WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.480 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.980 --> 00:00:10.620 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us. 00:00:13.120 --> 00:00:16.559 And that was the best introduction I have ever had. 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:24.719 And I think if my mom would have been alive and here to have heard it, she would have believed it. 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:29.660 But, man, it's great to be here. 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:33.280 Gosh, two and a half years ago was the last time I was here, probably standing up here. 00:00:34.060 --> 00:00:38.879 And some of you guys know, you need to know that some of you all still sit in the same place. 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:42.939 It's true. I can look at it. It's hysterical. 00:00:43.259 --> 00:00:46.120 But it's great to be here. 00:00:48.519 --> 00:00:52.759 The text this morning is not like a Palm Sunday text. 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:56.460 But it's out of Proverbs. 00:00:56.739 --> 00:01:01.420 But in preparation for this morning, I was reading through the Palm Sunday, 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:05.400 the triumphal entry of Jesus in some of the Gospels. 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:09.840 And something stood out for me in John chapter 12. 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:13.920 And it's the part right after Jesus has come into the city. 00:01:14.539 --> 00:01:20.120 And John tells of the story of some Greeks, some Gentiles that come to Philip. 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:22.520 And then Philip goes to Andrew because they want to see Jesus. 00:01:22.880 --> 00:01:24.160 And they go and they tell Jesus. 00:01:24.380 --> 00:01:25.800 And then Jesus answers them. 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:28.960 And he says to tell them that the hour has come. 00:01:29.300 --> 00:01:32.980 The hour where the Son of Man is to be glorified has come. 00:01:34.260 --> 00:01:37.000 And then he goes on to tell them this. 00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:38.200 He says that, 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:56.379 And then Jesus goes on to talk about how whoever loves his life will lose it. 00:01:56.460 --> 00:02:01.020 Whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 00:02:01.019 --> 00:02:05.259 And so the message he's giving as he's come powerfully into the city, 00:02:05.500 --> 00:02:08.120 he's starting to tell what's going to happen to him. 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:10.659 He is going to die. 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:12.979 And then there's going to bear much fruit. 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:13.419 Right? 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:14.780 But then he talks about us. 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:18.680 He says that if we hate our life, in this life, in this world, 00:02:18.780 --> 00:02:20.300 we'll gain something greater. 00:02:20.300 --> 00:02:27.340 So this idea that he's telling us is that the way up is down. 00:02:28.140 --> 00:02:31.300 There's a humility that we're going to be called to. 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:33.060 Because as we go into the world, 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:37.840 it's a kind of world where things don't go the way that we want them to. 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:39.600 The unexpected things happen. 00:02:39.660 --> 00:02:41.960 Our expectations are here and the reality is here. 00:02:42.040 --> 00:02:42.760 There's a difference. 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:47.079 And he's preparing these Greeks, these Gentiles for this. 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:52.379 And it got me thinking in terms of my life, 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:54.599 how I face things, you know, 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:56.000 things that happen unexpectedly. 00:02:56.699 --> 00:02:59.019 My expectations are here, but then reality is here. 00:02:59.079 --> 00:02:59.599 What happens? 00:02:59.659 --> 00:03:00.399 How do I gap? 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:02.139 How do I bridge that gap? 00:03:02.659 --> 00:03:05.000 And usually what I want is a quick fix. 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:07.939 I want something to be fixed quickly. 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:12.180 In this world, things happen unexpectedly. 00:03:13.399 --> 00:03:14.500 And I want a quick fix. 00:03:14.620 --> 00:03:17.500 And I'm looking for a life hack most of the time. 00:03:17.579 --> 00:03:18.840 Do you know what a life hack is? 00:03:19.359 --> 00:03:20.439 You've heard of a life hack? 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:22.759 It's sort of just kind of a quick fix for things. 00:03:23.019 --> 00:03:26.519 There's even like whole websites dedicated for a life hack. 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:27.719 And one of them that I found, 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:31.199 and it's hysterical because it was so disappointing. 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:34.299 I needed some quick fixes, 00:03:34.299 --> 00:03:36.819 and I went to this whole website for a life hack. 00:03:36.819 --> 00:03:38.959 And this is how they define a life hack. 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:40.500 A life hack is being, 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:43.520 it's little ways that make our lives easier. 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:45.159 Okay? 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.060 So when our expectations are here 00:03:47.060 --> 00:03:48.360 and reality's here, 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:49.099 I need a quick fix. 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:50.479 I need my life made easier. 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.219 So here's a life hack. 00:03:53.259 --> 00:03:53.979 And here's a few of them, 00:03:54.020 --> 00:03:54.740 and they're horrible. 00:03:55.699 --> 00:03:57.139 They're not going to make your life easier. 00:03:57.199 --> 00:03:57.620 But listen, 00:03:57.699 --> 00:03:59.599 this is supposed to make your life easier. 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:01.319 You know those binder clips, 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:03.180 those black binder clips? 00:04:03.539 --> 00:04:04.840 They got like certain sizes. 00:04:04.939 --> 00:04:05.580 If you take those, 00:04:05.580 --> 00:04:07.360 you stick them on the back behind your desk, 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:09.219 you can organize all your cables 00:04:09.219 --> 00:04:10.500 through the little loop on it. 00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:12.960 Easy life. 00:04:15.140 --> 00:04:16.040 That's a good one. 00:04:17.520 --> 00:04:18.699 There was another one. 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:19.840 There was one that was about 00:04:19.840 --> 00:04:21.460 what to do with pancake batter, 00:04:22.100 --> 00:04:23.500 how to make your life easier. 00:04:23.500 --> 00:04:25.819 They say to put it in a squeeze bottle, 00:04:26.020 --> 00:04:26.120 you know, 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:27.180 a ketchup squeeze bottle. 00:04:27.780 --> 00:04:29.560 Put your pancake batter in that. 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:33.780 Let's do the pancake batter math here for a second. 00:04:33.779 --> 00:04:34.179 First, 00:04:34.179 --> 00:04:37.439 first to get a ketchup bottle empty, 00:04:37.559 --> 00:04:39.219 I got to get rid of the ketchup. 00:04:39.379 --> 00:04:39.519 First, 00:04:39.579 --> 00:04:42.179 I got to clean a squeeze bottle of ketchup. 00:04:44.159 --> 00:04:45.219 Now that's done. 00:04:45.299 --> 00:04:47.879 Then I've got to make my batter. 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.039 Then I got to get the batter into that thing. 00:04:51.719 --> 00:04:54.119 And my batter will take like ketchup from now on. 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:57.479 So one last little one. 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:00.579 This one is about how to organize your keys. 00:05:00.919 --> 00:05:01.779 If you got a lot of keys, 00:05:01.779 --> 00:05:04.839 get fingernail polish, 00:05:05.699 --> 00:05:06.839 different colors, 00:05:07.479 --> 00:05:09.179 and you're supposed to paint the top of them 00:05:09.179 --> 00:05:09.839 different colors. 00:05:11.159 --> 00:05:13.839 And then you'll know what key is to go to what. 00:05:14.359 --> 00:05:15.559 But then I think you need one of those 00:05:15.559 --> 00:05:16.879 little quarterback cheat sheets 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:17.879 to tell you, you know, 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:19.759 which key goes to what. 00:05:20.619 --> 00:05:23.039 Okay, so I failed with the life hacks. 00:05:23.459 --> 00:05:24.079 But I still, 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:28.699 I want to figure out how to make life easy. 00:05:28.779 --> 00:05:31.479 And I think this is something that marketers 00:05:31.479 --> 00:05:33.199 and advertisers are really, 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:34.639 they've been leveraging for years. 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:36.839 Because we want a quick fix to stop. 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:38.419 And have you seen in the, 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:39.259 like on websites, 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:40.339 they have little advertisements. 00:05:40.860 --> 00:05:42.779 And they'll tell you about one weird trick. 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:45.839 There's one weird trick out there. 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:47.699 And one of them was a weird trick 00:05:47.699 --> 00:05:48.759 on how to save, 00:05:48.919 --> 00:05:49.939 how to add $1,000 00:05:49.939 --> 00:05:51.560 to your social security check. 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:53.799 And I love the wording of that 00:05:53.799 --> 00:05:55.479 because that plays into exactly how I feel. 00:05:55.699 --> 00:05:57.159 Because my expectations are here 00:05:57.159 --> 00:05:58.239 and reality is here. 00:05:58.419 --> 00:05:59.459 And something has happened 00:05:59.459 --> 00:06:01.159 and I need a quick fix in my life. 00:06:01.359 --> 00:06:02.779 I need a weird trick. 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:05.739 Because what's so cool is it's weird. 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:08.779 Like no one knows how it works. 00:06:08.799 --> 00:06:09.319 It's weird. 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:11.199 And it's a trick. 00:06:12.379 --> 00:06:13.699 I don't know how tricks work. 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:14.519 They just work. 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:15.659 And that's what I want. 00:06:15.939 --> 00:06:17.279 That's what I want for my life. 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:18.599 I want a weird trick. 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:20.139 I love you when they say things like, 00:06:20.500 --> 00:06:22.439 here's a ridiculously easy trick 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:24.379 insurance companies don't want you to know about. 00:06:25.699 --> 00:06:26.639 And so here we are. 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:29.000 I need a quick fix. 00:06:29.060 --> 00:06:31.519 I need something that bridges the gap 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:33.680 between my expectations and reality. 00:06:37.099 --> 00:06:38.199 But who can blame us? 00:06:38.259 --> 00:06:39.539 I mean, who can blame us? 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:42.379 I mean, because life takes all kinds of turns 00:06:42.379 --> 00:06:43.319 and things happen. 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:44.980 And who can blame us 00:06:44.980 --> 00:06:47.939 that we would want a quick trick, 00:06:48.259 --> 00:06:49.839 a weird trick to fix it. 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:52.259 Because we live in a broken world. 00:06:54.139 --> 00:06:56.319 Genesis tells us the story of how that happened. 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:59.519 And then the repercussions of the fall 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:01.740 of our parents, Adam and Eve. 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:03.500 And the repercussions were that work 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:04.519 is going to be hard. 00:07:05.379 --> 00:07:07.519 What we do is going to be difficult. 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:08.659 Right? 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:11.060 I mean, the economy turns 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:12.379 and we lose our jobs. 00:07:14.139 --> 00:07:15.180 It's just difficult. 00:07:15.299 --> 00:07:15.979 It's hard. 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:18.539 And making money and buying things is hard. 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:21.279 And then relationships are affected. 00:07:21.579 --> 00:07:22.899 All of our relationships are hard. 00:07:22.979 --> 00:07:24.139 When you're married, it's difficult. 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:25.579 And you're getting along with your neighbor 00:07:25.579 --> 00:07:26.659 and the people at work. 00:07:26.719 --> 00:07:28.039 And it's just so hard. 00:07:28.620 --> 00:07:29.939 And I need a weird trick. 00:07:30.579 --> 00:07:32.240 I need something to fix this. 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:33.399 I need a life hack. 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:34.219 But here's the thing. 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:37.139 The Bible is not a collection of life hacks. 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:38.779 It's not a collection of weird tricks 00:07:38.779 --> 00:07:42.120 on how to avoid pain and struggle in life. 00:07:42.259 --> 00:07:43.540 In fact, it's the opposite. 00:07:43.980 --> 00:07:45.220 Jesus, when he was saying 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:46.159 after his triumphal entry, 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:47.480 you know, unless you die, 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:48.459 unless you die, 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:51.100 unless, see, the way up is down. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.340 And so the Bible is not a collection 00:07:53.340 --> 00:07:54.180 of weird tricks, 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:55.900 you know, life hacks. 00:07:57.120 --> 00:07:57.600 Although, 00:07:57.900 --> 00:08:00.500 it's full of resources. 00:08:00.660 --> 00:08:02.379 I mean, that bring life 00:08:02.379 --> 00:08:04.660 as we go through this broken world. 00:08:05.200 --> 00:08:06.140 Brings perspective. 00:08:06.260 --> 00:08:07.180 It brings life. 00:08:08.260 --> 00:08:08.700 Resources. 00:08:08.939 --> 00:08:10.040 Gospel resources. 00:08:11.320 --> 00:08:12.560 That's kind of even a strange 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:13.820 sort of terminology there. 00:08:14.180 --> 00:08:15.140 But here's the thing. 00:08:15.620 --> 00:08:16.740 We're going to look at 00:08:16.740 --> 00:08:19.379 one thing this morning. 00:08:19.939 --> 00:08:20.760 It's in our passage. 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:21.800 It's one thing. 00:08:22.640 --> 00:08:23.439 Just one, 00:08:23.640 --> 00:08:24.400 I don't know, 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:25.379 life hack. 00:08:26.700 --> 00:08:27.700 It's trust. 00:08:28.580 --> 00:08:29.420 Because when 00:08:29.420 --> 00:08:30.960 your expectations are here, 00:08:31.280 --> 00:08:32.159 reality's here 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:33.379 and that gap in between. 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:33.680 And you, 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:34.680 you know, 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:35.540 Jesus said 00:08:35.540 --> 00:08:36.740 as he rode in on the donkey, 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:37.600 I am king. 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:38.620 That's what he was saying. 00:08:38.659 --> 00:08:39.159 I'm king. 00:08:40.220 --> 00:08:41.080 Yet a week later, 00:08:41.180 --> 00:08:41.860 a year later, 00:08:42.060 --> 00:08:43.879 Caesar was still king, right? 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:44.740 But we know 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:45.879 Jesus is king 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:47.259 because when my expectations 00:08:47.259 --> 00:08:47.820 are here 00:08:47.820 --> 00:08:49.580 and reality is here, 00:08:49.580 --> 00:08:51.520 I have to believe 00:08:51.520 --> 00:08:52.000 he's king 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:53.160 even when it doesn't feel 00:08:53.160 --> 00:08:53.980 like he's king. 00:08:54.740 --> 00:08:56.080 And that's where trust 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:56.780 comes in. 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:57.600 Let's read the passage 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:58.379 this morning 00:08:58.379 --> 00:08:58.960 and then we'll pray. 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:03.120 Proverbs 3, 5, and 6. 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:03.960 Trust in the Lord 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:04.840 with all your heart 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:05.980 and lean not 00:09:05.980 --> 00:09:07.240 on your own understanding. 00:09:07.920 --> 00:09:08.820 In all your ways 00:09:08.820 --> 00:09:09.759 acknowledge him 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:11.220 and he will make your, 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:12.960 and he will make straight 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:13.639 your paths. 00:09:13.780 --> 00:09:14.200 Let's pray. 00:09:14.620 --> 00:09:14.980 Father, 00:09:15.940 --> 00:09:19.540 we need to see Jesus 00:09:19.540 --> 00:09:20.160 this morning 00:09:20.160 --> 00:09:22.420 just as the Greeks asked. 00:09:22.700 --> 00:09:23.639 Lord, show us Jesus. 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:25.280 Take us to the cross. 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:26.220 Blaze a trail 00:09:26.220 --> 00:09:27.680 that so that we end up 00:09:27.680 --> 00:09:29.639 before the face of Jesus 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:31.100 to look into his face. 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:32.340 And Father, 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:33.280 know that he's king 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:35.199 even when it doesn't feel like it. 00:09:35.740 --> 00:09:36.759 Teach us to trust. 00:09:37.199 --> 00:09:38.360 Show us that truth 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:38.899 this morning. 00:09:39.259 --> 00:09:40.699 We pray in Christ's name. 00:09:41.079 --> 00:09:41.299 Amen. 00:09:42.199 --> 00:09:42.519 Amen. 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:43.759 All right. 00:09:43.839 --> 00:09:45.500 So, very quickly again, 00:09:46.439 --> 00:09:48.019 we're on a journey 00:09:48.019 --> 00:09:49.039 through a broken world. 00:09:49.740 --> 00:09:50.299 It's hard. 00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:51.399 Things are hard now. 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:52.240 Very difficult. 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:54.120 And we're on that journey 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:54.720 through it. 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:57.079 And it goes all the way back 00:09:57.079 --> 00:09:57.799 to our parents. 00:09:58.319 --> 00:09:59.139 So, we're born 00:09:59.139 --> 00:10:00.459 with a bent away from God. 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:01.459 We're born in sin. 00:10:01.460 --> 00:10:02.200 We're sinners. 00:10:02.300 --> 00:10:02.960 That's how we're born. 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:04.259 And we need to be rescued. 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.500 And so, everything about us 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:08.660 wants everything except God. 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:12.440 And then, even as we're transformed 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:13.639 and given new hearts, 00:10:13.980 --> 00:10:15.600 that battle still rages in us. 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:18.700 We want things our way. 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:20.860 And it's difficult 00:10:20.860 --> 00:10:21.780 in a broken world. 00:10:21.900 --> 00:10:22.180 And so, 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:24.340 we have to go back 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:25.000 and to think on, 00:10:25.060 --> 00:10:26.060 well, why were we created? 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:28.519 What picture do we have in Genesis? 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:29.799 And that picture in Genesis 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:31.960 is that God wants to be with us. 00:10:32.079 --> 00:10:33.480 He wants a relationship with us. 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:34.840 And so, we read and see 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:36.139 the picture that's painted there. 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:36.779 And in fact, 00:10:36.819 --> 00:10:37.500 we have the imagery 00:10:37.500 --> 00:10:39.419 of God walking with us 00:10:39.419 --> 00:10:40.840 in the cool of the day. 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:41.519 Right? 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:42.519 That He wants to be 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:44.399 in relationship with us. 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:45.720 And so, in places 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:46.519 like Deuteronomy, 00:10:47.220 --> 00:10:48.259 we have this passage 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:49.259 in Deuteronomy 10, 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:49.980 verse 12. 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:51.360 And now, Israel, 00:10:51.580 --> 00:10:52.360 what does the Lord, 00:10:52.560 --> 00:10:53.300 your God, 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:54.279 require of you 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:55.639 but to fear the Lord, 00:10:55.700 --> 00:10:56.080 your God, 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:58.279 to walk in all His ways, 00:10:58.360 --> 00:10:58.960 to love Him, 00:10:59.039 --> 00:10:59.960 to serve the Lord, 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:00.600 your God, 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:02.200 with all your heart 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:03.240 and with all your soul? 00:11:04.379 --> 00:11:05.519 Another familiar passage 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:06.519 is Micah 6.8. 00:11:07.379 --> 00:11:08.080 He has told you, 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:08.440 O man, 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:09.139 what is good. 00:11:09.740 --> 00:11:10.480 And what does the Lord 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:11.320 require of you 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:12.340 but to do justice 00:11:12.340 --> 00:11:13.420 and to love kindness 00:11:13.420 --> 00:11:14.960 and to walk, 00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:16.659 to walk humbly 00:11:16.659 --> 00:11:17.920 with your God. 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:19.539 And then Jesus sums up 00:11:19.539 --> 00:11:20.240 all the commandments. 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:21.379 He gives the greatest commandment 00:11:21.379 --> 00:11:22.279 that we love God 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:23.459 with all of our hearts 00:11:23.459 --> 00:11:24.279 and all of our soul 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:25.399 and mind and strength. 00:11:26.299 --> 00:11:27.740 So the goal in our life 00:11:27.740 --> 00:11:29.019 is to know God, 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:30.199 to walk with Him. 00:11:32.139 --> 00:11:32.919 Roy Hessian, 00:11:33.099 --> 00:11:33.860 in that great book 00:11:33.860 --> 00:11:35.579 on We Would See Jesus, 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:38.099 he even says, 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:39.279 to see God 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:40.719 means to know 00:11:40.719 --> 00:11:41.319 and to love 00:11:41.319 --> 00:11:42.000 and to walk with Him. 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:42.959 And so that's what 00:11:42.959 --> 00:11:43.419 we want to do. 00:11:43.439 --> 00:11:44.279 We want to see God. 00:11:44.339 --> 00:11:45.179 We want to walk with Him. 00:11:45.199 --> 00:11:46.439 We want to walk with Jesus. 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:48.160 In this world 00:11:48.160 --> 00:11:48.880 where our expectations 00:11:48.880 --> 00:11:49.460 are here, 00:11:49.700 --> 00:11:50.600 reality here, 00:11:51.580 --> 00:11:53.020 we need to see Jesus. 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:54.660 We need to walk with Him. 00:11:54.700 --> 00:11:55.060 We need to have 00:11:55.060 --> 00:11:56.160 a relationship with Him. 00:11:56.280 --> 00:11:57.620 We need to trust Him. 00:12:00.700 --> 00:12:03.260 And we're to trust Him 00:12:03.260 --> 00:12:04.580 with all of our heart. 00:12:05.100 --> 00:12:06.440 Now, the heart, 00:12:07.280 --> 00:12:08.200 imagine God is trying 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:08.680 to describe 00:12:08.680 --> 00:12:11.120 how we made us. 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:12.440 And He says that, 00:12:12.460 --> 00:12:12.580 you know, 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:13.040 there's all kinds 00:12:13.040 --> 00:12:13.880 of parts to us. 00:12:13.920 --> 00:12:14.360 And one of the ways 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:15.500 He describes the heart 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:17.299 and then we have emotions. 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:18.879 But our heart 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:19.360 and emotions 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:19.879 are different. 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:21.519 Our heart is the place 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:22.259 where our greatest 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:23.840 commitments and hopes reside. 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:25.039 That's the place 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:26.100 where all of our commitments 00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:26.919 and hopes reside. 00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:27.899 And so what the passage 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:28.759 in Proverbs says 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:30.019 is we're to love God 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:31.240 with all of our hearts. 00:12:31.340 --> 00:12:32.399 With every ounce 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:33.019 of our being, 00:12:33.100 --> 00:12:34.000 we're to love God. 00:12:35.139 --> 00:12:35.980 We're to place 00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:36.840 all of our hope 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:37.879 and trust in Him 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.220 because our emotions 00:12:39.220 --> 00:12:40.179 come out of that. 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:42.419 So God is to be 00:12:42.419 --> 00:12:43.100 the very center 00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:44.980 of all of our commitment 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:45.500 and hope. 00:12:46.040 --> 00:12:46.720 That's what we're called 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:47.180 to do. 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:48.500 Derek Kidner 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:49.420 in one of the commentaries 00:12:49.420 --> 00:12:50.440 painted a picture 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:51.040 of what that word 00:12:51.040 --> 00:12:51.879 trust in Hebrew 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:52.600 and there's a lot 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:53.659 of facets to the word 00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:54.379 trust and we'll talk 00:12:54.379 --> 00:12:54.899 about a different 00:12:54.899 --> 00:12:55.600 facet later. 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:58.700 But he gave this idea 00:12:58.700 --> 00:13:01.000 of trust as lying 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:02.019 face downward, 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:03.879 helpless, 00:13:04.659 --> 00:13:06.000 helplessly face downward. 00:13:07.340 --> 00:13:08.340 And I gotta tell you 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:10.560 and I've brought up 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:11.919 an illustration using 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:13.479 our oldest son many times 00:13:13.479 --> 00:13:15.199 because Billy, 00:13:15.419 --> 00:13:16.259 as a lot of you know, 00:13:16.719 --> 00:13:17.359 is autistic. 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:18.819 He's an adult now. 00:13:19.099 --> 00:13:19.679 I think I'll get 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:20.199 his age right. 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:22.159 He'll be 23 this year. 00:13:23.479 --> 00:13:26.479 And many of you know 00:13:26.479 --> 00:13:27.279 when he was 17 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:28.119 he turned violent. 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:30.459 And oh boy, 00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:33.239 I know many of you here 00:13:33.239 --> 00:13:34.219 know that day well. 00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:36.739 And we had to place him 00:13:36.739 --> 00:13:37.639 outside the home. 00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:39.860 And he's in a group home 00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:40.480 for a while 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.600 and he's still in a group home. 00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:43.740 But in that first group home 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:45.799 and organization, 00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:46.519 one of the ways 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:47.419 they were helping him 00:13:47.419 --> 00:13:48.799 deal with his violence 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:50.580 and his lashing out 00:13:50.580 --> 00:13:51.439 was they had this thing 00:13:51.439 --> 00:13:52.419 called a blue mat. 00:13:53.779 --> 00:13:55.399 And a blue mat was, 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:56.580 just imagine you're 00:13:56.580 --> 00:13:58.059 in elementary school 00:13:58.059 --> 00:13:58.779 and you're at gym 00:13:58.779 --> 00:13:59.699 and the blue mat 00:13:59.699 --> 00:14:00.299 would be the mats 00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:01.139 you put on the ground. 00:14:01.439 --> 00:14:02.759 It's that sort of foam mat. 00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:04.299 And it had a little handle on it 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:05.340 and it could fold in two 00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:06.179 and they would carry that 00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:06.840 around with them 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:07.399 because when Billy 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:08.420 would begin to act out 00:14:08.420 --> 00:14:09.200 they would have to put 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:10.440 the blue mat on the ground 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:11.940 and I watched them do this 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:12.540 a number of times. 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:13.540 They would gently put him 00:14:13.540 --> 00:14:14.700 down on the blue mat 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:15.820 face down 00:14:15.820 --> 00:14:17.620 and then two workers 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:18.540 would get on either side 00:14:18.540 --> 00:14:19.740 of him and hold him down, 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:22.340 helplessly hold him down 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:23.460 until he stopped 00:14:23.460 --> 00:14:24.460 wanting his way. 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:28.820 And thanks to my wife Sherry, 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.060 she brought that illustration up 00:14:31.060 --> 00:14:32.379 and said that that is how 00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:33.500 we are to trust 00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:34.879 because typically 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:36.100 what we want is our way. 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:38.660 We want our way. 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:39.500 We want things our way. 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:40.660 Our expectations are here 00:14:40.660 --> 00:14:42.000 and the reality is usually 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.680 down here 00:14:42.680 --> 00:14:44.200 and we want our way 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:46.280 and God teaches us to trust 00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:48.220 to stop wanting our way 00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:49.860 and wanting his way. 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:53.000 So that's what we're called to do. 00:14:53.060 --> 00:14:54.200 To trust in the Lord 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:56.139 with all your hearts, 00:14:56.180 --> 00:14:57.120 not wanting your way, 00:14:57.340 --> 00:14:58.660 but we're to lean on 00:14:58.660 --> 00:15:00.519 and we're to put all of our weight, 00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:01.900 not on our understanding, 00:15:01.899 --> 00:15:04.079 but on the understanding of God. 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:05.799 In Proverbs, 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:07.519 any understanding, 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:08.399 any wisdom 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:11.120 is not true understanding 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:12.159 apart from God. 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:14.279 And so our challenge is 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:15.079 we always want to lean on 00:15:15.079 --> 00:15:16.439 our little thimble full 00:15:16.439 --> 00:15:17.199 of understanding 00:15:17.199 --> 00:15:18.399 when we stand before 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.159 a vast ocean 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:20.220 of God's understanding 00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:23.139 because our expectations are here 00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:23.959 and what God wants 00:15:23.959 --> 00:15:25.179 is usually right here 00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:26.299 and there's a huge difference. 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:29.500 and if I lean on my understanding, 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.279 I can get bitter. 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:31.939 If I lean on my understanding, 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:32.620 I can get angry. 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:36.120 I can start to find 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.859 other ways out, 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:38.139 looking for a quick fix, 00:15:38.179 --> 00:15:38.919 a weird trick, 00:15:39.599 --> 00:15:40.299 a life hack 00:15:40.299 --> 00:15:41.879 to get out of whatever mess I'm in. 00:15:43.199 --> 00:15:44.579 But I have to lean on 00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:46.120 how God sees it 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:47.039 and his understanding. 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:48.439 Here's a great quote. 00:15:48.719 --> 00:15:49.719 If God were small enough 00:15:49.719 --> 00:15:50.359 to be understood, 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.639 he wouldn't be big enough 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.419 to be worshipped. 00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:53.240 Amen on that. 00:15:54.339 --> 00:15:55.139 If he was small enough 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.699 to be understood, 00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:56.660 he wouldn't be big enough 00:15:56.660 --> 00:15:57.360 to be worshipped. 00:15:58.920 --> 00:16:00.300 So we need to fall on our face 00:16:00.300 --> 00:16:01.060 on a blue mat 00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:02.740 before the vast ocean 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.780 of God's understanding. 00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:07.480 Let me ask you this then. 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.280 What's next? 00:16:08.400 --> 00:16:09.840 What do we do then after that? 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.820 How do we get up 00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:11.560 off the blue mat? 00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.860 Well, it says in the passage 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:15.000 we're to acknowledge him. 00:16:15.540 --> 00:16:16.960 That simply means to know him, 00:16:17.640 --> 00:16:19.480 to have a deep relationship 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:20.160 with God, 00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:20.900 to know him. 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:23.320 It's a personal knowledge. 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:25.560 We're aware of the other person. 00:16:26.540 --> 00:16:27.100 And it's just like 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.780 your relationships, 00:16:27.900 --> 00:16:28.860 just like our relationships. 00:16:29.300 --> 00:16:29.700 Oh man, 00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.480 I wish I could go back 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:31.300 in time now 00:16:31.300 --> 00:16:34.480 because I was able to do 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:35.400 as a pastor 00:16:35.400 --> 00:16:36.980 a lot of marriage counseling. 00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:38.720 And those poor people 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.500 that I counseled early on, 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:43.440 I just want to go back 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:43.740 and like, 00:16:43.780 --> 00:16:44.660 can they do a do-over? 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.620 Because I would think 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.100 I could help 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.840 a little better now 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:49.640 with marriage issues. 00:16:50.160 --> 00:16:51.340 And here's what I would say 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:53.140 about that. 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:54.060 Here's what I would do differently. 00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:54.939 And I'll put it this way. 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.000 If you're maybe 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.679 going to go into 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:57.459 marriage counseling, 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:58.979 maybe with one of the pastors here 00:16:58.979 --> 00:16:59.799 or with a therapist, 00:17:00.479 --> 00:17:01.319 here's what you need to do. 00:17:01.479 --> 00:17:02.419 Promise me you'll do. 00:17:02.479 --> 00:17:03.259 If you walk into 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:04.220 this initial meeting 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:05.619 and the first thing 00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:06.919 out of that counselor 00:17:06.919 --> 00:17:08.200 or pastor's mouth is, 00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:09.599 and they say, 00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:11.359 who wants to begin? 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:14.659 Just get up and leave. 00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:17.200 Because what they're saying is, 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.799 who wants to start 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.819 complaining first? 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:21.240 That's not what you want to hear. 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.480 Here's what I would recommend 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:23.039 that you would try 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.819 to listen for. 00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:25.960 And here's what I will do 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:27.680 as well if you come to me. 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:30.039 Is I will ask you, 00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:31.640 before we find out 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:32.779 what's concerning you, 00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:34.460 I'll ask you 00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:37.500 to start talking about 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.339 what was it like 00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:39.319 when you first met. 00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:42.680 Tell me what it was like 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:44.079 when you first saw her. 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:46.160 How did you feel? 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.900 And then that person 00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.200 could say, 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:49.680 well, wow. 00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:51.000 First time I saw her, 00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:52.380 oh, I just thought, 00:17:52.620 --> 00:17:53.420 it's beautiful. 00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:55.640 Then we started to talk. 00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.660 She was so smart, 00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:58.540 funny, 00:17:59.360 --> 00:18:01.040 and her laugh was cute. 00:18:01.320 --> 00:18:03.160 And then the wife could say, 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.540 oh, I remember 00:18:03.540 --> 00:18:04.640 when I first saw him. 00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:06.700 And yes, handsome 00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.660 and rugged. 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:10.759 And Sherry says, 00:18:10.840 --> 00:18:10.960 you know, 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.680 I was wearing 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:14.480 these little tight red shorts. 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:17.960 And she reminds me. 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.620 This is the day 00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:19.900 when gym shorts were tight, 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.299 like that. 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:25.559 And because then 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.799 after that happens, 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:28.799 then the counselor can go, 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:29.900 okay, now tell me, 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:31.700 what concern has brought 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.279 you here today? 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.500 You see what's going on? 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:35.500 I mean, there's part of it 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.299 on a practical level. 00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:37.240 You can't stay mad 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.680 at somebody 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.579 when you're remembering 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.680 things about them. 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:42.519 But we're to remember. 00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.180 The way, 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:45.220 your relationship 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:46.279 will grow with each other 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:47.320 as you remember 00:18:47.320 --> 00:18:49.039 how you met, 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.920 what you've been through, 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:52.240 all those things 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:53.200 you've got to remember. 00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:54.140 That's how you develop 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:54.720 a relationship 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:56.000 just among people. 00:18:56.080 --> 00:18:57.220 And one other little thing, too, 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:59.259 I would tell couples 00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:00.039 you need rituals. 00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.140 You need things 00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:02.140 you do on a regular basis. 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.680 It could be like 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.620 a Tuesday night 00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:06.279 pastry and coffee. 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.539 Something that you do 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:09.140 on a regular basis. 00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:12.540 That's how we know God, too. 00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:15.460 If you look at a lot 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.160 of the Psalms, 00:19:16.300 --> 00:19:17.600 they begin with 00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:18.560 the psalmist 00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:19.580 remembering things 00:19:19.580 --> 00:19:20.020 about God, 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:21.259 remembering how 00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:22.120 and what he brought 00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:22.840 you through. 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:25.160 Remember what he's done. 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.040 And so as we have 00:19:26.040 --> 00:19:27.180 a relationship with God, 00:19:27.540 --> 00:19:28.780 we open his word 00:19:28.780 --> 00:19:29.660 and we remember 00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:30.660 what he's done 00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:32.060 from start to finish, 00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:32.400 you know, 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.680 from Genesis to Revelation, 00:19:34.060 --> 00:19:35.180 what he's done 00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:36.020 for us, 00:19:36.060 --> 00:19:36.840 how he came after, 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:38.080 how much he loved us, 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:39.259 how much his heart 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.399 is after us, 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:41.480 what he's done 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.539 to come after us. 00:19:42.639 --> 00:19:43.500 That's how we develop 00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.839 a relationship with God. 00:19:44.939 --> 00:19:45.579 We remember 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.439 what he's done 00:19:46.439 --> 00:19:47.500 and we think on it 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:49.359 and we delight in it, 00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:50.019 in his word. 00:19:50.419 --> 00:19:51.859 And then you have rituals 00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.599 where, you know, 00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:54.740 regular time with God, 00:19:55.339 --> 00:19:56.759 doing that remembering, 00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:58.879 regular time 00:19:58.879 --> 00:20:00.359 with God and his word 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.259 and with his people. 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.119 Right? 00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:04.299 Spending time with him, 00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:06.579 spending time with others, 00:20:06.919 --> 00:20:07.819 with people. 00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:09.099 That's how he grows us. 00:20:09.159 --> 00:20:10.599 That's how we get 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:12.000 into relationship with him. 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.419 So trust in the Lord 00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:14.240 with all your heart. 00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:15.919 Lean not on your understanding, 00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:17.119 but in all your ways, 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.359 know him. 00:20:19.399 --> 00:20:20.039 Know him. 00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:20.899 All right, 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:23.159 so there you go. 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:26.019 What's the next thing 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.919 we're supposed to do? 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:27.799 Well, 00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:29.200 if we are to trust him, 00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:29.960 not ourselves, 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.839 we do it by knowing him. 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:33.119 The next thing that we're called 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:33.879 to do in this passage 00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:34.700 is relax. 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.819 I don't know if you saw it in there, 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.759 but it's relax. 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.759 Because the next part of this 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.599 is it says, 00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:43.799 he will make straight your paths. 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.500 There's a lot of work 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.579 that leads up to the relaxing. 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:46.879 You know, 00:20:46.919 --> 00:20:47.759 you spend time in the Word, 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.559 spend time with others, 00:20:48.659 --> 00:20:49.379 you think about him, 00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:50.000 you remember, 00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:51.379 you remember all these things, 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:53.139 but he causes us to relax. 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.339 Why? 00:20:53.439 --> 00:20:54.220 Because he's got it. 00:20:54.659 --> 00:20:56.779 There's an old Portuguese proverb 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.700 that says that 00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:59.200 God writes straight 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:00.299 with a crooked line. 00:21:01.419 --> 00:21:02.799 You know what that crooked line is? 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.399 It's the hardship, 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.279 it's the world, 00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:06.680 the broken world we live in. 00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.639 We're called to walk 00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.539 that crooked path 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:12.180 that God has written for us. 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.980 We're to believe 00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:15.159 and to trust him 00:21:15.159 --> 00:21:16.180 in that time, 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:17.259 whatever he's called us to. 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:18.460 Your expectations are here, 00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.480 reality's down here. 00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:20.960 Trust him. 00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.220 Relax. 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.359 It's hard to do, 00:21:24.419 --> 00:21:25.559 but it's what he calls us to do. 00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.180 Relax. 00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.620 Okay. 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.700 Why is trust 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:34.440 a life hack 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.140 or a weird trick? 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.140 Why is trust? 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.259 Why do we need it? 00:21:41.340 --> 00:21:42.140 Very often, 00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.400 the broken creation, 00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.980 especially with fallen people like us, 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:48.220 we get to that place 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.440 where we wonder 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.380 where God is. 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.720 Listen, y'all, 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:55.360 since leaving here, 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:56.719 the past two and a half years 00:21:56.719 --> 00:21:58.039 has been hard. 00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.579 It's been one of the hardest things 00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.319 that Sherry and I 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.019 have ever walked through. 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:02.079 I never thought 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.959 I would not, 00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.500 I'm going to do a double negative. 00:22:04.939 --> 00:22:05.939 I always thought 00:22:05.939 --> 00:22:06.639 I'd be in ministry 00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:08.159 from always from on, 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.439 from the time 00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:10.339 I went off the seminary 00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:11.039 until I wasn't, 00:22:11.699 --> 00:22:12.839 until I went on to glory. 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.939 I always thought 00:22:13.939 --> 00:22:14.659 I'd be in ministry. 00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.319 And boom, 00:22:17.479 --> 00:22:18.279 all of a sudden I wasn't. 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:21.439 And I can tell you 00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:22.740 I needed a quick fix. 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.799 I needed a life hack. 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.819 I needed a weird trick. 00:22:24.879 --> 00:22:25.799 I needed some button 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.399 I could push 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:27.839 to fix it. 00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:30.720 But what God gave me 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.279 was Him. 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.259 Every day, 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.220 trusting Him. 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.819 Every day, 00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:36.079 believing that He is 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:37.399 writing straight lines, 00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.480 even though it looks crooked 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.579 from my vantage point. 00:22:40.159 --> 00:22:40.759 I'm telling you, 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.879 there's life there. 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.200 And if any of you 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.779 are going through 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.639 whatever it is, 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.279 you just wonder, 00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:46.359 is God king? 00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.319 Is Jesus king? 00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.259 Doesn't feel like He is, 00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.960 but He is. 00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:53.240 Trust is a call 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.839 on our lives 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.720 to believe Him, 00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.180 to be face down 00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.279 and not won our way 00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.160 on the blue map. 00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.879 There's life there, 00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.579 I can tell you. 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.079 There's life there. 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.079 That's what we need. 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.920 And so our response 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.720 is always to be 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.720 to trust Him. 00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:10.220 Jesus is king. 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.440 May not feel like He's king. 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.220 He's king. 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.099 He's bringing, 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.539 making all things new. 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.940 And we can believe that. 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.779 We can trust it. 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:20.480 And so we're to work 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.480 on our relationship with God. 00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.220 That's what we're called to do. 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.019 That's what this passage says. 00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.860 Trust in the Lord 00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.519 with all your heart. 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.500 Everything about you. 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.100 Work on it. 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.920 Really know Him. 00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.480 And then we're called to relax, 00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.820 to trust the Lord. 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.120 But here's the problem, 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.460 and I'm going to close with this. 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.980 There's a problem here. 00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:37.240 And the problem is this. 00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:39.620 We can't trust Him like that. 00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.539 Now the type A's in the room, 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:43.559 you can go a lot longer than I can. 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:45.279 If I were just to tell you, 00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.340 now go trust Jesus. 00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.039 Now we're going to give you 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.799 a rah-rah speech, 00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:49.179 and we run out of here. 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.859 The type A's are going to be able 00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.759 to trust Him way longer 00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:53.019 than the type F's like me 00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:55.179 or whatever the worst type there is. 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:59.359 Because the challenge really is 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:01.619 there was only one who did trust, 00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:04.459 like Proverbs calls it to. 00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:07.899 There was only one who trusted like this. 00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.980 Because here's the challenge. 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:11.399 Even in a church 00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:13.179 where you can feel like 00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:14.339 we're all shiny, happy people, 00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.919 everything's good, 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.720 everything's going great. 00:24:16.800 --> 00:24:18.000 It's just not the truth. 00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:20.680 And you can hear from somebody 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:22.420 to say, well, remember what Bill said, 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.360 just trust the Lord, 00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.380 and it can sound trite. 00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:28.160 Unless, unless, 00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.539 we also say, 00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:32.300 but remember that Jesus 00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:33.519 is the one who trusted, 00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:35.300 who truly trusted. 00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.220 You're called to trust. 00:24:36.300 --> 00:24:37.519 You and I are called to trust. 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.100 No doubt. 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:41.299 But we have to remember 00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.959 Jesus is the one who trusted 00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:44.879 like we were supposed to have. 00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:48.899 There is a one facet 00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:50.980 of the word trust in Hebrew. 00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:54.719 The root word has all these derivatives 00:24:54.719 --> 00:24:56.879 that are the opposite of trust. 00:24:57.219 --> 00:24:58.219 It means that you're sort of, 00:24:59.179 --> 00:24:59.699 the root, 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:01.039 some of the words that are derived from it 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.119 have this idea that 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:03.679 the person that you're trusting 00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:04.399 is deceitful. 00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.940 And I love that imagery 00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:07.960 because there's only one place 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.259 we should put all of our trust. 00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.980 Our heart should only have, 00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:12.759 be putting our trust in one place, 00:25:12.780 --> 00:25:13.720 not anywhere else. 00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:15.120 Not in our jobs, 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.900 not in ministry positions, 00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:19.700 not in anything else. 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:22.259 But it's only in Jesus. 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.140 And that's what we, 00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:24.019 we're like the Greeks. 00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:25.100 Let us see Jesus. 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.000 Show us Jesus. 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.700 Let's do that. 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:30.759 Because the question we want to ask 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:32.180 when our expectations are here 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.380 and reality's here 00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:34.240 and we're scared 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.519 and we don't know 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.440 what's going to happen next. 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.220 We don't know if we're going to, 00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.799 if marriage is going to make it. 00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.920 We don't know if, 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.759 man, my job's going to last any longer. 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.420 We're scared. 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.799 We're afraid. 00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:46.259 Because life is hard 00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.539 and our relationships are affected 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.920 and we don't know 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:49.140 how we're going to fix those. 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.440 And the weird tricks 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.779 are all been worked through. 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.019 Right? 00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.819 What do we do? 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.980 Can we believe that God's there? 00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.980 Can we believe Him? 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.000 Yes. 00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.900 Because we see Jesus trusting. 00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:05.099 Later on this week, right? 00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.460 On Thursday night, 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.360 I got my nights right. 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.500 He's in the garden. 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.039 He's praying. 00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.519 We see Jesus trusting there 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.319 because here's the deal. 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:14.279 Jesus lived the perfect life of trust 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:16.180 that you and I could never live 00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:17.799 given a million opportunities. 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:20.519 He lived that perfect life. 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.900 He died the death 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:23.099 that you and I deserved. 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.059 And as He, 00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.799 on the night before, 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.259 He was betrayed 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:30.059 and knowing what was before Him. 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.660 It says this. 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.980 And Jesus knew 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.620 He was going to drink the cup 00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:38.099 of His Father's wrath. 00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:39.339 The wrath that was deserved, 00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.940 you and me. 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.460 Jesus knew He was going to drink this. 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.740 And He knew that it meant 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.860 that He was going to be sent 00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.940 from the Father's presence 00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:48.079 and experience pain, 00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.400 the depths of pain, 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:51.440 you and I can only barely imagine. 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.079 And this is what it says 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:54.200 in Matthew 26. 00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:56.140 And going a little further, 00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.840 He fell on His face 00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:59.900 and prayed, 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.400 saying, 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:00.759 Father, 00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.180 if it be possible, 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.680 let this cup pass from me. 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.259 Nevertheless, 00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.259 there it is. 00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.259 I don't know. 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.940 Is this heretical? 00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.779 But I picture Jesus 00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.620 on the blue mat 00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:11.740 saying, 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.600 I don't want my way. 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:15.240 I can trust you, Father. 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:18.439 I will walk this horrible path 00:27:18.439 --> 00:27:21.159 because of the joy set before me. 00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.859 I'll do it. 00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.419 And here's the deal. 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.740 He had your life 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.879 and my life in mind. 00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:28.899 And He still did it. 00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.899 That's crazy. 00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:33.139 He did that for me 00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:34.079 and He knew what a mess 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:35.299 I would make of my life. 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.740 He still did it. 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.500 He's trusting the Father. 00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:41.039 He's trusting the Father 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.699 to raise Him. 00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.580 He's trusting the Father 00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:44.360 that this will be enough. 00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:45.400 It'll be finished. 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.740 There is the trust. 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.380 And He did it for you and me. 00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.980 He can be trusted. 00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:54.100 The life that God 00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:55.019 is scribbling for you, 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:56.340 it looks like crooked lines. 00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:58.039 And He asks you to walk it. 00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.340 And it's painful 00:27:59.340 --> 00:28:00.000 and it hurts 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.019 and you wonder, 00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.299 are you king or not? 00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:04.100 And He asks you to walk it. 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.080 We just need to remember 00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.779 and look at Jesus 00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.559 how He trusted 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.440 and know 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:09.340 it's worth it. 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.680 It's going to be okay. 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:12.160 He's got it. 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.820 We can trust 00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:16.279 because Jesus knew the Father. 00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.940 He knew the Father. 00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:21.640 With a love 00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.840 so great as this 00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:24.380 that Jesus had for the Father 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.560 and the Father had for Jesus, 00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.220 we see it. 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:29.960 We see what Jesus did for us. 00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.900 We remember. 00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.580 We lean on that. 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.220 We trust in that. 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:36.299 We don't want our way. 00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:38.120 We want Jesus' way. 00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.299 We want the Father's way. 00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:41.539 With love so great as this, 00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:42.920 that Jesus would lay down 00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:44.079 His life for us. 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:46.180 With such great love 00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.120 between the Father 00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:48.120 and the Son, 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:50.819 that trust flowed so deep 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:52.059 from the heart of Jesus. 00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.839 How can we not trust 00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.680 the Father 00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.620 to make 00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:58.600 your crooked path straight? 00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:00.199 the pain 00:29:00.199 --> 00:29:01.099 that you're walking through, 00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.679 the hardship 00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:02.500 that you're in, 00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.379 the difficulty. 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.399 He can make it straight 00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.539 and He's making it straight. 00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.559 He can be trusted. 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.799 And so we can get up 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.539 off the blue mat 00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.299 and start walking 00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.719 with Him 00:29:10.719 --> 00:29:11.719 on that crooked path 00:29:11.719 --> 00:29:12.219 with hope. 00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.859 Absolute hope. 00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:18.500 He will direct your paths. 00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.319 Relax. 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.799 He will make them 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.679 straight and smooth. 00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.699 So trust, 00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.319 remember, 00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.119 relax. 00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.539 Trust, 00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.299 it's not a weird trick. 00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:32.639 It's not a life hack. 00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:35.539 Trust is a person. 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.639 It's the gospel. 00:29:37.959 --> 00:29:38.919 It's Jesus. 00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.839 Amen? 00:29:41.959 --> 00:29:42.659 Let's pray. 00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.839 Heavenly Father, 00:29:46.199 --> 00:29:49.059 my expectations 00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:52.279 in reality, 00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:54.039 they hardly ever match up. 00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.199 And so, 00:29:56.439 --> 00:29:56.579 Father, 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:59.659 thank You for that. 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.059 I thank You 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.759 for the past 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.599 two and a half years. 00:30:03.679 --> 00:30:03.799 Lord, 00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.279 thank You. 00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:07.559 The straight path 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:09.459 that You're working out. 00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.439 It looks crooked to me, 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.959 but Father, 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.159 I look to Jesus 00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:13.219 and I see 00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:15.440 the glory. 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.480 I see Your glory 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.420 in His face. 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.019 Father, 00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.640 take me 00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.000 no further than the cross 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.240 and no higher than His feet ever. 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.400 Continue to teach me, 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.980 teach us, 00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.660 to trust You, 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.539 to place our hope 00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.620 only in You, 00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:32.200 the author and finisher 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.940 of our faith. 00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:33.740 Lord, 00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.960 we thank You 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.759 for this message. 00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:35.940 Lord, 00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.819 we thank You 00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.500 for the message 00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.759 of the gospel of grace. 00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.140 In Christ's name, 00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.460 Amen. 00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:45.920 For more information, 00:30:46.299 --> 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