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 The scripture reading comes from 1 Samuel chapter 23 and 24.

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 Please follow along on the screen in your bulletin or in your own Bible.

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 In chapter 23 verse 14 we read.

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 And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness,

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 in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph.

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 And Saul sought after him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

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 David saw that Saul had come to seek out his life.

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 David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

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 And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went to David at Horesh

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 and strengthened his hand in the Lord.

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 And he said to him, Do not fear, for the hand of Saul, my father, shall not find you.

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 You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you.

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 Saul, my father, also knows this.

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 And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord.

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 David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.

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 Then the Siphites went to Saul at Acubert, saying,

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 Is not David hiding among us in the stronghold of Horesh,

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 in the hills of Hakkila, which is south of Jeshimon?

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 Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down,

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 and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand.

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 And Saul said, May you be blessed by the Lord, for you have had compassion on me.

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 Go, make yet more sure.

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 Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there.

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 For it's told to me that he is very kind.

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 See, therefore, take note of all the lurking places where he hides,

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 and come back to me with sure information.

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 Then I will go with you.

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 And if he is in the land, I will search him out among all thousands of Judea.

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 And they arose and went as if I had a Saul.

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 Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Ma'on,

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 in the Arabah, to the south of Jeshimon.

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 And Saul and his men went to seek him.

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 And David was told, so he went down to the rock,

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 and lived in the wilderness of Ma'on.

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 And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Ma'on.

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 Saul went on one side of the mountain.

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 And David and his men on the other side of the mountain.

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 And David was hurrying to get away from Saul.

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 As Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them,

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 a messenger came to Saul, saying,

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 Hurry, come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.

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 So Saul returned from pursuing after David and went against the Philistines.

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 Therefore, that place was called the Rock of Escape.

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 And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.

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 When Saul returned from following the Philistines,

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 he was told, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.

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 Then Saul took 3,000 chosen men out of all Israel

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 and went to seek David and his men in front of the wild goat's rock.

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 And he came to the sheepfold by the way, where there was a cave.

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 And Saul went in to relieve himself.

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 Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost part of the cave.

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 And the men of David said to him,

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 Here is the day of which the Lord said to you,

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 Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand,

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 and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.

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 Then David arose and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

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 And afterward, David's heart struck him

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 because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

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 He said to his men,

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 The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my Lord,

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 the Lord's anointed,

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 to put out my hand against him,

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 seeing he is the Lord's anointed.

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 So David persuaded his men with these words

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 and did not permit them to attack Saul.

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 And Saul rose up and left the cave and went on its way.

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 Afterward, David arose and went out of the cave

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 and called after Saul,

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 My Lord, the king.

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 And when Saul looked behind him,

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 David bowed with his face to the earth and paid homage.

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 And David said to Saul,

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 Why do you listen to the words of men who say,

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 Behold, David seeks your harm?

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 Behold, this day your eyes have seen

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 how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave.

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 And some told me to kill you,

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 but I spared you.

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 I said, I will not put out my hand against my Lord.

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 For he is the Lord's anointed.

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 See, my father,

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 see the corner of your robe in my hand.

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 For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe

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 and did not kill you,

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 you may know and see

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 there is no wrong or treason in my hands.

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 I have not sinned against you,

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 though you hunt my life to take it.

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 May the Lord judge between me and you.

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 May the Lord avenge me against you,

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 but my hand shall not be against you.

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 As the Proverbs of the ancients say,

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 out of the wicked come wickedness,

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 but my hand shall not be against you.

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 After whom has the King of Israel come out?

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 After whom do you pursue?

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 After a dead dog?

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 After a flea?

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 May the Lord therefore be judge

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 and give sentence between me and you

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 and see to it and plead my cause

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 and deliver me from your hand.

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 As soon as David had finished speaking these words to Saul,

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 Saul said,

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 Is this your voice, my son David?

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 And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

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 He said to David,

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 You are more righteous than I,

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 for you have repaid me good,

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 whereas I have repaid you evil.

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 And you have declared this day

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 how you have dealt well with me,

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 in that you did not kill me

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 when the Lord put me into your hands.

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 For if a man finds his enemy,

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 will he let him go away safe?

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 So may the Lord reward you with good,

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 for what you have done to me this day.

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 And now behold,

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 I know that you shall surely be King,

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 and that the Kingdom of Israel

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 shall be established in your hands.

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 Swear to me, therefore, by the Lord,

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 that you will not cut off my offspring after me,

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 and that you will not destroy my name

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 out of my father's house.

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 And David saw this to Saul.

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 Then Saul went home,

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 but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great.

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 Thank you so much, Bernard and Angeline,

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 for reading.

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 I know it's a long passage,

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 but it's just really great to be able to hear God's word.

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 And this is an amazing story this morning.

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 So really welcome to all of you,

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 wherever you are.

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 Let's just start with praying

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 and asking God to really open our hearts this morning.

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 Father, you have been faithful to us.

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 You are continually faithful to us.

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 Father, I pray that this morning

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 we would be reminded again

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 of how faithful you are to us.

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 Forgive us where we lose sight of that.

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 Open our ears that we would not be like Saul

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 who is deaf to you,

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 but we would be like David

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 whose heart is open for you to speak.

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 Lord, I pray that our hearts would be

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 touched by you this morning.

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 Holy Spirit, would you come in power?

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 Would you speak to us right where we are?

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 Would you bring your word to bear on our hearts?

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 And would you lift our eyes up

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 to see how great and how glorious

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 and how big you are?

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 Lord, we pray even in the midst of this pandemic,

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 Father, you are still on the throne.

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 Help us to see you on the throne

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 and to trust you,

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 that you are good and you are faithful.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 Great.

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 So we're going to carry on

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 looking in our series in 1 Samuel today.

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 And let me just start with this.

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 My son, Etienne, has a problem.

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 He's only two, but he's entitled.

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 You see, my one-year-old daughter, Elodie,

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 can be playing with a toy

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 and as soon as he sees her,

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 instantly he just cannot stand her playing with it.

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 If he's sitting down, he jumps up,

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 he starts screaming,

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 and he has to grab and snatch the toy away from her.

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 And they usually have a little bit

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 of a wrestling match for a while.

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 And even if he's eating,

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 we as parents will tell him,

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 hey, Etienne, just wait a minute.

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 You'll get a toy soon, but just wait.

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 But he can't wait.

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 Because, you know, when you're two,

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 you have to have everything instantly

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 in your timing right now.

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 And he will be seriously miserable

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 if he doesn't get things his way,

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 his timing, and what he wants.

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 And part of our parenting

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 and part of learning how to grow up

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 is teaching him and helping him

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 to learn how to wait without grasping.

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 And without that kind of sense of,

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 I need this, I deserve it,

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 entitlement right now.

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 But to know that actually he can trust

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 the Heavenly Father

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 who is an even better parent than we are.

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 And that's what actually this passage is all about.

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 And so I've got three things

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 that we're going to look at in this passage,

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 which is waiting, trusting, and then seeing.

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 Okay, so we're going to start with waiting.

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 Because we're looking today

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 at the story of David.

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 And if you've been tracking with us

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 over the series so far,

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 you will know that the people of Israel

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 have wanted a king to help fight their battles.

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 That's what was good in their eyes.

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 And they wanted someone

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 who was like the nations, who looked good.

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 And so God had given them Saul,

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 but actually God had then rejected Saul

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 and chosen David as king

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 because Saul, his heart was all about his own honor.

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 He was all about his own outward appearance.

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 But David's heart was a heart after God's own heart

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 and wanted to trust him and walk with him.

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 And so the whole of the story

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 is how God has been shaping and working in David's heart,

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 even in the mundane day-to-day of shepherding

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 where it looked like nothing was happening.

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 He was working in his heart,

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 preparing him for kingship

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 by teaching him how to trust him,

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 by teaching him how to see the bigness

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 and goodness of God,

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 which would stand him instead

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 for the rest of his life.

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 And up to this point,

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 everything had been going well for David.

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 Do you remember last week?

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 He's just killed Goliath.

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 He gets promoted to the king's court.

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 He's winning tons of battles.

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 Everybody loves him.

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 And then Saul hears the women saying,

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 Saul killed thousands,

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 but David,

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 his ten thousands.

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 And it says Saul was so angry,

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 his jealousy gets hold of him

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 and he seeks his life.

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 He seeks to kill him

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 because his jealousy just blinds him

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 to what God's purpose is

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 and what God has said.

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 And David becomes a rival

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 to exterminate and get rid of.

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 And so David has to go on the run.

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 And he goes on the run as a fugitive.

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 And though he is completely innocent,

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 he is driven out

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 and he wanders in the Judean desert.

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 We might have a picture of the Judean desert here,

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 going from place to place,

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 just running in hiding.

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 And scholars believe

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 that it was for at least seven years

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 that he's in the wilderness.

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 And then a total of 10 to 13 years

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 between the time when God had promised

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 that he would be king

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 and the fulfillment of that promise.

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 10 to 13 years.

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 All because of one man's insecurity

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 and hardness of heart and soul.

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 And in the waiting,

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 God's promises look further away

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 than ever before.

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 Because in chapter 23,

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 there's a part we didn't read,

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 which is just before this,

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 1 to 14.

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 David goes to the town of Kelah

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 and he actually saves this town

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 from the Philistines.

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 But then in repayment,

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 the people of Kelah

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 are getting ready

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 to betray him to Saul.

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 And so he has to run away.

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 And then we see in verse 19 to 29,

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 in this part of the passage,

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 David is in the territory

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 of the Ziphites,

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 who are descendants of Caleb,

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 who was one of the spies.

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 He went into the land

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 with Joshua into the promised land.

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 And they betray David

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 just out of personal ambition.

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 They see him there and they say,

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 hey, Saul,

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 isn't David hiding among us?

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 Now you come down

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 and our part shall be

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 to surrender him

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 into the king's hand

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 so they can get some favor

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 from the king afterwards.

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 I mean,

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 this is great, isn't it?

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 For someone who is meant to be king.

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 And you know,

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 what happens next is

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 it's actually like a Bond movie,

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 kind of car chase,

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 without cars.

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 But David is around

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 one side of the hill.

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 Saul is running

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 the other side of the hill.

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 And you can see

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 the drone shot of the camera

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 coming down

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 and Saul is closing in on David.

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 He's about to surround him.

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 He's cornered.

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 It's kind of nail-biting,

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 heart-pumping stuff.

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 And just as he's about to get him,

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 Saul's phone rings

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 and he gets a message.

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 He needs to fight a major fire

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 in another part of his kingdom.

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 The Philistines are attacking

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 and he has to back off.

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 And David,

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 with all that stress,

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 breathes a sigh of relief

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 and he actually calls this place

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 the rock of escape

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 because God has delivered him.

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 But it was super tight.

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 And you could,

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 you couldn't blame David

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 if at this moment,

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 with all that's going on,

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 he might have had some doubts.

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 He might have been going,

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 God, I thought you said

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 I'd be king,

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 but this wasn't what I bargained for.

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 I didn't expect this to happen.

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 This is way too stressful.

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 What's happening?

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 Where are you, God, in this?

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 But you know,

00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:17.579
 one thing this passage

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 is teaching us

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 is never despise waiting

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 because you know,

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 in the waiting,

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 God is often doing

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 his deepest work in our lives.

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 You know,

00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.799
 waiting is a workshop,

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 not a waste.

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 It's a faith factory,

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 not failure.

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 You know,

00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:35.600
 in my life,

00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:36.559
 half of my life

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 has been spent waiting for things,

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.539
 for health,

00:16:38.699 --> 00:16:39.439
 for jobs,

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 for education,

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 for relationship,

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 for kids,

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 you name it.

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 And waiting,

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 I can tell you,

00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:46.560
 is super hard.

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 We know that.

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 It's super hard

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 because you're not in control

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 and things are uncertain.

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 And sometimes,

00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:55.980
 you know,

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.700
 you can wait

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 and it can feel easier

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 when you really sense

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 God's presence is with you,

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 sustaining you.

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 But we even know

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 from the Psalms

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 that at times,

00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:06.220
 David didn't even feel

00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:07.000
 God's presence.

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 He says in Psalm 22,

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 my God,

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 my God,

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 why have you forsaken me?

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 God even seems absent

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 when he's trusting him.

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 Where does he go to

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 in the midst of this?

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 Where is God?

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 But the amazing thing

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 is that in the wait,

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 God is sculpting David's heart

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 to be a man of prayer,

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 a man whose faith

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 isn't in his feelings,

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 as we talked about

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 with the Lent thing,

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 but it's in the character

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 of his God.

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 Here's Psalm 54,

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 which is actually written

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 precisely at this time

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 when he's betrayed

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 by the Ziphites.

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 He says this,

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 he says,

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 oh God,

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 save me by your name

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 and vindicate me

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 by your might.

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 Do you see where

00:17:49.040 --> 00:17:50.460
 he's looking for his salvation?

00:17:50.580 --> 00:17:50.780
 He says,

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 strangers have risen against me.

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 Ruthless men seek my life.

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 And here's what he says,

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 behold,

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 God is my helper.

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 The Lord is the upholder

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 or the sustainer

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 of my life.

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 Do you see what's happening?

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 Right in the midst

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 of the wait,

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 he's learning to love God

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 and trust God for God,

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 to have confidence in him,

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 regardless of the feelings,

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 regardless of the circumstances.

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 He's getting character

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 formed in him.

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 Rock solid faith.

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 And for us,

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 many of us right now,

00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:27.080
 you know,

00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:28.640
 we're in times of waiting.

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 I mean,

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.759
 there's the pandemic

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.800
 that's going on.

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 There's a lot of uncertainty.

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 I'm not sure

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 what you're waiting for,

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 whether it's travel,

00:18:36.120 --> 00:18:37.120
 whether it's seeing family,

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 maybe it's other things.

00:18:38.239 --> 00:18:39.139
 Maybe it's the clarity

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 for a decision you've got to make.

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 Maybe there are desires

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 that God has birthed in your heart

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 and you just,

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 like dreams to be used

00:18:45.879 --> 00:18:46.459
 for his kingdom,

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 but it just seems like

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 it's not happening

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 and you don't know when

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 things are going to happen.

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 Don't despise the wait

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 because waiting teaches you

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 to let God be God.

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 And it teaches you

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 how to run to him

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 as your helper

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 and find him

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 as the sustainer

00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:04.179
 and upholder of your life.

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 And do you know

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.519
 what we need in the wait?

00:19:10.860 --> 00:19:11.960
 We need a Jonathan

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 in the wait

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 because sandwiched

00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:15.160
 in the middle

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.960
 of these two situations

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.480
 with Keller

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 and the Ziphites

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 is verse 15 to 19

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 where it says,

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:23.860
 And Jonathan,

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.400
 Saul's son,

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 rose and went to David

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:28.140
 and strengthened

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 his hand in God

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.120
 saying,

00:19:30.340 --> 00:19:31.100
 Don't fear,

00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:33.519
 you shall be king.

00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:35.460
 This is amazing.

00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:37.060
 You see,

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.299
 Jonathan,

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.860
 I wish we had time

00:19:39.860 --> 00:19:40.920
 to do a study on this guy.

00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:41.500
 He is,

00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.880
 he's an amazing guy.

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.480
 He's actually,

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:45.080
 he's the Prince Charles of Israel.

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:46.200
 He's next in line

00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:46.840
 to the throne.

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.759
 He's the heir.

00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:50.519
 But instead of grasping

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.320
 onto the power

00:19:51.320 --> 00:19:51.880
 that he thinks

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.960
 he's entitled to,

00:19:53.340 --> 00:19:54.360
 thinking he deserves

00:19:54.360 --> 00:19:54.900
 the throne,

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.900
 do you know what he does?

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:57.019
 He lays down

00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.900
 being number one

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.299
 and he says,

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.019
 Hey, I'm okay

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.960
 with being number two

00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:01.620
 because God,

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.279
 I know what God

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.000
 is doing here

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.099
 and I can trust him

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.819
 and he risks

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.920
 his entire life

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:07.220
 to come and encourage

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:09.420
 and support David

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.940
 right at the time

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.799
 when he needs it.

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:13.480
 You know,

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:16.319
 right in our waiting,

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.279
 we need promises.

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.299
 We need reminders

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.779
 of God's promises to us.

00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.640
 We need Jonathan.

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.519
 We need a Jonathan

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.279
 in our lives

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:25.220
 and we need to be

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.559
 Jonathan's to other people.

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:28.659
 So look around

00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.579
 and see

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:32.579
 your calling

00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:33.379
 actually this week

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 is who can I be

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.379
 a Jonathan to this week?

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.500
 Who can I be a Jonathan?

00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:38.599
 Who can I remind

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:40.079
 of the gospel promises

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:41.720
 that we can learn

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.159
 to wait

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 because we have

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:44.059
 a big and a good God

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:45.220
 that we can trust in

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:46.819
 who's at work right now?

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:49.119
 Who are you a Jonathan to?

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 Because, right,

00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:53.679
 and here's the end

00:20:53.679 --> 00:20:54.240
 of the waiting.

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.359
 Right, sorry,

00:20:55.459 --> 00:20:55.879
 here's the end

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 of the first part of waiting.

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.220
 You see,

00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:58.240
 this is the last time

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.099
 Jonathan actually ever

00:20:59.099 --> 00:20:59.679
 sees David

00:20:59.679 --> 00:21:00.859
 and spoiler alert,

00:21:00.959 --> 00:21:01.720
 Jonathan dies.

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:04.179
 But he completes

00:21:04.179 --> 00:21:05.399
 his mission before God.

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.959
 He's more successful

00:21:06.959 --> 00:21:07.919
 in God's eyes

00:21:07.919 --> 00:21:09.079
 than Saul,

00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:10.259
 his grasping,

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:11.099
 entitled father,

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.480
 Saul,

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.240
 ever was.

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:15.160
 That's the wait.

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.759
 But secondly,

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.620
 trusting.

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.539
 And this is,

00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:20.420
 this is beautiful.

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 I love the way

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 this is written.

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.440
 This is chapter 24.

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 It's beautiful

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.839
 but it's actually tragic

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.660
 at the same time.

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.039
 Because Saul,

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.700
 he's not given up.

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.900
 He's coming after him.

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.640
 And so it says,

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:33.620
 verse one says,

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:35.519
 when Saul returned

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:37.599
 from following the Philistines,

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.079
 he was told,

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.279
 hey,

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.000
 behold,

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.960
 David is in the wilderness

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.759
 of En Gedi.

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 Don't you love

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.900
 those kind of guys?

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.140
 Like,

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 who told him?

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.519
 David,

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.299
 you know,

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:48.059
 David's had enough

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:49.000
 betrayal already.

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.740
 But it says,

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.980
 then Saul took

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:53.319
 3,000 chosen men

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.940
 out of all Israel

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:56.160
 and went to seek David.

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:56.960
 Do you know what?

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.940
 David's got 400 men.

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.279
 That's about 10 to 1.

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 This isn't fair.

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:01.799
 Okay?

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.400
 This is totally outnumbered.

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:06.039
 But what's lovely is this.

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:07.119
 This is the point

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.819
 where actually the Bible

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:09.019
 gets a little humorous.

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.920
 It's actually about,

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:13.220
 it's a little bit of toilet humor here.

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.620
 And it's in the Bible.

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:16.039
 So it's worth doing.

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:19.240
 But it says here,

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.539
 verse three,

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:23.740
 and he came to the sheepfolds,

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.259
 by the way,

00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:25.539
 where there was a cave.

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:28.860
 And Saul went in to relieve himself.

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.680
 Now,

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.960
 David and his men

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.519
 were sitting in the innermost

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:34.259
 parts of the cave.

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.500
 I mean,

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.060
 just imagine,

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:37.419
 it's a cave.

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:37.740
 Okay?

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.359
 It's dark.

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.220
 It's smelly.

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.379
 David and his men

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:41.480
 are hiding there,

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:43.200
 crouching down for their lives

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.720
 to escape from Saul,

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.539
 killing them.

00:22:45.679 --> 00:22:47.419
 And into their very cave,

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.619
 out of all the caves

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.179
 that there were,

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.039
 and there were a lot,

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:52.079
 wanders Saul.

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.879
 He strips off his armor,

00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.559
 takes off his clothes,

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.519
 totally naked,

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.339
 totally vulnerable,

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.559
 takes down his pants,

00:22:58.679 --> 00:22:59.740
 starts doing a number two,

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.960
 right in front of them.

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.160
 Now,

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:04.100
 talk about low-hanging fruit.

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:04.480
 Okay?

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.259
 For a soldier,

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.900
 this is about as low as it gets.

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:09.660
 And the men of David,

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.380
 they said to him,

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:13.620
 here is the day

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:15.220
 of which the Lord said to you,

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.259
 behold,

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:18.480
 I will give your enemy

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.220
 into your hand,

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.900
 and you shall do to him,

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.559
 and here's the key,

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:24.980
 as it shall seem good to you.

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.500
 Literally,

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:30.460
 that's what is good in your eyes.

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.400
 You see,

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:34.000
 it looks amazing.

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.740
 God has promised you victory,

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.220
 David.

00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:37.860
 He didn't tell you the timing,

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:38.519
 but look,

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.480
 it's right here

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:41.340
 on a plate for you.

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:44.039
 But the key thing

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:45.120
 that David knows

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:46.559
 is Saul is still

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:48.160
 God's anointed king.

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:51.519
 He's God's chosen man

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.380
 for this role.

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:54.420
 And to attack him

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.480
 was to attack

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:57.279
 God's chosen man

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.380
 for all his faults,

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.680
 for all he had done wrong.

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:01.039
 God was the judge,

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.840
 and to take

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:03.180
 the judge's position

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.680
 right now

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:05.000
 was to attack God,

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:06.400
 and David knows that.

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.660
 I mean,

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.480
 how do you know

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:11.720
 if a circumstance

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:13.460
 that God brings

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.940
 is of God

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:16.920
 or is a test for you?

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:18.980
 Well,

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.700
 it comes down

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.160
 to actually

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.940
 how attuned

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.740
 your heart is

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.640
 to the heart of God,

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:24.320
 and how regularly

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:25.160
 you've been allowing

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.779
 his word

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.440
 to be shaping

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.960
 your heart

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.519
 and your soul

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.240
 and your life.

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.180
 Because you remember,

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.440
 just as in the Garden of Eden,

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:33.100
 just as with Abraham

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:33.940
 and Sarah

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.559
 who were barren

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.160
 with no child,

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.380
 just as with Saul

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.360
 is later on,

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.640
 we always have moments

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.380
 where you're tempted

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.759
 to take a shortcut,

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:42.279
 to do what is good

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.640
 in your own eyes.

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.400
 And what happens

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.019
 when you come

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.700
 into those moments

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.500
 of temptation

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.980
 where it just looks

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.759
 so good

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:51.460
 is

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:53.599
 your inner lawyer

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.440
 will give you

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.720
 a thousand justifications

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.720
 for why you should

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.440
 do this thing,

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.740
 even though you know

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.859
 God's word

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.879
 says no.

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.980
 Here's four things

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:04.160
 I think David's inner lawyer

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:05.039
 would have said to him.

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.720
 One,

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.680
 I need this.

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:09.859
 You know,

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.000
 God doesn't want us

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.279
 to suffer any longer,

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.819
 right?

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.779
 Here he is.

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:15.079
 We should just kill him.

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:17.079
 Years of hiding,

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.259
 years of stress

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.720
 and fear in one second

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.879
 could all be over.

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.319
 And it's also

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.339
 for his men too.

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.240
 It's not just for him.

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.259
 You know,

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.059
 they can't teach

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:27.059
 much more of this.

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.039
 We need this.

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.160
 I need this.

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.200
 Secondly,

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.619
 he deserves it

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:34.220
 because Saul

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.640
 is evil

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.579
 and unjust.

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.480
 You know,

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.200
 he's got every right

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.859
 to feel bitter

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.660
 about this.

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.779
 He's innocent.

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.279
 This is justice

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.359
 to get back at him.

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.319
 He deserves

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.339
 to be taken down.

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.359
 I need this.

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.240
 He deserves it.

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.200
 Thirdly,

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:51.200
 I'm entitled

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.980
 to it.

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:52.819
 Now,

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.519
 this is probably

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.319
 one of the strongest

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.819
 because David

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:57.539
 has been promised

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.200
 and anointed

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.519
 as the future king.

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.920
 It is

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.440
 his

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.619
 by right.

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.700
 So,

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.859
 he should just

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:07.160
 take it for himself,

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.579
 right?

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.000
 He shouldn't have to

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.180
 put up with any more

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.579
 of this,

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.420
 should he?

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.160
 He's entitled

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.859
 to it.

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.400
 He needs it.

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.759
 He deserves it.

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.519
 I'm entitled

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.900
 to it.

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.220
 Fourth,

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.440
 I won't get

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.400
 another chance.

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.259
 This is the ultimate

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.839
 FOMO

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:25.519
 because this is more

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.420
 real than any of our

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.500
 FOMOs that we face

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.980
 in our life

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.859
 because the opportunity

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:30.480
 cost is huge.

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.960
 the stakes

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.640
 are not just your career.

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.640
 The stakes are life

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.640
 and death

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.860
 for all of them.

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.720
 That's pressure.

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.539
 That's peer pressure

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.839
 too from his men.

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.759
 And you know,

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:45.460
 the job or the relationship

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.440
 that suddenly appears

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.339
 and looks so good

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.220
 but you know it's not

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.200
 healthy spiritually

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.620
 for you or for your family.

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.819
 There's a temptation

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.700
 for us

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:54.420
 to shortcut God's promises

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.319
 and his provision.

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.680
 Do it in our timing,

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.500
 in our way,

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.299
 and especially,

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.259
 some of you know this,

00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.519
 if you've been waiting

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:02.339
 faithfully for a long time,

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.559
 you can end up

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.299
 losing hope.

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.299
 And yet,

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.000
 here's the thing.

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.460
 Saul,

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.980
 under pressure

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.599
 from his men

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.400
 in chapter 15,

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.200
 he caved in

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.819
 to them.

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.440
 And David nearly does too.

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.519
 He listens to them.

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.759
 He creeps up to Saul.

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:17.019
 He sees his robe

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.500
 on the ground.

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.799
 He cuts it.

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.700
 Just as,

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.119
 remember,

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.859
 Saul tore Samuel's robe

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:23.440
 to show that the kingdom

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.519
 was torn from him.

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.980
 So David cuts it

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:27.000
 to show Saul,

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.519
 it's not your kingdom anymore.

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:30.500
 And just as he's going in

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.420
 for the final kill,

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.220
 it says this,

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:36.420
 David's heart struck him.

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.900
 Listen to that.

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:42.119
 David's heart struck him.

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.160
 This is incredible.

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.859
 Given the pressure,

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.359
 given the history,

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.599
 given the waiting,

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.220
 the spirit of God

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.660
 pricks his conscience

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.900
 with all of that,

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.519
 all the justifications,

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.160
 justifications,

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:56.559
 it's a godly alarm system

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:58.400
 saying you should not

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.480
 be doing this.

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.980
 And because in the waiting

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.299
 he's constantly tuned

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.299
 his heart to God

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.039
 in his word,

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.920
 in prayer,

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.099
 in confession,

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.440
 and repentance,

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.379
 he listens.

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.619
 And he obeys

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.779
 in the heat of the moment.

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:15.579
 And he trusts God's entire,

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.879
 his entire life,

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.279
 God for his entire life,

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.579
 his entire future,

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.839
 and that of his men.

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.639
 And he says,

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.880
 I'm not going to hold on

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.420
 to any bitterness.

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.680
 I'm not going to hold on

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.360
 to entitlement.

00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:26.300
 I'm not going to try

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:27.380
 and get my own way.

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:29.240
 I'm going to leave judgment

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.680
 in the hands of God.

00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:32.600
 And he says this,

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.040
 he says,

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.900
 the Lord forbid

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.940
 that I should do a thing,

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.980
 do this thing,

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.960
 to my Lord,

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:39.680
 the Lord's anointed.

00:28:39.800 --> 00:28:40.280
 Do you see who's

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.799
 at the forefront

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.500
 of his mind?

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:43.539
 It's Yahweh his Lord.

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.240
 And he turns around

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.980
 to his men.

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.579
 And I can imagine,

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.519
 this is what they're saying,

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:49.940
 they're going,

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.599
 what are you doing?

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:53.519
 You idiots.

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.079
 Like,

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:56.399
 you're never going to get

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.440
 another chance.

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.859
 Are you nuts?

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.599
 And it was super heated,

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.279
 and we know that

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.460
 because it says in Hebrew,

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.960
 it says David persuaded them.

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.500
 In Hebrew,

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.359
 it actually says

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:07.740
 David tore into them,

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.720
 meaning he went,

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.640
 don't you dare touch them.

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.079
 Because

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.880
 they were not happy

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.640
 about this.

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.619
 But he's got a conviction

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.880
 that trusting God

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.960
 is going to work out

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.640
 in the long run.

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.059
 And Saul,

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.539
 their persecutor,

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.859
 gets up

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:25.700
 and walks freely

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.980
 out of the cave

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:29.240
 to carry on hunting them

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:31.799
 for another few years.

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.339
 Wow.

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.140
 You see,

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:36.140
 faith doesn't always feel good

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.940
 in the short term.

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:39.140
 But faith is more solid

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:40.080
 than your feelings.

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.920
 Because God is more sovereign

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.080
 than your feelings.

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.759
 And God is our helper.

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:47.700
 I want to turn to

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:49.420
 bring up Bernard

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:51.140
 to share a little bit

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.480
 of some of his story

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:54.360
 of how he's seen God

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:56.240
 just at work in his life

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:58.480
 in a very practical scenario

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.900
 in the waiting.

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.460
 So,

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.340
 if we can just

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:02.420
 hand it over

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.240
 to Bernard.

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.140
 Bernard

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.759
 Thanks, Chris.

00:30:06.020 --> 00:30:06.259
 Boy,

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.620
 it's kind of hard

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.120
 to follow

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:09.259
 on the back

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.360
 of David's story.

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.259
 But Chris asked me

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.820
 to share

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:14.580
 something that...

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:14.740
 Bernard,

00:30:14.800 --> 00:30:15.560
 I think you're on mute.

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.400
 Oh,

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:18.580
 I'm speaking,

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:20.380
 but maybe...

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:21.040
 Can you hear me?

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.360
 Can you hear me now?

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.440
 Okay.

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.520
 Can you hear me?

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.180
 Yeah.

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.660
 Okay.

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.740
 Yeah.

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.740
 It's kind of hard

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.120
 to follow

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.660
 on the back

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:32.140
 of David

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:33.880
 and Saul's story.

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.920
 But Chris asked me

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.460
 to share

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.880
 something that

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.460
 kind of happened

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.140
 in my career

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:41.740
 that required

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:43.019
 quite a bit of waiting.

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.880
 And so,

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.700
 basically,

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.900
 I've been

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:50.400
 working for my company,

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:52.860
 a IT and telecom company,

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:54.179
 for 30 years.

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.359
 I know

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:56.159
 for a lot

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:57.799
 of our young people

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:59.199
 in Mortimer,

00:30:59.479 --> 00:31:00.679
 that would be

00:31:00.679 --> 00:31:01.639
 beyond

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:04.579
 a lifetime sentence.

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:06.139
 How can you work

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.799
 for one company

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.679
 for 30 years?

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:09.039
 Three years

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.979
 seems like a long time.

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.059
 But,

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.880
 basically,

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.299
 what happened

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.640
 was...

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.000
 So,

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:16.620
 I run

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.480
 Asia Pacific

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.980
 for this company

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:22.259
 and I've been

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.700
 doing it

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.700
 since 2008.

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.140
 So,

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.700
 that's probably

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.680
 about 13 years.

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.900
 But,

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.259
 actually,

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.059
 it was the journey

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.039
 of how I

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.579
 got this role

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.460
 that Chris

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.380
 wanted me to share.

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.400
 So,

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.740
 back in 2003,

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.640
 which is

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:37.160
 quite a while ago,

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.160
 nearly 20 years ago,

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:40.960
 I was...

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.920
 My boss then,

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.920
 who was the head

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.800
 of this region,

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.540
 left

00:31:44.540 --> 00:31:46.540
 and four of us

00:31:46.540 --> 00:31:47.240
 was invited

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.480
 to interview

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:50.660
 for this job.

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:51.600
 And then,

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.660
 kind of long story short,

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.279
 it came down

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.100
 to two of us,

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.420
 between myself

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:57.320
 and a colleague

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:57.700
 of mine

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.600
 who's a little bit

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.120
 older than me,

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.680
 probably 10,

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:01.259
 15 years older than me.

00:32:02.040 --> 00:32:02.560
 And,

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:04.100
 in my final interview

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:05.580
 with my then boss,

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.420
 he asked

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:09.120
 the standard question

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.960
 of,

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.320
 you know,

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:11.360
 why would you think

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:12.740
 best that you had...

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.440
 Why do you think

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.220
 you're the best candidate

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.900
 for this role?

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.360
 And,

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:16.940
 boy,

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.600
 when Chris

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:19.680
 talked about

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.539
 David

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:22.180
 and his heart

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.860
 struck him,

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.160
 I had

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:25.380
 kind of a similar

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.500
 feeling at that point.

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:28.100
 I felt like

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:29.360
 that God

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:30.279
 was speaking to me

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.140
 and striking my heart

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:32.580
 and basically said

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:33.460
 to me

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.240
 that,

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:34.800
 you know what,

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.720
 it's not your time,

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:39.119
 you should recommend

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.819
 your colleague.

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.379
 So,

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.240
 at that point

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.200
 in the final interview

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.720
 between the two of us,

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:46.639
 I recommended

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.399
 to my boss

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:48.419
 that he should

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.720
 choose my colleague

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.720
 to be,

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:53.200
 to take this role.

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.859
 Thinking maybe one day,

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.220
 you know,

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.039
 it will be my turn.

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.879
 But I really felt,

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.399
 you know,

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.659
 he had more experience,

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.480
 he had another 10,

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.740
 15 years more experience

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.159
 than me

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.140
 and so forth.

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.660
 So,

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.380
 I ended up working

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.420
 for my colleague

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.860
 for three years

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:09.880
 subsequent to that.

00:33:10.820 --> 00:33:11.080
 And,

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.820
 in that,

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.279
 there was

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:14.040
 a lot of

00:33:14.040 --> 00:33:15.180
 different

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:16.220
 circumstances

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.019
 where I was able

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.900
 to support him.

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.200
 He actually

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.720
 fell into a bit

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.400
 of a depression

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:23.300
 in the middle of that

00:33:23.300 --> 00:33:23.940
 and I was able

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:25.080
 to kind of support

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:25.700
 him through that.

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.600
 At the end of that

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.340
 three years,

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.480
 he left

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.440
 the company

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.960
 and at that

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.240
 point,

00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:31.600
 I thought,

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:31.840
 oh,

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.480
 you know,

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.460
 maybe it's my turn.

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.539
 And then the company

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.259
 decided to fly

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.299
 somebody in from the US

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:38.000
 and passed

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.019
 over anybody

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.820
 in the region

00:33:39.820 --> 00:33:41.360
 to take that role.

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.039
 So,

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.720
 then I worked

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.180
 for this new boss

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.360
 for another year

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.240
 and then they moved

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.539
 him on to another job

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.340
 and I thought,

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.539
 wow,

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.000
 finally,

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.460
 okay,

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:52.299
 it's my turn

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:54.039
 to do this role.

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.640
 And then they decide

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.740
 to do another

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.279
 restructure

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.899
 and merge

00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:58.579
 the region

00:33:58.579 --> 00:34:01.180
 with another region

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.599
 and then they put

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.220
 another boss

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.000
 ahead of me.

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.160
 So,

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.599
 I was passed

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.220
 over twice.

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.240
 So,

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.960
 this is now

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:08.380
 kind of five years,

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.880
 four years on

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:11.400
 and now

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:13.279
 I work for

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:14.719
 my new,

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.019
 second new boss

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:17.300
 for another two years.

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.480
 So,

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.800
 now kind of six years

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:20.239
 on from the time

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:21.420
 that I felt God

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.840
 saying,

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.519
 you know what,

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.940
 you should recommend

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:25.300
 your colleague

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.720
 and,

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.460
 you know,

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.760
 something happened,

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.920
 an incident happened

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:32.500
 and it actually

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.700
 created a really

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.780
 difficult situation

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.880
 for my then boss

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:37.320
 who had to take

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.019
 responsibility

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:39.039
 for that incident

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.820
 although he wasn't

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.320
 involved

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:42.260
 and he left.

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.280
 So,

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.380
 now it moved

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.640
 from,

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.420
 it's now

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:46.700
 the end of 2008

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:48.720
 and at which

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.120
 point

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:50.920
 the company

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:52.440
 then said,

00:34:52.560 --> 00:34:52.720
 okay,

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.420
 we've kind of run

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.160
 out of candidates

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.480
 now.

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.619
 All those people

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.379
 we've put on top

00:34:56.379 --> 00:34:56.739
 of Bird

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.619
 we've kind of run

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.819
 out.

00:34:58.399 --> 00:34:59.239
 Maybe it's time

00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:00.139
 we asked Bird

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:01.679
 to kind of

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.339
 take the role.

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.079
 So,

00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:04.139
 you know,

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:05.399
 that was kind

00:35:05.399 --> 00:35:06.239
 of a long story

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.599
 short.

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.460
 It was about

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.519
 six years

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.719
 between the time

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:11.019
 of my interview

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.879
 and I was

00:35:12.879 --> 00:35:13.279
 appointed

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:14.659
 for the role

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:16.679
 and I know

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.159
 it seems,

00:35:17.319 --> 00:35:17.679
 six years

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.460
 seems a long time

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.339
 probably especially

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:20.179
 for those that are

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:21.559
 young in their career

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.359
 it seems probably

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.380
 a lifetime

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.420
 but,

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:24.860
 you know,

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.940
 what I didn't know

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:28.000
 and it didn't to me

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:29.760
 and it reminded me

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.380
 of a verse

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:30.980
 in Genesis

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:32.160
 29

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.920
 when

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:35.000
 Jacob

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.660
 was

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:37.920
 waiting for Rachel

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:39.320
 and Laban

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.220
 kind of

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:41.120
 did a

00:35:41.120 --> 00:35:42.059
 bait and switch

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:44.140
 with Leah

00:35:44.140 --> 00:35:44.860
 and

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.380
 but

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:46.820
 in 20

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.680
 in verse

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.160
 20

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:49.600
 it said

00:35:49.600 --> 00:35:51.360
 but they

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.960
 seemed to him

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.860
 but a few days

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:54.120
 because he loved her

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:54.600
 and

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:56.380
 so actually

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:57.120
 those six years

00:35:57.120 --> 00:35:57.860
 really didn't feel

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.519
 like that long

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.539
 to me.

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:00.600
 I really felt like

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:01.400
 and by the way

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:03.140
 the time of waiting

00:36:03.140 --> 00:36:04.539
 is not a time

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.340
 well I'm going to sit

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.800
 on my hands

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.260
 and feel sorry

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:06.760
 for myself.

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.900
 It was really

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.680
 just a time

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:09.260
 of

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:10.440
 leaning

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.960
 and trusting

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.440
 in God

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.840
 and really

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.400
 he taught me

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.800
 a lot

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.820
 and one thing

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.580
 at the end

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.840
 of that

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.819
 when I was

00:36:15.819 --> 00:36:16.699
 appointed to that role

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.440
 and I've been in it

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.619
 for 13 years now

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.860
 was that

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.940
 prior to me

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.960
 the average tenure

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.719
 of somebody

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.679
 who survived

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.279
 in this role

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:25.079
 was two years

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:26.099
 so

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:27.559
 it wasn't

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.039
 a

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:29.619
 longevity role

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.440
 and now

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.920
 I've been in it

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.559
 for 13

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.900
 I don't know

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.659
 if God wants me

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.199
 to be in it

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.980
 for any further

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.799
 but I certainly

00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:36.719
 feel like

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.099
 that

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:39.019
 it was a time

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.480
 of waiting

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.639
 that God's timing

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:41.659
 was surely

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.340
 a lot better

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:42.659
 than

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:44.480
 my own timing.

00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:45.679
 So Chris

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:45.960
 sorry

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.799
 it was longer

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:47.259
 than it

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:48.340
 needed to be.

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.500
 No that's great

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.239
 thank you

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:51.559
 Bernard

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.279
 and I think

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:52.799
 one of the things

00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:53.099
 that

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:54.539
 just even

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.340
 I'm sure Bernard

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:56.000
 may not say this

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.920
 but I think

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.259
 just

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:58.779
 you see how

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.179
 just even

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.880
 walking in

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.299
 just the

00:37:00.299 --> 00:37:01.659
 ordinary faithfulness

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.420
 of just trusting

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:03.079
 God over

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.860
 time

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.500
 over time

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.380
 and I know

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.860
 even Bernard

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.659
 you said to me

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.679
 that one of the things

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.239
 God had worked

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.840
 in your heart

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.340
 was actually

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:09.960
 a desire

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.539
 that you wanted

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:10.960
 to see

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.980
 the other people

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.619
 succeed

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.699
 as well

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.299
 and I think

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:15.219
 that comes out

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:15.639
 of actually

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:16.480
 a security

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.539
 and a trust

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.299
 that actually

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:19.219
 you know

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:19.639
 that actually

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.619
 God has got you

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.699
 and so thank you

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.480
 so much for sharing

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:22.919
 that I think

00:37:22.919 --> 00:37:24.079
 that's just

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.919
 really encouraging

00:37:24.919 --> 00:37:25.899
 for us.

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:29.059
 So I want us

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.980
 to just finish

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:32.359
 with one more point

00:37:32.359 --> 00:37:33.879
 we've looked at waiting

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:35.519
 we've looked at trusting

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.339
 in a God

00:37:36.339 --> 00:37:37.199
 who is faithful

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:39.279
 and the last thing

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:40.079
 is I want to do

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:41.399
 is talk about seeing

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.940
 because it's not

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.300
 that actually

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:44.119
 God always works

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.700
 everything out

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:45.380
 in our own way

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:47.180
 and actually

00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:48.360
 this call

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.800
 to wade

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.400
 and to trust

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:50.180
 is not a call

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:51.539
 as Bernard said

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.360
 to just accept

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:53.180
 every bad stuff

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:54.119
 that comes your way

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:55.380
 and just live with it

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:56.920
 it's a call

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:58.180
 to a big vision

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:58.720
 of God

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.519
 which gives you

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.680
 courage in uncertainty

00:38:00.680 --> 00:38:02.240
 so you don't grasp

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:03.059
 so you don't live

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.800
 and seek your own

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.380
 entitlement

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:05.400
 but actually

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:06.920
 David gets up

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:08.000
 out of the cave

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.360
 and he goes

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:11.240
 to confront Saul

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:12.240
 he's not passive

00:38:12.240 --> 00:38:12.980
 in this at all

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:14.400
 but his heart

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:15.519
 is in the right place

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.880
 before he goes

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.559
 to confront

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.000
 and actually

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.539
 by the way

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.019
 if you have

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.300
 relational tension

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.820
 never go and

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.620
 confront someone

00:38:21.620 --> 00:38:22.460
 until you've actually

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.500
 done heart surgery

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.640
 on yourself first

00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:25.559
 because you'll only

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.500
 make things worse

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.980
 but David

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.640
 at this point

00:38:28.640 --> 00:38:29.420
 he's seeking

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.320
 to win

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.620
 Saul's heart

00:38:31.620 --> 00:38:33.079
 to open his eyes

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:34.539
 to see reality

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:36.320
 and he shouts

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:36.740
 to Saul

00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:37.059
 he goes

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.639
 hey my lord

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.420
 the king

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:40.840
 and he bows down

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:42.259
 and then he shows him

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:44.059
 the cut robe

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:45.039
 and he goes

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:47.099
 see my father

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:49.219
 see the corner

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:50.000
 of your robe

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.599
 in my hand

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.079
 in fact the word

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:51.920
 see is repeated

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:53.179
 at least four times

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:54.000
 in two verses

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:55.239
 he says

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:56.380
 do you see

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:58.000
 do you see reality

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:59.360
 do you see

00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.779
 every lie

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.599
 that you have been

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.079
 believing

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:03.139
 is false

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:05.000
 here is the evidence

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.219
 in front of you

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:08.079
 I could have

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.659
 had revenge

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.340
 I could have

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:10.059
 held on to business

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:11.079
 but I haven't

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:12.119
 because I'm not

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.920
 I'm not trusting

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:14.019
 and getting my own way

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.219
 in this

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:15.780
 I'm leaving judgment

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.900
 in God's hand

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.400
 because I know

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.079
 his hands are bigger

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.579
 than mine

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.360
 and he says

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:20.079
 may the lord

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:21.679
 judge between me

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.539
 and you

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:23.780
 but my hand

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.719
 shall not be

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:25.500
 against you

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.380
 I'm not going to

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.119
 take revenge

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.619
 I'm not going to

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:27.960
 attack

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.460
 I'm not going to

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:28.760
 withdraw

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:29.300
 I'm not going to

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:30.199
 do anything

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:31.519
 except I'm bringing

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.159
 the goodness

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.940
 of God

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.539
 to you

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:35.900
 and Saul's eyes

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.500
 which have been

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:37.679
 blinded by this

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.659
 ever deepening

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:40.119
 spiral of grasping

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:41.360
 and jealousy

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:42.380
 trying to hold on

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:43.099
 to his ambitions

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.099
 and control

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:46.460
 for one split second

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.059
 are opened

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:48.920
 and he sees

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.599
 the reality

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:50.599
 and he says this

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:52.579
 you are more

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:54.039
 righteous than I

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:55.659
 for you have

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.519
 repaid me

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.320
 good

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:58.539
 and the word good

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:58.900
 is actually

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:00.739
 repeated multiple times

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:01.439
 good

00:40:01.439 --> 00:40:02.579
 whereas I have

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.599
 repaid you

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.559
 evil

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:06.000
 you see

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:07.239
 David's trust

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:08.019
 in God

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.719
 as the judge

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.379
 when he could have

00:40:09.379 --> 00:40:09.919
 grown bitter

00:40:09.919 --> 00:40:11.519
 but he doesn't

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.859
 he leaves

00:40:12.859 --> 00:40:13.559
 all of that

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.679
 in God's hands

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:15.879
 it leads him

00:40:15.879 --> 00:40:17.219
 to bring blessing

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:18.079
 and good

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:19.239
 to even the wicked

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:20.539
 and unjust

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:21.679
 people like Saul

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:23.439
 whereas Saul's

00:40:23.439 --> 00:40:24.559
 trust in himself

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.619
 leads him

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.619
 to doing evil

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:28.099
 to innocent people

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:29.359
 and you know

00:40:29.359 --> 00:40:30.199
 we are the same

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:31.939
 because in the

00:40:31.939 --> 00:40:32.899
 uncertainty of our

00:40:32.899 --> 00:40:33.259
 waiting

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:34.799
 in the pain

00:40:34.799 --> 00:40:35.460
 of hurt

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.179
 and betrayal

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:38.079
 we can be tempted

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:39.439
 to listen to lies

00:40:39.439 --> 00:40:40.899
 we can be tempted

00:40:40.899 --> 00:40:41.939
 to cling on to bitterness

00:40:41.939 --> 00:40:43.439
 we can be tempted

00:40:43.439 --> 00:40:44.519
 to look at the short term

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:45.139
 to zoom in

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:46.159
 on the macro lens

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:47.000
 of just the moment

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:48.119
 and try and get

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:49.159
 everything for now

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:51.119
 and miss the wide angle lens

00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:52.019
 of God's character

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.859
 and his promises

00:40:52.859 --> 00:40:54.739
 because you see

00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:56.019
 before each one of us

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.419
 today

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:59.539
 you will have tests

00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:00.360
 on whether you're going

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:01.300
 to trust God

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:02.260
 in your waiting

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:02.940
 or do what's good

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.680
 in your own eyes

00:41:03.680 --> 00:41:06.039
 and God puts in front

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.700
 of your face

00:41:06.700 --> 00:41:07.340
 this morning

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.200
 as he wants to

00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:09.039
 every day

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:10.960
 not a cut robe

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:12.440
 but he wants to put

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:13.659
 pierced hands

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.340
 and feet

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:15.000
 of Christ

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.900
 before you

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:17.240
 in front of your face

00:41:17.240 --> 00:41:17.579
 and says

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.039
 see

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:20.900
 you have in many ways

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.659
 treated me

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:22.340
 like Saul

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:23.239
 in your entitlement

00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:24.279
 in your impatience

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:25.119
 in your pride

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:26.539
 in so many different ways

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:27.980
 and yet

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:29.579
 Jesus was

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:30.679
 persecuted

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:32.400
 a fugitive

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:33.279
 betrayed

00:41:33.279 --> 00:41:34.539
 rejected

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:35.079
 treated

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.960
 far worse

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.699
 than Jesus

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.920
 than David

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.840
 ever was

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:40.320
 on our account

00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:43.639
 but I am so patient

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.179
 with you

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:46.019
 I am patient

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.759
 wanting people

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:47.720
 to repent

00:41:47.720 --> 00:41:48.680
 and come back

00:41:48.680 --> 00:41:49.160
 to me

00:41:49.160 --> 00:41:50.220
 do you know

00:41:50.220 --> 00:41:50.860
 Jesus could have

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:51.320
 wiped out

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:52.320
 every one of his enemies

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:53.520
 like that

00:41:53.520 --> 00:41:55.100
 instead

00:41:55.100 --> 00:41:56.420
 he chose not

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:57.220
 to take it into

00:41:57.220 --> 00:41:57.380
 his

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:58.500
 grasp it

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.320
 into his own hands

00:41:59.320 --> 00:42:00.640
 like Philippians 2 says

00:42:00.640 --> 00:42:01.820
 but he chooses

00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:02.920
 to take the nature

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.560
 of a servant

00:42:03.560 --> 00:42:04.800
 he pays

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:05.320
 the ultimate

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:06.960
 cost

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:08.760
 ultimate opportunity

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:09.180
 cost

00:42:09.180 --> 00:42:10.040
 of death

00:42:10.040 --> 00:42:10.800
 on a cross

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:11.840
 you see

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.540
 David's life

00:42:12.540 --> 00:42:12.980
 was actually

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:14.320
 protected by God

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:15.320
 but Jesus

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:16.500
 life was not

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:18.880
 and I can imagine

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.380
 in heaven

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:20.159
 the angels

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.780
 would go

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.719
 are you crazy

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.059
 God

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:24.079
 do you not

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:24.780
 know what

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.599
 Chris is like

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:26.800
 do you not

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.159
 know what

00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:27.900
 you're entitled

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.340
 to

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:29.679
 do you not

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:30.639
 know all the

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.039
 things that

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.940
 he has done

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:33.019
 to you

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:34.559
 and he would

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.039
 say yeah

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:37.340
 but my love

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:38.179
 and my grace

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:39.860
 come to

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.619
 undeserving

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.719
 entitled

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:42.500
 and impatient

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:43.039
 people

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:45.079
 and I want

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:45.679
 to give you

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.119
 what you

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.900
 don't deserve

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.699
 the grace

00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:49.039
 of my

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:49.840
 love

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:50.579
 and a

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.099
 relationship

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:51.679
 with me

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:53.320
 and he

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:54.039
 is the one

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:55.039
 who is crowned

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.719
 the ultimate

00:42:55.719 --> 00:42:56.259
 king

00:42:56.259 --> 00:42:57.500
 the resurrected

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:58.619
 king of glory

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:59.779
 and if you

00:42:59.779 --> 00:43:00.259
 want to have

00:43:00.259 --> 00:43:00.800
 a big view

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.239
 of God

00:43:01.239 --> 00:43:01.820
 right now

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:02.779
 you've got

00:43:02.779 --> 00:43:03.219
 to place

00:43:03.219 --> 00:43:04.119
 his story

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:05.159
 and overlay

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:05.639
 it onto

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:06.719
 your story

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:08.000
 because sooner

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:08.400
 or later

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:08.960
 this week

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.380
 you're going

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:09.840
 to have

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.760
 cave moments

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:11.400
 in your life

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:13.840
 maybe

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:14.380
 and if you

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:14.740
 haven't been

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.140
 getting in

00:43:15.140 --> 00:43:15.599
 God's word

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:16.079
 regularly

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:17.240
 if you

00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:17.640
 haven't been

00:43:17.640 --> 00:43:18.280
 rehearsing

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:18.760
 his love

00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:19.019
 and his

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.720
 faithful to

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:20.380
 you

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:21.539
 thanking him

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.740
 and allowing

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:23.460
 his promises

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:24.079
 to work in

00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:24.500
 your life

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:25.360
 you'll believe

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:25.780
 what everyone

00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:26.240
 else says

00:43:26.240 --> 00:43:26.920
 around you

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:28.240
 and it will

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:28.800
 be a lie

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:30.539
 and you'll

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.079
 be blind

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:32.099
 to the reality

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:33.180
 of the big

00:43:33.180 --> 00:43:34.000
 picture of

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.380
 what God

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.860
 is doing

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.440
 and you'll

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:35.840
 do what is

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:36.300
 good in your

00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:36.680
 own eyes

00:43:36.680 --> 00:43:36.960
 and it will

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.460
 cause harm

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.039
 to others

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:39.219
 but if you

00:43:39.219 --> 00:43:39.920
 tune your

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:40.480
 heart

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:41.239
 to the

00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:42.719
 ever faithful

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:43.380
 suffering

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:44.219
 love of

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:44.579
 Jesus

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:46.179
 towards you

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:47.259
 then his

00:43:47.259 --> 00:43:48.039
 story will

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.619
 reshape

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:49.400
 your story

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:51.019
 because what

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.579
 you see is

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.139
 he brings

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:53.579
 life out

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:54.179
 of death

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:55.340
 when you

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:55.900
 trust him

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:56.219
 with your

00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:56.719
 life

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.320
 there may

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:57.840
 be moments

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.400
 where things

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:58.860
 will feel

00:43:58.860 --> 00:43:59.219
 like you're

00:43:59.219 --> 00:43:59.579
 dying

00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:00.539
 but he

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:01.139
 always brings

00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:01.699
 resurrection

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:02.239
 out of the

00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:02.679
 cave

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:04.279
 you see

00:44:04.279 --> 00:44:04.940
 right now

00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:05.820
 I want to

00:44:05.820 --> 00:44:06.300
 ask you

00:44:06.300 --> 00:44:06.619
 where are

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:07.000
 the moments

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.360
 where you're

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:07.699
 waiting

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:08.980
 where are

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:09.399
 the moments

00:44:09.399 --> 00:44:10.000
 where you

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.939
 are in

00:44:10.939 --> 00:44:11.239
 pain

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:12.199
 or frustrated

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:13.899
 you see

00:44:13.899 --> 00:44:14.299
 God is

00:44:14.299 --> 00:44:14.739
 wanting to

00:44:14.739 --> 00:44:15.199
 work a

00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:15.679
 resurrection

00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:16.439
 story in

00:44:16.439 --> 00:44:17.000
 your life

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:18.299
 but you've

00:44:18.299 --> 00:44:18.599
 got to get

00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:18.899
 off your

00:44:18.899 --> 00:44:19.199
 throne

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:19.460
 like

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:19.899
 Jonathan

00:44:19.899 --> 00:44:21.579
 you've

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:21.779
 got to

00:44:21.779 --> 00:44:22.480
 trust him

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:22.779
 with the

00:44:22.779 --> 00:44:23.179
 timing

00:44:23.179 --> 00:44:23.480
 like

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:23.939
 David

00:44:23.939 --> 00:44:25.019
 and if

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:25.419
 you take

00:44:25.419 --> 00:44:26.119
 the promises

00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:26.839
 of God

00:44:26.839 --> 00:44:28.039
 my God

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:28.679
 is my

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:29.119
 helper

00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:30.139
 the Lord

00:44:30.139 --> 00:44:30.659
 is the

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:31.259
 upholder

00:44:31.259 --> 00:44:32.039
 and sustainer

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.519
 of my life

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:32.779
 and you've

00:44:32.779 --> 00:44:33.239
 got to wield

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:33.779
 those every

00:44:33.779 --> 00:44:34.359
 day to help

00:44:34.359 --> 00:44:34.939
 you fix

00:44:34.939 --> 00:44:35.500
 your eyes

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:36.299
 on Christ

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:39.120
 and every

00:44:39.120 --> 00:44:39.580
 day we're

00:44:39.580 --> 00:44:40.019
 doing that

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:40.680
 helping each

00:44:40.680 --> 00:44:41.120
 other with

00:44:41.120 --> 00:44:41.600
 that you

00:44:41.600 --> 00:44:42.160
 will look

00:44:42.160 --> 00:44:42.720
 back I

00:44:42.720 --> 00:44:43.460
 can guarantee

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:44.140
 in years

00:44:44.140 --> 00:44:44.640
 to come

00:44:44.640 --> 00:44:46.760
 and say

00:44:46.760 --> 00:44:47.260
 Jesus

00:44:47.260 --> 00:44:48.840
 you are

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:49.620
 more righteous

00:44:49.620 --> 00:44:50.280
 than I

00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:51.660
 I have

00:44:51.660 --> 00:44:52.539
 repaid you

00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:53.200
 with plenty

00:44:53.200 --> 00:44:53.680
 of sin

00:44:53.680 --> 00:44:55.019
 I've been

00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:55.580
 impatient

00:44:55.580 --> 00:44:56.180
 a whole lot

00:44:56.180 --> 00:44:56.500
 of other

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:57.080
 things but

00:44:57.080 --> 00:44:57.740
 in Christ

00:44:57.740 --> 00:44:58.380
 you have

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:59.580
 repaid me

00:44:59.580 --> 00:45:00.680
 with such

00:45:00.680 --> 00:45:01.500
 abundant

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.180
 good

00:45:02.179 --> 00:45:03.359
 because

00:45:03.359 --> 00:45:03.960
 Jesus

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.519
 you are

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.039
 so good

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.559
 to me

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:07.480
 and the

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:07.899
 question

00:45:07.899 --> 00:45:08.619
 is today

00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:09.879
 as he

00:45:09.879 --> 00:45:10.440
 puts that

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:10.940
 in front

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.419
 of you

00:45:11.419 --> 00:45:13.019
 will you

00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:13.719
 trust him

00:45:13.719 --> 00:45:14.099
 with the

00:45:14.099 --> 00:45:14.440
 weight

00:45:14.440 --> 00:45:15.699
 will you

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:16.460
 trust him

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.139
 with your

00:45:17.139 --> 00:45:17.500
 hurt

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:18.399
 will you

00:45:18.399 --> 00:45:19.139
 trust him

00:45:19.139 --> 00:45:19.919
 and run

00:45:19.919 --> 00:45:20.440
 to him

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:21.259
 and let

00:45:21.259 --> 00:45:21.679
 him

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:22.399
 be the

00:45:22.399 --> 00:45:22.579
 God

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:22.819
 of your

00:45:22.819 --> 00:45:23.259
 life

00:45:23.259 --> 00:45:25.460
 I want

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:25.879
 to pray

00:45:25.879 --> 00:45:27.399
 for a

00:45:27.399 --> 00:45:27.619
 second

00:45:27.619 --> 00:45:27.940
 and then

00:45:27.940 --> 00:45:28.119
 we're

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:28.239
 going to

00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:28.379
 move

00:45:28.379 --> 00:45:28.559
 into

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:28.960
 breakout

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:29.419
 rooms

00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:30.880
 but I

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:31.059
 want you

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.559
 to take

00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:32.360
 a second

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:32.860
 to think

00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:33.139
 about

00:45:33.139 --> 00:45:33.659
 this

00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:34.079
 story

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:36.280
 I want

00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:36.480
 you to

00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:36.659
 think

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:37.000
 where

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.519
 in this

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:37.960
 story

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:38.680
 resonates

00:45:38.680 --> 00:45:39.300
 with your

00:45:39.300 --> 00:45:39.800
 story

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:42.500
 where

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:42.820
 are the

00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:43.380
 areas

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:43.639
 where

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:43.980
 God

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.139
 is

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.639
 calling

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:44.940
 you

00:45:44.940 --> 00:45:45.139
 to

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.599
 trust

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:45.840
 in

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:46.099
 him

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:46.539
 today

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:47.380
 to

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:47.539
 have

00:45:47.539 --> 00:45:47.700
 a

00:45:47.700 --> 00:45:47.920
 bigger

00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:48.360
 vision

00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:48.559
 of

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:48.880
 him

00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:49.139
 and

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:49.400
 his

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:49.800
 goodness

00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:50.019
 and

00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:50.200
 his

00:45:50.200 --> 00:45:50.500
 love

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:53.680
 what

00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:54.240
 resonates

00:45:54.240 --> 00:45:54.619
 in

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:54.740
 your

00:45:54.740 --> 00:45:55.139
 life

00:45:55.139 --> 00:45:57.880
 where

00:45:57.880 --> 00:45:58.139
 is he

00:45:58.139 --> 00:45:58.460
 calling

00:45:58.460 --> 00:45:58.720
 you

00:45:58.719 --> 00:45:58.859
 to

00:45:58.859 --> 00:45:59.239
 trust

00:45:59.239 --> 00:45:59.579
 him

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:08.879
 so

00:46:08.879 --> 00:46:09.119
 father

00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:09.259
 I

00:46:09.259 --> 00:46:09.399
 just

00:46:09.399 --> 00:46:09.559
 want

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:09.639
 to

00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:09.879
 thank

00:46:09.879 --> 00:46:10.019
 you

00:46:10.019 --> 00:46:10.219
 that

00:46:10.219 --> 00:46:10.459
 you

00:46:10.459 --> 00:46:10.759
 are

00:46:10.759 --> 00:46:10.980
 the

00:46:10.980 --> 00:46:11.459
 ultimate

00:46:11.459 --> 00:46:11.980
 faithful

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:12.339
 God

00:46:12.339 --> 00:46:12.679
 thank

00:46:12.679 --> 00:46:12.980
 you

00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:13.959
 that

00:46:13.959 --> 00:46:14.159
 even

00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:14.379
 though

00:46:14.379 --> 00:46:14.659
 we

00:46:14.659 --> 00:46:14.939
 look

00:46:14.939 --> 00:46:15.179
 so

00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:15.419
 much

00:46:15.419 --> 00:46:15.559
 in

00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:15.679
 the

00:46:15.679 --> 00:46:16.299
 macro

00:46:16.299 --> 00:46:16.579
 the

00:46:16.579 --> 00:46:16.799
 little

00:46:16.799 --> 00:46:17.179
 tiny

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.559
 moments

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:17.739
 of

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:18.000
 life

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.259
 you

00:46:18.259 --> 00:46:18.480
 see

00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:18.619
 the

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:18.819
 big

00:46:18.819 --> 00:46:19.259
 picture

00:46:19.259 --> 00:46:20.919
 and

00:46:20.919 --> 00:46:21.179
 thank

00:46:21.179 --> 00:46:21.299
 you

00:46:21.299 --> 00:46:21.419
 that

00:46:21.419 --> 00:46:21.619
 your

00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:22.359
 faithfulness

00:46:22.359 --> 00:46:22.539
 has

00:46:22.539 --> 00:46:22.739
 been

00:46:22.739 --> 00:46:23.359
 proved

00:46:23.359 --> 00:46:23.719
 to

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:24.199
 us

00:46:24.199 --> 00:46:25.679
 ultimately

00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:25.980
 on

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.119
 the

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:26.480
 cross

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:26.719
 but

00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:27.000
 actually

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:27.459
 again

00:46:27.459 --> 00:46:27.619
 and

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:27.859
 again

00:46:27.859 --> 00:46:28.259
 every

00:46:28.259 --> 00:46:28.679
 single

00:46:28.679 --> 00:46:29.039
 day

00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:29.239
 you

00:46:29.239 --> 00:46:29.559
 prove

00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:29.699
 it

00:46:29.699 --> 00:46:29.859
 to

00:46:29.859 --> 00:46:30.019
 us

00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:30.199
 Lord

00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:30.539
 forgive

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:30.940
 us

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.500
 for

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:31.759
 where

00:46:31.759 --> 00:46:31.940
 we

00:46:31.940 --> 00:46:32.419
 fail

00:46:32.419 --> 00:46:32.639
 to

00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:32.940
 see

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:33.179
 that

00:46:33.179 --> 00:46:33.339
 you

00:46:33.339 --> 00:46:33.500
 are

00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:33.919
 faithful

00:46:33.919 --> 00:46:34.659
 I

00:46:34.659 --> 00:46:34.980
 pray

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.219
 Lord

00:46:35.219 --> 00:46:35.399
 even

00:46:35.399 --> 00:46:35.539
 as

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:35.679
 we

00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:35.839
 go

00:46:35.839 --> 00:46:35.960
 into

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:36.139
 our

00:46:36.139 --> 00:46:36.519
 breakout

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:36.879
 rooms

00:46:36.879 --> 00:46:37.139
 and

00:46:37.139 --> 00:46:38.399
 chat

00:46:38.399 --> 00:46:38.739
 together

00:46:38.739 --> 00:46:38.940
 I

00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:39.159
 pray

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:39.319
 that

00:46:39.319 --> 00:46:39.379
 you

00:46:39.379 --> 00:46:39.519
 would

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:39.899
 speak

00:46:39.899 --> 00:46:40.099
 to

00:46:40.099 --> 00:46:40.259
 us

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:40.359
 you

00:46:40.359 --> 00:46:40.480
 would

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:41.079
 encourage

00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:41.460
 us

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:42.000
 that

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:42.179
 you

00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:42.319
 would

00:46:42.319 --> 00:46:42.579
 help

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.099
 remind

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:43.500
 us

00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:44.139
 that

00:46:44.139 --> 00:46:44.500
 you

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:44.799
 have

00:46:44.799 --> 00:46:45.099
 got

00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:45.539
 today

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:45.819
 that

00:46:45.819 --> 00:46:46.059
 you

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:46.279
 are

00:46:46.279 --> 00:46:46.460
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