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 You may be seated.

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 Well, this morning we're going to be in Psalm 63, so if you have a Bible, pop that open.

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 If you don't, there's one in the back of your pew.

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 Feel free to use your phone app if you need to use that.

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 I won't be offended.

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 Psalm 63.

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 I don't know if you have a list of movies or videos that you could just watch and re-watch and re-watch,

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 but for me it's Planet Earth.

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 It's a nature documentary by the BBC.

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 Anybody seen it?

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 Oh, full hands.

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 Yeah.

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 It's just like a visual display of God's beauty and creativity and power.

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 I love watching that.

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 And recently I sat down to watch an episode of Planet Earth with my kids, and the focus of this episode was deserts.

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 And the one thing that you had to grab from this episode, you couldn't help but understand,

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 was that in the desert, everything revolves around where creatures find their water, or how they find their water.

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 Without water, no creatures.

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 So, for example, there's this little beetle in the Nabib Desert in Africa that has a very interesting way of finding its water.

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 It climbs the sand dunes every morning.

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 It's the equivalent of like 10 Everests for us.

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 I mean, this gigantic sand dunes, this little tiny beetle going up to the top of the sand dunes.

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 And he does it before the sun rises.

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 And he does it because there's this fog that blows in pretty consistently from the nearby Atlantic Ocean, miles away.

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 And once he gets to the top, he does a little handstand.

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 And he stays like that for a long time.

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 And he just stays still at about a 45-degree angle, head down.

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 And what happens is the water droplets from the fog stick to his back.

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 And eventually, more and more little tiny water droplets stick to his back.

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 And they become bigger water droplets.

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 And they get some gravity moving on them.

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 And then eventually, the water droplets move down his back and through little channels on his head and into his mouth.

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 Isn't that brilliant?

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 Our God is so creative.

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 That's how this beetle gets his water in the desert.

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 And there's this chameleon that snags the beetle.

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 And that's how the chameleon gets his water in the desert.

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 It's pretty great.

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 Little buggy eyes.

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 If you're in the desert, you will do whatever you have to do to get water.

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 You might be thinking that this morning in this hot sanctuary.

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 Notice I'm preaching in shorts.

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 You long for water.

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 You pant for it.

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 Because it's the only thing that can satisfy you.

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 And David, the author of our psalm this morning, is in the desert.

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 And he is longing.

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 He is thirsting.

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 But his thirst is not for water.

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 Let's read this psalm together.

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 Psalm 63.

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 A psalm of David when he was in the wilderness.

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 Literally, the desert of Judah.

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 Oh God, you are my God.

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 And earnestly, I seek you.

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 My soul thirsts for you.

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 My flesh faints for you.

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 As in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

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 So, literally, in this way, I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and your glory.

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 Because your steadfast love is better than life.

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 My lips will praise you.

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 So, I will bless you as long as I live.

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 In your name, I will lift up my hands.

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 My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food.

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 And my mouth will praise you with joyful lips when I remember you on my bed.

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 And meditate on you in the watches of the night.

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 For you have been my help.

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 And the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

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 My soul clings to you.

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 Your right hand upholds me.

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 But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth.

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 They shall be given over to the power of the sword.

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 They shall be a portion for jackals.

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 But the king shall rejoice in God.

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 All who swear by him shall exult.

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 For the mouths of liars will be stopped.

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 So, David is in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

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 But his soul thirst is even more than his need for hydration.

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 He is thirsting for the living God.

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 It's hard to miss how, as we kind of move through this psalm, he starts off in verse 1, longing, thirsting.

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 But by the time we get to verse 5, he is talking about being satisfied.

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 So, he moves from this psalm from a place of thirst and parchedness of soul.

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 And he moves and he is able to be satisfied in God's presence.

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 And that's the big idea of this psalm.

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 God satisfies those who thirst for his presence.

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 God satisfies those who thirst for his presence.

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 But what does it mean to be satisfied in God?

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 What does that look like?

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 We can't put God into a glass and drink him.

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 We can't see him.

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 What does it look like for our soul to be satisfied in God?

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 Well, as we go through this psalm together, I want us to think about it as a four-piece puzzle.

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 And each puzzle piece is going to give us a clearer, more complete picture of what it looks like to be satisfied in God.

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 Little snapshots that are going to give us a picture of what that looks like.

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 And at the end, we're going to tie it together and see how it kind of hits us right where we're at in our here and now in 2018.

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 So, let's dive in.

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 The first puzzle piece is this.

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 Being satisfied in God means thirsting for God.

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 Being satisfied in God means thirsting for God.

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 It's a bit of stating the obvious.

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 But you can't be satisfied unless you have a desire that needs to be satisfied.

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 You can't experience the ah of a long, cool drink of water unless you've been working up a thirst that needs to be quenched.

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 To be satisfied in God means you have to know that you need Him.

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 And that's where David is at.

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 He knows that he needs God desperately.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Three verbs.

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 He gets it again and again and again.

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 This passionate yearning for God.

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 Earnestly seeking.

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 Thirsting.

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 Fainting.

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 He's like a man desperate for water in the Sahara Desert.

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 He's stumbling his way toward God and hoping it's not a mirage.

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 It affects him inside and out.

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 Body and spirit.

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 Notice his soul inside thirsts for you.

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 But my flesh, my body faints for you.

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 It's an all-consuming desire, not for water, for the living God.

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 Now, it'll be helpful for us to know just a tad bit about why David's in the desert.

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 He's most likely, it could be when Saul was pursuing him before David became king.

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 There's probably more likely it's when David is being pursued by Absalom, his son, who is revolting against David and trying to take the kingdom from David.

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 And this forced David out of his capital city of Jerusalem because Absalom is marching an army from Hebron to basically kill David and overthrow the city.

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 And so David and his faithful followers flee to the desert for safety.

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 So not only is he in a desert where there is little water, he's also unsure of how he and his followers are going to survive there.

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 His soul is in turmoil.

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 His own son has revolted against him.

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 Everything that had been certain in his life is now coming unglued.

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 He had no idea if he would remain king, if the people would remain loyal to him.

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 Everything is up for grabs for David.

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 And it's in the midst of this uncertainty and this danger that David's true character comes out.

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 He composes this poem right in the middle of this chaos.

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 And he tells God how desperate he is.

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 But not desperate for a resolution to his problems.

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 He tells God how desperate he is for God.

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 For God himself.

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 You are my God.

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 Earnestly I seek you.

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 My soul thirsts for you.

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 My flesh faints for you.

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 There is in every human soul a longing.

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 It is a deep set longing.

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 It's hard to put words on it.

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 But it's a thirst that accompanies our every thought, our every motive.

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 We were made to know the living God.

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 Not to know about him.

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 Not to nod to certain truths about who he is.

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 But to know him personally.

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 To have a real satisfying relationship with him.

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 Because we bear his image.

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 He stamped on us his very image.

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 We can't help but thirst for him.

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 Every human being has this longing.

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 And I bet you felt this before.

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 I bet you felt this thirst before.

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 Maybe it was like after a great triumph or a success.

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 And you're in the midst of celebrating good things.

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 But then in the back of your mind there's this whisper of, is that it?

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 Tom Brady, famous quarterback for New England Patriots,

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 was once quoted in an interview more than 10 years ago

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 after he won his first three Super Bowls,

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 of basically saying, yeah, I've arrived.

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 Is that it?

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 The guy's on top of the world.

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 The guy has everything that our culture says is it.

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 And he's like, there's got to be something else.

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 Or maybe it's when you behold the night sky.

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 And you get this little glimpse of the grandeur,

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 the mystery, the greatness.

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 And you've got this thirst that gets awakened inside of you of,

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 I want that something more.

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 You and I were meant for the ultimate greatness of knowing

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 and experiencing the unshielded glory of the living God,

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 and we can't help but thirst for it.

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 And we chase it down.

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 We chase it down in the pleasures we pursue,

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 the successes we strive for,

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 the relationships we foster.

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 We're looking for it.

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 The ultimate joy, the ultimate security,

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 the ultimate love that only God can actually give.

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 But we tend to look in the wrong places.

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 We are hardwired to be satisfied with the glory of God,

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 but our rebellious hearts turn away from it.

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 Our hearts twist and they corrupt this thirst

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 into a thousand counterfeit longings.

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 Just like Jeremiah said, God said through Jeremiah,

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 my people have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters,

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 and they have hewed out, carved out,

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 broken cisterns for themselves,

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 broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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 We tend to trade the real thing for the cheap things

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 that don't satisfy.

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 So here's the question that God's word

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 is confronting us with this morning.

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 What are you thirsting for?

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 Where are you seeking satisfaction?

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 If you would be truly satisfied,

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 God and God alone is the only one

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 who's able to provide that.

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 David knew that.

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 So he was yearning,

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 desperately panting for the living God.

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 With that on our minds,

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 let's move to the second puzzle piece

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 of verses two to four.

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 Second puzzle piece is this.

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 Being satisfied in God means

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 treasuring him as he has revealed himself.

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 Treasuring him as he has revealed himself.

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 So David turns a corner from his expression

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 of thirst for God

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 and starts recalling

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 how he had beheld God

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 in the holy temple in Jerusalem.

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 Look at verse two.

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 That so there,

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 she's really literally

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 in the same kind of longing way.

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 It's kind of what that so stands for.

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 I have looked upon you in the sanctuary.

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 So in the past,

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 David has drawn near to God

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 where God could be found

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 because God has always been

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 a God who dwells with

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 and resides with

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 and reveals himself

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 to his people.

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 And in this time period,

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 for David,

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 it was in the tabernacle,

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 a special tent

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 that God had set up

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 with the Ark of the Covenant.

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 It's a place that God's

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 concentrated glory

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 dwelled with his people.

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 And David,

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 because he loved God,

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 he wanted to be with God,

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 he would be there.

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 He would constantly go

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 to the temple

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 to behold God,

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 to get as close as he could

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 through offering of sacrifices,

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 through the help of priests

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 to mediate God's presence to David.

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 He would want to be there.

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 So verses 2 and 3 tell us

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 that David had seen

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 and come to know

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 and treasure at least three things,

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 three aspects,

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 three facets about God,

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 beholding,

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 verse 2,

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 your power

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 and your glory,

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 and then verse 3,

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 because your steadfast love

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 is better than life.

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 So there's these three facets

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 of God's valuing

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 that David just latches onto.

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 And he sees it

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 and he beholds it.

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 And what was David's response to that?

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 Look at verse 3.

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 He treasures God

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 more than life itself.

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 He's seen God

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 as God has revealed himself

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 and he is treasuring God

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 more than life itself.

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 This is an astounding statement.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 Because your steadfast love

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 is better than life,

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 my lips will praise you.

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 Better than life?

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 That statement should just smack us.

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 We just can't move past this

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 too quickly.

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 David values

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 and treasures

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 God's steadfast love

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 more than the breath

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 in his lungs.

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 More than the sweetness

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 to the best of friendships

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 or the feeling of sunshine

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 on his face

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 or watching his children play.

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 David is saying,

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 if you take all the joys

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 and pleasures

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 and good things

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 of this life

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 and you stack them

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 on one end of the scale

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 and then you put

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 God's steadfast love

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 on the other end of the scale,

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 it's no contest.

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 David would prefer death

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 than to lose out

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 on the steadfast love

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 of God.

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 It's astounding.

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 Man, how could that be true?

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 What could be better

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 than living,

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 than life itself?

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 Isn't anything preferable

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 to death?

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 Not according to David.

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 Knowing and treasuring

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 the God

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 who reveals himself

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 by grace

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 and who dwells

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 with his people

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 by grace

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 is better

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 than life.

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 And in response

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 to this

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 three-fold vision

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 of who God

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 has declared himself

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 to be,

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 his power,

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 his glory,

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 his steadfast love,

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 David pours out

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 three pourings,

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 verbal proclamations

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 of praise.

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 He says in verse 3,

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 my lips will praise you.

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 Verbally,

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 he's praising you,

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 but not just verbally,

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 but with his life.

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 I will bless you

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 as long as I live.

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 In your name,

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 I will lift up my hands.

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 It's this bodily expression

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 of saying,

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 God, you're worth

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 more than life itself.

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 So with all of David's being,

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 he's saying,

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 I treasure you

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 more than anything else.

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 Praise is an overflow.

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 When you delight in something,

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 you can't help

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 but praise it.

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 And to use one author's words,

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 praise completes

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 the enjoyment

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 of something.

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 Hopefully,

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 we don't praise God

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 because we have to.

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 Because what we do

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 on a Sunday morning,

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 we praise God

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 because we have come

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 to know and treasure him

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 as he has revealed himself

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 and we can't help

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 but say,

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 yes,

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 that's true

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 with my whole being.

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 This expression

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 of devotion

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 should just shake us

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 to our core.

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 It's been doing that

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 to me all week.

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 Do I know God

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 like that?

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 Do I treasure God

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 like that?

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 Do I seek him

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 in the place

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 he has revealed himself

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 and treasure him

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 more than life itself?

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 But more than just

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 kind of shaking us up

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 and helping us

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 see our priorities,

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 it should also

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 stimulate our faith

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 because if this is true,

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 just think about it,

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 if this is true,

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 then we worship a God

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 and we know a God

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 and we treasure a God

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 who is literally

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 better than life.

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 Which is why Christians

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 don't have to flinch

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 in the face of death

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 because we are going

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 to our eternal reward.

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 It's better.

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 Jesus is better in this life

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 and in the next.

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 There's a greater joy,

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 a greater satisfaction,

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 an ultimate delight

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 in goodness

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 that goes beyond

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 all the hard,

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 difficult things

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 and even goes beyond

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 all the fleeting,

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 temporary good things

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 of this life.

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 It goes beyond it.

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 It's all a feather

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 on the scale

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 compared to the weighty

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 joy of knowing God

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 now and forever.

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 Do we believe that?

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 Do we believe that?

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 Let's move to the third

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 puzzle piece,

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 verses five to eight.

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 Being satisfied in God

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 means thirsting for Him.

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 Being satisfied in God

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 means treasuring Him

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 as He has revealed Himself.

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 Thirdly,

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 being satisfied in God

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 means striving

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 to savor His sufficiency.

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 Striving to savor

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 His sufficiency.

00:19:42.860 --> 00:19:43.800
 Pastor Mike was talking

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 about savoring

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 the love of God

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 in communion.

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 We're going to talk

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 about savoring

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 in this point.

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 We can't help but see it.

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 I've got a weakness

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 for Pixar movies.

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 Anybody with me?

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 One of my favorites

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 is Ratatouille.

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 Anybody like that one?

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 It's this great movie

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 about Remy

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 who's a rat

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 in France

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 who instead of

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 eating garbage

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.620
 has developed a taste

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:10.080
 for fine French cuisine

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 and he learns

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 how to cook it.

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 And there's this one scene

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 where he's trying

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.879
 to teach his brother

00:20:15.879 --> 00:20:16.319
 Emil

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:18.819
 how to savor food.

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:22.579
 Emil is rather large

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 and he likes to just

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.679
 stuff food in his mouth

00:20:24.679 --> 00:20:25.179
 as fuel.

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 But Remy's like,

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.379
 no, no, no, no.

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 Slow down.

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 He tries rather unsuccessfully

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:33.339
 to try to combine flavors

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.159
 in the palate

00:20:34.159 --> 00:20:35.220
 for Emil

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 and to perceive

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:37.500
 the beautiful music

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.920
 they make together

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.940
 on the palate.

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 And David is doing

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.700
 some savoring

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:44.180
 in this section.

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:48.480
 My soul will be satisfied

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.799
 as with fat

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 and rich food.

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:53.059
 And my mouth

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.900
 will praise you

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:55.160
 with joyful lips.

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 We could translate

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 fat and rich food

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:59.160
 into succulent

00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:00.319
 filet mignon.

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 The finest

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.880
 of foods.

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:07.600
 David is sitting down

00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:08.680
 at a fine feast.

00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:10.880
 He is slowly chewing,

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:12.460
 enjoying the flavors

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:14.080
 and he's praising

00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:15.440
 with words of joy

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.360
 what he is tasting

00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:17.920
 but he's not chewing

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:19.420
 on food.

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:22.380
 He is remembering God.

00:21:23.560 --> 00:21:24.860
 He is meditating

00:21:24.860 --> 00:21:26.420
 on God.

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:27.980
 Meditating,

00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:29.039
 you shouldn't be scared

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.480
 of that word.

00:21:29.580 --> 00:21:30.360
 It's just the art

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:31.299
 of savoring

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.359
 who God is.

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:34.019
 Mentally chewing

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:35.680
 on the truth

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.839
 we know about God.

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:38.359
 And David's doing that

00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:39.039
 right here.

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.399
 But it's hard work.

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.779
 It takes striving.

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.619
 It takes fighting

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.960
 to turn your thoughts

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.220
 toward God.

00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:48.059
 And David is doing that.

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.379
 He is on his bed.

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.059
 Remember,

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.859
 he is in the desert

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:53.259
 running for his life.

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.460
 What kind of thoughts

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.339
 are naturally

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.579
 coming to his mind?

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.639
 Anxiety,

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.579
 fear,

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:01.519
 maybe depression,

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.279
 despair.

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.279
 And instead,

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.159
 he's taking

00:22:05.159 --> 00:22:06.359
 those thoughts

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.919
 and he's

00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:08.579
 putting them aside

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.519
 and he's turning

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.119
 his eyes

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.919
 and he's saying,

00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:11.379
 no,

00:22:11.699 --> 00:22:13.279
 I will chew on

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.299
 the truth

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.439
 about what I know

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:16.559
 who God is.

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.539
 And then he begins

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:19.000
 to find his soul

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.679
 satisfied.

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.859
 And we know

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:25.679
 what he's chewing on.

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.519
 It's high,

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:28.339
 savory thoughts

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:30.039
 of God's sufficiency.

00:22:30.879 --> 00:22:32.059
 Look at verse 7 and 8.

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.660
 For you have been

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.500
 my help

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:36.200
 and in the shadow

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.879
 of your wings

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:38.599
 I will sing for joy.

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:41.240
 My soul clings to you

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.539
 and your right hand

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.779
 upholds me.

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.119
 So God

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.519
 has been

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.960
 and is presently

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:49.259
 David's help.

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.139
 And he uses

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:51.139
 this beautiful picture

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:52.660
 of a baby bird

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.819
 being sheltered

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.579
 under the shadow

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.779
 of his mother's wings.

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.779
 So he's resting

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:59.039
 in the parental

00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:00.399
 and affectionate

00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:01.399
 care of God

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:02.439
 who is his help.

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.399
 And it's in his

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:04.299
 most vulnerable,

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.240
 private,

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:07.059
 exposed moments

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.699
 where his mind

00:23:07.699 --> 00:23:08.779
 could go anywhere else

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.419
 for comfort

00:23:09.419 --> 00:23:10.179
 and shelter.

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.720
 He goes to God.

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.139
 And he's singing

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:15.019
 for joy

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:17.000
 because his soul

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.500
 has arrived

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.119
 at the place

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:19.220
 of savoring

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.819
 high thoughts

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.720
 of God's

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.599
 sufficiency.

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:22.679
 sufficiency.

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.500
 And it's not just

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.019
 because God

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.679
 shelters him

00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:26.199
 from danger,

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.759
 not just because

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.219
 of what God

00:23:27.219 --> 00:23:28.119
 does for him,

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.240
 but because he

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.359
 is near to God

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.099
 like a baby bird

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:32.699
 is near his mother.

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.139
 And God is all

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.740
 he needs.

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.599
 God is all

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.359
 he wants.

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.379
 God is his

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.439
 full sufficiency

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:39.079
 and David

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:40.899
 is satisfied.

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.059
 And David's

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.779
 anxiety

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.480
 is turned

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.379
 into joyful

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:47.699
 satisfaction

00:23:47.699 --> 00:23:49.000
 in the process

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.839
 of striving

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.740
 to savor

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.699
 the sufficiency

00:23:51.699 --> 00:23:52.859
 of God

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.439
 in his most

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.019
 vulnerable

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:55.119
 moments.

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:58.459
 In our age,

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.339
 not only do we

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.019
 have our

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.019
 anxieties

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:03.059
 and our fears

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.759
 to occupy

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.519
 our minds,

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.159
 we also have

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.839
 a thousand

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.599
 distractions.

00:24:08.959 --> 00:24:09.699
 They tend

00:24:09.699 --> 00:24:10.459
 to get flashed

00:24:10.459 --> 00:24:11.500
 at us on screens,

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.119
 whether big

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.819
 or small,

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.259
 and they can

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.279
 easily occupy

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.299
 our thoughts

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.679
 until kingdom

00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:18.159
 come,

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.000
 if we let them.

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:21.459
 we must

00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:22.000
 strive

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.679
 as God's

00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:23.099
 people

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.879
 to be satisfied

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:26.619
 with high,

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.559
 savory thoughts

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.559
 of God's

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.359
 sufficiency.

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.459
 We must,

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.480
 we must

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.099
 strive

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:34.159
 to aim

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.919
 our thoughts

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.500
 at him

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.079
 in our most

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.179
 private moments,

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.519
 whether it's

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.439
 driving in the car

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:39.740
 or laying in bed.

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.480
 Where

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.879
 do you turn

00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.919
 for satisfaction?

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:46.319
 What do you

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.859
 meditate on

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:48.000
 to bring contentment

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.079
 to your soul,

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.819
 to quench

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.980
 your thirst?

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.279
 Let's move

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.720
 to the last

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.359
 puzzle piece,

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.279
 verses 9

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.859
 through 11.

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.279
 The last

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.779
 puzzle piece

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.279
 is this,

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.119
 being satisfied

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.740
 in God

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:01.140
 means joyfully

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:02.220
 anticipating

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.480
 his promised

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.599
 deliverance.

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.779
 Joyfully

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.859
 anticipating

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:08.180
 his promised

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:09.519
 deliverance.

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.160
 You see,

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.519
 he changes

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.259
 tone in verses

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.940
 9 and 10.

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.339
 He starts

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.859
 talking about

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.380
 his enemies,

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.160
 those who are

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.920
 seeking to destroy

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.300
 his life,

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:16.920
 but it's

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.200
 interesting

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.480
 that it's

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.820
 taken him

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.259
 so long

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.519
 to get

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.820
 to his

00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:19.080
 enemies,

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.519
 isn't it?

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.160
 David's

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.740
 been so

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.300
 caught up

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:22.620
 with his

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.200
 intense

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.500
 longing for

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.380
 and satisfaction

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.180
 in God

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.920
 that just

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.720
 now is he

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.680
 bringing his

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.320
 danger

00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:30.820
 to the

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.279
 foreground

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.660
 of his

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.060
 thoughts.

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.380
 His eyes

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:33.820
 are so

00:25:33.820 --> 00:25:34.300
 focused

00:25:34.300 --> 00:25:35.560
 on God

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.920
 and he's

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.240
 utterly

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.779
 confident

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.560
 that God

00:25:38.560 --> 00:25:39.560
 will deliver

00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:40.580
 those who

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:41.800
 trust in

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.160
 him and

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.500
 those who

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.460
 long for

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:43.660
 him.

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.080
 He knows

00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:44.380
 that the

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.800
 tables are

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.080
 going to be

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:45.380
 turned.

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.920
 He knows

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.200
 that for

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.539
 those who

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.039
 trust in

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.340
 God,

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.140
 there is

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.860
 deliverance.

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.980
 He's running

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.300
 for his

00:25:51.300 --> 00:25:51.900
 life now,

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.500
 but he knows

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.140
 that ultimately

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.900
 it's his

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:55.000
 enemies that

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.240
 will be

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.740
 delivered over

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.300
 death and

00:25:56.300 --> 00:25:56.779
 given over

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.080
 to the

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.320
 sword.

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.060
 And just

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.680
 as God

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.800
 is satisfying

00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:01.700
 his deepest

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.580
 longings,

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:03.580
 ironically,

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.580
 he also

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.740
 is going to

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.500
 satisfy the

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.460
 longings of

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.000
 some hungry

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.539
 jackals who

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.960
 are going to

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.480
 feast on the

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.000
 flesh of his

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.300
 enemies.

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.480
 It's a little

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.019
 gruesome,

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.360
 but it's this

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.340
 vivid expression

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.099
 of confidence

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:17.619
 that God

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.720
 will ultimately

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:20.419
 be seen to

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:21.799
 be just and

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.679
 right at the

00:26:22.679 --> 00:26:23.259
 end of the

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.500
 day.

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.459
 That God

00:26:24.459 --> 00:26:25.199
 will deliver

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.859
 those who

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.619
 trust in

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.000
 him.

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.119
 And those who

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.959
 are bent on

00:26:28.959 --> 00:26:30.059
 evil will

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.919
 eventually be on

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.959
 the receiving end

00:26:31.959 --> 00:26:32.939
 of the evil they

00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:33.500
 seek to

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.059
 perpetrate.

00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.539
 So one day,

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:36.439
 lying lips will

00:26:36.439 --> 00:26:36.919
 be stopped

00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:37.240
 up.

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.339
 Evil will

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.899
 cease.

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:41.019
 God is ultimately

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.539
 in control and

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.279
 because God is

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.059
 good and because

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.859
 he is just,

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.720
 he will punish

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.279
 evil and he

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.799
 will make all

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.319
 things right.

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.160
 And this

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.059
 causes David to

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.920
 just rejoice all

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.420
 the more in

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.960
 verse 11.

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:52.940
 But the king

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:54.539
 shall rejoice in

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:54.980
 God.

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.799
 But not only

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.539
 David, all those

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.420
 who are loyal to

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.680
 God and to

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.440
 the king.

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.259
 In other words,

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.099
 all of God's

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:04.500
 people who seek

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.579
 to satisfy their

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.619
 deepest longing in

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.639
 God will ultimately

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.779
 rejoice at the end

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.200
 of the day.

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.240
 God will bring

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.759
 about his

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:12.279
 ultimate deliverance.

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.599
 He is our only

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.539
 and he is our

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.779
 ultimate hope.

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.079
 That things will

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.799
 be set right.

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.680
 So our puzzle is

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.039
 complete.

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.519
 God satisfies those

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.359
 who thirst for his

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.740
 presence.

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.579
 We've seen what

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.319
 this looks like for

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.759
 David in Psalm 63.

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.539
 Thirst for him,

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.759
 treasuring him as

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.500
 he's revealed himself,

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.039
 striving to savor

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.859
 his sufficiency,

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.559
 joyfully anticipating

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.519
 his promise,

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.019
 deliverance.

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.639
 But where does that

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.299
 hit us today?

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.039
 How does that

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:41.220
 meet us where we

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.079
 are in 2018?

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.700
 Well, I'm sure

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.619
 we've all felt the

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.440
 weight of this

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.859
 psalm.

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.839
 It's a joyful

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.619
 weight, but it's a

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.180
 bit of a sober

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.559
 weight.

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.139
 As we've walked

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.619
 through it, we

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:52.619
 feel the tension

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.619
 in this psalm of

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:55.119
 like, yeah, I want

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:57.319
 that, but I'm not

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.859
 really there.

00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:00.440
 Or I strive for

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.619
 that, but I fall

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:03.559
 short of seeking

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.839
 to quench my thirst

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:06.319
 fully in God like

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.119
 David is here.

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.179
 here.

00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:09.559
 It's like, am I

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:12.719
 joyfully aiming all

00:28:12.719 --> 00:28:13.500
 of my longing at

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.719
 God?

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.619
 Well, kind of.

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:17.439
 My best moments, or

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:18.679
 maybe not really.

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:23.180
 I know I tend to

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.019
 value my own

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.519
 precious life and

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.060
 all of its

00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:27.840
 temporary promises

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:29.680
 more than the

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:31.279
 electric experience

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.120
 of knowing the

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.940
 steadfast love of

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.600
 God that is better

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.060
 than life.

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:37.099
 we are guilty of

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:38.019
 putting our ultimate

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:39.460
 confidence in and

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.599
 seeking our ultimate

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:43.519
 longing in other

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.899
 things.

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:47.259
 This psalm exposes our

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.500
 deepest longing, but

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:50.559
 it also reveals our

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.960
 most grievous failure

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:54.460
 to satisfy that

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.579
 deepest longing in the

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.639
 only place that it can

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.299
 be satisfied.

00:28:57.299 --> 00:29:00.079
 And this has been our

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:01.200
 problem, humanly

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.960
 speaking, from the

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.539
 beginning, right?

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:04.180
 Adam and Eve in the

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:06.019
 garden were utterly

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.099
 content in God's

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.379
 presence.

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.859
 They were the only two

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.720
 who had experienced

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.139
 the unshielded glory and

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:14.339
 favor and pleasure of

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:15.319
 the living God, and yet

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.319
 they made the conscious

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:19.440
 choice to find their

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.359
 delight in their own

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.099
 self-sufficiency.

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:25.139
 You will be like God.

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.299
 And they bought the

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:29.379
 lie, and we do too.

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:32.599
 We dig broken, muddy,

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:34.719
 empty cisterns for

00:29:34.719 --> 00:29:35.719
 ourselves instead of

00:29:35.719 --> 00:29:36.639
 going to the fountain

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.519
 of living waters.

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:41.339
 But what's astounding is

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:43.619
 that our God still says,

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:44.859
 come.

00:29:46.219 --> 00:29:47.679
 Flip over to Isaiah 55

00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:48.339
 for a second.

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:51.019
 Isaiah 55.

00:29:51.439 --> 00:29:52.339
 It's not too far away

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.839
 from Psalm 63 to the

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.059
 right.

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.319
 Isaiah 55.

00:29:58.419 --> 00:30:01.439
 God still says, come.

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.899
 He's beckoning.

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.379
 And in Isaiah's day,

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:05.419
 he's beckoning to an

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.579
 unfaithful covenant

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.639
 people who are

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:09.119
 constantly going all

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.819
 over the place except

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.699
 for seeking the living

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:11.039
 God.

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:14.099
 And he still tells his

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.980
 unfaithful people, come.

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.839
 Come to me.

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:18.259
 Isaiah 55, verse 1.

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:20.439
 Come, everyone who

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:21.579
 thirsts, come to the

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:21.919
 waters.

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.799
 And he who has no money,

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:25.740
 come, buy, and eat.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.639
 Come, buy wine and

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.599
 milk without money

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.639
 and without price.

00:30:29.919 --> 00:30:31.199
 Why do you spend your

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:33.079
 money on things that

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:34.720
 which is not bread and

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.539
 your labor for that

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.779
 which does not satisfy?

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:39.419
 Listen diligently to me

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.919
 and eat what is good

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:42.199
 and delight yourselves

00:30:42.199 --> 00:30:43.699
 in rich food.

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:45.379
 Incline your ear and

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:46.240
 come to me.

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.819
 Hear that your soul

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.720
 may live.

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.339
 Do you hear the echoes

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.700
 of Psalm 63 there?

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:55.240
 It's this invitation.

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.140
 God's beckoning.

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:59.519
 Come, satisfy your thirst

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.120
 in me.

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.299
 You can't earn it.

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.259
 You can't buy it.

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.220
 It's all of grace.

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.420
 Just respond to the

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.920
 invitation.

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.420
 Drink deeply of the

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.019
 living God.

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.700
 Eat the food of my

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.480
 living word.

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:11.140
 Don't spend your money

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.220
 on cheap invitation

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.880
 stuff.

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.660
 And God makes good

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.520
 on this invitation.

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.580
 He makes good on the

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.500
 invitation to find

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.780
 ultimate satisfaction

00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:24.220
 in himself when he

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:25.720
 sat next to a well

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:28.680
 on a hot, dusty day,

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.540
 not unlike today,

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.840
 outside an unimportant

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:34.220
 Samaritan town talking

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.860
 to a nameless Samaritan

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:37.880
 woman in John chapter 4.

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:39.960
 And we overhear him

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.440
 say,

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:43.340
 everybody who drinks

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.420
 of this water in this

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.020
 well will be

00:31:45.020 --> 00:31:46.000
 thirsty again.

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.720
 But whoever drinks

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.700
 of the water that I

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:50.360
 give him will never

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:52.040
 be thirsty again.

00:31:52.280 --> 00:31:53.300
 The water that I give

00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:54.360
 him will become in him

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:55.340
 a spring of water

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:56.480
 welling up to eternal

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.320
 life.

00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:00.100
 Or listen again to

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:01.600
 God the Son speak in

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.640
 John chapter 7.

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:04.880
 On the last day of

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.780
 the feast, the great

00:32:05.780 --> 00:32:07.040
 day, Jesus stood up

00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:07.900
 and cried out,

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:09.440
 if anybody thirsts

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.420
 let him come to me

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.100
 and drink.

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:12.520
 Whoever believes in me

00:32:12.520 --> 00:32:13.420
 as the scripture has

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.820
 said, out of his heart

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.920
 will flow rivers of

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.700
 living water.

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:20.020
 Only in Jesus,

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.280
 only in Jesus can we

00:32:23.280 --> 00:32:24.259
 know the thirst

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.620
 quenching satisfaction

00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:27.120
 that comes from knowing

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:28.500
 the living God and

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.480
 experiencing his

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.920
 presence.

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:32.259
 Only in Jesus has God

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.759
 fully and finally

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:35.000
 revealed himself.

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:38.019
 Only in Jesus can we

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.920
 fully know the

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:40.240
 steadfast love of God.

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:43.200
 Only in Jesus can we

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.819
 know what it means to

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:46.440
 take shelter under the

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:48.440
 wings, under the blood

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.660
 that he shed for the

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.599
 forgiveness of our sins

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.799
 so that we can be in

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:53.279
 God's presence unafraid.

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:56.740
 And this is true of us

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.700
 now if we are in Christ.

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.599
 If you are in Christ,

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:03.399
 you can really and truly

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:05.419
 know God through Jesus

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:07.079
 by the power of his

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.519
 spirit.

00:33:08.179 --> 00:33:09.039
 That reference that

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.980
 Jesus was making to the

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:11.559
 rivers of living water

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:13.159
 was pointing to God's

00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:13.599
 spirit.

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:16.859
 Who is God's very living

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:18.099
 and active presence

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:20.399
 dwelling in and amongst

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:21.619
 the people of God.

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.399
 We don't have to go to

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:25.359
 God's temple anymore to

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:26.159
 be near his presence.

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:28.380
 We have God the spirit

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.740
 indwelling us.

00:33:30.340 --> 00:33:31.460
 Working in us.

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:33.380
 Shaping our affections and

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.519
 our longings to be more

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.680
 and more aimed at finding

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:37.680
 our satisfaction in him

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:39.000
 through Jesus.

00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:41.560
 Listen to how Paul, the

00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:42.840
 apostle in Philippians 3,

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.400
 listen to how the spirit of

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:46.440
 God produces this longing,

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:48.640
 this thirst, and this joy in

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.980
 finding satisfaction in Jesus.

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.500
 He says,

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:52.440
 Indeed, I count everything

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:54.460
 as a loss compared to the

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:55.960
 surpassing worth of knowing

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:58.680
 Christ Jesus my Lord.

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:01.180
 For his sake I have suffered

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.319
 the loss of all things.

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:04.420
 I count them as rubbish in

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:06.079
 order that I may gain Christ

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:07.079
 and be found in him.

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:09.000
 That I may know him and the

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.340
 power of his resurrection and

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:12.159
 share his sufferings, becoming

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:13.780
 like him in his death, that by

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:15.199
 any means possible I may

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:17.019
 attain the resurrection from

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.380
 the dead.

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:19.780
 If Jesus is that satisfying,

00:34:20.680 --> 00:34:22.780
 then any loss of any

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:24.960
 earthly thing, it's easy

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:27.579
 compared to the ravishing joy

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.840
 of knowing him.

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.780
 And one day, by God's grace,

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:35.579
 this partial reality will be

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.820
 gloriously complete.

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:39.420
 Because the rivers of living

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:41.860
 water find their source, their

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:43.700
 headwaters in the new heavens

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:45.099
 and the new earth in the

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:46.800
 unshielded glory and presence

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:48.620
 of the living God and of the

00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:48.860
 Lamb.

00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:51.680
 In Revelation 22, there's this

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.380
 beautiful picture.

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:54.620
 It says, the angel showed me

00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:56.320
 the river of the water of life

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:58.780
 in the city of God, bright as

00:34:58.780 --> 00:35:01.000
 crystal, flowing from the

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.460
 throne of God and of the Lamb

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:04.019
 through the middle of the

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.960
 street of the city.

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:11.940
 One day, we will participate and

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:15.300
 partake of the joyous presence of

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:17.039
 the living God and we will drink

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:20.280
 it deep forever without ceasing

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:22.420
 and we will be satisfied in him

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:24.199
 and we will see his face.

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:27.079
 We will literally behold him in

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:29.139
 his holy place and we will be

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.780
 satisfied.

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:29.960
 satisfied.

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:34.200
 So how should we respond to

00:35:34.200 --> 00:35:34.460
 this?

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:37.660
 Well, first, if there are

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:41.040
 competing joys and pleasures in

00:35:41.040 --> 00:35:43.140
 you that are taking the place of

00:35:43.140 --> 00:35:45.440
 the God who can alone satisfy you,

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.080
 then repent.

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.740
 Repentance is a beautiful word.

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:52.580
 It's the only way by which we find

00:35:52.580 --> 00:35:54.440
 joy in the living God is from

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.700
 turning from things that don't

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:57.500
 satisfy and turn to the only one

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.420
 who does satisfy.

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:00.099
 So search your heart.

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:01.420
 Ask God to search your heart.

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:03.519
 Where am I finding joy and

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.059
 satisfaction?

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.619
 Ultimate joy and satisfaction,

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:07.360
 not in you, Jesus.

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:11.599
 Whether it's an affection or

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:13.260
 approval of other people or in

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:15.800
 success or comfort or control

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:17.980
 of your circumstances, whatever

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:19.199
 else you're trying to find your

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:21.139
 satisfaction in, turn away from

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.340
 it.

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:23.440
 Turn to the one who can

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:25.900
 ultimately only satisfy you.

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:29.599
 Secondly, there are good things in

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.940
 this life to enjoy.

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.760
 Many of us are going to sit out

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:34.660
 here and enjoy the Fourth of July

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:35.079
 parade.

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.240
 Good things.

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.980
 We shouldn't be afraid to enjoy

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.519
 good things.

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:41.460
 So we need to ask God to give us

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:43.740
 wisdom and discretion to put

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:46.119
 legitimate joys and pleasures and

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:47.420
 good gifts that he gives us in

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.420
 their proper place.

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.500
 It's good to experience a long,

00:36:51.660 --> 00:36:52.720
 cool drink of water and be

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.180
 satisfied.

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:55.019
 That's nothing wrong with that.

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:58.460
 But we, you and I both know the

00:36:58.460 --> 00:37:00.719
 difference between seeking our

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:02.219
 ultimate longing in something and

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:03.420
 enjoying a good gift with

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.800
 gratitude.

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:05.559
 And that's what God wants us to

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.940
 aim at.

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:07.280
 So let's ask him for wisdom.

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.480
 If there are things that are

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:11.900
 pulling at your heart, then

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:13.199
 repent of that.

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:14.840
 But then ask him for wisdom to

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:17.099
 enjoy him through these good

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.759
 gifts he gives.

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:23.580
 Thirdly, sometime today, this week,

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:26.060
 take a step of faith toward God,

00:37:27.560 --> 00:37:29.820
 toward Jesus as your ultimate joy.

00:37:30.700 --> 00:37:32.060
 When you open your Bible this week,

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.720
 take a step toward him and say,

00:37:34.180 --> 00:37:35.140
 satisfy me.

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:38.420
 You know my longing for you.

00:37:39.060 --> 00:37:39.860
 Satisfy me.

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:42.760
 Take a step toward him and ask him

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:45.280
 to satisfy you with his steadfast love.

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:49.080
 If you pray this evening, ask him to

00:37:49.080 --> 00:37:51.360
 delight your soul with savory thoughts

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:52.220
 of his sufficiency.

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:54.760
 Go to him in a step of faith.

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.980
 It doesn't always feel natural.

00:37:56.080 --> 00:37:57.940
 It doesn't always feel really easy.

00:37:58.120 --> 00:37:59.120
 But take a step.

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:01.080
 Or maybe it's in your most private

00:38:01.080 --> 00:38:01.600
 moments.

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.340
 Maybe it's in the car.

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:05.600
 Maybe it's in lying in bed.

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:11.500
 And ask, satisfy me in your steadfast love.

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:14.599
 Maybe it means a step of faith of fasting.

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:17.839
 Fasting is the putting aside of a good,

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:20.380
 legitimate thing like food and saying,

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:22.199
 I'm going to put this aside for a moment

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:24.079
 and I'm going to seek my real satisfaction

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:25.199
 in God.

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:27.940
 But take a step of faith and obedience

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:29.319
 this week.

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:32.360
 Just enjoy and be satisfied in God.

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:34.660
 And lastly, if you've been listening

00:38:34.660 --> 00:38:36.800
 and you're aware that there's,

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:39.079
 you have not tasted and seen

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:42.820
 that Jesus is the all-satisfying one,

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:44.840
 then come down after service

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:47.240
 and we'd love to pray with you

00:38:47.240 --> 00:38:49.980
 that you would find your satisfaction

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:52.480
 and find your deepest thirst quenched

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:54.680
 in the living God.

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.740
 Let's pray.

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:56.800
 Amen.

00:38:56.800 --> 00:39:03.140
 Father, thank you for sustaining us

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:06.700
 by your presence in your word.

00:39:08.200 --> 00:39:10.260
 Thank you, Father, that in you

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:13.120
 we find our only satisfaction.

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:18.220
 Help us now to turn to you in song

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:20.880
 and with steps of faith and obedience

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:23.700
 to find our greatest joy and satisfaction

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:25.420
 in you and you alone.

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:27.659
 In Christ's name, amen.