WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.219 Well, if you have your Bibles, let's go ahead and open them up to Psalm chapter 20 this morning. 00:00:07.660 --> 00:00:08.800 Psalm chapter 20. 00:00:09.380 --> 00:00:13.400 And we are finally at the end of our summer series in the Psalms. 00:00:13.540 --> 00:00:16.839 We've spent the past, this is week 11 now, in the Psalms. 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:23.039 Which means that next week we're going to have one stand-alone sermon in between the Psalms 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:26.100 and the back half of Daniel is coming up. 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:30.480 So dust off those scripture journals in Daniel and begin reading through, 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:34.480 preparing yourself to study the back half of Daniel in a couple of weeks. 00:00:35.179 --> 00:00:39.840 But here in chapter 20 of the Psalms, we're entering into a section of the Psalms 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:43.600 that is dealing with the king and the kingship. 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:47.680 These are beautiful Psalms dealing with the king. 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:53.340 And here in chapter 20, we have a prayer of David for the king. 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:57.860 So if you would, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's words I read from Psalm chapter 20. 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:08.900 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble. 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:12.640 May the name of the God of Jacob protect you. 00:01:13.580 --> 00:01:17.640 May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion. 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:23.099 May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices. 00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:27.879 May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans. 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:31.460 May we shout for joy over your salvation. 00:01:32.219 --> 00:01:34.760 And in the name of our God, set up our banners. 00:01:35.540 --> 00:01:38.120 May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:42.120 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed. 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:47.439 He will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand. 00:01:48.520 --> 00:01:50.900 Some trust in chariots and some in horses. 00:01:51.380 --> 00:01:54.240 But we trust in the name of the Lord our God. 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:58.640 They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright. 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:01.320 O Lord, save the king. 00:02:02.060 --> 00:02:04.460 May he answer us when we call. 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:06.680 This is God's holy word. 00:02:06.780 --> 00:02:07.980 Would you pray once more with me? 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:12.219 Father, we ask now as we open up your word, as we've already asked, 00:02:12.480 --> 00:02:15.560 Lord, would you speak powerfully through the preaching of your word? 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:21.219 And would you open up the eyes of our heart that we might receive your word? 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:27.280 Give it fertile soil to be planted deep into our hearts as we look to you in Psalm 20 this morning. 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:28.259 We pray in Jesus' name. 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:29.360 Amen. 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:31.099 You may be seated. 00:02:31.099 --> 00:02:35.560 If you ever take a trip to Britain, 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.840 at some point you will probably hear the national anthem. 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:41.299 It's called God Save the King. 00:02:41.539 --> 00:02:42.780 And it goes like this. 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.060 God save our gracious king. 00:02:45.819 --> 00:02:47.759 Long live our noble king. 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:48.879 God save the king. 00:02:49.819 --> 00:02:52.319 Send him victorious, happy and glorious. 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:54.079 Long to reign over us. 00:02:54.259 --> 00:02:56.159 God save the king. 00:02:57.039 --> 00:02:59.079 Thy choicest gifts in store. 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:01.660 On him be pleased to pour. 00:03:01.880 --> 00:03:03.219 Long may he reign. 00:03:04.040 --> 00:03:05.420 May he defend our laws. 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:09.060 And ever give us cause to sing with heart and voice, 00:03:09.540 --> 00:03:12.340 God save the king. 00:03:13.140 --> 00:03:15.220 It's a national anthem of Britain. 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:19.020 It's a song of blessing and rejoicing in the king. 00:03:19.160 --> 00:03:23.840 And that sort of language might sound a little bit strange to our American ears, right? 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:26.219 Because we don't live in a monarchy. 00:03:26.420 --> 00:03:29.120 So we don't sing God save the king. 00:03:29.640 --> 00:03:33.259 But as we step into the world of Psalm chapter 20 here this morning, 00:03:33.620 --> 00:03:36.780 we have to remember that Israel was a monarchy. 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.020 And that sort of prayer would be very familiar to the people of Israel. 00:03:42.099 --> 00:03:47.080 Psalm chapter 20 is a similar sort of song to God save the king. 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:48.660 This is a song. 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:56.180 It's a prayer of David being led, leading the people of God to pray for the anointed king of Israel. 00:03:56.400 --> 00:04:05.380 And it seems like this prayer was sort of a prayer of blessing to be sung or to be prayed by the people of God together for the king, 00:04:05.500 --> 00:04:10.320 particularly as the king would go out and lead his people in battle. 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:13.939 And they would sing, God save the king. 00:04:13.939 --> 00:04:18.980 And if you ever wonder, well, why do the Britons sing like this? 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:21.160 Why does David and Israel sing like this? 00:04:21.339 --> 00:04:21.879 Here's why. 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:23.699 This is the big idea for us this morning. 00:04:24.899 --> 00:04:29.040 As goes the king, so goes the people. 00:04:30.019 --> 00:04:34.939 As it goes with the king, so it goes with the people. 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:38.339 If the king is blessed, then the people are blessed. 00:04:38.659 --> 00:04:41.019 If the king succeeds, then the people succeed. 00:04:41.019 --> 00:04:44.459 If the king is honored, then the people are honored. 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:49.959 If the king's sacrifices are received, then it is to the benefit of the people under his charge. 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:53.039 As goes the king, so goes the people. 00:04:53.180 --> 00:04:54.560 David, of course, he knows this. 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:55.599 He understands this. 00:04:55.699 --> 00:05:01.139 And so here in Psalm 20, he leads the people in a prayer for the king. 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:03.019 And we're going to see it in two parts this morning. 00:05:03.099 --> 00:05:06.279 If you're a note taker, this is going to be our outline this morning. 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:07.219 Two parts. 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:10.620 Verse 1, a prayer for the blessing of the Lord. 00:05:11.300 --> 00:05:12.580 In verses 1 through 5. 00:05:13.280 --> 00:05:17.220 And then second, a prayer of confidence in the Lord. 00:05:17.740 --> 00:05:19.580 In verses 6 through 9. 00:05:20.860 --> 00:05:24.860 First, we see a prayer for the blessing of the Lord. 00:05:24.940 --> 00:05:25.980 Look there with me to verse 1. 00:05:26.980 --> 00:05:31.460 David, he leads the people in praying this benediction over the king. 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.440 And that's all a benediction is, by the way. 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:37.439 Now, we do this at the end of every service, at the end of the service this morning. 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:44.319 Lord willing, I will stand here and I will raise my hand to show that this blessing comes from the Lord and not from me. 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:48.199 I will open up to a prayer or a blessing from God's word. 00:05:48.379 --> 00:05:51.180 And I will read that benediction over you. 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:53.920 And historically, the church, they would look up. 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:54.959 They wouldn't close their eyes. 00:05:55.019 --> 00:05:55.920 They would look up. 00:05:55.920 --> 00:06:01.000 And they would have their hands open symbolically to receive that moment of blessing. 00:06:01.620 --> 00:06:02.580 Now, that's at the same time. 00:06:02.660 --> 00:06:05.879 It's a prayer to God asking him to do what we read. 00:06:06.080 --> 00:06:09.300 And it's a blessing spoken over you. 00:06:09.400 --> 00:06:13.460 And that's exactly what David is leading the people here to do in Psalm 20. 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:19.340 David, the king, is leading the people and speaking this blessing over the king. 00:06:20.100 --> 00:06:21.160 Look with me there to verse 1. 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:26.439 He says he prays for the Lord's protection of the king. 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:30.120 He prays, may God answer you in the day of trouble. 00:06:30.780 --> 00:06:33.740 May the name of the God of Jacob protect you. 00:06:33.880 --> 00:06:37.620 David has experienced the blessing of God's protection before. 00:06:37.780 --> 00:06:40.500 You might remember from a couple of weeks ago in Psalm 18. 00:06:41.400 --> 00:06:44.420 He experienced the Lord's deliverance from his troubles. 00:06:44.420 --> 00:06:51.460 And so now he prays that God, the God of Jacob, the God who's shown up time and time again in Israel's history, 00:06:51.840 --> 00:06:55.520 would do so again and continue to protect the king. 00:06:55.640 --> 00:06:56.680 May God answer you. 00:06:56.800 --> 00:06:58.379 May God protect you. 00:06:59.340 --> 00:07:02.280 He prays for God's help, God's support. 00:07:02.400 --> 00:07:05.460 Verse 2, may he send you help from the sanctuary. 00:07:06.340 --> 00:07:08.060 May he give you support from Zion. 00:07:08.280 --> 00:07:11.500 And again, making the connection back to Psalm 18, verse 6. 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:15.000 David prayed, in my distress, I cried out to the Lord. 00:07:15.100 --> 00:07:19.139 And the Lord, from his temple, heard my voice. 00:07:19.980 --> 00:07:21.600 So now David, he prays for more. 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:23.259 May God help the king. 00:07:23.819 --> 00:07:26.139 May he listen from his holy temple. 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:28.680 May he give support from his holy hill. 00:07:29.660 --> 00:07:32.459 He prays that God would approve of the king's sacrifices. 00:07:32.620 --> 00:07:34.939 In verse 3, may he remember all your offerings. 00:07:35.139 --> 00:07:37.899 May he regard with favor your burnt sacrifices. 00:07:37.899 --> 00:07:42.699 He prays that God would receive the offering and the worship of the king. 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:47.279 And this, again, would usually be done before Israel went out to battle. 00:07:47.979 --> 00:07:53.759 They would offer sacrifice to the Lord and seek his favor, seek his support, before they went off to war. 00:07:53.899 --> 00:08:01.839 And so David here, he prays that God would accept the worship and the offerings of the king as representative of God's people. 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:08.439 And not only that, verse 4, he prays for God to fulfill all the king's plans. 00:08:09.739 --> 00:08:14.879 May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans. 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:18.339 In verse 5, he prays, may the Lord fulfill all your petitions. 00:08:18.500 --> 00:08:24.500 So, in other words, whatever it is you pray for, whatever it is you seek the Lord for, whatever it is you desire, 00:08:24.659 --> 00:08:28.079 whatever it is that you plan, may God answer you. 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:36.559 And this would require, of course, that the king's heart and the king's plans align with God's heart and God's plans. 00:08:37.460 --> 00:08:41.840 We know from the book of Proverbs, chapter 16, verse 3, it says, 00:08:42.059 --> 00:08:46.340 Commit your work to the Lord and your plans will be established. 00:08:47.340 --> 00:08:48.779 Psalm 37, verse 4, 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:53.759 Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. 00:08:53.759 --> 00:09:00.819 And so the king is praying here, give the king a heart that seeks you and then give him what he seeks. 00:09:01.740 --> 00:09:06.879 Align his plans with your plans and then fulfill all his plans. 00:09:07.819 --> 00:09:10.379 This is a wonderful prayer of blessing for the king. 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:14.620 But think again, why would he pray like this for the king? 00:09:14.620 --> 00:09:20.840 Why would he invite the people of God to join together in prayer like this for the king? 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:27.980 Well, he prays these blessings for the king because, again, he knows if the Lord decides to bless the king in this way, 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:31.820 if the Lord decides to answer these prayers and to grant these requests, 00:09:32.139 --> 00:09:37.139 it not only blesses the king, it blesses all of the people. 00:09:37.139 --> 00:09:45.919 Just imagine what a gift that would be for the people to have a leader who was protected by God. 00:09:46.659 --> 00:09:49.139 A leader who depended on God's help. 00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:53.580 A leader whose worship was accepted by the Lord. 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:57.000 A leader who prayed often and his petitions were granted. 00:09:57.139 --> 00:10:01.980 A leader whose heart was set on honoring and giving glory to the Lord. 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:05.100 It would be a blessing to those who were under his charge. 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:06.500 And so he prays in verse 5, 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:10.080 May we shout for joy over your salvation. 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:13.779 And in the name of our God, may we set up our banners. 00:10:13.940 --> 00:10:14.159 Why? 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:19.580 Because as it goes with the king, so it goes with the people. 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:21.639 His success is their success. 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:23.960 His blessing is their blessing. 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:26.159 His protection is their protection. 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:29.300 His flourishing is their flourishing. 00:10:29.420 --> 00:10:33.560 You know, it's easy, as we read through the Psalms, maybe in your own private devotions, 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:36.439 to almost just skip by a Psalm like this. 00:10:37.019 --> 00:10:37.179 Right? 00:10:37.779 --> 00:10:39.039 Because it seems so simple. 00:10:39.179 --> 00:10:40.799 Okay, he's praying for the blessing of the king. 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:41.259 I got it. 00:10:41.319 --> 00:10:41.439 Right? 00:10:41.500 --> 00:10:41.899 Move on. 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:48.379 But we need to slow down here because it's really, when you think about it, it's amazing, isn't it? 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:56.979 That our prayers, as the people of God, can impact and can shape the course of history. 00:10:58.239 --> 00:10:59.919 Our prayers, David believes this. 00:10:59.919 --> 00:11:01.759 This is why he's inviting God's people to pray. 00:11:02.199 --> 00:11:07.819 Our prayers really can call down the blessing of God into one another's lives. 00:11:08.819 --> 00:11:13.379 David's inviting the prayers of God's people because he believes that through their prayers, 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:15.979 God will accomplish all of his purposes. 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:17.959 So he invites them to pray. 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:21.759 Now, I wonder, when's the last time you prayed for anybody like this? 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:25.240 Like David, prays for the king in Psalm 20. 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:27.620 Now, of course, we don't live in a monarchy. 00:11:28.139 --> 00:11:28.259 Right? 00:11:28.379 --> 00:11:31.240 We don't live in a kingship. 00:11:31.419 --> 00:11:38.259 But all of us, in various spheres within our life, all of us live both in and under authority. 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:38.980 Don't we? 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:41.320 And this is a good thing, by the way. 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:42.580 That's not a bad thing. 00:11:42.700 --> 00:11:49.360 Authority is a good gift from God that can either be used in bad ways that harm the people under their charge, 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:52.720 or in good ways that are a blessing to those under their charge. 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:56.420 All of us live both in and under authority. 00:11:56.540 --> 00:11:58.320 You think about your lives at work. 00:11:59.080 --> 00:12:03.820 Some of you have a boss or a manager, somebody that you answer to. 00:12:03.920 --> 00:12:06.800 You have an earthly authority up over you. 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:09.639 Some of you have employees that answer to you. 00:12:09.740 --> 00:12:11.500 You are an authority over them. 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:13.320 Think about in the home. 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:15.860 We have children and parents. 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:18.779 It's authority structures built into the home. 00:12:18.779 --> 00:12:21.839 In the church, we have shepherds and sheep. 00:12:22.339 --> 00:12:25.039 In society, we have governors and we have citizens. 00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:30.879 We are all in structures of authority in all of our everyday life. 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:42.659 This prayer, Psalm 20, is a wonderful model for us of how we might pray for those who are in authority over us. 00:12:42.659 --> 00:12:45.919 Paul says in 1 Timothy 3, he says, 00:12:45.919 --> 00:13:09.899 Here's the thing. 00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:14.039 You may not really like those who are in authority over you. 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:16.379 But you don't have to like them. 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:18.899 But you do have to honor them. 00:13:19.319 --> 00:13:21.840 And we are called to pray for them. 00:13:21.939 --> 00:13:22.959 So that might look like this. 00:13:23.059 --> 00:13:23.659 It might look like, 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:27.039 God, I pray that you would send help to my boss this week. 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:29.459 And the many decisions that he makes, 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:32.299 I pray that he or she would seek you, 00:13:32.419 --> 00:13:33.419 would call out to you, 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:34.699 would make petition to you, 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.799 would seek your wisdom. 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.480 And I pray, 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:38.919 God, would you help them from your holy hill? 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:41.500 Would you listen from your throne in heaven 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:44.539 and help my boss lead in ways that are pleasing to you this week? 00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:47.779 God, I pray for my mom and dad. 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:49.240 Children, you can pray for your parents. 00:13:49.959 --> 00:13:54.360 I pray for my mom and dad that they would genuinely worship you this week 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:56.860 because their worship not only impacts them, 00:13:56.939 --> 00:13:58.259 it impacts the whole family. 00:14:00.079 --> 00:14:05.679 God, I pray for whoever it is that you might appoint as president of this nation in the months to come. 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:08.899 I know that you raise up kings and you set them down. 00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:09.899 And so I pray, 00:14:10.059 --> 00:14:12.819 Lord, would you give them a heart that seeks you 00:14:12.819 --> 00:14:14.399 and then give them what they seek? 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:16.500 Would you commit their plans, 00:14:16.579 --> 00:14:17.399 whatever they may be, 00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:18.959 commit their plans to you 00:14:18.959 --> 00:14:22.240 and then would you establish and fulfill their plans? 00:14:22.459 --> 00:14:23.600 Peter, excuse me, 00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:26.500 Paul says that this is pleasing in the sight of God 00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:28.179 when we pray like this for our authorities. 00:14:29.819 --> 00:14:32.879 I'm not ashamed to ask for your prayers, church. 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:35.079 I need your prayers. 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:37.139 Treg needs your prayers. 00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:38.860 Would you as the church, 00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:40.699 would you pray for your leaders? 00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:45.279 Hebrews 13, 17 is one of the most sobering passages in the Bible to me. 00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:45.639 It says, 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:46.679 To the church, 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:47.559 it says, 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:49.879 Obey your leaders and submit to them 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:53.059 for they are keeping watch over your souls 00:14:53.059 --> 00:14:56.000 as those who will have to give an account. 00:14:56.119 --> 00:14:58.139 Church, that's weighty authority. 00:14:59.179 --> 00:15:00.559 That's enough to keep me up at night. 00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:02.379 And so I ask, 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:04.859 would you pray for me, please? 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:06.000 I need your prayers. 00:15:06.079 --> 00:15:08.759 Would you pray for the preaching of the word here at Seaweed Bay? 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:12.359 Would you pray that I would live a life that would be honoring to the Lord, 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:14.919 not only for my sake, but for your sake? 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:17.820 Would you pray for each other? 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:22.180 You know, one of the beautiful parts of being in a church family 00:15:22.180 --> 00:15:24.000 and becoming members of a church 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:29.200 is that we actually give each other a measure of spiritual authority over our lives. 00:15:30.160 --> 00:15:33.600 We come up under one another's spiritual authority 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:35.940 to speak truth into one another's lives, 00:15:36.020 --> 00:15:38.420 to call each other out when we're walking in sin, 00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:40.759 to bring each other back into fellowship with the Lord, 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:45.540 to lock arms together as we run this race together as a church family. 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:47.200 Are you praying for one another? 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:51.520 Now, one easy way to do this is take two tools, 00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:54.180 the church directory, our membership list, 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:57.680 and an open Bible to the prayers of the Bible, 00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:59.020 prayers like Psalm 20, 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:02.060 and pray these things for one another. 00:16:02.160 --> 00:16:03.780 Would you pray for one another? 00:16:07.920 --> 00:16:14.820 Psalm 20 shows us that David believes in the power of a community praying for the king. 00:16:15.660 --> 00:16:17.180 But before we leave this first point, 00:16:17.300 --> 00:16:20.379 I want to ask, well, who is it exactly that David is praying for? 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:24.320 Who is it that David is praying here for? 00:16:24.400 --> 00:16:26.879 Because, of course, on one level, on the surface level, 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:28.320 yes, he's praying for himself. 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:31.900 He's inviting Israel to pray for himself as the king. 00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:34.400 He's praying for future kings of Israel. 00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:37.740 This would be set as a standard of what to pray for future kings. 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:40.140 But we can get a little bit more specific than that, can't we? 00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:46.939 Because in 2 Samuel chapter 7, God made a promise to David. 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.699 Do you know what it was? 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:53.559 God promised he would give David a son from his own line 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:56.879 and that that son would be a future king. 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.700 And not just any king, but that this king would be given a kingdom 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:03.120 that would endure and be established forever. 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:07.319 So David here, I believe, he isn't just praying for any king. 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:11.099 David here is praying for the coming king. 00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:11.980 Why? 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:17.279 Because he knows that as goes that king, so goes the people. 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:20.539 His salvation would be their salvation. 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:23.420 His success would be their success. 00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:26.039 His blessing would be their blessing. 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:30.559 Psalm 20 is ultimately, it's a prayer for King Jesus. 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:34.680 David is praying for his promised child. 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:37.799 Only he didn't have a nine-month runway like you and I normally do. 00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:41.579 And when you found out that you were expecting a child, 00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:43.460 for those of us who have had children, what did you do? 00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:46.100 Almost certainly, you begin to pray for that child. 00:17:46.860 --> 00:17:48.039 God, bless this child. 00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:50.460 God, draw this child to yourself. 00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:52.120 God, protect this child. 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:54.259 God, help them call out to you. 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:56.559 Would you answer their prayers and fulfill all their plans? 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:59.539 David is doing that same thing for his promised child, 00:17:59.700 --> 00:18:02.620 but he doesn't have any clue when this child might come. 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:07.759 This is a prayer of faith and confidence 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.460 that God will do what he's promised to do, 00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:13.500 which is our second point this morning. 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:17.860 Second, we see a prayer of confidence in the Lord. 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:20.200 Look there to verse 6 with me. 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.100 He says, 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:24.500 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed. 00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:27.940 He will answer him from his holy heaven 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:30.400 with the saving might of his right hand. 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:32.340 You hear the confidence there. 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:35.100 This is a prayer of rock-solid confidence. 00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:36.059 David is certain, 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:38.640 I know that the Lord saves his anointed. 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:40.100 I know it. 00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:41.959 He will answer him, 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.019 no question about it. 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:44.799 He believes in faith 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:47.899 that God will bless the coming Messiah. 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:49.379 So he can pray with confidence. 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:49.799 Why? 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:52.959 Because everything that he prays for here in Psalm 20 00:18:52.959 --> 00:18:54.459 is lined up, 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:55.599 it's in alignment, 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.119 it's in agreement 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.339 with the revealed will of God. 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:02.379 God had revealed his will to David, 00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.000 hadn't he? 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.839 He spoke to David, 00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.899 2 Samuel 7, 00:19:05.959 --> 00:19:06.459 he told him, 00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:08.559 I'm going to give you this son. 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:11.400 He's going to be a king over your people. 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:13.200 He's going to reign forever. 00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:14.539 And so David prays, 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:14.700 God, 00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:16.720 would you bless that king? 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:17.519 Why? 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:19.819 Because he knows God has promised it. 00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:21.640 So God will do it. 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.640 God has said it. 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.840 So I trust you. 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:25.039 I take you at your word. 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:28.079 I pray in line with your promises. 00:19:29.659 --> 00:19:31.619 Now this really ought to shape the way that we pray, 00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:32.240 church. 00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:37.159 If you want a 100% guaranteed return on your prayers, 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.240 you want to know how to do it? 00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:42.899 You pray in light of what God has promised he will do. 00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:47.000 If you want to be certain that God will answer your prayers, 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:50.200 pray in line with the promises of God. 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:51.460 If God has said it, 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:53.620 you can believe it with faith. 00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:57.940 You can grab hold of the promises of God and pray with confidence. 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.460 Church, 00:19:58.940 --> 00:20:02.640 we have to root our prayers in the promises of God 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:08.120 and then pray boldly and confidently for what God has promised he will do. 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.340 So again, 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.160 what does this look like? 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.319 Well, 00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:11.000 God has promised, 00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:13.860 I will never leave you or forsake you. 00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.799 So we might pray, 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:15.940 well, 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.120 God, 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:18.340 I'm scared in this moment. 00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:20.599 I'm anxious in this moment. 00:20:20.659 --> 00:20:22.240 I feel lonely in this moment, 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:24.959 but you have promised to never abandon me. 00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:27.579 You have promised to never leave me. 00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:28.119 And so would you, 00:20:28.199 --> 00:20:32.980 would you help me to see how present you are with me in this moment? 00:20:34.179 --> 00:20:38.439 God has promised nothing can separate us from the love of God and Christ Jesus, 00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.059 our Lord. 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.199 And so we can pray, 00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:40.539 God, 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.000 God, 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.679 would you hold me close to Christ? 00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:44.299 Would you remind me of your love? 00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:44.619 Would you, 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:46.339 would you help me to see these present trials, 00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:48.039 this present sickness, 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:49.619 this present persecution as, 00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:56.399 as light and momentary that it cannot separate me from your eternal love in Christ Jesus, 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.000 my Lord? 00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:59.920 God has promised one day soon, 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:01.119 Christ will return, 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.680 that he will, 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:03.399 will put it into all evil, 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:07.059 that he will wipe away every tear from our eye. 00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:08.639 God has promised this. 00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:10.379 And so we can pray, 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.559 come Lord Jesus, 00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.159 come quickly, 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.359 Lord Jesus. 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:16.799 God's promises ought to be the, 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:19.339 the very foundation of our prayer life. 00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:21.759 We don't have to guess whether or not God will do what he's promised. 00:21:22.479 --> 00:21:23.679 And so we can pray with, 00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.639 with confidence, 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:28.359 trusting in the Lord to do what he's promised. 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:30.479 And what a world of difference that is, 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:30.879 church, 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:35.859 between those who have the promises of God and trust in the Lord and those who, 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.059 who do not. 00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.940 So they must trust in, 00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:40.200 in something else. 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:42.460 I couldn't think of a more drastic contrast. 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:44.399 And that's exactly what David does here. 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:44.559 In, 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.480 in verse seven, 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.279 he makes this, 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:51.980 this contrast between those who trust in the Lord and those who have to put their trust in, 00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.419 and what they can see. 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.279 Look at verse seven. 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:56.059 He says, 00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:58.879 some trust in chariots and some in horses, 00:21:59.139 --> 00:21:59.980 but we, 00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.180 the people of God, 00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:03.859 we trust in the name of the Lord, 00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.660 our God. 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.819 They collapse and fall, 00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:10.000 but we rise and stand upright. 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:11.039 Do you see the contrast? 00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:14.660 This is a contrast of faith. 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.899 It's a contrast of, 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.180 of confidence. 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:22.399 It's a contrast of what are you putting your trust in? 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.160 And listen, 00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:25.920 each and every one of us has to make the decision, 00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:27.340 which one are we going to be? 00:22:28.560 --> 00:22:32.120 Will we be those who trust in chariots and horses? 00:22:33.040 --> 00:22:35.500 Or do we trust in the name of the Lord, 00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.900 our God, 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:39.019 to trust in chariots and horses? 00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:45.660 That's to put your trust and your faith and your confidence in what can be seen, 00:22:46.280 --> 00:22:47.160 or measured, 00:22:47.780 --> 00:22:48.780 or controlled, 00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:50.140 or counted. 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:53.259 It's to put your confidence in invisible strength. 00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:55.420 This is worldly trust, 00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:55.940 isn't it? 00:22:56.780 --> 00:22:58.360 This is how the world functions. 00:22:58.540 --> 00:22:58.759 This is, 00:22:58.820 --> 00:23:00.420 this is natural trust. 00:23:00.540 --> 00:23:02.180 This is our default mode, 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.800 but God's people, 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.400 by the grace of God, 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:10.680 have had our eyes opened to realize God is the one who's worthy of our trust. 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:14.140 God raises up kings and sets them down. 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:17.720 We've had our eyes open up to the lesson of Proverbs 21, 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.759 31 says, 00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.640 the horse is made ready for the battle, 00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:24.039 but the victory belongs to the Lord. 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.460 We have, 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.440 by God's grace, 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:29.660 trusted in his promises. 00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.279 But church, 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.220 even so, 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:34.420 how easy is it to fall back into patterns of worldly trust? 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:37.319 How easy is it for us to, 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:39.000 to have our eyes drawn, 00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:41.980 and our hearts drawn to trust in earthly things, 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.680 and chariots, 00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:42.920 and, 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.700 and horses? 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.740 I'll give you a few examples, 00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:45.940 what that might look like. 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.420 I'd like you to fill in the blank, 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.380 what it looks like for you. 00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:52.000 Some trust in their strength, 00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:54.620 how hard they can work, 00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:57.220 how productive they can be, 00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:57.740 how much, 00:23:57.740 --> 00:24:01.000 how much productivity they can cram into that nine to five. 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:03.860 They trust in their labors to accomplish their plans, 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:07.019 but we trust in the name of the Lord, 00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.700 our God. 00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:11.819 Some trust in their nest egg, 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.539 retirement age, 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:15.180 how much we've accumulated, 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.360 our money, 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:20.140 that pile of money that we've spent all of our working life accumulating, 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.160 and adding to that total. 00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:23.340 We trust in our nest egg to last us, 00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:24.400 and to provide for us, 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:26.460 and to take care of us until our dying day, 00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:29.759 but we trust in the name of the Lord, 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.900 our God. 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.660 I'll tell you, 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.360 as a preacher, 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.920 I face this every single week. 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:37.160 I work on the sermon, 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.120 I study the text, 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:41.140 I prepare a sermon to deliver to you. 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.360 It's easy to say, 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.500 well, 00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.860 some trust in their reading, 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.620 in their preparation, 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.320 in their study, 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:50.759 but we trust in the name of the Lord, 00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.840 our God. 00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.779 Charles Spurgeon, 00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.800 the Prince of Preachers, 00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:57.340 he would bring his manuscript up into the pulpit. 00:24:57.460 --> 00:25:01.180 He'd worked all week long preparing that sermon for the people to hear, 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:03.580 and he would write on the corner of his manuscripts, 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.600 H.S. 00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:06.820 I believe in the Holy Spirit. 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.680 It's a reminder for him, 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.600 as he stood to preach, 00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:11.759 that he didn't trust in his preparation, 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:14.220 as worthy and as good and important as that is. 00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.759 He trusted in that moment, 00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:17.440 in the power of the Holy Spirit, 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.580 to take that word, 00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:20.380 and deliver it to the people. 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.820 About our battle with sin. 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:27.279 Some trust our mental resolve, 00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.259 our own grit, 00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.380 and determination, 00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:33.480 our own ability to put sin to death. 00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:33.700 They say, 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.519 I can do it. 00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:36.339 I can put this sin to death. 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.099 I can stop. 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:38.960 Whatever that recurring sin might be, 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:41.720 you cannot do it in your own strength. 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.519 Thomas Horne, 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:45.220 a 19th century English theologian, 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.240 he says, 00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:49.120 in the spiritual war in which we are all engaged, 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:52.559 the first and necessary step to victory 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:58.180 is to renounce all confidence in the wisdom and strength of nature and the world, 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:00.039 and to remember we can do nothing, 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:02.019 but in the name, 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.259 by the merits, 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.319 through the power, 00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:06.180 and for the sake of Jesus Christ, 00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.480 our Lord and our God. 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.319 Some trust in themselves, 00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:13.940 but we trust in the name of the Lord, 00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.740 our God. 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.039 Church, 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:17.180 we have to guard ourselves 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:20.539 against the natural pull 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:23.200 to trust in what we can see 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:25.740 and what we think we can control. 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.380 So I ask you again, 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:30.640 what is it that you are tempted to put your trust in? 00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.660 Besides the Lord. 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:35.839 What is it that draws your heart's affections, 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.799 that has earned your confidence? 00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:40.420 What is it that you put your faith in? 00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:42.460 Besides the Lord your God. 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.920 Now of course, 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:44.720 all these are necessary things. 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:48.079 These are all means that God uses to accomplish His ends. 00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:50.599 David and Israel had horses. 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:53.139 They used chariots. 00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:56.299 You and I would be wise to work hard and to save our money. 00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:58.359 It's good for me to study the text 00:26:58.359 --> 00:27:00.480 before I deliver it to you on Sunday morning. 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:04.539 These are all means that God uses to accomplish His purposes. 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.220 But the question is, 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:08.859 where is your trust ultimately? 00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:12.619 In what do you put your confidence? 00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:15.099 Some trust in chariots and some in horses. 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:17.500 In the end of this confidence in the world 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.579 and the things of this world, 00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.359 verse 8 says, 00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:21.599 they collapse and they fall. 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.220 But for those who trust in the name of the Lord our God, 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.799 what does it say? 00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:29.980 We rise and we stand upright. 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:32.900 David trusts in the Lord. 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:36.200 He believes that the Lord is able 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:40.140 and He will fulfill all the promises He has made. 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:42.539 That He will establish His kingdom. 00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:45.799 That He will send Him a son that will reign forever. 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:47.379 And so He prays with confidence. 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.500 Verse 9, 00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:50.919 O Lord, save the King. 00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:54.819 May He answer us when we call. 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:59.259 But you know, before we close out this psalm 00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:02.819 and close out our time together in the psalms for the summer, 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.339 we need to ask the question, 00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:07.799 was His confidence warranted? 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:11.099 Was He right? 00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:15.480 Was He justified to pray with such confidence in the Lord? 00:28:15.659 --> 00:28:20.039 Is there any proof that God actually listened to these prayers of faith? 00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:25.240 Here, in the age of fulfillment, 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:28.159 on our side of the cross of Christ, 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.960 we can look back with confidence 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:33.440 and see how all of these prayers of David 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:37.980 and all of God's promises are fulfilled in King Jesus. 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:40.160 And so, let's close this morning 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:43.299 by considering together the true and better King, 00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.240 King Jesus. 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:47.000 Here on our side of the cross, 00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:49.680 we see that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:51.900 is the promised Son of David. 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.599 The true King of God, 00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.360 of God's people, 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:57.440 came down to us to fight our battle. 00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.539 And like a mighty warrior, 00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:02.460 He took on all the forces of sin and death. 00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:04.420 He took on a great enemy, Satan. 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.860 And like a good king, 00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:08.900 He suffered and died in the place of His people. 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.240 Here in Psalm 20, 00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:12.440 all of Israel prayed for the king 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:14.140 as He prepared to go out to battle. 00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.200 In light of Christ, 00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:18.480 Andrew Bonar commenting on this psalm, 00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.860 he says, 00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.300 This psalm is the prayer 00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:23.519 which the church might be supposed offering up 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:26.539 had all the redeemed stood by the cross 00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:28.320 or in Gethsemane 00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:31.200 in full awareness of what He was doing there. 00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.220 For three days, 00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.740 it looked like these prayers 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.799 might have hit the ceiling 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:37.360 as He went up to the cross 00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:38.440 and down to the grave. 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.420 It looked like the Lord, 00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.120 in fact, 00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.759 did not answer Him, 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.860 did not protect Him. 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.860 But we know that what He was doing there 00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:47.819 on the cross and in the grave 00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:49.700 was He was offering up Himself 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:51.420 as a sacrifice 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:53.860 in the place of His people. 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.259 David prayed for this king. 00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:58.240 May God remember your sacrifice. 00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:01.039 May the Lord receive your offering. 00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.059 And so we now, 00:30:02.159 --> 00:30:03.799 understanding this in light of Christ, 00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:05.399 praise God. 00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:08.019 This perfect sacrifice was accepted. 00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:10.759 Like a lamb without blemish or spot, 00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:13.019 the Lord received His offering. 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:16.339 We look back and we praise the Lord 00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:19.819 that the Lord granted every desire of King Jesus. 00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:21.839 He fulfilled all His plans. 00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:23.960 He met the desires of His heart. 00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:25.460 And what was the desire of His heart? 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:28.819 It was to perfectly honor the will of the Father 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:30.340 in all that He did. 00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:33.000 His plan was to come down 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:35.180 and redeem His bride from heaven. 00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:37.759 He came and sought her to be His holy bride. 00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:41.559 It's to give His life for ours, 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.720 to redeem His people 00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:44.620 from before the ages began. 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:47.380 The plan was for the Christ 00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:49.240 to live and to die 00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.279 and to rise, 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.480 to defeat the enemy 00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:53.200 and to live and to reign forever 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:55.340 over His redeemed people 00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:57.259 to the praise and glory of God. 00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.880 And so now, 00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.019 for the rest of eternity, 00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.900 guess what we get to do? 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:02.039 All the redeemed, 00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:03.559 we shout for joy 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:05.059 over His salvation. 00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:07.279 And in the name of our God, 00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:08.960 we set up our banners. 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:11.600 All that David prayed for in Psalm 20 00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.319 in confidence 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:14.900 has been answered in Christ. 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.539 And now for us, 00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:17.740 on the other side of the cross, 00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:19.580 everything is different. 00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:22.339 David prayed for the Christ 00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.419 and asked for the Lord 00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:24.960 to bless this King. 00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:26.199 And now that He's come, 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.099 flip it around. 00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:29.199 The King now prays for us. 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.519 All of the blessings 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.679 that He has earned 00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:34.279 now come flowing downstream 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.759 to us. 00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.599 Can you even believe 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.759 the grace in which we stand, 00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.159 church? 00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.859 Christ the King 00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:42.699 now stands to pray 00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:43.879 for us, 00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.659 His people. 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.519 And we can be certain 00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:48.639 God will fulfill 00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:50.619 all His petitions. 00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:53.200 We just sang the words, 00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.879 before the throne of God above, 00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.920 I have a strong 00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:58.480 and perfect plea. 00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.900 A great high priest 00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:02.519 whose name is love, 00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.839 whoever lives 00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:05.799 and pleads for me. 00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.579 Can you believe? 00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:09.019 Christ the King lives 00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:11.099 and pleads for you 00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:12.920 before the throne of God. 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:16.779 Robert Murray McShane 00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.680 says, 00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:19.340 If I could hear Christ 00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:20.100 praying for me 00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.779 in the next room, 00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.500 I would not fear 00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.360 a million enemies. 00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:25.240 Yet distance makes no difference. 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:28.200 He is praying for me. 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.960 Church, 00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:31.720 we have the prayers 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:33.019 of the King. 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.560 And, 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:35.300 and it gets better than that, 00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:37.220 we who are in Christ 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:39.300 share the blessings 00:32:39.300 --> 00:32:40.600 of the King. 00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.019 Why? 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:43.440 Because as goes the King, 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.759 so goes the people. 00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.980 It's almost unthinkable, 00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.400 isn't it? 00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:50.440 All the blessings 00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.139 of the gospel 00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:52.019 in David's day 00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.240 were, 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.920 were building up, 00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.160 were, 00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:55.480 were swelling up, 00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.900 were accumulating 00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.279 and, 00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.139 and swelling 00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:59.680 like water behind a dam. 00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:01.220 And now all of these 00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.160 promises of God, 00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.980 all the blessings 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:04.220 of an eternal King 00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.420 were, 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.440 were building and, 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.279 building and swelling 00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.819 and growing 00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.539 with anticipation. 00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:09.460 Now they are here 00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.420 in Christ. 00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:12.299 He has earned 00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:13.240 eternal life. 00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.940 He has earned 00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:16.279 life forever with God. 00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.559 He has earned 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.660 forgiveness of sins 00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.579 for any who come 00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.440 to Him in faith. 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.680 He has earned 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.960 resurrection life. 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.599 He has earned 00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:25.160 joy and peace 00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:26.619 for the rest of eternity 00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.440 with God. 00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:28.700 And now that dam 00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:30.059 has burst open 00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:31.599 and comes to us 00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:33.059 who by faith 00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:34.259 are united to Him, 00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.399 the King. 00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:37.599 What belongs to Him 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.439 by right 00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:40.159 now comes flowing 00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:41.399 to us by grace 00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:43.980 through trust 00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.059 in the promises 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.579 of God. 00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:46.539 Do you trust Him? 00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.379 Do you trust Him? 00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:52.299 If you have 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.299 bowed the knee 00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.299 to King Jesus 00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.000 and repented 00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:56.139 of your sin, 00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.039 put your faith, 00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.839 your trust 00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:59.119 totally in Him, 00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.899 here's the good news 00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.579 for you church. 00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.959 His blessing 00:34:01.959 --> 00:34:03.219 is your blessing. 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.019 His life 00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.459 is your life. 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.939 His joy 00:34:07.939 --> 00:34:09.400 is your joy. 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:11.019 His resurrection 00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.799 is your resurrection. 00:34:13.359 --> 00:34:14.359 All that He 00:34:14.359 --> 00:34:14.980 has earned 00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.579 has come 00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.480 to you. 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.279 And if you're not 00:34:18.279 --> 00:34:19.039 a believer, 00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:19.400 friend, 00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.839 you're going to want 00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:20.880 to get in on this. 00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:23.500 The path to salvation 00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.420 is simple. 00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.739 You cannot earn it. 00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.719 Christ the King 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:29.039 has done it all. 00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.159 He commands you now 00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.800 simply repent 00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.420 of your sin 00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.360 and put your trust 00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.380 in Him. 00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.360 Call upon the name 00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.840 of the Lord 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:37.940 and you will be saved. 00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.739 We'll close out 00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.159 this morning 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:41.699 by singing these words 00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.579 and I just invite you 00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.579 to make this your prayer 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.280 this morning 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.980 as we close. 00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.820 I need Thee 00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.659 every hour, 00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:49.400 most gracious Lord. 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:51.579 No tender voice 00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.300 like Thine 00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:53.639 can peace afford. 00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.740 I need Thee. 00:34:55.160 --> 00:34:56.240 Oh, I need Thee. 00:34:56.740 --> 00:34:57.680 Every hour, 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.800 I need Thee. 00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:00.320 Oh, bless me 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.400 now, my Savior. 00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:03.019 I come to Thee. 00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.200 Let's pray. 00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:09.160 Lord, we thank You 00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:11.260 for Christ the King 00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:14.220 who has defeated 00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:15.480 all of our enemies, 00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:17.340 who lives and reigns 00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.019 in resurrection 00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.780 even now. 00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.180 Father, who stands 00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:21.300 at the right hand of God 00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:23.000 interceding for us, 00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.680 sharing with us 00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.400 all the blessings 00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.320 and all the rights 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.920 that He has earned 00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:30.099 by His perfect life 00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.380 and His sacrificial death, 00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:33.059 victorious resurrection. 00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:34.039 Lord, we pray 00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:36.079 that we would realize 00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:37.139 again this morning 00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:38.099 our need for Him 00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:40.039 and we would realize again 00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.119 how blessed we are 00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.780 in Him. 00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.000 And Father, 00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.760 if there are any here 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.900 who do not know Him, 00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.599 we pray, Lord, 00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:46.260 would You draw them 00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:47.360 to faith and confidence 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.260 in Him this morning. 00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.280 We pray in Jesus' name. 00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.480 Amen. 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:50.599 Amen. 00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:52.319 the working with Him 00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:53.199 Glen, 00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.799 a jividadeóku, 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.500 a bají, 00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.960 a j Initi GM 00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:58.980 in motorcycle, 00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:01.380 melît,销иком, 00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:03.159 and a jélior, 00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.880 we pray in al reporter 00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.639 who knows the health 00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:06.199 of Outsu vai 00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.920 and that he may 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:06.960 and I may 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.779 know he above 00:36:07.779 --> 00:36:08.500 whatuez 00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.420 the ill Butter 00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.699 Council 00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.420 of X 00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.860 who is whispered 00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.940 and that he is 00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.659 in democracy. 00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.539 And that he's 00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.239 北 upon 00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.619 the � 00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.159 and the 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.639 onds 00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.239 and 00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.159 slowly