There are 150 psalms.
The Psalter are the prayer book and the song book of God's people.
The time period of the Psalms is the entire Old Testament.
Moses lived and from his pen came the first five books all the way up until the end of Revelation.
So the Psalms are what Christ and the church received as a prayer book and a song book.
So now we, with all of the scripture, with the intended meaning of the Holy Spirit and all the Bible,
we get to go back and study the Psalms in that way, in that light.
Every Psalm that we're studying, I just, I feel like it's just wonderful.
I want that to be my prayer every week.
Psalm 11 certainly has done that for me as well.
Before I read this, I'll explain a couple things about it.
This is another Psalm of David.
David was the king of Israel.
He was also a musician and a poet.
There's a superscription here.
In some versions, you'll read that it's upon the shimineth.
And that's the Hebrew word.
The meaning of these old words is uncertain.
But that actually adds to the authenticity of how ancient these Psalms truly are.
The best, I guess, guess of scholars is shimineth.
It has to do with the number eight.
It could be the eighth chord on a harp, the eighth note.
But the other meaning that John Gill pointed out, I thought was very interesting, at least
worth considering, is all the scholars, even the Jewish rabbis, saw that this is a messianic
Psalm.
It's talking about a future fulfillment that David would never see with his eyes on earth.
And so in that sense, the Lord Jesus came on the day of the Lord, which is the eighth
day, the first day of the new creation.
Well, as I read Psalm 11, we read it trusting that this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible,
clear, and sufficient word.
It's God's very own word for you, his people.
When I'm done reading, I'll say, this is the word of the Lord, and we'll respond, thanks
be to God.
Psalm 11, I'm reading from the Christian Standard Bible.
I have taken refuge in the Lord.
How can you say to me, escape to the mountains like a bird?
For look, the wicked string bows.
They put their arrows on bow strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Verse four.
The Lord is in his holy temple.
The Lord, his throne is in heaven.
His eyes watch.
His gaze examines everyone.
The Lord examines the righteous, but he hates the wicked and those who love violence.
Let him rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked.
Let a scorching wind be their portion and their cup.
For the Lord is righteous.
He loves righteous deeds.
The upright will see his face.
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
You may be seated.
The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.
Let's pray.
Lord, we rest in you.
You have not let your children be on earth as orphans.
Instead, you've given us your Holy Spirit, the comforter.
Lord, we rest in you.
And though we're in this world, we are not of the world.
Lord, though we are surrounded by sin and evil, and we battle even the remaining sin in our own flesh, Lord, we trust your promise that the wicked do not win.
The wicked do not prevail in the end.
Lord, we rest in you.
You are a God who sees all and who is close, and you sustain your people.
You are the head of the church.
You build your church.
The gates of hell cannot prevail against you.
We trust these promises, Lord.
I pray that you will minister your word from Psalm 11 to strengthen this army, these soldiers, this church.
Amen.
There's much in the West that's crumbling and eroding all around us.
Freedom of speech is crumbling in the West.
In March of 2023, a Canadian pastor named Derek Reimer was arrested for a second time, this time for speaking out against drag events for kids.
Each time, the government fined him $10,000.
Freedom of speech is crumbling in the West.
How do pastors like that remain at their post where God has put them?
The acceptance by the public of God's moral law is crumbling in Colorado.
Let's be specific and let's be real.
There's been a mass exodus in recent years.
People fleeing Colorado, going to states that support values that they hold dear as a family.
And there's also been a mass influx.
So the replacement ratio is equal.
But people are pouring into Colorado specifically for lax abortion laws and aggressive gender expression laws protected in the state.
How do Christians remain here in Colorado?
You've wrestled with this.
I know you have as a family.
Within our own little body here, one of our own has had to be very clear about her values and her boundaries as a Christian at work, especially this month.
And in retaliation, her boss has assigned her Sunday mornings that shift specifically to keep her from gathering with God's people.
How do we remain?
Each one of you is a follower of Christ.
Each one of you takes up your cross daily following him.
And each one of you is not on your own.
He's put us together as a body.
Each one of us has a role to play in this body, this army of God.
Each one has a function.
Each one has a spiritual post.
During the week when you pray for anyone here that you visited with who the Lord put on your heart and burdened you to pray for them,
you are fighting at your post before the throne of heaven.
And God has a post for every single member here.
Sometimes as a family we'll gather to pray and little Alyssa will pray for one of you for something I didn't even know about.
That's her role in her post.
Each one has a place in God's army.
How do we remain together, remain as the church militant in this life,
when it feels like the bricks underneath our posts on the walls are crumbling away?
Doesn't it feel like that many times?
Well, that's the imagery we get in Psalm 11.
These wicked people are telling David, flee like a bird.
Don't stay at your post.
Flee.
And there's King David.
You can almost picture one of those ancient walls with the towers.
And the soldiers looking out with their bows drawn to fend away the enemy.
But it's much worse.
The enemy is on the inside.
And those bricks are being pulled out.
These towers are wobbly.
How does he stay at his post?
So, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, today I want to exhort you, remain at your post.
Remain at the post God has given you.
The first point is why it's hard to remain at your post.
It's hard to remain at your post.
Why is that?
In verse 1, we see that the wicked, they're appealing to David's soul.
It's persuasive.
It's convincing.
The soul is the personality.
It's your emotions.
And he says, why wicked people do you say to my soul, flee like a bird?
It's getting to him.
He wants to flee.
They're saying, abandon your post, David.
Take another job.
Relocate somewhere easier.
Well, isn't that exactly what the enemy wants?
He wants to scatter the troops.
He wants you and me to abandon our post and to retreat.
So, the wicked appeal to your soul.
Why else is it hard to remain at your post?
The wicked mock your faith.
In verse 1, they say, flee like a bird to your mountain.
They jeer at David's witness.
You've experienced that when the wicked instruments of Satan will take something that's right,
but they'll say it back to you in a way that mocks and makes you want to not do the right thing
just to not let them be right about it.
You've had that happen.
Flee like a bird to your mountain.
Well, that's the right thing to do as we take our refuge in the Lord.
The Psalms are full of describing the mountain of God as a place that's safe
and that the Lord surrounds his people on his mountain.
But the wicked are mocking this witness that David has told them.
David's fine saying, I am like a bird.
He puts himself very low in the Psalms.
And they're mocking that very witness he gave.
It's hard to remain at your post.
The wicked also stir up your fears.
The wicked stir up paranoia and distrust from inside.
You've seen that happen in churches, haven't you?
They say, behold, David, the wicked, verse 2,
the wicked bend the bow.
They have fitted their arrow to the string
to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.
David, get out of here.
You don't even know how bad it is inside the kingdom.
From the shadows, from the dark.
There are trained assassins.
They've taken the arrow and put it in the string,
and their bow is bent.
And what are they aiming at?
They're aiming at the soul of God's people, the righteous.
The ones that the enemy wants to flee and abandon the post.
They're coming after you.
They're stirring up distrust, paranoia.
The fear is inside of our heart.
But it's hard to remain at your post when that's going on,
especially from the inside, isn't it?
Well, who are these people that the enemy are going after
and trying to chase them out of the kingdom?
In Psalm 11, they're called the upright in heart.
One who is holy in heart.
One who is observant of the divine commands
in practice in their actual life.
To illustrate this from the Bible,
who comes to mind when you think of one
who is upright in heart,
who's desiring to observe God's commandments in practice
within a wicked, evil kingdom?
You're probably thinking of maybe Joseph or Daniel.
Great examples to us.
And it's for that very reason
that they went after both Joseph and Daniel, wasn't it?
The wicked hate that Daniel is praying to his Lord
three times a day.
Trusting in a greater kingdom.
That makes Daniel a target to the wicked.
And one last thing that the wicked do
that makes it hard to remain at your post.
The wicked want you to be hopeless.
The wicked want you to have no hope.
In verse three, they say,
if the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?
They say, don't you see all the signs,
all the evidence around you?
There is no hope.
This kingdom is crumbling.
All the pillars are wobbly.
There's cracks in the flooring.
The base has already shifted out from under your feet.
That tower you're standing on is tipping over.
You can't stand and fight where you are anymore.
They make you feel hopeless.
It's hard to remain at your post.
What is it then that Psalm 11,
by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
teaches believers to do in response to this reality?
Verse four is when it turns good.
Look at verse four with me.
What I see is that Psalm 11 teaches believers
to take your eyes off the wicked.
Take your eyes off the wicked.
But you can't just not look.
You have to put your eyes somewhere else.
Notice where he puts his eyes in verse four.
He puts them on the Lord by faith.
Verse four,
The Lord is in his holy temple.
The Lord's throne is in heaven.
Take your eyes off the wicked.
Put your eyes on the temple
and on the throne of the Lord in heaven by faith.
Yes, everything your physical eyes are seeing
will lead you to be hopeless,
discouraged, and to want to flee.
But instead, put those eyes by faith
on the temple and the throne of God in heaven.
Notice what the Psalms,
just limiting to this near context of the Psalms,
what the Psalms say about both the temple
and the throne of God.
First, the temple.
Psalm 5, 7.
We saw this last summer.
David says,
I will come into thy house
in the multitude of thy mercy.
When you think of the temple of the Lord,
think of a multitude,
a lavish, abundant mercy,
and go there.
And in thy fear,
I will worship toward thy holy temple.
Psalm 18, 6.
In my distress,
I called upon the Lord
and cried unto my God,
and he heard my voice
out of his temple,
and my cry came before him,
even into his ears.
If you're distressed,
if you're crying out desperate,
that prayer goes straight
to the temple of God who hears you.
Praise God
that he rules and ministers
from his holy temple.
Amen?
So he says,
the Lord is in his holy temple,
and here's what I know about that.
He also says,
the Lord's throne
is in heaven.
Verse 4.
The Lord's throne is in heaven.
Here's what the Psalms
say about the throne of the Lord.
Psalm 93, 2.
The throne of God
is established of old.
These wicked seem to have crept up
and taken over out of nowhere.
The throne of the Lord
is of old.
He is from everlasting.
Psalm 45, 6.
Thy throne, O God,
is forever and ever.
It will not go away.
His rule extends
for all generations
and for eternity.
The scepter of the kingdom of God
is right.
These wicked make everything
crooked and twisted,
but God's scepter,
what he holds up as the king,
it is straight.
Psalm 47, 8.
God reigns
over the wicked as well.
God sits upon the throne
of his holiness
and he reigns
over this kingdom,
over the wicked even.
That's the temple
and the throne of the Lord.
That's what we put our eyes on
instead of looking at the wicked.
You'll be invited
to exhort one another
with these words in a moment.
Turn your eyes upon Jesus.
Look full in his wonderful face.
What happens?
The things of earth
will grow strangely dim
in the light
of his glory and grace.
Amen.
So take your eyes off the wicked
and put them on the Lord.
Number three we see in Psalm 11.
David reminds himself
of who God is.
When it's hard to remain
at your post,
remind yourself
of who God is,
his attributes.
Three attributes
are in focus
in Psalm 11.
First,
the Lord is omniscient.
The Lord is all-knowing.
Verse 4,
his eyes
see the children
of man.
Who is the children
of man?
It's every human being
that came from Adam.
Wicked and righteous alike.
God sees all.
God is all-knowing,
omniscient.
Number two,
the Lord is good.
The Lord is good.
And he exercises
his goodness
by providentially
using whatever
the wicked
intend for evil
God uses for good.
Verse 4,
his eyelids,
or another translation,
his gaze,
tests the children
of man.
And verse 5
specifically says
he tests
the righteous.
So God sees all.
And when he sees
the wickedness
happening to his people,
the righteous,
he tests them.
He uses that
to refine,
to purify,
to prepare them
for eternal glory.
With this translation
of eyelids,
think about that.
Both are true.
God's eyes
see everything,
but also his eyelids
test.
When it seems like
God's eyes
are closed
to what you are
suffering and enduring,
it seems that way.
You know he sees all,
but it seems like
all you're getting
right now
are his closed eyes,
his eyelids.
It appears to you
that he is not
looking at you
or seeing what
you're having to endure,
but he sees you.
And when it feels
that way,
it's because
he is purifying you.
He is preparing you
through the suffering
for eternal glory
and communion with him.
And the Lord,
finally,
he's not only
omniscient and good
to rule over
with providence,
but he's also holy.
The Lord is holy
and righteous.
Look at verse 5.
His soul hates
the wicked
and the one
who loves violence.
Thomas Brooks commented,
All sin strikes
at the holiness of God,
the glory of God,
the nature of God,
the being of God,
and the law of God.
All sin strikes
at the very essence
of who God is.
And therefore,
God's heart,
so to speak,
rises up against all sin
because God is holy.
God is righteous.
And God is also just.
So remind yourself
of who God is.
The next thing
in verse 6
is that David prays
for God
to display his justice.
David knows
these are true of God.
This is who God is.
But then he prays
for God to put that
on display.
Use your power.
Use your omniscience.
Respond
because you are holy
with justice, God.
This is the part
of the Psalms
that stretch us.
But we should pray as well
for God to display
his justice
when we see so much
wickedness prevailing.
In verse 6,
he says,
let God
rain coals
on the wicked.
He says,
Lord,
give the wicked
their due.
children,
coals,
if you have a fireplace
in the winter,
it's when the wood
is burned down
so it's at its hottest point.
And we've had some hail
this summer.
Can you imagine
if every one of those
little pieces of hail,
instead of being hail,
was a block of coal
at its hottest,
falling across Colorado
with the dry grass,
the wildfires
would be rampant.
That's how David
is praying for God
to display
his justice
on the wicked.
Verse 6,
may fire
and sulfur
and a scorching wind
be the portion
of their cup.
Okay,
the phrase
portion of their cup,
it's a measured
out punishment
that correspond
to what is deserved.
David's saying
their wickedness
deserves so much
punishment.
this is what needs
to go in their cup.
It needs to be
in proportion
to their wickedness.
God,
in righteous judgment,
must appoint
to the wicked
what they need
to drink
as a just retribution,
as a display
of his justice
against their evil.
And what is it
that should go
in the cup
in the portion
of the wicked
that David prays?
In verse 6,
he asked that God
would put
fire
and sulfur
in their cup.
This is an illusion
of how the Lord
rained down fire
and sulfur
from heaven
upon Sodom and Gomorrah.
And the New Testament
tells us
that the destruction
of Sodom and Gomorrah
was an illustration
and a type
of the final coming judgment
on the whole earth,
the eternal fire
of hell
and judgment.
That's what goes
into the cup
of sinners.
That's what they need
to drink.
The last image
in verse 6
is a scorching wind.
These scorching winds
could blow up
from the northern part
of Africa,
sweeping across
the Mediterranean.
They could also blow
from the east.
Do you remember
in Job,
a strong,
hot east wind
blows and kills
his little plant?
The name for this type
of scorching wind
is Sirocco.
Sirocco.
It's a hot,
dust-laden,
cyclonic wind
that goes
at the speed
of a hurricane.
Imagine this gem
here filled
with sand
and that sand
brought to a feverish
temperature.
And then imagine
the Lord moving
the air
in such a powerful
way that this
hot,
sandy wind
blasts
whatever's in front
of it.
David is praying,
Lord,
take that
destructive wind
that would burn
and wipe out
anything in front
of it.
Put it in the cup
of the wicked
and make him
drink that.
Psalm 11
teaches us
to pray for God
to display
his just rule.
And if we don't
see it in this life
with these eyes,
the Lord will bring
it one day
in glory.
Well,
as we look at
the final part
of Psalm 11,
there's a response.
David responds
to how he's feeling,
who he sees God
as,
what he needs.
So that's my
exhortation to you
is respond
in the light
of who God
is.
I want to draw
your attention
to the bookends
of this Psalm,
the first verse
and the seventh,
the last.
In verse one,
here's his response.
He just tells you
up front,
here's how I resolve
this.
In the Lord
I take refuge.
Why do you take
refuge in the Lord,
David?
Verse seven,
for the Lord
is righteous.
He loves
righteous deeds.
We've seen
how God
loves the upright
in heart,
how God is holy,
and how anyone
who is a sinner
deserves to drink
this cup
of judgment.
How can David
be so sure
that he can take
refuge in the Lord?
How can David
know that God
loves righteous deeds
and that's good news
for David?
Everybody knows
publicly David
is a sinner.
John Calvin wrote,
the just God
is the rewarder
of perfect righteousness
and the avenger
of sin.
None here
are perfectly
righteous.
All of us
deserve for our
sin to be avenged.
That description
of the cup,
the portion
of the wicked,
that's what each
one of us
deserves to drink.
Amen?
This is what
we were born
deserving
and this is what
our own sins
piling on
merit for us.
Calvin also wrote,
but in Christ
God's face
shines out
full of grace
and gentleness
to poor
unworthy
sinners
like David,
like me
and like you.
God justly
does this.
He can offer
refuge because
Jesus Christ
obeyed.
Jesus Christ
said,
Lord,
if it's your will,
take this cup
away from me
so I don't have
to drink it.
But Jesus
prayed
because of God
being gracious
towards sinners
like us,
not my will
but your will,
Father,
be done.
And our Lord
took the cup
of God's wrath
on the cross
and he drank
it down
to the very
last drip.
That's why
you and I,
we can turn
our eyes
to the hillside
of Calvary
where justice
and mercy
embraced.
There the Son
of God
gave his life
for us
and our
measureless debt
was erased.
So we can say
with David now,
in the Lord
I take refuge
for the Lord
is righteous.
He loves
righteous deeds
not mine
but Christ's
righteous deeds
that he put
on as if
they were mine.
I take refuge.
John Gill pointed out
David is not
taking refuge
in himself
in his own heart
in his own
righteousness
and strength
nor in men
the greatest of men
the princes of the earth
nor in his armies
or any outward
force.
He is taking refuge
in the Lord
who is righteous.
I take refuge.
One commentator
pointed out
the tense of the verb
this phrase
is denoting
a continued
exercise
of faith
in the Lord.
I took refuge
in the Lord
yesterday.
I take refuge
in the Lord
right now
with all of you.
This afternoon
I need to take refuge
in the Lord
again.
Tomorrow
you and I
need to take refuge
in the Lord
we continue
to take refuge
in God
trusting in who
he is.
Trusting his words
to us.
In Isaiah
the Lord Jesus
quotes this
as his own words
fulfilling his
covenant faithfulness.
And we sing this
fear not
I am with thee
oh be not dismayed
for I am thy God
and will still
give thee aid.
I'll strengthen thee
help thee
and cause thee
to stand
upheld by
my righteous
omnipotent
hand.
That's how we
respond
in the light
of who God is
we trust him
and we trust his word.
Lord.
Now the blessing
of the gospel
is not just
that our sins
have been forgiven.
That's merely
a means
to an even
greater end.
This last little bit
could have just
been short
but it became
long.
I'm just warning you
because this
really consumed
my thoughts
this week.
Look at verse 7.
The upright
shall behold
God's face.
So my final
exhortation
from Psalm 11
is look forward
to the day
when God
will fully
finally
fulfill his
promises.
Look forward
to that day.
There is more
to come.
Yes we're
forgiven now.
We take refuge
in him now
and continuously
but there's
greater glory
greater blessing
to come.
Okay so the ESV
translates this
as the upright
shall behold
his face.
The King James
has the
order switched
around.
You have to decide
which one you
think is
maybe the best
representation
of Psalm 11.
King James
has it this way.
His
God's
in the plural
countenance
beholds the upright.
Well the nice
thing is that
these are both
biblical truths.
Does the triune
God behold
the upright
and see you?
Yes.
He already said
that in this
very Psalm.
Is it also true
that the upright
shall behold
the face of God?
Yes.
Both are
biblical truths.
The wonderful
thing about
Hebrew in particular
is it's poetic
that way.
It can be taken
to represent
more than one
truth because
it's one meaning
one interpretation.
So the upright
you who now
by the work
of God
and the application
of the Holy Spirit
have grown to
love the moral
law of God
John Gill said
God looks at
you with pleasure
and he takes
delight in you
he takes care
of you
he protects
you and
defends you
and he will
at last
save you
God
sees you
Father
Son
Holy Spirit
he sees you
and sustains you
who take refuge
in him
you whom God
has freely made
upright
by grace
you shall also
behold his face
would you turn
to Psalm 17
maybe one page
over
Psalm 17
and look at
verse 15
this is such
a great verse
memorize this one
and use it
when you feel
like it's hard
to remain
at your post
Psalm 17
15 says
I shall see
your face
in righteousness
I shall be
satisfied
when I awake
with seeing
your form
there's a
satisfaction
that overwhelms
the believer
when he sees
God
and this is a
promise that
Christians
believers from
every generation
will see God
by the work
of Christ
and when you
see him
you will be
satisfied
this is called
the beatific
vision
the first part
of that little
word means
blessed
and the last
part means
to make
like the
beatitudes
are the
blessings
so beatific
means to
make blessed
or satisfied
it's a vision
of God
that will make
you incredibly
blessed
and satisfied
notice how
Jesus brings
this to the
forefront
on the
Sermon on the
Mount
Matthew 6
6
blessed are
they who
hunger and
thirst after
righteousness
for they
shall be
satisfied
God
Matthew 6
8
blessed are
the pure
in heart
for they
shall see
God
I want to
show you
three ways
according to
scripture that
we are moved
by God
from glory
unto glory
how do we
see God
now
how will we
see God
when we
die
and how
will we
see God
one day
at the
resurrection
first
we see
God
now by
faith
in Jesus
Christ
2 Corinthians
4
4 says
believers
see by
faith
the light
of the
gospel
of the
glory
of Christ
who
is
the
image
of
God
for
God
who
said
let
light
shine
out of
darkness
has
shown
into
our
hearts
to
give
the
light
of
the
knowledge
of
God's
glory
in
the
face
of
Jesus
Christ
you
have
seen
God
in
the
face
of
Jesus
Christ
now
by
faith
John
14
9
Jesus
affirms
this
he
that
has
seen
me
has
seen
the
Father
if
you
see
Jesus
Christ
by
faith
now
you
are
seeing
God
number
two
God
promises
that
you
will
see
him
spiritually
at
your
death
when
your
body
dies
when
your
soul
is
joined
in
heaven
apart
from
your
body
your
soul
will
be
with
the
Lord
in
paradise
before
the
resurrection
of
your
body
and
even
without
your
body
being
joined
to
the
soul
at
the
resurrection
you
will
see
the
Lord
spiritually
the
teaching
of
scripture
is
affirmed
in
our
confession
chapter
31
1
your
soul
which
neither
dies
nor
sleeps
having
an
immortal
substance
shall
immediately
return
to
God
who
gave
them
the
souls
of
the
righteous
being
then
made
perfect
in
holiness
are
received
into
paradise
where
they
are
with
Christ
and
behold
the
face
of
God
in
light
and
glory
waiting
for
the
full
redemption
of
their
bodies
so
your
death
will
be
a
glorious
day
where
this
promise
will
be
even
more
gloriously
fulfilled
than it
is
now
by
faith
Puritan
John
Flavel
agreed
there
will
there
will be
a
beat
vision
at
the
moment
of
death
our
triune
God
and
the
mysteries
of
one
God
and
three
persons
they
will
be
made
known
to
you
in
a
way
that
now
your
limited
mind
can't
fathom
third
and
finally
there
will
be
a
great
resurrection
you
will
see
God
physically
one
day
at
the
resurrection
of
your
body
you
will
receive
glorified
eyes
just
as
our
Lord
Jesus
rose
from
the
dead
and
he
had
a
glorified
body
and
your
glorified
eyes
will
behold
what
revelation
says
in
many
places
and
thank
you
Jonathan
for
your
help
with
this
you
will
see
the
throne
of
God
and
of
the
Lamb
your
glorified
body
will
physically
along
with
your
soul
cause
you
to
behold
God
just
as
the
Son
of
God
keeps
his
glorified
human
body
forever
more
you
will
have
glorified
senses
and
you
will
be
able
to
in
this
resurrection
body
say
with
Job
in
chapter
19
verse
25
I
know
that
my
redeemer
lives
he
will
stand
upon
the
earth
after
my
skin
has
been
destroyed
then
I
will
see
God
in
my
flesh
whom
I
even
I
will
see
on
my
side
my
eyes
will
see
and
not
as a
stranger
my
heart
is
consumed
within
me
even
greater
glory
at
the
resurrection
the
Lord
gave
John
the
apostle
to
close
off
the
New
Testament
revelation
this
glorious
vision
in
Revelation
22
verses
3
and
4
3
this
is
a
promise
for
you
who
are
in
Christ
you
will
stand
at
the
throne
of
God
and
of
the
lamb
one
day
you
will
worship
him
along
with
the
vast
multitude
from
every
people
nation
tribe
and
tongue
over
all
the
centuries
that
he
has
saved
by
faith
and
you
will
see
his
face
so beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ
receive this exhortation from Psalm 11
remain at your post
don't stop meeting together as some are in the habit of doing
pray for one another
serve one another
love one another
don't move to Texas
we need you at Reformed Heritage Church
don't abandon your ministry here
like the hymn says
ever lift thy face upon me
as I work and wait for thee
resting neath thy smile Lord Jesus
earth's dark shadows flee
it's not the Christians who need to flee
the dark shadows flee from the light of the presence of God
brightness of my Father's glory
sunshine of my Father's face
keep me ever trusting
resting
and fill me with thy grace
amen
let's spend time in prayer responding to the word that we've heard
thank you very much being here
going