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 Please open your Bible to Psalm 5, a Psalm of David, to the choir master for the flutes.

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 Give ear to my words, O Lord. Consider my groaning.

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 Give attention to the sound of my cry.

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 My King and my God, for to you do I pray.

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 O Lord, in the morning you'll hear my voice.

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 In the morning I'll prepare the sacrifice for you and watch.

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 For you are not the God who delights in wickedness.

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 Evil may not dwell with you.

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 The boastful shall not stand before your eyes.

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 You hate all evildoers.

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 You destroy those who speak lies.

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 The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful men.

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 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house.

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 I will bow down toward your holy temple in the field of you.

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 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies.

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 Make your way straight before me.

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 For there is no truth in their mouth.

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 Their inmost self is destruction.

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 Their throat is an open grave.

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 They flatter with their tongue.

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 Make them bear their guilt, O God.

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 Let them fall by their own counsels.

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 Because of the abundance of their transgressions, cast them out.

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 For they have rebelled against you.

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 But that all who take refuge in you rejoice.

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 Let them ever sing for joy.

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 And spread your protection over them.

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 That those who love your name may exalt in you.

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 For you bless the righteous, O Lord.

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 You cover him with favour as with a shield.

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 Having a proper perspective is so important.

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 If we're going to form a conclusion, if we're going to set a course of action,

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 in pretty well any aspect of life, having a proper perspective is critical.

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 Now, it doesn't matter how much we think about that.

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 We will always have some sort of perspective in anything we do.

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 It will either be a good perspective or it will be a narrow, distorted perspective.

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 But we will have one.

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 Every time we set a course of action and make a formal conclusion.

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 Having a good perspective or a good point of view

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 means having all the relevant factors included.

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 Rightly integrated and properly balanced.

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 As we make a conclusion.

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 But far too often we have a distorted or narrow perspective

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 on things that we're thinking about or acting on.

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 And too often that's because we just go on what we see.

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 And that means that other critical factors

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 that may not be apparent aren't actually included.

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 And so our perspective is actually distorted or imbalanced.

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 Sometimes really unhelpfully so.

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 For example, this week, courtesy of the Essendon Football Club,

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 I suspect that all Christians like me have just felt the awfulness

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 of yet another public attack, public slanging of Christians.

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 Once again, we've just had to sit and listen

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 as Christianity is just branded as bigoted, even evil.

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 Treated unjustly.

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 Christians being silenced unfairly.

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 Without even regard for the truth.

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 And it seems that, as we listen in,

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 it seems that this whole notion that's paraded all the time,

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 inclusivity, tolerance, respect,

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 it seems like that's on offer to any set of beliefs,

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 any lifestyle, except Christians.

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 Now, from there, you see, it would be really easy to form the perspective

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 that God has been squeezed out of our society.

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 That God is no longer relevant to our society.

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 And that the Christian gospel has been defeated

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 and is powerless in our society.

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 But you see, that would be a really narrow, distorted perspective.

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 Why?

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 Because it doesn't take into account what God says in his word

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 and who God is in his world.

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 And then we can develop that example.

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 And if you're like me, sometimes when you feel excluded from our society,

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 it sort of pushes us to the other extreme

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 and a very different point of engagement

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 when we actually wish we could be involved in our world and accepted.

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 And then we start to think,

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 well, actually, our world and our culture

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 look so appealing at points, so inviting.

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 And we bounce from something like that Essendon saga

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 to actually this overcorrection

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 of just wanting to be part of our world,

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 be accepted,

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 be welcomed into it.

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 It looks so appealing.

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 It looks so satisfying.

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 Yet, we have to bear in mind

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 that the Lord says to us,

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 be in the world, but not of it.

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 Why?

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 Because the good life

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 of fullness and satisfaction

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 is sourced in relationship with him.

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 And we will never find it in the world.

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 That's what Jesus tells us.

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 And then he says,

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 well, I don't want you to be of the world,

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 but I do want you to be in and of the church.

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 Because as people who are new in Christ,

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 new in me,

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 then I want you to be fellowshiped

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 with people in a community,

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 the resurrection community,

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 where fullness of life is known

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 and enjoyed

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 and modelled to a lost world.

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 So there we have it.

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 In the world, but not of it.

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 In the church and in it.

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 But you see,

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 that's a hard perspective to balance,

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 isn't it?

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 To keep as well.

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 Because then we start to think,

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 well, actually,

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 hmm,

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 the church just doesn't seem

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 to be able to compete

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 with the allure

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 of our world.

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 And then we think,

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 well,

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 what about all the hurts

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 that I've experienced

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 in the church

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 due to the sinful actions of others

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 or due to my own omissions?

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 And again,

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 you see,

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 from there,

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 how easily would it be

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 to form a distorted perspective

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 which leads us away

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 from engaging in the church

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 and fellowshipping

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 with other Christians

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 while leading us ever more

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 into engagement

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 with the world?

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 But again,

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 that would be a very

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 distorted,

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 narrow perspective.

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 Friends,

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 the message of Psalm 5,

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 I believe,

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 is about King David's

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 godly perspective

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 in time of suffering

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 and attack.

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 Time when we're being

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 treated unfairly,

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 when we're suffering

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 injustice

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 or just generally suffering

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 as we seek to live

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 faithfully for the Lord

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 in this broken world

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 among rebellious people.

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 It brings just a level

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 of suffering

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 just doing that.

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 Now,

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 some commentators

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 are convinced

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 that this psalm

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 was written

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 for congregational use

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 and so it sort of

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 looks at suffering

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 from a more generalized

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 level

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 as opposed to

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 Psalm 3 and 4

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 that we looked at

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 over the last two weeks

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 where it's been

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 a very personal reflection

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 from King David

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 on a very personal

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 issue and situation.

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 Regardless of that,

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 I think it's a model

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 of how God's people

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 are to handle

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 the normal attacks

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 that comes to them

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 as God's people.

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 In other words,

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 it's a godly perspective

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 and one that we need

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 to take on board,

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 I think,

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 as our world develops

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 in the way it's doing

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 at the moment.

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 I want to make

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 three or four points.

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 The first one is

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 that David's

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 personal powerlessness

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 pushes him to rest

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 in God's powerfulness.

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 Look at picking up

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 the first three verses there.

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 Now,

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 the context of the psalm

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 is King David's

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 daily struggle

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 to rule God's people

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 and nurture righteousness

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 or behavior

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 which is pleasing

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 to the Lord

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 given the unruly hearts

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 of his people

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 and given their natural

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 inclination

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 to wickedness

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 which in the Bible

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 is simply

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 anything lived,

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 any life lived

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 in rebellion

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 against God.

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 That's wickedness.

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 It doesn't have to be

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 as evil

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 as it possibly can be.

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 It just means

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 a general orientation

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 is called wickedness.

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 A natural born orientation

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 to rebel against

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 God's authority,

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 to seek autonomy,

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 to live without

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 reference to God's word.

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 Now,

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 that's the struggle

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 David has each day

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 trying to subdue

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 the unruly hearts

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 of God's people.

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 And against this,

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 we see King David's

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 primary weapon

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 of response

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 is the weapon

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 of prayer.

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 And we see there

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 in verse 3 particularly,

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 verses 2 and 3 especially,

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 but his daily routine

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 begins

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 with David

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 talking to

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 the Lord.

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 Now,

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 we need to remember

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 that this is a king

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 of a large nation.

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 His day would have been

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 incredibly busy,

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 long,

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 pressured.

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 Every morning

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 so many officials

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 would be coming to him

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 each day

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 seeking advice,

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 reporting on issues.

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 But David,

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 if I can use the word

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 of Martin Luther,

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 says that,

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 you know,

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 he's too busy

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 not to pray.

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 And he's confident

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 of God's

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 answering of that prayer.

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 If you look at verse 3,

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 that last sentence

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 in verse 3,

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 in the morning

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 I prepare a sacrifice,

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 that's

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 a particular interpretation

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 of the Hebrew word,

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 which might actually

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 be a little bit more general,

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 although it's in the same line,

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 I prepare a sacrifice

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 is more likely to be,

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 look,

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 I set out in order

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 the various demands

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 and pressure points

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 of my day

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 and I take them

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 to the Lord in prayer.

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 And having done that,

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 then I wait confidently

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 for the Lord's guidance,

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 the Lord's answer.

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 And if you look at verse 2,

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 we see an even nicer context

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 because this is King David,

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 a very powerful man,

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 but he recognizes

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 that in all his power,

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 he's powerless.

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 And so,

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 he comes before

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 the greater king,

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 Yahweh,

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 who is the covenant-keeping God,

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 and the judge

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 of the whole earth,

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 of whom David

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 is but a servant.

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 And verse 1,

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 then,

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 that explains

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 his urgency,

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 his passion

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 in prayer.

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 David's expressing

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 the deep feelings

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 of his heart,

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 his mind.

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 Nothing of a mindless

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 habit here,

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 but the specific,

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 ordered,

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 daily committing

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 of his day

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 to the Lord.

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 So,

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 what can we say?

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 Well,

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 ultimately,

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 David's prayer

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 is simply spreading

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 out his helplessness

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 before the Lord.

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 He knows

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 that in spite

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 of all his power

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 as a king,

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 and that was

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 substantial power,

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 he is powerless

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 to do the thing

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 that he most wants

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 to do

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 and needs to do

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 as God's king,

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 and that is,

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 subdue the unruly

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 hearts

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 of God's people.

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 And he knows

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 that opposition

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 to him

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 as God's

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 appointed king

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 is only a symptom

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 of a much bigger battle,

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 a much bigger rebellion,

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 a much deeper

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 unruliness

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 in the hearts

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 of God's people,

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 and that is

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 their rebellion

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 ultimately

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 against God's rule,

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 their desire

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 for autonomy.

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 And so,

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 the first perspective

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 is here

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 that David

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 in the situation

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 of suffering

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 is doing

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 what he can do

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 as God's servant.

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 He can pray.

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 He can wait

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 on the Lord.

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 He can worship.

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 He can rest

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 in the Lord.

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 He can trust

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 the Lord.

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 So David

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 does what he can do,

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 and then behind

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 that prayer

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 we see that

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 he's really

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 looking to the Lord

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 to do what

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 only the Lord

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 can do.

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 as the true

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 effective king

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 and ruler

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 of his world

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 and his people.

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 And so,

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 there's a real calm

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 in David

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 we sense

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 at the beginning

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 of every day

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 that allows him

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 to get into his day

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 with

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 consummate

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 confidence.

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 Because every day,

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 David experiences

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 the opposition

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 and sinful behavior

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 of his people.

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 But in a sense,

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 I think we could say

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 here that David,

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 as he prays,

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 pictures himself

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 in God's courtroom

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 where the great king,

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 the great judge

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 of the whole earth,

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 has it all

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 under his control

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 and is doing

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 what he wants to do,

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 as he wants to do it,

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 with whom he wants

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 to do it.

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 So David,

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 as he prays,

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 is in a sense

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 observing

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 the outworking

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 of God's character.

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 And so that's

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 where he's moving

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 to look

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 in face

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 of his own

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 personal inconstancy

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 to God's constancy.

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 David's world's turmoil.

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 But as he sees himself

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 in God's courtroom,

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 as it were,

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 he sees calm

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 and order

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 and control.

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 Verses 46,

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 David is confident

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 that God's judgment,

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 justice rather,

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 will be measured out

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 to the wicked.

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 And the wicked,

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 I say,

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 are those who rebel

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 against God's authority

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 and pursue autonomy

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 in this world,

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 in life.

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 Verse 4,

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 for you're not a God

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 who delights

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 in wickedness.

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 Evil may not dwell

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 with you.

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 The boastful

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 shall not stand

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 before your eyes.

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 They're all terms

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 of relationship

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 and presence

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 and intimacy,

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 aren't they?

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 You hate all evildoers.

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 You destroy those

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 who speak lies.

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 The Lord abhords

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 the bloodthirsty

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 and deceitful man.

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 David's perspective

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 is,

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 as he engages

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 with God's character,

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 that all sinfulness,

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 all rebellion

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 will be exposed

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 and it will be exposed

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 simply because

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 it's measured

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 against God's

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 righteous character.

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 Rebellious hearts,

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 rebellious character,

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 overflow

00:16:06.079 --> 00:16:08.120
 into sinful,

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 rebellious actions.

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 And we pick up

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 on those verses

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 and so often

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 those sinful actions

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 are defended

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 and applauded

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 in our world.

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 But they don't sneak

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 through unnoticed

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 by the Lord.

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 They're roundly exposed

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 and condemned,

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 every one of them.

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 And the consequence

00:16:31.940 --> 00:16:32.420
 of that

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 is just enormous.

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 They will never

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 dwell with God.

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 Now there's a perspective

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 for you,

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 isn't it?

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 They will never

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:48.020
 dwell with God.

00:16:51.540 --> 00:16:52.740
 Devastating consequence

00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.400
 of rebellion

00:16:53.400 --> 00:16:54.040
 and autonomy.

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 Something that

00:16:55.780 --> 00:16:56.460
 in this world

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:58.020
 looks quite attractive,

00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:59.240
 looks quite appealing,

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 quite satisfying.

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 And there we have

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 that important

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 ingredient

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:05.460
 that we need

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:05.740
 to have

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.400
 in our perspective.

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.819
 They shall never

00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:09.660
 dwell with God.

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:16.720
 the good life

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:18.779
 that this world

00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.700
 offers us,

00:17:20.060 --> 00:17:20.980
 in inverted commas,

00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:23.480
 proves to be

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.759
 an absolute illusion,

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.740
 deception,

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.519
 when it's set

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.000
 alongside

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.400
 the righteous

00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:31.519
 character of God.

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 God's mercy.

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 And ultimately,

00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:38.400
 it will be

00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:38.859
 destroyed.

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 Why?

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.980
 Because they do

00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:42.619
 not fear

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:43.099
 the Lord.

00:17:45.859 --> 00:17:46.660
 Equally true,

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.319
 verse 7,

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.059
 equally true,

00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.680
 David is confident

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.680
 that God's mercy

00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.460
 will be gifted

00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:53.879
 to those who

00:17:53.879 --> 00:17:54.400
 live under

00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:54.900
 his rule.

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 And I think

00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.500
 when David says

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.420
 in verse 7,

00:18:01.560 --> 00:18:02.100
 but I,

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.640
 that's not a

00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:04.620
 statement of arrogance.

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:07.200
 That's a statement

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:08.560
 of wonderful

00:18:08.560 --> 00:18:09.300
 appreciation

00:18:09.300 --> 00:18:10.120
 of God's grace,

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:10.620
 as you'll see

00:18:10.620 --> 00:18:11.040
 when you read

00:18:11.040 --> 00:18:11.780
 the rest of the verse.

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 But I,

00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:15.380
 through the abundance

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:17.320
 of your steadfast love,

00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:18.300
 will enter your house.

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 I will dwell with you.

00:18:19.280 --> 00:18:19.519
 Why?

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 Not because I'm

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.060
 any better,

00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.640
 a whit better,

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.500
 than all the rest

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.040
 of my people,

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 but because

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 I've experienced

00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.099
 the benefits

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:28.240
 of your steadfast love,

00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:29.139
 your grace,

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 your mercy.

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.819
 And that could only

00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:35.460
 have been a gift

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:35.879
 to David

00:18:35.879 --> 00:18:36.639
 because he didn't

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.099
 deserve it.

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.440
 And so David,

00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.839
 as he moves forward

00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:41.339
 in his prayer,

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:43.059
 is very much aware

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:44.440
 of his own

00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:45.339
 sinful heart

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.740
 provoking him

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.420
 to rebel

00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:48.119
 against the Lord

00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:48.859
 likewise.

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.879
 And he's very much

00:18:50.879 --> 00:18:52.000
 aware that he also

00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:54.819
 deserves condemnation

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:56.039
 when he's measured

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.980
 against God's

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.460
 righteousness.

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.880
 Except

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:04.359
 for God's grace

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:05.359
 and God's

00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:06.240
 unchanging

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:07.039
 covenant love

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.619
 in his life.

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.700
 King David

00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:15.460
 enjoys fellowship

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:15.940
 with God

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.579
 not because

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.160
 he is different

00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:17.700
 at heart

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.359
 from the rest

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:18.880
 of his people,

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.440
 but because

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:21.660
 God has determined

00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.620
 to love him

00:19:22.620 --> 00:19:24.039
 and has invited him

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:25.440
 into everlasting

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.820
 relationship with him.

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:30.220
 Which changes

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:31.380
 David's orientation,

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:33.299
 changes his status,

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.480
 changes his attitudes,

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.799
 and changes his confidence.

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:39.360
 Changes everything

00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:41.420
 in respect of himself,

00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:42.980
 in respect of his

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:44.000
 understanding

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.600
 and appreciation

00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:45.180
 of God,

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:46.460
 and in respect

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:48.039
 of his role

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.820
 as God's king

00:19:48.820 --> 00:19:49.759
 in his daily

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.460
 circumstances.

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.320
 And again,

00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:54.960
 it's a wonderful

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.580
 perspective

00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:57.220
 that David's

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.640
 in the midst

00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.160
 of suffering.

00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:58.860
 He doesn't know

00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.440
 from one day

00:19:59.440 --> 00:19:59.920
 to the next

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:01.299
 whether he will

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:02.340
 make it through

00:20:02.340 --> 00:20:02.660
 the day.

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:03.759
 He has so many enemies,

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.740
 so many who wish him

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.039
 dead.

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.779
 But here's a perspective

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:09.140
 that allows

00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:10.000
 King David

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.580
 to get on

00:20:10.580 --> 00:20:11.080
 with his day

00:20:11.080 --> 00:20:11.799
 regardless of

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.240
 whether he might

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:13.100
 lose his life

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.639
 in this world

00:20:13.639 --> 00:20:14.399
 at the hands

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:15.059
 of those

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:16.399
 who oppose him.

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.259
 He has confidence

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:20.419
 that he will dwell

00:20:20.419 --> 00:20:21.480
 with the Lord.

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.059
 He will be

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:25.039
 personally

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:26.459
 and intimately

00:20:26.459 --> 00:20:27.699
 ensconced

00:20:27.699 --> 00:20:28.599
 in God's

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.500
 actual own

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.199
 personal house

00:20:30.199 --> 00:20:30.559
 as it were.

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 That's how

00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:33.480
 confident,

00:20:33.699 --> 00:20:34.500
 how personal

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:36.559
 and secure

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.279
 and warm

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 and rich

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.619
 that picture is.

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.119
 And again,

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.739
 the perspective

00:20:42.739 --> 00:20:43.459
 is in total

00:20:43.459 --> 00:20:44.279
 contrast.

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.379
 So David,

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.059
 in total

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.939
 contrast to

00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:49.339
 those who

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:50.179
 seem to have

00:20:50.179 --> 00:20:50.739
 life worked

00:20:50.739 --> 00:20:51.199
 out in this

00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:51.579
 world

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.359
 apart from

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 God,

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:55.259
 but David

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.779
 will be the

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.739
 one who's

00:20:56.739 --> 00:20:57.119
 under the

00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:57.459
 pump.

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 He will be

00:20:58.639 --> 00:20:59.059
 the one who

00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.539
 has,

00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.159
 he is the

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:00.459
 one who

00:21:00.459 --> 00:21:00.859
 has the

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.739
 indestructible

00:21:01.739 --> 00:21:02.059
 home,

00:21:03.159 --> 00:21:03.719
 security

00:21:03.719 --> 00:21:04.839
 and identity

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.239
 with the

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 Lord.

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 And verse

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 eight then

00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:09.039
 is an

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.579
 interesting

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:09.959
 little

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 addition

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.780
 which I've

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 pondered for

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 quite some

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.500
 time this

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:13.740
 week,

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 and I've

00:21:14.780 --> 00:21:15.040
 put it

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 down the

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 way it

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 is here.

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 I think

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 David now

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.100
 looks to

00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:19.420
 the Lord

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.060
 to coach

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 him in

00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:21.540
 righteousness.

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 I'm not

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 sure whether

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.540
 that's the

00:21:22.540 --> 00:21:22.900
 right word,

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 I've tried

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:23.540
 lots of

00:21:23.540 --> 00:21:23.740
 different

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.000
 words,

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 so forgive

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.019
 me if

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.240
 that's

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.780
 a jars

00:21:25.780 --> 00:21:26.160
 with you,

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 but let

00:21:27.300 --> 00:21:27.519
 me try

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:27.940
 and explain

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.240
 it to you.

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:28.860
 David,

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.180
 I think,

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.280
 looks to

00:21:30.280 --> 00:21:30.660
 the Lord

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.360
 to coach

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:32.100
 him in

00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.560
 righteousness.

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.340
 See,

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:34.720
 here's the

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.000
 problem.

00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:36.200
 When David

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.080
 understands that

00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:38.180
 in contrast to

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:39.320
 the wicked,

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.840
 he has a

00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.600
 place secured

00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.039
 for him in

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.640
 God's dwelling.

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.320
 It can

00:21:44.320 --> 00:21:45.180
 easily turn

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.519
 into a

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.200
 perspective of

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.620
 arrogance,

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.480
 a sense of

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.120
 superiority

00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:51.460
 that I,

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:52.580
 in contrast to

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:52.920
 everybody else,

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.700
 have a place to

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.259
 dwell in the

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.840
 Lord's house.

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.299
 But it's not

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.880
 like that for

00:21:58.880 --> 00:21:59.279
 David, it

00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.140
 doesn't result in

00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:00.759
 that for David.

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.940
 No arrogance,

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.700
 no sense of

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.019
 security,

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:03.860
 quite the

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.240
 opposite.

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:06.940
 in response

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.500
 to God's

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.799
 righteous

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.400
 character,

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:09.819
 David's

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.319
 concern,

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.740
 therefore,

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.500
 is with his

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.440
 own attitudes,

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.279
 his own

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.859
 actions,

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:16.900
 way before

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.440
 he's got any

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.019
 concern for

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.599
 the wickedness

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:18.859
 of his

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.200
 enemies.

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.200
 It's as if

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.339
 this thought

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:22.779
 he's had in

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.380
 verse 7

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:25.400
 just flows

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.000
 over him

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:27.019
 and makes

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.620
 him so

00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:28.420
 aware of

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.000
 the privilege

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.599
 he has

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:31.640
 under God's

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.759
 love that

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.359
 his first

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:33.759
 and only

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.140
 concern

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.520
 really at

00:22:34.520 --> 00:22:34.700
 that

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.040
 moment

00:22:35.040 --> 00:22:36.020
 is his

00:22:36.020 --> 00:22:36.380
 own

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.000
 attitudes,

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.580
 his own

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:37.880
 actions.

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.480
 And so he

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.100
 asks the

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:39.480
 Lord to

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.020
 coach him

00:22:40.020 --> 00:22:40.480
 in

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.020
 righteousness

00:22:41.020 --> 00:22:44.759
 lest his

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.020
 own

00:22:45.020 --> 00:22:45.560
 lifetime,

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:45.940
 his own

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.620
 actions,

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.400
 give

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:50.460
 opportunity

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:50.940
 for his

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.740
 enemies to

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.240
 mock the

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.480
 Lord.

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.180
 And again,

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.420
 you see,

00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.840
 I think that

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.820
 highlights David's

00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:01.660
 total dependence

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.180
 upon the

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.400
 Lord.

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:05.100
 Lord, even

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.400
 in his

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.960
 position of

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.460
 security,

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:06.780
 he's

00:23:06.780 --> 00:23:07.360
 recognizing,

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.180
 perhaps

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.240
 memorizing,

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.340
 remembering what

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:10.759
 he's actually

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.259
 done in his

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.040
 own life with

00:23:12.040 --> 00:23:12.780
 Bathsheba and

00:23:12.780 --> 00:23:14.259
 other situations.

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.280
 He's actually,

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.080
 even as he's

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.740
 secure in the

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.060
 Lord, he's

00:23:17.060 --> 00:23:17.759
 very much

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.560
 aware of the

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.160
 fact that he

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:21.080
 also could go

00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:21.940
 down that path

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.180
 of autonomy and

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.940
 rebellion that so

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.640
 many of God's

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.600
 people choose.

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:28.879
 God's

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.599
 love.

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.039
 Why?

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.079
 Because he

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:32.000
 knows that at

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.679
 heart he has

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.019
 the same

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.719
 rebellious,

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:35.039
 autonomy-seeking

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.459
 heart.

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.939
 And so then we

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:40.740
 step through to

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.839
 the next section,

00:23:42.719 --> 00:23:43.699
 verses 9 to 12,

00:23:44.199 --> 00:23:44.980
 where David's

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.799
 praying actually

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.699
 pushes him,

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.740
 therefore, into a

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:49.259
 new longing for

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.859
 God's honor.

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.519
 So I'm hoping you

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.139
 see the development

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.379
 here.

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.279
 David starts with

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.279
 his own concerns,

00:23:54.439 --> 00:23:54.919
 in a sense,

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:56.140
 verses 1 to 3,

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.000
 but by the time

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.860
 we get to verse

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.840
 9, David's

00:23:58.840 --> 00:24:00.420
 totally consumed

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:01.140
 with God's

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.800
 concerns and

00:24:01.800 --> 00:24:02.640
 God's righteousness.

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.920
 Very different

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.480
 perspective.

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.100
 A much more

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.920
 wholesome perspective

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:09.000
 in lots of ways.

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.000
 And I think

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.740
 these verses

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.620
 9, 10, 11,

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.720
 and 12 might

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.160
 actually be

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.600
 evidence of

00:24:16.600 --> 00:24:17.440
 God doing

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.220
 just exactly

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.840
 what David's

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.420
 asked him to do,

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.160
 coach me in

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.640
 righteousness.

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.779
 As we see

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.640
 his focus

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.640
 shifting from

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.640
 personal concern

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.560
 to concern

00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:30.160
 for God's

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.340
 honor.

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:32.860
 And David

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.980
 expresses concern

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.640
 for God's

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.320
 honor in two

00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:35.900
 ways, a negative

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.400
 and a positive

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:36.620
 way.

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.360
 First of all,

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.400
 in verses 9 and

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.140
 10, David

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:40.240
 asked the Lord,

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:42.000
 act against

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.759
 those who

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:44.120
 rebel against

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.380
 you.

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.779
 Now, why

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.740
 does David do

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:49.920
 that?

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.660
 How can David

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.180
 do that?

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:53.860
 To our ears,

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.320
 it sounds like

00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:56.400
 a quest for

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.060
 revenge or

00:24:57.060 --> 00:24:57.720
 just a blood

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.440
 thirstiness.

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.080
 But I don't

00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:00.500
 think it is

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.759
 that.

00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:04.940
 I think David

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.700
 is reflecting

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.140
 on the one

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.860
 hand on the

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:08.240
 awfulness of

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:10.080
 sin and

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:11.620
 rebellion and

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.519
 how so often

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.120
 in our world

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:14.060
 that rebellion

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:15.360
 is camouflaged

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:16.380
 by smooth

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.320
 words that

00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:17.940
 tries to make

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.900
 vice into

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.360
 virtue.

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.480
 And that's

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.900
 what we see

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.360
 all around

00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:21.759
 us in our

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:21.980
 world,

00:25:22.040 --> 00:25:22.380
 isn't it?

00:25:24.540 --> 00:25:25.140
 And David

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.420
 is just

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.080
 reflecting on

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.700
 the awfulness

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.220
 of sin.

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.700
 And from

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:31.960
 there he

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.600
 bounces to

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.540
 the righteousness

00:25:33.540 --> 00:25:34.160
 of God's

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:35.960
 character and

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.720
 how sin is

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.320
 just such an

00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:37.980
 offense to

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.660
 God's character.

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.120
 Because in

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:44.040
 contrast to the

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:44.680
 wickedness of

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.180
 rebellion,

00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.880
 David sees the

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.759
 constancy of

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.480
 God's heart,

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.940
 the beauty of

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.740
 God's love,

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:52.000
 the breadth

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.480
 of God's

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.780
 covenant

00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.620
 purpose in

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.360
 setting aside

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.840
 these people

00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:56.040
 and determining

00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.640
 to save

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.300
 them and make

00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:57.820
 them his own

00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.180
 and make

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.800
 them beautiful.

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.380
 And yet

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.740
 there's this

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.300
 rebellion,

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.759
 rebellion,

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.220
 rebellion.

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.560
 And David,

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.100
 out of concern

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.600
 for God's

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:05.740
 honor,

00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:05.980
 says,

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.380
 God,

00:26:06.540 --> 00:26:06.900
 act.

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.400
 Act to

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.240
 show yourself

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.519
 to be the

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.380
 righteous God

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.800
 you are.

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:13.799
 God's

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.799
 desire.

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:17.039
 It's not a

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.659
 concern for

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.000
 personal

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.480
 revenge.

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:20.079
 It's not a

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.940
 twisted delight

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:22.119
 in seeing people

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:23.000
 brought down and

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.559
 getting what they

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.000
 deserve.

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.519
 It's a desire to

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.799
 see God's

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:29.039
 character

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:31.500
 clearly evidenced

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.700
 and honored.

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:34.700
 God's

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:34.720
 love.

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:39.100
 And in

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.740
 verses 11 and

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.120
 12,

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.860
 having asked

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.900
 God to act

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.299
 one way,

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.640
 he then

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.700
 longs for

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.200
 God to

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.660
 act for

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.740
 all who

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.660
 take refuge

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.140
 in him.

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.580
 Having

00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:54.259
 experienced

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.900
 himself

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.640
 personally,

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.060
 having

00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:56.660
 experienced

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.220
 the freedom

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.860
 and delight

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.360
 of finding

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.019
 refuge in

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.400
 God,

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.100
 David wants

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.500
 the same

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.120
 for all

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.440
 God's

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.900
 people over

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.240
 whom he

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.560
 rules.

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.259
 It's not

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.279
 that circumstances

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.820
 have changed

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.279
 for David

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.060
 and there's

00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:13.600
 no longer

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.720
 any danger,

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.680
 any suffering,

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.420
 any personal

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.980
 attack,

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.060
 anything to

00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:18.360
 fear.

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:20.900
 it's not

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:22.140
 that aspect

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.960
 of David's

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.660
 perspective has

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:23.960
 changed.

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.340
 What's

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:26.600
 changed is

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:28.120
 that David

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.759
 has discovered

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.460
 this safe

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.040
 place,

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.779
 this place

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.519
 of refuge,

00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:33.120
 shielded and

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.720
 protected by

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.000
 the Lord.

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.420
 David has

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.980
 discovered and

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:37.340
 experienced what

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:38.259
 it means to

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.100
 live under the

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.900
 steadfast love

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.420
 of the Lord.

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.460
 He's

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.980
 discovered,

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.740
 verse 11,

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.380
 he's discovered

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.620
 a deep joy

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.719
 in the

00:27:48.719 --> 00:27:49.239
 mess and

00:27:49.239 --> 00:27:49.659
 uncertainty

00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:50.099
 of life,

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:51.319
 a joy that

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.939
 will sustain

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:52.579
 him in any

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.359
 circumstance

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:55.139
 and which

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.879
 frees him to

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.719
 press ahead in

00:27:56.719 --> 00:27:57.219
 his immediate

00:27:57.219 --> 00:27:58.000
 circumstances,

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.039
 not demanding

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.399
 the Lord

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:00.959
 change the

00:28:00.959 --> 00:28:01.479
 circumstance,

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.439
 not being

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:03.339
 disappointed or

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.979
 angry at the

00:28:03.979 --> 00:28:04.359
 Lord if it

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.979
 doesn't change,

00:28:05.979 --> 00:28:07.939
 but secure in

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:09.519
 the Lord and

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.899
 in his

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.759
 steadfast love.

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:10.819
 love.

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.099
 And finally

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.859
 then, that

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.920
 personal longing

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.819
 that's expressed

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.619
 in verses 11

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.299
 and 12 there,

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.259
 that personal

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.940
 longing for

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.859
 righteousness and

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:25.599
 covering pushes

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.559
 David towards

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:26.920
 Jesus.

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.519
 Let me read

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.900
 those two

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.740
 verses to you.

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.980
 But let all

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:32.000
 who take refuge

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.180
 in you rejoice.

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.980
 Let them ever

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.819
 sing for joy.

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.619
 Spread your

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.599
 protection over

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:41.679
 them, that

00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.699
 those who love

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:44.139
 your name may

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:45.259
 exult in you.

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:48.259
 For you bless

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.979
 the righteous,

00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.479
 O Lord.

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.919
 You cover him

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:52.419
 with favor as

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:53.039
 with a shield.

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:07.199
 Oh my goodness,

00:29:07.479 --> 00:29:07.879
 this happened

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.139
 again.

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.099
 I thought I'd

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.559
 lost a page

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.879
 of notes.

00:29:11.199 --> 00:29:11.719
 Okay.

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:16.039
 So we follow

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.519
 through the

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:18.000
 movement for

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:20.259
 David and we

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.939
 just pick up on

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.539
 this deep

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:23.059
 longing he has

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.599
 for his people.

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.819
 He's observed

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:27.000
 the awfulness

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:29.639
 of sin and

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.219
 he's hated

00:29:30.219 --> 00:29:31.459
 the sinfulness

00:29:31.459 --> 00:29:32.539
 of sin in his

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:32.839
 people.

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:35.199
 He knows his

00:29:35.199 --> 00:29:35.859
 own restless

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.339
 heart.

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.379
 heart.

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.079
 It's an unruly

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.699
 heart and he's

00:29:39.699 --> 00:29:40.519
 experienced the

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.659
 unruly heart of

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.240
 God's people.

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:45.119
 He longs for

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.720
 things to be

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.119
 different.

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.839
 And ultimately

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.699
 David knows,

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.559
 we'll go back to the

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.599
 start, ultimately

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.740
 David knows that he's

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:55.480
 powerless to

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.740
 effect the change

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.759
 in the hearts of

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:59.199
 God's people that

00:29:59.199 --> 00:30:00.819
 is needed, that is

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.279
 required.

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:05.379
 ultimately he knew

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:06.119
 that only God

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.119
 could subdue and

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.139
 renew unruly

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.539
 hearts.

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.660
 Only God could

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.619
 stem the flow of

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:12.079
 wickedness and

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.420
 sin.

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.839
 Only God could

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:15.099
 produce passion and

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.660
 delight in

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.759
 righteousness and

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.779
 obedience to God.

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:17.819
 God.

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:23.299
 And so that pushes

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.899
 David in his

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.920
 longings for God

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.399
 to act.

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.379
 And that

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.279
 ultimately takes us

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.680
 to Jesus who

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:30.559
 actually delivers the

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.980
 cravings of David's

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.259
 heart.

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.940
 Because in the

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.700
 language of verses

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.819
 11 and 12 of

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.779
 Psalm 5 we have

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.619
 the language of

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.039
 the gospel.

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:43.500
 Jesus covered his

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.839
 people.

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.759
 Completely covered

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:45.980
 them.

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.559
 With what?

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:48.220
 with forgiveness

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:50.319
 for all their

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.099
 sinfulness, for

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.379
 all their

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.879
 offense.

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.379
 He takes away,

00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:57.519
 he covers the

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:59.559
 stench of the

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.419
 rebellion against

00:31:00.419 --> 00:31:01.700
 God through his

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.139
 death on the

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.460
 cross.

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.339
 And he covers

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:04.679
 them with

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.240
 righteousness

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.839
 instead.

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:08.819
 And so great

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.720
 was that reversal,

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.799
 so great was that

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:12.359
 covering that the

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.859
 lips of his

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:14.460
 people no longer

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.559
 spewed the

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.419
 foulness of

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.820
 verse 9,

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.860
 of this

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.400
 foulness of

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:19.960
 the grave,

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:23.080
 the foulness of

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.500
 death.

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.200
 But these lips

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.039
 were changed

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:29.039
 to proclaim the

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.860
 songs of praise

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.440
 and worship

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.200
 and delight.

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:35.279
 it's the Lord

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.620
 Jesus that subdues

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.980
 unruly hearts.

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.819
 Turning them from

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.779
 desire for

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.660
 rebellion and

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.920
 autonomy to

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.940
 delight in and

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.779
 hunger for

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.840
 righteousness.

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.840
 My friends,

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.400
 what David could

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.279
 only imagine in

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.860
 his mind, and

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.440
 probably couldn't

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:56.140
 even imagine in

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.580
 his mind, could

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:57.100
 only sort of

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:58.559
 search for in

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.640
 his mind, we

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.320
 actually know

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:02.420
 in reality, in

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.660
 our relationship

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.100
 with the Lord

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.720
 Jesus Christ.

00:32:06.020 --> 00:32:07.040
 We are

00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:08.960
 these homeless,

00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:09.820
 wicked

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:11.520
 revels who

00:32:11.520 --> 00:32:12.620
 now have a

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.540
 secure home

00:32:13.540 --> 00:32:14.560
 forever.

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:19.079
 we are the

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.619
 ones who

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:20.980
 were caught

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.679
 up in an

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.399
 empty way of

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:23.119
 life, handed

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.839
 down to us

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.179
 from our

00:32:24.179 --> 00:32:24.839
 forefathers,

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.119
 thinking we

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.619
 had the good

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:28.039
 life, but

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.740
 being deceived.

00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:29.819
 We are now

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:31.059
 those who

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.659
 know true

00:32:31.659 --> 00:32:36.799
 life, and

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.259
 who can say

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.399
 we will dwell

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:40.079
 in the house

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.759
 of the Lord

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.299
 forever.

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:44.839
 Jesus turned

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:46.000
 the fruitless

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.659
 search that

00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:48.299
 we see all

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:49.019
 around us, and

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.440
 people all

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.960
 around us, whether

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.399
 it's family

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:50.940
 members, or

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.659
 workmates, or

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.940
 people we play

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.740
 sport with, or

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.519
 just general

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.119
 public.

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.579
 We hear it on

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.159
 the news, we

00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:56.539
 hear it on our

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.779
 TVs.

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.500
 We see this

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.980
 constant fruitless

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.259
 search for

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.180
 blessing and the

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:04.200
 good life in

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.879
 their own efforts,

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:06.019
 and apart from

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.419
 God.

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:09.980
 God, but in

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.880
 Christ we know

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.700
 the good life.

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.340
 We've been

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:14.000
 spared that

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.800
 fruitless search.

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.620
 Jesus has come

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:21.940
 to us, and

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.480
 he's renewed

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.900
 us such that

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.920
 we have joy as

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.860
 image bearers once

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:27.259
 again, who can

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.920
 find our

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:29.019
 satisfaction and

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.759
 joy in his

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.920
 steadfast love,

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.680
 in his grace.

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:36.259
 we are loved.

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.120
 We are loved

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:40.120
 forever.

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:42.299
 We are covered

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.460
 fully in the

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.580
 full extent of

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.380
 God's love.

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.019
 Nothing held

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.400
 back.

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.799
 This is what

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.820
 God's steadfast

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:56.539
 love delivered in

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.259
 and through the

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.140
 Lord Jesus means.

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.259
 Let me just

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.700
 finish with a

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.400
 question that I

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:02.000
 like to do.

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:04.820
 there's a

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.660
 godly perspective

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:08.800
 which then

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.539
 turns into a

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.880
 question.

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.180
 Is that a

00:34:11.180 --> 00:34:11.599
 perspective?

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:12.300
 Is this a

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.800
 perspective?

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.360
 That's enough

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:17.220
 for you to

00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:18.260
 live faithfully

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:20.400
 and demonstrably

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:22.240
 in obedience to

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.980
 Christ this week.

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.400
 Because when you

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.420
 leave here,

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.180
 maybe even now,

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:29.019
 even as you're

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.880
 hopefully listening

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.420
 to me, maybe

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.920
 even there's a

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.400
 battle in your

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.599
 mind of

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:34.159
 the lure of

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.779
 this world,

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.699
 the attractiveness

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.119
 of it, the

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.699
 appeal of it,

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.339
 the invitation

00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:37.799
 of it.

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.519
 But is this

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.539
 perspective enough

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.319
 for you to live

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:44.819
 faithfully and

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.759
 demonstrably in

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.420
 obedience to

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.779
 Christ?

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.960
 Opposition,

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:52.079
 hostility to

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.440
 God will

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.659
 continue and it

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.179
 will continue

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.779
 more and more

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.360
 I think to be

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.900
 aimed and

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.460
 targeted at

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.000
 God's people.

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.099
 God's people.

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:02.219
 And the reality

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.900
 is that to be

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.880
 in this world

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:05.000
 but not of

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:06.960
 it because we're

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.639
 determined to

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.679
 pursue righteousness

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.579
 and obedience to

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.099
 the Lord Jesus

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:11.340
 Christ will

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:13.099
 inevitably mean a

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.980
 huge and

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:15.199
 increasingly huge

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:16.559
 cost of hostility

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.260
 from the world.

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.719
 That's the way

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.380
 Jesus said it

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:19.699
 will be.

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.280
 That's the way

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.179
 we experience it.

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:23.519
 And so

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:23.899
 therefore the

00:35:23.899 --> 00:35:24.379
 question is,

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.099
 is our

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.699
 perspective

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.379
 complete?

00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:28.259
 What we see

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:30.159
 at one point

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.719
 is frightening,

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.759
 at the other

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.480
 point is alluring.

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.960
 Both will be a

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.319
 distorted

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:36.599
 perspective

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:38.819
 unless we come

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:39.799
 to it through

00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.399
 the likes of

00:35:40.399 --> 00:35:41.119
 Psalm 5.

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.379
 A godly

00:35:47.379 --> 00:35:47.799
 perspective,

00:35:47.919 --> 00:35:48.279
 my friends,

00:35:48.399 --> 00:35:50.000
 will help us

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.839
 choose

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.559
 to have

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.120
 God's

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:52.539
 blessing,

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.980
 God's

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.240
 home,

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.700
 rather than

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.480
 the

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.059
 pseudo

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.960
 blessing

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:00.240
 or

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.700
 pseudo

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:01.220
 home

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:03.039
 of being

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.640
 at ease

00:36:03.640 --> 00:36:05.360
 in this

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.640
 world,

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.100
 of being at

00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:06.559
 ease with

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.720
 our

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.140
 rebellion,

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.400
 being at

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.780
 ease with

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.380
 a lifestyle

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.860
 that treats

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.200
 the Lord

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.780
 with contempt.

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.019
 Pray with

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.320
 me then,

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.620
 please.

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:23.900
 Lord,

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.860
 you tell us

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.460
 to live

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.160
 by faith

00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:27.039
 and not

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.620
 by sight.

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:29.760
 And yet,

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.420
 so often we

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.840
 just do the

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.420
 very opposite.

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.660
 We're so

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:33.100
 often we're

00:36:33.100 --> 00:36:33.600
 bound by

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:34.000
 what we can

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.300
 see.

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.900
 And what we

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.519
 can see as we

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.900
 look at our

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.480
 world either

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.320
 scares us

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:41.160
 or draws us

00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:42.039
 in seductively.

00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:45.780
 Help us,

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.280
 Lord, to

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:47.700
 cut ourselves

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:48.320
 loose from

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:49.460
 that distorted

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.039
 perspective

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:52.160
 and look at

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:53.320
 our world

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.720
 through the

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.460
 lens of

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.160
 your steadfast

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.500
 love.

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.680
 And to go

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.380
 forth each

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.940
 day into

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.460
 the world

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:02.559
 convinced

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.400
 that being

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.059
 loved by

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.360
 you

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:06.200
 is the

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:06.860
 best thing

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.059
 that we

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.519
 can have.

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.460
 And from

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.880
 there, Lord,

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.220
 give us

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.820
 freedom to

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.360
 serve you

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:12.260
 with confidence

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:13.880
 and with

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.420
 courage

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:16.280
 and with

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.599
 openness.

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.720
 In Jesus'

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.340
 name I pray.

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.780
 Amen.

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.500
 All right,

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:21.980
 thank you for

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.539
 listening to me.