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 Right. Am I on? It sounds like I'm on. Okay, good.

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 Yeah, so today we are in Psalm 34. Let's turn our Bibles there.

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 Now, before I read together, I'm going to turn there too because I should probably have the Bible open, you know, preaching. It's good.

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 So before I read, let me tell you the context of this psalm.

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 You see the heading of David when he changed his behavior before Abimelech so that he drove him out and he went away.

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 He escaped. Right. So a little backstory about David.

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 So Saul was the anointed king. He became king and he did some things that lost favor with the Lord.

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 And so God appointed and anointed another king to succeed Saul, David.

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 David was humble. Saul was tall and arrogant and kind of everything you might think of as a king.

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 David was kind of the opposite, smaller, humble.

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 And because of this, Saul was very angry and he actually sought to kill David.

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 He saw him as a rival, even though David didn't do anything against Saul.

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 And so David seeks refuge from a priest.

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 He's a local priest and he needs a weapon because Saul is pursuing him really with his army.

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 And so he goes to the priest. Do you have any weapons?

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 And the priest, this is a, this is a, we don't have weapons in the temple.

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 Oh yeah, we have Goliath's sword.

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 You remember you fought Goliath and killed him with his own sword.

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 We have that sword. There's none like it.

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 Okay. Yeah, I'll take that.

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 It's a gigantic sword and it's very obvious what it is.

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 This is the sword of Goliath of the Philistines.

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 So I'm not exactly sure why, but David then sought refuge in the land of the Philistines with Achish.

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 Says Abimelech here, that's maybe a title for Achish.

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 Achish was the fiercest of the Philistine kings.

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 And here's David coming with Goliath's sword.

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 I'm not sure this is the wisest plan.

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 And the Philistine king, they're made aware, hey, this is David of the Israelites.

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 Saul killed his thousands, but David killed his ten thousands.

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 He's just a dangerous man.

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 And so David sees this happening and he figures, oh no, I'm in serious trouble.

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 Achish and his band, they're going to kill me.

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 And so what David does is he pretends to be insane.

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 So much so that he drools even on his own beard and the spit goes down.

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 And this is just gross.

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 And I mean, it's gross today, right?

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 But even back then, a beard, that's like a sacred thing.

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 You know, you see guys with the like really nice beards and all trim and stuff like that.

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 Imagine drool coming down that.

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 And that's just an indignity.

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 And so, I mean, you've got to be insane to do that or you're acting insane.

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 In which case, who would do that?

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 That's just, that's crazy.

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 And so Achish is repulsed by this.

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 And David is able to kind of escape because he pretended to be insane.

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 And so that's where we find ourselves with this psalm.

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 And so let's read it.

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 And we see David's perspective on this whole matter.

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 And I think it's a lot different perspective than if you read this story in 1 Samuel.

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 Psalm 34.

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 I will bless, well, let me say this before I read this.

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 Because I'm going to read this when it says Lord, all capital letters, right?

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 This is a little aside, but that means Yahweh.

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 Yahweh, I am that I am.

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 We just sang about that.

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 The great I am.

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 That's his covenant name.

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 So I think we should use it sometimes.

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 And so I'm going to use it here as I read in place of Lord.

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 I'm going to say Yahweh.

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 That's just his covenant name.

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 I am that I am.

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 And so it's the name that God has given us for himself.

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 You don't have to use that name, but I'm going to do that this time.

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 So here we go.

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 Psalm 34.

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 I will bless Yahweh at all times.

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 His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

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 My soul makes its boast in the Lord.

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 Let the humble hear and be glad.

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 Oh, magnify Yahweh with me and let us exalt his name together.

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 I sought Yahweh and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

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 Those who look to him are radiant.

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 And their faces shall never be ashamed.

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 This poor man cried.

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 And Yahweh heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

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 The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him and delivers them.

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 Oh, taste and see that Yahweh is good.

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 Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

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 Oh, fear Yahweh, you his saints.

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 For those who fear him have no lack.

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 The young lions suffer want and hunger.

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 But those who seek Yahweh lack no good thing.

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 Come, oh children, listen to me.

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 I will teach you to fear Yahweh.

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 What man is there who desires life and loves many days that he may see good?

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 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

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 Turn away from evil and do good.

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 Seek peace and pursue it.

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 The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.

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 The face of Yahweh is against those who do evil.

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 To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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 When the righteous cry for help, Yahweh hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.

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 Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

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 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

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 He keeps all his bones.

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 Not one of them is broken.

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 Affliction will slay the wicked.

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 And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

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 Yahweh redeems the life of his servants.

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 None of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we thank you.

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 Thank you that we know you by many names.

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 Your covenant name, Yahweh.

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 Father.

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 We know Jesus, your Son.

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 We know the Holy Spirit.

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 You've helped us and let us see glimpses of you and revealed much about yourself.

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 But Lord, more than knowledge today, we want to experience you and your presence.

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 Jesus, we want your presence here today.

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 Holy Spirit, we want your presence.

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 And you have promised us presence today.

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 When two or more are gathered, you are here with us.

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 And you, Holy Spirit, indwell each believer.

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 Lord, you are here with us.

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 Lord, you are here with us.

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 What a blessing that we have.

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 This side of the cross.

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 And Lord, help us as we see this psalm and read it and meditate on it.

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 I pray that we would do that this week as well and further continue meditating on the psalm.

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 May we taste and see that you are good.

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 may we experience it and know it

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 and have confidence in Your goodness

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 and in Your presence.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So how I would summarize this psalm for us

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 is simply this.

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 Seek the Lord,

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 and He will answer you and deliver you.

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 Seek the Lord,

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 and He will answer you and deliver you.

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 It's a very simple theme,

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 but one, it's a good reminder.

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 We need to seek the Lord,

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 especially when we're in times of troubles,

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 but even when we're outside of trouble,

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 we need to seek the Lord.

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 And He'll answer you,

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 and He'll deliver you out of your troubles.

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 And two,

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 there's an important part here,

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 is how.

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 How in the midst of difficulty

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 can we seek the Lord?

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 How does He answer us?

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 So, let's get to my first point.

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 Verses 1 to 7.

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 Cry out to the Lord.

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 This is our first step.

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 Cry out to the Lord.

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 This is kind of two parts here,

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 and I don't always agree

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 with how the ESV separates little sections

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 and how the paragraphs are,

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 but I think it does a pretty good job

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 of this psalm specifically.

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 And so, 1 to 7,

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 you've got two parts there.

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 1 to 3,

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 and then 4 to 7.

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 I think that's a pretty good way

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 of breaking that up.

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 And so, that first part,

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 1 to 3,

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 that's commitment and confidence in God.

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 And that second part,

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 that's testimony of David crying out.

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 So, the first part, confidence

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 because of the second part.

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 It's really a summary of,

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 or a conclusion,

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 really before He shares

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 the rest of what's happening,

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 but at the beginning.

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 So, verses 1 to 3.

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 I will bless the Lord at all times.

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 His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

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 My soul makes its boast in Yahweh.

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 Let the humble hear and be glad.

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 Oh, magnify Yahweh with me.

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 Let us exalt His name together.

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 Let's praise His name together.

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 So, 1, there's a commitment to praise.

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 He's committed to praise.

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 He's going to do it.

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 He's saying,

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 this is what I'm committing to.

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 Verse 2,

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 His boast is in the Lord.

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 My soul makes its boast in the Lord.

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 He's proud that He knows Yahweh.

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 He's going to boast.

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 Hey, I know God.

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 God knows me.

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 And then an encouragement

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 for others to praise Yahweh.

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 Hey, come and join me.

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 I'm doing this.

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 I'm making my boast in the Lord.

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 Come and join me.

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 Let's praise God together.

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 Why?

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 Why should we do that?

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 Why should we join David in praising God?

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 Well, let me tell you a testimony.

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 A testimony of crying out to the Lord.

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 Verse 4,

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 I sought the Lord.

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 I sought the Lord,

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 and He answered me

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 and delivered me from all my fears.

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 Those who look unto Him are radiant,

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 and their faces shall never be ashamed.

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 This poor man cried.

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 And Yahweh heard Him and saved Him out of all His troubles.

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 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him

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 and delivers them.

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 So as I said,

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 David was being pursued by the army of Saul

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 to put him to death.

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 It's kind of one of these situations

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 where David is being pursued by Saul,

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 and he's in the fire.

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 He's in trouble.

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 And so he goes and finds refuge in the Philistines,

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 except there's no refuge there for him to have.

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 He's even more in trouble.

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 So it's kind of like you're out of the frying pan

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 and into the fire kind of thing that's happening here.

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 But we should know.

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 We should know how David sees this.

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 He takes, David, remember,

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 he takes clever actions.

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 He pretends to be insane

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 in order to get out of that circumstance.

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 But how does he recall the event here?

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 He sees and recounts these events here in Psalm

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 in kind of a much different way than you might expect.

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 Scripture is full of encouragement to take action, right?

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 So David's wise

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 in that he pretends to be insane

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 in order to get out of this circumstance.

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 So Scripture is full of encouragement

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 to take action.

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 You must do this.

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 You must do that.

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 You must be wise.

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 There's a whole book, Proverbs,

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 dedicated to saying this is wisdom.

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 This is wisdom.

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 This is folly.

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 This is wisdom.

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 Use wisdom.

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 Take action.

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 You must do this.

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 And yet Scripture is also full of showing

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 how God is sovereign.

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 God is over all things.

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 He controls all things.

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 There's nothing out of His hands.

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 Both are true.

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 Life isn't one or the other.

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 We can't just take action

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 and hope things will work out

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 apart from God.

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 And we don't just pray and cry out to God

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 and kind of twiddle our thumbs

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 and hope that He does something

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 and hope that He fixes everything

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 without moving or doing anything.

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 Praying is good.

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 Taking action is good.

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 But we are to cry out to God

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 for help and take wise actions.

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 That's what David did.

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 And that's what we see, actually,

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 in much of Scripture.

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 People taking action,

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 praying,

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 and you see God's hand moving

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 and moving and moving.

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 Let's look at the particulars, though.

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 Verse 4,

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 He delivered me from all my fears.

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 When David escaped the Philistines

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 after he pretended to be insane,

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 his problems,

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 they didn't end there.

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 Saul still sought to kill him.

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 Absalom, David's son,

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 after that,

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 tried to kill him.

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 And then there were other troubles.

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 And you probably studied those

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 at some point.

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 David's life was full of trouble.

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 And he admits that he was fearful.

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 We can identify with that, right?

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 Somebody's seeking to kill you,

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 you're probably going to have some fear,

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 even if that fear is sinful.

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 Even if we're not supposed to worry,

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 well, it's hard not to.

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 We identify that.

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 But here's the thing.

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 He says,

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 God delivered him from all his fears.

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 Out of all his troubles.

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 And verse 5 says,

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 Never be ashamed.

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 Those who trust in God,

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 never be ashamed.

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 That's kind of a contrast

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 for David,

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 who just drooled on his own beard.

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 David probably maybe felt some shame

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 in doing that,

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 but maybe trusted God all the more.

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 This is what I'm supposed to do

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 to get out of this circumstance.

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 And so he's not ashamed.

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 He's not going to be put to shame,

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 even if he has to do something

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 that's a little crazy

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 to get out of the circumstance.

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 God directed him to do that.

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 Maybe the Holy Spirit told him.

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 I don't know how it all worked,

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 but David did this.

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 And so he reflects on the matter.

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 He's not ashamed.

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 Even though he suffered

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 a great indignity before the Philistines,

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 even though he's running for his life,

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 he's not ashamed.

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 He never will be ashamed.

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 God is here.

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 And then look at the contrast

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 between verse 7,

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 the angel of the Lord

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 camps around those who fear him

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 and delivers them.

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 Versus,

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 verse 4,

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 he delivered me from all my fears.

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 You see, David knew to trust in God

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 where experience gave him

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 all the more confidence.

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 And we see he's fearful, yes,

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 but he feared God as well.

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 And there's a stark contrast

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 between David's fears

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 and Saul's fears.

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 Right?

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 So we get to my second point,

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 which is repent and turn to the Lord,

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 8 to 14.

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 Repent and turn to the Lord.

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 Saul feared the loss of being king.

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 He wanted kingship.

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 He didn't want to lose it.

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 And David feared for his life.

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 Both sinful fear.

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 But David also feared the Lord.

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 And I'm not sure what you think of Saul.

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 It's hard to think of Saul

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 as a redeemed character in Scripture.

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 But Saul didn't have the fear of the Lord

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 like David did.

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 David feared the Lord above all else.

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 And so we see this play out

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 in this middle section here.

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 And so there's, again, two parts.

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 Verses 8 to 10 and 11 through 14.

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 8 to 10 is telling of the good of the Lord.

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 And 11 to 14 is encouragement

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 to fear God and keep his ways.

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 What does this have to do

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 with what we just shared before?

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 Well, we'll get to that.

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 The first part is confidence

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 in God's goodness.

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 Let's read in 8 to 10.

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 Oh, taste and see

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 that the Lord is good.

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 Blessed is the man

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 who takes refuge in him.

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 Oh, fear the Lord,

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 you his saints,

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 for those who fear him

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 have no lack.

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 The young lions suffer want and hunger,

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 but those who seek the Lord

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 lack no good thing.

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 He is wanting you,

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 and I am wanting you

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 to know and experience the Lord.

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 I don't want you just to have

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 knowledge about the Lord.

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 I don't want you just to read your Bible

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 and to know all the things

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 about theology.

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 I want you to know the Lord

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 and experience him.

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 Know him in a relationship.

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 Not just as a God out there,

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 an abstract idea.

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 God is a person

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 who you can know

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 and have a relationship with you.

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 And that's what David wants for you.

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 That's what I want for you,

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 to know the Lord

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 and experience the Lord.

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 And he wants you to know,

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 and I want you to know,

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 that you will lack

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 no good thing.

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 Isn't that a really interesting phrase

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 that you will lack

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 no good thing?

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 Fear the Lord.

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 Those who fear him

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 have no lack.

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 I think it's hard for us

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 to think that way, right?

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 We'll lack no good thing

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 because there's lots of good out there,

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 and I want some of that,

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 but I don't seem to get it.

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 Right?

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 You don't always get

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 the thing that you want.

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 The thing that seems good,

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 and in Scripture,

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 it says it's good,

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 but I don't get it.

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 Why don't I get it?

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 Well, because not every good thing

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 out there,

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 even when it's a good thing to desire,

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 maybe you're single,

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 you want to be married,

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 that's a good desire.

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 Maybe you want a better job.

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 It's a good desire.

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 What is the good thing

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 that you want

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 and you don't have?

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 You lack no good thing.

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 How does that work together?

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 Well, God is sovereign.

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 He knows what you need.

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 And sometimes we want things

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 that if we got them,

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 wouldn't necessarily work out

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 in our favor.

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 He knows that you need to grow

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 as a person.

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 He knows that you need patience.

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 He knows that you need to trust Him.

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 If everything in your life

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 always went the way that you wanted,

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 you wouldn't have any mind for God.

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 You wouldn't seek Him at all.

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 I'm confident of that.

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 Because when things are going well,

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 that's when so often

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 we're not seeking God.

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 It's in those trials

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 that we often meet God,

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 that we experience God.

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 And so even though the trials

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 and the difficulties

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 and troubles of this life

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 are not fun,

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 they're where we meet God so often.

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 And David has this testimony.

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 And I'll tell you a little testimony

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 in a little bit too

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 of similar.

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 But before that,

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 let's get to the second part

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 of this section.

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 Exhorting you to fear God,

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 to repent,

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 to stay away from evil,

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 and to seek peace and truth.

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 Verse 11 says,

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 Come, O children, listen to me.

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 I will teach you to fear the Lord.

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 What man is there

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 who desires life

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 and loves many days

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 that he may see good?

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 Keep your tongue from evil

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 and your lips from speaking deceit.

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 Turn away from evil and do good.

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 Seek peace and pursue it.

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 You see, He's teaching us

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 to fear the Lord.

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 That might be a strange term

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 for some,

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 fearing the Lord.

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 Fear's not good.

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 That doesn't feel good to fear.

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 But fear,

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 when we talk about fear of the Lord,

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 it's a respect for the Lord.

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 A proper fear of authority.

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 Not one where you're running away

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 and cowering before Him.

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 One where you're respecting

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 His mightiness.

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 God is big.

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 Bigger than you can imagine.

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 And so we must fear Him.

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 And He's telling us

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 how to fear Him

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 as He lists out the ways

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 in verse 13 and 14.

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 Keep your tongue from evil.

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 That's how to fear the Lord.

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 And your lips from speaking deceit.

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 Don't lie.

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 That's how to fear the Lord.

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 Turn away from evil and do good.

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 That's how to fear the Lord.

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 And if you fear Lord,

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 you will seek peace and pursue it.

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 This is how to fear the Lord.

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 And so,

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 tasting of the goodness of God

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 involves turning away from sin

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 and turning towards God.

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 Now, there's maybe a common illustration

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 that a lot of people give

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 where, you know,

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 if you eat too much junk food

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 and candy

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 right before dinner,

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 then you get to dinner.

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 And even though dinner

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 is maybe your favorite dish,

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 you can't eat much of it

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 because you've filled yourself on junk.

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 And the junk tastes good at the time,

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 but you're left feeling pretty rotten afterward

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 if you don't have a good meal.

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 And I'm not saying you can't skip meals

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 and just have ice cream sometimes.

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 That's great.

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 But, right?

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 If we fill ourselves with junk,

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 our appetite for a real meal

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 becomes less.

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 We just don't have it.

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 And so that's why

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 as we turn into adults, right,

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 we have to get good habits

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 to feed ourselves properly

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 and not just eat junk food all the time.

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 There was a time in my life

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 when I was a Christian

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 and in high school

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 and in college,

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 I wanted a good thing, right?

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 I wanted to be married.

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 I wanted to find a girl

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 and get married.

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 It's a good desire.

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 And I didn't actually put this together

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 until yesterday.

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 Hold on.

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 I had reflected on this time

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 a number of times

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 and recognized my folly in that situation

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 because what I would do

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 is I'd get into a relationship

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 and my fear would take over.

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 My fear of not getting the good thing.

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 Right?

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 And so I'd pursue a girl

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 and we'd get into a relationship

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 and there'd be,

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 as every relationship,

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 there'd be trouble.

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 But my fear

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 would put kind of a stranglehold

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 on the girl.

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 She'd feel like,

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 like I wanted this too much

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 and she didn't want to have anything

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 to do with that.

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 And then that relationship would end

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 and I would be heartbroken

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 and then another relationship

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 would pop up

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 and I'd do the same thing again.

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 And then that relationship would end

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 and I'd be heartbroken

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 and then there would be another relationship

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 which I did the same thing again.

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 You'd think I'd learn by the second time,

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 but no.

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 No.

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 And I went through much,

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 much heartache

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 because my fear

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 was controlling

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:57.279
 how I worked out those relationships.

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:59.900
 And my fear of the Lord

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:01.980
 kind of took a back seat

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:04.839
 to my fear

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:07.099
 of not getting this good thing.

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:11.319
 And so I went through

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.899
 much, much heartache.

00:27:13.439 --> 00:27:15.799
 I hope you don't have to go through that.

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.879
 And I'm sure your circumstances

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:19.319
 are much different than mine.

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:23.819
 But I think if we take a look

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.679
 at our lives

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.240
 and see

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.899
 what are we fearing

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:27.819
 that we're not getting

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.919
 a fear of missing out, right?

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.359
 FOMO.

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.959
 That's a, you know,

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:33.079
 a term these days.

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:36.159
 We're fearing not getting

00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:37.379
 the good thing.

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.699
 And so that overrides

00:27:39.699 --> 00:27:41.759
 our fear of the Lord,

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.980
 our respect for the Lord,

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:44.259
 our putting Lord

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:48.259
 on a higher priority.

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.960
 And it wasn't until

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:53.859
 I had finally come to the end of myself

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.439
 and said,

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:55.799
 Lord,

00:27:56.679 --> 00:28:00.079
 I'm not accomplishing this

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.939
 in my own strength.

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:02.939
 I'm not able to do that

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:04.980
 because every time I try

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.580
 and every time I try

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.620
 to make it happen,

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.740
 I ended up,

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.559
 I ended up ruining it.

00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:14.080
 So I'm trying on my own strength.

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.840
 I'm not trusting

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:16.320
 that God would provide

00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:17.200
 a wife for me.

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:18.960
 And no,

00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:20.440
 God doesn't always provide

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.480
 everything that you desire,

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.160
 every good thing

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.980
 that you desire.

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.240
 But God was really,

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:27.360
 really gracious to me.

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.960
 After I had prayed that prayer,

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.720
 I don't know how long

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.220
 it was after,

00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:31.360
 but it wasn't really

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:32.320
 in the grand scheme of things.

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:34.179
 It was not that long after

00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:37.439
 that I met Megan,

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.240
 my wife.

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:42.519
 But this time in the relationship,

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:46.859
 I prayed over and over,

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.000
 Lord,

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:51.799
 would I have open hands for this?

00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:53.059
 If this is from you,

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.700
 provide for it.

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.480
 But if it's not,

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.299
 I'm okay with that.

00:28:57.299 --> 00:29:00.879
 And so through the whole relationship,

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.319
 praying,

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:05.799
 not trying to accomplish it

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.680
 in my own strength,

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:09.879
 not fearing that I wouldn't get

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.799
 this good thing

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.980
 over the fear of the Lord,

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:14.319
 but putting the fear of the Lord

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:16.379
 as top priority

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.720
 in the relationship.

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.539
 And we've been married

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:22.159
 for 18 years.

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.859
 That's only part

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:29.359
 of the taste and see

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:30.159
 God's goodness,

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.500
 though.

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.940
 The other part

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.740
 is that we put

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:35.159
 the fear of the Lord,

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:38.079
 and so we

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:40.259
 turn away from evil

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.139
 and do good.

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.579
 What does that mean for me?

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:44.639
 Well,

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.419
 I have to be careful

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:47.799
 with this kind of illustration,

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.319
 but

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:51.939
 it means a lot of sacrifice.

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:59.759
 We have three kids of our own,

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:01.720
 as Matt mentioned,

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.379
 and,

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.259
 you know,

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:05.899
 that comes with its own trial.

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:07.179
 You who have kids

00:30:07.179 --> 00:30:07.539
 or have,

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.240
 you know,

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:10.019
 babysat kids

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.759
 or anything like that,

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.079
 you know,

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:12.199
 kids can be difficult.

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:14.960
 And our youngest kid

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.960
 has autism,

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:18.099
 so it's an extra difficulty.

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.539
 Some days are better

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.960
 than others.

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:21.899
 This day,

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.439
 this morning,

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.399
 actually was one of his

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:24.299
 harder times.

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.939
 At church,

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:27.019
 he just had a hard time

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:28.500
 as a sacrifice

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.000
 for Megan

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.659
 and for me

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:31.539
 to care for him.

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:32.879
 Now,

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.960
 why would we,

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.159
 on top of that,

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.419
 go and foster

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:37.659
 two other kids

00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:39.439
 and try to adopt them?

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:41.000
 One three years old,

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.119
 one six years old.

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.980
 Well,

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.539
 it's not because

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.539
 I want an easy life,

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.220
 that's for sure.

00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:49.740
 We feel like God

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.839
 is calling us

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:52.639
 to adopt.

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:55.319
 It's not because,

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.899
 you know,

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.960
 I just want

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:59.699
 more kids.

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.679
 I actually wanted

00:31:00.679 --> 00:31:01.419
 three kids

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:02.000
 and I was happy

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.500
 with that.

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.199
 Megan wanted

00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:04.460
 four or five

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.879
 and so here we are

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.659
 with five now.

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.200
 No,

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.920
 it's great.

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:12.840
 But let me tell you,

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:16.200
 this is the life

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:17.640
 that I kind of

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.380
 had mapped out

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:19.019
 for myself.

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.800
 And in fact,

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:21.360
 there are lots of things

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:22.279
 about my life

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.779
 that I,

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.440
 this isn't really

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.420
 exactly how I

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.580
 had planned it.

00:31:27.040 --> 00:31:28.060
 I'm a pastor,

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.460
 right?

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.720
 But I have a full-time job.

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.900
 My pastoring,

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:33.140
 I actually don't get paid for.

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.940
 And I'm okay with that.

00:31:35.020 --> 00:31:35.280
 Why?

00:31:36.300 --> 00:31:37.740
 I'm okay with sacrificing

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.920
 hours of my time

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.680
 pastoring.

00:31:40.520 --> 00:31:41.240
 Why?

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:46.380
 Because God is good.

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:49.680
 Sacrificing for God,

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:51.120
 for other people.

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:53.180
 It doesn't lead

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.420
 to an easy life,

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.100
 that's for sure.

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:56.240
 But it leads

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:58.280
 to joy and fulfillment.

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.220
 And I want you

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.700
 to taste and see

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.740
 like I have.

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:03.519
 joy and fulfillment.

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.240
 And so,

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.500
 even though my life

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:07.359
 is not easy

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.460
 and involves

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.440
 much sacrifice

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.039
 and Megan

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.579
 sacrifices much

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.319
 as well,

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:14.279
 our lives

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.579
 are full of joy.

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:17.140
 And yes,

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.720
 there might be

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.339
 afflictions,

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.279
 there might be troubles.

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.779
 When we face those,

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.140
 when the Lord

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:24.079
 is with us,

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.140
 wow,

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.859
 it's good.

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.880
 I have joy.

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:30.480
 I have much joy.

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:32.099
 And I have much fulfillment

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:33.940
 because of what God

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:36.319
 has done in my life.

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:38.819
 Not an easy life.

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:41.140
 Not a coasting life.

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:46.620
 But one of sacrifice

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.799
 for God.

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:52.039
 That's where my joy is.

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:54.299
 For God.

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.980
 And so,

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:57.379
 when we repent

00:32:57.379 --> 00:32:58.680
 and seek the Lord,

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.399
 not only will we

00:33:00.399 --> 00:33:01.460
 know God,

00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:03.460
 but we'll experience Him.

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.559
 And not only that,

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.859
 but we can take a hold

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.619
 of His promise

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.539
 to care for you

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.740
 so that in the times

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.220
 of trials,

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:10.119
 in the times

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:10.799
 of troubles,

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.799
 God will be with you.

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:16.579
 And God will care for you.

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.559
 And you can know

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.980
 that God will care for you

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:20.240
 because He has told you

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:22.440
 He will care for you.

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:24.100
 And so,

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.880
 my last point,

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:27.019
 Yahweh cares for those

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.820
 who seek Him.

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.160
 Seek the Lord

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:32.080
 and He will care for you.

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:33.779
 Now,

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.440
 a lot of times

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.440
 we bring kind of

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.279
 our theology

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.620
 to a psalm like this

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.320
 and miss that

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:40.740
 the righteous here

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:42.960
 doesn't just speak

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.600
 about Jesus,

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:43.860
 right?

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.840
 In verse 15

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.440
 and 17

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.680
 and 19,

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.860
 the righteous,

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.680
 who is righteous?

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:52.600
 Romans and Psalm 14

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:53.220
 and 53

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.380
 and many other places

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:54.779
 in the Bible

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.240
 tell us

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.440
 no one is righteous.

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:57.400
 No, not one.

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.279
 So, okay,

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.820
 this part doesn't apply to us.

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.039
 Sorry.

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:03.920
 I'll just close the Bible

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.759
 and we'll be done.

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.019
 First,

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.800
 we have to understand

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.500
 the psalm.

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:12.119
 As the author wrote it

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.440
 and the audience

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.039
 might have heard it,

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.000
 the righteous here

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.740
 includes David.

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:17.519
 He's referring to himself.

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.579
 He's the righteous one.

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:21.559
 In the context

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.559
 of the psalm,

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:24.500
 he's not changing topics

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.159
 all of a sudden.

00:34:25.319 --> 00:34:26.599
 He's keeping with a theme.

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.920
 It's also those

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.779
 who fear him,

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.980
 those who seek him,

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.759
 those are the righteous.

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.019
 And throughout

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.659
 all the Old Testament,

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.360
 David knew,

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.179
 the prophets knew,

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:41.079
 the patriarchs knew,

00:34:41.319 --> 00:34:42.119
 everyone knew

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:43.059
 that they sinned.

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.199
 They are not righteous.

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.799
 They knew this.

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:50.019
 But Genesis says,

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:50.300
 right,

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:52.200
 Abraham believed

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:53.240
 and it was credited

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.860
 to him

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.460
 as righteousness.

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:57.420
 All throughout

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.519
 the Bible,

00:34:59.260 --> 00:35:00.220
 how God deals

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.720
 with us,

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.460
 how God deals

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.320
 with his people

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.480
 is grace.

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.539
 Now,

00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:05.320
 David didn't know

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:06.840
 how it all worked out,

00:35:07.060 --> 00:35:08.519
 but he's trusting God.

00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:10.760
 God calls him righteous

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.700
 because he has faith,

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.480
 because he seeks

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.019
 the Lord,

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.180
 because he fears

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.739
 the Lord.

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:15.579
 And so,

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.699
 now when we read

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.599
 this section again,

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.519
 keep this in mind.

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.119
 The righteous

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:20.639
 is for those

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.099
 who you,

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:23.299
 it's including you,

00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:24.339
 if you fear the Lord,

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.239
 if you're seeking

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.779
 the Lord,

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:28.519
 then you're part of this.

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.019
 Verse 15,

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:32.119
 the eyes of the Lord

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:33.079
 are toward the righteous

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.960
 and his ears

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:35.659
 towards their cry.

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:37.579
 The face of the Lord

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.599
 is against those

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.339
 who do evil

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:40.739
 to cut off the memory

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:42.219
 of them from the earth.

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.919
 When the righteous

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:44.039
 cry for help,

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:45.359
 the Lord hears

00:35:45.359 --> 00:35:46.579
 and delivers them

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:48.299
 out of all

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:49.119
 their troubles.

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.539
 Yahweh is near

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.460
 to the brokenhearted

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.159
 and saves

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:53.019
 the crushed

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:54.579
 in spirit.

00:35:56.899 --> 00:35:58.599
 Many are the afflictions

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.139
 of the righteous,

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:01.019
 but the Lord

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.919
 delivers him

00:36:01.919 --> 00:36:02.879
 out of them all.

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.639
 He keeps all his bones.

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:05.460
 Not one of them

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.899
 is broken.

00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:07.440
 Affliction will slay

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.799
 the wicked

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.599
 and those who hate

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.059
 the righteous

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:10.119
 will be condemned.

00:36:10.819 --> 00:36:12.099
 Yahweh redeems

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.699
 the life

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.659
 of his servants.

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.980
 None of those

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.739
 who take refuge

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.219
 in him

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:17.960
 will be condemned.

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.719
 Now,

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.799
 before we apply

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:24.199
 this to Jesus,

00:36:24.359 --> 00:36:24.500
 right,

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.319
 we know Jesus

00:36:25.319 --> 00:36:26.619
 is the righteous one,

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.539
 but let's

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.859
 hold off on that.

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:32.039
 If you're Israel,

00:36:32.399 --> 00:36:33.059
 how are you

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:34.480
 receiving this psalm?

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.819
 If you're hearing this,

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.119
 you don't know

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.019
 about Jesus coming.

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.319
 You haven't experienced

00:36:39.319 --> 00:36:39.779
 that yet.

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:41.040
 But if the eyes

00:36:41.040 --> 00:36:41.620
 of Yahweh

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:42.240
 are towards

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.760
 the righteous,

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:43.880
 his ears are

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.880
 toward them,

00:36:45.060 --> 00:36:46.160
 he hears their cry,

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:47.140
 he delivers them

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:48.420
 from out of all

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.400
 of their troubles,

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:52.940
 then I want to be

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:54.019
 part of the righteous.

00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:55.660
 I want to be

00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:56.820
 included there.

00:36:57.080 --> 00:36:58.980
 Don't you want to be

00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:00.500
 one who God

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.519
 hears you cry?

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:03.980
 You want to be

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:05.019
 one who God

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.099
 delivers you

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.659
 from out of

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.460
 all your troubles.

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.059
 And so,

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:11.719
 what are we to do?

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.019
 Well,

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:13.159
 we can't achieve

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.639
 righteousness,

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.159
 right?

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.699
 But look at the psalm

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.119
 itself,

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.800
 verse 22.

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.719
 It gives us a clue.

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.679
 The Lord redeems

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.719
 the life of his servants.

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.599
 None of those

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.420
 who take refuge

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:23.019
 in him

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:24.320
 will be condemned.

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:25.780
 So,

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.180
 like I said,

00:37:26.240 --> 00:37:26.860
 David didn't know

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.460
 how this all

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.059
 worked out,

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:28.960
 nor Israel,

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:29.960
 they didn't know

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:31.080
 how it all worked out,

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:33.000
 but they trusted God.

00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:34.360
 They took refuge

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.539
 in God.

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.400
 You're not going

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.039
 to be condemned

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:43.600
 if you take refuge

00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:44.000
 in God,

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.940
 if you seek him.

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.780
 Now we get to Christ.

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.700
 How does Christ

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:51.360
 fit in here?

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.200
 And how do we

00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:53.519
 fit in here?

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:55.620
 Well,

00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:57.440
 Christ is here.

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.380
 As we see

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:59.820
 in verse 20,

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:02.720
 God keeps all his bones.

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.400
 Not one of them

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.860
 is broken.

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.559
 Is God promising

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.700
 you'll never break a bone?

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.340
 Do Christians

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:09.340
 never break bones?

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.700
 No,

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.840
 I don't think

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:15.440
 that's the application

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.059
 here.

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.059
 So,

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:18.600
 what is verse 20?

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.360
 Verse 20

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.160
 is a testimony

00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:20.900
 of David.

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:22.140
 David's on the run

00:38:22.140 --> 00:38:22.660
 from Saul.

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:23.660
 He's seeking

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.859
 refuge,

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.859
 running away

00:38:25.859 --> 00:38:26.759
 from an army

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:27.759
 that's dead set

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.460
 against him.

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.719
 Not one of his bones

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.119
 are broken.

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.759
 You know,

00:38:34.819 --> 00:38:35.480
 if David

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.699
 was running away

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:37.559
 from an army,

00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:38.739
 if he had broken

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.139
 a bone,

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.399
 right,

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.119
 he would have been

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:41.179
 in serious trouble.

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.039
 And I think

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.559
 it's a little bit

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.239
 more serious

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:44.659
 in their day and age

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:46.199
 than modern day,

00:38:46.339 --> 00:38:46.500
 right?

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.159
 They have casts

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:48.299
 and all that good stuff

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:48.639
 now.

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.599
 they didn't quite

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.239
 have the medical

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:52.219
 technology that we

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.960
 have back then.

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:53.980
 Breaking a bone

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.759
 was a serious

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.259
 problem.

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.839
 But more than that,

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:59.159
 this is also

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:00.619
 a prophecy.

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:02.319
 It's a prophecy

00:39:02.319 --> 00:39:03.000
 of Jesus.

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.519
 You don't have to

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.379
 turn there with me,

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:09.799
 but in John 19,

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:11.099
 it speaks about this.

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:17.940
 verse,

00:39:18.279 --> 00:39:19.059
 so this is

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.920
 John 19,

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.420
 31.

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.500
 Since it was

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.440
 a day of preparation,

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.679
 this is Christ

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.299
 on the cross,

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:26.739
 he's dying,

00:39:27.299 --> 00:39:27.539
 right?

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.759
 Since it was

00:39:28.759 --> 00:39:29.819
 a day of preparation,

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.799
 and so the bodies

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:31.539
 would not remain

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.179
 on the cross

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:32.779
 on the Sabbath,

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.420
 for the Sabbath

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:35.059
 was a high day,

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.719
 the Jews

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.619
 asked Pilate

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.360
 that their legs

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.239
 might be broken,

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:39.099
 that they

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:40.759
 may be taken away.

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:41.720
 So the soldiers

00:39:41.720 --> 00:39:42.380
 came and broke

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:43.580
 the legs of the first

00:39:43.580 --> 00:39:44.600
 and the other

00:39:44.600 --> 00:39:45.220
 who had been

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:45.980
 crucified with them.

00:39:46.160 --> 00:39:46.200
 Remember,

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:47.200
 Christ is on the cross

00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:48.300
 with two others.

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.840
 But when they came

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:52.040
 to Jesus and saw

00:39:52.040 --> 00:39:53.080
 that he was already

00:39:53.080 --> 00:39:53.600
 dead,

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.940
 they did not

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:56.860
 break his legs.

00:39:58.100 --> 00:39:58.760
 But one of the

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.480
 soldiers pierced

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.540
 his side with a spear,

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:01.740
 and at once there

00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:02.420
 came out blood

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:02.940
 and water.

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.620
 He who saw it

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:05.480
 was born witness.

00:40:05.600 --> 00:40:06.620
 His testimony is true,

00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:07.160
 and he knows

00:40:07.160 --> 00:40:07.800
 that he is telling

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.220
 the truth,

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.240
 that you also

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:09.940
 may believe.

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:11.360
 For these things

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:11.880
 took place

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.460
 that the Scripture

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:13.580
 might be fulfilled.

00:40:14.120 --> 00:40:15.200
 Not one of his bones

00:40:15.200 --> 00:40:15.920
 will be broken.

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.920
 And again,

00:40:17.080 --> 00:40:17.660
 another Scripture

00:40:17.660 --> 00:40:18.060
 says,

00:40:18.160 --> 00:40:18.700
 they will look

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:19.260
 on him

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:20.660
 whom they

00:40:20.660 --> 00:40:21.620
 have pierced.

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:24.200
 Christ

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:27.140
 died on the cross

00:40:27.140 --> 00:40:29.660
 for our sin,

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:31.300
 for your sin.

00:40:33.100 --> 00:40:34.020
 But not one

00:40:34.020 --> 00:40:34.760
 of his bones

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.520
 were broken.

00:40:36.620 --> 00:40:37.320
 He was pierced

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:37.920
 on the side

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:40.740
 for your sin.

00:40:42.680 --> 00:40:43.539
 We can know

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.300
 this is true.

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:46.180
 There's eyewitness

00:40:46.180 --> 00:40:47.420
 testimony of it.

00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:51.960
 And so,

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.740
 this is how

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.539
 it works out.

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.680
 That we can

00:40:55.680 --> 00:40:56.840
 seek refuge in God

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.600
 because he has

00:40:57.600 --> 00:40:58.620
 taken our sin

00:40:58.620 --> 00:41:00.260
 on the cross.

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:02.300
 and now

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:03.180
 we can be forgiven

00:41:03.180 --> 00:41:04.220
 because he wipes

00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:05.360
 our slate clean.

00:41:07.160 --> 00:41:08.180
 So those of you

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:09.260
 who seek God,

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:10.500
 you're free from danger,

00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:11.660
 free from real danger.

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:12.580
 The real danger,

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:14.060
 sin.

00:41:16.140 --> 00:41:16.960
 You won't be

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.380
 overcome

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:18.540
 by evil.

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:18.900
 No.

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.820
 Because your sin

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:22.220
 has been taken care of.

00:41:23.180 --> 00:41:24.680
 Many are your afflictions.

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:24.940
 You have

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.800
 verse 19,

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:27.340
 Yahweh delivers

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:28.940
 you out of them all.

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:30.200
 How can that be true?

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.079
 It's because

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:33.159
 this life is not

00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:34.360
 all that there is.

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:36.980
 Living a life

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.840
 for Jesus,

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:40.000
 it really is

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:41.019
 living your best

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.639
 life now,

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.659
 but it's not free

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:44.840
 from difficulty

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.539
 and trouble.

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:48.579
 But it will be joy.

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.619
 It will be filled

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:50.139
 with joy.

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:51.820
 It will be fulfilling.

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.760
 And life,

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:55.000
 life is but a blink

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:56.360
 compared to eternity.

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.059
 And I know

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:58.000
 that's hard to think

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.579
 of right now.

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:59.380
 As you work

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:00.860
 day to day

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.759
 and as you go

00:42:01.759 --> 00:42:02.440
 through life

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:03.340
 and difficulties

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:03.900
 are there

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.900
 and day after day

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.699
 you struggle

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:06.699
 with faith

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:07.519
 and you struggle

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.259
 not to doubt

00:42:08.259 --> 00:42:09.380
 is God good?

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.119
 Is He there?

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.360
 I don't feel like

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:12.539
 He hears my cry.

00:42:13.759 --> 00:42:14.639
 I feel like

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.480
 I'm never going to

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.440
 get out of this

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:17.139
 trouble.

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:20.019
 Or once I get

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.619
 out of that trouble

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:21.619
 just another trouble

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.400
 comes by.

00:42:24.799 --> 00:42:25.539
 It's hard

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.960
 when your family

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.760
 and your friends

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:28.679
 they don't approve

00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:29.920
 of your religion.

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:31.039
 They don't approve

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:32.119
 of your beliefs.

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:34.079
 It's hard

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.980
 when the world

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:36.179
 thinks that your beliefs

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:37.460
 are ugly

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:39.119
 and they're intolerant.

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.699
 And there

00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:42.980
 are many more

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.539
 difficulties

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:44.380
 in this life

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:45.000
 and some of those

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:46.000
 difficulties are shared

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:47.920
 by non-Christians,

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:48.079
 right?

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:49.019
 Everybody experiences

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:50.280
 difficulties in this life.

00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:51.800
 But there's also

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:52.840
 some extra ones

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:54.040
 because you're

00:42:54.040 --> 00:42:54.500
 a Christian.

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:56.140
 If you believe

00:42:56.140 --> 00:42:57.100
 you will

00:42:57.100 --> 00:42:58.900
 have difficulties.

00:42:59.080 --> 00:42:59.640
 You'll experience

00:42:59.640 --> 00:43:00.480
 afflictions.

00:43:01.600 --> 00:43:01.980
 But I think

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.760
 American Christians

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.560
 in general

00:43:03.560 --> 00:43:05.200
 I think we just

00:43:05.200 --> 00:43:05.620
 don't know

00:43:05.620 --> 00:43:06.280
 how to suffer

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.900
 very well,

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.160
 right?

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:09.400
 We're angry

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:10.220
 when we're

00:43:10.220 --> 00:43:11.080
 inconvenienced.

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.740
 We feel

00:43:12.740 --> 00:43:13.519
 persecuted

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:15.380
 and criticized

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:16.780
 even when it's

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:17.720
 not really about

00:43:17.720 --> 00:43:18.460
 our faith

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:19.220
 but because we're

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:20.099
 a jerk.

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:23.099
 We feel

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:23.980
 alarmed

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.639
 and we feel

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:25.399
 hopeless

00:43:25.399 --> 00:43:26.839
 when the world

00:43:26.839 --> 00:43:27.599
 surprisingly

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:28.639
 doesn't share

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:29.519
 our values.

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:31.299
 Right?

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:33.679
 The world

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:35.319
 is going to act

00:43:35.319 --> 00:43:36.359
 like the world.

00:43:37.799 --> 00:43:38.859
 And it can be

00:43:38.859 --> 00:43:39.439
 disheartening.

00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:39.980
 I'm not

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:41.459
 making light of that.

00:43:44.799 --> 00:43:46.019
 But the thought

00:43:46.019 --> 00:43:46.599
 of heaven

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:48.039
 and eternity

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:49.119
 I think for

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:49.860
 American Christians

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:50.800
 especially

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:53.360
 when we think

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:54.019
 about heaven

00:43:54.019 --> 00:43:54.800
 and eternity

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:55.880
 it's not

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.599
 hope filled.

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.199
 We're scared

00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:57.579
 of it.

00:43:59.099 --> 00:43:59.820
 I've heard

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:01.179
 so many people

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:02.340
 so many Christians

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:03.420
 think about heaven

00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:03.900
 oh that

00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:05.079
 what are we

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.460
 going to do

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:06.279
 for eternity?

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:07.000
 That just seems

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.759
 kind of boring.

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:10.340
 Heaven is

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:11.519
 supposed to be

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:13.259
 out there

00:44:13.259 --> 00:44:13.619
 for us.

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:14.079
 Eternity

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.940
 looking forward

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:15.199
 to that.

00:44:15.259 --> 00:44:15.639
 It's supposed

00:44:15.639 --> 00:44:16.359
 to give us

00:44:16.359 --> 00:44:17.099
 hope.

00:44:18.319 --> 00:44:18.900
 It's not

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.179
 going to be

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:19.420
 boring.

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:19.859
 I tell you

00:44:19.859 --> 00:44:20.480
 I guarantee

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:21.019
 you heaven

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:21.559
 will not

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:22.159
 be boring.

00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:23.559
 Heaven's

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:23.900
 going to be

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:24.400
 wonderful.

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:24.759
 Think of

00:44:24.759 --> 00:44:25.159
 the best

00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:25.900
 things in

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.519
 this life.

00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:26.859
 They're

00:44:26.859 --> 00:44:27.000
 going to

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:28.179
 be a

00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:28.940
 million times

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:29.259
 better.

00:44:29.359 --> 00:44:29.839
 Infinitely

00:44:29.839 --> 00:44:30.719
 better in

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:31.079
 heaven.

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:31.739
 I think

00:44:31.739 --> 00:44:32.179
 we're going

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:32.779
 to sing

00:44:32.779 --> 00:44:33.440
 in heaven.

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:33.879
 I think

00:44:33.879 --> 00:44:34.559
 maybe we'll

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:35.019
 have even

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:35.759
 jobs in

00:44:35.759 --> 00:44:36.139
 heaven but

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:36.420
 we don't

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:37.139
 have to

00:44:37.139 --> 00:44:37.940
 earn money

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:38.239
 in order

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:38.599
 to feed

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:39.000
 ourselves.

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:39.319
 We can

00:44:39.319 --> 00:44:40.440
 work in

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:40.819
 the garden

00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:41.200
 or something

00:44:41.200 --> 00:44:41.660
 like that.

00:44:42.420 --> 00:44:42.760
 Maybe you

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.100
 don't like

00:44:43.100 --> 00:44:43.620
 gardening but

00:44:43.620 --> 00:44:45.280
 I'm hoping

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:45.539
 there will

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:46.559
 be tech

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:46.960
 in heaven

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:47.320
 still.

00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:48.039
 Maybe there

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.220
 will be

00:44:48.220 --> 00:44:48.620
 an internet

00:44:48.620 --> 00:44:49.500
 still but

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:49.760
 it won't

00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:50.300
 go down

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:50.620
 at all.

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.480
 I don't

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:53.620
 know.

00:44:53.680 --> 00:44:53.900
 I don't

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.039
 know what

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:54.240
 it's going

00:44:54.240 --> 00:44:54.400
 to be

00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:55.120
 like but

00:44:55.120 --> 00:44:55.400
 it's going

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:55.580
 to be

00:44:55.580 --> 00:44:55.940
 good.

00:44:57.120 --> 00:44:57.840
 Trust God.

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.360
 It's going

00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:58.620
 to be

00:44:58.620 --> 00:44:59.120
 good.

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.660
 We can

00:44:59.660 --> 00:45:00.320
 look forward

00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:01.180
 to it so

00:45:01.180 --> 00:45:01.660
 that this

00:45:01.660 --> 00:45:02.220
 life even

00:45:02.220 --> 00:45:02.660
 if it's

00:45:02.660 --> 00:45:03.100
 full of

00:45:03.100 --> 00:45:03.820
 troubles even

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.400
 though we're

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:05.260
 afflicted with

00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:07.160
 troubles taste

00:45:07.160 --> 00:45:07.900
 and see that

00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:08.740
 God is good

00:45:08.740 --> 00:45:09.820
 and not just

00:45:09.820 --> 00:45:10.180
 out there

00:45:10.180 --> 00:45:10.559
 someday.

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:11.680
 But today

00:45:11.680 --> 00:45:12.680
 taste and

00:45:12.680 --> 00:45:13.160
 see that

00:45:13.160 --> 00:45:13.720
 God is

00:45:13.720 --> 00:45:14.059
 good.

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.760
 But here's

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:18.019
 why.

00:45:18.120 --> 00:45:18.559
 Here's why

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:19.300
 I think we

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:20.120
 especially as

00:45:20.120 --> 00:45:20.420
 American

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:20.920
 Christians

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:22.880
 struggle with

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.320
 these kinds

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:23.800
 of things.

00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:24.860
 We have

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:25.640
 lost our

00:45:25.640 --> 00:45:27.080
 identity in

00:45:27.080 --> 00:45:27.720
 Christ when

00:45:27.720 --> 00:45:28.120
 the heat

00:45:28.120 --> 00:45:28.640
 is on.

00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:31.440
 We don't

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:32.240
 identify with

00:45:32.240 --> 00:45:33.300
 Christ when

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:33.559
 the heat

00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:33.760
 is on.

00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:34.100
 When there's

00:45:34.100 --> 00:45:34.680
 difficulties

00:45:34.680 --> 00:45:36.340
 we think

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:38.380
 this is so

00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:38.720
 difficult.

00:45:39.280 --> 00:45:39.880
 I'm going

00:45:39.880 --> 00:45:40.280
 to cry out

00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:40.600
 to God

00:45:40.600 --> 00:45:41.980
 but we

00:45:41.980 --> 00:45:42.420
 don't see

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:44.340
 that Christ

00:45:44.340 --> 00:45:44.680
 is our

00:45:44.680 --> 00:45:45.100
 brother.

00:45:46.720 --> 00:45:47.440
 God is

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:48.180
 our father.

00:45:48.580 --> 00:45:49.240
 He cares

00:45:49.240 --> 00:45:49.740
 for you.

00:45:51.200 --> 00:45:51.980
 He's near.

00:45:54.040 --> 00:45:54.519
 And because

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:54.940
 you are

00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:55.740
 identified with

00:45:55.740 --> 00:45:56.260
 Christ if you

00:45:56.260 --> 00:45:56.980
 are a believer

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:59.019
 God's

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.620
 surrounding

00:45:59.620 --> 00:46:01.040
 you with

00:46:01.040 --> 00:46:01.840
 love.

00:46:02.660 --> 00:46:03.140
 And he is

00:46:03.140 --> 00:46:03.600
 going to

00:46:03.600 --> 00:46:04.100
 deliver you

00:46:04.100 --> 00:46:04.560
 and will

00:46:04.560 --> 00:46:05.240
 deliver you

00:46:05.240 --> 00:46:06.100
 out of all

00:46:06.100 --> 00:46:07.380
 your troubles.

00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:07.660
 us.

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:08.320
 And so

00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:08.700
 what can

00:46:08.700 --> 00:46:09.000
 we do?

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:09.500
 How can

00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:10.340
 we identify

00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:10.920
 with Christ

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:11.800
 better as

00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:12.240
 American

00:46:12.240 --> 00:46:12.860
 Christians?

00:46:14.660 --> 00:46:15.320
 Or if you're

00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:15.740
 not American

00:46:15.740 --> 00:46:16.140
 that's okay

00:46:16.140 --> 00:46:16.360
 too.

00:46:17.240 --> 00:46:18.039
 This applies.

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:20.559
 Fear the

00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:20.880
 Lord.

00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:23.240
 Fear of the

00:46:23.240 --> 00:46:23.619
 Lord will

00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:24.780
 displace fear

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:25.420
 of man.

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:26.240
 Fear of the

00:46:26.240 --> 00:46:26.880
 Lord will

00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:27.619
 displace

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:29.900
 those

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:31.000
 difficulties

00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:32.500
 and those

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:33.200
 trials.

00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:33.399
 trials.

00:46:33.819 --> 00:46:34.519
 So that

00:46:34.519 --> 00:46:35.119
 when you

00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:36.079
 walk out

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:36.500
 those

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:37.179
 trials

00:46:37.179 --> 00:46:38.539
 you can

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:39.079
 walk them

00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:39.599
 out with

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:40.379
 joy.

00:46:41.919 --> 00:46:42.719
 I actually

00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:43.399
 think I've

00:46:43.399 --> 00:46:44.099
 been thinking

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:44.519
 about this

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:45.099
 lately in

00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:45.839
 terms of the

00:46:45.839 --> 00:46:46.419
 songs that

00:46:46.419 --> 00:46:46.739
 we sing.

00:46:46.839 --> 00:46:47.159
 I'm a

00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:47.639
 worship leader

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:48.019
 at our

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.299
 church.

00:46:49.460 --> 00:46:50.019
 There's so

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:51.779
 many great

00:46:51.779 --> 00:46:52.699
 songs that

00:46:52.699 --> 00:46:53.259
 a lot of

00:46:53.259 --> 00:46:53.659
 the black

00:46:53.659 --> 00:46:54.219
 communities

00:46:54.219 --> 00:46:54.519
 sing.

00:46:54.659 --> 00:46:55.239
 They're filled

00:46:55.239 --> 00:46:56.399
 with tales

00:46:56.399 --> 00:46:57.419
 of trials

00:46:57.419 --> 00:46:58.139
 and difficulties

00:46:58.139 --> 00:46:58.839
 but the

00:46:58.839 --> 00:46:59.559
 tone of

00:46:59.559 --> 00:47:00.419
 their music

00:47:00.419 --> 00:47:01.719
 is so

00:47:01.719 --> 00:47:02.759
 much joy.

00:47:03.199 --> 00:47:05.039
 And I

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:07.000
 think it's

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:07.480
 hard to

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:09.559
 find songs

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:10.919
 that evangelical

00:47:10.919 --> 00:47:12.579
 Christians tend

00:47:12.579 --> 00:47:13.179
 to sing like

00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:14.139
 we tend to

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:15.159
 sing that

00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:16.339
 are filled

00:47:16.339 --> 00:47:17.000
 with trials

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:17.859
 admitting the

00:47:17.859 --> 00:47:18.379
 trials and

00:47:18.379 --> 00:47:19.059
 difficulties in

00:47:19.059 --> 00:47:19.679
 this life but

00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:20.399
 also filled

00:47:20.399 --> 00:47:20.939
 with joy.

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.559
 I want more

00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:22.279
 songs like

00:47:22.279 --> 00:47:22.599
 that.

00:47:23.259 --> 00:47:23.960
 And I'm

00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:24.359
 going to find

00:47:24.359 --> 00:47:24.759
 some.

00:47:24.919 --> 00:47:25.199
 I'm sure

00:47:25.199 --> 00:47:25.579
 they're out

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:25.859
 there.

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:28.219
 But it's

00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:28.980
 so good.

00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:29.419
 And I'm

00:47:29.419 --> 00:47:29.799
 going to learn

00:47:29.799 --> 00:47:30.219
 some of the

00:47:30.219 --> 00:47:30.819
 black gospel

00:47:30.819 --> 00:47:31.639
 songs too that

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:32.319
 are like that.

00:47:32.379 --> 00:47:32.679
 We already

00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:33.059
 have that

00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.480
 art church.

00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:35.699
 But that's

00:47:35.699 --> 00:47:36.139
 what life

00:47:36.139 --> 00:47:36.659
 is.

00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:37.900
 That's life

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:38.199
 as a

00:47:38.199 --> 00:47:38.579
 Christian.

00:47:39.179 --> 00:47:39.860
 It's

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:40.779
 difficulties

00:47:40.779 --> 00:47:41.599
 and troubles

00:47:41.599 --> 00:47:42.360
 and trials

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:43.799
 but joy

00:47:43.799 --> 00:47:44.719
 meets you

00:47:44.719 --> 00:47:44.960
 in the

00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:45.059
 world.

00:47:45.460 --> 00:47:45.940
 Confidence

00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:46.719
 in God.

00:47:47.199 --> 00:47:47.719
 Taste and

00:47:47.719 --> 00:47:48.159
 see that

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:48.619
 God is

00:47:48.619 --> 00:47:49.119
 good.

00:47:52.900 --> 00:47:53.900
 The eyes

00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:55.239
 of the

00:47:55.239 --> 00:47:55.699
 Lord are

00:47:55.699 --> 00:47:56.299
 towards the

00:47:56.299 --> 00:47:56.619
 righteous.

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:57.719
 And he

00:47:57.719 --> 00:47:58.900
 hears their

00:47:58.900 --> 00:47:59.420
 cry.

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:00.820
 If you're

00:48:00.820 --> 00:48:01.420
 in Christ

00:48:01.420 --> 00:48:02.580
 you're

00:48:02.580 --> 00:48:02.960
 part of

00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:03.039
 the

00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:03.300
 righteous.

00:48:03.420 --> 00:48:03.580
 He's

00:48:03.580 --> 00:48:03.960
 forgiven

00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:04.320
 you.

00:48:04.740 --> 00:48:05.780
 So his

00:48:05.780 --> 00:48:06.260
 eyes are

00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:06.780
 on you.

00:48:07.580 --> 00:48:08.500
 His ears

00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:09.300
 hear your

00:48:09.300 --> 00:48:09.880
 cry.

00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:10.840
 The face

00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:11.120
 of the

00:48:11.120 --> 00:48:11.440
 Lord is

00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:11.740
 against

00:48:11.740 --> 00:48:12.200
 those who

00:48:12.200 --> 00:48:12.960
 do evil

00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:14.000
 to cut

00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:14.320
 off the

00:48:14.320 --> 00:48:14.780
 memory of

00:48:14.780 --> 00:48:15.080
 them from

00:48:15.080 --> 00:48:15.460
 the earth.

00:48:15.740 --> 00:48:15.880
 Yeah,

00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:16.200
 you've

00:48:16.200 --> 00:48:16.840
 done evil

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:18.580
 but God

00:48:18.580 --> 00:48:19.100
 doesn't see

00:48:19.100 --> 00:48:20.960
 you like

00:48:20.960 --> 00:48:21.400
 that because

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:21.820
 of Christ.

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:22.600
 You identify

00:48:22.600 --> 00:48:23.160
 with Christ.

00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:23.880
 You're in

00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:24.280
 Christ.

00:48:24.660 --> 00:48:25.000
 So you're

00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:25.240
 not going

00:48:25.240 --> 00:48:25.600
 to be cut

00:48:25.600 --> 00:48:25.880
 off.

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:26.740
 You're not

00:48:26.740 --> 00:48:27.200
 the evil

00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:28.119
 that this

00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:28.599
 is speaking

00:48:28.599 --> 00:48:29.039
 of.

00:48:29.919 --> 00:48:30.199
 When the

00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:30.439
 righteous

00:48:30.439 --> 00:48:30.980
 cry for

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:31.239
 help,

00:48:31.559 --> 00:48:32.019
 the Lord

00:48:32.019 --> 00:48:32.679
 hears.

00:48:33.480 --> 00:48:34.139
 Because you're

00:48:34.139 --> 00:48:35.199
 in Christ

00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:35.919
 in Jesus,

00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:37.119
 the Lord

00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:37.919
 hears you.

00:48:38.799 --> 00:48:39.279
 The Lord

00:48:39.279 --> 00:48:39.819
 is near to

00:48:39.819 --> 00:48:40.239
 the broken

00:48:40.239 --> 00:48:40.859
 hearted and

00:48:40.859 --> 00:48:41.299
 saves the

00:48:41.299 --> 00:48:41.639
 crushed in

00:48:41.639 --> 00:48:41.919
 spirit.

00:48:42.099 --> 00:48:42.519
 Just think

00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:42.799
 of how

00:48:42.799 --> 00:48:43.799
 Christ dealt

00:48:43.799 --> 00:48:44.299
 with those

00:48:44.299 --> 00:48:44.819
 who were

00:48:44.819 --> 00:48:45.379
 crushed in

00:48:45.379 --> 00:48:45.579
 spirit,

00:48:45.659 --> 00:48:45.879
 who were

00:48:45.879 --> 00:48:46.339
 depressed,

00:48:46.719 --> 00:48:47.219
 who were

00:48:47.219 --> 00:48:47.739
 going through

00:48:47.739 --> 00:48:48.299
 difficulties.

00:48:48.679 --> 00:48:49.239
 He reached

00:48:49.239 --> 00:48:49.879
 down to

00:48:49.879 --> 00:48:50.460
 them every

00:48:50.460 --> 00:48:51.059
 time,

00:48:52.059 --> 00:48:52.719
 cared for

00:48:52.719 --> 00:48:53.000
 them.

00:48:53.359 --> 00:48:53.799
 That's how

00:48:53.799 --> 00:48:54.339
 he cares

00:48:54.339 --> 00:48:54.960
 for you.

00:48:57.199 --> 00:48:58.239
 Many of

00:48:58.239 --> 00:48:59.579
 the afflictions,

00:48:59.839 --> 00:49:00.939
 many are the

00:49:00.939 --> 00:49:01.500
 afflictions of

00:49:01.500 --> 00:49:01.859
 the righteous,

00:49:02.079 --> 00:49:02.299
 but the

00:49:02.299 --> 00:49:02.919
 Lord delivers

00:49:02.919 --> 00:49:03.559
 him out of

00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:04.000
 them all.

00:49:06.859 --> 00:49:07.480
 You know

00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:08.500
 who God

00:49:08.500 --> 00:49:09.179
 didn't deliver

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:10.119
 out of all

00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:11.279
 the difficulties?

00:49:12.299 --> 00:49:12.899
 Jesus.

00:49:14.379 --> 00:49:15.539
 Jesus took

00:49:15.539 --> 00:49:16.480
 our sin,

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:17.419
 all our

00:49:17.419 --> 00:49:17.899
 troubles,

00:49:18.399 --> 00:49:19.219
 on the

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:21.059
 cross so

00:49:21.059 --> 00:49:21.460
 that we

00:49:21.460 --> 00:49:21.839
 could be

00:49:21.839 --> 00:49:22.239
 forgiven.

00:49:25.879 --> 00:49:26.819
 So now

00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:27.960
 we get

00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:28.640
 to have

00:49:28.640 --> 00:49:29.200
 a clean

00:49:29.200 --> 00:49:30.240
 and forgiven

00:49:30.240 --> 00:49:31.039
 state.

00:49:32.380 --> 00:49:32.640
 And now

00:49:32.640 --> 00:49:34.320
 Jesus died.

00:49:35.580 --> 00:49:36.260
 An innocent

00:49:36.260 --> 00:49:37.200
 person died.

00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:38.220
 Jesus,

00:49:38.380 --> 00:49:38.860
 the only

00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:39.320
 innocent

00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:39.980
 person,

00:49:40.420 --> 00:49:40.760
 died.

00:49:41.019 --> 00:49:41.320
 Jesus,

00:49:41.780 --> 00:49:42.500
 our God

00:49:42.500 --> 00:49:43.160
 and Savior,

00:49:43.580 --> 00:49:44.740
 died for

00:49:44.740 --> 00:49:45.380
 our sin.

00:49:45.780 --> 00:49:45.960
 Do you

00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:46.700
 believe that?

00:49:47.220 --> 00:49:47.440
 Do you

00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:48.019
 take hold

00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:48.420
 of that?

00:49:51.140 --> 00:49:51.860
 So that

00:49:51.860 --> 00:49:52.360
 we can be

00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:52.700
 forgiven.

00:49:53.620 --> 00:49:53.840
 And the

00:49:53.840 --> 00:49:54.340
 best part

00:49:54.340 --> 00:49:55.140
 of that is

00:49:55.140 --> 00:49:55.600
 that Jesus

00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:56.299
 didn't stay

00:49:56.299 --> 00:49:56.519
 in the

00:49:56.519 --> 00:49:56.839
 grave.

00:49:57.339 --> 00:49:58.079
 He rose

00:49:58.079 --> 00:49:58.920
 from the

00:49:58.920 --> 00:50:01.360
 dead so

00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:01.779
 that we

00:50:01.779 --> 00:50:02.679
 can have

00:50:02.679 --> 00:50:03.420
 hope in

00:50:03.420 --> 00:50:03.659
 him.

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:06.039
 So

00:50:06.039 --> 00:50:06.579
 application.

00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:07.500
 How do we

00:50:07.500 --> 00:50:08.239
 apply this

00:50:08.239 --> 00:50:08.579
 psalm?

00:50:09.339 --> 00:50:09.539
 Well,

00:50:09.739 --> 00:50:09.940
 one,

00:50:10.059 --> 00:50:10.480
 obviously,

00:50:10.679 --> 00:50:11.460
 take your

00:50:11.460 --> 00:50:12.339
 troubles to

00:50:12.339 --> 00:50:12.679
 God.

00:50:12.799 --> 00:50:13.400
 Cry out to

00:50:13.400 --> 00:50:13.559
 him.

00:50:13.819 --> 00:50:14.139
 He will

00:50:14.139 --> 00:50:14.480
 give you

00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:14.920
 grace.

00:50:15.619 --> 00:50:15.900
 And so

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:16.599
 a question

00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:17.099
 for you

00:50:17.099 --> 00:50:17.679
 is how

00:50:17.679 --> 00:50:18.000
 can you

00:50:18.000 --> 00:50:18.799
 remember to

00:50:18.799 --> 00:50:19.199
 pray to

00:50:19.199 --> 00:50:19.960
 God more

00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:20.259
 in the

00:50:20.259 --> 00:50:20.759
 midst of

00:50:20.759 --> 00:50:20.940
 your

00:50:20.940 --> 00:50:21.420
 difficulties?

00:50:21.420 --> 00:50:22.420
 You know,

00:50:22.539 --> 00:50:23.260
 I experience

00:50:23.260 --> 00:50:23.599
 this the

00:50:23.599 --> 00:50:24.119
 most at

00:50:24.119 --> 00:50:24.960
 work.

00:50:25.079 --> 00:50:25.460
 I run

00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:25.659
 into

00:50:25.659 --> 00:50:26.980
 troubles at

00:50:26.980 --> 00:50:27.200
 work,

00:50:27.300 --> 00:50:27.760
 banging my

00:50:27.760 --> 00:50:28.220
 head against

00:50:28.220 --> 00:50:29.400
 a problem,

00:50:30.260 --> 00:50:31.000
 and I

00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:31.519
 just don't

00:50:31.519 --> 00:50:32.420
 think to

00:50:32.420 --> 00:50:33.059
 pray to

00:50:33.059 --> 00:50:33.380
 God,

00:50:33.559 --> 00:50:33.820
 God,

00:50:33.900 --> 00:50:34.360
 help me.

00:50:34.780 --> 00:50:35.240
 Help me

00:50:35.240 --> 00:50:35.920
 figure out

00:50:35.920 --> 00:50:36.260
 how to

00:50:36.260 --> 00:50:36.880
 code this

00:50:36.880 --> 00:50:37.680
 piece of

00:50:37.680 --> 00:50:39.760
 Python that

00:50:39.760 --> 00:50:40.460
 I'm just

00:50:40.460 --> 00:50:40.940
 struggling

00:50:40.940 --> 00:50:41.539
 against.

00:50:43.539 --> 00:50:44.240
 Python's a

00:50:44.240 --> 00:50:44.579
 programming

00:50:44.579 --> 00:50:44.960
 language.

00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:46.420
 It's fine.

00:50:47.680 --> 00:50:48.420
 I just,

00:50:48.900 --> 00:50:49.519
 I'm in

00:50:49.519 --> 00:50:49.900
 trouble,

00:50:50.320 --> 00:50:50.539
 right?

00:50:50.539 --> 00:50:50.980
 I can

00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:51.300
 try it

00:50:51.300 --> 00:50:51.480
 in my

00:50:51.480 --> 00:50:51.639
 own

00:50:51.639 --> 00:50:52.099
 strength,

00:50:52.960 --> 00:50:53.119
 but I

00:50:53.119 --> 00:50:53.539
 pray to

00:50:53.539 --> 00:50:53.920
 God,

00:50:54.759 --> 00:50:55.059
 God will

00:50:55.059 --> 00:50:55.559
 help me.

00:50:56.300 --> 00:50:56.679
 Maybe he

00:50:56.679 --> 00:50:57.000
 won't give

00:50:57.000 --> 00:50:57.239
 me the

00:50:57.239 --> 00:50:57.659
 answer,

00:50:59.000 --> 00:50:59.400
 but he'll

00:50:59.400 --> 00:50:59.699
 help me

00:50:59.699 --> 00:51:00.219
 be more

00:51:00.219 --> 00:51:00.779
 at peace

00:51:00.779 --> 00:51:01.900
 with it,

00:51:02.259 --> 00:51:02.519
 right?

00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:04.219
 Two,

00:51:04.380 --> 00:51:04.900
 seek the

00:51:04.900 --> 00:51:05.119
 Lord.

00:51:05.219 --> 00:51:05.539
 Seek the

00:51:05.539 --> 00:51:05.860
 Lord in

00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:06.340
 everything.

00:51:07.019 --> 00:51:07.400
 And a

00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:07.840
 question for

00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:08.679
 you is what

00:51:08.679 --> 00:51:09.159
 might be an

00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:09.779
 area that

00:51:09.779 --> 00:51:10.420
 you haven't

00:51:10.420 --> 00:51:11.099
 quite handed

00:51:11.099 --> 00:51:11.900
 over fully

00:51:11.900 --> 00:51:12.440
 to God,

00:51:13.079 --> 00:51:13.199
 right?

00:51:13.259 --> 00:51:13.900
 That's where

00:51:13.900 --> 00:51:15.019
 we know we're

00:51:15.019 --> 00:51:15.400
 supposed to

00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:15.860
 hand everything

00:51:15.860 --> 00:51:16.340
 over to God,

00:51:16.420 --> 00:51:17.840
 but there

00:51:17.840 --> 00:51:18.380
 are those

00:51:18.380 --> 00:51:19.320
 little areas

00:51:19.320 --> 00:51:20.019
 of our

00:51:20.019 --> 00:51:20.519
 lives,

00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:21.599
 that we

00:51:21.599 --> 00:51:22.820
 like control

00:51:22.820 --> 00:51:23.079
 of,

00:51:23.139 --> 00:51:24.079
 we like

00:51:24.079 --> 00:51:24.599
 this good

00:51:24.599 --> 00:51:24.940
 thing,

00:51:24.980 --> 00:51:25.199
 and I

00:51:25.199 --> 00:51:25.679
 want this

00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:26.119
 good thing,

00:51:26.159 --> 00:51:26.340
 and I

00:51:26.340 --> 00:51:27.460
 must have

00:51:27.460 --> 00:51:28.599
 this good

00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:29.079
 thing.

00:51:31.800 --> 00:51:32.400
 So you

00:51:32.400 --> 00:51:33.000
 grasp it,

00:51:33.099 --> 00:51:33.599
 you hold

00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:34.279
 on to it,

00:51:34.500 --> 00:51:34.900
 you don't

00:51:34.900 --> 00:51:35.239
 let go,

00:51:35.320 --> 00:51:35.599
 you don't

00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:36.039
 give it up

00:51:36.039 --> 00:51:36.539
 to God.

00:51:37.579 --> 00:51:37.940
 Or maybe

00:51:37.940 --> 00:51:38.480
 it's a sin

00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:39.259
 that ensnares

00:51:39.259 --> 00:51:39.539
 you,

00:51:39.860 --> 00:51:40.119
 you don't

00:51:40.119 --> 00:51:40.340
 want to

00:51:40.340 --> 00:51:40.719
 let go

00:51:40.719 --> 00:51:41.019
 of.

00:51:43.920 --> 00:51:44.579
 Give that

00:51:44.579 --> 00:51:45.000
 over to

00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:45.320
 God.

00:51:46.699 --> 00:51:47.279
 And last,

00:51:48.239 --> 00:51:49.039
 magnify the

00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:49.599
 Lord with

00:51:49.599 --> 00:51:49.960
 me.

00:51:50.539 --> 00:51:51.099
 It's

00:51:51.099 --> 00:51:51.559
 corporate.

00:51:53.500 --> 00:51:53.699
 And so

00:51:53.699 --> 00:51:54.000
 a question

00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:54.360
 for you

00:51:54.360 --> 00:51:54.480
 is,

00:51:54.719 --> 00:51:55.420
 what might

00:51:55.420 --> 00:51:55.779
 you be

00:51:55.779 --> 00:51:56.139
 filling

00:51:56.139 --> 00:51:56.519
 yourself

00:51:56.519 --> 00:51:57.059
 with

00:51:57.059 --> 00:51:57.500
 instead

00:51:57.500 --> 00:51:57.980
 of

00:51:57.980 --> 00:51:58.159
 the

00:51:58.159 --> 00:51:58.360
 Lord?

00:51:58.440 --> 00:51:58.639
 There's

00:51:58.639 --> 00:51:59.039
 lots of

00:51:59.039 --> 00:51:59.239
 good

00:51:59.239 --> 00:51:59.759
 things

00:51:59.759 --> 00:52:00.259
 out

00:52:00.259 --> 00:52:00.500
 there,

00:52:00.579 --> 00:52:00.759
 right?

00:52:01.880 --> 00:52:02.739
 But fill

00:52:02.739 --> 00:52:03.320
 yourself

00:52:03.320 --> 00:52:03.699
 with

00:52:03.699 --> 00:52:04.800
 God,

00:52:05.500 --> 00:52:07.779
 and you

00:52:07.779 --> 00:52:08.099
 won't be

00:52:08.099 --> 00:52:09.059
 hungry.

00:52:11.699 --> 00:52:12.239
 Fill

00:52:12.239 --> 00:52:12.619
 yourself

00:52:12.619 --> 00:52:13.119
 with God.

00:52:13.659 --> 00:52:13.840
 Look

00:52:13.840 --> 00:52:14.559
 forward to

00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:14.960
 the times

00:52:14.960 --> 00:52:15.179
 when we

00:52:15.179 --> 00:52:15.500
 gather

00:52:15.500 --> 00:52:16.119
 corporately

00:52:16.119 --> 00:52:16.699
 to sing,

00:52:17.099 --> 00:52:17.679
 to hear

00:52:17.679 --> 00:52:18.000
 the word

00:52:18.000 --> 00:52:18.460
 preached.

00:52:19.099 --> 00:52:19.359
 Look

00:52:19.359 --> 00:52:19.799
 forward to

00:52:19.799 --> 00:52:20.139
 the times

00:52:20.139 --> 00:52:20.619
 we gather

00:52:20.619 --> 00:52:21.019
 with other

00:52:21.019 --> 00:52:21.400
 people.

00:52:22.239 --> 00:52:22.480
 Look

00:52:22.480 --> 00:52:22.859
 forward to

00:52:22.859 --> 00:52:23.299
 the times

00:52:23.299 --> 00:52:23.819
 when you

00:52:23.819 --> 00:52:24.359
 sit down

00:52:24.359 --> 00:52:25.039
 and read

00:52:25.039 --> 00:52:25.659
 the word.

00:52:29.239 --> 00:52:29.819
 So I

00:52:29.819 --> 00:52:30.079
 want you

00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:30.480
 to taste

00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:31.000
 and see

00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:32.019
 that Yahweh

00:52:32.019 --> 00:52:32.480
 is good,

00:52:32.659 --> 00:52:33.099
 that the

00:52:33.099 --> 00:52:33.679
 Lord is

00:52:33.679 --> 00:52:33.940
 good.

00:52:34.500 --> 00:52:34.900
 And this

00:52:34.900 --> 00:52:35.139
 is one

00:52:35.139 --> 00:52:35.420
 of those

00:52:35.420 --> 00:52:35.779
 things that

00:52:35.779 --> 00:52:36.139
 you can't

00:52:36.139 --> 00:52:37.059
 just dabble

00:52:37.059 --> 00:52:37.659
 and test

00:52:37.659 --> 00:52:38.279
 the waters.

00:52:38.280 --> 00:52:39.900
 you've

00:52:39.900 --> 00:52:40.540
 got to

00:52:40.540 --> 00:52:41.540
 be all

00:52:41.540 --> 00:52:42.320
 in.

00:52:42.519 --> 00:52:42.860
 Taste

00:52:42.860 --> 00:52:43.560
 and see.

00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:44.519
 Partake

00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:44.980
 of this.

00:52:45.240 --> 00:52:45.600
 Are you

00:52:45.600 --> 00:52:46.580
 all in?

00:52:48.260 --> 00:52:48.680
 Seek

00:52:48.680 --> 00:52:49.080
 the Lord

00:52:49.080 --> 00:52:49.380
 and he'll

00:52:49.380 --> 00:52:49.960
 answer you

00:52:49.960 --> 00:52:50.519
 and deliver

00:52:50.519 --> 00:52:50.800
 you.

00:52:51.760 --> 00:52:52.240
 Let's

00:52:52.240 --> 00:52:52.480
 pray.

00:52:53.180 --> 00:52:53.460
 Let's

00:52:53.460 --> 00:52:53.800
 seek the

00:52:53.800 --> 00:52:53.940
 Lord

00:52:53.940 --> 00:52:54.320
 together.

00:52:55.100 --> 00:52:55.640
 Magnify

00:52:55.640 --> 00:52:56.040
 the Lord

00:52:56.040 --> 00:52:56.600
 together.

00:52:58.440 --> 00:52:58.960
 Father,

00:52:59.060 --> 00:53:00.500
 we thank

00:53:00.500 --> 00:53:01.840
 you for

00:53:01.840 --> 00:53:02.740
 this psalm,

00:53:02.960 --> 00:53:03.140
 Lord,

00:53:03.320 --> 00:53:03.620
 and I

00:53:03.620 --> 00:53:04.000
 pray that

00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:04.720
 we would

00:53:04.720 --> 00:53:07.300
 not just

00:53:07.300 --> 00:53:07.740
 run away

00:53:07.739 --> 00:53:08.379
 from here

00:53:08.379 --> 00:53:09.219
 and forget

00:53:09.219 --> 00:53:09.959
 about this

00:53:09.959 --> 00:53:10.539
 psalm

00:53:10.539 --> 00:53:10.919
 and forget

00:53:10.919 --> 00:53:13.599
 about our

00:53:13.599 --> 00:53:14.479
 need for

00:53:14.479 --> 00:53:14.959
 you in

00:53:14.959 --> 00:53:15.479
 times of

00:53:15.479 --> 00:53:15.719
 trouble.

00:53:15.839 --> 00:53:16.259
 But Lord,

00:53:16.500 --> 00:53:17.119
 would we

00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:17.959
 seek you

00:53:17.959 --> 00:53:18.579
 this week?

00:53:18.679 --> 00:53:19.779
 May we

00:53:19.779 --> 00:53:20.619
 open again

00:53:20.619 --> 00:53:21.459
 this scripture

00:53:21.459 --> 00:53:22.759
 or other

00:53:22.759 --> 00:53:23.639
 scriptures and

00:53:23.639 --> 00:53:24.319
 see our

00:53:24.319 --> 00:53:25.319
 need for you,

00:53:25.359 --> 00:53:26.019
 our desperate

00:53:26.019 --> 00:53:26.899
 need for you

00:53:26.899 --> 00:53:27.799
 to seek you

00:53:27.799 --> 00:53:28.519
 and taste of

00:53:28.519 --> 00:53:29.000
 your goodness,

00:53:29.239 --> 00:53:29.359
 Lord.

00:53:29.479 --> 00:53:30.179
 Help us to

00:53:30.179 --> 00:53:30.979
 believe when we

00:53:30.979 --> 00:53:31.719
 doubt your

00:53:31.719 --> 00:53:31.979
 goodness,

00:53:32.099 --> 00:53:32.639
 when we doubt

00:53:32.639 --> 00:53:33.399
 your presence,

00:53:33.699 --> 00:53:33.899
 Lord.

00:53:34.579 --> 00:53:35.439
 Help us

00:53:35.439 --> 00:53:37.219
 to seek

00:53:37.219 --> 00:53:37.719
 you.

00:53:38.179 --> 00:53:38.279
 Lord,

00:53:38.359 --> 00:53:38.719
 some of

00:53:38.719 --> 00:53:39.099
 us are

00:53:39.099 --> 00:53:39.599
 dry.

00:53:40.319 --> 00:53:40.879
 Some of

00:53:40.879 --> 00:53:41.339
 us are

00:53:41.339 --> 00:53:41.879
 experiencing

00:53:41.879 --> 00:53:42.699
 difficulties,

00:53:42.859 --> 00:53:42.939
 Lord,

00:53:43.019 --> 00:53:43.500
 and it's

00:53:43.500 --> 00:53:44.059
 hard to

00:53:44.059 --> 00:53:44.399
 look up

00:53:44.399 --> 00:53:44.579
 to you.

00:53:44.819 --> 00:53:45.699
 It's hard

00:53:45.699 --> 00:53:46.119
 to have

00:53:46.119 --> 00:53:46.839
 faith in

00:53:46.839 --> 00:53:47.459
 that moment.

00:53:47.899 --> 00:53:48.000
 Lord,

00:53:48.039 --> 00:53:48.599
 I pray,

00:53:49.439 --> 00:53:50.579
 I pray for

00:53:50.579 --> 00:53:50.919
 those who

00:53:50.919 --> 00:53:51.579
 are experiencing

00:53:51.579 --> 00:53:52.319
 that dryness

00:53:52.319 --> 00:53:52.599
 and that

00:53:52.599 --> 00:53:53.099
 desert,

00:53:53.619 --> 00:53:53.759
 Lord,

00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:54.500
 that you

00:53:54.500 --> 00:53:54.939
 would meet

00:53:54.939 --> 00:53:55.279
 them,

00:53:55.739 --> 00:53:56.179
 meet them

00:53:56.179 --> 00:53:56.939
 with water,

00:53:57.119 --> 00:53:58.259
 life-giving

00:53:58.259 --> 00:53:59.179
 water,

00:53:59.179 --> 00:53:59.779
 so that they

00:53:59.779 --> 00:54:00.659
 might taste

00:54:00.659 --> 00:54:01.699
 and see

00:54:01.699 --> 00:54:02.859
 that you

00:54:02.859 --> 00:54:04.719
 are good,

00:54:04.719 --> 00:54:07.079
 that even

00:54:07.079 --> 00:54:07.659
 though there

00:54:07.659 --> 00:54:08.379
 are many

00:54:08.379 --> 00:54:09.439
 afflictions that

00:54:09.439 --> 00:54:10.299
 we experience,

00:54:11.059 --> 00:54:12.639
 there will be

00:54:12.639 --> 00:54:13.679
 joy and

00:54:13.679 --> 00:54:14.500
 fulfillment in

00:54:14.500 --> 00:54:15.219
 the midst of

00:54:15.219 --> 00:54:17.199
 sacrificing for

00:54:17.199 --> 00:54:18.679
 your glory.

00:54:19.219 --> 00:54:19.799
 Though it

00:54:19.799 --> 00:54:20.539
 might not be

00:54:20.539 --> 00:54:20.939
 easy,

00:54:21.099 --> 00:54:21.699
 though you've

00:54:21.699 --> 00:54:22.319
 not called

00:54:22.319 --> 00:54:22.980
 us to easy

00:54:22.980 --> 00:54:23.699
 lives,

00:54:24.319 --> 00:54:24.939
 you have

00:54:24.939 --> 00:54:25.919
 called us

00:54:25.919 --> 00:54:29.179
 to joy

00:54:29.179 --> 00:54:30.379
 and fulfillment

00:54:30.379 --> 00:54:31.059
 in you.

00:54:32.059 --> 00:54:32.579
 I pray this

00:54:32.579 --> 00:54:33.039
 in Jesus'

00:54:33.239 --> 00:54:33.439
 name.

00:54:33.779 --> 00:54:34.019
 Amen.

00:54:34.719 --> 00:54:35.719
 Amen.