WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.139 Psalm 103, a psalm of David. 00:00:05.139 --> 00:00:35.119 Psalm 103, a psalm of David. 00:00:35.140 --> 00:01:05.120 Psalm 103, a psalm of David. 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:13.900 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. 00:01:13.900 --> 00:01:22.700 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him. 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:30.740 As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. 00:01:30.739 --> 00:01:39.079 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. 00:01:40.039 --> 00:01:41.539 For he knows our frame. 00:01:42.699 --> 00:01:44.839 He remembers that we are dust. 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:50.299 As for man, his days are like grass. 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:59.480 He flourishes like a flower of the field, for the wind passes over it and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:06.800 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him. 00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:14.520 And his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:21.460 Bless the Lord has established his throne in the heavens and his kingdom rules over all. 00:02:23.900 --> 00:02:31.860 Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word. 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:38.280 Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers who do his will. 00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:44.680 Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion. 00:02:46.220 --> 00:02:49.480 Bless the Lord, O my soul. 00:02:53.660 --> 00:02:58.360 Okay, well we're going to look at Psalm 103 today as just a sort of one-off thing. 00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:00.060 Have we got an echo or is that going to get picked up? 00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:00.340 Okay. 00:03:02.760 --> 00:03:07.420 Just as an introduction, here's a thought for you to take into this psalm with us. 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:18.260 I wonder how many of you have felt the deep pain of thanklessness from someone to whom you've been really generous. 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:27.700 When we invest a lot of time and money, energy and effort into helping someone, 00:03:27.699 --> 00:03:37.839 the hurt of not receiving a thank you, even though presumably we didn't do the things we did for that person with a view to getting thanks, 00:03:38.539 --> 00:03:48.819 still in all, not to receive a thank you for an investment of time and energy and money is one of the most hurtful things I think we can experience. 00:03:48.819 --> 00:03:53.159 Perhaps one of the greatest expressions of selfishness. 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:57.680 Perhaps you've experienced it over Christmas. 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:03.460 you've put huge effort into selecting a gift for a friend or a family member, 00:04:04.140 --> 00:04:06.040 only to have them open the gift. 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:15.899 And you can see, you just know that they're not feeling any gratitude or joy for the thing you've given them 00:04:15.899 --> 00:04:19.379 and the time and effort you've put into choosing it for them. 00:04:19.379 --> 00:04:21.379 And it hurts. 00:04:21.379 --> 00:04:31.439 Now, bring that idea into the context of the new year, that time when we review the year it was 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.939 and reset the focus, our focus for the year to come. 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:40.699 Now, of course, there's many interesting and fun ways to review the past year, 00:04:40.699 --> 00:04:49.899 but I suspect that for most of us, your review of 2021 is dominated by the anxiety and the challenges and restrictions of the COVID pandemic. 00:04:50.779 --> 00:04:56.680 Because I don't think anything else has really intruded into everyday life in the way that that has. 00:04:57.860 --> 00:04:59.639 Changing our plans and everything else. 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:08.659 Perhaps your review of 2021 is in terms of notable personal events. 00:05:08.660 --> 00:05:15.180 You know, the standard things like births, marriages, deaths, memorable milestones in marriage and family, 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:18.580 political events in Australia and globally, 00:05:19.840 --> 00:05:23.760 technological developments such as the rise of space tourism, 00:05:24.460 --> 00:05:31.560 or as the ABC News concert Charlie Pickering said, randomly, the mouse plague. 00:05:32.780 --> 00:05:36.980 Obviously, in his mind, probably he wasn't closer than 400 kilometres to the mouse plague, but nevertheless. 00:05:36.980 --> 00:05:40.360 So there's lots of ways we can review 2021. 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:43.240 Some of them more helpful than others, obviously. 00:05:44.540 --> 00:05:52.400 But hopefully as Christians, any review that we do of 2021 will be accounting of spiritual blessings. 00:05:55.400 --> 00:05:57.920 Growth in our understanding of God. 00:05:58.980 --> 00:06:00.740 Growth in our understanding of his word. 00:06:00.740 --> 00:06:05.060 His daily commitment to us individually and as a church family. 00:06:05.060 --> 00:06:07.259 Growth in our worship of God. 00:06:07.400 --> 00:06:10.000 That is the overflow response of love. 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:11.160 Delight. 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:16.980 Joy for relationship with him and for all the blessings which he showers on us. 00:06:17.280 --> 00:06:18.759 On a daily basis. 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:19.699 Individually. 00:06:20.420 --> 00:06:22.040 And indeed as a church family. 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:37.040 And hopefully therefore also your desire for 2022 are for circumstances which will produce even more spiritual growth. 00:06:39.420 --> 00:06:47.180 Rather than settling your sights on 2022 as the year of hassle-free living. 00:06:47.180 --> 00:06:53.620 And that's what we're hearing across the news media, isn't it, at the minute? 00:06:54.459 --> 00:06:57.060 2021, we just want to sell it off. 00:06:57.180 --> 00:06:58.079 We just want to get rid of it. 00:06:58.139 --> 00:06:58.740 A clearance sale. 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:00.460 Get it gone. 00:07:00.540 --> 00:07:01.240 It's been so awful. 00:07:01.980 --> 00:07:02.960 And what are we putting in place? 00:07:03.139 --> 00:07:05.519 The hope of a hassle-free year. 00:07:05.579 --> 00:07:06.319 That's what we're hearing. 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:12.620 Is that how you're setting your sales for 2022? 00:07:14.180 --> 00:07:19.560 Well, Psalm 103 is from the very first sentence to the very last sentence. 00:07:21.060 --> 00:07:25.139 A call for deep, well-informed gratitude. 00:07:26.620 --> 00:07:29.219 Praise the Lord, O my soul. 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:37.140 Now, the Hebrew word bless means literally to kneel in worship. 00:07:37.260 --> 00:07:42.800 And so we can interchange bless or praise as the start of this psalm. 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:47.740 So therefore, to bless the Lord means to praise or worship him. 00:07:48.500 --> 00:07:55.420 That is, to respond to his blessing, to count our blessings in terms of adoration. 00:07:57.240 --> 00:07:57.940 Delight. 00:07:59.220 --> 00:08:00.200 And joy. 00:08:02.460 --> 00:08:02.900 Thankfulness. 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:05.520 Understanding. 00:08:05.840 --> 00:08:08.440 A whole-of-life response of all those things. 00:08:10.200 --> 00:08:12.900 That's the call of Psalm 103. 00:08:13.760 --> 00:08:15.740 Praise the Lord, O my soul. 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:26.940 And so what we have in Psalm 103 is King David enjoying the Lord personally as he reflects on what the Lord has done for him. 00:08:26.939 --> 00:08:31.459 As he reflects on who he is in the Lord. 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:39.679 But he's also modeling, modeling the art of kindling heartfelt thankfulness. 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:43.899 And he does it by using mindfulness, to use a very modern word. 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:45.959 Mindfulness and memories. 00:08:46.839 --> 00:08:48.039 In verses 1 and 2. 00:08:48.500 --> 00:08:49.839 Bless the Lord, O my soul. 00:08:50.319 --> 00:08:52.859 And all that is within me. 00:08:53.459 --> 00:08:54.299 Bless his holy name. 00:08:54.299 --> 00:08:59.120 Essentially, David is talking to himself. 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:09.219 He's talking to himself through a deliberate, mindful process, systematically rehearsing his blessings from the Lord. 00:09:10.099 --> 00:09:11.399 Now, why does David do that? 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:13.459 Well, we're told in verse 2 why he does it. 00:09:13.980 --> 00:09:17.459 Because he's fearful of being thankless. 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:23.699 His fear of thanklessness drives him in this particular setting. 00:09:23.700 --> 00:09:30.980 He knows his propensity to take God's blessings for granted. 00:09:31.860 --> 00:09:33.100 Forgetting to be thankful. 00:09:35.460 --> 00:09:38.800 So he forces himself to count his blessings. 00:09:40.259 --> 00:09:41.280 What they are. 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.120 And why he has received them. 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:51.700 And I think when he says, all that is within me, bless his holy name. 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:57.919 I think David's saying, look, I'm totally defined by God's blessing. 00:09:57.919 --> 00:09:59.779 And so it's only appropriate. 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:03.980 I want every part of my being to respond to those blessings. 00:10:04.820 --> 00:10:05.779 In praise. 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:08.879 Including, my friends, his emotions. 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:21.240 He wants everything that is him to be involved in this expression of gratitude, praise, and worship. 00:10:24.179 --> 00:10:28.480 Now, just let me pause there and try and engage our minds more. 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.580 Why might we not be thankful for blessings? 00:10:31.580 --> 00:10:39.180 Well, I've already suggested it may be carelessness or familiarity. 00:10:41.400 --> 00:10:50.639 Sometimes we just get so busy enjoying the blessing that we actually forget the person from whom we got the blessing. 00:10:50.820 --> 00:10:51.960 From whom we received the blessing. 00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:55.200 So it can be just carelessness. 00:10:56.280 --> 00:10:58.620 But sometimes it can be a little bit more sinister than that. 00:11:00.540 --> 00:11:00.940 Pride. 00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:02.060 Pride. 00:11:03.740 --> 00:11:05.520 Will keep us from being thankful. 00:11:06.280 --> 00:11:07.620 Pride will make us thankless. 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:08.940 And what is pride? 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:11.280 Well, pride essentially, there's lots of things you could say. 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:15.259 But essentially pride is the belief that we have made our own way in the world. 00:11:17.780 --> 00:11:22.740 That whatever good life we have around us, that essentially we've created it. 00:11:25.300 --> 00:11:29.040 Or to use a modern colloquial expression, we've made our own luck. 00:11:31.580 --> 00:11:43.259 See, if we're defined by our own abilities and efforts and achievements, then we certainly won't be looking for or needing blessings from others. 00:11:43.259 --> 00:11:45.419 Including God. 00:11:45.419 --> 00:11:55.960 But then again, it could be that we just simply don't believe ourselves to be blessed. 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:59.900 How could we possibly think that? 00:12:00.259 --> 00:12:04.420 Well, perhaps because we have the world's idea of what blessing is. 00:12:04.700 --> 00:12:09.259 And generally speaking, the world's idea of blessing is health, wealth, happiness. 00:12:09.560 --> 00:12:11.820 Feeling warm and fuzzy and good about yourself. 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:21.460 So when others around us, we perceive to have that, and we think, well, we don't have that, then we conclude, well, we're not blessed. 00:12:21.460 --> 00:12:29.139 Unable to see the value of God's blessings. 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:36.700 Because we're focusing on the immediacy of what the world's blessings are counted as. 00:12:37.900 --> 00:12:40.759 And we conclude, then, we've missed out on God's blessings. 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:55.720 So David's busy here knowing himself, he's busy kindling an attitude of thankfulness and fostering an overflow response of worship. 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:58.319 Picking up verses 3 through to verse 22. 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:12.980 Any reflection on God's blessings for King David prompts acute awareness of God's involvement in his life personally. 00:13:13.920 --> 00:13:16.680 God's personal involvement in his personal life. 00:13:17.780 --> 00:13:19.540 Pick up verses 3, 4, and 5. 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:21.020 Look at that list there. 00:13:22.760 --> 00:13:25.120 Forgives your iniquity. 00:13:25.760 --> 00:13:27.520 Heals all your diseases. 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.799 Redeems your life from the pit. 00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:34.960 Crowns with steadfast love and mercy. 00:13:35.460 --> 00:13:38.879 Satisfies with good things. 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:41.879 Ah. 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:49.579 What a testimony to God's personal involvement in his life. 00:13:51.539 --> 00:13:56.620 Though David may have in mind here a particular episode of sin and discipline and restoration. 00:13:56.620 --> 00:14:01.200 But I think it's much more likely that David's just reflecting on his life generally. 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:05.399 And this is just how he's experienced God generally. 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:09.500 And I think it's also representative. 00:14:10.179 --> 00:14:12.319 He's not listing every blessing. 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:19.779 Those things that we might call blessings common to all people such as food and family and safe travel and stuff like that. 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:22.579 But no, he's focusing on his spiritual blessings. 00:14:22.579 --> 00:14:25.179 The things that define him as a person. 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:28.579 His salvation. 00:14:28.939 --> 00:14:30.500 His relationship with the Lord. 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:35.339 And so he speaks of God's total forgiveness. 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:38.500 Every sin. 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:42.480 Every offense against God. 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:44.580 Every act of rebellion against God. 00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:45.720 Forgiven. 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.600 Wow. 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:49.679 What a blessing. 00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:54.240 He's speaking of God's complete restoration or renewal. 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:59.820 Freeing him to be the image bearer he was created to be. 00:14:59.820 --> 00:15:03.040 Someone who truly would reflect God's character. 00:15:03.800 --> 00:15:06.980 And who would genuinely live under God's rule. 00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:12.160 God's deliverance or redemption or rescue. 00:15:13.040 --> 00:15:17.200 Rescue from and protection from his own destruction. 00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:23.920 Especially the ultimate threat of the ultimate destruction. 00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:24.900 Death. 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:26.040 The pit of hell. 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:35.019 And I think David here can just be, might just be reflecting on times when the Lord has delivered him from almost certain death. 00:15:35.319 --> 00:15:37.199 But I think David's doing something a bit deeper here. 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:39.799 He's longing for resurrection. 00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:42.459 He's longing for that time where he will be with the Lord. 00:15:42.719 --> 00:15:43.759 To enjoy him forever. 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:49.519 David, I think, is anticipating resurrection life. 00:15:50.419 --> 00:15:52.919 Eternal life with God after this life is done. 00:15:52.919 --> 00:16:02.159 And he reflects on God's commitment to treat him contrary to what he deserves. 00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:06.059 He deserves to be treated because of his sin. 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.259 But what does the Lord do? 00:16:07.599 --> 00:16:08.279 He crowns him. 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:13.939 That is, the Lord, in contrary to what he deserves, crowns him or honors him. 00:16:15.459 --> 00:16:17.659 With showers of love and mercy. 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:27.799 And you can sense David's satisfaction. 00:16:28.199 --> 00:16:28.860 Verse 5. 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:31.039 Delight. 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:36.500 And a tireless energy to serve the Lord. 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.459 That's a picture. 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:39.419 So that your youth is renewed like the eagles. 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:45.799 David says, when I reflect on the blessings that the Lord has given me and what I am because of the Lord's blessing, 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:48.000 I just want his sower. 00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:59.699 Point to note along the way here. 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:05.539 Knowing what we do of David's life from other sources, and we get many sources in the scripture, 00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:16.240 knowing what we do of David's life, we can then say very clearly and confidently that blessings do not always equate with happiness, immediate happiness, 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.859 and a hassle-free life. 00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:33.599 Because when you know the story of David's life, many of the greatest blessings for which he was most thankful came in the context of him being caught in sin and exposed by the Lord and needing to repent and then understanding the Lord's restoration. 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:40.519 That was often the context of the greatest blessings for which there is the greatest thankfulness. 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:46.519 But I can tell you, not one of those experiences would have been happy and warm and fuzzy at the time. 00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:51.400 Not in terms of how the world understands that anyway. 00:17:52.400 --> 00:18:02.319 To be blessed, therefore, is not about being happy at a surface level, although ultimately it gives deep happiness because we're loved by the Lord. 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:12.079 But to be blessed is to be the recipient of God's best for us in any given situation, even though that situation may of itself be unpleasant. 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:18.159 Now, friends, I just want to pause there. 00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:20.899 I don't want to get too deep into the exegesis of this passage. 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:24.379 I just want to try and stir your heart and now ask a question. 00:18:24.919 --> 00:18:30.159 What overflows from your heart as you review 2021? 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:44.299 Is it joy, delight in the security of relationship with God in the face of a whole range of troubles and struggles last year? 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:46.039 Yes, including COVID. 00:18:50.539 --> 00:19:00.000 Could you actually review 2021 and see the pandemic as one of God's richest blessings to you last year? 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:04.240 In some sense, that's how I see it. 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:12.559 Now, I know I haven't been struck down with COVID and so therefore maybe I'm not qualified to speak in every aspect. 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:24.160 But the intrusion into my life, it stripped away things and helped me see things that I had become dependent on in a wrong way. 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:28.460 And it forced me back to ask the question, well, what is my life? 00:19:28.560 --> 00:19:29.540 Where is my security? 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:34.300 What is it that I can feel calm and secure and safe in? 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:45.659 God's blessings, my friends, will not always deliver surface immediate happiness. 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:54.519 But verse 5, they'll always deliver good things, spiritual truth, spiritual renewal into your life. 00:19:55.639 --> 00:19:58.059 And that's true blessing. 00:19:58.059 --> 00:20:03.720 Well, moving on. 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:13.079 David, reflecting on his own personal blessings, then is pointed to the bigger context of those blessings, which is God's character to bless his people. 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:15.460 Picking up verse 6 onwards. 00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:28.980 And David's pretty clear here that every aspect of God's character that he can think of and he can list, every aspect of God's character brings direct blessing to King David and to God's people. 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.880 Verse 6 and 7. 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:33.640 God's righteousness delivers blessing. 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:37.420 The Lord modeled what he's like. 00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:45.779 He showed his righteousness, his commitment to doing right with the people he promised to love and protect in the covenant. 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:50.259 And that's especially seen in the history of the Exodus. 00:20:52.300 --> 00:20:55.560 But it's seen right throughout their history as a nation. 00:20:56.279 --> 00:21:01.500 He preserves his special covenant people as promised. 00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:06.759 That is the righteousness of God delivering blessing. 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:11.140 God's gracious love, verses 8 through to 13. 00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:18.080 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. 00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:34.480 God's commitment to doing good for his people so defines his relationship with his people that even his anger is temporary. 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:37.819 And even then, it's an expression of love. 00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:41.980 Of gracious correction and redirection. 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:46.099 His anger is only ever temporary. 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:53.019 But his grace and mercy are limitless in expression. 00:21:53.019 --> 00:22:05.079 And again, they remind themselves that God's character is to forgive completely. 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:09.480 Totally detaching our sins. 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:13.180 The sins from, sorry, totally detaching his people from their sin. 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.599 From east to west. 00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:18.259 That's a geographic figure. 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:20.240 You can't get any further apart. 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:24.660 Totally detaching his people from their sin. 00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:26.860 Condemning and dealing with sin. 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:29.120 But saving and delivering his people. 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:31.680 That's God's character to do that. 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:34.720 For his special covenant people. 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:39.019 To be blessed by the Lord. 00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:40.160 Another picture in these verses. 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:46.600 To be blessed by the Lord is to experience a strong but gentle and compassionate love. 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:58.179 All that's pictured of the passion and intimacy of a good father expending himself for the well-being of his beloved children. 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.240 God's faithfulness. 00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:05.439 Verses 14 to 18. 00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:10.859 What an incredible blessing it is that the Lord knows us. 00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:17.019 That is, he knows our weaknesses. 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.939 He knows our failings. 00:23:19.219 --> 00:23:24.099 He knows that we're locked into this tassel with life and death because of sin. 00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:25.740 He knows our brokenness. 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.779 He knows our dysfunction. 00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:32.099 He knows that sin is just there inside of us. 00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.579 And what does he do? 00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:38.219 He makes allowances for it in the way he deals with us. 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:42.920 As he cares for us and provides for us. 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.779 In spite of our sinfulness. 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:50.039 He is committed to fulfilling, faithfully fulfilling his covenant promise. 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:52.860 To care and save his people. 00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:59.140 Knowing full well that we can't deliver on our side of the covenant promise. 00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.079 What do you say? 00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:09.860 Apart from, wow. 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:16.940 These blessings don't just come randomly to David personally. 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:21.980 They're a clear consequence. 00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:24.279 Overflow of God's own character. 00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.259 Of God's own heart. 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:32.860 And so David can be absolutely confident that these blessings will continue. 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:36.799 Because they're just a reflection of God's character applied to God's people. 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:40.839 But David then puts it in one bigger context. 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.579 So it's personal context. 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.480 Bigger context. 00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.720 Then ultimate context. 00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:46.180 Verse 18 through to 22. 00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:51.480 Takes David ultimately to God's purpose and salvation and building his kingdom. 00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.899 Verse 19 to 22 rather. 00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:58.280 David's rehearsal of his experience of personal blessing. 00:24:58.620 --> 00:25:05.019 Steps him from his own self to God's character and ultimately to God's purpose. 00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:17.839 And can there be a greater assurance of future blessing than knowing that God's character and God's purpose remains unchanging? 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.839 God's character. 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:21.079 God's character. 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.839 Verse 19. 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:26.699 Verse 19. 00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:46.180 David knows that God will not be thwarted by any circumstance. 00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:50.900 He will not be usurped by any hostile power. 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:54.860 He will do what he promises to do. 00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:58.199 He will achieve what he sets out to achieve. 00:25:58.859 --> 00:26:02.639 His glory will be displayed to the world because it is his world. 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:05.639 And he is without challenge in his world ultimately. 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:11.559 His servants will achieve precisely what he intends them to achieve. 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:25.139 And of course, as David steps up into this bigger context all the time, all of this goes far beyond even what David could imagine. 00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:27.440 And he's got lofty thoughts of the Lord here. 00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:30.859 But it goes well beyond what David could even imagine. 00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:43.179 He described, when he described the extent of God's forgiveness and love, that the best he could do was picture opposite horizons, east and west. 00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:46.580 The vastness of the sky. 00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:53.380 As he tried to picture and encapsulate the extent, the limitless horizon of God's love. 00:26:53.380 --> 00:27:02.180 But you see, as we sit here this morning as Christians, we have something vastly superior to that. 00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:05.260 We have Jesus on the cross. 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:15.759 That's the picture we go to for the passionate faithfulness of God to his promise. 00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:18.779 His promise to rescue his people from sin. 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:21.960 His promise to restore them to relationship with him. 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:29.019 The cross shows that the depth of the love in God's heart. 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:33.500 The heart that was actually literally torn with grief for his people. 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:39.340 A heart that said, okay, I will deal with this. 00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:41.340 I will take this sin upon myself. 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:46.900 I will bear the burden of that guilt. 00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:49.840 I will pay for it in terms of justice. 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:55.759 So that my people can be free and renewed and restored. 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:02.500 The Lord has removed our sins completely. 00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:06.240 But the picture here is even better than the one David. 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:12.000 Because theoretically, even though our sin is removed to the opposite horizon, 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:16.519 there is a possibility that could be brought back or reconnected. 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:20.839 But in Christ, it's been dealt with judicially. 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:26.079 It's actually been removed completely from the landscape. 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:34.960 He has taken full responsibility for every one of the sins of his people. 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:38.559 He has paid the full penalty himself with full restoration. 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:40.439 Ephesians 1, 3 to 14. 00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:42.259 Go and read it this afternoon when you go home. 00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:49.740 We have every spiritual blessing in Christ in the heavenly realms. 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:53.039 There is no better blessing. 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:54.680 There is no more blessing to come. 00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.779 We have it all in Christ. 00:28:57.019 --> 00:29:00.900 Now, we might enjoy the realization of some of those blessings better in heaven. 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.900 There's no question about that. 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:06.240 But in terms of the blessing we have in Christ, there's nothing more to come. 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:18.099 So, my friends, back to reviewing 2021 and setting our focus for 2022. 00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:24.620 Is your response to the year past one of thankfulness? 00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:38.199 I was reflecting back on to quite a number of comments that came to me after the morning of the AGM, 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:40.000 back on whenever that was, October, November. 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.979 And the comments were all largely the same. 00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:47.919 People found it very tedious to reflect on the year past 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:54.660 in terms of the numerous ministries that happen every single week in this church, 00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.920 often behind the scenes. 00:29:57.259 --> 00:30:00.400 Those things that people contribute to this church 00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:04.039 to actually make us what we are as a church family. 00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:11.600 But we find it tedious to spend 10 minutes reflecting on it. 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:22.279 So, is your response to the year past one of thankfulness? 00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:27.480 Are you relaxed in your ultimate security in Christ 00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:29.519 that then allows you to say, 00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:33.539 well, okay, everybody around me is succumbing to anxiety and fear 00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:37.680 as they watch helplessly the things they've built security upon in this life 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:41.680 being deconstructed by pandemic or by economic recession 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:44.660 or by threat of war or a host of other things. 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:48.440 Do we have something that allows us to be secure in the midst of all of that? 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:51.019 And be thankful. 00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:57.600 Calm and thankful. 00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:04.300 Are you, going back to what I've already said, 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:10.279 are you starting to thank the Lord for the challenges of the past year 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:15.460 because of the spiritual growth that has been brought to you through them? 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:22.180 Because the Lord has used pandemic and lockdowns 00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:25.740 and a whole shaking of what our normal life is 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:27.759 and even our normal patterns of churching. 00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:30.559 He's shaking those to the core. 00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:34.240 And I think, certainly for me, He's exposed idols. 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:42.000 Things that you're looking for satisfaction and joy in instead of Him. 00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.099 Instead of the Lord. 00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:52.200 And realizing that the pandemic gave us an opportunity to refocus, reset 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:54.579 and come back to the Lord in repentance and say, 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:57.579 yes, you alone, Lord, is my strength. 00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:59.460 Are my strength, whatever the English is. 00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:03.759 And as you look forward into 2022, 00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:06.940 is there real praise in your heart? 00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:11.400 Or is it just a question of, 00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:14.720 oh well, ho-hum, spiritual lukewarmness? 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.460 What might that look for us, 00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:21.519 look like for us as a church family? 00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:25.360 Well, it might be coming to church mindlessly as a habit. 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:29.439 Or perhaps now, 00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:33.399 it might be not bothering to come to church at all. 00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:38.279 Because it's too much effort. 00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:40.199 Because it's not that much important. 00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.079 It's not that important. 00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:44.240 It might be coming to church, 00:32:45.199 --> 00:32:46.419 being on Zoom weekly, 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.899 listening to God's word, 00:32:49.899 --> 00:32:51.699 but not really engaging with it. 00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.779 Well, that's just, 00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:55.880 we have that 30-minute monologue, 00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:57.000 they call it a sermon. 00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.819 It's part of church, 00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.880 yep, I'll listen to it. 00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:01.819 But we don't really engage with it. 00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:05.400 We're not really seeking to have God's word change us from the inside out. 00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.680 So we hear it, 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.480 but we don't hear it. 00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.319 Do you see 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:18.519 this church family 00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:20.519 as a wonderful blessing from the Lord? 00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:23.319 Or do you just see problems 00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:24.600 and difficult people? 00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.840 Do you see this church family 00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:30.480 as a key means 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:32.680 that the Lord has given you graciously 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:36.420 for growth, 00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.500 spiritual growth, 00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.880 as they challenge you, 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.980 as they support you, 00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:44.420 as they stand alongside you? 00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:49.500 Do you see this church family 00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.320 as a key point 00:33:51.320 --> 00:33:54.900 at which the watching world 00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:58.060 might see a viable alternative 00:33:58.060 --> 00:34:00.140 to the lifestyle 00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:02.480 and the worldview 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.960 that exists out there? 00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:07.600 Do you consider this church 00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.460 as a possibility, 00:34:08.700 --> 00:34:10.700 as a compelling witness 00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:14.859 to the watching world? 00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:19.419 Something that speaks of the changing power of the gospel, 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.559 the reality of the gospel 00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:23.480 working in people's lives. 00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:28.800 are you determined 00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:30.440 to play your part, 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.179 to do your part 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.960 in making us 00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.500 a cohesive group of people 00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:36.579 rather than simply 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.639 a crowd of people 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.360 that meets together 00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:39.079 on a Sunday morning? 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.679 What's the difference 00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.320 between a group 00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.860 and a crowd? 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.619 Well, 00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:45.119 it's common purpose, 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.380 common goals, 00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:50.480 common acknowledgement 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:52.079 of what defines us. 00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.119 So, 00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.480 are you taking your part 00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.920 in that? 00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.559 Or, 00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.019 are you happy 00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:03.179 to leave the heavy lifting 00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.800 to others? 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.639 The new year, 00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:09.199 my friends, 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.119 I would venture to say 00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:11.340 is not a time 00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:13.099 for resolutions. 00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.880 I think, 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.740 for us as a church, 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.760 it's a time 00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:18.659 for revolution. 00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:21.599 something that grabs us 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.799 from the inside out. 00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:27.799 Seriously taking stock 00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.559 of our purpose 00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.639 as God's safe people 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.500 individually 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.299 and collectively. 00:35:35.899 --> 00:35:36.779 Are you counting 00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.480 your blessings 00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.659 such that you 00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.339 overflow 00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:40.359 in thankfulness 00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:41.159 and worship for them? 00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.440 Well, 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.659 friend, 00:35:45.839 --> 00:35:46.879 let me just swap 00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.339 for a minute, 00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.159 swap direction 00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:48.519 for a minute. 00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.980 Speak to those 00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.559 who are not yet 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.719 believers among us here 00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.759 or on Zoom. 00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.420 If you're not 00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:56.199 yet a believer, 00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:56.759 if you're not yet 00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.239 a Christian, 00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.719 then I have to tell you 00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:00.179 that the wonderful 00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:01.480 blessings you've heard 00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.339 about this morning 00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:03.179 are not yours 00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.819 to enjoy. 00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:13.599 But they are yours 00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.239 for the taking. 00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:17.399 they're on offer 00:36:17.399 --> 00:36:17.939 this morning 00:36:17.939 --> 00:36:19.000 and they're yours 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.679 for the taking. 00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.539 You too 00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.479 can know 00:36:25.479 --> 00:36:26.239 the personal 00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:27.000 experience 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.739 of God's 00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.739 forgiving grace 00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.979 and restoration 00:36:29.979 --> 00:36:31.019 and renewal 00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:32.479 and the security 00:36:32.479 --> 00:36:33.219 and the safety 00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.819 that gives. 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:38.359 They are yours 00:36:38.359 --> 00:36:39.199 to enjoy 00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.859 when you come 00:36:39.859 --> 00:36:40.719 into a relationship 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.439 with God 00:36:41.439 --> 00:36:42.439 through Jesus, 00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.980 through coming to Jesus. 00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.359 And that means 00:36:45.359 --> 00:36:46.519 giving up your commitment 00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.859 to personal sovereignty, 00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.980 personal autonomy. 00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.359 It means 00:36:51.359 --> 00:36:52.579 recognizing your guilt 00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.480 before the Lord. 00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:55.900 it means trusting 00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:57.500 his promise 00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.340 that Jesus 00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:59.099 will deal 00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.719 with the guilt 00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.440 of your sin 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:01.639 and take it away 00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.139 from you 00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:04.300 and restore you 00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:05.880 in spite of 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.519 what you deserve. 00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.820 It will mean 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.460 responding 00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.460 in new obedience 00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:12.119 as you gladly 00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.940 live under 00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.579 his rule 00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.300 and under 00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.800 his word. 00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.480 So my friend, 00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.019 I say to you 00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.900 as I finish this morning, 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.780 trust yourself 00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.800 to God's promise 00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.539 to renew 00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:24.740 and to care 00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.220 for you. 00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:28.280 Think of God 00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:29.300 as the ideal 00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.780 father, 00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:32.960 the compassionate, 00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.320 passionate, 00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:36.420 faithful father 00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.500 who expends 00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.940 himself 00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.620 for the good 00:37:38.620 --> 00:37:39.180 of his children. 00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.440 Think of the Lord 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.820 as that. 00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:42.440 Think of his promise 00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.539 that that's exactly 00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.080 what he wants 00:37:44.080 --> 00:37:44.900 to do for you. 00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.100 Come to him 00:37:48.100 --> 00:37:48.660 this morning 00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:52.219 and you too 00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:53.440 can start 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.859 to count 00:37:53.859 --> 00:37:54.420 your blessings. 00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.319 Pray with me 00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:57.819 and then I'm done. 00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:00.839 Lord, 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:02.619 words can't 00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.539 really do justice 00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.000 to 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:06.039 the beautiful 00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.619 poetry 00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.779 that David 00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.899 has captured here. 00:38:10.819 --> 00:38:11.920 We thank you, 00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.179 Lord, 00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.799 for those 00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.739 who are 00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:15.960 highly skilled 00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:17.179 craftsmen 00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.719 and women 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.419 of words 00:38:18.419 --> 00:38:19.819 who can 00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.579 take words 00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.319 and build 00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:23.039 such beautiful, 00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:23.960 compelling pictures. 00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.960 We pray, 00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.259 Lord, 00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:27.919 that we might 00:38:27.919 --> 00:38:29.179 soar 00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:30.179 with David 00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:31.719 as we 00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.559 understand 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.059 and count 00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.579 our blessings. 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.239 And pray, 00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:36.679 Lord, 00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.500 this morning 00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:38.359 that there might 00:38:38.359 --> 00:38:39.500 be some 00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.279 here this morning 00:38:40.279 --> 00:38:40.739 or some 00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.199 on Zoom 00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:42.659 who for the 00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.480 first time 00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.599 begin to count 00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.199 their blessings 00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:47.000 because they've 00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.779 come to you 00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:49.460 in repentance 00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:50.079 and faith. 00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.000 Lord, 00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:53.179 go before us 00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:53.799 into the new 00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.099 year. 00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.480 Help us 00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.259 to be thankful, 00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.919 confident, 00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.299 calm, 00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:00.699 purposeful 00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.259 servants 00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:01.879 of yours. 00:39:03.439 --> 00:39:04.000 And I pray 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.619 this in Jesus' 00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:04.939 name. 00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.379 Amen. 00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.460 Thank you very 00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.059 much for listening 00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.460 this morning. 00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:08.519 Thank you. 00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:45.179 Thank you.