WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600 We can turn back to our reading in the book of Psalms, Psalm 18. 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.820 We're going to look at the beginning of this, Psalm 1-3. 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:14.380 Psalm 18, verse 1-3. 00:00:14.380 --> 00:00:16.500 I love you, O Lord, my strength. 00:00:17.019 --> 00:00:20.699 Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, 00:00:21.260 --> 00:00:24.920 my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:29.440 my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.600 I call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.060 and I am saved from my enemies. 00:00:38.120 --> 00:00:43.219 As I said this morning, we were thinking about coming away from a communion weekend, 00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:50.100 and this morning we were reflecting on that sense of the Lord being worthy of all our thanksgiving. 00:00:50.500 --> 00:00:57.840 In 2 Corinthians 9, verse 15, it's thanks be to God for that indescribable gift. 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:06.800 There's just no way that we can almost think of a word to describe the gift that God has given us in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:10.000 So he is worthy of all thanksgiving. 00:01:10.700 --> 00:01:16.140 And this evening we're going to think about the Lord and how worthy he is to be praised. 00:01:16.240 --> 00:01:18.580 And that's what we read there in verse 3. 00:01:18.659 --> 00:01:22.420 I called upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised. 00:01:22.420 --> 00:01:27.099 There's this sense of going on in worship of God. 00:01:28.299 --> 00:01:30.939 And you note at the beginning of the psalm, if you have a Bible, 00:01:31.579 --> 00:01:39.040 the ESV Bible in particular, it has a few words mentioning the context of the psalm before you come into verse 1. 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:45.180 So it says there to the choir master, it's a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, 00:01:45.800 --> 00:01:54.120 who addressed the words of the song to the Lord on the day when the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies 00:01:54.120 --> 00:02:01.960 and from the hand of Saul, he said, and then it goes into his song from verse 1, 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:04.719 I love you, O Lord, my strength. 00:02:04.779 --> 00:02:12.519 So the context is there given to us of a day when David was delivered from all of his enemies. 00:02:12.659 --> 00:02:19.459 And you can read about that in 2 Samuel 22, where you have this song mentioned as well. 00:02:20.340 --> 00:02:24.859 And David has known victory over his enemies, 00:02:24.860 --> 00:02:29.960 a victory that maybe at one stage seemed impossible for him, 00:02:30.480 --> 00:02:32.840 as he saw his enemies all around him. 00:02:32.900 --> 00:02:39.220 And yet God has given him this glorious victory as he was running from Saul, 00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:41.420 as he was running from his enemies. 00:02:41.500 --> 00:02:44.040 He was in constant danger of death. 00:02:44.040 --> 00:02:46.740 But now he has been delivered from that. 00:02:47.160 --> 00:02:51.960 And he has this praise being offered up to God. 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:57.300 And as we see there in verse 3, he is worthy to be praised, 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:00.060 the God who has given him this victory. 00:03:00.740 --> 00:03:04.060 So this is David's song of victory. 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:09.819 But in many ways we could say it is our song of victory as well, 00:03:09.819 --> 00:03:13.379 because God has given us this song for us to sing. 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.280 And we can sing these words ourselves, 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:21.040 and we can sing them maybe with the same meaning behind them as what David had. 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:23.599 When we know the Lord, when we love the Lord, 00:03:23.679 --> 00:03:26.519 we recognize just how he is our strength, 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:29.039 how he is all of these things to us, 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:33.419 and how he has given us victory in this world as well. 00:03:34.139 --> 00:03:39.479 Because when God saves us, he gives us victory over our enemies. 00:03:40.399 --> 00:03:44.780 And we think of the greatest enemies that we have in this world as a people, 00:03:45.219 --> 00:03:48.219 the enemy of sin, the enemy of death, 00:03:48.219 --> 00:03:50.379 the enemy of a lost eternity. 00:03:50.379 --> 00:03:52.039 We have all of these enemies. 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:57.419 And yet as we look to the Lord Jesus and the victory that he has won for us, 00:03:57.819 --> 00:04:00.419 we realize what he has saved us from, 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:04.300 and that we are saved by his grace. 00:04:04.300 --> 00:04:09.820 And so we, therefore, can sing this song ourselves with that sense of victory 00:04:09.820 --> 00:04:13.700 and see that worthy to be praised is God. 00:04:14.460 --> 00:04:17.639 Worthy to be praised is the Lord. 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:23.540 We read in the New Testament, 2 Timothy 3, verse 16, 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:27.540 that all Scripture is breathed out by God. 00:04:27.540 --> 00:04:32.040 So God has given us his word through various writers, 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:34.819 as you see throughout the Bible. 00:04:35.460 --> 00:04:38.420 And so here we have David writing this song. 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:42.220 As we read in Timothy, we're seeing that he is inspired, 00:04:42.340 --> 00:04:45.560 he is moved by the Lord to write these words. 00:04:46.960 --> 00:04:50.540 And you can almost think, well, is this not then God praising himself? 00:04:50.540 --> 00:04:58.520 It's not this God giving words, boasting words to David to write about him. 00:04:58.580 --> 00:05:00.060 But God is not that way. 00:05:00.960 --> 00:05:03.960 God isn't like some leaders we might see in the world 00:05:03.960 --> 00:05:06.460 who want all the praise for themselves. 00:05:06.620 --> 00:05:11.220 So they write their own way of praising and their qualities 00:05:11.220 --> 00:05:12.420 and all that they have done, 00:05:12.580 --> 00:05:15.600 speaking about it all the time in that sense of, 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:18.120 look at me and what I have done. 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:20.540 God inspired David. 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:23.500 He was moved by the Spirit to write these words. 00:05:23.660 --> 00:05:27.360 But David inspired his writing from his own experience. 00:05:28.579 --> 00:05:32.540 He is writing these words, having known God with him. 00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:37.300 God is the one who has brought him through and given him this victory. 00:05:37.459 --> 00:05:40.740 And so now he can see God as his Savior. 00:05:41.459 --> 00:05:44.040 And now he can express his thankfulness 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.639 that he has brought him through all of this. 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:51.439 And with thankfulness, he sees, as is often David's case, 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:53.819 he expresses it in song. 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:57.719 In song, David writes these words. 00:05:58.259 --> 00:06:01.479 And so verse 1 to 3, as we look at this psalm this evening, 00:06:02.060 --> 00:06:06.519 they show us David beginning his praise to God 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:12.839 by expressing his love of God and what God has done for him. 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:17.459 Then he proceeds to describe how much the Lord means to him 00:06:17.459 --> 00:06:20.199 by using different expressions there, 00:06:20.299 --> 00:06:24.000 especially in verse 2, of who God is for him. 00:06:24.699 --> 00:06:28.719 And as someone wrote, you could say he sees this as the Lord, 00:06:28.819 --> 00:06:32.459 the source of his strength, stability, safety, and salvation. 00:06:32.459 --> 00:06:38.939 All of these things come across in the way that David describes the Lord in verse 2. 00:06:39.019 --> 00:06:43.779 And then in verse 3, we see that God has proved himself reliable, 00:06:43.919 --> 00:06:48.099 that he can be depended upon, and so he is worthy to be praised. 00:06:48.339 --> 00:06:50.259 Worthy to be praised. 00:06:51.359 --> 00:06:54.299 We have that same kind of song ourselves. 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:57.959 This evening we're going to sing this psalm at the end of our service. 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:00.779 Will we be singing these words with that sense of, 00:07:00.899 --> 00:07:05.299 this is my song too, this is the same song as David had as my song, 00:07:05.779 --> 00:07:07.419 that I can say, I love the Lord. 00:07:08.039 --> 00:07:09.219 He is my strength. 00:07:09.299 --> 00:07:10.139 He is my rock. 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:10.959 He is my deliverer. 00:07:11.620 --> 00:07:13.219 He is my refuge, my shield. 00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:14.459 All of these things. 00:07:14.899 --> 00:07:16.759 Can we sing that? 00:07:17.579 --> 00:07:20.139 Are we worshiping the Lord as we should, 00:07:20.219 --> 00:07:22.659 as he is worthy to be praised? 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:25.919 One person said this, 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:28.300 one of the great tragedies of the human spirit 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:32.300 is to become a prisoner of ingratitude. 00:07:33.280 --> 00:07:36.120 For ingratitude shuts the human spirit up 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:39.000 and the world lightened only by the self, 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:41.819 which is no light at all. 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.920 A spirit of, a prisoner of ingratitude. 00:07:47.060 --> 00:07:49.580 We're not thankful for what we have. 00:07:49.740 --> 00:07:51.420 And so the opposite is true of that. 00:07:52.060 --> 00:07:54.100 Gratitude then gives us light. 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:56.300 And not light of self, 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:01.879 but light as we see revealed by God through his word. 00:08:03.020 --> 00:08:07.740 And so we want to be a people who worship God as we should, 00:08:07.820 --> 00:08:11.640 that he is worthy to be praised in all things. 00:08:11.740 --> 00:08:14.020 And how then can we worship God? 00:08:14.080 --> 00:08:16.920 Well, that's what we see with David here. 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:20.259 We see him worshiping, first of all, in verse 1, 00:08:20.379 --> 00:08:24.160 by delighting in God. 00:08:24.580 --> 00:08:26.980 He is delighting in God. 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:31.140 He makes two declarations here in verse 1. 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:36.680 He starts by first declaring his love for the Lord. 00:08:36.980 --> 00:08:38.860 I love you, O Lord. 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:46.259 And then the second declaration is that absolute dependence upon the Lord as my strength. 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:53.279 So from the outset of this psalm, he's indicating that as he lives his life here, 00:08:53.840 --> 00:09:00.259 these two great themes are what the manner in which he is living his life. 00:09:00.340 --> 00:09:02.759 They are constantly before him. 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:07.319 And he's telling us this, that he finds his great delight in God. 00:09:07.439 --> 00:09:11.340 I love you, O Lord, my strength. 00:09:13.460 --> 00:09:16.980 Isn't it an amazing thing to be able to say, 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:19.919 I love you, the Lord. 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:24.339 I love you, my Lord. 00:09:26.099 --> 00:09:31.579 Psalm 116, which we sang together, has the expression of that in the psalm as well. 00:09:32.059 --> 00:09:35.759 I love the Lord because my voice and prayers heeded here. 00:09:35.779 --> 00:09:39.139 And you see it recurring again and again. 00:09:39.259 --> 00:09:41.759 But what kind of love is it? 00:09:41.939 --> 00:09:44.879 And are you able to say with David tonight, 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.240 I love you, O Lord. 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:50.700 Well, when you look at the kind of love it is, 00:09:50.820 --> 00:09:54.779 it's a love that is full of worship towards God. 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:59.620 As we read in Matthew 28, in verse 9, 00:10:00.379 --> 00:10:04.060 when Jesus, the resurrected Jesus, met his disciples, 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:05.539 what did they do with him? 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:07.180 It says in verse 9, 00:10:07.180 --> 00:10:09.000 And behold, Jesus met them and said, 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:09.840 Greetings. 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:14.919 And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshipped him. 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:19.719 They came up and took hold of his feet and worshipped him. 00:10:20.379 --> 00:10:25.120 There was this sense of just being in the presence of the risen Savior, 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:27.879 that they could do nothing else but worship him, 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:30.819 fall at his feet and worship him. 00:10:30.820 --> 00:10:35.740 It's the same as you see with Mary Magdalene. 00:10:36.300 --> 00:10:38.620 We read of it in Matthew. 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:42.080 It doesn't go into the same details as it does in the Gospel of John. 00:10:43.100 --> 00:10:46.160 But when she encountered Jesus in the garden, 00:10:46.780 --> 00:10:48.560 John 20, verse 17, 00:10:48.760 --> 00:10:50.640 Jesus said to her, he called her by name, 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:51.420 Mary. 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:55.440 She didn't realize who it was that was in front of him at first. 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:57.740 She turned and said to him in Aramaic, 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:00.600 Rabboni, which means teacher. 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:05.960 And there was a sense of worship with her because Jesus goes on to say, 00:11:06.520 --> 00:11:09.660 Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. 00:11:10.020 --> 00:11:12.020 So she has obviously taken hold of Jesus. 00:11:12.340 --> 00:11:13.500 She is clinging on to him, 00:11:13.760 --> 00:11:17.060 just like the disciples took hold of his feet and worshipped him. 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:19.620 There is that sense of when we love the Lord, 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:23.360 we are giving our worship to him by just coming before him, 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:24.879 clinging on to him, 00:11:25.299 --> 00:11:27.259 depending on him. 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:31.519 We recognize that if we love him, 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.139 we only do so because he first loved us. 00:11:36.580 --> 00:11:38.860 And when our eyes are open to see this, 00:11:39.379 --> 00:11:41.220 what else can we do but just come 00:11:41.220 --> 00:11:43.740 and throw ourselves at his feet 00:11:43.740 --> 00:11:45.840 and just plead, 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:46.879 I love you, 00:11:47.340 --> 00:11:48.039 O Lord. 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.719 Because there is nowhere else to go. 00:11:51.339 --> 00:11:53.079 There is no one else who can give us 00:11:53.079 --> 00:11:56.120 that relationship that satisfies, 00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:57.819 that gives us hope, 00:11:57.959 --> 00:11:59.159 that gives us an eternity 00:11:59.159 --> 00:12:01.099 to look forward to. 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.139 When we consider all the things 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:05.120 that the Lord has done for us 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:07.259 and his love towards us, 00:12:07.319 --> 00:12:08.839 our hearts should be filled 00:12:08.839 --> 00:12:11.799 with that sense of worship. 00:12:13.099 --> 00:12:14.539 Saying, I love you, 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:15.599 O Lord. 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:16.680 Do you, 00:12:17.340 --> 00:12:17.920 this evening, 00:12:18.040 --> 00:12:20.060 have that love for the Lord? 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:22.720 Where your worship is just one, 00:12:22.800 --> 00:12:23.399 where you see, 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:24.519 you can do nothing 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:26.440 but throw yourself at his feet, 00:12:26.580 --> 00:12:27.879 cling to him, 00:12:27.940 --> 00:12:29.600 because there's nowhere else to go. 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:31.700 As the disciple of old said, 00:12:31.779 --> 00:12:33.279 to whom else shall we go? 00:12:33.620 --> 00:12:34.840 For you alone are the words 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:35.759 of eternal life. 00:12:35.820 --> 00:12:37.800 There's nowhere else to go. 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:40.639 And the second declaration 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:42.079 seen there in verse one is, 00:12:42.719 --> 00:12:43.120 I love you, 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:43.519 O Lord, 00:12:43.659 --> 00:12:44.819 my strength. 00:12:46.019 --> 00:12:47.799 My strength. 00:12:49.019 --> 00:12:50.259 We're going on to see this 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:52.019 in a moment in verse two as well, 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:53.659 but nine times 00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:55.339 in these first two verses, 00:12:56.199 --> 00:12:58.259 David uses that personal word, 00:12:58.479 --> 00:12:58.759 my. 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:01.539 My strength, 00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:04.539 he says here in verse one. 00:13:04.539 --> 00:13:07.360 My is often a word 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:09.860 that children learn 00:13:09.860 --> 00:13:11.639 at a very young age 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:12.819 when they're able 00:13:12.819 --> 00:13:14.399 to express themselves 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.480 by telling others 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.919 what belongs to them. 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:20.179 My toy, 00:13:20.699 --> 00:13:22.159 my food, 00:13:22.839 --> 00:13:23.480 my room, 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:24.759 my house. 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.740 They learn these words 00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:27.480 so quickly. 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:28.099 My, 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:30.279 what belongs to me. 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:32.839 And this is almost like 00:13:32.839 --> 00:13:34.939 just the childlike nature 00:13:34.939 --> 00:13:35.819 that we have 00:13:35.819 --> 00:13:36.959 where we're looking at 00:13:36.959 --> 00:13:38.980 what we think belongs 00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:40.159 to us. 00:13:40.319 --> 00:13:41.500 But here David has 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:43.199 that childlike faith 00:13:43.199 --> 00:13:45.360 when he's expressing it 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.559 in this way. 00:13:46.959 --> 00:13:49.259 The Lord is my strength. 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:51.879 My strength. 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.079 He's delighting in God. 00:13:54.139 --> 00:13:55.019 And we're going to just see 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:55.699 this in a moment 00:13:55.699 --> 00:13:56.339 as we think of 00:13:56.339 --> 00:13:57.959 depending on God 00:13:57.959 --> 00:13:58.679 in verse two, 00:13:58.759 --> 00:13:59.600 the way we see 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:01.159 him expressing it 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:02.040 using this word, 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:02.519 my. 00:14:04.300 --> 00:14:05.159 But just as before 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:06.120 we go into verse two, 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:07.680 ask yourself this again. 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:09.759 Is God my strength? 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:11.759 Can I say, 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:12.700 can you say tonight 00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:14.879 that he is my strength? 00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:16.100 In other words, 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:17.519 how are we living our lives? 00:14:17.659 --> 00:14:19.100 How are we going forward 00:14:19.100 --> 00:14:19.820 in this life? 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.540 Are we living it 00:14:20.540 --> 00:14:21.960 depending on him 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:23.700 as he is my strength 00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.660 because I love him? 00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:26.899 Or does he mean nothing? 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:29.160 That we just go forward 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:31.459 in our own strength? 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.799 So the first aspect 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:34.740 of this worship 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:35.799 that we see with David 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:38.419 is delighting in God. 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:39.879 And we as a people 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:40.600 are to be those 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.579 who delight in God ourselves. 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:46.100 Then we come into verse two 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:47.559 and we see this dependence 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:49.120 on God. 00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:51.719 Just read through this verse. 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:53.639 The Lord is my rock 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:55.620 and my fortress 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:57.080 and my deliverer, 00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.460 my God, 00:14:58.779 --> 00:14:59.420 my rock 00:14:59.420 --> 00:15:00.879 in whom I take refuge, 00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:01.740 my shield 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:04.320 and the horn of my salvation, 00:15:05.060 --> 00:15:06.360 my stronghold. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.560 My, my, my. 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:11.080 He's repeating it constantly 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.000 and using different words 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:14.840 to describe this relationship 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:15.980 that he has with God 00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:18.879 and this dependence on God. 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:22.639 And when you pray with God, 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:25.679 what kind of language 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:26.939 do you use? 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:29.700 Do you use these kinds of words 00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:31.620 as you come to him? 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:33.600 This is a song, 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:34.340 it's a psalm, 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:35.960 but it can also be a prayer. 00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:38.039 Very often you can say that 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:38.779 about the psalms, 00:15:38.820 --> 00:15:40.600 you can use them as a prayer. 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:43.080 And it's a good thing for us 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:44.519 to use God's word 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:45.600 as we come to prayer, 00:15:45.700 --> 00:15:47.299 to read God's word 00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:48.240 before we pray 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.099 and even to pray God's word 00:15:50.099 --> 00:15:52.500 as we do pray with God. 00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:54.899 And so is this the kind of language 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.899 that you use 00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:58.279 as you come to God in prayer? 00:15:58.359 --> 00:15:58.719 Do you say, 00:15:58.839 --> 00:15:59.599 I love you, O Lord, 00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:01.199 my strength, 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:03.359 my rock, 00:16:04.079 --> 00:16:05.099 my fortress, 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:06.399 my deliverer, 00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.599 my God, 00:16:08.199 --> 00:16:09.039 my refuge, 00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:09.740 my shield, 00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.500 my horn, 00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:12.000 my stronghold. 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:14.740 Do you use all of that language 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.259 with God? 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:16.320 Because it's a great way 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:17.659 to come to him 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:19.519 because it reminds us 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:20.720 of just how dependent 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:22.580 we are on him. 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:24.399 And just to go through 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:25.419 some of these words 00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:26.159 in verse 2 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:26.659 and just think, 00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:26.840 well, 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:28.919 how can they apply to us 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:30.680 and our dependence on him? 00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:32.600 He uses the word, 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:33.799 my rock, 00:16:34.180 --> 00:16:34.720 twice. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.159 The Lord is my rock. 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.779 He uses it in the third line 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:41.240 there as well, 00:16:41.299 --> 00:16:41.840 my God, 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.580 my rock in whom I take refuge. 00:16:46.040 --> 00:16:47.420 And the word rock there 00:16:47.420 --> 00:16:48.840 just has behind it 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.820 a security. 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.780 It's to do with 00:16:51.780 --> 00:16:53.620 an immovable rock, 00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:55.379 something that is solid, 00:16:55.540 --> 00:16:57.220 something that is secure 00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:58.340 so that when everything else 00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:58.899 in the world 00:16:58.899 --> 00:17:01.120 is being thrown around, 00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:02.180 tossed around, 00:17:02.300 --> 00:17:04.039 when everything is in chaos, 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:07.140 God remains the same 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:10.059 and that he is stable. 00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:12.119 He is the place of security. 00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:14.319 So David here 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.139 is reminding himself 00:17:16.139 --> 00:17:17.619 and reminding us 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:18.639 that when it appears 00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.700 that the world 00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:21.159 is spinning out of control, 00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:22.659 that as a believer 00:17:22.659 --> 00:17:24.500 we can stand above it all 00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:26.879 and stand on the Lord, 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:28.879 that he is my rock. 00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:30.759 It reminds us of 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:32.119 another couple of psalms, 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:33.159 Psalm 40, 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:35.559 that we sing so often 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:37.319 when we set our feet 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.399 upon a rock, 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:40.400 when we have that security 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:41.880 as we come to trust 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:43.440 in the Lord Jesus, 00:17:43.620 --> 00:17:45.200 that he is the rock 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.360 of our salvation. 00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.840 We have it in Psalm 46 00:17:48.840 --> 00:17:49.440 as well, 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.620 when God is a refuge 00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:51.560 and a strength. 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:53.440 Verse 5 says, 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:55.540 God is in the midst of us. 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:57.000 She shall not be moved. 00:17:57.560 --> 00:17:58.700 God will help her 00:17:58.700 --> 00:18:00.220 when morning dawns. 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:02.180 You have that security 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:03.620 when the Lord 00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:06.080 is my rock. 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:08.679 Someone put it like this, 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:10.019 when we stand on him, 00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:11.859 we see our trials 00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:13.039 through his eyes. 00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.179 And even though 00:18:14.179 --> 00:18:15.399 the difficulties of life 00:18:15.399 --> 00:18:16.980 might break our hearts, 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:19.359 they still cause our hearts 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:21.159 to bow in worship. 00:18:21.919 --> 00:18:22.740 So that no matter 00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:24.619 what we are going through, 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:26.000 David here is writing 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:27.679 in a time of victory, 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:29.079 but as we know so well, 00:18:29.179 --> 00:18:30.199 David had times 00:18:30.199 --> 00:18:32.220 of despair as well, 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.939 but yet he was able 00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:35.019 to still say, 00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:37.920 the Lord is my rock. 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:40.720 That is the hope 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:42.140 that we can have ourselves. 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.340 That as we love the Lord 00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:46.360 and see that he is my strength, 00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.680 he is my rock, 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:49.580 the one who is immovable. 00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:52.360 Then he goes on 00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:54.039 to speak about God 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:55.580 as his deliverer 00:18:55.580 --> 00:18:57.840 and his shield. 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:02.220 God is my fortress 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.480 and my deliverer 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.439 and then later on 00:19:04.439 --> 00:19:05.619 he says my shield. 00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.699 And so deliverer 00:19:07.699 --> 00:19:08.199 and shield 00:19:08.199 --> 00:19:09.759 we could almost take together 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:11.500 and again see 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:13.539 how they apply to us. 00:19:13.679 --> 00:19:15.000 When trouble comes 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:16.639 into our lives, 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.959 when David has experienced 00:19:17.959 --> 00:19:19.019 this trouble, 00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.759 the Lord has been 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:22.500 a shield to him 00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:25.139 and he has been 00:19:25.139 --> 00:19:27.259 a deliverer to him. 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:29.400 And so David 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:30.359 is able to see 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:31.700 in the sense of deliverer, 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.819 he is able to see 00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.920 what he has been 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.700 brought through. 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.980 He saw his enemies 00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:37.839 fall around him. 00:19:37.879 --> 00:19:39.220 He saw a victory won. 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.539 He was able to see 00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.859 the evidence of this. 00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:43.700 God is my deliverer. 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:46.680 But God as my shield 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:48.160 reminds us too 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:48.920 that there are things 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:50.039 that we do not see 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:51.119 that the Lord 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:52.480 keeps from us. 00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:54.119 That as he is 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:55.160 our shield, 00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.379 he protects us 00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:57.620 even at times 00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:58.640 when we are unaware 00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.480 of it. 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:02.120 I'm sure we are not 00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:02.920 always aware 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.440 of the way 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:05.300 God has been with us 00:20:05.300 --> 00:20:06.320 day by day 00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:07.140 in our lives. 00:20:08.260 --> 00:20:09.060 Maybe eternity 00:20:09.060 --> 00:20:10.320 will reveal it for us, 00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:12.100 what he has kept us from. 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.620 But you know, 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.320 you could think 00:20:15.320 --> 00:20:16.520 of just situations 00:20:16.520 --> 00:20:17.040 where 00:20:17.040 --> 00:20:18.880 but for the grace 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.480 of God 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.520 something different 00:20:20.520 --> 00:20:21.440 might have happened. 00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:23.240 That God has been 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:24.500 a shield to us, 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.859 protecting us 00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.740 in a circumstance, 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:28.240 taking us through things 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.440 even as we didn't 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.160 see them. 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.519 And David is aware 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.120 of that, 00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.559 that God has been 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.200 his shield 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.400 and also 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:38.019 his deliverer. 00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.539 So there is 00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.440 a dependence 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:41.259 on God. 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:46.339 He is the one 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.339 who rescues. 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.819 He is the one 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.400 who delivers 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.799 from danger. 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:52.079 And isn't that 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.119 a great assurance 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.980 to us? 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.619 That as we put 00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.940 our trust in him 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:58.059 he gives us 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.940 that promise 00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:00.019 as well. 00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.940 Through faith 00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.980 he delivers us 00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:05.659 from the consequences 00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.359 of sin. 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.299 We don't realize 00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:08.839 just now 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.599 just what he is 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.720 shielding us from. 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.500 But we put our 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.440 trust in him 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.759 to protect us 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.659 as our redeemer 00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:17.659 and our deliverer. 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.659 And then he goes 00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.159 on to say 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.300 my strength 00:21:21.300 --> 00:21:22.900 and the horn 00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:25.120 of my salvation. 00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.360 The horn 00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:29.279 of my salvation. 00:21:30.560 --> 00:21:31.519 The horn 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.320 as it mentioned 00:21:32.320 --> 00:21:33.420 here was something 00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:34.500 in David's day 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.480 that was a particular 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.860 symbol of 00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:38.920 strength 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:40.420 and conquest. 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.360 The horn 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.060 could be used 00:21:43.060 --> 00:21:43.980 to make a noise, 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.600 a cry, 00:21:45.320 --> 00:21:45.880 a shout 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.680 of victory. 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.480 But it was also 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.360 used in a way 00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:50.160 where the horn 00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:51.720 was a reminder 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.700 of the abundance 00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.980 of God's goodness. 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.640 Because at harvest time 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.259 especially 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.420 the horn 00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.360 would be filled 00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:59.740 to overflowing 00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.559 with the produce 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.799 of the harvest. 00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.319 And it would be 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.120 a symbol 00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:05.480 of an overflowing 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.099 abundance 00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:07.720 of God's goodness. 00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.579 And so it has 00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:10.259 these two sides 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.779 to it 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.420 and he is 00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.480 the horn 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:14.460 of my salvation. 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:16.420 In other words 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.500 we have this sense 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:19.120 of rejoicing 00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:20.380 in God. 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.000 That God 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.460 gives us 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.360 an abundance 00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:24.120 as we were 00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.559 thinking about 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.259 this morning. 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.380 Abounding 00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:27.299 in grace 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.200 for example. 00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:30.120 That God 00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.779 gives us 00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.120 that 00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.620 in a way 00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.640 that we are 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:33.559 able to rejoice 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.380 in him. 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.539 He is my strength. 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:36.940 He is 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:38.420 the horn 00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:40.019 of my salvation. 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.700 He gives us 00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.840 all of these 00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:43.400 things. 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.279 And so we too 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.740 can see 00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.319 that the Lord 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.259 blesses us 00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.620 with an abundance 00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:51.640 of good things. 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.860 Then he goes on 00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.160 to say 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.740 God is 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.880 my fortress 00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:57.200 and my 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.319 stronghold. 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.580 A high tower 00:23:00.580 --> 00:23:01.220 is what this 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.080 refers to. 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.220 It's a place 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.259 of security 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.759 a place 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.960 of safety 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.880 for God's 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.420 people. 00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.539 The stronghold 00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:11.039 the high tower 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.779 was a place 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.940 where a city 00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.299 would be 00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.399 defended from 00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:15.059 so that those 00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.879 in the stronghold 00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.460 would be looking 00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.599 out over the 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.079 enemies and 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.899 able to defend 00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.460 the city 00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.039 from there. 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.920 It's a reminder 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.639 to us that 00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:24.059 God sees 00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.740 all things. 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.159 That he is 00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:26.019 over us 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.240 in all things. 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.579 That there's 00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.700 nothing out 00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.420 of his view, 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.059 out of his 00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.480 vision. 00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:31.920 That God 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.659 sees every 00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.480 situation 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.579 that we are 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.240 going through 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.619 and that he 00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.099 is able 00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:37.079 to protect 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.159 us from 00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:39.500 his stronghold. 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.559 When the 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.460 battle rages 00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.220 we can go 00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.740 to him. 00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.819 He is the 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.400 one who is 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.839 able to 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.559 keep us, 00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.740 to protect 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.059 us, 00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.799 to help 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.200 us. 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.680 And so as 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.519 David says 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.420 all of these 00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.180 things here 00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.880 in verse 2, 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.640 when he's 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.099 using that 00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.819 word my, 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.319 he is reminding 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.900 us just of 00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.680 the greatness 00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.900 of God. 00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.440 Who he is 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.819 in all of 00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.440 these ways. 00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.079 My rock, 00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.759 my fortress, 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.500 my deliverer, 00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.099 my God, 00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.160 my rock, 00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:06.839 my shield, 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.539 my horn, 00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:09.220 my stronghold. 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.480 They are 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.019 all ways 00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.980 of expressing 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.519 that dependence 00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.700 on God. 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.039 But they are 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.519 all ways 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.059 that we 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.039 can express 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.839 our dependence 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.460 on God 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.059 as well. 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.359 Because when 00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.000 we know God 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.519 and we come 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.140 to trust 00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.640 in the Lord 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.059 Jesus, 00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.339 he is all 00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.779 of these 00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.339 things to 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.799 us. 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.539 A deliverer, 00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.819 a rock, 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.579 a shield, 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.740 salvation, 00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.180 a stronghold. 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.640 Every aspect 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.140 of this 00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.779 can be our 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.259 song 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.500 through faith 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.019 in the Lord 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:38.059 Jesus Christ 00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:39.279 as well. 00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:41.579 So then 00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.039 the final 00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.500 thing we 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.019 see here 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.380 is as we 00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.720 go into 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.420 verse 3, 00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.480 worship 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.259 leads us 00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.660 to a 00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.220 devotion 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.720 to God. 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.960 I call 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.440 upon the 00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.759 Lord 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.700 who is 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.220 worthy 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.940 to be 00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.519 praised 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.519 and I 00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.240 am saved 00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.579 from my 00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.160 enemies. 00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.059 So David 00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.559 here is 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.039 making 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.380 a pledge. 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.059 He is 00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.700 devoting 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.359 himself 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.539 to God. 00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.059 I call 00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.579 upon the 00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.859 Lord 00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.719 who is 00:25:07.719 --> 00:25:08.299 worthy 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.599 to be 00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.279 praised. 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.919 God 00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:14.579 is a 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:14.959 God 00:25:14.959 --> 00:25:16.039 to 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.439 worship. 00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.319 And when 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.779 you think 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.619 of David 00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.359 and all 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.219 the situations 00:25:21.219 --> 00:25:21.759 that he 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.539 has been 00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:22.959 through 00:25:22.959 --> 00:25:23.439 here, 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.799 you would 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.339 say that 00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.059 David would 00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.639 surely be 00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:26.979 able to 00:25:26.979 --> 00:25:27.359 say that 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.579 there was 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.259 a time 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.339 when he 00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.859 thought the 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.279 outcome 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.679 would be 00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:31.159 different, 00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:33.040 when he 00:25:33.040 --> 00:25:33.800 thought the 00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.400 enemies would 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:35.120 capture him, 00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.240 when he 00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.540 would be 00:25:36.540 --> 00:25:36.920 killed, 00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:37.620 when Saul 00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.040 would have 00:25:38.040 --> 00:25:38.740 him killed. 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.360 But God 00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:41.259 has taken 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.880 him through 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:43.620 and God 00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.360 has proved 00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.220 to him 00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.480 that he 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.800 can be 00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.440 dependent 00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.080 on. 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.000 So David 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.420 knew that 00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:49.900 if God 00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.560 could help 00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:51.420 him in 00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.140 these past 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.640 days, 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.300 he could 00:25:54.300 --> 00:25:55.000 help him 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.779 in his 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.779 future days 00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.519 as well. 00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.000 So that's 00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.300 what he is 00:25:59.300 --> 00:26:00.019 making clear 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.980 here in 00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.599 verse 3, 00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.259 I call 00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.799 upon the 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.259 Lord who 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.880 is worthy 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.660 to be 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.120 praised and 00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.360 I am 00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.140 saved from 00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.539 my enemies. 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.039 This is an 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.519 ongoing 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.720 salvation, 00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.099 that he 00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.720 has this 00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:11.380 trust in 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.819 God. 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.599 He is 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.220 worshipping 00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.120 God. 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.360 And the 00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:15.599 word 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.019 worship 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.799 itself, 00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.079 what's 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.559 behind 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.039 that? 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.039 Well, 00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.420 the word 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.860 worship 00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:22.799 is with 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.360 this word 00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:24.099 worthy, 00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.799 worthship, 00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.160 the one 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.400 who is 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.980 worthy 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.900 to be 00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.640 praised. 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.039 And so 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.279 he is 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.660 showing 00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.299 himself to 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.599 be on 00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.160 God's 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.619 side, 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.779 that he 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:33.940 will 00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.899 trust in 00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.379 the Lord 00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.420 in all 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.139 his days. 00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.200 So David 00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.279 knew the 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.799 Lord was 00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.879 worthy to 00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.539 be praised 00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:42.980 because of 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.399 the way 00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.079 he had 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.619 brought him 00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.039 through. 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.779 And in 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.220 your life 00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.599 and my 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:47.859 life, 00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.220 I'm sure 00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.440 there's 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.220 been times 00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.259 as we 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.359 looked ahead, 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.680 as we 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.299 looked forward 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.619 in our 00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:52.859 lives, 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.240 where all 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.559 we could 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.720 see was 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.379 defeat. 00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:56.840 all we 00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.240 could see 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.820 was there 00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.340 wasn't a 00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:59.000 way ahead 00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:00.080 for us. 00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:01.460 Everything 00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.040 seemed to 00:27:02.040 --> 00:27:02.760 weigh heavy 00:27:02.760 --> 00:27:04.000 upon us. 00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.380 All we 00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.800 could see 00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:05.700 was our 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.780 unworthiness, 00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.520 our sin, 00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:10.100 and no way 00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:11.000 forward for 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.660 ourselves. 00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.140 That is what 00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.380 David was 00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.220 seeing here 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:17.020 at times in 00:27:17.020 --> 00:27:17.400 his own 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:17.720 life. 00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.780 But yet he 00:27:18.780 --> 00:27:19.200 was brought 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.700 through and 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.520 so can we. 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.920 that as 00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.759 we trust 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.099 in the 00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.400 Lord, 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.759 as we 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.180 look to 00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.500 him, 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.539 that there 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.839 is that 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.440 assurance 00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.920 that he 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.460 is able 00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.359 to bring 00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.980 us through. 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.420 And what 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.779 a lesson 00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.180 there is 00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.539 in that 00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.240 for us. 00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.879 That as 00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.680 David learned 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.359 to trust 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.900 in God, 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.940 so can 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.240 we. 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.720 That as 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.259 David was 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.940 protected, 00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.279 so will 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.839 he protect 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.279 us. 00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.579 As David 00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.359 was provided 00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:44.680 for, 00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.680 so he 00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.359 will provide 00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.119 for us. 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.859 As he 00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.240 helped 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.619 David, 00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.200 so he 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.759 will help 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.000 us. 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.680 As he 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.240 refreshed 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.640 David, 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.180 so he 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.340 will 00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:53.840 refresh 00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:54.259 us. 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.799 He can 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.220 do all 00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.660 of these 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.000 things 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.519 because he 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.160 is God 00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.000 who is 00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.420 able. 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.620 And he 00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:00.900 is the 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.200 one who 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.900 is worthy 00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.960 to be 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.580 praised. 00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.840 Jim 00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.340 Parker, 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.900 in one 00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.180 of his 00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.480 books, 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.840 he said 00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.380 this about 00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.880 worship. 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.559 This then 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.200 is worship 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.779 in its 00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.900 largest sense. 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.120 And he 00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.580 goes on to 00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.200 describe it 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.460 in this 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.680 way. 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.559 Petition 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.039 as well 00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.900 as praise. 00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.220 Preaching 00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.700 as well 00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.319 as prayer. 00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.480 Hearing 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.000 as well 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.819 as speaking. 00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.059 Actions 00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.559 as well 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.360 as words. 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.480 Obeying 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.940 as well 00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.700 as offering. 00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.660 Loving 00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.279 people 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.720 as well 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.279 as loving 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.920 God. 00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:31.799 So he 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.100 has all 00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.319 these 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.000 aspects 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.059 of worship 00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.440 that we 00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.700 are to 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.059 have 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:36.240 ourselves. 00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.000 But he 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.299 goes on 00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.539 to say 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.759 this, 00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.120 however, 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.680 the primary 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.440 acts of 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.779 worship 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.600 are those 00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.440 which focus 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.180 on God 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.920 directly. 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:46.240 and we 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.740 must not 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.279 imagine 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.259 that work 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.920 for God 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.220 in the 00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.580 world 00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:50.519 is a 00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.060 substitute 00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.900 for direct 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.480 fellowship 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.160 with him 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:54.440 in praise 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.300 and prayer 00:28:55.300 --> 00:28:56.720 and devotion. 00:28:58.300 --> 00:28:59.160 So there 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.140 are important 00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:01.060 things for us 00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:02.160 to be doing 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.160 in this 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.620 world. 00:29:04.800 --> 00:29:05.200 But there 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.880 is nothing 00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:07.460 more important, 00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:08.019 there is no 00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.800 substitute, 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.440 as Jim 00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.860 Packer 00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.480 says here, 00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.560 than direct 00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.240 fellowship 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.799 with him 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.620 in praise 00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.839 and prayer 00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:16.220 and devotion. 00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.759 And that 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.099 is what 00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.500 David 00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.539 is showing 00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.000 here. 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.579 In everything 00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:21.980 that he 00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.700 did for 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.299 the Lord, 00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.680 he sees 00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.620 it is all 00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.859 about worship. 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.339 There is no 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.039 substitute, 00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.680 as David 00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.120 is saying 00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.420 here, 00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.220 for this 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.759 fellowship, 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.359 this praise, 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.240 prayer, 00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.500 and devotion 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.099 that this 00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.799 psalm 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.880 shows to 00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.279 us. 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.960 Is that 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.279 our worship 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.279 today? 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.559 Is that 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:42.960 the way 00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.740 we are 00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.119 living 00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.960 our lives 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.480 today? 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.399 With that 00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:47.079 praise, 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.839 prayer, 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.220 and devotion 00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.539 to God, 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.339 the one 00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.680 who is 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.279 worthy 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.440 to be 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.019 praised. 00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.720 A little 00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.200 boy had 00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.720 been to 00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.200 church, 00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.379 and at 00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:58.700 the end 00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:58.960 of the 00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.279 day, 00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.139 at night, 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.460 as he 00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.680 knelt 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.339 beside his 00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.960 bedside, 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.920 to pray 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.539 to God. 00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.700 This 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.119 was his 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.480 prayer. 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.859 Dear 00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.399 God, 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.660 we had 00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.039 a good 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.259 time in 00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.619 church 00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.059 today. 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.639 But I 00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.180 wish you 00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.700 had been 00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.099 there. 00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.839 Coming 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.559 to church 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:18.160 is not 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.720 about having 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.220 a good 00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.639 time with 00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.200 each other. 00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.460 It's not 00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:22.940 about coming 00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.559 to see 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.480 the person 00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.319 sitting beside 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.700 you or to 00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.259 catch up 00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.960 with others 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:28.220 around you. 00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.700 It's about 00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.460 recognizing 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.299 that God 00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.619 is here 00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:34.200 and that 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.720 we meet 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.399 with him, 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.700 the one 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.059 who is 00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.579 worthy 00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.940 of all 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.600 our 00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.240 praise. 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.039 We are 00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:43.500 so thankful 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.900 to God 00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.340 for all 00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:45.600 that he 00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.160 does for 00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.299 us. 00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:46.580 He is 00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:46.980 worthy 00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.080 of our 00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.860 thanksgiving. 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.200 And this 00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.759 evening we 00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.299 think of 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.140 the fact 00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.380 that he 00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.960 is worthy 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.740 of worship, 00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.000 worthy 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:56.220 to be 00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.779 praised. 00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.320 So may 00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:58.860 our hearts 00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.700 praise him 00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.320 tonight. 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.519 Praise him 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.900 with that 00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.600 sense of 00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.380 thanksgiving, 00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:05.380 praise him 00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:06.200 and recognizing 00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.660 our delight 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.140 in him, 00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.760 our dependence 00:31:09.760 --> 00:31:11.100 on him 00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:12.120 and our 00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.640 ongoing 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.480 devotion 00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.600 to him. 00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.860 May we 00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.260 be a 00:31:16.260 --> 00:31:16.800 people 00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:18.060 who have 00:31:18.060 --> 00:31:19.020 that praise 00:31:19.020 --> 00:31:20.400 and prayer 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.820 and devotion 00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:23.060 with him 00:31:23.060 --> 00:31:24.180 in that 00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.960 relationship 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:26.100 where we 00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.500 can come 00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.880 and say 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.500 I love 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.740 you my 00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.300 Lord, 00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:31.120 my strength. 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.520 Let us 00:31:32.520 --> 00:31:32.760 pray. 00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:37.240 Lord, 00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:37.500 our 00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.960 gracious 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.440 God, 00:31:38.520 --> 00:31:38.840 we do 00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.640 thank you 00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.200 for your 00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.940 word again 00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:42.140 that reminds 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.820 us of our 00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.200 ongoing 00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.900 dependence 00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.720 of you. 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.680 And we 00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.120 thank you 00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.360 that you 00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.900 are worthy 00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.520 to be 00:31:47.520 --> 00:31:48.080 praised. 00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.220 And help 00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.480 us, 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:49.800 Lord, 00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.420 to come 00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.820 and acknowledge 00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.600 you in that 00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:52.840 way, 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.160 that you 00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.640 are one 00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:53.960 we are 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.580 to worship 00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.560 and you 00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:56.000 alone, 00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.300 so that 00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:58.040 from the 00:31:58.040 --> 00:31:58.880 outset of 00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.500 our time 00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.940 and as we 00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.420 go from 00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.040 here this 00:32:01.040 --> 00:32:01.420 evening 00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.520 into all 00:32:02.520 --> 00:32:02.900 the week 00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.360 ahead, 00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:04.040 that whatever 00:32:04.040 --> 00:32:04.620 we do 00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.220 for you, 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.019 that we 00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.580 recognize 00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:07.180 that there 00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.620 is no 00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:08.300 substitute 00:32:08.300 --> 00:32:08.980 for that 00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.680 fellowship 00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.259 with you 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.019 in praise 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.100 and prayer 00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:12.840 and devotion. 00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.120 Teach us 00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.560 to pray, 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.060 teach us 00:32:15.060 --> 00:32:15.580 to walk 00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:16.080 with you, 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.880 teach us 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.320 to love 00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:17.580 you and 00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:17.940 to love 00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.560 one another, 00:32:19.060 --> 00:32:19.400 even as 00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.860 your word 00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.420 commands. 00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.720 We ask it 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.180 all with the 00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.519 forgiveness 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.000 of our 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.340 sins. 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.940 In Jesus' 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.360 name. 00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.220 Amen. 00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.320 Amen. 00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:25.360 Amen. 00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.360 00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.360 00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.360 00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.360 00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.360 00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.360 00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.360 00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.360 00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:27.360 Amen. 00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.360 00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.360 00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:29.360 Amen. 00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.360 00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.360 00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.360 00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.360 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:33.319 We'll 00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.719 conclude 00:32:33.719 --> 00:32:34.099 then by 00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.439 singing 00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:35.919 in this 00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:36.299 psalm, 00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:37.000 Psalm 18, 00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:38.299 these three 00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.099 verses we've 00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.559 been looking 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.899 for, 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:41.079 page 218 00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.399 of the 00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:41.939 psalm book, 00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:42.779 the 00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.179 Scottish 00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:43.779 Psalter 00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.299 version. 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.859 Psalm 18, 00:32:50.459 --> 00:32:51.240 verse 1 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.519 to verse 3, 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.099 The will I 00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.399 love, 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:53.959 O Lord, 00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.680 my strength, 00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.680 my fortress 00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.240 is the 00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.460 Lord, 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.039 my rock, 00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.400 and he 00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.860 that doth 00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.380 to me 00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.819 deliverance 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.519 afford. 00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.100 Verse 1 00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.519 to 3, 00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.980 the tune 00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.600 is spot, 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.559 we stand 00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.079 to sing 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.740 to God's 00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.140 praise. 00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.240 Amen. 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:11.920 The will 00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:13.960 I love, 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:16.140 O Lord, 00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:18.140 my strength, 00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:21.640 my fortress 00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:24.800 is the 00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:26.160 Lord, 00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:28.960 my rock, 00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:31.180 and he 00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:33.759 acteth 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:35.860 to me 00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:39.860 deliverance 00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:41.860 afford. 00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:45.860 My God, 00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:48.860 my strength, 00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:51.300 through my 00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:53.539 will trust. 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:56.220 Abaklar 00:33:56.220 --> 00:34:00.399 unto thee 00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:00.399 00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:03.399 heart 00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:05.399 of thy 00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:09.460 salvation 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:12.539 and my 00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.679 night 00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.880 of 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:17.679 redeemed. 00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:35.899 Upon the Lord who worthy is, all praises will I cry. 00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:52.220 And then shall I preserve thee, save from my enemy. 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:58.740 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my right. We'll close with the benediction. 00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:08.579 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen. 00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:30.739 Amen.