WEBVTT 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:04.940 If you have your Bible with you this morning, please open it up to Psalm chapter 57. 00:00:05.419 --> 00:00:06.759 Psalm chapter 57. 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:27.560 David writes this psalm about the time, as it says in the superscription at the very 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:30.519 beginning, when he had fled from Saul into the cave. 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:33.920 How many of you have ever been into a cave? 00:00:35.879 --> 00:00:37.460 Okay, we've got a few people. 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:43.280 When I was down in Montana on a family vacation a number of years back when I was younger, 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:47.299 we went to a family camp there and part of the activities were going on hikes in kind 00:00:47.299 --> 00:00:53.820 of this mountainous area in southern Montana, just north of Yellowstone National Park there. 00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:57.380 And on several of those hikes, we came across some caves. 00:00:57.980 --> 00:01:00.600 One of them was an awesome cave. 00:01:00.700 --> 00:01:04.579 It was just this huge opening and kind of angled up at the sun. 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:07.920 And so the whole thing was just lit up and bright inside. 00:01:08.099 --> 00:01:09.500 It was kind of a neat place to be. 00:01:10.340 --> 00:01:13.240 But on another hike, we came across a very different cave. 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:19.819 And it kind of had a small opening and it was kind of shaped like a tunnel that just kind 00:01:19.819 --> 00:01:23.319 of went back into the mountain and kind of curved a little bit. 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:30.539 And I remember as some of us went into that cave, just that feeling, the further we got 00:01:30.539 --> 00:01:36.339 into the cave, I was surprised at just how dark it got. 00:01:36.979 --> 00:01:42.539 The light from the entrance didn't seem to be penetrating into the darkness in the cave. 00:01:42.540 --> 00:01:48.500 And before long, when we went around that little bend, it was pitch black. 00:01:49.219 --> 00:01:51.880 I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:55.440 And you could just almost feel the darkness. 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:56.440 It was cool. 00:01:56.620 --> 00:01:58.660 It was damp and humid. 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:06.580 And even talking to one another in the cave, our voices were just kind of swallowed up by the 00:02:06.580 --> 00:02:07.580 earth around us. 00:02:07.579 --> 00:02:13.259 And I kind of had this feeling like, I don't know how much further I want to go into here. 00:02:13.419 --> 00:02:15.639 Like, this is kind of crazy. 00:02:15.819 --> 00:02:16.500 I mean, I don't know. 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:18.340 Is there bats in the back of this? 00:02:18.379 --> 00:02:23.139 Is there some large predatorial animal just kind of having a nap back here? 00:02:23.259 --> 00:02:28.579 Is there, you know, if I keep going, am I going to find this massive hole and fall down 00:02:28.579 --> 00:02:29.740 into who knows where? 00:02:30.579 --> 00:02:33.300 And the people that I'm with, they don't really know me that well. 00:02:33.460 --> 00:02:35.219 They're just kind of other campers. 00:02:35.219 --> 00:02:40.099 And so, you know, if something happened to me, would they even notice? 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:44.579 And would they ever find me if I was lost back in here? 00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:46.759 It was kind of an eerie feeling. 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:49.900 And I remember thinking, caves are kind of fascinating. 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:54.800 It's not really the place that I want to be or spend my time. 00:02:55.259 --> 00:03:01.800 But that's exactly the situation that we find David in as in the time that he writes about 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:02.599 in this psalm. 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:03.780 He's in a cave. 00:03:03.780 --> 00:03:06.259 Of course, David has been on the run. 00:03:07.099 --> 00:03:09.060 He's been fleeing from King Saul. 00:03:09.300 --> 00:03:15.920 King Saul is, he sees David as a threat, as someone who is trying to take the throne from 00:03:15.920 --> 00:03:16.159 him. 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:20.379 And so he is hunting David and chasing him all over the land of Israel. 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:26.259 And we're kind of, as we read the story in Samuel, wondering how long is this going to 00:03:26.259 --> 00:03:29.639 go on before Saul finally catches up with him? 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:32.459 And gets his hands on him. 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:37.340 And Saul has got the whole army with him. 00:03:37.399 --> 00:03:39.139 Not the whole army, but a good chunk of it. 00:03:39.179 --> 00:03:41.340 He's got 3,000 armed men with him. 00:03:41.399 --> 00:03:44.379 And they're combing the countryside looking for David. 00:03:44.379 --> 00:03:50.639 And in the psalm that we're looking at this morning, it's about the time when, at a place 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:55.639 called En Gedi, Saul and his men kind of close in on David. 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:59.139 And they corner him and the 400 men that are with David. 00:03:59.139 --> 00:04:06.799 En Gedi is kind of right, it's in the hill country, and it's right against the Dead Sea. 00:04:06.939 --> 00:04:10.319 And so there's nowhere for David and his men to run. 00:04:11.179 --> 00:04:15.319 And so with their backs up against the wall, they kind of do the best that they can. 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:17.500 And they find a large cave. 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:21.399 They go in there, and they lay low, and they hide. 00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:27.539 Can you imagine what this would have been like for David and his men in this moment? 00:04:27.540 --> 00:04:33.400 I mean, here you are in the back of this dank, dark cave. 00:04:33.939 --> 00:04:35.040 And you're waiting. 00:04:36.260 --> 00:04:40.660 And then all of a sudden, one of your guys comes running in the entrance. 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:43.000 Quick, guys, put out the lights. 00:04:43.320 --> 00:04:44.200 Put out the torches. 00:04:44.900 --> 00:04:46.259 Everybody hit the deck. 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.700 They're coming this way. 00:04:48.820 --> 00:04:49.420 Be quiet. 00:04:50.220 --> 00:04:54.840 And everybody just kind of hits the deck and goes silent. 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:57.339 And your heart is racing. 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:01.439 You can feel the cold earth against your face. 00:05:01.599 --> 00:05:08.699 And you're focused on trying to control your breathing and relax it so that you can achieve utter silence. 00:05:08.699 --> 00:05:15.920 And then the moment happens, and you hear voices outside the cave. 00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:17.839 Come on. 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:20.060 Let's have a look at this one. 00:05:21.579 --> 00:05:25.620 And you hear footsteps as men walk into the cave. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.560 And they kind of shine the torch around. 00:05:28.699 --> 00:05:30.279 You can see the light a little bit. 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:34.179 And you're trying to be absolutely still and quiet. 00:05:36.039 --> 00:05:39.839 And then you hear the voice of King Saul himself. 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:45.779 You guys stand watch at the door. 00:05:45.939 --> 00:05:48.259 I've got to do my business in here. 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:53.459 And you hear footsteps of one man coming even closer. 00:05:57.719 --> 00:05:59.060 Everybody's holding their breath. 00:06:00.459 --> 00:06:06.399 This is the situation about which David writes this psalm. 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:10.099 And we get the chance to see what is he thinking? 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:12.719 What is he feeling in this moment? 00:06:12.860 --> 00:06:15.120 And so let me read for you from Psalm 57. 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:15.199 Psalm 57. 00:06:18.259 --> 00:06:21.379 Have mercy on me, my God. 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:22.920 Have mercy on me. 00:06:24.060 --> 00:06:26.379 For in you I take refuge. 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:33.399 I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:39.779 I cry out to God most high, to God who vindicates me. 00:06:40.699 --> 00:06:46.839 He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me. 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:51.199 God sends forth his love and his faithfulness. 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:54.959 I am in the midst of lions. 00:06:55.519 --> 00:07:01.819 I'm forced to dwell among ravenous beasts, men whose teeth are spears and arrows, 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:04.459 whose tongues are sharp swords. 00:07:06.059 --> 00:07:06.719 Verse 6. 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:08.540 They spread a net for my feet. 00:07:08.540 --> 00:07:11.560 I was bowed down in distress. 00:07:11.760 --> 00:07:14.180 They dug a pit in my path. 00:07:15.940 --> 00:07:22.360 David begins this song with a cry of desperation. 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:26.500 He says, have mercy on me, my God. 00:07:26.580 --> 00:07:27.460 Have mercy. 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:35.720 A cry of mercy kind of carries with it a sense of guilt, but there's no indication that David 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:39.780 is asking for forgiveness here or that he's feeling guilty. 00:07:39.779 --> 00:07:46.759 Probably some of the other translations do a better job when they say, be gracious to me, my God. 00:07:46.859 --> 00:07:47.919 Be gracious to me. 00:07:49.139 --> 00:07:51.479 I've got my back up against the wall here. 00:07:51.559 --> 00:07:52.719 I have nowhere to go. 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:53.879 Help me. 00:07:55.419 --> 00:07:55.979 Intervene. 00:07:57.479 --> 00:07:59.379 Have favor on me. 00:07:59.379 --> 00:08:09.339 He says, I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. 00:08:10.019 --> 00:08:14.379 Literally, until destruction passes by. 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:23.399 If Saul and these 3,000 men find out that David and his men are in the cave, 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:25.759 this will be a day of destruction. 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:28.699 A day of disaster. 00:08:29.379 --> 00:08:30.420 Slaughter. 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:34.240 And so what does David do? 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:38.299 He says, I cry out to God most high. 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:40.620 And what does he cry? 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:42.159 Be gracious to me. 00:08:42.899 --> 00:08:44.379 Be gracious to me. 00:08:44.939 --> 00:08:46.720 It's just as general as it gets. 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:49.620 Help me out in this situation, God. 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:55.440 David is in a perilous situation. 00:08:55.440 --> 00:09:02.760 In verse 3, he describes the men outside the cave as those who hotly pursue me. 00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:07.780 In verse 4, he says, I'm in the midst of lions. 00:09:08.920 --> 00:09:12.740 Creatures that are known for surrounding their prey. 00:09:12.740 --> 00:09:13.740 He's in the midst of the enemy. 00:09:13.740 --> 00:09:14.039 He's in the midst of the enemy. 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:20.759 He says, I'm forced to dwell among ravenous beasts. 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.279 You notice that word forced. 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:29.620 Literally, I must lie among ravenous beasts. 00:09:29.620 --> 00:09:33.980 Who are these people? 00:09:35.980 --> 00:09:39.000 They're men whose teeth are spears and arrows. 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:42.759 David's thinking about the 3,000 men outside the cave. 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:43.740 They're armed. 00:09:43.740 --> 00:09:46.360 They're soldiers. 00:09:47.659 --> 00:09:50.539 But not just the spears and the arrows. 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:53.060 He says, their tongues are sharp as swords. 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:56.440 Most of them are just loyal servants of King Saul. 00:09:56.740 --> 00:10:00.519 But there are some of them who have been spreading lies about David. 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:02.000 They've been slandering him. 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:06.740 They've been painting this picture of him as a treacherous enemy. 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:08.100 A traitor. 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:11.980 Someone who's going to put the whole nation in danger. 00:10:11.980 --> 00:10:14.460 We must get him. 00:10:14.800 --> 00:10:17.000 We must eliminate him at all costs. 00:10:18.560 --> 00:10:20.680 Their tongues are sharp as swords. 00:10:20.820 --> 00:10:23.139 Their words are deadly to David. 00:10:24.820 --> 00:10:29.700 And so David finds himself with his back up against the wall, 00:10:29.860 --> 00:10:33.379 literally in this cave with his men. 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:36.180 He's in a perilous situation. 00:10:37.340 --> 00:10:40.340 He cries out to the Lord in desperation. 00:10:40.340 --> 00:10:48.660 But what amazes me in this psalm is that it's not just desperation that we see and hear from David. 00:10:48.659 --> 00:11:00.759 We also hear David's heart, which is full of faith and expectation of what the Lord will do in this situation. 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:04.120 And it starts right from the beginning. 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:06.879 In verse 1, have mercy on me. 00:11:07.659 --> 00:11:08.919 Have mercy on me. 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:12.799 For in you I take refuge. 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:20.559 I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:22.559 Do you hear David's faith? 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:23.539 Do you hear David's faith? 00:11:24.379 --> 00:11:30.019 Do you hear the expectation that God will care for him in this situation? 00:11:31.019 --> 00:11:34.099 There's another way that he could have phrased this. 00:11:34.179 --> 00:11:35.079 He could have said, 00:11:35.459 --> 00:11:41.500 Have mercy on me, my God, for in this cave I take refuge. 00:11:42.239 --> 00:11:47.579 I take refuge in this cave until the disaster has passed. 00:11:47.580 --> 00:11:48.759 But he doesn't say that. 00:11:50.020 --> 00:11:51.940 David's not trusting in the cave. 00:11:53.100 --> 00:12:00.500 He's not trusting in luck or chance that Saul and his men won't find them in the back. 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:01.700 He says, 00:12:02.580 --> 00:12:06.540 In you, my God, I take refuge. 00:12:07.100 --> 00:12:10.560 I look to you to protect me in this moment. 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:16.479 I take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:25.439 The picture we get there is of a baby bird hiding underneath the wings of its mother. 00:12:26.319 --> 00:12:27.119 He says, 00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:30.799 Until the disaster has passed by. 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:38.379 David knows that this is not the end for him. 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:45.879 He has a sense of confidence and faith that God will cause the disaster to pass by. 00:12:45.980 --> 00:12:46.960 This is not the end. 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:50.419 He says in verse 2, 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:55.500 I cry out to God, most high, to God who vindicates me. 00:12:57.379 --> 00:13:01.639 There's a little bit of difficulty with the Hebrew in this phrase. 00:13:02.259 --> 00:13:03.500 Other translations say, 00:13:03.700 --> 00:13:06.980 To God who fulfills his purpose for me. 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:11.379 But either way, the sense is there that this is not the end. 00:13:12.580 --> 00:13:14.019 God will vindicate me. 00:13:14.180 --> 00:13:18.080 God will fulfill his purpose with me. 00:13:18.680 --> 00:13:21.139 God has made a promise to me. 00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:24.420 David's been promised that he will be the next king of Israel. 00:13:24.560 --> 00:13:26.279 And God will keep it. 00:13:27.220 --> 00:13:28.740 And I'm trusting in that. 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:30.080 I'm confident in that. 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:33.720 In verse 3, 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:39.040 He sends, or he will send, 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.780 from heaven and save me. 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:44.960 Rebuking those who hotly pursue me. 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:48.320 God sends, or will send forth, 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:50.120 his love 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.680 and his faithfulness. 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:53.079 It's amazing. 00:13:53.079 --> 00:13:55.079 It's amazing. 00:13:55.079 --> 00:13:56.379 In this moment, 00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:58.159 in the situation that he's in. 00:13:59.219 --> 00:14:01.079 It's a perilous situation. 00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:05.759 And yes, he has a sense of desperation. 00:14:06.339 --> 00:14:07.719 But there is such faith, 00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:11.379 such trust in his God to take care of him. 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:16.279 And expectation that he will come through this. 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:19.799 Because of the love and faithfulness of God, 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.399 he will send from heaven and save me, 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:25.360 says David. 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:30.019 At this point, 00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:32.580 the tone of the psalm changes drastically. 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:34.679 In verse 5, 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:37.340 David erupts in praise. 00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:38.899 He says, 00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:41.540 Be exalted, O God, 00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:43.019 above the heavens. 00:14:43.780 --> 00:14:46.980 Let your glory be over all the earth. 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:50.100 We're kind of left wondering, 00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:51.780 what just happened here? 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:53.879 In verse 6, he goes on, 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:55.720 They spread a net for my feet. 00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:58.100 I was bowed down in distress. 00:14:58.560 --> 00:15:00.240 They dug a pit in my path. 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:03.160 But they have fallen into it themselves. 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:07.320 Notice how David switches to the past tense. 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:07.700 Hence, 00:15:08.300 --> 00:15:11.480 probably what's happened here is that 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:13.700 the big moment of deliverance 00:15:13.700 --> 00:15:15.540 that he was waiting for came. 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:17.540 And now he's kind of writing, 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:19.480 looking back after the fact. 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:24.720 He's praising God for this great deliverance. 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:27.120 As the story goes, 00:15:28.280 --> 00:15:29.879 back in 1 Samuel, 00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:34.120 Saul walks into the cave. 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:37.600 And perhaps, 00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:39.460 when they think that this is it, 00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:41.060 we're going to be discovered. 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:42.500 We're going to be slaughtered here. 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:45.360 Something happens. 00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:47.700 Saul, 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:49.179 kind of, 00:15:49.539 --> 00:15:51.720 we don't know exactly how it happens 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:52.419 in 1 Samuel. 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:53.379 The details aren't there. 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:55.019 But this is how I imagine it going. 00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:57.000 Saul walks into the cave. 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:58.600 Then he walks a little further 00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:59.480 into the darkness 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:00.480 just to kind of see, 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:00.740 you know, 00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:01.000 like, 00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:01.879 is anybody there? 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.500 Is there any wild animals in here? 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:06.940 He sets his spear 00:16:06.940 --> 00:16:09.180 against the cave wall. 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.860 He takes off his robe, 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.580 hangs it up. 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.740 He doesn't want to get it dirty 00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.279 in the dirt. 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.759 And then he goes 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:16.700 a little bit back into the light 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:18.200 to do his business. 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:20.300 Samuel tells us 00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:21.860 that in this moment, 00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:24.600 David crept up unnoticed 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:26.220 and cut the corner 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.480 off of Saul's robe 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:29.180 and then went 00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:30.419 and ran back 00:16:30.419 --> 00:16:31.820 into the darkness. 00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:33.960 And Saul left the cave 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:35.300 not even knowing 00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:37.440 that they were there. 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:41.000 And the story ends 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:43.019 in a very unexpected way. 00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:43.320 I mean, 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:44.019 if I was David, 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.740 I probably would have 00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.580 just stayed there 00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:47.659 and just let them go. 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:49.940 But when David realizes 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:51.080 what had happened here, 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:51.340 I mean, 00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:52.420 he was so close 00:16:52.420 --> 00:16:53.800 that he could have 00:16:53.800 --> 00:16:54.720 taken the life 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.480 of his enemy. 00:16:56.780 --> 00:16:57.780 He realized 00:16:57.780 --> 00:17:00.139 that God had put Saul 00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:00.920 in a position 00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:05.220 where Saul's life 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:05.819 would have been 00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.960 the one lost that day, 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.920 not David's. 00:17:08.840 --> 00:17:09.220 And so, 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:11.059 I imagine David 00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:12.279 emboldened by this 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.240 and seeing what God 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.319 had done in that moment. 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:16.319 He walks out of the cave 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.779 and he confronts Saul 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.759 face to face. 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:21.799 I've got the corner 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.839 of your robe here. 00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:24.980 If I was after you, 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:26.240 if I wanted to kill you, 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:27.079 I could have, 00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:27.900 but I'm not. 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:28.640 Of course, 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:30.680 Saul is David's father-in-law. 00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:32.539 My father, 00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:34.539 I'm not trying 00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.859 to take your throne. 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:37.160 I'm not after you. 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:40.079 God works a change 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:41.279 in Saul's heart, 00:17:41.379 --> 00:17:42.640 at least for the time being. 00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.259 And Saul 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:45.200 kind of admits 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.279 that he's been wrong 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:47.680 to be chasing after David 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:48.379 all this time 00:17:48.379 --> 00:17:49.680 and he calls the army off 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.319 and they leave 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:51.700 and David and his men 00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:53.599 are able to go free. 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:55.759 It's an amazing story. 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:57.339 And so David 00:17:57.339 --> 00:17:59.960 just erupts in praise. 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.240 I can just imagine it. 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:02.460 Be exalted, 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.420 oh God, 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.759 above the heavens. 00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:07.039 Be lifted up 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:09.240 as high as you can go, 00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:10.660 above the stars. 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:12.880 Let your glory 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:14.620 be over all the earth. 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.500 Let everybody 00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:16.960 in the whole wide world 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.620 know 00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:19.860 how glorious you are, 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.920 how good you are, 00:18:21.040 --> 00:18:22.940 how well you take care 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:24.019 of your people. 00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.160 Why? 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:28.080 Because my enemies, 00:18:28.340 --> 00:18:28.820 verse 6, 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.820 they spread a net 00:18:29.820 --> 00:18:30.580 for my feet. 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:32.240 I was bowed down 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.860 in distress. 00:18:33.600 --> 00:18:34.460 They dug a pit 00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.220 in my path, 00:18:35.320 --> 00:18:36.580 but they have fallen 00:18:36.580 --> 00:18:37.460 into it 00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:38.480 themselves. 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:40.880 Do you hear 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.860 what God has done 00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.299 for me? 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:42.880 He's caused 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:44.079 the greatest reversal. 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.559 I never would have 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.279 imagined it. 00:18:46.360 --> 00:18:47.099 I was caught 00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.079 in this cave, 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:49.319 in this death trap 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:50.220 and God kind of 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:51.440 turned the trap 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.140 on its head 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:53.420 and suddenly 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:54.200 it was Saul 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.860 who was 00:18:55.860 --> 00:18:57.640 almost caught 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.160 in it. 00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.620 And the rest 00:19:01.620 --> 00:19:02.220 of this psalm 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.059 is David just 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:04.220 going on 00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.079 with his praise. 00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.519 In verse 7, 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:06.980 he says, 00:19:07.139 --> 00:19:07.839 my heart, 00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.879 oh God, 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:10.000 is steadfast. 00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:10.900 My heart 00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.859 is steadfast. 00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:13.139 I will sing. 00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:15.119 I will make music. 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.319 Awake, 00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:16.980 my soul. 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.720 Awake, 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:18.379 harp 00:19:18.379 --> 00:19:19.700 and lyre. 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.139 No more 00:19:21.139 --> 00:19:21.799 being quiet 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.339 in the back 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:22.940 of the cave. 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.420 No more 00:19:23.420 --> 00:19:24.079 whispering. 00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.680 Come on out, 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.059 guys. 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.139 Let's get 00:19:27.139 --> 00:19:28.059 the instruments out. 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:29.000 It's time to sing. 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:30.259 It's time to make music. 00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:30.879 Look at what 00:19:30.879 --> 00:19:31.740 the Lord has done 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.200 for us 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.759 in answer 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.539 to my prayer. 00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:36.139 Let's sing. 00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:37.060 Let's praise him. 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:38.660 Let's exalt his name. 00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:40.960 The end of verse 8, 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.300 he says, 00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:42.540 I will awaken 00:19:42.540 --> 00:19:43.720 the dawn. 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.880 I love those words. 00:19:47.060 --> 00:19:47.900 Those are my favorite 00:19:47.900 --> 00:19:48.900 words in all 00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:49.900 the Psalms. 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.500 I will awaken 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.740 the dawn. 00:19:54.560 --> 00:19:55.580 The darkest part 00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:56.020 of the night 00:19:56.020 --> 00:19:56.540 is over 00:19:56.540 --> 00:19:57.759 and what remains, 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:59.740 let's chase it away 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:01.360 with praise. 00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:02.860 We can't wait 00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:04.420 until the full light 00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:04.820 of morning 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.559 to praise. 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.460 We've got to 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.299 praise him now 00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.939 and so let's 00:20:07.939 --> 00:20:08.679 wake up 00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:09.339 the day 00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:10.559 itself. 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.579 Let's wake up 00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.019 the sun. 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.740 Let's wake up 00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.720 everybody around. 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:15.019 Make music 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.720 and sing. 00:20:17.419 --> 00:20:18.019 David says, 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:19.700 I will praise you, 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:19.899 Lord, 00:20:19.939 --> 00:20:20.899 among the nations. 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.579 This is 00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:24.079 something that 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:25.139 not just for us 00:20:25.139 --> 00:20:25.779 here in Israel, 00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.559 this is something 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.500 for the nations 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.359 to hear about. 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.799 He says, 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.799 I will sing 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.099 of you 00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:32.039 among the peoples. 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.379 I don't want 00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:35.480 to just sing 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:37.319 this praise 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:37.899 of mine 00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:38.720 in the quiet 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.720 of my own heart 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:41.519 when I'm in my tent 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.419 all by myself. 00:20:43.159 --> 00:20:44.440 I want to sing 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:46.000 among the peoples. 00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.899 I want everybody 00:20:46.899 --> 00:20:48.299 to hear my words 00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.759 of praise 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.480 and know that 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.759 I mean every word 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.159 of them. 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:53.259 This is my God. 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:57.140 for great 00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:58.359 is your love, 00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.019 verse 10. 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.779 It reaches 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.660 to the heavens. 00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.879 It's beyond 00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.960 measuring. 00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.779 It goes 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.359 all the way 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:07.640 up 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:09.539 to the stars. 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.400 So great 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.079 that we can't 00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.879 even fully 00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.920 understand 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.740 or comprehend 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.720 just how much 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:18.119 he loves us. 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.799 And his faithfulness 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.119 too, 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:22.059 his faithfulness 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.440 he says, 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.019 reaches 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:24.440 the skies. 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.379 His ability 00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:27.160 to keep 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:28.059 his promises 00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:30.319 knows no limits. 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.579 It knows no bounds. 00:21:31.639 --> 00:21:32.319 It doesn't matter 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.720 what kind of a situation 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.839 you're backed into. 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:38.180 Nothing can stop 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:39.019 God from keeping 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.819 his promise 00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.940 to you. 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:45.440 Let's sing it again. 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.299 Verse 11. 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.339 Be exalted, 00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.400 O God, 00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.859 above the heavens. 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.599 Let your glory 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.359 be over all 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.900 the earth. 00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:58.099 this is David's story. 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:01.339 This is David's song. 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.000 And I'm wondering 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.980 this morning 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.559 where these 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.639 words of David 00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:06.400 find you. 00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.900 If I'm honest, 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:11.039 the first time 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.879 I read this psalm 00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:12.559 this week, 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.480 earlier in the week, 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.960 the first thought 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.599 I had was, 00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.019 how on earth 00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.619 am I going to 00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.039 preach 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:20.079 this? 00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.619 God, 00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:22.980 my heart is 00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.980 anything but 00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.839 steadfast. 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.119 God, 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:28.159 it's all over 00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:28.699 the place. 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.379 It's wandering 00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.139 here and it's 00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:30.960 wandering there 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.619 and today 00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.299 in this moment 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.000 as I read, 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.579 it's downcast. 00:22:35.699 --> 00:22:37.079 I don't feel like 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:38.439 singing and making 00:22:38.439 --> 00:22:38.899 music. 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.939 How can I preach 00:22:39.939 --> 00:22:41.240 my heart is 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.000 steadfast, 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.619 oh God, 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.099 I'm going to 00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.900 wake up 00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.839 the dawn. 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.519 But the more I 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:52.160 sat and 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.160 listened to 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:54.119 David's 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:55.259 words, 00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:57.240 to the sweet 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.059 melody that 00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.960 comes out of 00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.599 this song, 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:01.959 he didn't 00:23:01.959 --> 00:23:02.639 just wake up 00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.039 his own 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.659 soul and 00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.119 wake up 00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.579 the dawn, 00:23:04.699 --> 00:23:05.099 he woke 00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.759 up my 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.500 soul too. 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.679 I don't 00:23:09.679 --> 00:23:10.159 know what 00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:11.359 troubles 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:13.379 you're going 00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:13.619 through, 00:23:13.719 --> 00:23:14.199 I know some 00:23:14.199 --> 00:23:14.459 of them, 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:14.879 for some 00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.219 of you, 00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:16.959 we all go 00:23:16.959 --> 00:23:17.439 through all 00:23:17.439 --> 00:23:18.299 kinds of 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.939 troubles and 00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:19.399 face all 00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:19.879 kinds of 00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.439 difficulties. 00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:23.519 And of 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:23.799 course, 00:23:23.959 --> 00:23:24.419 the first 00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:24.959 thing that we 00:23:24.959 --> 00:23:25.399 see from 00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:26.159 David here is 00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.500 that we 00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.139 should take 00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:28.659 those troubles 00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:29.279 to the Lord 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.779 and call 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.139 out to 00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:30.539 him for 00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:30.920 help. 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.000 But beyond 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.519 that, what 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.180 really struck 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.779 me the most 00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.160 in this 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.639 psalm is 00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:37.160 how David, 00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.399 right from 00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:38.940 the start, 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.519 has this 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.559 faith and 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.399 trust that 00:23:43.399 --> 00:23:43.920 God will 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.619 take care of 00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:46.019 him, even 00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.599 in the midst 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.119 of all of 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:47.399 this. 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.399 It's 00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:50.839 beautiful. 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:53.000 I might be 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.759 surrounded by 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.180 lions, I 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.819 might have my 00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.619 back up against 00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.339 the wall here 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.160 in this cave, 00:23:58.160 --> 00:24:02.640 but God 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.320 will send 00:24:03.320 --> 00:24:04.420 his love 00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.940 and his 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.740 faithfulness. 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:06.740 He will 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.340 send from 00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.240 heaven and 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.860 save me. 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.600 The disaster 00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.880 will pass 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:12.779 and until 00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.300 it does, 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.060 I will take 00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.820 refuge in 00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:17.880 you, in 00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.380 the shadow 00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:18.759 of your 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.160 wings. 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.279 It's 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.680 beautiful. 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:23.779 Beautiful. 00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:23.820 Beautiful. 00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:23.840 Beautiful. 00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:23.880 Beautiful. 00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:23.920 Beautiful. 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:23.980 Beautiful. 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.380 Beautiful. 00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:24.420 Beautiful. 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.820 Beautiful. 00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:25.880 Beautiful. 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:28.140 Beautiful. 00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.820 So I don't 00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.100 know where 00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.620 you are this 00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:29.940 morning. 00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:30.520 Maybe you 00:24:30.520 --> 00:24:30.980 came in the 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.759 doors already 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.380 and ready to 00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.759 just wake 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:35.040 the dawn and 00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:35.660 sing the 00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.400 Lord's praise. 00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.560 But maybe 00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:38.640 like I was 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.240 earlier this 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.900 week, you 00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.420 kind of feel 00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:42.040 like, I'm 00:24:42.040 --> 00:24:42.620 not there. 00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.460 I want to 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.000 say my 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.500 heart is 00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.460 steadfast, oh 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.820 God. 00:24:46.560 --> 00:24:47.300 But it's 00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:47.600 not. 00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.000 It doesn't 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.580 feel that 00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:48.860 way. 00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.340 With 00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.740 whatever 00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:52.280 you're going 00:24:52.280 --> 00:24:52.640 through, 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.940 let David 00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.740 encourage you 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.160 today. 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:59.140 listen to 00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.600 the words 00:24:59.600 --> 00:24:59.960 of his 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.340 song. 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.860 Call out 00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.220 to him 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.060 for grace 00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:04.360 in your 00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:04.940 situation. 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.400 Tell him 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.900 your troubles, 00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.960 but don't 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.720 stop there. 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.860 Stretch out 00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.519 your faith 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.200 and your 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.640 trust to 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.040 the Lord 00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:12.519 Jesus. 00:25:17.040 --> 00:25:17.700 Think about 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.259 what he can 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.840 do in your 00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.500 situation. 00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.180 And not 00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.740 just that. 00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.960 Think about 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.340 what he 00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:26.240 has already 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:28.000 promised to 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.440 do for 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.840 you. 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.279 Those of 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.720 you who 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.960 belong to 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.259 him. 00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.140 Day by 00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.720 day as we 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:40.019 see, as we 00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.380 go through 00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.000 this cycle 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.539 of calling 00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.039 out to the 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.340 Lord in 00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:42.880 our troubles 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.779 and we 00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.440 see his 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.319 love and 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.140 his faithfulness 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.759 come time 00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.160 and time 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.740 again, we 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.319 come to the 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.840 place where 00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.500 like David, 00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:52.100 we can't 00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.799 help but 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:54.579 sing and 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.319 make music 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.159 and praise 00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.759 and worship 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:58.199 this God 00:25:58.199 --> 00:26:00.639 who gives 00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.259 of his love 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.079 and faithfulness 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:03.240 to us time 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.619 and time 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.000 again. 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.659 And so I 00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:05.899 want to 00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.399 encourage you 00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:06.939 this morning 00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:08.359 with whatever 00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.839 you're going 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.079 through. 00:26:09.199 --> 00:26:11.000 David, he 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.539 had his own 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.819 unique situation 00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:14.179 that God 00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:15.119 worked in 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.679 his life, 00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.359 delivered him 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.659 from. 00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:18.619 What does 00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.179 the Lord want 00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:19.899 to do in 00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:20.740 your situation? 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:22.839 are you 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.460 trusting that 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.759 the Lord 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.299 will carry 00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.819 you through? 00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.980 David doesn't 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.440 want to sing 00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.759 alone. 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.259 He wants to 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.660 sing among 00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.240 the peoples. 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.460 He wants 00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.480 us to 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.079 join him 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:35.680 in praising 00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.700 the Most 00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.019 High. 00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.000 Let's pray. 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.519 Father, we 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.099 thank you for 00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.799 these sweet 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.259 words. 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.259 We thank you 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.059 for this song 00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:51.000 that even 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.319 though we 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.819 can't hear 00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.539 the actual 00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.519 music that 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:55.779 this was 00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.339 sung to, 00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.099 we can hear 00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:59.299 something of 00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.859 it in our 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:01.700 souls, in 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.379 what he 00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.740 wrote. 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:05.539 Lord, I'll 00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.059 be the first 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.960 to confess on 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.960 behalf of all 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.480 of us who 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.420 feel like our 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.180 heart is not 00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.960 steadfast. 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.400 We long 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.379 for that 00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.140 kind of a 00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.980 faith and 00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.400 that kind of 00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.039 a relationship 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.640 with you, 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.220 Lord, where 00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.799 we look at 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.399 our troubles, 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.819 big ones 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.500 and small, 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:24.399 and we 00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.220 express our 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.899 faith to 00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.059 you. 00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:27.099 We put our 00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.759 trust in 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:27.899 you. 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.379 We look 00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.879 with hope 00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:31.759 and expectation. 00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.599 Lord, I want 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.359 that to be me. 00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.599 And so we 00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.139 ask that you 00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.599 would do a 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.220 work in us, 00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.740 Lord, that you 00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.180 would bring 00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.879 those of us 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.980 who can't 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.359 say that our 00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:40.779 heart is 00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.399 steadfast to 00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:41.960 that place 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:43.039 where we do 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.859 trust you. 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:46.039 We do look 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.599 trouble in 00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.200 the face 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:49.079 and declare 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.799 our confidence 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.399 in you. 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.740 Lord, we 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.240 want to join 00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.599 in this 00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:54.920 song. 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.180 And so we 00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.680 ask that you 00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.279 would come in 00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.819 the midst of 00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.659 whatever we're 00:27:58.659 --> 00:27:59.220 going through, 00:27:59.339 --> 00:27:59.960 all of our 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.639 troubles, all of 00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.420 our situations, 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.259 we ask that you 00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.740 would give us 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:04.039 strength, that you 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.740 would help us, 00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.299 that you would be 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.480 gracious to us, 00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:08.619 and that you 00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.339 would enable us 00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.079 to join in 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.279 with David and 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.859 sing and make 00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.319 music. 00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.619 We ask this in 00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.219 Christ's name. 00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.339 Amen.