WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.960 And turn to Psalm 25. I'm going to read it for us and then I'm going to hand over to Sim who is going to explain it for us, preach from it. 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:15.220 So let's read Psalm 25 of David. 00:00:15.780 --> 00:00:28.219 In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. I trust in you. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. 00:00:28.219 --> 00:00:37.879 No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause. 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:50.899 Show me your ways, Lord. Teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me for you are God my Savior and my hope is in you all day long. 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:56.780 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. 00:00:56.780 --> 00:01:03.219 Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways. According to your love, remember me. 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:08.879 For you, Lord, are good. Good and upright is the Lord. 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:17.200 Therefore, he instructs sinners in his ways. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. 00:01:18.260 --> 00:01:24.319 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant. 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:29.259 For the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:36.699 Who then are those who fear the Lord? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose. 00:01:37.339 --> 00:01:41.759 They will spend their days in prosperity and their descendants will inherit the land. 00:01:42.659 --> 00:01:47.039 The Lord confides in those who fear him. He makes his covenant known to them. 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:52.700 My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare. 00:01:54.380 --> 00:01:59.680 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. 00:02:00.300 --> 00:02:03.740 Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish. 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:08.439 Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:13.680 See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me. 00:02:14.620 --> 00:02:16.620 Guard my life and rescue me. 00:02:17.099 --> 00:02:20.479 Do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:28.560 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you. 00:02:29.900 --> 00:02:33.860 Deliver Israel, O God, from all their troubles. 00:02:34.860 --> 00:02:35.840 Simeon, over to you. 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:38.420 Wonderful. Good evening. 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.020 Should we pray as we look at God's word together? 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.340 Gracious Father, we just thank you so much for your word. 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:51.680 We thank you that we can trust it. 00:02:52.219 --> 00:02:54.259 Lord, that it is a light to our path. 00:02:55.340 --> 00:02:59.460 And we pray that you would speak to us from it now, that you would humble us, 00:03:00.099 --> 00:03:02.400 give us hearts that are willing to listen and change. 00:03:03.659 --> 00:03:05.580 Lord, would I lead us in it well? 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:09.240 And point to you for your glory. 00:03:09.659 --> 00:03:09.879 Amen. 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:16.259 Well, waiting isn't always easy, is it? 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.000 Waiting for that light to turn green when you're in a hurry. 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:23.780 Or when you're hungry, so hungry. 00:03:23.980 --> 00:03:28.980 And waiting for that McDonald's order number to appear on the screen. 00:03:28.979 --> 00:03:32.679 Or needing the toilet when there's no place to go. 00:03:32.799 --> 00:03:34.719 Waiting, it's not easy. 00:03:35.739 --> 00:03:38.679 And David, the writer of our psalm, he's waiting. 00:03:38.959 --> 00:03:42.639 And maybe you caught the repeated word hope in the passage. 00:03:43.019 --> 00:03:46.719 Like in verse 21, my hope, Lord, is in you. 00:03:47.219 --> 00:03:48.139 And that's the waiting. 00:03:48.139 --> 00:03:51.559 And ESV literally puts it, I wait for you. 00:03:52.559 --> 00:03:54.959 And it's not a fingers crossed hope. 00:03:55.679 --> 00:03:58.299 It's an eager expectation and waiting. 00:03:58.859 --> 00:04:03.739 It's like the groom waiting at the front of the church, waiting for his bride to arrive. 00:04:04.239 --> 00:04:05.299 Eager expectation. 00:04:05.300 --> 00:04:08.980 I think Hannah made me wait about 20 minutes. 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:11.380 So, not too bad. 00:04:11.540 --> 00:04:12.840 Could have been shorter, to be fair. 00:04:13.160 --> 00:04:16.300 But that's eager expectation. 00:04:16.819 --> 00:04:19.160 It's what Christians are doing today, isn't it? 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:19.840 Waiting. 00:04:20.980 --> 00:04:21.900 We've been forgiven. 00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:23.259 We've been made right with God. 00:04:24.080 --> 00:04:25.540 We're headed for eternal glory. 00:04:26.180 --> 00:04:27.920 But we're not there yet. 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:31.600 And so we're praying, come Lord Jesus, bring us home. 00:04:32.780 --> 00:04:34.740 But that waiting's not easy, is it? 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.780 Because our lives, they look so far from glory. 00:04:40.100 --> 00:04:42.379 We suffer, we doubt, we sin. 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:47.319 Maybe you're related to David as you heard the psalm. 00:04:48.259 --> 00:04:55.520 He wants deliverance from his suffering, from loneliness, affliction, a troubled heart, enemies. 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:59.740 What is it that you want deliverance from right now? 00:05:00.979 --> 00:05:04.659 Struggles at work, illnesses, strained relationships. 00:05:04.939 --> 00:05:06.459 We probably all have something. 00:05:07.579 --> 00:05:10.099 We suffer and we doubt. 00:05:10.620 --> 00:05:14.039 Maybe David's words in verse 2 struck home for you. 00:05:15.099 --> 00:05:16.560 Don't let me be put to shame. 00:05:18.599 --> 00:05:20.740 Well, shame here is not about being embarrassed. 00:05:20.740 --> 00:05:26.740 It's being exposed as someone whose trust has been utterly misplaced. 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:29.759 It's like the groom left at the altar. 00:05:30.379 --> 00:05:35.300 It's like a drowning swimmer who the lifeguard hasn't answered the call of. 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:39.060 They've been let down by what they trusted in. 00:05:39.840 --> 00:05:41.699 They've been exposed as in the wrong. 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:47.040 And I wonder, do we ever worry that our trust has been misplaced? 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:48.900 I know that I do. 00:05:48.899 --> 00:05:51.159 What if I deceive myself? 00:05:51.259 --> 00:05:52.979 What if I've got God wrong? 00:05:54.179 --> 00:05:56.519 Is Jesus really worth trusting? 00:05:58.099 --> 00:06:02.939 And ultimately, we want to know that we won't be put to shame on judgment day, right? 00:06:03.019 --> 00:06:07.679 We want to be not just delivered from suffering, but saved from hell. 00:06:07.799 --> 00:06:10.839 Saved from hell, given eternal life instead. 00:06:12.139 --> 00:06:13.560 Will we be put to shame? 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:16.779 But the stakes are really high, aren't they? 00:06:16.779 --> 00:06:19.939 And so that's why we really need Psalm 25 today. 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:22.500 It's a psalm for those that are waiting. 00:06:23.259 --> 00:06:26.839 It's full of prayers and promises made to be meditated. 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:30.179 And meditated on, memorized, recited. 00:06:31.339 --> 00:06:34.379 It shows us what we need while we wait. 00:06:35.659 --> 00:06:36.619 And what do we need? 00:06:37.219 --> 00:06:39.979 Well, we can sum it up in one verse, thankfully, 00:06:39.980 --> 00:06:42.680 because anything else would be a bit too complicated for me. 00:06:42.819 --> 00:06:43.980 So, verse 1. 00:06:45.379 --> 00:06:49.840 In you, Lord, my God, I put my trust. 00:06:51.400 --> 00:06:53.140 I need to trust my God. 00:06:54.939 --> 00:06:57.220 David, the king of Israel, he's saying, 00:06:57.220 --> 00:07:00.020 I lift up my soul to you. 00:07:00.980 --> 00:07:03.580 He's trusting his whole self to the Lord. 00:07:04.200 --> 00:07:06.620 He's staking all of his life on his promises. 00:07:07.580 --> 00:07:09.360 And he's claiming God to be his. 00:07:09.460 --> 00:07:10.040 Did you see it? 00:07:10.580 --> 00:07:11.860 You are my God. 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:14.740 Like a child saying, you are my mum. 00:07:15.260 --> 00:07:17.080 It's a deeply trusting relationship. 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:21.620 And we too can claim God as ours, right? 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:24.079 We're in his people. 00:07:24.919 --> 00:07:28.839 If we're trusting Jesus, we're under the perfect king. 00:07:29.579 --> 00:07:32.459 That king that David was a small picture of. 00:07:33.259 --> 00:07:35.479 If we're under Jesus, we can pray this too. 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:40.439 In you, Lord, my God, I put my trust. 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:42.479 He is everything I am. 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:49.160 My life, my dreams, my possessions, my friendships, my troubles too. 00:07:50.379 --> 00:07:51.340 And my eternity. 00:07:52.460 --> 00:07:54.800 I will trust you with all of it. 00:07:55.540 --> 00:07:57.020 No backup safety options. 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:01.800 This is the way not to be put to shame. 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:03.700 Verse 3 tells us that. 00:08:04.520 --> 00:08:08.000 No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame. 00:08:09.400 --> 00:08:10.600 So that's it, really. 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:12.140 That's all we need. 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:14.860 That's what we can have in our hearts this week. 00:08:15.400 --> 00:08:16.520 When waiting is hard. 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:19.100 I need to trust my God. 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:23.439 So we've got the answer. 00:08:24.939 --> 00:08:27.540 But we haven't really seen what that looks like, have we? 00:08:28.200 --> 00:08:32.720 And Psalm 25 really is that trust in action. 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:44.879 So as we dive a little deeper into these prayers and promises, I hope that we'll learn not just that we need what we need to trust God for, but also how trustworthy and good he is. 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:47.580 Shall we see what that trust looks like? 00:08:47.580 --> 00:08:49.720 It's a trust that prays three things. 00:08:50.539 --> 00:08:54.299 Three things that we rely on God for as we wait. 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:56.779 And we'll be taking the psalm as a whole for these. 00:08:56.779 --> 00:09:00.419 So hopefully you can keep with me as we dot around a little bit. 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:02.579 So three prayers. 00:09:02.740 --> 00:09:05.740 First, we need to trust God for guidance. 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:07.720 So take a look. 00:09:07.779 --> 00:09:08.940 Verse four and five. 00:09:09.659 --> 00:09:10.980 Show me your ways, Lord. 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:12.159 Teach me your paths. 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:14.159 Guide me in your truth. 00:09:14.580 --> 00:09:15.279 And teach me. 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:16.899 For you are God, my savior. 00:09:17.019 --> 00:09:19.500 And my hope is in you all the day long. 00:09:19.500 --> 00:09:25.179 So David trusts that God's way is best and that he needs to follow it. 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:29.320 But he's dependent on God to lead him in what is right. 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:34.740 He's like a child walking with his father and reaching out his hand to be led. 00:09:36.059 --> 00:09:38.039 He knows that he can't do it without him. 00:09:39.299 --> 00:09:42.580 And wonderfully, God promises to follow through. 00:09:43.379 --> 00:09:44.460 Verses eight to ten. 00:09:45.740 --> 00:09:47.799 Good and upright is the Lord. 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:47.879 Good. 00:09:48.419 --> 00:09:51.559 Therefore, he instructs sinners in his ways. 00:09:51.979 --> 00:09:53.879 He guides the humble in what is right. 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:55.759 He teaches them his way. 00:09:57.019 --> 00:10:04.939 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the covenant, the demands of his covenant. 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:14.539 So because God is good, he'll instruct, guide, teach those who are sinful and suffering in his way. 00:10:14.539 --> 00:10:21.639 And Jesus shows us what these upright ways look like. 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:25.860 In fact, he is the way for sinners, isn't he? 00:10:26.459 --> 00:10:27.980 He's the perfect life. 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:32.839 And his perfect life is the model that God is teaching. 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:43.840 So this is actually deeper than God promising to guide in big decision making about career and marriage. 00:10:44.680 --> 00:10:48.220 And for me, struggles to decide which takeaway to order. 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:52.820 He actually said he doesn't promise obvious answers to these. 00:10:52.820 --> 00:10:58.080 But it's a promise to guide us to be like Jesus. 00:10:59.160 --> 00:11:00.540 Perfectly trusting God. 00:11:01.700 --> 00:11:05.240 Becoming loving, self-sacrificial, forgiving. 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:13.799 God works all things for those that love him so that we'd be conformed to the image of his son. 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:15.100 That's Romans 8. 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:23.539 But how does this doing what is right, being like Jesus, how does that help us when it's hard? 00:11:24.299 --> 00:11:26.240 When we're suffering or doubting? 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:29.480 Well, so many ways. 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:34.960 Can I show you a few reasons why becoming like Jesus helps us when waiting is hard? 00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:38.800 So verse 12, it signals that we're his. 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.420 Who then are those who fear the Lord? 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.680 He will instruct them in the ways they should choose. 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:48.360 So like the pulse shows that the heart is beating, 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:53.019 wanting what God wants gives us assurance as we wait. 00:11:53.019 --> 00:12:00.100 Being led Jesus' way is actually a sign that we've already started living with him. 00:12:01.439 --> 00:12:05.620 Verse 13, it also gives us assurance of future blessing. 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:12.000 They will spend their days in prosperity and their descendants will inherit the land. 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:14.240 This is the good life. 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:16.860 Think of the richest person on earth. 00:12:17.199 --> 00:12:18.500 I don't actually know who that is. 00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:23.740 But this life doesn't compare to this good life. 00:12:23.820 --> 00:12:26.080 The life that they have doesn't compare to this good life. 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:31.379 And it's not just the land of Canaan promised for ancient Israel, 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:36.539 but Jesus showed us that the true fulfillment of this promise is far greater 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:39.340 than the riches and land of this world. 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:41.840 It's an eternal life with him. 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:46.500 And so we can wait with confidence knowing all of our promises, 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:51.639 all of God's promises are ours in Jesus. 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:55.879 Look at verse 14 then. 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:00.700 Our next reason, it gives us friendship with the Lord. 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.000 So the Lord confides in those who fear him. 00:13:05.060 --> 00:13:07.100 He makes his covenant known to them. 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:10.480 He befriends us and he walks with us. 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:13.200 Try to get your head around that. 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:16.519 Friends with the maker of the universe. 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:20.680 Walking with you every step by his spirit, 00:13:20.800 --> 00:13:23.639 making known his ways to you in his word. 00:13:25.019 --> 00:13:27.300 And making known to you all that you have in Jesus. 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:33.460 Can you trust God enough to call him your best friend? 00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:35.920 I hope so. 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:38.979 Because surely this is the goal of life, 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:42.399 to walk with God in eternal friendship. 00:13:44.719 --> 00:13:46.439 We get friendship with the Lord. 00:13:47.319 --> 00:13:49.019 And we can't trust anything else. 00:13:49.419 --> 00:13:50.599 Look at verse 15 with me. 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:52.740 My eyes are ever on the Lord, 00:13:53.179 --> 00:13:56.879 for only he will release my feet from the snare. 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:03.039 So we can't trust riches or relationships or entertainment. 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:06.019 They can't free us from our troubles. 00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:08.320 We know it's true, 00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:11.179 but we so often turn to them, don't we? 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:14.159 But walking God's way, 00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:18.059 it guards us from looking to those things for freedom. 00:14:18.059 --> 00:14:22.139 And it keeps us from despair when those things let us down. 00:14:23.739 --> 00:14:26.339 So becoming like Jesus helps us wait. 00:14:27.239 --> 00:14:30.359 Mostly because it reinforces our trust in him. 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:32.579 And lastly, 00:14:33.019 --> 00:14:35.239 I just want to show you verse 20 and 21, 00:14:35.699 --> 00:14:40.019 how it shows that our trust won't put us to shame. 00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:59.519 So a life of integrity, 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:04.919 that is that his life would match what he believes. 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:08.319 That life of integrity would show 00:15:08.319 --> 00:15:12.979 that his hope really is in the Lord and not himself. 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:17.059 It would show that he really won't be put to shame. 00:15:18.299 --> 00:15:21.240 And that's what he's dependent on God to bring about. 00:15:22.579 --> 00:15:24.939 So walking in our Savior's ways, 00:15:25.719 --> 00:15:28.199 it shows that our trust won't put us to shame. 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:34.059 And doesn't following Jesus' example of obedience do that? 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:38.279 As we try to live cross-centered lives, 00:15:38.439 --> 00:15:39.399 cross-shaped lives, 00:15:39.979 --> 00:15:42.299 as we live for the life to come, 00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:44.240 sacrifice for others, 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:47.479 as we're willing to face ridicule for him, 00:15:48.479 --> 00:15:51.539 are we not being preserved from shame? 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:54.860 Because really, if you think about it, 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:58.279 our life exposes our trust, doesn't it? 00:15:59.219 --> 00:16:00.779 Even when waiting is hard. 00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:06.100 If I serve my spouse when I've got back pain, 00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:10.279 it's a sign that I'm trusting Jesus' ways 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:13.019 are more important than my comfort. 00:16:14.079 --> 00:16:18.439 If I get angry when I'm tired and I don't get my way, 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:22.759 it's a sign that maybe I don't fear the Lord as I should. 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:27.500 And wow, we need God's help in this, don't we? 00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:33.679 That God would guide us to live out our trust. 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:37.419 I wonder, are you praying 00:16:37.419 --> 00:16:40.519 that God would make you look more like Jesus? 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.139 Because we're reliant on him for it. 00:16:44.819 --> 00:16:47.319 And this is the good, the blessed way to live. 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:50.840 As we trust in God's instruction and guidance 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:52.120 and truth in his word, 00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:54.800 as we rely on his Holy Spirit to change 00:16:54.800 --> 00:16:56.520 and guide us by them, 00:16:56.760 --> 00:16:58.800 we show that we trust God. 00:17:00.260 --> 00:17:01.920 And so we need to trust God 00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:04.039 for guidance to be like Jesus. 00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:07.140 That's our first prayer. 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.080 But hopefully you've noticed that 00:17:10.080 --> 00:17:12.240 there's a missing foundation. 00:17:12.620 --> 00:17:15.920 Maybe little alarm bells have been ringing in your head 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:17.060 as I've been talking, 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:20.120 because look at my life. 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:22.820 I am so far from holiness 00:17:22.820 --> 00:17:26.100 and wholeheartedness for God. 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:30.400 I think instinctively we know that 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:32.820 if holiness and uprightness 00:17:32.820 --> 00:17:35.300 and integrity is what we need, 00:17:36.300 --> 00:17:37.900 then we're all in trouble. 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:42.039 And actually all the guidance in the world wouldn't help. 00:17:42.840 --> 00:17:44.600 We need something else while we wait. 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:47.519 We need our second prayer. 00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:50.079 We need to trust God for forgiveness. 00:17:51.919 --> 00:17:53.559 We can never move away from this. 00:17:53.899 --> 00:17:56.319 It's the central background to the psalm. 00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:58.679 It's literally structured all around it. 00:17:58.740 --> 00:18:00.879 It's the middle, middle, verse 11, 00:18:01.399 --> 00:18:03.759 like the middle piece of bacon 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:05.459 in a double bacon cheeseburger, 00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:08.299 but maybe a little bit more significant than that. 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:10.659 It's a central prayer. 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:13.700 Forgive my iniquity, 00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:15.579 though it is great. 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:19.659 So without this, everything else falls apart. 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:23.680 Without it, ultimate deliverance is not possible. 00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:26.619 It's like trying to make a bacon cheeseburger 00:18:26.619 --> 00:18:27.819 without the bacon, I guess. 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:32.859 Even if he's delivered from all of his troubles in this life, 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.919 he'd be guilty before God. 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:37.899 That really is his fundamental problem. 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.599 It's ours too. 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:40.220 We all sin. 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.599 Everyone in this room, 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:44.019 everyone in the world, 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:48.099 we've chosen to make up the way ourselves 00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:51.240 rather than walking with God in his. 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:58.079 And so like a groom that's cut off all his ties 00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:59.480 with the bride 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:01.659 and hasn't even shown up for the wedding, 00:19:02.439 --> 00:19:04.159 how can he expect to marry her? 00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:07.699 How can we expect to be with God forever 00:19:07.699 --> 00:19:10.579 if we've never known or pleased him? 00:19:12.199 --> 00:19:12.899 Our guilt, 00:19:13.459 --> 00:19:17.559 it should cut us off from God forever, 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:19.419 cut us off from God's goodness forever. 00:19:20.419 --> 00:19:20.980 And yet, 00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:24.059 we can trust God for forgiveness 00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:27.419 because of who he is 00:19:27.419 --> 00:19:29.559 and in spite of who we are. 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:32.440 As David prays in verse six, 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.579 remember Lord, 00:19:34.379 --> 00:19:36.599 your great mercy and love 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:39.179 for they are from of old. 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:44.079 So did you see he appeals to God 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:45.419 to remember who he is, 00:19:46.179 --> 00:19:47.220 who he's always been, 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:48.919 a God of mercy, 00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.879 tender compassion, 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:53.139 a God whose love 00:19:53.139 --> 00:19:56.039 is unchanging for all eternity. 00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:59.639 The God we rely on 00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:02.619 has chosen and loved his people 00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:04.579 since before the creation. 00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:07.099 We can trust that he's forgiving 00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:08.740 because of who he is 00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:10.659 and even in spite of who we are. 00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:11.679 Verse seven, 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:14.340 do not remember the sins of my youth 00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:15.940 and my rebellious ways. 00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.420 According to your love, 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.140 remember me 00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:19.120 for you, 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.360 Lord, 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:19.940 are good. 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.259 Don't treat me 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.600 as my sins deserve. 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:26.120 He begs God 00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.980 not to remember. 00:20:27.820 --> 00:20:28.500 Not that God 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:30.220 will literally forget. 00:20:30.340 --> 00:20:30.500 Oh, 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.759 I don't remember when you did that. 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:33.880 But 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:35.980 that he won't add these things 00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:37.740 to the charge sheet. 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:41.160 And us too, 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:43.500 we can join with David 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.500 and pray this prayer. 00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:46.160 But we can pray it 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.819 with a confidence 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:48.640 that David didn't even have 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:50.420 because we can see 00:20:50.420 --> 00:20:52.599 how that forgiveness is won. 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:55.339 We know that Jesus 00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.619 has taken our shame 00:20:56.619 --> 00:20:57.379 on the cross. 00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:59.439 He's won the battle 00:20:59.439 --> 00:21:00.339 over sin 00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.339 and punishment. 00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:03.099 Colossians 2 00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.899 tells us 00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:04.859 he forgave us 00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.939 all our sins 00:21:05.939 --> 00:21:06.879 and 00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:08.559 cancelled the charge 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.719 which condemned us. 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:11.019 He's taken it away, 00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:12.899 nailing it to the cross. 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.919 And in the end, 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.980 actually his enemies 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.259 were the ones 00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.919 put to shame. 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.159 That passage 00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:19.899 continues, 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.939 having disarmed 00:21:20.939 --> 00:21:21.899 the powers 00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:22.579 and authorities 00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:24.119 he made a public 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:25.299 spectacle of them 00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:27.059 triumphing over them 00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.799 by the cross. 00:21:28.939 --> 00:21:30.419 So now it's true 00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:32.759 what Romans 10 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.699 verse 11 says, 00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.980 everyone who believes 00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.559 in him 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:38.679 will not be put 00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:39.199 to shame. 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.799 So is your sin 00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.220 great? 00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:45.480 Well, 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.099 join the club. 00:21:47.659 --> 00:21:48.980 But what's your plan 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.480 with it 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.639 on judgment day? 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:52.920 will you trust God? 00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:56.300 Because when we don't 00:21:56.300 --> 00:21:57.320 ask God for forgiveness, 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.720 we're essentially 00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.640 trusting in 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:01.040 something else 00:22:01.040 --> 00:22:01.960 to deal with 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.500 our guilt, 00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:02.960 aren't we? 00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.600 Our goodness, 00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:06.060 human opinion, 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.500 maybe even 00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:09.040 a man-made idol. 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.460 It doesn't matter 00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.940 what it is, 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.680 all of those things 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:13.140 will put us to shame 00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:13.960 on judgment day 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.080 because only Jesus 00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:16.400 can free us 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:16.900 from shame. 00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:20.340 So if you haven't 00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:22.040 asked him for forgiveness, 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:24.400 there really is no hope 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:25.620 without it. 00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:27.460 I must beg you to 00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.540 do that today. 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.300 But if you have, 00:22:32.300 --> 00:22:33.240 you can have confidence 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.420 he has and will 00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.080 forgive us. 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.060 He won't remember 00:22:36.060 --> 00:22:36.759 your sins. 00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:37.880 He won't keep 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.600 bringing them up 00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.640 to make you feel bad. 00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:40.660 Actually, 00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.360 that's what the devil 00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:41.740 does. 00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:44.900 So let's depend 00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.480 on him 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:47.000 by continuing 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.039 to turn to him 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.620 for forgiveness 00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.220 each day 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.519 and reminding 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.740 ourselves who he is. 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:54.400 We need to trust 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.839 God for forgiveness. 00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.819 So is that it then? 00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.079 Is that what this 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.140 trust looks like 00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.920 while we wait? 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.660 To keep us 00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.200 from shame, 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.779 we need to rely 00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.799 on God 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.920 for forgiveness 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.099 and Christ-likeness. 00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.959 But, 00:23:11.219 --> 00:23:12.719 maybe you've been 00:23:12.719 --> 00:23:13.019 wondering, 00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:13.659 what about 00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:15.019 the troubles 00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.779 themselves? 00:23:17.219 --> 00:23:17.919 What about 00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.779 the actual things 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.219 that make 00:23:19.219 --> 00:23:20.039 waiting hard? 00:23:21.659 --> 00:23:21.980 Well, 00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:23.599 we still need 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.259 one last 00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.359 thing to pray. 00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:27.000 We need to 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.639 trust God 00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:29.259 for deliverance. 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.799 Do you see 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.759 his prayer 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.399 starting at 00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:34.119 verse 16? 00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.379 Take a look 00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.779 with me. 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.319 Turn to me 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.480 and be gracious 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.980 to me 00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.859 for I am 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.480 lonely 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.740 and afflicted. 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.460 Relieve the 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.220 troubles of my 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.619 heart 00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.919 and free me 00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.379 from my 00:23:47.379 --> 00:23:47.960 anguish. 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.839 Look on my 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.379 affliction 00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.259 and my distress 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:53.099 and take away 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:54.000 all my sins. 00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.500 See how 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.899 numerous 00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.839 are my enemies 00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:58.619 and how fiercely 00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.439 they hate me. 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.220 So here's 00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.779 our model 00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:04.399 of utter 00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:04.919 dependence 00:24:04.919 --> 00:24:05.519 on him 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:07.119 to relieve 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.859 us of trouble. 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.879 suffering. 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.700 He's 00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.159 acknowledging 00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:11.759 that it's 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.240 not what we 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.700 deserve 00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:14.700 but asking 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.319 him to be 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.720 gracious. 00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.659 So suffering 00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.839 exposes 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.460 trust. 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.419 What will 00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:22.779 you think 00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.259 of God? 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.720 What will 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.139 you ask 00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:25.480 of him? 00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.779 It's good 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.379 for us to 00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:29.179 cry out 00:24:29.179 --> 00:24:29.799 for things 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.059 to get 00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.460 better 00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:32.240 because it 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.779 exposes 00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.939 that we 00:24:33.939 --> 00:24:34.359 think God 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.899 cares 00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.900 and we 00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.980 think God 00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.720 can rescue. 00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:40.580 It shows 00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.400 that we 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:42.000 know that 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.780 opposition 00:24:42.780 --> 00:24:43.620 and suffering 00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:45.540 don't discredit 00:24:45.540 --> 00:24:46.640 these promises. 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:48.400 I don't 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:48.680 know what 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.060 you're going 00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:49.640 through today. 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.520 Illness, 00:24:52.020 --> 00:24:52.540 conflict, 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.000 persecution, 00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:54.900 struggles with 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.200 sin. 00:24:56.520 --> 00:24:56.860 Whatever 00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.440 comes, 00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:58.680 we know 00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.120 that one 00:24:59.120 --> 00:25:00.580 day God 00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:01.200 will dwell 00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.840 with us 00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:03.100 in a 00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.900 perfect world 00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:05.540 where 00:25:05.540 --> 00:25:06.020 revelation 00:25:06.020 --> 00:25:07.060 tells us 00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:07.360 he will 00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:08.220 wipe every 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.759 tear from 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.320 their eyes. 00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.660 There will 00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.040 be no 00:25:10.040 --> 00:25:10.680 more death 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.680 or mourning 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.340 or crying 00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:12.840 or pain. 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:14.959 And it's 00:25:14.959 --> 00:25:15.500 good for us 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.919 to ask 00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.199 for that 00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:16.539 to come 00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.859 now. 00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.159 So that's 00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.559 our final 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:20.899 prayer. 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.359 Keep 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:22.419 crying out 00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.359 for deliverance. 00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.000 And I 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.240 wonder 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.399 as we 00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:27.819 finish 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.399 will you 00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:28.699 make 00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.339 these 00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.759 prayers 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.019 your 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.439 prayers? 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:30.879 Will you 00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.059 make 00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.279 these 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.720 promises 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.480 your 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.079 meditation 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.819 when you're 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.199 not sure 00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:35.500 what's 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.980 right? 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.799 Guide 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.079 me. 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.039 Show 00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.419 me your 00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:39.759 ways. 00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.119 Make 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.959 me like 00:25:40.959 --> 00:25:41.379 Jesus. 00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.920 you are 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.260 good. 00:25:44.520 --> 00:25:45.260 When you 00:25:45.260 --> 00:25:45.700 failed 00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.140 again, 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.600 forgive 00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:48.000 me, 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.440 take 00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.700 away 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:48.980 my 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.300 sin, 00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:49.880 guard 00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.160 my 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.500 soul. 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.240 Your 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.680 mercy 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:52.980 is 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.580 everlasting. 00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:55.840 When it's 00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.440 just hard, 00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.300 deliver me, 00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.580 make the 00:25:59.580 --> 00:25:59.960 suffering 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.540 stop. 00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.060 Come 00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:02.320 Lord 00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:02.660 Jesus, 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.900 you are 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.360 trustworthy. 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.340 We can 00:26:08.340 --> 00:26:08.800 endure 00:26:08.800 --> 00:26:10.120 when waiting 00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.620 is hard. 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.480 by knowing 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.600 our God 00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:13.860 and what 00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.040 he's 00:26:14.040 --> 00:26:14.340 done. 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.420 And by 00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.800 trusting 00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:17.420 him for 00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.760 Christ 00:26:17.760 --> 00:26:18.380 likeness, 00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.220 forgiveness 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.280 and 00:26:20.280 --> 00:26:21.000 deliverance. 00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.600 But having 00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:23.960 said all 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.200 that, 00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.380 it's a 00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:25.820 little bit 00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.300 of an 00:26:26.300 --> 00:26:27.460 unsatisfying 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.820 ending, 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.260 isn't it? 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.720 In fact, 00:26:29.780 --> 00:26:30.120 there's no 00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.540 real 00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:31.800 resolution in 00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.360 the psalm. 00:26:33.540 --> 00:26:34.020 David is 00:26:34.020 --> 00:26:34.640 still living 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.080 in that 00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:35.600 tension, 00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.000 promises 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.260 of prosperity, 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.359 eternity, 00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.680 and yet 00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.619 he's 00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:40.940 still 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:42.359 presently 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.819 suffering. 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.960 We're 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.339 right with 00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.519 God, 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:45.720 we're 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.759 headed to 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:46.900 an 00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.259 eternity 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.619 with 00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:47.920 him, 00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.240 but waiting 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.859 is hard 00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.539 in this 00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.960 world of 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.220 sin, 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.680 with 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.960 doubting 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.519 hearts 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.220 and 00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.059 troubles 00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:56.079 that seem 00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.460 too big 00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.960 to bear. 00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.859 Well, 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.680 it's an 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.559 unsatisfying 00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.059 and yet 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.839 comforting 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.539 end to 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.019 the psalm 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.359 too, 00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.480 because 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.940 David's 00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.599 final prayer 00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.220 shows us 00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.299 that all 00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.680 of God's 00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.779 people are 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.279 totally 00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.139 reliant on 00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.619 the Lord 00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.779 for every 00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.539 deliverance. 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.579 You see 00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.319 verse 21, 00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:16.899 no, 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.359 22, 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.759 sorry, 00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:19.899 deliver 00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.720 Israel, 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.740 so deliver 00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.460 your people, 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.659 O God, 00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:24.639 from all 00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.200 their troubles. 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.639 And you 00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:26.920 could say 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.259 that this 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.799 is Jesus' 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.319 prayer. 00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.000 Jesus 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.099 will bring 00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.519 all of 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.940 his people 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.279 home. 00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.240 So waiting 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.519 isn't 00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:34.879 easy. 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.559 We suffer, 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.159 we doubt, 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.920 we sin. 00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:39.779 And so 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.759 in the 00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.539 unresolved, 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.619 we pray, 00:27:43.659 --> 00:27:44.180 in you, 00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.599 Lord, 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.480 my God, 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.559 I put 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.240 my trust. 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.779 I trust 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.240 you for 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.920 guidance, 00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.200 forgiveness, 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.159 and deliverance. 00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.240 And our 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.819 trust is well 00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.259 placed. 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.500 Verse 3, 00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.299 no one who 00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.460 hopes in 00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.859 him will 00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.319 be put to 00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.579 shame. 00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:03.299 shall we 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.740 pray together? 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.819 In you, 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.319 Lord, 00:28:10.679 --> 00:28:11.259 our God, 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.599 we put 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.319 our trust. 00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:15.099 Might that 00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.500 be our 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.839 prayer? 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.119 Deliver us 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.559 from our 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.099 troubles in 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.679 this life, 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.059 Lord. 00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.659 We are 00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.399 suffering and 00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:22.759 sinful. 00:28:24.199 --> 00:28:25.179 And as we 00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:26.019 endure those 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.399 troubles, 00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:27.980 guard our 00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.579 lives from 00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:28.960 shame. 00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.740 Guide us 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.279 to be like 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:33.039 Jesus by 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.620 your word 00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.299 and spirit 00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:36.400 because we 00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.180 do trust 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.740 in you 00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.940 for forgiveness 00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:40.579 and for 00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.000 ultimate 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.759 deliverance. 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.660 Come, 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.240 Lord Jesus. 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:45.660 Amen. 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:45.779 Amen. 00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.779 Amen.