable about me. 00:06:39.180 --> 00:06:42.640 God is intimately knowledgeable about me. 00:06:43.380 --> 00:06:44.420 Look at verse one. 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:46.800 You have searched me, Lord, 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:49.860 and you know me. 00:06:51.440 --> 00:06:53.220 God knows us. 00:06:53.220 --> 00:06:55.240 And he knows us 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.100 in all kinds of different ways. 00:06:57.580 --> 00:06:59.560 He knows what we are doing. 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:00.500 Look at verse two. 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:02.100 You know when I sit 00:07:02.100 --> 00:07:02.900 and when I rise, 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:04.340 when I go out to work, 00:07:05.180 --> 00:07:06.380 or when I go out to college 00:07:06.380 --> 00:07:07.440 and when I return. 00:07:08.700 --> 00:07:09.380 Verse three, 00:07:09.500 --> 00:07:11.420 you discern my going out 00:07:11.420 --> 00:07:13.680 and my lying down 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:15.580 when I get up 00:07:15.580 --> 00:07:17.760 and when I go to bed. 00:07:18.880 --> 00:07:20.020 God knows 00:07:20.020 --> 00:07:21.820 what we are doing. 00:07:21.819 --> 00:07:24.240 God knows 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:25.740 what we are thinking. 00:07:26.219 --> 00:07:27.420 Do you see verse two again? 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:28.319 You know when I sit 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:29.259 and when I rise. 00:07:29.860 --> 00:07:31.819 You perceive my thoughts 00:07:31.819 --> 00:07:32.740 from afar. 00:07:34.019 --> 00:07:35.439 Who knows your thoughts 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:36.100 right now? 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:37.959 God. 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:39.639 In fact, 00:07:39.699 --> 00:07:40.939 it's even telling us that 00:07:40.939 --> 00:07:42.899 before our thoughts 00:07:42.899 --> 00:07:44.800 became a thought, 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:47.079 God knew about it. 00:07:48.500 --> 00:07:49.439 Isn't that extraordinary? 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.459 He knows what we're thinking. 00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:54.980 And he knows, 00:07:55.100 --> 00:07:55.600 verse four, 00:07:55.699 --> 00:07:57.100 what we're going to say. 00:07:57.620 --> 00:07:59.860 Before a word is on my tongue, 00:08:00.719 --> 00:08:01.579 you, Lord, 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:03.420 know it completely. 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:06.699 He doesn't just hear our words. 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:08.980 He doesn't just know 00:08:08.980 --> 00:08:10.019 about our words. 00:08:10.740 --> 00:08:12.540 He knows what we're going to say 00:08:12.540 --> 00:08:14.220 even before we get them out. 00:08:14.220 --> 00:08:18.100 He knows every detail 00:08:18.100 --> 00:08:19.260 about our lives. 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:22.140 As it says in verse three, 00:08:22.700 --> 00:08:23.700 you are familiar 00:08:23.700 --> 00:08:26.420 with all our ways. 00:08:28.340 --> 00:08:28.660 I mean, 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:30.340 we think we know ourselves 00:08:30.340 --> 00:08:31.200 pretty well, 00:08:31.780 --> 00:08:32.740 but no, 00:08:32.800 --> 00:08:34.060 God knows us better. 00:08:35.060 --> 00:08:36.300 He knows our past. 00:08:36.920 --> 00:08:38.399 He knows our present. 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:41.059 He knows our future. 00:08:43.139 --> 00:08:44.699 But more than that, 00:08:45.179 --> 00:08:46.699 God doesn't just know 00:08:46.699 --> 00:08:47.639 about us 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:48.819 in an informational 00:08:48.819 --> 00:08:49.659 kind of way 00:08:49.659 --> 00:08:51.439 as if God had an exam 00:08:51.439 --> 00:08:51.980 to take 00:08:51.980 --> 00:08:52.799 and he wanted to, 00:08:53.319 --> 00:08:53.559 you know, 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:54.699 how much does God know 00:08:54.699 --> 00:08:55.159 about you? 00:08:55.220 --> 00:08:56.779 He'd get 100% every time. 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:58.100 No, it's more than that. 00:08:58.199 --> 00:09:00.039 He knows us relationally. 00:09:01.079 --> 00:09:02.259 Look at verse five. 00:09:02.259 --> 00:09:06.399 You hem me in 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:08.799 behind and before 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:11.840 and you lay your hand upon me. 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.559 I'm not much of a stitcher. 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:17.720 I do stitch the odd thing 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:18.559 every now and again, 00:09:18.700 --> 00:09:20.299 but you know that term 00:09:20.299 --> 00:09:22.259 to hem something in 00:09:22.259 --> 00:09:24.240 behind and in front 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:25.179 or what does it say, 00:09:25.259 --> 00:09:26.360 behind and before. 00:09:27.059 --> 00:09:28.939 It's like God has put you 00:09:28.939 --> 00:09:31.419 in a pocket of care. 00:09:32.259 --> 00:09:33.819 And his hand 00:09:33.819 --> 00:09:35.659 is upon you. 00:09:36.700 --> 00:09:38.480 God is intimately 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:40.399 bound up with your life. 00:09:41.319 --> 00:09:42.779 He's not some distant, 00:09:43.220 --> 00:09:44.220 impersonal, 00:09:44.379 --> 00:09:45.659 all-knowing being 00:09:45.659 --> 00:09:46.840 that just is somewhere 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:47.639 out there. 00:09:48.059 --> 00:09:49.100 No, he knows you 00:09:49.100 --> 00:09:49.899 intimately 00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:53.100 and relationally. 00:09:55.379 --> 00:09:56.939 Now what do you do 00:09:56.939 --> 00:09:57.740 with a God 00:09:57.740 --> 00:09:59.399 like that? 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:01.939 Well, it can be a bit 00:10:01.939 --> 00:10:03.120 troubling, can't it, 00:10:03.139 --> 00:10:04.419 to think that God 00:10:04.419 --> 00:10:06.220 knows all about me. 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:08.459 That God knows 00:10:08.459 --> 00:10:09.480 my thoughts 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:11.620 and what I'm thinking, 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:12.860 what I'm saying 00:10:12.860 --> 00:10:13.799 and what I'm doing. 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:15.360 Nobody else might know, 00:10:16.579 --> 00:10:17.939 but God sees 00:10:17.939 --> 00:10:18.980 and knows it all. 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:22.299 That can be pretty scary, 00:10:22.459 --> 00:10:23.000 can't it? 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:25.720 But this isn't meant 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:27.039 to leave us in fear. 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:29.139 Look at verse 6. 00:10:30.580 --> 00:10:31.620 Such knowledge 00:10:31.620 --> 00:10:33.460 is too wonderful 00:10:33.460 --> 00:10:34.080 for me, 00:10:34.580 --> 00:10:35.799 too lofty 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:36.879 for me to attain. 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:38.799 It's meant to lead us 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:40.200 not in fear, 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:41.879 but in worship, 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:44.059 in amazement 00:10:44.059 --> 00:10:44.940 and wonder 00:10:44.940 --> 00:10:46.240 at how big 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:46.940 and awesome 00:10:46.940 --> 00:10:48.159 and great God is 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:49.639 that he knows 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:50.340 about me. 00:10:50.340 --> 00:10:54.300 and that he knows 00:10:54.300 --> 00:10:55.399 me relationally. 00:10:56.820 --> 00:10:57.820 For those 00:10:57.820 --> 00:10:58.660 who are Christians, 00:10:58.940 --> 00:10:59.680 we can say, 00:11:00.540 --> 00:11:01.879 I know this God 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:04.080 and he knows me. 00:11:05.980 --> 00:11:06.879 So first, 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:08.180 God is intimately 00:11:08.180 --> 00:11:09.000 knowledgeable 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:10.460 about me. 00:11:11.800 --> 00:11:12.360 Second, 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:14.019 God is continually 00:11:14.019 --> 00:11:16.220 present with me. 00:11:16.340 --> 00:11:17.220 He is continually 00:11:17.220 --> 00:11:18.440 present with me. 00:11:18.820 --> 00:11:19.740 Look at verse 7. 00:11:19.740 --> 00:11:21.039 He poses the question, 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:22.879 where can I go 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:23.820 from your spirit? 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:27.060 Where can I flee 00:11:27.060 --> 00:11:27.940 from your presence? 00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:30.180 Is there any 00:11:30.180 --> 00:11:31.720 possible place 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:33.019 on this earth 00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:34.299 that I could go 00:11:34.299 --> 00:11:36.019 and God is not 00:11:36.019 --> 00:11:36.519 with me? 00:11:39.019 --> 00:11:39.539 Well, 00:11:39.860 --> 00:11:40.860 look at the answers. 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:43.159 He is with us 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:44.720 in the depths. 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:45.899 Look at verse 8. 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:46.639 If I go up 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:47.379 to the heavens, 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:48.960 you are there. 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:51.460 If I make my bed 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:52.519 in the depths, 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:54.019 you are there. 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:56.600 Not just the depths 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:57.659 in terms of the 00:11:57.659 --> 00:12:00.000 struggling hard times, 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:02.000 but it's referring 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:03.560 to the grave itself. 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:05.919 That God is 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:06.879 with me 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:08.820 as I pass 00:12:08.820 --> 00:12:09.680 from life 00:12:09.680 --> 00:12:11.360 into death. 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:13.659 He's with me. 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:17.699 He's with me 00:12:17.699 --> 00:12:19.279 in the distant places 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:20.399 that I might travel. 00:12:20.819 --> 00:12:21.339 Verse 9. 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:22.179 If I rise 00:12:22.179 --> 00:12:22.699 on the wings 00:12:22.699 --> 00:12:23.339 of the dawn, 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:24.519 if I settle 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:25.879 on the far side 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:26.519 of the sea, 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:28.139 even there, 00:12:28.819 --> 00:12:29.319 your hand 00:12:29.319 --> 00:12:30.079 will guide me. 00:12:30.959 --> 00:12:32.059 Your right hand 00:12:32.059 --> 00:12:33.299 will hold me fast. 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:35.860 It doesn't matter 00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:36.699 where we go 00:12:36.699 --> 00:12:38.679 or how far away 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:39.439 we may go. 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.260 He has us 00:12:41.260 --> 00:12:41.800 in the grip 00:12:41.800 --> 00:12:42.580 of His hand. 00:12:44.160 --> 00:12:45.560 Not just the depths, 00:12:45.880 --> 00:12:47.360 not just distant places, 00:12:47.860 --> 00:12:49.460 but He is with us 00:12:49.460 --> 00:12:50.720 in the darkness. 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:52.880 Verse 11. 00:12:53.160 --> 00:12:53.980 If I say, 00:12:54.160 --> 00:12:55.220 surely the darkness 00:12:55.220 --> 00:12:56.440 will hide me 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:58.480 and the light 00:12:58.480 --> 00:12:59.380 become night 00:12:59.380 --> 00:13:00.000 around me. 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:01.580 You know those times 00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:03.200 of utter distress? 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.780 when life 00:13:05.780 --> 00:13:07.100 is so overwhelming 00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:07.820 and things 00:13:07.820 --> 00:13:08.820 become dark 00:13:08.820 --> 00:13:09.920 and we're 00:13:09.920 --> 00:13:11.000 despairing? 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:13.600 And even 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:14.780 the best of times, 00:13:14.900 --> 00:13:16.020 even the good times 00:13:16.020 --> 00:13:16.940 as we look at them, 00:13:17.560 --> 00:13:18.680 become dark. 00:13:20.160 --> 00:13:21.180 We can be 00:13:21.180 --> 00:13:22.120 in those places 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:22.800 sometimes. 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:25.680 But even there, 00:13:26.940 --> 00:13:27.600 verse 12, 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:28.640 even the darkness 00:13:28.640 --> 00:13:29.820 will not be dark 00:13:29.820 --> 00:13:30.340 to you, 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:32.220 for the night 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:33.680 will shine 00:13:33.680 --> 00:13:34.500 like the day, 00:13:35.420 --> 00:13:36.379 for darkness 00:13:36.379 --> 00:13:38.040 is as light 00:13:38.040 --> 00:13:38.540 to you. 00:13:39.820 --> 00:13:40.720 Even in our 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:41.860 darkest depths, 00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.300 even in our 00:13:43.300 --> 00:13:44.500 distant places 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:45.379 we may go, 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:47.540 God is with you. 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:48.519 North, 00:13:48.740 --> 00:13:49.040 south, 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:49.840 east, 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:50.580 and west. 00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:52.080 Outside, 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:52.600 inside, 00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:54.379 there is no place, 00:13:55.060 --> 00:13:55.660 there is no 00:13:55.660 --> 00:13:56.440 circumstance, 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:57.620 there is no 00:13:57.620 --> 00:13:58.500 experience 00:13:58.500 --> 00:13:59.379 that we will 00:13:59.379 --> 00:14:00.120 go through 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.180 in this life 00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:02.379 and God 00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:03.179 will not 00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:03.779 be there. 00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:09.079 365 days 00:14:09.079 --> 00:14:09.620 of the year, 00:14:10.019 --> 00:14:11.219 24-7, 00:14:11.579 --> 00:14:12.599 moment by 00:14:12.599 --> 00:14:13.139 moment, 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:14.399 the God 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:15.559 who knows 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.559 all about you 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.120 is with you. 00:14:20.819 --> 00:14:21.819 That means 00:14:21.819 --> 00:14:22.539 there is nothing 00:14:22.539 --> 00:14:23.519 that can happen 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:24.959 or nothing 00:14:24.959 --> 00:14:26.219 that we can do 00:14:26.219 --> 00:14:27.259 that will 00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:28.359 ever be able 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:29.300 to remove 00:14:29.300 --> 00:14:29.820 us 00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:30.980 from God's 00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:31.560 presence. 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:33.279 God will 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:34.139 never ever 00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:34.940 turn around 00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:36.019 and say to you, 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:37.240 because you 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:38.060 did this 00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:39.019 or because of 00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:39.399 this, 00:14:39.779 --> 00:14:40.659 I am not 00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:41.220 going to be 00:14:41.220 --> 00:14:41.659 with you. 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:42.279 You will 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:42.820 never hear 00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:43.279 that from 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:43.620 God. 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:46.580 Now, 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:47.060 what do you 00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:47.680 do with a 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:48.620 big God 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.399 like that? 00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:51.419 Well, 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:51.740 it should 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.259 leave us 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:53.000 astounded 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:54.700 that God 00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.620 would bother 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.659 with an 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.419 insignificant 00:14:57.419 --> 00:14:58.139 me. 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:00.679 The God 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:01.539 who creates 00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.179 all things, 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:02.940 who rules 00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:03.500 all things, 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:04.399 who knows 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:04.940 all things, 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:06.200 is with me 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:08.200 in every 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:08.860 detail. 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:10.740 He's with you 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.600 in your depths, 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:12.779 in the distant 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:13.419 places, 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.460 and in the 00:15:14.460 --> 00:15:15.240 darkest of 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:15.740 days. 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:18.320 So, 00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:19.080 God knows 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:19.399 you. 00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.279 God is 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.159 present with 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:22.519 you. 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.899 And third, 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:25.680 God is 00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:26.419 wonderfully 00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:27.539 creator 00:15:27.539 --> 00:15:28.940 of me. 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:29.340 He is 00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:29.799 wonderfully 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:30.480 creator 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.299 of me. 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:32.759 He gives 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.500 the reason 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.200 for why 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:35.039 God knows 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:35.620 all about 00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.100 us, 00:15:36.820 --> 00:15:37.299 and the 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:38.000 reason why 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.519 God is 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.259 present with 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.700 us. 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.019 It's 00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:41.580 because, 00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.000 look at 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.799 verse 13, 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.840 for you 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.480 created 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:46.180 my inmost 00:15:46.180 --> 00:15:46.480 being, 00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:47.460 because you 00:15:47.460 --> 00:15:48.139 made me. 00:15:49.060 --> 00:15:49.680 That's why 00:15:49.680 --> 00:15:50.360 God knows 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:50.920 all about 00:15:50.920 --> 00:15:51.200 me. 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.759 That's why 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.300 God is 00:15:53.300 --> 00:15:53.980 present with 00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.159 me, 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:55.360 because he's 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:55.639 the one 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:56.039 who put 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:56.600 me here. 00:15:58.960 --> 00:15:59.600 Aren't 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.200 these verses 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:00.820 wonderful? 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.139 He created 00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:04.500 us physically, 00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:05.840 verse 13. 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.460 You created 00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:08.320 my inmost 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:08.800 being. 00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:10.519 You knit 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.259 me together 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:11.759 in my 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.259 mother's 00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:12.600 womb. 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:14.820 Verse 15, 00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.800 my frame 00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:16.379 was not 00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:16.700 hidden 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:17.280 from you, 00:16:17.920 --> 00:16:18.520 when I 00:16:18.520 --> 00:16:19.200 was made 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:19.560 in the 00:16:19.560 --> 00:16:19.879 secret 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:20.540 place, 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.020 when I 00:16:22.020 --> 00:16:22.740 was woven 00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:23.620 together in 00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:24.240 the depths 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:24.660 of the 00:16:24.660 --> 00:16:25.080 earth. 00:16:26.920 --> 00:16:27.740 When we 00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:28.240 were not 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:28.800 even a 00:16:28.800 --> 00:16:29.500 thought, 00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:32.820 God knew 00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:33.700 about us. 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:35.860 Yes, 00:16:36.020 --> 00:16:36.700 it took a 00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:37.640 mother and 00:16:37.640 --> 00:16:38.240 a father. 00:16:38.760 --> 00:16:39.000 Yes, 00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:39.680 it took an 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:40.740 egg and a 00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.200 sperm. 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:43.080 But it's 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:44.759 God who 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.440 made you. 00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:47.200 He made 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:47.560 you who 00:16:47.560 --> 00:16:48.160 you are. 00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:50.460 And he 00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:51.340 formed us 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:51.840 wonderfully. 00:16:52.020 --> 00:16:52.340 He not 00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:53.060 only created 00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:53.759 us physically, 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:55.000 he formed 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:56.020 us wonderfully, 00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.980 verse 14. 00:16:57.520 --> 00:16:58.500 I praise you 00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:59.740 because I am 00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:01.759 fearfully and 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.940 wonderfully made. 00:17:03.900 --> 00:17:04.920 Your works, 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:05.980 and we are 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:07.000 part of God's 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.380 works, 00:17:07.840 --> 00:17:08.779 your works are 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.340 wonderful. 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:10.619 I know 00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:11.279 that full 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:11.679 well. 00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.879 Do you 00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.259 know you're 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:15.779 wonderful? 00:17:17.659 --> 00:17:18.379 You're a 00:17:18.379 --> 00:17:19.399 wonderful person 00:17:19.399 --> 00:17:21.699 because God 00:17:21.699 --> 00:17:22.480 formed you 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:23.779 and shaped 00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.199 you and 00:17:24.199 --> 00:17:24.899 gave you the 00:17:24.899 --> 00:17:25.480 gifts and 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:26.000 the skills 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:26.399 that you 00:17:26.399 --> 00:17:27.759 have and 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.359 made you 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:28.839 the kind 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:29.339 of person 00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:29.759 that you 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.220 are with 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:30.419 your 00:17:30.419 --> 00:17:31.220 personality 00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:31.799 and your 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.539 quirky 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.319 ways and 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.599 the unique 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:35.419 person that 00:17:35.419 --> 00:17:35.980 you are. 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:39.420 He formed 00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:39.779 you. 00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:42.120 But he 00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:42.579 did more 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:43.180 than that. 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:45.120 He ordained 00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:46.319 every one of 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:47.079 your days, 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.519 verse 16. 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.940 Your eyes 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.640 saw my 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.380 unformed 00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:52.940 body. 00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.839 All the 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:56.079 days ordained 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.720 for me 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:58.240 were written 00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:59.099 in your book 00:17:59.099 --> 00:18:01.259 before one 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.620 of them 00:18:01.620 --> 00:18:02.200 came to 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:02.420 be. 00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:05.380 everything 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:06.120 about your 00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:07.560 life from 00:18:07.560 --> 00:18:08.779 beginning to 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:11.000 end is 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:12.220 all ordained 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:13.940 and all 00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.539 known by 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:14.960 God. 00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:17.320 Such a 00:18:17.320 --> 00:18:18.060 different message 00:18:18.060 --> 00:18:18.640 isn't it to 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.460 what society 00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.380 tells us. 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:22.060 It tells us 00:18:22.060 --> 00:18:22.820 and teaches us 00:18:22.820 --> 00:18:23.200 that we're 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:23.880 nothing more 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:24.259 than a 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:24.980 collection of 00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.519 cells. 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.800 That we've 00:18:26.800 --> 00:18:27.300 come from 00:18:27.300 --> 00:18:28.460 nowhere and 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:28.980 we're headed 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.460 nowhere. 00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:30.740 we're just 00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.160 in a 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:31.920 series of 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.740 random 00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.519 chances. 00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:34.940 We just 00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:36.319 all happen 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:37.240 to be 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.640 here. 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:38.960 And our 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.700 job is to 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.620 stumble along 00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:41.079 in this 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.980 crazy world 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.840 and try 00:18:42.840 --> 00:18:43.200 and make 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:43.759 the best 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.500 of things. 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:46.319 But no, 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.039 we're so 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.799 much more 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.279 than just 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.779 a random 00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.299 set of 00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:49.640 cells. 00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:50.880 God made 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.319 me and 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:51.840 designed 00:18:51.840 --> 00:18:52.460 me and 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:52.940 shaped 00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:53.259 me. 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.519 You're 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:54.900 not a 00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.620 mistake. 00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.480 Your life 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.100 is not a 00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:58.940 chance or 00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.700 an accident 00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.620 or some 00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.140 kind of 00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:01.660 regret. 00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:03.700 God 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.539 ordained 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:04.820 your 00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.460 birthday 00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:07.340 and he 00:19:07.340 --> 00:19:08.000 has set 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.600 your 00:19:08.600 --> 00:19:09.140 death 00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:09.840 day. 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.440 And he 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:11.980 holds it 00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.559 all in 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:13.160 his hands 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.820 from beginning 00:19:13.820 --> 00:19:14.680 to end. 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.680 All is 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.259 under his 00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:18.000 good and 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.440 sovereign 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:19.140 control. 00:19:23.580 --> 00:19:24.360 What do 00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:24.759 we do 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.299 with such 00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:25.980 a big 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.900 awesome 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.559 God as 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.000 this? 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.680 Well, 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:29.940 look at 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.820 verse 17. 00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:34.080 How precious 00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:34.820 to me 00:19:34.820 --> 00:19:36.160 or how 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.920 amazing 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.779 to me 00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:39.200 are your 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.840 thoughts, 00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.299 God. 00:19:40.820 --> 00:19:41.940 How vast 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.420 the sum 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:42.779 of them. 00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:45.220 Do you 00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:46.100 realize and 00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:46.400 do you 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:46.920 know that 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.360 God 00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:48.519 thinks about 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:48.820 you? 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.019 It isn't 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.559 just us 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.019 who just 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.600 wonder 00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:54.940 and ponder 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:56.460 and think 00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:57.380 about God. 00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.519 No, 00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:58.900 God 00:19:58.900 --> 00:19:59.799 thinks 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.500 about 00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:00.900 you. 00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.360 God 00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.640 is 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:03.500 concerned 00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.120 for you 00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:05.720 for every 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.500 detail of 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.140 your life. 00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:09.160 And God 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.720 has you 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.220 here and 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.840 he made 00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:11.900 you because 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:13.079 he loves 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.319 you. 00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:13.940 You are 00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.980 alive today 00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.680 because he 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.480 has purposes 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.600 for you in 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.359 this time 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:18.740 and in 00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.059 this 00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:20.179 generation. 00:20:25.179 --> 00:20:26.059 When you 00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:26.719 lie awake 00:20:26.719 --> 00:20:27.179 at night 00:20:27.179 --> 00:20:27.519 and you 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:27.919 can't 00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:28.359 sleep, 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.819 just think 00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.500 and wonder, 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:34.000 does anybody 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.859 care about 00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.140 me? 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.420 Well, 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:37.880 the God 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.480 who made 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.940 you and 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.339 the God 00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.059 who formed 00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:41.640 you so 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:42.160 wonderfully, 00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.619 the God 00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.460 who ordained 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.220 every one 00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.539 of your 00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.099 days, 00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.740 thinks 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.839 about you 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:50.819 and is 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.420 concerned 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.000 for you 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.480 because he 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.059 loves you. 00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.279 So God 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:57.019 knows you. 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.400 God is 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:01.180 present with 00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.460 you. 00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.640 God is 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.560 creator of 00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:03.840 you. 00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.279 And then 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:05.620 fourth, 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.220 God is 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:07.320 passionately 00:21:07.320 --> 00:21:09.160 jealous for 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.519 you. 00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.220 He's 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.980 passionately 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.820 jealous for 00:21:11.820 --> 00:21:12.080 you. 00:21:12.560 --> 00:21:12.920 Look at 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.759 verse 19. 00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.340 If only 00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:16.680 you, 00:21:16.820 --> 00:21:17.120 God, 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.960 would slay 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.440 the wicked. 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.759 Verse 22. 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:21.920 I have 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.880 nothing but 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.700 hatred for 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:23.960 them. 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:25.080 I count 00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:25.580 them my 00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:26.039 enemies. 00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:28.600 Well, 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:28.960 it's not 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.279 what we 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.900 expect, 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.299 is it, 00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.640 as we 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.160 read through 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.640 this psalm. 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.360 Where did 00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:33.160 these verses 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.820 come out 00:21:33.820 --> 00:21:34.080 of? 00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:35.580 The rest 00:21:35.580 --> 00:21:35.920 of the 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.400 psalm is 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.440 so encouraging 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.060 and so 00:21:38.060 --> 00:21:38.920 helpful that 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:40.259 God knows 00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.560 me. 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.320 He's present 00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:41.800 with me. 00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:43.019 He made 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.400 me. 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.920 But slaying 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.500 the wicked, 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.620 hating our 00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:49.080 enemies, 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.460 what's all 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.980 that about? 00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.880 It seems 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.540 like David 00:21:53.540 --> 00:21:54.279 got as far 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.880 as 1 to 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:56.400 18 one 00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:57.080 night and 00:21:57.080 --> 00:21:57.720 went to bed 00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.259 and got up 00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.980 very cranky 00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.420 the next 00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.799 day. 00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:00.819 Somebody 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.259 upset 00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.640 him. 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.779 We're 00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.059 very 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.759 comfortable, 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.400 aren't we, 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.000 with verses 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.559 1 to 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:06.980 18? 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.720 We're quite 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.279 happy to 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.680 read it. 00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.279 It's the 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.579 kind of 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:09.960 thing we 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:11.160 might ask 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:12.140 a non-Christian 00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:12.759 friend to 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.200 read and 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.400 say, 00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:14.079 this will 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.940 encourage you. 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.859 But by the 00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.039 way, 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.720 don't read 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.759 verses 19 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.180 to the 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.539 end. 00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.319 We kind 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:21.700 of get a 00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.480 bit embarrassed 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.220 about them. 00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.660 Maybe we 00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.099 should leave 00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.679 them out. 00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.359 Well, 00:22:27.439 --> 00:22:27.959 before we 00:22:27.959 --> 00:22:28.500 do leave 00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.019 them out, 00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.879 I think 00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.279 there is 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.980 something that 00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.819 teaches us 00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.139 here. 00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.659 It seems 00:22:33.659 --> 00:22:34.459 that David, 00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.059 who is the 00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.559 author of 00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.019 the psalm, 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.639 has a 00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:37.399 whole bunch 00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:37.980 of enemies 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.480 that are 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.119 causing him 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:39.500 trouble. 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.559 In fact, 00:22:40.699 --> 00:22:41.039 they are 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.919 wanting his 00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.459 life. 00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:43.839 Verse 19, 00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:44.719 away from 00:22:44.719 --> 00:22:45.759 me, you 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.259 who are 00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.179 bloodthirsty. 00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:49.019 So in 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.439 the midst 00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:50.000 of his 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.899 trial, 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.579 in the 00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.019 midst of 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.319 his 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.119 depths, 00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.139 in the 00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:54.539 midst of 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:54.839 his 00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.619 darkness, 00:22:56.939 --> 00:22:57.879 he cries 00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.359 out to 00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:58.699 God, 00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.559 God, 00:22:59.679 --> 00:23:00.259 if you 00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.740 are so 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.319 big and 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.980 so great, 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.759 if you 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.559 know all 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.379 about me, 00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.500 and if 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.039 you are 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.939 present with 00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:08.339 me, 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.899 and if 00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.179 you 00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.799 wonderfully 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.899 created me, 00:23:12.199 --> 00:23:12.939 then why 00:23:12.939 --> 00:23:13.639 don't you 00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.519 do something 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.419 about it? 00:23:16.459 --> 00:23:17.339 If only 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.699 you, 00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.099 God, 00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:18.919 would slay 00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.399 the wicked. 00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.679 If only 00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:22.099 you would 00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.740 deal with 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.379 the problem. 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:26.379 after all, 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.619 they're 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.019 God's 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.419 enemies 00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:27.759 too, 00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.019 aren't 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.179 they? 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.480 Look at 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.119 verse 20, 00:23:29.639 --> 00:23:30.359 they speak 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.059 of you 00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:32.119 with evil 00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.720 intent. 00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.039 Your 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:35.019 adversaries 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.759 misuse 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.379 your name. 00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.240 Do I 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.819 not hate 00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.459 those who 00:23:38.459 --> 00:23:39.059 hate you, 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.419 Lord, 00:23:39.699 --> 00:23:40.299 and abhor 00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.980 those who 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.299 are in 00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.740 rebellion 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.619 against you? 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.699 You see, 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.279 the wicked, 00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.639 those who 00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.179 are intent 00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:48.679 are doing 00:23:48.679 --> 00:23:49.119 evil, 00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:49.819 are not 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.519 just enemies 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.159 of David 00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.759 and causing 00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.459 him trouble, 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.380 they are 00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.960 ultimately 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.559 an act 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.180 against 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.840 God. 00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.980 And maybe 00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.420 as we 00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.019 read this 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.440 psalm and 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.880 we think 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.400 about our 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.640 own 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.340 situation, 00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.440 we think, 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:03.660 well, 00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.480 God knows 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.819 about the 00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.840 Christians who 00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.380 are living 00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.480 in Ukraine 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.160 and Russia. 00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:12.180 He's present 00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.759 with them. 00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.200 He made 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.480 them. 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.779 Why doesn't 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.140 he do 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:17.019 something about 00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.420 it? 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.799 Well, 00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.519 the war in 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.660 Palestine and 00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.279 Israel and 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.720 all those 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.560 innocent people 00:24:23.560 --> 00:24:24.240 being killed 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.880 every day, 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.420 God knows. 00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.840 Why doesn't 00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.300 he deal 00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:28.880 with it? 00:24:30.300 --> 00:24:30.880 All the 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:32.279 other mindless 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.900 things that 00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.420 go on in 00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.019 this world 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.420 and the 00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.060 evil and 00:24:35.060 --> 00:24:35.860 the violence 00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.240 and the 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.000 extortion 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.279 and trafficking 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:41.120 and if 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.860 only you, 00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.240 God, 00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:42.900 would slay 00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.340 the wicked. 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.279 Maybe you 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.080 have enemies. 00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.320 Maybe there's 00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:50.900 things you're 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.360 struggling 00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:53.019 with and 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.720 you're also 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.480 crying out 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.960 to God 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.519 today and 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.900 asking, 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.800 you know 00:24:56.800 --> 00:24:57.100 me, 00:24:57.800 --> 00:24:58.360 you're 00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:59.200 present with 00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.500 me, 00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:01.400 you created 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:01.860 me, 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.300 surely you're 00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:03.840 big and 00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.620 powerful enough 00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.080 to do 00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:05.900 something about 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.320 it. 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.400 Well, 00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.100 God is not 00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:10.920 immune to 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.540 all that is 00:25:11.540 --> 00:25:12.220 going on. 00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.240 He does 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.580 see, 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.140 he does 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.540 know, 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.960 and he 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.720 will judge. 00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.240 The Bible 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.080 is very clear 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.799 about that. 00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.279 But our 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.039 job is not 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.579 to take 00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.199 vengeance. 00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:24.859 Our job 00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.519 is not to 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.220 play God. 00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.799 Instead, 00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:28.159 look how he 00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.819 responds, 00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.819 verse 23. 00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.720 Search me, 00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.259 God, 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.859 and know 00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.679 my heart. 00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:39.319 Test me 00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.819 and know 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:42.359 my anxious 00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:43.019 thoughts. 00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:45.359 see if 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.740 there is 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.519 any offensive 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.319 way in 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.859 me, 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:50.180 and lead 00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:51.440 me in 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.940 the way 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.160 everlasting. 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.279 Yes, 00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.859 God is 00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.660 concerned with 00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.240 all that is 00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.960 going on in 00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.480 the world, 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.099 but God is 00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:01.319 concerned for 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.759 you, 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.579 for your 00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.019 heart. 00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.660 God will 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.480 take care of 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.259 the big things 00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.859 of this world, 00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.460 we can be 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.220 sure of that, 00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.079 but he's 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.759 concerned for 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.379 your heart 00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.920 today. 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.200 The God 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.800 who knows 00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:16.040 us, 00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.340 who is 00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.060 present with 00:26:17.060 --> 00:26:17.300 us, 00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:18.080 who created 00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.460 us, 00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.460 longs, 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.460 verse 24, 00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.000 that we 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.740 would walk 00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.280 in his 00:26:22.280 --> 00:26:22.720 way, 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.400 in the 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.860 way of 00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.640 everlasting. 00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:27.280 You see, 00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.920 God is 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:29.160 passionately 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.660 jealous for 00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.220 us. 00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:33.600 He does 00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.380 know us. 00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.160 He saw us 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:37.000 from the 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.660 beginning of 00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.140 time. 00:26:38.520 --> 00:26:39.220 He saw us 00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.620 as we 00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.440 entered into 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.060 this world, 00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.819 and he 00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.659 knows our 00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.139 need. 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.899 He knows 00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.460 our mess 00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:44.799 and our 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.480 brokenness, 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.619 and God 00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.899 sent Jesus 00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:49.519 to be with 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.039 us. 00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:52.079 God who 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.960 created the 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.159 universe was 00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:55.859 formed inside 00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.539 the mother 00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:58.359 of Mary, 00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:01.579 became one 00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.259 of us, 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.059 to be present 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.940 amongst us 00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.619 in the mess 00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:05.980 and the 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.720 brokenness of 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.319 this world. 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.460 world. 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.419 His life 00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:10.419 was ordained 00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:11.200 that he 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.899 would come. 00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.859 It was all 00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.740 planned by 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.500 God before 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.039 the world 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.919 ever existed, 00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.039 that he 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.700 would come 00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.679 as a person 00:27:18.679 --> 00:27:20.139 into the 00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:21.139 mess and 00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:21.919 the brokenness 00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.299 of this 00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.679 world. 00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:25.220 And he 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.679 came to 00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:26.220 die for 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.700 us, 00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.659 to take 00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:29.339 our blame, 00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:31.000 to take 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.679 our sin, 00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.819 to take 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.419 the judgment 00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:34.919 that we 00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.339 deserve. 00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:37.119 he faced 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.679 a greater 00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:38.220 enemy, 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.220 the enemy 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.959 of death 00:27:39.959 --> 00:27:40.740 and sin, 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.779 and he 00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.720 was victorious 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.599 over them 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.679 all as he 00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:45.480 rose again 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.399 from the 00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:46.879 grave. 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.659 And he 00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.199 comes to 00:27:49.199 --> 00:27:49.879 us afresh 00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.359 today, 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:52.119 and he 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.339 says, 00:27:52.459 --> 00:27:52.720 I am 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.399 passionately 00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:54.220 jealous for 00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.480 you. 00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.259 I died 00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.759 for you. 00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.339 I loved 00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.639 you. 00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.619 Follow 00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:02.079 me in 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.579 the way 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.779 everlasting. 00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:03.879 everlasting. 00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:08.259 We may 00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.920 only be a 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.539 number to 00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:09.920 some. 00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.859 We may 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.379 only be 00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.200 one person 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.519 in 8.1 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.500 billion people. 00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.480 But you 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.119 are precious 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.839 to God. 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.639 You are 00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.299 loved by 00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.619 him. 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.279 He knows 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.539 you. 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.079 He's with 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.359 you. 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.980 He made 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.279 you. 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.119 And he 00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.680 jealously 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.319 longs for 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:30.539 you. 00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.740 Let's pray. 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:44.079 Father, 00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.519 we 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.880 confess, 00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.880 I admit, 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.640 that we 00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:49.460 have only 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.400 scratched the 00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.839 surface of 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.839 your awesomeness 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.220 and your 00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.660 greatness. 00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.400 So would 00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.000 you please 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.819 take these 00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.740 few thoughts 00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.980 that we 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.440 have looked 00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.160 up together 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:04.240 and impress 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.759 them upon 00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.440 our hearts 00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.940 today, 00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.720 that we 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.420 may go 00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.480 worshipping 00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:11.000 you in 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.740 wonder and 00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.480 praise of 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.080 an almighty 00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:13.600 God, 00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.380 to know 00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.880 that you 00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.519 long for 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.940 us, 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.480 and that we 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.000 would walk 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.400 in your 00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.539 paths and 00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.100 your way. 00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.080 Help us 00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.519 now, we 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.019 ask. 00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:25.200 In Jesus' 00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.660 name. 00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.820 Amen. 00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:33.559 We're 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:33.819 going to 00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.500 sing together 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:34.939 as we 00:29:34.939 --> 00:29:35.480 finish. 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.439 What love 00:29:38.439 --> 00:29:39.299 could remember, 00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.299 no wrongs 00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.599 we have 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:40.960 done, 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.559 omniscient, 00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.799 all-knowing, 00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:44.379 he counts 00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.980 not their 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.319 sum. 00:29:45.939 --> 00:29:46.319 Let's 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.019 stand together 00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.399 as we 00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.859 remind 00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.339 ourselves 00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.779 of the 00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.480 awesomeness 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.039 of God 00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:51.460 and worship 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.960 him. 00:29:51.960 --> 00:30:01.460 Thank you.