WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.100 You, my rock, do not be deaf to me. 00:00:04.139 --> 00:00:08.599 If you remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the pit. 00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:12.900 Listen to the sound of my pleading when I cry for help, 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:15.960 ! When I lift up my hands towards your holy sanctuary. 00:00:17.059 --> 00:00:20.280 Do not drag me along with the wicked, with the evildoers, 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:22.160 who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors, 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:24.160 while malice is in their hearts. 00:00:25.660 --> 00:00:27.600 Repay them according to what they have done, 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:29.980 according to the evil of their deeds. 00:00:31.100 --> 00:00:33.160 Repay them according to the work of their hands. 00:00:34.100 --> 00:00:35.420 Give them back what they deserve. 00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:39.000 Because they do not consider what the Lord has done 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:40.120 or the work of his hands, 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.939 he will tear them down and not rebuild them. 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:46.219 Blessed be the Lord, 00:00:46.780 --> 00:00:48.820 for he has heard the sound of my pleading. 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:51.980 The Lord is my strength and my shield. 00:00:52.460 --> 00:00:54.900 My heart trusts in him and I am helped. 00:00:54.899 --> 00:01:00.280 Therefore, my heart celebrates and I give thanks to him with my song. 00:01:01.379 --> 00:01:02.759 The Lord is the strength of his people. 00:01:03.500 --> 00:01:05.700 He is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed. 00:01:07.060 --> 00:01:09.019 Save your people, bless your possession, 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:11.819 shepherd them and carry them forever. 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:14.539 The word of God for the people of God. 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:17.000 You may be seated. 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.219 The grass withers, the flowers fade, 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:22.579 but the word of God remains forever. 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.379 There are seasons in every believer's life 00:01:27.379 --> 00:01:28.620 when God seems silent. 00:01:29.420 --> 00:01:31.340 Your prayers seem to bounce off the ceiling. 00:01:32.299 --> 00:01:34.260 Scripture reading is as dry as dust. 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:37.079 Worship songs that once stirred your heart 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:38.379 now leave you numb. 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:40.780 On Sunday morning, 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:42.799 you might be tempted to stay home 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:43.920 and skip the worship gathering. 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:47.260 You wonder if God is listening at all. 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:50.079 If you've ever felt that way, 00:01:50.340 --> 00:01:51.019 you're not alone. 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:53.920 David knew this experience intimately. 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:56.879 Several phrases in verses 1 and 2 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:58.960 revealed David's fear 00:01:58.960 --> 00:02:01.320 that God had become silent towards him. 00:02:02.180 --> 00:02:03.340 Look at verses 1 and 2. 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:05.820 Do not be deaf to me 00:02:05.820 --> 00:02:08.420 if you remain silent to me. 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:11.560 Listen to the sound of my pleading. 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:14.300 I cry to you for help. 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:17.979 Sometimes God's silence 00:02:17.979 --> 00:02:19.780 is connected to unrepentant sin. 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:21.860 At other times, 00:02:21.939 --> 00:02:23.319 he deepens our faith through waiting. 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:25.759 The first calls for repentance, 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:27.400 the second for perseverance. 00:02:28.740 --> 00:02:30.180 When God seems silent, 00:02:30.300 --> 00:02:31.120 our initial response 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:32.360 should be to examine our hearts. 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:35.460 The second London Baptist Confession of Faith, 00:02:35.659 --> 00:02:37.520 chapter 11 on justification, 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:39.099 reminds us, 00:02:39.099 --> 00:02:42.120 God continues to forgive the sins 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:43.519 of all who are justified. 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:46.299 Even though they can never fall 00:02:46.299 --> 00:02:47.479 from a state of justification, 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:50.979 they may fall under God's fatherly displeasure 00:02:50.979 --> 00:02:51.919 because of their sins. 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:53.859 In that condition, 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:55.219 they will not usually have 00:02:55.219 --> 00:02:56.759 the light of his face restored to them 00:02:56.759 --> 00:02:58.620 until they humble themselves, 00:02:59.419 --> 00:03:00.299 confess their sins, 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:01.959 plead for pardon, 00:03:02.459 --> 00:03:04.159 and renew their faith in repentance. 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.159 If you're in known sin, 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:08.599 the first step is to repent. 00:03:10.300 --> 00:03:11.500 But in Psalm 28, 00:03:12.060 --> 00:03:13.479 David gives no indication 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:16.219 that the silence resulted from sin. 00:03:17.519 --> 00:03:18.879 The Psalm is about the believer 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:19.780 waiting on God 00:03:19.780 --> 00:03:21.560 without knowing the reason for the delay. 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:24.680 Scripture doesn't always tell us 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:25.979 why God appears silent. 00:03:27.060 --> 00:03:28.460 Sometimes it's discipline, 00:03:29.180 --> 00:03:30.219 sometimes testing, 00:03:30.219 --> 00:03:31.939 and sometimes, 00:03:32.300 --> 00:03:33.080 as with Job, 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:34.699 the reason remains hidden. 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:36.840 John Newton, 00:03:37.099 --> 00:03:38.500 the author of Amazing Grace, 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:39.240 assures us, 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:41.199 everything is needful 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:42.199 that he sends. 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:43.939 Nothing can be needful 00:03:43.939 --> 00:03:45.039 that he withholds. 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:47.780 Lamentations 3 tells us 00:03:47.780 --> 00:03:48.560 the Lord is good 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:49.979 for those who wait for him. 00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:51.800 To the person who seeks him, 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:54.240 it's good to wait quietly 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:55.639 for salvation from the Lord. 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:58.039 For those seasons 00:03:58.039 --> 00:03:59.299 where God seems silent, 00:04:00.219 --> 00:04:01.199 Psalm 28 gives us 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:02.479 five anchors to hold on to 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:03.059 while we wait, 00:04:03.619 --> 00:04:04.639 and we'll also see those 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:05.759 echoed in our confession. 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:08.119 The first anchor, 00:04:09.099 --> 00:04:10.099 when God seems silent, 00:04:10.699 --> 00:04:11.959 trust that he is your rock. 00:04:13.239 --> 00:04:14.500 When God seems silent, 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:15.819 trust that he is your rock. 00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:18.079 Look at verse 1. 00:04:19.339 --> 00:04:20.639 Lord, I call to you, 00:04:21.039 --> 00:04:21.579 my rock, 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:22.959 do not be deaf to me. 00:04:23.620 --> 00:04:25.099 If you remain silent to me, 00:04:25.100 --> 00:04:25.879 I will be like those 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:26.780 going down to the pit. 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:29.900 David begins by appealing 00:04:29.900 --> 00:04:31.020 to God's character, 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:32.260 my rock. 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:34.680 Not just a rock, 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:35.920 but my rock. 00:04:36.960 --> 00:04:37.920 The Lord is my rock, 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:38.500 my fortress, 00:04:38.640 --> 00:04:39.120 my deliverer, 00:04:39.140 --> 00:04:39.640 my God, 00:04:40.020 --> 00:04:41.340 my rock where I seek refuge, 00:04:41.520 --> 00:04:42.360 my shield and the horn 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:43.060 of my salvation, 00:04:43.460 --> 00:04:44.120 my stronghold, 00:04:44.379 --> 00:04:45.240 from Psalm 18. 00:04:46.260 --> 00:04:46.920 Psalm 71, 00:04:47.840 --> 00:04:49.280 be a rock of refuge for me 00:04:49.280 --> 00:04:50.420 where I can always go. 00:04:51.140 --> 00:04:52.480 Give the command to save me, 00:04:52.740 --> 00:04:53.800 for you are my rock 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:54.460 and fortress. 00:04:56.100 --> 00:04:58.100 The rock is a firm foundation 00:04:58.100 --> 00:04:59.180 beneath our feet. 00:04:59.820 --> 00:05:01.120 As the hymn proclaims, 00:05:01.620 --> 00:05:03.500 on Christ the solid rock I stand, 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:05.680 all other ground is sinking sand. 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:08.360 When darkness seems to hide his face, 00:05:08.840 --> 00:05:11.080 I rest on his unchanging grace. 00:05:12.660 --> 00:05:14.320 Yet David is completely honest 00:05:14.320 --> 00:05:15.040 about his fear. 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.020 If you remain silent to me, 00:05:18.520 --> 00:05:19.360 I will be like those 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:20.220 going down to the pit. 00:05:20.220 --> 00:05:23.220 Pastor James Boyce observed, 00:05:24.260 --> 00:05:25.460 if he's appealing to God 00:05:25.460 --> 00:05:27.440 not to remain silent, 00:05:27.940 --> 00:05:29.460 it must have been because 00:05:29.460 --> 00:05:31.060 God has been silent for a while. 00:05:31.780 --> 00:05:32.980 He has not been answering 00:05:32.980 --> 00:05:35.140 and David is appealing to him 00:05:35.140 --> 00:05:36.000 to break silence 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:37.200 and speak to him at last. 00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:40.060 So what did David mean 00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:41.200 by the pit in verse one? 00:05:42.260 --> 00:05:43.620 The pit refers to Sheol, 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:44.540 the world of the dead. 00:05:44.540 --> 00:05:46.960 David cries out 00:05:46.960 --> 00:05:47.540 with the same desperation 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:48.920 that Jonah had 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:50.160 in the belly of the great fish. 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:51.439 Jonah said, 00:05:51.540 --> 00:05:52.280 I called the Lord 00:05:52.280 --> 00:05:52.920 in my distress 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:53.780 and he answered me. 00:05:54.340 --> 00:05:55.400 I cried out for help 00:05:55.400 --> 00:05:56.680 from deep inside Sheol. 00:05:56.780 --> 00:05:57.640 You heard my voice. 00:05:59.540 --> 00:06:01.100 And David often prayed that way. 00:06:02.140 --> 00:06:02.759 Psalm 94, 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:05.120 If the Lord had not been my helper, 00:06:05.300 --> 00:06:06.019 I would soon rest 00:06:06.019 --> 00:06:07.459 in the silence of death. 00:06:08.719 --> 00:06:09.819 Psalm 143, 00:06:11.300 --> 00:06:12.339 Answer me quickly, Lord. 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:13.719 My spirit fails. 00:06:14.620 --> 00:06:16.259 Don't hide your face from me 00:06:16.259 --> 00:06:17.620 or I'll be like those 00:06:17.620 --> 00:06:18.759 going down to the pit. 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:21.199 And Christopher Ash 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:21.800 in his commentary 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:22.779 in the Psalms said, 00:06:23.740 --> 00:06:25.180 The pit here means 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:26.159 not just dying, 00:06:26.719 --> 00:06:28.779 but dying without hope. 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:30.879 Falling to the place 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:32.500 where no words are spoken to God. 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:35.000 And no words are heard from God. 00:06:36.219 --> 00:06:36.959 And again, 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:38.159 this cry for help 00:06:38.159 --> 00:06:39.939 echoes throughout the Psalms. 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:41.879 Hear my prayer, O Lord. 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:43.399 Listen to my cry for help. 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:44.680 Do not be silent at my tears. 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:46.759 God, do not keep silent. 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:47.439 Do not be deaf. 00:06:47.659 --> 00:06:48.420 Do not be quiet. 00:06:49.420 --> 00:06:51.159 I will say to God, my rock, 00:06:51.159 --> 00:06:52.620 why have you forgotten me? 00:06:53.539 --> 00:06:55.259 Why must I go about sorrow 00:06:55.259 --> 00:06:56.519 because of the enemy's oppression? 00:06:59.740 --> 00:07:01.639 Although David's soul is troubled, 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:05.139 he still rests on God, his rock. 00:07:06.039 --> 00:07:08.139 Our confession beautifully summarizes 00:07:08.139 --> 00:07:09.719 this anchor in chapter 17 00:07:09.719 --> 00:07:11.060 on perseverance of the saints. 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:14.339 Even though many storms 00:07:14.339 --> 00:07:15.620 and floods arise 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:16.639 and beat against them, 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:18.500 yet these things 00:07:18.500 --> 00:07:19.639 will never be able to move 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:20.939 the elect from the foundation 00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:21.699 and rock 00:07:21.699 --> 00:07:23.759 to which they are anchored by faith. 00:07:24.899 --> 00:07:26.100 The felt sight 00:07:26.100 --> 00:07:27.300 of the light and love of God 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:28.759 may be clouded 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:30.060 and obscured from them 00:07:30.060 --> 00:07:30.560 for a time 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:31.660 through their unbelief 00:07:31.660 --> 00:07:32.759 in the temptations of Satan. 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:35.720 Yet God is still the same. 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:37.960 They will certainly be kept 00:07:37.960 --> 00:07:38.960 by the power of God 00:07:38.960 --> 00:07:39.640 for salvation 00:07:39.640 --> 00:07:41.440 where they'll enjoy 00:07:41.440 --> 00:07:42.440 their purchased possession 00:07:42.440 --> 00:07:44.580 for they're engraved 00:07:44.580 --> 00:07:45.940 on the palms of his hands 00:07:45.940 --> 00:07:47.240 and their names 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:47.700 have been written 00:07:47.700 --> 00:07:48.500 in the book of life 00:07:48.500 --> 00:07:49.220 from all eternity. 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:51.780 That last line 00:07:51.780 --> 00:07:52.960 is from Isaiah 49 00:07:52.960 --> 00:07:54.340 where the Lord gives us comfort. 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:56.440 Can a woman forget 00:07:56.440 --> 00:07:57.380 her nursing child 00:07:57.380 --> 00:07:59.040 or lack compassion 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:00.040 for the child of her womb? 00:08:00.900 --> 00:08:02.200 Even if these forget, 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:04.340 yet I will not forget you. 00:08:04.339 --> 00:08:06.859 Look, I have inscribed you 00:08:06.859 --> 00:08:08.399 on the palms of my hands. 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:11.939 When you can't feel God, 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:13.799 cling to what you know 00:08:13.799 --> 00:08:14.459 about God. 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:16.919 When you can't feel Him, 00:08:17.299 --> 00:08:18.060 cling to what you know 00:08:18.060 --> 00:08:18.560 about Him. 00:08:19.699 --> 00:08:20.599 God's silence 00:08:20.599 --> 00:08:21.659 is not abandonment. 00:08:22.679 --> 00:08:23.319 He is still 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:24.519 the unchanging rock. 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:27.879 But trusting that God 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:28.439 is the rock 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:30.559 doesn't remove the waiting. 00:08:31.679 --> 00:08:32.399 So what do we do 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:33.199 in that silence? 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:35.420 David's answer is simple. 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:37.280 We keep praying. 00:08:39.780 --> 00:08:40.900 Our second anchor. 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:43.840 When God seems silent, 00:08:44.280 --> 00:08:45.340 keep praying. 00:08:46.740 --> 00:08:48.220 When God seems silent, 00:08:48.780 --> 00:08:49.680 keep praying. 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:51.780 Again, verse 2. 00:08:53.160 --> 00:08:54.259 Listen to the sound 00:08:54.259 --> 00:08:54.879 of my pleading 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:55.720 when I cry to you 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:56.180 for help, 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:58.020 when I lift up my hands 00:08:58.020 --> 00:08:59.080 toward your holy sanctuary. 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:01.400 Now, in verse 1, 00:09:01.820 --> 00:09:03.040 David calls to the Lord. 00:09:03.940 --> 00:09:04.639 In verse 2, 00:09:05.139 --> 00:09:06.040 he cries out 00:09:06.040 --> 00:09:07.440 with a stronger word 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:08.680 used for desperate pleading. 00:09:09.520 --> 00:09:10.300 Your translation 00:09:10.300 --> 00:09:11.600 might say supplications 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:12.139 or pleas. 00:09:13.220 --> 00:09:14.200 But in verse 1, 00:09:14.280 --> 00:09:14.780 David cries, 00:09:15.160 --> 00:09:15.600 hear me. 00:09:16.180 --> 00:09:16.800 In verse 2, 00:09:17.560 --> 00:09:18.340 David pleads, 00:09:18.900 --> 00:09:19.400 help me. 00:09:20.540 --> 00:09:21.800 The word translated 00:09:21.800 --> 00:09:23.100 pleadings or supplications 00:09:23.100 --> 00:09:23.660 is plural, 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:25.820 suggesting repeated cries 00:09:25.820 --> 00:09:26.360 for mercy 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:27.879 rather than a single request. 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:29.939 David doesn't pray once. 00:09:30.580 --> 00:09:31.419 He keeps praying. 00:09:31.899 --> 00:09:32.700 He keeps pleading. 00:09:34.100 --> 00:09:34.840 That principle 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:35.379 is echoed 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:36.039 in the New Testament. 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:37.700 In Luke 18, 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:38.919 Jesus told a parable 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:39.559 on the need 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:40.320 for them to pray 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:41.759 always and not give up. 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:44.320 And in Romans 12, 12, 00:09:44.740 --> 00:09:45.779 Paul reminds us, 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:46.980 rejoice in hope, 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:48.659 be patient in affliction, 00:09:49.439 --> 00:09:50.939 be persistent in prayer. 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:53.840 Now, we see also 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:55.120 that David prayed 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:56.159 lifting up his hands 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:57.139 towards God's sanctuary. 00:09:57.879 --> 00:09:59.199 He lifted up his hands 00:09:59.199 --> 00:09:59.939 towards the place 00:09:59.939 --> 00:10:00.939 of God's presence. 00:10:02.439 --> 00:10:03.100 Sanctuary is a word 00:10:03.100 --> 00:10:03.839 referring to the 00:10:03.839 --> 00:10:04.439 innermost part 00:10:04.439 --> 00:10:05.019 of the sanctuary, 00:10:05.459 --> 00:10:06.779 the most holy place. 00:10:07.719 --> 00:10:08.480 This is the place 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:09.279 where the Ark of the Covenant 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:09.759 resided, 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:11.399 but more important, 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:12.379 it was the place 00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:13.399 of the mercy seat, 00:10:14.100 --> 00:10:15.139 the place from which 00:10:15.139 --> 00:10:16.079 the Lord dispensed 00:10:16.079 --> 00:10:17.079 mercy to his people. 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:20.660 Charles Spurgeon wrote, 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:23.180 we stretch out empty hands 00:10:23.180 --> 00:10:24.420 for we are beggars. 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:26.160 We lift them up 00:10:26.160 --> 00:10:28.259 for we seek heavenly supplies. 00:10:29.060 --> 00:10:30.220 We lift them towards 00:10:30.220 --> 00:10:31.360 the mercy seat of Jesus 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:33.320 for there our expectation 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:34.139 dwells. 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:36.900 Today, we no longer look 00:10:36.900 --> 00:10:37.759 to a physical temple. 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:39.320 We look to Christ, 00:10:39.420 --> 00:10:40.300 our true mercy seat. 00:10:41.379 --> 00:10:42.940 The confession reminds us 00:10:42.940 --> 00:10:44.040 in chapter 22 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:45.659 in religious worship. 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:47.980 Under the gospel, 00:10:48.419 --> 00:10:49.039 neither prayer 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:50.299 nor any other part 00:10:50.299 --> 00:10:51.139 of religious worship 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:53.120 is now restricted to 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:54.360 or made more acceptable 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:55.860 by the place 00:10:55.860 --> 00:10:57.019 where riches is done 00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:58.459 or towards which 00:10:58.459 --> 00:10:59.159 it is directed. 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:00.879 Instead, 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:02.059 God is to be worshipped 00:11:02.059 --> 00:11:02.699 everywhere 00:11:02.699 --> 00:11:04.240 in spirit and in truth, 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:06.120 daily in each family 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:06.740 and privately 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:08.059 by individual. 00:11:09.699 --> 00:11:10.839 And Christopher Ash again 00:11:10.839 --> 00:11:12.139 points us to Christ. 00:11:12.139 --> 00:11:14.199 So now Christ 00:11:14.199 --> 00:11:15.159 has become for us 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:17.139 the most holy sanctuary, 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:18.960 the place where God 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:19.679 makes covenant 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:21.340 with those in Christ. 00:11:23.659 --> 00:11:24.779 Although sometimes 00:11:24.779 --> 00:11:26.539 God seems silent to us, 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:28.159 God isn't silent. 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:30.199 God speaks through 00:11:30.199 --> 00:11:31.100 his written word 00:11:31.100 --> 00:11:32.639 by his spirit 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:34.299 centered on his son. 00:11:35.439 --> 00:11:36.120 Hebrews 1-2 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:37.419 tells us in the last days 00:11:37.419 --> 00:11:38.279 he's spoken to us 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:38.840 by his son. 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:40.639 And the confession 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:41.980 confirms the sufficiency 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:42.620 of scripture. 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:44.620 The whole counsel of God 00:11:44.620 --> 00:11:45.600 concerning everything 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:46.240 essential 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:47.840 for his own glory 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:48.720 in man's salvation, 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:49.559 faith, and life 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:51.600 is either explicitly stated 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:53.799 or by necessary inference 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:55.080 contained 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:56.679 in the holy scriptures. 00:11:59.059 --> 00:12:00.600 In the words 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:02.120 of H.A.W. Tozer, 00:12:02.659 --> 00:12:04.039 now the blessed fact 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:04.559 is that God 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:05.179 is not silent 00:12:05.179 --> 00:12:06.899 and has never been silent 00:12:06.899 --> 00:12:08.139 but is speaking 00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:08.840 in his universe. 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:10.899 the written word 00:12:10.899 --> 00:12:12.019 is effective because 00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:13.060 and only because 00:12:13.060 --> 00:12:14.440 the living word 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:15.340 is speaking in heaven 00:12:15.340 --> 00:12:16.980 and the living voice 00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:17.720 is sounding 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:18.600 throughout the earth. 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:21.600 Because God 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:22.120 has spoken 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:23.399 decisively in Christ 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:24.940 and continues 00:12:24.940 --> 00:12:25.480 to speak 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:26.120 through his word, 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:28.000 his apparent silence 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.820 is never absolute silence. 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:31.940 And because God 00:12:31.940 --> 00:12:33.160 has spoken decisively 00:12:33.160 --> 00:12:33.740 in Christ 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:35.180 and continues 00:12:35.180 --> 00:12:35.759 to speak 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:36.740 through his word, 00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:38.879 his apparent silence 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:41.019 is never absolute silence. 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:43.399 David keeps praying. 00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:45.080 God's apparent silence 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:46.240 doesn't stop his prayers. 00:12:47.060 --> 00:12:48.200 He lifts his hands 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:48.940 towards the sanctuary 00:12:48.940 --> 00:12:50.399 and today 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:51.519 we lift our eyes 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:52.139 to Christ, 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:53.940 our true mercy seat. 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.259 Don't stop praying 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:57.340 when God seems silent. 00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:59.820 Even when your words fail, 00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:01.220 the Holy Spirit 00:13:01.220 --> 00:13:02.159 intercedes for you. 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:04.180 In the same way, 00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:05.620 the Spirit also helps us 00:13:05.620 --> 00:13:06.220 in our weakness 00:13:06.220 --> 00:13:07.940 because we do not know 00:13:07.940 --> 00:13:08.659 what to pray for 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:09.240 as we should, 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:11.200 but the Spirit himself 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:12.560 intercedes for us 00:13:12.560 --> 00:13:14.580 with inexpressible groanings. 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:18.100 God hears your pleading 00:13:18.100 --> 00:13:20.139 even when his answer 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:20.899 has not yet come. 00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:24.019 Sometimes he teaches us 00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:25.039 to trust his promises 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:26.679 rather than our feelings. 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:29.179 Sometimes he never 00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:29.840 tells us why. 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:32.659 Yet persistent prayer 00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:33.820 raises another question. 00:13:33.820 --> 00:13:36.520 If God still seems silent, 00:13:36.780 --> 00:13:37.860 how do I know 00:13:37.860 --> 00:13:39.020 he hasn't rejected me? 00:13:40.260 --> 00:13:41.340 David answers that fear 00:13:41.340 --> 00:13:42.440 in verses 3-5. 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:44.240 His greatest concern 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:44.980 is not merely 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:45.940 escaping danger, 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.379 but belonging 00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:48.420 to the people of God. 00:13:50.040 --> 00:13:51.000 So our third anger, 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:53.480 when God seems silent, 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:55.300 remember that you 00:13:55.300 --> 00:13:56.080 belong to him. 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:58.980 When God seems silent, 00:13:59.180 --> 00:13:59.760 remember that you 00:13:59.760 --> 00:14:00.460 belong to him. 00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:04.019 David now turns 00:14:04.019 --> 00:14:04.780 to one of the hardest 00:14:04.780 --> 00:14:06.379 realities of a waiting season, 00:14:06.700 --> 00:14:07.040 the wicked. 00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:08.940 He doesn't want to be 00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:09.920 counted among the wicked. 00:14:11.160 --> 00:14:12.420 Do not drag me away 00:14:12.420 --> 00:14:13.019 from the wicked, 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:13.960 the evildoers, 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:15.600 who speak in friendly ways 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:16.180 to their neighbors 00:14:16.180 --> 00:14:17.360 while malice is in their hearts. 00:14:19.060 --> 00:14:19.840 Repay them according 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:20.540 to what they've done, 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:21.340 according to the evil 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:21.900 of their deeds. 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:22.920 Repay them according 00:14:22.920 --> 00:14:24.019 to the work of their hands. 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:25.320 Give them back 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:26.139 what they deserve 00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:28.620 because they do not 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:29.580 consider what the Lord 00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:30.019 has done 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:31.399 or the work of his hands. 00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:32.559 He will tear them down 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:33.340 and rebuild them. 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:36.759 That word of drag me away 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:38.039 is like being dragged away 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:39.220 for execution. 00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:41.720 The wicked person 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:42.679 David describes 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:43.919 as friendly to your face 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:45.699 while harboring malice 00:14:45.699 --> 00:14:46.279 in their heart. 00:14:47.779 --> 00:14:48.939 We can't really know 00:14:48.939 --> 00:14:49.379 for certain 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:50.860 when David wrote this psalm. 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:52.779 Some think it was 00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:53.419 when he was fleeing 00:14:53.419 --> 00:14:54.059 from Saul. 00:14:54.740 --> 00:14:55.599 Some think it was 00:14:55.599 --> 00:14:56.279 when he was sick. 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:57.719 Some think it was 00:14:57.719 --> 00:14:59.000 when he had a temptation 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:01.079 that he had to flee 00:15:01.079 --> 00:15:02.019 and not be called 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:02.479 with the wicked. 00:15:03.719 --> 00:15:04.679 Many commentators 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:05.539 think this fits 00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:06.459 with the rebellion 00:15:06.459 --> 00:15:07.000 of Absalom. 00:15:07.819 --> 00:15:08.979 I kind of feel that too. 00:15:09.819 --> 00:15:10.500 John Phillips, 00:15:10.939 --> 00:15:11.500 commentator, 00:15:11.599 --> 00:15:12.679 connects this psalm 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:13.479 with David's pain. 00:15:15.079 --> 00:15:15.799 David's world 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.579 was falling apart. 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:18.259 His own son, 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:19.219 his beloved, 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.759 handsome Absalom, 00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:22.860 had stolen the hearts 00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:24.060 of the men of Israel. 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:26.639 David's throne, 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:27.560 which had seemed 00:15:27.560 --> 00:15:28.340 so strong 00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:29.100 and invincible, 00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:31.279 had been snatched from him. 00:15:32.340 --> 00:15:33.019 The nation 00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:34.000 had turned against him. 00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:35.820 The fickle crowd 00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:36.840 had hailed Absalom 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.539 as though he were 00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:38.120 the Messiah. 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:41.019 David's world collapsed 00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:42.320 and he turned to Jehovah, 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:44.360 the one who is that 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:45.279 which his people need. 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:47.000 He appeals to him 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.899 as my rock. 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.560 Now David wasn't 00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:51.800 seeking personal vengeance. 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:53.379 he's entrusting 00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:54.620 justice to God. 00:15:55.579 --> 00:15:56.859 Rather than taking matters 00:15:56.859 --> 00:15:57.899 into his own hands, 00:15:58.740 --> 00:16:00.039 he asked the righteous judge 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:00.919 to do what is right. 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:03.000 The wicked ignore 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:04.120 the work of the Lord's hands 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:05.479 so the Lord will tear them down. 00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:08.740 As Romans 120 says, 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:10.500 the wicked have no excuse 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:12.979 since God's invisible attributes, 00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:13.859 that is, 00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.899 his eternal power 00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:16.000 and divine nature, 00:16:16.699 --> 00:16:17.859 have been clearly seen 00:16:17.859 --> 00:16:18.620 since the creation 00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.219 of the world. 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:21.620 And Psalm 19 00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.700 tells us, 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:24.139 the heavens declare 00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:25.000 the glory of God 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:26.040 and the sky above 00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:27.180 proclaims his handiwork. 00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:29.220 Day to day 00:16:29.220 --> 00:16:30.160 pours out speech 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:31.560 and night to night 00:16:31.560 --> 00:16:32.399 reveals knowledge. 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.220 There is no speech 00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:35.300 nor are there words 00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:36.139 whose voice 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:37.000 is not heard. 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.860 Their voice goes out 00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.759 through all the earth 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.100 and their words 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:42.040 to the end of the world. 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:45.919 David fears 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:46.980 being swept away 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:48.339 with the wicked 00:16:48.339 --> 00:16:49.439 since it seems like 00:16:49.439 --> 00:16:50.120 God is silent. 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.879 But David's deepest fear 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:53.819 is not dying, 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:56.099 but sharing in the judgment 00:16:56.099 --> 00:16:56.980 reserved for those 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.799 who reject God. 00:16:59.059 --> 00:16:59.879 David's not claiming 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.459 he's sinless. 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.099 He's appealing 00:17:02.099 --> 00:17:04.319 as one who belongs 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.319 to the covenant Lord 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:06.960 rather than the company 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.700 of the wicked. 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.500 As believers, 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.680 we have an anchor. 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.599 We are God's 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:14.500 adopted children. 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.519 Because we are 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.819 united to Christ, 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:19.500 we will never 00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:20.279 be swept away 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:20.700 with the wicked. 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.240 Our comfort is 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:23.500 we belong to God. 00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:25.220 Our confession 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:26.240 reassures the believer 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.519 in the chapter 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.079 on adoption. 00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:30.299 God has granted 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:31.200 that all those 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:31.920 who are justified 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:33.259 would receive 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.960 the grace 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.740 of adoption 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:36.500 in and for 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.000 the sake 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.900 of his only son 00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.700 Jesus Christ. 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:40.500 by this 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.840 they are counted 00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:42.559 among the children 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.059 of God 00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:44.720 and enjoy the freedom 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.480 and privileges 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.680 of that relationship. 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:49.000 They inherit his name, 00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:50.440 receive the spirit 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:50.940 of adoption, 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:52.500 have access 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.279 to the throne 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:53.759 of grace 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.480 with boldness, 00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.779 and are enabled 00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.240 to cry, 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:56.980 Abba, Father. 00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.580 They are given 00:17:58.580 --> 00:17:59.080 compassion, 00:17:59.380 --> 00:17:59.779 protected, 00:18:00.120 --> 00:18:00.680 provided for, 00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:01.259 and chastened 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.700 by him as a father. 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.059 Yet, 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.720 they are never 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:07.059 cast off, 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.519 but are sealed 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:08.980 for the day 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.460 of redemption 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.740 and inherit 00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.299 the promises 00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:12.120 of heirs 00:18:12.120 --> 00:18:13.319 of everlasting 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:13.920 salvation. 00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.900 No matter 00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:17.460 how dark 00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:17.880 the season 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:18.360 seems, 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.480 if you belong 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.019 to Christ, 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:21.500 you will always 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.299 remain God's 00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:22.600 child. 00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.759 His silence 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:25.799 does not cancel 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.400 your adoption. 00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:28.880 The psalm 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:29.600 also points 00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:30.420 forward to Christ. 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.519 James Johnston 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:33.120 writes in his 00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:33.579 commentary, 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:35.480 When we look 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.259 forward to Christ, 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:36.559 though, 00:18:37.159 --> 00:18:37.899 we can see 00:18:37.899 --> 00:18:38.699 clearly how 00:18:38.699 --> 00:18:39.179 the psalm 00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:39.839 points to him. 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.559 As a human 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:42.000 being, 00:18:42.679 --> 00:18:43.339 Jesus had a good 00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:43.879 reason to plead 00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.319 with God, 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.819 do not drag me 00:18:45.819 --> 00:18:46.179 off with the 00:18:46.179 --> 00:18:46.419 wicked. 00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:48.639 Jesus was 00:18:48.639 --> 00:18:49.579 publicly accused 00:18:49.579 --> 00:18:50.339 of being evil 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:50.759 himself. 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.240 Many lumped 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.679 him together 00:18:52.679 --> 00:18:53.220 with the wicked. 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:54.879 Jesus counted 00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.519 on God, 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.879 Caesar to spin, 00:18:58.419 --> 00:19:00.500 and the smears 00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.399 to judge rightly, 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.980 to clear his name, 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.539 and to show 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.019 the difference 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.539 between him 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:04.960 and the wicked. 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.299 Think of the 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:08.200 false accusations 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.980 that were leveled 00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.620 against Jesus 00:19:09.620 --> 00:19:10.599 during his life. 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.380 He was accused 00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:13.220 of being a glutton 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.180 and an alcoholic, 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:15.120 a friend of tax 00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:15.680 collectors and 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.319 prostitutes. 00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:18.259 The Pharisees 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.779 accused him 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.900 of being demon 00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:20.500 possessed. 00:19:21.620 --> 00:19:22.160 When he was 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.579 arrested, 00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:23.740 they came looking 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.400 for him with 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:25.279 swords and clubs 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.900 as if he were 00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.299 a robber. 00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:28.160 At his trial, 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.700 they accused 00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:29.460 him of blasphemy 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:29.980 and beat him 00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.599 as a heretic. 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:32.219 When they turned 00:19:32.219 --> 00:19:33.000 him over to Pilate, 00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.359 they charged 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:35.039 him with a rebellion. 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.779 These false 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.799 accusations came 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.879 to head at the 00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:39.240 cross. 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:43.399 Waiting is even 00:19:43.399 --> 00:19:44.559 harder when evil 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.419 seems to flourish. 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.379 David saw that 00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:48.019 with Absalom's 00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.379 rebellion. 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.839 Jesus endured 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.959 it perfectly as 00:19:51.959 --> 00:19:52.579 sinful people 00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.240 mocked and 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.959 crucified him. 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:56.240 but because of 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.660 adoption, 00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.360 we are counted 00:19:58.360 --> 00:19:58.840 among the 00:19:58.840 --> 00:19:59.539 children of God. 00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.380 That assurance 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:02.259 affects everything. 00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:04.700 David's circumstances 00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.720 have not changed, 00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:06.940 but his confidence 00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.360 has. 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.000 The man who 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.460 began with 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.340 desperation now 00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:11.220 begins to praise. 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.259 David moves 00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.880 from remembering 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.400 that he belongs 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:14.880 to God 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:16.160 to praising 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.840 the God 00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:17.360 who has heard 00:20:17.360 --> 00:20:17.579 him. 00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.319 Our fourth 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:19.740 thanker, 00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:20.860 when God 00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:21.620 seems silent, 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.039 praise him 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.460 that he hears 00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:23.859 your plea. 00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:27.420 When God 00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:28.019 seems silent, 00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.619 praise him 00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.259 that he hears 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.659 your plea. 00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:32.659 Now something 00:20:32.659 --> 00:20:33.639 remarkable happens 00:20:33.639 --> 00:20:34.379 in verse 6. 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.119 Nothing in 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.960 the psalm 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.960 indicates David's 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.859 situation is any 00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.240 different. 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.700 David's enemies 00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.319 are still there. 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.399 His throne has 00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:43.059 not been restored. 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.899 Nothing visible 00:20:44.899 --> 00:20:45.579 has changed. 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.119 But what has 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:48.139 changed is David 00:20:48.139 --> 00:20:49.079 and worship 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.839 breaks out. 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.700 Spurgeon 00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.200 observed, 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.240 Lord, 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.640 our psalm 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:53.940 has been 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.680 prayer up 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:54.960 to this 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.279 point, 00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.100 but now 00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:56.559 it turns 00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.240 to praise. 00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.920 Those who 00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.539 pray well 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.400 will soon 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:01.259 praise well. 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.240 Notice the 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.660 shift in 00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.160 verse 6. 00:21:05.080 --> 00:21:05.480 The psalm 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:05.759 has moved 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.220 from second 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.559 person 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:06.880 plea, 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.319 you, 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.720 O Lord, 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.799 to third 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.140 person 00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:09.600 praise, 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.460 blessed 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.960 be the 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.200 Lord. 00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:13.059 Verse 6 00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.700 is the 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.080 answer to 00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:14.519 verse 2. 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.980 Verse 2 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.240 said, 00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.340 listen to the 00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:17.759 sound of my 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.660 pleading when 00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.200 I cry to you 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.680 for help. 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.920 But in 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.460 verses 6 00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.000 and 7, 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.200 the plea 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.120 becomes trust. 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.539 Blessed be 00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:25.920 the Lord, 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:26.960 for he 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.779 has heard 00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.240 the sound 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.480 of my 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:28.840 pleading. 00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:29.960 The Lord 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.240 is my 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.720 strength 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.039 and my 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.360 shield. 00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.500 My heart 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.160 trusts in him 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.600 and I am 00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:33.900 helped. 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.340 Therefore, 00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:35.820 my heart 00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.420 celebrates 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.279 and I give 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.960 thanks to him 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.380 with my 00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:38.680 song. 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:40.680 The 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.080 greatest 00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:41.700 evidence 00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.759 that God's 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.240 silence 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.180 is not 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.700 rejection, 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.140 is that 00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:47.100 David moves 00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:47.700 from do 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.019 not be 00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.360 deaf to 00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:49.200 me to 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.580 he has 00:21:49.580 --> 00:21:50.000 heard the 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.279 sound of 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.420 my 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.720 pleading. 00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.440 The 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:52.799 turning 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.259 point of 00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.440 this 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.820 psalm 00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:54.759 is not 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.240 a change 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.740 in David's 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.400 circumstances, 00:21:57.080 --> 00:21:57.560 but a 00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:58.160 change in 00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.600 David's 00:21:58.600 --> 00:21:59.220 confidence. 00:22:00.320 --> 00:22:00.660 Again, 00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.420 the turning 00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:01.860 point is 00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.220 not a 00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.620 change in 00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:02.940 David's 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.560 circumstances, 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.539 but a 00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:04.960 change in 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.299 David's 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.779 confidence. 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.900 David's 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.480 praise is 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.019 not based 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.259 on 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.779 visible 00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.319 deliverance, 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.299 but on 00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.039 faith that 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.380 God has 00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.640 heard. 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.279 Often, 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:14.779 the first 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.819 answer God 00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.660 gives is 00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:16.940 not a 00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.339 change in 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.440 our 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:17.980 situation, 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.720 but renewed 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.460 trust in 00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.980 his character. 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.880 Isaiah 50 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.279 says, 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.380 Who among 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.799 you fears 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.200 the Lord 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.620 and listens 00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:25.980 to his 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.220 servant? 00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.660 Who among 00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.420 you walks 00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.920 in darkness 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.759 and has 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.259 no light? 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.660 Let him 00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.339 trust in 00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.579 the name 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:32.799 of the 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.019 Lord. 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.779 Let him 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.519 lean on 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.980 his God. 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.140 And 00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.000 Psalm 13, 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.160 but I 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.299 have 00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.720 trusted 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:38.960 in 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.079 your 00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.400 faithful 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.740 love. 00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:40.779 My 00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.019 heart 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.200 will 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.559 rejoice 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:41.799 in 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:41.940 your 00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.539 deliverance. 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.740 I 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:44.880 will 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.099 sing 00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.420 to the 00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:45.660 Lord 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.019 because 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.220 he 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.400 has 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.680 treated 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:46.980 me 00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.579 generously. 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.480 Our 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.819 confession 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.380 says in 00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:50.640 chapter 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.160 22, 00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.220 prayer 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.940 with 00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.740 thanksgiving 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.759 is an 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.259 element of 00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.579 natural 00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.019 worship 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.859 and is 00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.480 so required 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:57.960 by God 00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.099 of 00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.460 everyone. 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.539 God's 00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.980 silence 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.599 is often 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:02.839 not 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.339 refusal, 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:03.940 but 00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.319 delay. 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.799 scripture 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.480 repeatedly 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.099 shows God 00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.500 answering 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.159 in his 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.599 timing 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.299 rather than 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.619 ours. 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.179 David 00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:11.939 learned that 00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.299 the God 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.679 who seemed 00:23:12.679 --> 00:23:13.359 silent was 00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.859 actually 00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.299 working. 00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.159 Even when 00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.500 we don't 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.839 have the 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.200 feeling, 00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.259 we still 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.619 have the 00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.839 fact and 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.439 we respond 00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:21.079 with praise. 00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.619 Once David 00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.379 is convinced 00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:24.799 God has 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.119 heard him, 00:23:25.939 --> 00:23:26.480 his focus 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.759 shifts from 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.839 himself to 00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.139 God's 00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:29.439 people. 00:23:30.679 --> 00:23:31.059 David's 00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.619 confidence 00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.539 overflows 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:32.879 into 00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:33.539 intercession. 00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:34.920 His 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.420 prayer for 00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.740 God's 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.019 people 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.700 ultimately 00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.319 points us 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.599 to the 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:37.859 greater 00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.180 king 00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.920 whose 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.500 intercession 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.019 never 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.460 ceases. 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.559 Our 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:42.779 fifth 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.079 anchor, 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.940 when God 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.220 seems 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.700 silent, 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:47.440 know that 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.139 Christ is 00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:48.779 praying for 00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.119 you. 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.819 When God 00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.399 seems silent, 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:51.799 know that 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.359 Christ is 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.879 praying for 00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:53.099 you. 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.639 Look at 00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:54.960 David's 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.500 prayer in 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.099 verses 8 and 00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.420 9. 00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.099 The Lord 00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.420 is the 00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.899 strength of 00:23:58.899 --> 00:23:59.399 his people. 00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:00.539 He is a 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.259 stronghold of 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.139 salvation for 00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.360 this 00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.680 anointed. 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.340 Save your 00:24:04.340 --> 00:24:04.680 people, 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.620 bless your 00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.080 possession, 00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.480 shepherd them, 00:24:07.780 --> 00:24:08.180 and carry 00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.680 them forever. 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:11.680 Having been 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.280 assured that 00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:12.880 God hears 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:14.620 him, David 00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.120 now prays 00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.700 for others. 00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.380 He turns 00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:17.840 from praying 00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:19.020 for himself 00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:20.320 to praying 00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:20.660 for his 00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:20.940 people. 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.640 David ends 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.080 not with 00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:24.120 save me, 00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.560 but save 00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:26.120 your people. 00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.340 Now one 00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:28.900 of Satan's 00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:30.100 strategies during 00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:30.800 these periods 00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:31.259 of waiting 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.900 and darkness 00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:33.180 is to 00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.519 convince 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.460 believers to 00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.079 withdraw from 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.400 God's 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.680 people. 00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.460 But David 00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.960 finishes by 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.440 identifying 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.259 himself with 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.700 the flock. 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.259 The shepherd 00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:44.359 often carries 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.759 struggling sheep 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.440 through the 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.920 ministry of 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.359 the church. 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:48.720 Don't 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.119 mistake 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:55.539 spiritual dryness 00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.920 for permission 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.639 to neglect 00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.079 scripture, 00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:58.899 prayer, 00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.799 gathered 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.220 worship, 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.700 or the 00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:00.980 Lord's 00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.259 table. 00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.000 Those are 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.519 actually 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.879 often the 00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.680 very means 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.639 God uses 00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:08.099 to sustain 00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.619 his people 00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.220 while they 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.500 wait. 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.339 The confession 00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.399 reminds us of 00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:12.859 the means of 00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.480 grace that God 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.159 has provided to 00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:14.740 help us in the 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.339 times of waiting. 00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:17.619 the elements of 00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.319 religious worship 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.139 of God include 00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.059 reading the 00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.359 scriptures, 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.699 preaching and 00:25:21.699 --> 00:25:22.039 hearing the 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.539 word of God, 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.879 teaching and 00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.599 admonishing one 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.259 another in 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.679 psalms, 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.039 hymns, 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.639 and spiritual 00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.079 songs, 00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.699 singing with 00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.279 grace in our 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.839 hearts to the 00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.079 Lord, 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.579 as well as 00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.339 the ministration 00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.980 of baptism 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.319 and the 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.639 Lord's 00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:34.859 supper. 00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.539 Eric Lane 00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.919 helps us look 00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.819 forward to 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.899 Christ in this 00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.599 psalm when he 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:42.899 writes, 00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:44.600 If the 00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:44.980 Lord were 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.480 David's 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.920 strength, 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.620 my rock, 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.160 verse 1, 00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.480 he would be 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.000 the strength 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.460 of his 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.840 people. 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.640 So he 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.140 ends by 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.620 praying for 00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:52.860 them, 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.180 for God to 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:55.460 save and 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.880 bless and 00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.440 carry them 00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.759 as a 00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.060 shepherd. 00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.780 Here the 00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:00.440 psalm becomes 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.060 messianic, 00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.380 for the 00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.980 anointed one 00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.660 is literally 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.380 Messiah, 00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.900 the one 00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.480 whose office 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.019 was to 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:07.040 save and 00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:08.259 bless those 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.640 who God 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.220 gave him as 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.880 his inheritance, 00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.019 the good 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.060 shepherd who 00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:12.420 would give 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.880 his life 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.240 for the 00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.520 sheep. 00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.080 In 00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.660 verses 8 00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.060 and 9, 00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.080 David is 00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:19.340 praying for 00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:19.760 his people, 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.260 and as he 00:26:21.260 --> 00:26:22.220 does, the 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.680 language of 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.240 anointed one 00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.820 and shepherd 00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:25.180 begins to 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.840 point us, 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.800 on David, 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.480 to Christ. 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.280 David's 00:26:29.280 --> 00:26:30.120 speaking first 00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:31.200 of the 00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.420 Lord's 00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:31.680 anointed 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.080 king, 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.360 but these 00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.000 words find 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.540 their ultimate 00:26:34.540 --> 00:26:35.580 fulfillment in 00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:36.040 Christ, 00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:37.400 God's true 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.040 anointed one 00:26:38.040 --> 00:26:38.600 and good 00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:38.920 shepherd. 00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:40.980 Jesus said 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.800 in John 00:26:41.800 --> 00:26:42.120 10, 00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.979 I am the 00:26:42.979 --> 00:26:43.500 good shepherd. 00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:44.839 Isaiah 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.259 40, 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.539 he protects 00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.019 his flock 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.359 like a 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.619 shepherd. 00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.359 He 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.759 gathers 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.399 the 00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.259 lambs in 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.759 his arms 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.979 and carries 00:26:51.979 --> 00:26:52.439 them in 00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:52.779 the fold 00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.039 of his 00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.359 garment. 00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.279 He 00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.639 gently 00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.119 leads 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.659 those who 00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:55.739 are 00:26:55.739 --> 00:26:56.079 nursing. 00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.119 Even 00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.479 when our 00:26:58.479 --> 00:26:58.759 prayers 00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.219 falter, 00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.519 even when 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.079 God seems 00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.519 silent, 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.479 the 00:27:02.479 --> 00:27:03.059 Messiah and 00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.359 shepherd 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.959 prays 00:27:03.959 --> 00:27:04.479 perfectly 00:27:04.479 --> 00:27:05.019 for us. 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.599 Romans 00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:06.819 8, 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.219 verse 34 00:27:07.219 --> 00:27:07.719 reminds 00:27:07.719 --> 00:27:08.000 us, 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.740 who's 00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:08.959 the one 00:27:08.959 --> 00:27:09.079 who 00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.579 condemns? 00:27:10.199 --> 00:27:10.539 Christ 00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.859 Jesus 00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.379 is the 00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:11.539 one 00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:11.699 who 00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:12.059 died, 00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:13.039 but even 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.379 more, 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.839 has been 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.339 raised. 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.459 He also 00:27:15.459 --> 00:27:15.839 is the 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.299 right hand 00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.699 of God 00:27:16.699 --> 00:27:17.579 and intercedes 00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.240 for us. 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.339 And 00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.619 Hebrews 00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:19.919 7, 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.339 25 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.799 said, 00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:21.879 therefore 00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.359 he is 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.819 able to 00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.079 save 00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.599 completely 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.500 those 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:24.819 who come 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.199 to God 00:27:25.199 --> 00:27:25.459 through 00:27:25.459 --> 00:27:25.779 him, 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.799 since he 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.359 always 00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.899 lives to 00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.359 intercede 00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.779 for them. 00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:31.019 Our 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.359 confession 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.699 has a 00:27:31.699 --> 00:27:32.199 chapter on 00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.980 Christ's 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.480 intercession, 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.100 Christ the 00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.539 mediator. 00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.039 To all 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.620 those whom 00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.319 Christ has 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.299 obtained 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.740 eternal 00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.140 redemption, 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.039 he certainly 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:42.180 and effectively 00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.940 applies and 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.460 imparts it. 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.440 He 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.220 intercedes 00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.720 for them, 00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.880 unites 00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.500 them to 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.059 himself by 00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.500 his spirit, 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.900 and reveals 00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.779 to them in 00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.259 and by his 00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.799 word the 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.200 mystery of 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.620 salvation. 00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:54.980 He 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.480 persuades 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.840 them to 00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.559 believe and 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.720 obey and 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.259 governs their 00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.840 heart by 00:27:58.840 --> 00:27:59.180 his word 00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.620 and spirit. 00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:01.860 And 00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.059 Jesus 00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.919 declared in 00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:03.639 John 17, 00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.519 I pray not 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.959 only for 00:28:05.959 --> 00:28:06.339 these, 00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.019 the disciples 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.619 around him, 00:28:07.979 --> 00:28:08.839 but also for 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.299 those who 00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.799 believe in 00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.419 me through 00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:10.939 their word. 00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.659 Louis 00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.119 Burkups 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:16.879 observed, 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.839 it is 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.419 a consoling 00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:20.919 thought that 00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.439 Christ is 00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:21.919 praying for 00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:22.219 us, 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:24.099 even when 00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.359 we are 00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.199 negligent in 00:28:25.199 --> 00:28:25.619 our prayer 00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:25.939 life, 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.859 that he 00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.439 is presenting 00:28:28.439 --> 00:28:28.779 to the 00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.359 Father those 00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.159 spiritual needs 00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:30.919 which were 00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.459 not present 00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.759 to our 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.140 minds, 00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:32.980 and which 00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.400 we often 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:33.920 neglect to 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.319 include in 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.779 our prayers, 00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.019 and that 00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.840 he prays for 00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:37.420 our protection 00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.960 against the 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.900 dangers of 00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.140 which we 00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.539 are not even 00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.039 conscious, 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.460 against the 00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.100 enemies which 00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.680 threaten us, 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.220 though we 00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.539 don't even 00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.039 notice it. 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.340 He is 00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:45.880 praying that 00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.279 our faith 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.660 may not 00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.019 cease, 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.019 that we 00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.380 may come 00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:48.579 out 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.279 victoriously 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.860 in the 00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.140 end. 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.120 I love 00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.779 how Robert 00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.079 Murray 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.559 McShane 00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.120 put it, 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.839 but 00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.399 if I 00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.779 could hear 00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.139 Christ 00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.719 praying for 00:28:56.719 --> 00:28:56.959 me in 00:28:56.959 --> 00:28:57.259 the next 00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.579 room, 00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.819 I would 00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.279 not fear 00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.619 a million 00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.099 enemies, 00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.739 yet distance 00:29:01.739 --> 00:29:02.559 makes no 00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.059 difference. 00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.259 He is 00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.899 praying for 00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.159 me. 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.539 If I 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.879 could hear 00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.299 Christ 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.859 praying for 00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.159 me in 00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:09.619 the next 00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:09.919 room, 00:29:10.479 --> 00:29:11.459 I would 00:29:11.459 --> 00:29:11.959 not fear 00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.319 a million 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.799 enemies, 00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:14.719 yet distance 00:29:14.719 --> 00:29:15.619 makes no 00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.119 difference. 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.079 He is 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.639 praying for 00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:17.879 me. 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:20.160 what comfort for the believer 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:22.900 the savior who died for us 00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:24.880 now lives to intercede for us 00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:27.020 ultimately 00:29:27.020 --> 00:29:29.220 David's distress 00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:31.020 foreshadows the stress of the Lord 00:29:31.020 --> 00:29:32.100 Jesus Christ to cry 00:29:32.100 --> 00:29:35.100 my God my God why have you abandoned me 00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:37.140 Hebrews 00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:39.080 tells us that Jesus was heard because of 00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:39.720 his reverence 00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:42.440 Jesus was not spared the cross 00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:45.120 but was delivered through death 00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:46.020 in the resurrection 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:49.400 Hebrews 5 7 during his thirsty life 00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:51.579 he offered prayers and appeals 00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:53.619 with loud cries and tears 00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:55.519 to the one who was able to save him from death 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:58.180 and he was heard because of his reverence 00:29:58.180 --> 00:30:00.139 again Christopher Ash 00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:01.240 helps us see Jesus 00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.920 therefore 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:05.900 we must meditate on what it means 00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.980 for Jesus of Nazareth 00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:10.039 to pray with loud cries and tears 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.980 in Psalm 28 1 and 2 00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:14.119 to speak 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:15.980 in 28 3 through 5 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.779 with horror 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.299 yet confidence 00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:21.339 and to exalt with the resurrection joy 00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:23.500 that was set before him in 28 6 and 7 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:26.680 it is a healthy discipline 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:29.240 quietly to walk with our savior in his trials 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:31.599 in the eyes of our mind 00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:33.500 and in the affections of our hearts 00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:36.019 on the cross 00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:38.660 Jesus truly experienced 00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:40.079 the horror of bearing our sin 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:42.319 and expressed the abandonment 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.700 of Psalm 22 00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:46.200 yet the eternal unity 00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.200 of the Father and the Son 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.079 was never broken 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:50.659 Jesus endured the curse 00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.740 we deserve 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:53.500 so that we would never 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.460 finally be persecuted 00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:58.200 so what do believers do 00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.139 when God seems silent? 00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:02.879 they trust the rock beneath them 00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:05.159 they keep praying 00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:07.079 they remember 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:08.299 that they belong to God 00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:10.519 they praise God 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:12.460 before they see God's answer 00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:14.059 and they rest 00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.379 in Christ's intercession 00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:18.960 the silence may last longer 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.539 than your hope 00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:21.399 but it will not last forever 00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.659 one day 00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.339 our faith 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.240 will be sight 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:26.960 Psalm 28 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.799 begins with a cry 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:29.399 do not be deaf to me 00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:31.680 it ends with confidence 00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:33.339 save your people 00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:34.359 bless your possessions 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.039 shepherd them 00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.919 and carry them forever 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:38.460 David begins 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.380 fearing the pit 00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:40.820 and ends up 00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.940 resting in the shepherd 00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:43.880 that's what God does 00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.440 for his people 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:46.200 not always quickly 00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.940 not always visibly 00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:50.160 but always faithfully 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:53.420 again look at verse 6 and 7 00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:55.039 blessed be the Lord 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:56.019 for he has heard 00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.980 the sound of my pleading 00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:58.640 the Lord is my strength 00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.200 and my shield 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:00.519 my heart trusts in him 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.580 and I am help 00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:03.460 he has heard 00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:05.060 and I am helped 00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:07.220 he has heard 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.700 and I am helped 00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:12.019 beloved 00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:13.059 perhaps today 00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.799 you can't say 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.899 I am helped 00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:17.679 maybe all you can say is 00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:18.339 hey Lord 00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.440 I still call to you 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:21.399 hold fast 00:32:21.399 --> 00:32:23.519 Christ will hold you fast 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:25.419 he is your stronghold 00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:26.139 and your shepherd 00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:28.779 the father who adopted you 00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.240 has not abandoned you 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:32.179 he will carry you forever 00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:34.960 the shepherd who died for you 00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.940 still intercedes for you 00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:39.240 the rock beneath you 00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.799 is firmer than your feelings 00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:42.519 and one day 00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:44.240 by God's grace 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:46.080 you will say with David 00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:47.680 he has heard 00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:49.019 and I am helped 00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:52.140 as Psalm 27 ended 00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.539 it said 00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:54.180 I am certain 00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:55.640 that I will see the Lord's goodness 00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.660 in the land of the living 00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:58.560 wait for the Lord 00:32:58.560 --> 00:33:00.039 be strong 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:02.000 and let your heart be courageous 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.700 wait for the Lord 00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:05.299 let's pray 00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:09.059 Father 00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:12.119 thank you that 00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:13.619 even when you seem silent 00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:15.700 you are never absent 00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:18.539 be our rock 00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.839 when we feel like we are sinking 00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:22.460 teach us 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