WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.379 Of David. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.320 One thing I ask from the Lord. 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:35.640 This only do I seek. 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:40.880 That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:45.079 To gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:50.579 For in the day of trouble, he will help keep me safe in his dwelling. 00:00:51.780 --> 00:00:57.179 He will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock. 00:00:57.179 --> 00:01:01.600 Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me. 00:01:02.140 --> 00:01:05.560 At his sacred tent, I will sacrifice with shouts of joy. 00:01:05.859 --> 00:01:08.319 I will sing and make music to the Lord. 00:01:09.099 --> 00:01:11.560 Hear my voice when I call, Lord. 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:13.980 Be merciful to me and answer me. 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:17.180 My heart says of you, seek his face. 00:01:17.780 --> 00:01:19.640 Your face, Lord, I will seek. 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:21.740 Do not hide your face from me. 00:01:22.240 --> 00:01:24.680 Do not turn your servant away in anger. 00:01:25.039 --> 00:01:26.640 You have been my helper. 00:01:27.180 --> 00:01:30.380 Do not reject or forsake me, God my savior. 00:01:31.220 --> 00:01:34.580 Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me. 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:36.740 Teach me your way, Lord. 00:01:37.320 --> 00:01:41.200 Lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors. 00:01:42.080 --> 00:01:44.880 Do not hand me over to the desire of my foes. 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:49.920 For false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations. 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:53.159 I remain confident of this. 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.939 I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 00:01:57.740 --> 00:01:58.700 Wait for the Lord. 00:01:59.140 --> 00:01:59.900 Be strong. 00:02:00.579 --> 00:02:03.439 Take heart and wait for the Lord. 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:04.439 Thank you. 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:04.319 Amen. 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:04.359 Amen. 00:02:08.359 --> 00:02:09.180 Thanks, Steve. 00:02:09.819 --> 00:02:10.840 Let's pray, shall we? 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:20.379 Father, we do thank you for your illuminating and precious word. 00:02:20.379 --> 00:02:24.340 We thank you, Lord, for this psalm, Psalm 27. 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:28.439 And we pray that as I speak, that my words be clear. 00:02:29.340 --> 00:02:32.939 And that, Father, by your spirit, as we've been singing in that last song, 00:02:33.139 --> 00:02:38.319 you would illuminate us and show us what you want us to see tonight. 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:44.199 We pray that we would have ears to hear and hearts to learn from you. 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:45.299 In Jesus' name. 00:02:45.579 --> 00:02:45.840 Amen. 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:49.799 Question for you. 00:02:50.519 --> 00:02:53.039 Where do you turn when you're in trouble? 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:55.120 When you're in deep trouble? 00:02:55.359 --> 00:02:59.519 When perhaps you fear the worst is going to happen? 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:05.459 Or perhaps it already has and you're just fearing how it's all going to play out. 00:03:05.460 --> 00:03:09.120 Well, David in this psalm is in real deep trouble. 00:03:10.099 --> 00:03:13.980 And as Steve encouraged us this morning, I'd encourage you to keep your Bibles open. 00:03:14.100 --> 00:03:18.920 And as you scan through it, you'll see some of the opposition he faced. 00:03:20.180 --> 00:03:23.500 In verse, his enemies are evident throughout the psalm. 00:03:24.020 --> 00:03:29.360 In verse 2, he describes his enemies like wild animals seeking to devour him. 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:32.439 David sure is in deep trouble. 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:33.960 So where does he turn? 00:03:35.460 --> 00:03:41.820 If we were to sum up Psalm 27 in one sentence, as I'm encouraged to do very often, 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:45.040 and I find very difficult, it would be this. 00:03:45.420 --> 00:03:47.100 See if you can do it better than this. 00:03:47.780 --> 00:03:51.680 David seeks refuge from his enemies in the presence of the Lord. 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:56.560 David seeks refuge from his enemies in the presence of the Lord. 00:03:56.920 --> 00:03:58.640 That's what's going on in this psalm. 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.959 David has many enemies and he's seeking refuge. 00:04:02.679 --> 00:04:03.419 The Lord is God. 00:04:04.279 --> 00:04:07.479 As you read through, you'll see it's a very personal psalm. 00:04:07.859 --> 00:04:13.239 You can see that by the amount of times my, I and me are mentioned. 00:04:14.279 --> 00:04:18.479 But it's included in the psalms in the Israelite songbook, 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:27.520 so that God's people of all generations may be encouraged to trust in God with their troubles and to seek his face. 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:33.120 We have a pattern here of how David seeks refuge in God. 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:36.560 And I wonder if you would just hear me out and follow through with me. 00:04:36.719 --> 00:04:37.459 What does he do? 00:04:38.139 --> 00:04:41.519 He expresses his confidence in God and he prays. 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:44.219 But how does he do it? 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:47.299 The psalm seems to break naturally into four sections. 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:51.860 Verses 1-3, he trusts that the Lord will deliver him. 00:04:53.740 --> 00:04:57.639 Verses 4-6, he desires to live in the Lord's presence. 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.819 Verses 7-12, he prays seeking the Lord. 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.120 And then David has his own conclusion to the psalm. 00:05:05.180 --> 00:05:09.620 In verses 13 and 14, he confidently waits for the Lord. 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:14.759 Lucy was advising that I didn't have much to say, 00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:16.800 that I read the psalm through twice and that would be okay. 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:21.079 So Steve's already read it once and I'm going to read it through again, 00:05:21.220 --> 00:05:21.740 but not all. 00:05:21.840 --> 00:05:23.100 I'm going to read it in sections. 00:05:23.520 --> 00:05:26.100 As we cover each section, I'll read through those verses. 00:05:26.660 --> 00:05:30.819 So verses 1-3, he trusts in the Lord that the Lord will deliver. 00:05:32.220 --> 00:05:34.819 The Lord is my light and my salvation. 00:05:35.100 --> 00:05:36.019 Whom shall I fear? 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:39.300 The Lord is the stronghold of my life. 00:05:40.139 --> 00:05:41.560 Of whom shall I be afraid? 00:05:42.900 --> 00:05:45.740 When the wicked advance against me to devour me, 00:05:45.740 --> 00:05:49.740 it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. 00:05:50.660 --> 00:05:54.019 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear. 00:05:55.060 --> 00:05:59.780 Though war break out against me, even then I will be confident. 00:06:01.379 --> 00:06:04.000 Well, verse 1, the Lord is my light and my salvation, 00:06:04.139 --> 00:06:05.439 is very familiar to us. 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:12.279 So I'd like us to take a moment to reflect on those truths and let them soak in. 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:19.180 David reminds himself that it is the Lord who is his light and his salvation and refuge. 00:06:19.180 --> 00:06:21.240 He says, 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.019 the Lord is my light and my salvation. 00:06:24.400 --> 00:06:27.000 The Lord is the stronghold of my life. 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:31.720 He rejoices that the Lord is these things to him personally, 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.480 when he says the Lord is my light, 00:06:35.699 --> 00:06:39.860 is my light, my salvation, 00:06:39.860 --> 00:06:43.120 and the Lord is the stronghold of my life. 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.300 So David's testimony in short here is that 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:52.480 the Lord is for him light, salvation and a stronghold. 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:54.939 And therefore he'll fear no one. 00:06:55.900 --> 00:06:59.540 We've been reading Romans, haven't we, in the morning. 00:06:59.540 --> 00:07:01.819 And Romans 8, 31, 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.920 if God is for us, who can be against us, 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:07.340 is perhaps the New Testament version of this. 00:07:07.480 --> 00:07:08.319 I will not fear. 00:07:08.939 --> 00:07:09.740 God is for me. 00:07:09.780 --> 00:07:10.720 Who can be against me? 00:07:12.860 --> 00:07:14.840 He then sets out two scenarios. 00:07:15.080 --> 00:07:18.840 See if you can see them there in the next couple of verses. 00:07:20.060 --> 00:07:22.200 And they're not far-fetched scenarios. 00:07:22.939 --> 00:07:25.280 They're realities in his day-to-day life. 00:07:26.060 --> 00:07:26.379 He says, 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:28.600 when the wicked advance against me, 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.520 it is they who will stumble and fall. 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:34.080 Though an army besiege me, 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:36.040 my heart will not fear. 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:40.360 He could be reflecting on two occasions, 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:42.360 you may recall in your mind, 00:07:42.960 --> 00:07:44.620 when Saul was hunting him down, 00:07:44.820 --> 00:07:45.200 or more than, 00:07:45.520 --> 00:07:48.080 there were several occasions when Saul was hunting him, of course. 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:51.260 And then when Absalom went into Jerusalem 00:07:51.260 --> 00:07:52.340 and he had to flee. 00:07:53.540 --> 00:07:55.680 But we're not told that that's what it is, 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:56.879 so it may not be that. 00:07:56.879 --> 00:08:01.199 But we do know that his confidence that whoever comes against him, 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:02.779 whatever's thrown at him, 00:08:03.939 --> 00:08:06.399 is safe because the Lord is his light, 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:07.800 his salvation, 00:08:08.500 --> 00:08:09.439 and his stronghold. 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:12.139 And it's interesting, isn't it, 00:08:12.139 --> 00:08:14.779 that we're not told the detail about his enemies. 00:08:15.100 --> 00:08:16.439 We're told what they were like. 00:08:16.819 --> 00:08:19.079 We're not told of what the situation was. 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:22.579 And I wonder whether that's because 00:08:22.579 --> 00:08:25.279 in applying this psalm to ourselves, 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:27.659 we can say this true of ourselves. 00:08:28.039 --> 00:08:29.319 If David had said, 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:30.079 when, you know, 00:08:30.159 --> 00:08:31.459 because Saul is hunting me down, 00:08:31.579 --> 00:08:33.879 then I know the Lord is my light and my salvation. 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:36.100 We might tend to ignore that. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:37.460 But because it's so general, 00:08:37.980 --> 00:08:40.399 we can apply this psalm to ourselves 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:42.759 and see the Lord as our light, 00:08:43.699 --> 00:08:44.759 our salvation, 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:46.039 and our stronghold. 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:49.539 And living this side of the cross of Jesus, 00:08:50.539 --> 00:08:51.480 we know, of course, 00:08:51.539 --> 00:08:52.419 from the Gospels 00:08:52.419 --> 00:08:54.700 that Jesus fulfills his very things. 00:08:55.500 --> 00:08:56.399 He is our light. 00:08:57.059 --> 00:08:58.139 John 8, 12, he says, 00:08:58.200 --> 00:08:59.259 I'm the light of the world. 00:08:59.340 --> 00:09:00.319 Whoever follows me 00:09:00.319 --> 00:09:02.120 will never walk in darkness, 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:03.580 but will have the light of life. 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:06.420 Jesus is the Lord 00:09:06.420 --> 00:09:07.860 who is our salvation. 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.259 Not just provide salvation, 00:09:12.259 --> 00:09:14.440 not just will give us salvation 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:16.440 when we ask for it, 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:21.320 but he is himself our salvation 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:23.200 with what he's done on the cross. 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:26.180 Jesus is our stronghold, 00:09:26.420 --> 00:09:28.720 firstly from the wrath of God 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:31.140 that we deserve for our sin, 00:09:31.139 --> 00:09:33.659 but then from every situation 00:09:33.659 --> 00:09:34.939 then we go on to face. 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:37.419 He is our stronghold. 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:39.419 He is our refuge. 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:43.819 So as David confidently reminds himself 00:09:43.819 --> 00:09:45.319 of the deliverance of the Lord, 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.939 you and I should have even more confidence 00:09:48.939 --> 00:09:52.000 because we see the Father 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:54.699 providing for us in Jesus. 00:09:54.700 --> 00:09:58.360 So our question is, 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:00.120 what difficult situations 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:01.820 are you facing at present? 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:03.480 And I know we all face 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:05.240 them of various grades 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:06.800 and various types. 00:10:07.640 --> 00:10:08.920 Where do you see the Lord, 00:10:09.160 --> 00:10:10.720 you need the Lord as your light, 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:11.600 your salvation 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:13.500 and your stronghold? 00:10:14.900 --> 00:10:16.259 Is it relationships 00:10:16.259 --> 00:10:17.400 that aren't quite going 00:10:17.400 --> 00:10:18.240 as you'd hoped 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:19.540 or as they should be? 00:10:20.259 --> 00:10:21.440 Is it finances 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:22.700 that you're struggling with? 00:10:22.700 --> 00:10:25.940 Or is it an uncertain future? 00:10:26.980 --> 00:10:27.980 You literally don't know 00:10:27.980 --> 00:10:29.100 what tomorrow will bring. 00:10:31.940 --> 00:10:32.740 But trust him 00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:35.120 and do not fear. 00:10:36.060 --> 00:10:36.720 He is able. 00:10:38.020 --> 00:10:39.000 He is your light, 00:10:39.460 --> 00:10:40.220 your salvation 00:10:40.220 --> 00:10:41.960 and your stronghold. 00:10:43.520 --> 00:10:45.620 So how does David find refuge? 00:10:47.020 --> 00:10:48.840 He trusts the Lord to deliver him, 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:50.820 but he also knows 00:10:50.820 --> 00:10:52.399 the refuge he needs 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:55.040 is found in one place 00:10:55.040 --> 00:10:57.519 and that is God's presence. 00:10:57.860 --> 00:10:59.620 Let's read verses four to six. 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:02.000 One thing I ask from the Lord, 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:03.440 this only do I seek, 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:04.740 that I may dwell 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:05.920 in the house of the Lord 00:11:05.920 --> 00:11:07.700 all the days of my life, 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:10.519 to gaze on the beauty of the Lord 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:12.540 and to seek him in his temple. 00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:15.519 For in the day of trouble, 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.800 he will keep me safe 00:11:16.800 --> 00:11:17.540 in his dwelling. 00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:18.879 He will hide me 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:19.599 in the shelter 00:11:19.599 --> 00:11:20.839 of his sacred tent 00:11:20.839 --> 00:11:22.980 and set me high upon a rock. 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:25.459 Then my head will be exalted 00:11:25.459 --> 00:11:26.240 above the enemies 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:27.120 who surround me. 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:28.740 At his sacred tent, 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:29.839 I will sacrifice 00:11:29.839 --> 00:11:31.159 with shouts of joy. 00:11:31.779 --> 00:11:32.579 I will sing 00:11:32.579 --> 00:11:33.860 and make music 00:11:33.860 --> 00:11:34.559 to the Lord. 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:37.099 Now for me, 00:11:37.179 --> 00:11:38.099 there's a strange thing 00:11:38.099 --> 00:11:38.819 going on here 00:11:38.819 --> 00:11:40.299 in verses four and five. 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:42.299 David refers 00:11:42.299 --> 00:11:43.919 to the house of the Lord, 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:45.519 the temple, 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:46.519 temple, 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:47.759 and his sacred tent. 00:11:49.460 --> 00:11:51.059 But in David's time, 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:52.480 David's day, 00:11:52.579 --> 00:11:53.840 the temple hadn't been built. 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:55.240 So where does he get 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:56.419 the house of the Lord from 00:11:56.419 --> 00:11:57.480 and where does he get 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:58.460 the temple from? 00:11:59.139 --> 00:12:00.519 These are future things. 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:01.759 But they did have a tent, 00:12:01.860 --> 00:12:02.319 of course. 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:04.340 The temple 00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:06.740 is pointing forward to Jesus 00:12:06.740 --> 00:12:08.220 that we'll see in just a minute. 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:10.160 But David's immediate 00:12:10.160 --> 00:12:11.100 understanding 00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:12.660 was all three places, 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:13.279 temple, 00:12:13.540 --> 00:12:13.820 house, 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:14.399 tent, 00:12:15.940 --> 00:12:18.320 was where God 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:18.980 would meet 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:19.800 with his people. 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:22.639 David's overriding desire 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:24.000 above everything else 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:26.019 was to meet with God 00:12:26.019 --> 00:12:27.340 and to live 00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:28.540 in God's presence. 00:12:29.660 --> 00:12:30.860 And it's through that, 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:32.379 in verse five, 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:33.960 he finds refuge. 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:36.960 So he has one thing he wants, 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:38.580 one overriding desire, 00:12:39.620 --> 00:12:42.180 but in true preacher fashion, 00:12:42.340 --> 00:12:43.220 he expresses it 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:44.019 in three words. 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:45.780 And here they are. 00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:47.200 It's to dwell 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:47.900 or live 00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:48.560 in the presence 00:12:48.560 --> 00:12:49.240 of the Lord, 00:12:49.900 --> 00:12:51.100 to gaze on the beauty 00:12:51.100 --> 00:12:51.800 of the Lord, 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:53.759 and to seek God. 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:55.900 Different ways of saying 00:12:55.900 --> 00:12:56.759 he just wants to dwell 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:57.540 in God's presence. 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:00.379 The language of these verses 00:13:00.379 --> 00:13:01.840 is, for me, 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:02.439 beautiful. 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:05.580 It's quite serious 00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:07.039 and uncompromising. 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:09.000 He doesn't just want 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:10.179 to glance at the Lord, 00:13:10.439 --> 00:13:11.500 look at the Lord occasionally, 00:13:12.419 --> 00:13:13.620 but he wants to gaze. 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:16.299 To gaze 00:13:16.299 --> 00:13:17.320 takes time. 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:20.139 It involves 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:21.820 not just your eyes, 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:22.899 but it involves 00:13:22.899 --> 00:13:23.899 your emotions. 00:13:24.419 --> 00:13:25.299 It moves you. 00:13:25.700 --> 00:13:26.779 It engages you. 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:29.659 You've probably 00:13:29.659 --> 00:13:30.579 all been on holiday 00:13:30.579 --> 00:13:31.319 at some point 00:13:31.319 --> 00:13:32.339 and you've seen 00:13:32.339 --> 00:13:33.199 a beautiful sunset 00:13:33.199 --> 00:13:34.360 or you've seen 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:36.519 a majestic mountain range 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:38.139 and you just have 00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:38.839 to stop 00:13:38.839 --> 00:13:39.720 and gaze. 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:41.199 There's not many 00:13:41.199 --> 00:13:41.860 of us that say, 00:13:42.419 --> 00:13:42.699 oh yeah, 00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.279 some mountains, 00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:44.100 oh yeah, 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:44.500 sunset. 00:13:44.939 --> 00:13:46.000 No, it engages us. 00:13:46.579 --> 00:13:47.240 We stand 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:48.799 and we gaze. 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:52.779 That's David's desire here, 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:53.980 to stand 00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:54.799 and gaze 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:56.179 to enjoy 00:13:56.179 --> 00:13:57.439 the magnificence, 00:13:57.599 --> 00:13:58.179 the glory. 00:13:58.979 --> 00:14:00.159 But why is he gazing? 00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:01.559 In the next line 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:02.000 it says, 00:14:02.099 --> 00:14:02.779 to enjoy 00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:03.899 the beauty 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.719 of the Lord. 00:14:05.219 --> 00:14:05.740 He's gazing 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:06.379 at the beauty 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:07.139 of the Lord. 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:08.659 So gazing 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.479 on the beauty 00:14:09.479 --> 00:14:09.979 of the Lord 00:14:09.979 --> 00:14:10.740 seems to be 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:11.559 for him 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:12.599 in these 00:14:12.599 --> 00:14:13.219 troubles 00:14:13.219 --> 00:14:14.139 he's going through, 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:15.179 this persecution 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:16.639 he's facing, 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:17.859 it seems to be 00:14:17.859 --> 00:14:18.539 a reset 00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:19.379 of some sort. 00:14:20.459 --> 00:14:21.659 Now he sees 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:23.539 that in what 00:14:23.539 --> 00:14:24.159 God does 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:24.659 for him 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:25.860 and who 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:26.179 indeed 00:14:26.179 --> 00:14:26.939 God is 00:14:26.939 --> 00:14:27.659 for him. 00:14:31.179 --> 00:14:31.819 I've just 00:14:31.819 --> 00:14:32.579 lost my place. 00:14:34.839 --> 00:14:35.360 Yeah. 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:36.799 He sees 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:37.399 in those things 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:37.860 that God 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.959 is his refuge, 00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:40.439 his vindication 00:14:40.439 --> 00:14:41.240 over his enemies 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:42.860 and at the end 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.620 of verse 6 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.779 his heart 00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:45.419 responds 00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:46.120 in joyful 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:46.659 worship. 00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:51.659 most of us 00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:51.919 are living 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.399 in London 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.259 and whether 00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:53.620 we're living 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:54.019 in London 00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:54.500 or not 00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.120 we have 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.659 very busy 00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:56.139 lives 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:57.959 and it 00:14:57.959 --> 00:14:58.579 is difficult 00:14:58.579 --> 00:14:59.679 to take 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:00.240 time 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:01.219 to gaze. 00:15:02.839 --> 00:15:03.620 Not an awful 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:04.259 lot to gaze 00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:04.740 at in the 00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:05.379 streets around 00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:05.679 here 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:07.719 but gazing 00:15:07.719 --> 00:15:08.360 at the Lord 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:08.879 is what we 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:09.379 need to do. 00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.159 Take time 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:11.199 in his presence 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:12.540 to marvel 00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:12.879 at his 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:13.320 beauty, 00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:15.120 his character, 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:17.560 his awesomeness. 00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:19.740 When we 00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.580 realise that 00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.440 he's our 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:23.860 then we realise 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.720 he's our safety 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:25.540 and refuge 00:15:25.540 --> 00:15:26.900 because we see 00:15:26.900 --> 00:15:27.800 God as far 00:15:27.800 --> 00:15:28.360 greater, 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:29.259 far bigger 00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:29.800 than our 00:15:29.800 --> 00:15:30.220 problems. 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:31.480 If we 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:31.980 don't take 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.500 time in 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.000 the presence 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.420 of the 00:15:33.420 --> 00:15:33.860 Lord 00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:35.420 to look 00:15:35.420 --> 00:15:35.860 at who 00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:36.460 he is 00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:37.860 our problems 00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:38.399 just take 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:39.720 the first 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:40.440 point and 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:41.080 we don't 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:41.600 see him 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:42.639 as the 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.379 Lord over 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.200 those problems. 00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:45.820 So we 00:15:45.820 --> 00:15:46.680 noted just 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:47.899 earlier David's 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.440 reference to 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:48.920 the temple 00:15:48.920 --> 00:15:49.720 also points 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.379 into Jesus 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:51.779 but I'd 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.259 just like to 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:52.820 say that we 00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.519 see this 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:54.879 pointed out 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.519 by Jesus 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:56.220 himself in 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.840 the Gospels 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.500 around 600 00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.399 years after 00:15:59.399 --> 00:15:59.860 David 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.820 Jesus said 00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:01.180 this to 00:16:01.180 --> 00:16:01.940 the Pharisees 00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:02.700 I tell you 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:03.220 that something 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:04.080 greater than 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:04.519 the temple 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.060 is here. 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:05.960 That's 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:06.580 Matthew 12 00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:07.639 6 and 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.039 then John 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:09.200 2 19 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.899 he says 00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:11.080 destroy this 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:11.440 temple 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:11.860 again he's 00:16:11.860 --> 00:16:12.240 speaking to 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:12.840 the Pharisees 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.539 destroy this 00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:14.759 temple and 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.279 I will raise 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:15.820 it again 00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:16.379 in three 00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:16.720 days. 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.159 We know 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:17.440 he was 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:18.519 talking about 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:18.899 his own 00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:19.240 body. 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.740 Christ is 00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.300 our temple 00:16:21.300 --> 00:16:21.980 he is the 00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:23.500 place now 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.680 where you 00:16:24.680 --> 00:16:25.440 and I 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:26.740 meet God. 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:28.500 In him 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.159 we see the 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:30.899 father through 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:32.100 him we 00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:32.620 gaze at 00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.039 the beauty 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.379 of the 00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:33.799 Lord. 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.620 In him 00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:36.319 we are 00:16:36.319 --> 00:16:37.079 kept safe 00:16:37.079 --> 00:16:38.500 and set 00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.299 high upon 00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:39.779 a rock. 00:16:41.319 --> 00:16:41.779 So without 00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.299 knowing it 00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.740 it's crazy 00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:43.079 isn't it 00:16:43.079 --> 00:16:43.699 without knowing 00:16:43.699 --> 00:16:44.139 it David 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.819 pointed to 00:16:44.819 --> 00:16:46.240 Jesus who 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:46.459 is the 00:16:46.459 --> 00:16:47.379 greatest and 00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:47.860 clearest 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:49.539 expression of 00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:50.959 the Lord and 00:16:50.959 --> 00:16:51.699 of the place 00:16:51.699 --> 00:16:52.559 where we meet 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:52.899 God. 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:52.939 God. 00:16:53.939 --> 00:16:54.659 So this 00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.259 is David's 00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:57.959 desire but 00:16:57.959 --> 00:16:58.419 it was not 00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:59.059 fully his 00:16:59.059 --> 00:16:59.899 experience. 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.079 If we read 00:17:01.079 --> 00:17:01.459 the verses 00:17:01.459 --> 00:17:02.179 following we 00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:04.019 see that he 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.579 longs for 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.579 this but he's 00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.680 praying earnestly 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.259 for it. 00:17:07.339 --> 00:17:08.180 He calls out in 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:08.539 prayer. 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:10.299 Verses 7 to 00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:11.279 12 he prays 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:11.819 seeking the 00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.879 Lord and 00:17:12.879 --> 00:17:14.400 see as I read 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:14.879 this if you 00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:16.559 can detect a 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.379 change in 00:17:17.379 --> 00:17:17.759 tone. 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:21.079 Hear my voice 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:21.720 when I call 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.099 Lord. 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:24.419 Be merciful to 00:17:24.419 --> 00:17:24.919 me and 00:17:24.919 --> 00:17:25.659 answer me. 00:17:26.919 --> 00:17:27.819 My heart 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.519 says of you 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.099 seek his 00:17:29.099 --> 00:17:29.559 face. 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:30.960 Your face 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:31.439 Lord I 00:17:31.439 --> 00:17:32.039 will seek. 00:17:33.179 --> 00:17:33.559 Do not 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:34.199 hide your 00:17:34.199 --> 00:17:34.819 face from 00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.079 me. 00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:35.919 Do not 00:17:35.919 --> 00:17:36.460 turn your 00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:37.119 servant away 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:37.619 in anger. 00:17:38.399 --> 00:17:39.000 You have 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.480 been my 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:39.899 helper. 00:17:40.439 --> 00:17:40.740 Do not 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.419 reject me 00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:42.039 or forsake 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.539 me God 00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.259 my saviour. 00:17:44.879 --> 00:17:45.619 Though my 00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:46.159 father and 00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:46.799 mother forsake 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.419 me the 00:17:47.419 --> 00:17:48.000 Lord will 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.759 receive me. 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:50.480 Teach me 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:50.939 your way 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.440 O Lord. 00:17:52.580 --> 00:17:53.120 Lead me 00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:53.400 in a 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:54.140 straight path 00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:54.640 because of 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.519 my oppressors. 00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:56.779 Do not 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.400 turn me over 00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:57.759 to the 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.279 desire of 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.000 my foes. 00:17:59.680 --> 00:17:59.799 The 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.059 false 00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:00.500 witnesses 00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.160 rise up 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:01.860 against me 00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:02.759 spouting 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.299 malicious 00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.279 accusations. 00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:06.360 So there's 00:18:06.360 --> 00:18:06.980 a shift in 00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.860 tone if you 00:18:07.860 --> 00:18:08.500 can see that 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:08.860 in these 00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.360 verses. 00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:10.519 A jolt 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:11.160 from the 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.740 joyful 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.420 confidence 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.340 I know 00:18:13.340 --> 00:18:13.799 the Lord 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.320 as my 00:18:14.320 --> 00:18:15.059 rock, 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:15.720 my redeemer, 00:18:15.860 --> 00:18:16.820 my salvation, 00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.580 my light 00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:20.079 to 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:21.939 pleading 00:18:21.939 --> 00:18:22.359 in verse 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:22.720 seven. 00:18:23.899 --> 00:18:24.319 Hear my 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:24.960 voice when 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.500 I call 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.039 Lord. 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.059 Verse 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.339 nine, 00:18:27.439 --> 00:18:27.740 do not 00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.179 hide your 00:18:28.179 --> 00:18:28.779 face from 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.039 me. 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:29.879 Verse 00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.240 seven, 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.659 he has 00:18:31.659 --> 00:18:32.079 this 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:33.279 sense of 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.199 unworthiness 00:18:34.199 --> 00:18:34.759 come over 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.039 him. 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:35.679 Be 00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:36.599 merciful to 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.579 me and 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.220 answer me. 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.159 And then 00:18:40.159 --> 00:18:40.559 when he gets 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:40.919 to verse 00:18:40.919 --> 00:18:41.159 10, 00:18:41.199 --> 00:18:41.779 his confidence 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.339 comes back 00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:42.639 again. 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.559 Though my 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.099 father and 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.720 mother forsake 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.099 me, the 00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:45.519 Lord will 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.220 receive me. 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:48.180 So central 00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:48.680 to this 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:50.180 section is 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.900 David's 00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:51.600 desire to 00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.380 seek God 00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:54.500 now described 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.799 as seeking 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.600 his face. 00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.500 We need 00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:58.900 to just 00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.740 pause a 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.259 little here. 00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.740 If you're 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.220 reading the 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.860 NIV, which 00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.460 most of us 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:03.880 are, it 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.319 says, 00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:05.339 my heart 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:05.799 says of 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.319 you, seek 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.039 his face, 00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.360 your face 00:19:08.360 --> 00:19:09.100 Lord, I 00:19:09.100 --> 00:19:09.680 will seek. 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.120 The ESV 00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:12.779 is better 00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.480 translated, 00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.519 and I'll 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.900 try and show 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.140 you the 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:16.600 difference. 00:19:17.780 --> 00:19:18.340 The ESV 00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:19.220 says, you 00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:20.160 have said, 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:20.860 seek my 00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:22.259 face, my 00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.940 heart says 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:24.220 to you, your 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:25.480 face Lord, do 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.060 I seek. 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.740 Let me read 00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.160 that again. 00:19:27.780 --> 00:19:28.060 You have 00:19:28.060 --> 00:19:28.960 said, seek 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:30.560 my face, my 00:19:30.560 --> 00:19:31.280 heart says 00:19:31.280 --> 00:19:32.500 to you, your 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.900 face Lord, do 00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.440 I seek. 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.180 This puts 00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:38.320 the phrase 00:19:38.320 --> 00:19:39.220 seek my 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:41.060 face as a 00:19:41.060 --> 00:19:41.860 command from 00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.440 God, because 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.460 he says, you 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:44.000 have said. 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:46.000 seek my 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:47.000 face. 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.059 You have 00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.599 said, seek 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.299 my face. 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.420 And the 00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:50.039 word seek 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:51.619 here is 00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:53.940 plural, more 00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:54.279 than one 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:54.680 person. 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:55.900 So David, 00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:58.599 God here is 00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:58.940 given a 00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.640 command to 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.980 David and 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.440 David's 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:03.079 people, and 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:04.559 I think to 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.240 us as well. 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.480 It's a 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:06.799 plural. 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:06.899 plural. 00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:11.220 Why does 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.799 this language 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.299 matter? 00:20:14.419 --> 00:20:15.299 It matters 00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.799 because it 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.659 shows us that 00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:17.339 the initiative 00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:18.440 comes from 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:18.859 God. 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.619 If God 00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:23.599 has made 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.539 the first 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.519 move before 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.279 we seek his 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:27.480 face, God 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.079 has said to 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:29.419 us, seek 00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:30.259 my face. 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:32.240 It is God 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.980 who himself 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.819 calls us into 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.680 deeper communion. 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:34.799 communion. 00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.880 That's in 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.759 itself beautiful. 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.380 And David 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:40.200 responds from 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.160 the heart, 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.380 your face, 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.880 Lord, do I 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.220 seek? 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.400 And when 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:47.060 God says to 00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:47.720 us, seek my 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.320 face, as he 00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:48.980 does here in 00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.900 the pages of 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:51.240 scripture, that 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.720 should be our 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.279 answer too, 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:52.740 shouldn't it? 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.360 Your face, 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.039 Lord, do I 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.320 seek? 00:20:55.820 --> 00:20:56.500 Verse 11 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.480 changes tone 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.440 slightly again. 00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.580 And in the 00:20:59.580 --> 00:21:00.180 face of his 00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.779 oppressors, 00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.580 foes, false 00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:02.120 witnesses and 00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.860 accusers, 00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:04.699 David's 00:21:04.699 --> 00:21:05.539 prayer is to 00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:05.959 seek the 00:21:05.959 --> 00:21:06.699 Lord's face 00:21:06.699 --> 00:21:07.159 and be 00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:08.019 taught the 00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:09.099 Lord's way. 00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:09.959 Verse 11, 00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.419 teach me your 00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:12.059 way, Lord. 00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:14.459 David's 00:21:14.459 --> 00:21:14.979 enemies are 00:21:14.979 --> 00:21:15.819 accusing him. 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.779 According to 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.319 these verses, 00:21:17.459 --> 00:21:17.819 they're telling 00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.559 lies about 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:18.839 him. 00:21:19.959 --> 00:21:20.399 So he 00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:21.240 needs God's 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.000 wisdom how 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.579 to respond 00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:22.979 to them, 00:21:23.719 --> 00:21:24.159 how to 00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:24.679 respond in 00:21:24.679 --> 00:21:25.099 a godly 00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.439 way. 00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.219 And this 00:21:27.219 --> 00:21:27.859 is all part 00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.119 of an 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:29.099 intimate walk 00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.559 with the 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:29.859 Lord. 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:30.779 It's all 00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.359 part of 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.859 living our 00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.559 Christian lives 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.359 before him, 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.379 but we 00:21:35.379 --> 00:21:35.919 need him 00:21:35.919 --> 00:21:36.459 to show 00:21:36.459 --> 00:21:36.959 us his 00:21:36.959 --> 00:21:38.299 way so 00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.599 that when 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.419 people oppose 00:21:39.419 --> 00:21:39.919 us, 00:21:40.479 --> 00:21:41.099 people rub 00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.519 us up the 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.059 wrong way 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:44.319 or slander 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:44.979 us in some 00:21:44.979 --> 00:21:45.279 way, 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.379 that we 00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.939 respond, 00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.159 the Lord 00:21:48.159 --> 00:21:48.899 teaches us 00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.479 his way, 00:21:49.939 --> 00:21:50.199 that we 00:21:50.199 --> 00:21:50.959 may respond 00:21:50.959 --> 00:21:51.459 in a 00:21:51.459 --> 00:21:51.939 godly 00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:52.859 way. 00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.579 He 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.319 expresses the 00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.079 desire here 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.639 to walk 00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.299 rightly with 00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:57.699 God, 00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.299 even when 00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:59.039 under pressure 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:00.779 from the 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.379 vilest of 00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.879 enemies in 00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.480 his case. 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.259 How do we 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.920 respond to 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.720 problems and 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.139 opposition? 00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:08.859 What will 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.819 we ask God 00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.579 for in those 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.220 times of 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.839 stress? 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.259 David can 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.819 only face 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.440 the onslaught 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.879 by knowing 00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.220 God's 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.819 presence 00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.980 firstly, 00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.559 and then 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.519 learning God's 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.819 way. 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.799 So we're 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.299 nearly at the 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.599 end, 00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.480 we're nearly 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.059 at David's 00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.579 conclusion, 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.779 but what we've 00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.779 seen is that 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.399 he trusts 00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:28.740 that the 00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.119 Lord will 00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:29.700 deliver him. 00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.480 His desire 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.019 was to be 00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.399 with the 00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:32.720 Lord, 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.460 and he 00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.200 prayed seeking 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.619 the Lord. 00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.379 Now briefly 00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:37.740 we see he 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:39.619 confidently waits 00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.259 for the 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.599 Lord. 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.940 Verses 13 00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.519 and 14, 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.660 I remain 00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.460 confident of 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.059 this, I 00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.720 will see the 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.240 goodness of 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.240 the Lord in 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.720 the land of 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.099 the living. 00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.559 Wait for 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.119 the Lord, 00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.200 be strong 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.599 and take 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.079 heart, 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.359 and wait 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:54.740 for the 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.039 Lord. 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:58.220 So David 00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.859 may not 00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.319 see all 00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.579 of his 00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.139 problems 00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:01.079 solved in 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.680 this life, 00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:02.980 but what 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.440 he does 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:03.819 know, 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.379 what he 00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.000 is confident 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.500 about, 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.720 is that he 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.659 will experience 00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:09.259 the goodness 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.659 of the 00:23:09.659 --> 00:23:10.680 Lord in 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.019 the land 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.259 of the 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.539 living. 00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.539 So though 00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:12.899 he may 00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.119 have 00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.839 problems, 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.859 as he 00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.519 seeks God's 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.879 face, 00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.159 as he 00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.579 learns to 00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.059 walk with 00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.319 him, 00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:18.720 he will 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.200 know the 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.480 goodness 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.920 of the 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.180 Lord. 00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:21.859 There's 00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.399 an expectancy 00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:23.159 here that 00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:24.279 through the 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.779 opposition, 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.639 of enemies 00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.940 and the 00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.480 trials of 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.079 his life, 00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.279 he will 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.960 experience 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.599 what he 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.680 most desires, 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.980 the refuge 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.480 and close 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.240 communion with 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.740 the Lord. 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.420 So our 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.059 problems, 00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:40.099 our issues, 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.259 things that 00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.960 keep us awake 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.519 at night, 00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.859 if we 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:46.720 take refuge 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.079 in the 00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.480 Lord, 00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.359 seek his 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:48.859 face, 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.119 gaze upon 00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.599 the beauty 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:50.940 of the 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.299 Lord, 00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.839 those very 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.460 problems 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.539 will be 00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.000 a source 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.500 of blessing 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.180 to us 00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.079 as we 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.860 experience 00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.279 God's 00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.660 help 00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.900 and God's 00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.440 presence 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.180 in a 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.440 greater 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.840 way. 00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:04.039 So he 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.880 tells himself 00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.980 and he 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.400 tells you 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:06.759 and I 00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.019 as we 00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.000 read this 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.420 psalm, 00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.539 be strong, 00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.680 take heart 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:13.059 and wait 00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.380 for the 00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:13.660 Lord. 00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:14.759 You don't 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.279 see answers 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.660 now, 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.700 wait for 00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.180 the Lord. 00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.960 He is 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.319 able, 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.500 he will 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:19.900 deliver, 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.560 he is 00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:22.040 glorious, 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:22.680 he will 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.140 bless, 00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:25.040 wait for 00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:25.400 the Lord. 00:24:26.780 --> 00:24:27.040 Let's 00:24:27.040 --> 00:24:27.280 pray. 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.360 Father, 00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.820 thank you 00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.180 for those 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.840 truths that 00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.160 you are 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.620 glorious, 00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.180 you are 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.680 great, 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.560 you are 00:24:36.560 --> 00:24:37.140 worthy of 00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.820 our gaze, 00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.640 you are 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.200 worthy of 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.900 our worship. 00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:41.820 Father, 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.280 help us 00:24:42.280 --> 00:24:42.620 to do 00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.900 that and 00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.340 help us 00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:45.180 to see 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.780 how Jesus 00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:46.280 is that 00:24:46.280 --> 00:24:46.860 fulfillment 00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.340 and how 00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.840 he draws 00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.240 us to 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.480 you. 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.400 he makes 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.960 it possible. 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.940 So as we 00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.759 gaze upon 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.259 you this 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.620 week, 00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:54.920 will you 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.599 please help 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:55.920 us to 00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.660 give thanks 00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.799 for our 00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.240 Lord Jesus 00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.079 Christ in 00:24:59.079 --> 00:24:59.579 his name. 00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.140 Amen. 00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.240 Amen.