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 Alan Francis Gardner was a 19th century British Royal Navy officer

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 and missionary to Patagonia on the very southern tip of South America.

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 In 1851, he found himself abandoned with a very small group

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 while he was trying to set up a mission station

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 on the remote island of Picton,

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 which is right at the very bottom of South America

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 in fairly harsh conditions.

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 Unfortunately, because of bad planning and a range of other things,

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 the whole group died of starvation while waiting to be resupplied.

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 Gardner was the last one of the group to die.

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 When their bodies were finally discovered by the resupply ship,

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 they buried the bodies and the only thing that they brought back with them

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 was Gardner's journal.

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 So here's a man in a remote place, the last one alive.

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 The rest of his colleagues have starred to death.

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 His wife and his children are thousands and thousands of kilometres away.

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 And the last entry in his journal,

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 he quotes from Psalm 34 verse 10,

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 the lions may grow weak and hungry,

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 but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

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 And the very last thing recorded in his journal was this.

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 I am overwhelmed with the sense of the goodness of God.

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 How do you come to that kind of end,

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 but still have a life of sustained contentment and joy

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 in the midst of those circumstances?

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 Now, frankly, in our world,

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 people, any sane person,

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 would spend an absolute fortune,

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 give their fortune to the answer to that question.

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 The good news is you don't have to.

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 It's in fact right in front of you in Habakkuk chapter three

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 as we draw our brief journey through this book of Habakkuk to a close today.

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 Now, we've seen over the past few weeks

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 that Habakkuk lived in a world just like ours.

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 His nation, Israel, was about to be crushed

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 by the brutal Babylonian empire,

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 which was coming upon them as God's judgment to Israel

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 because of their corruption and their exploitation

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 and their violence and their sin and their wickedness.

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 Now, Habakkuk was really confused

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 about what God was doing in this scenario

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 and he really challenged God on it.

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 And yet, what he hears from God

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 is that Habakkuk, you think you care about it?

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 I care about it more.

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 I care about the wickedness and the carnage of this world.

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 And there is a day of reckoning coming

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 where I, God, will put all justice down,

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 all injustice down.

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 I will bring justice

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 and I will rescue my people forever.

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 And so the question for Habakkuk is,

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 knowing that the Babylonian army is coming,

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 how do you live with that?

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 How do you live in the day of disaster and carnage

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 and in the troubled times?

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 How did he do it and how do we do it?

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 How do we live in the day of disaster?

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 Is it possible to die well like Gardner?

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 Is it possible to sing praise to God

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 in the day of calamity?

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 To have joy in troubled times?

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 Is it possible for the world to come

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 collapsing down upon us

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 and to sing as we did this morning

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 that the Lord is good to me?

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 I encourage you to open up the St. Paul's app.

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 There you'll find out,

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 you'll find an outline for today's talk,

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 a Bible passage and a bunch of other stuff

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 that I encourage you to get to.

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 So St. Paul's app,

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 really three things I want to do this morning.

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 I want to first of all tie faith, grief and joy together.

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 Then look at what does it look like

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 to have joy in troubled times

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 and how do we fuel joy in troubled times?

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 So faith, a couple of weeks ago,

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 we saw that the major theme of this book is faith

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 in chapter two, verse four,

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 which reads,

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 the righteous will live by faith.

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 Then in chapter two, verse 20,

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 which is the end of the chapter,

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 we get at least a glimpse

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 of one of the characteristics of what true faith is.

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 It says,

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 but the Lord is in his holy temple

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 let all the earth be silent before him.

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 In other words,

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 my spin on that is God is God and we are not.

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 That's the point of verse 20.

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 God stands outside of his creation,

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 outside of the galaxies that he's made.

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 He's the creator, the master, the rule of all things.

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 And that is the starting point

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 of what it means to have a life of faith.

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 Of course, this rubs up against a culture like ours

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 that has personal autonomy

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 as most likely the highest value.

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 And unfortunately,

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 too many Christians operate

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 with a personal autonomy view.

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 And in fact,

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 they've got more of a view of God,

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 which is classically called

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 moralistic therapeutic deism.

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 Moralism is the belief

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 that at the core of Christianity,

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 you have to work hard to be really good people,

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 got to obey the rules and be good people.

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 People who obey the rules,

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 who are compliant and diligent

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 in religious duties especially.

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 Therapeutic theology is the belief

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 that God exists to serve me.

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 His job is to make my life good and well

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 and secure and happy and at peace.

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 His job is to stop the bad things happening in life.

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 God's job is to be a servant,

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 if you like,

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 responsible for taking care of my wants and my needs.

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 And deism means that he's basically

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 pretty much to stay out of the way

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 unless, of course, I need him.

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 Don't interfere in my life.

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 Just stay out of the way until I need you.

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 And so you put that together

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 and it's a worldview

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 that way too many Christians operate,

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 especially in the Western world,

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 is that if I do the right thing by God,

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 then he will do the right thing by me.

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 And when things don't work out as I plan,

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 his job is to jump in and fix it.

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 That's what he does.

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 And it's a fatal distortion

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 that so many operate with.

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 Of course, when he doesn't work

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 the way that I expect him to work

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 or determine him to work,

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 that's when faith in God

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 is deeply, deeply rocked.

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 One of the characteristics

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 of genuine Christian faith

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 is it lets God be God.

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 We submit to his wisdom

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 and his sovereign rule over all things.

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 And in chapter three,

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 the final chapter of Habakkuk,

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 we see Habakkuk practicing genuine faith.

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 And the whole chapter is a prayer of faith.

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 But there's something else I want us to see.

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 Even though he's practicing faith,

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 he's a man deeply grieved at the same time.

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 In verse 16,

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 we get a glimpse into what faith in troubled time

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 actually looks like in practice.

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 Have a look at verse 16 with you.

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 Get your Bibles open.

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 Habakkuk 3 verse 16.

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 This is really important.

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 Listen.

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 I heard my heart pounded.

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 I heard and my heart pounded.

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 Now, literally,

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 what that reads in the literal language,

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 in the original language,

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 is my bowels trembled.

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 Now, try not to think about that too much.

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 But wherever your mind went in that moment,

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 that's exactly what's going on here.

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 My bowels trembled.

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 My lips quivered at the sound.

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 That is, he's crying.

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 He's crying uncontrollably.

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 Decay crept into my bones

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 and my legs trembled.

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 He is shaking like a leaf.

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 He is so overwhelmed with grief and sorrow.

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 And then he says,

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 yet I will wait patiently,

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 which means a deep peace and repose.

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 Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come

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 on the nation invading us.

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 He's weeping uncontrollably with sorrow.

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 He needs to change his underwear.

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 He's a crumbled mess on the ground.

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 And at the same time,

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 he is filled with peace.

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 Now, we have trouble with that.

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 We think you can either have grief and sorrow

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 or you can have peace and joy.

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 It is possible, according to this,

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 to be in deep sorrow

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 and yet rejoice at exactly the same time.

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 Joy in the Lord happens within the sorrow,

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 not once the sorrow passes.

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 It's a mistake to think that sorrow and grief

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 is a lack of faith,

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 as we often might interpret it in our modern eyes.

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 Job chapter one, earlier on,

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 is a clear example of this,

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 earlier on in the Old Testament.

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 Horrible things happened to Job.

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 Lost his family, lost his fortune,

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 lost his friends, lost his health.

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 And it says,

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 he tore his garments,

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 he fell on the ground

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 and he cried out to God.

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 And then it says,

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 in all these things,

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 Job did not sin.

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 Don't be afraid of the grief.

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 Grief is not the opposite of faith.

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 It can, in fact,

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 enhance our faith in God

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 because it drives us into God.

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 The grief drove Habakkuk into God

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 rather than away from God.

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 And that's what faith is.

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 Faith allows you to feel the grief

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 in such a way that it doesn't sink you.

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 And the remarkable thing,

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 as I've already pointed out here,

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 is that it's not just that his grief

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 and faith go together,

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 but his grief and joy go together.

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 As we venture into verses 17 and 18 of chapter 3,

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 we see that Habakkuk's faith

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 flowed over into joy in troubled times.

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 Now, we struggle with this one as well.

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 We don't just struggle with grief and faith,

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 but we struggle with joy and grief

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 in troubled times.

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 Normally, we declare God is good

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 when the fig tree is fruitful,

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 when the health is good,

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 when the money's there,

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 when the holiday was a blast,

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 when we're surrounded by loved ones,

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 when the circumstances are going

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 the way that we assume

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 that they should go,

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 we go,

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 ah,

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 God is so good to me.

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 And yet,

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 there's nothing remarkably Christian about that.

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 Anyone can do that.

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 Habakkuk found a way

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 to access the goodness of God

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 despite the calamity.

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 Most people infer the goodness of God

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 when things are going well.

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 Habakkuk, on the other hand,

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 came into direct contact with it

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 when things were going terribly wrong.

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 Have a look at verses 17 and 18.

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 Though the fig tree does not bud

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 and there's no grapes on the vine,

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 though the olive crops fail

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 and the field produces no food,

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 though there are no sheep in the pen,

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 no cattle's in the stall,

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 yet I will rejoice in the Lord.

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 I will be joyful in God my Saviour.

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 Now, what he mentions here

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 is no small matter.

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 There's no crops,

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 there's no food,

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 there's no sheep,

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 there's no cattle.

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 It's a calamity.

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 It's like all the crops have failed.

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 There's no imports coming in.

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 The shelves of Woolworths and Coles

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 and every other,

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 they're all empty,

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 not just the toilet paper

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 and the flour.

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 Everything's gone.

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 There's no storehouses out.

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 Wherever they are in this country

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 are empty.

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 Well, there's nothing coming in.

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 This is an absolute social disaster.

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 And that is what's coming

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 when the Babylonians are coming.

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 And yet he rejoices

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 and he is joyful.

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 His joy doesn't replace the sorrow.

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 His joy doesn't come after the sorrow.

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 When the grief drives you into God,

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 it drives you into the joy

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 that only God provides.

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 And therefore,

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 you can grieve deeply

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 without being crushed.

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 So the question before us

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 is how did Habakkuk get to that point?

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 How did he get to verses 16, 17, 18 and 19?

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 How did he get there?

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 Well, the rest of chapter three answers that.

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 We get a glimpse of it

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 in the introduction in his prayer

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 in verse one of chapter three.

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 Lord, I have heard of your fame.

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 I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord.

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 Renew them in our day.

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 In our time, make them known.

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 In wrath, remember mercy.

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 Now, Habakkuk's grief and joy

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 expressing faith in God

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 is based on God's track record.

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 That's the rest of Habakkuk, Habakkuk three.

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 It's the first part of this chapter.

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 Habakkuk looks back at God's track record

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 of saving his people.

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 Now, what you see in this first 15 verses,

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 if you like,

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 is the recounting of the Exodus events

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 events of Israel,

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 where God rescues his people

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 out of slavery in Egypt.

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 And the main thing that Habakkuk does

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 in chapter three,

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 and is the source of his joy,

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 is he remembers.

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 Habakkuk remembers God's mighty acts

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 of judgment on Israel

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 with the devastating 10 plagues.

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 He remembers the spectacular way

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 in which God rescued Israel

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 from oppressive slavery in Egypt.

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 He remembers the trampling of the sea

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 and the destruction of the Egyptian army

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 as they attempt to follow Israel

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 through the sea,

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 and yet God closed the waters over them.

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 He remembers the shaking of Mount Sinai

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 as God appears to Moses

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 and gave Israel the Ten Commandments

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 as his newly formed people.

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 He remembers the day

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 that the sun stood still in the sky

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 as God brought judgment upon the Amorites

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 through his people.

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 He remembers the parting of the Jordan River

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 for Israel to walk across on dry land

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 so that they could go in

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 and take possession of their new, new home,

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 the promised land.

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 See, what Habakkuk remembers

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 is the Exodus events,

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 rescuing from slavery,

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 the formation of the people of God

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 and being taken in to the place

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 that God would dwell with them

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 in the promised land.

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 The Exodus events,

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 the salvation event

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 in the Old Testament.

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 Abakkuk is going,

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 if you like,

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 back to the gospel

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 as he knew it.

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 Israel was in slavery.

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 They didn't have the power

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 to get themselves out of it.

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 God came

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 and miraculously did

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 what they could not do

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 through the leadership of Moses.

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 They were saved

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 by what God did

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 for them

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 through Moses.

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 Habakkuk is remembering

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 the saving of God's people

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 until he gets to verse 16

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 and he has peace.

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 He connects what he knows

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 about God's saving actions

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 in the past

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 and he puts them

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 into his present.

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 In his confusion,

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 in his uncertainty

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 and his pain

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 of his current calamity,

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 Habakkuk looks back

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 at the faithfulness of God

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 through history

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 and everything

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 that God has done for them

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 and the result of it

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 and he has peace.

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 He's reminded

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 of God's trustworthiness

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 and goodness

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 his mercy,

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 his salvation.

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 That's what gets him

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 to his place of peace

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 and joy

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 in verses 16 to 19.

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 But let me just say,

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 if you are listening

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 to this right now,

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 you and I

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 have got a leg up

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 on Habakkuk

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 because we get

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 a perspective

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 of even the

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 exodus events

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 that even Habakkuk

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 doesn't get.

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 We've got a little bit

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 more of an insight here.

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 We get

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 that by virtue,

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 that is,

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 we get this perspective

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 by virtue

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 that we are living

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 on this side

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 of history,

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 of the life,

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 the ministry,

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 the death

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 and the resurrection

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 and the ascension

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 In Jesus Christ,

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 we can be loved

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 and accepted

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 and approved

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 by God

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 in a way

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 that even Habakkuk

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 couldn't fully grasp

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 with the exodus events.

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 The exodus events

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 where Moses leads Israel

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 from slavery

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 into their new home,

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 the promised land

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 where God would dwell

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 with his people

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 was simply a forerunner

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 to a greater rescue

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 and a permanent

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 future home.

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 The exodus

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 that Jesus

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 pulls off

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 is the ultimate

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 one.

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 You see,

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 Moses

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 risked his life

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 to liberate Israel

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 from social

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 and political bondage

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 in Egypt.

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 Jesus gave

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 his life

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 to liberate

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 us

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 from evil

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 and wickedness

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 and sin

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 and death

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 itself.

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 On the night

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 before the liberation

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 that Moses

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 commanded Israel

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 to slay a lamb

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 and to put their blood

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 on the doorposts

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 of their houses

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 so that the angel

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 of death

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 would go straight

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 pass over

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 their house,

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 that they would live

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 and be liberated

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 from slavery.

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 and yet we hear

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 in the New Testament

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 that Jesus

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 is

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 the Lamb

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 of God

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 who shed

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 his blood

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 so that God's

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 judgment

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 would pass

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 over us

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 and that we

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 would be liberated

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 from sin

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 and death

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 and live forever

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 with him.

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 In Exodus

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 28

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 we read

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 that Moses

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 engraved

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 the names

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 of Israel

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 the children

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 of Israel

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 on precious

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 stones

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 and he had

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 those stones

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 placed

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 on the breastplate

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 of the high priest.

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 So when the high priest

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 wearing the breastplate

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 walked into

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 the tabernacle

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 to do ministry

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 before God

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 on behalf

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 of the people

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 of Israel

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 he had their names

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 written

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 over his heart.

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 And we discover

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 in the New Testament

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 that Jesus

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 is the great

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 high priest

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 who sits

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 at God's

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 right hand

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 intervening

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 for those

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 who are his.

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 And our

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 advocate

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 he has

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 our names

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 those who

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 trust in him

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 written

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 in his heart.

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 All

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 who have

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 faith

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 in him

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 are precious

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 to him

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 they are

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 priceless

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 to him

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 and that's

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 what lasts

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 and that is

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 why

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 the Christian

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 still has

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 everything

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 everything

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 even

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 when

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 they lose

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 everything.

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 they

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 are

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 told to do

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 and they're

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 so excited

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 that things went

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 so well

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 they had

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 power

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 they're becoming

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 famous

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 they're

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 accomplishing

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 great

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 things

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 and Jesus

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 says to them

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 in verse 20

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 do not rejoice

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 that the spirit

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 submit to you

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 but rejoice

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 that your names

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 are written

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 in heaven.

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 what he is

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 saying

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 is that

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 your value

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 your worth

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 your importance

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 your significance

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 your happiness

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 your joy

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 is not tied

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 and should not be tied

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 by what you accomplish.

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 He is saying

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 that there is

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 something even

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 greater

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 than power

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 and wealth

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 and reputation

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 and achievement

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 knowledge

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 it is that

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 your name

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 is engraved

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 in heaven.

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 More important

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 than your name

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 being on a degree

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 on a

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 on a desk

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 on

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 on the top

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 of a large

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 bank account

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 a title deed

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 an award

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 is that

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 it is

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.019
 engraved

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 in heaven.

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 And what he's

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:04.240
 saying here

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 in Luke 10

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 he stops

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 savoring

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 and treasuring

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 and doting

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 and fondling

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 in your mind

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 the things

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 that are

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:12.660
 so easily

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 destroyed

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 by calamity

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 by viruses

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.980
 by disease

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 by hardship

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 by suffering

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 by global

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.820
 financial crises

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:25.539
 when circumstances

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.720
 change

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.900
 and they

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.700
 will

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.660
 for all

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.240
 of us

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:33.019
 he says

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.620
 you will fall

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.299
 in that moment

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:37.299
 eternal life

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.000
 in Jesus

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.940
 is the

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:40.299
 only thing

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.779
 that the

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.779
 Babylonian army

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.740
 cannot destroy

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:49.220
 as we just

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.579
 read

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:51.099
 from

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:52.200
 Romans chapter

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.639
 8

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.419
 who shall

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.119
 separate us

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.519
 from the love

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.099
 of Christ

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.379
 shall trouble

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.919
 or hardship

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:57.819
 or persecution

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.779
 or famine

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.440
 or nakedness

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.879
 or danger

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.480
 or sword

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:02.220
 no

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:04.460
 in all

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.620
 these things

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.339
 we

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.779
 that is

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.360
 those

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:07.720
 who put

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.380
 their faith

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.099
 in Jesus

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.980
 Christ

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.440
 are more

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.440
 than conquerors

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.740
 through him

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.700
 who loves

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.140
 us

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.140
 for I'm

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.640
 convinced

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.860
 that neither

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.400
 death

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.539
 nor life

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.460
 nor angels

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.000
 nor demons

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.519
 neither the

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.079
 present nor the

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.339
 future

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.839
 nor any

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.319
 powers

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.099
 neither height

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.559
 nor depth

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.160
 nor anything

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:26.059
 else in all

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.859
 of creation

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:28.539
 will be able

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.419
 to separate

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:30.000
 us

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.159
 from the

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:31.839
 love of God

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.399
 that is in

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:33.019
 Christ Jesus

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.679
 our Lord

00:26:33.679 --> 00:26:36.819
 when calamity

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.579
 comes

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:39.339
 when the times

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.720
 of trouble

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.299
 come

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.940
 all things

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.579
 can be taken

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.259
 away from us

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.859
 except this

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.159
 one

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:45.679
 the one

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.700
 of promise

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.579
 of life

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.259
 forever

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.940
 the one

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.980
 promise

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.539
 that you

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.139
 are my

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:53.059
 much loved

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.599
 child

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.539
 that is

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:54.980
 secure

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:56.219
 nothing

00:26:56.219 --> 00:26:56.759
 can touch

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.079
 that

00:26:57.079 --> 00:27:00.059
 the source

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.740
 of joy

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.159
 in the

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:01.519
 Christian

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.000
 life

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.939
 is not

00:27:02.939 --> 00:27:03.159
 whether

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.579
 things are

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:03.980
 working out

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.159
 in my

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.500
 life

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.719
 in the

00:27:04.719 --> 00:27:05.000
 moment

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.319
 the way

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.559
 that I

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:05.879
 expect

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.099
 them to

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.339
 be

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:08.119
 it's

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.439
 not even

00:27:08.439 --> 00:27:08.799
 what God

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.039
 might

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.439
 in fact

00:27:09.439 --> 00:27:09.839
 be doing

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.119
 in me

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.819
 right now

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:12.599
 it is

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.159
 what God

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:13.799
 has done

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.419
 for me

00:27:14.419 --> 00:27:14.939
 then

00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:15.839
 in Jesus

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.059
 historically

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.099
 2000

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.339
 years ago

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.419
 that guarantees

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:21.559
 a future

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.179
 for me

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:23.099
 forever

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:24.139
 of hope

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.919
 and joy

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:30.599
 for the

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.079
 Christian

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:33.339
 even the

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.919
 worst of

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.279
 things

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.879
 will turn

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.299
 out for

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.639
 good

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.899
 the good

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.399
 things can

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:37.759
 never be

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.439
 taken away

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:38.959
 and the

00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:39.679
 best things

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.639
 are yet

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.199
 to come

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:45.439
 so how

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:45.699
 do we

00:27:45.699 --> 00:27:46.539
 fuel a

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.159
 life of

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.559
 joy

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:49.079
 despite

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.379
 the

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:50.039
 circumstances

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:51.699
 now this

00:27:51.699 --> 00:27:51.980
 is the

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.439
 great thing

00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:52.679
 about

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.200
 Habakkuk

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.480
 if you

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.019
 followed us

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.539
 through this

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.960
 season

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.840
 over the

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.100
 last

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.460
 you know

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:56.779
 it's been

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.019
 a quick

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.240
 one

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.900
 four messages

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.100
 through

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:58.460
 Habakkuk

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.759
 but you

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.360
 notice it

00:27:59.360 --> 00:28:00.140
 starts with

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.720
 complaint

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.380
 the book

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:01.920
 of Habakkuk

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.660
 starts with

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.060
 Habakkuk

00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:03.660
 complaining

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.420
 against God

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.140
 because of

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.460
 the coming

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.060
 calamity

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:07.660
 and yet

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.560
 it ends

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.880
 with joy

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:11.400
 verse 18

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.900
 again

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:13.240
 yet I

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.380
 will rejoice

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.460
 in the

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.880
 Lord

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.600
 I will

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.640
 be joyful

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.580
 in God

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:18.860
 my

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.420
 saviour

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.980
 now this

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.660
 is not

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.120
 a

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:23.480
 classic

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.020
 stiff

00:28:24.020 --> 00:28:24.840
 upper lip

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.360
 attitude

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:26.060
 from Habakkuk

00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:26.480
 this is not

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.860
 Habakkuk

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.820
 being stoic

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.220
 here

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.940
 and it's

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.380
 not him

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.660
 being

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.200
 indifferent

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.620
 to the

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:31.960
 trouble

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:35.920
 we fuel

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.799
 our joy

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.500
 in troubled

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.160
 times

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:39.160
 by constantly

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.980
 going back

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.319
 to the

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.700
 gospel

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.019
 of the

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.200
 Lord

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.480
 Jesus

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.019
 Christ

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.299
 and

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.860
 remembering

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:44.220
 see

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.660
 Habakkuk

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.019
 in verse

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.360
 18

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.759
 says the

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:45.940
 same

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.140
 thing

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.539
 twice

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.880
 I will

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.240
 rejoice

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.480
 I'll

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.620
 be

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.000
 joyful

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.380
 says it

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:48.740
 twice

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.660
 remembering

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.279
 remembering

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.860
 remembering

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.600
 remembering

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:54.819
 repeating

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.059
 it

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.500
 repeating

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.720
 it

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.160
 repeating

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.740
 it

00:28:56.740 --> 00:29:00.039
 Habakkuk

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.579
 is calling

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.000
 us here

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.319
 to the

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.840
 discipline

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.539
 of going

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.839
 back

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.319
 remembering

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:04.119
 and rejoicing

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:05.119
 in what

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:06.000
 we have

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:08.139
 now at

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.980
 first glance

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.419
 it's easy

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:10.959
 to miss

00:29:10.959 --> 00:29:11.439
 the way

00:29:11.439 --> 00:29:11.819
 that this

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.419
 prayer

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:13.359
 ends

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:15.259
 there's

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.839
 this little

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.819
 subscription

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.279
 at the

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.619
 end

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.559
 which reads

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.579
 for the

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.079
 director

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.019
 of music

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:22.279
 on my

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.039
 stringed

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.759
 instruments

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:25.939
 you see

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.279
 this

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.919
 chapter

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.819
 is not

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.500
 merely

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.819
 a personal

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.519
 resolution

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.099
 of faith

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.579
 which was

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:31.919
 achieved

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:32.139
 by

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.699
 Habakkuk

00:29:32.699 --> 00:29:34.319
 this

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.000
 prayer

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.599
 of

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.219
 faithful

00:29:36.219 --> 00:29:36.740
 submission

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:36.959
 to

00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.480
 God

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.799
 is

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.259
 meant

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.219
 to be

00:29:40.219 --> 00:29:41.859
 duplicated

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:43.359
 and celebrated

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:44.359
 amongst God's

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.899
 people for

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.980
 generations to

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.339
 come

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:48.619
 this prayer

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:48.639
 this prayer

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:50.179
 is intentionally

00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:51.220
 placed in

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.740
 the first

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.399
 person

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.879
 so that it

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:55.039
 draws each

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.179
 of us

00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:57.000
 into the

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.379
 prayer

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:59.259
 into the

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.119
 experience of

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.819
 surrendering to

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.500
 God together

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.879
 and rejoicing

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.799
 in his

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.339
 salvation

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:06.519
 and so

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.199
 while the

00:30:07.199 --> 00:30:07.859
 mood of

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.359
 Habakkuk

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.359
 is somber

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:10.759
 this

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.519
 song

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:13.339
 is not

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.879
 somber

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:16.439
 verses

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:17.459
 17 and

00:30:17.459 --> 00:30:17.939
 18

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.479
 of Habakkuk

00:30:18.479 --> 00:30:18.740
 3

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.519
 would have

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.859
 to be

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.159
 some of

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.459
 the most

00:30:20.459 --> 00:30:21.319
 uplifting

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.259
 verses

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.939
 in the

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.519
 entire

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.000
 Bible

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:26.779
 integral

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:28.279
 to the

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.859
 life

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:30.059
 of faith

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:31.399
 despite

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:32.179
 the

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:33.019
 calamities

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.700
 is turning

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.139
 our

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.879
 remembering

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.619
 of the

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.139
 gospel

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:38.240
 into

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.879
 repeated

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.440
 praise

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.940
 of

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.980
 and to

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.779
 the

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.319
 redeemer

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.879
 and the

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.500
 sustainer

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.920
 of life

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.259
 the Lord

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.559
 Jesus

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.139
 Christ

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:47.160
 you see

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.940
 rejoicing

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.579
 in the

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.039
 gospel

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.680
 means to

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.339
 treasure it

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 it means

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.759
 to savor

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:51.920
 it

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.279
 it means

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.019
 rejoicing

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.379
 is to

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.759
 take

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 something

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.879
 that has

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.279
 happened

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.839
 and to

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.279
 say

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 this

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.039
 is the

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.480
 most

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.980
 important

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.220
 thing

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.379
 that's

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 happened

00:30:59.559 --> 00:30:59.920
 to me

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 over

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.859
 and over

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.259
 and over

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.599
 again

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.459
 rejoicing

00:31:04.459 --> 00:31:05.019
 is to

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.719
 adore

00:31:05.719 --> 00:31:06.699
 who God

00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:07.299
 is

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.939
 and what

00:31:07.939 --> 00:31:08.240
 he has

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.779
 achieved

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:11.399
 it's not

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:12.019
 the same

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.559
 as knowing

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:15.279
 it's not

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.979
 the same

00:31:15.979 --> 00:31:17.240
 as thinking

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.859
 it is

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.859
 appreciating

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:21.079
 it is

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.139
 valuing

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:24.500
 in his

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.859
 daily

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.419
 devotional

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:25.679
 book

00:31:25.679 --> 00:31:26.339
 my rock

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.240
 my refuge

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.740
 Tim Keller

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:30.099
 writes this

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:31.879
 the character

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.579
 of this

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.939
 praise

00:31:32.939 --> 00:31:32.960
 praise

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.379
 that is

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:33.939
 praise

00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:34.519
 to God

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.639
 is to

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:35.859
 be

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.659
 glorious

00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:38.259
 what is

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.740
 glorious

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.319
 praise

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:40.299
 glory

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.659
 has

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.500
 connotations

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.740
 of

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.259
 weightiness

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.359
 dignity

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.639
 magnificence

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.819
 and beauty

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:47.199
 glorious

00:31:47.199 --> 00:31:47.960
 worship

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.579
 is

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.579
 exuberant

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.199
 never

00:31:50.199 --> 00:31:50.859
 half-hearted

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.379
 it is

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:51.879
 attractive

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:53.099
 not off-putting

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.879
 it is

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.359
 awesome

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.659
 never

00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:55.220
 sentimental

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.960
 it is

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.379
 brilliant

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:56.699
 not

00:31:56.699 --> 00:31:57.199
 careless

00:31:57.199 --> 00:31:58.480
 it points

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.319
 to God

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.480
 not to

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:00.679
 the

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.220
 speakers

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.679
 so

00:32:02.679 --> 00:32:03.220
 worship

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.200
 should

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.519
 never

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.799
 be

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.379
 trivial

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:06.559
 never

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:08.079
 pretentious

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:09.859
 and so

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.319
 as we

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.500
 draw

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:13.659
 our time

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:14.460
 in Habakkuk

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.000
 to a

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.599
 close

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.099
 in this

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:17.539
 coronavirus

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.720
 season

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.339
 we're going

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.700
 to do

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.339
 that now

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:23.119
 not with

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.519
 the words

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.159
 of Habakkuk

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.680
 three

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.820
 but with

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.160
 words

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.600
 written

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.080
 by

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:28.320
 another

00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:28.759
 one

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:28.980
 who

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.440
 faced

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.820
 a day

00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:30.000
 of

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.680
 calamity

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:32.720
 more

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:32.920
 than

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.580
 2,000

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:33.940
 years

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.480
 after

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.140
 Habakkuk

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:37.740
 Horatio

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.140
 Gates

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.740
 Spafford

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.820
 was a

00:32:39.820 --> 00:32:41.220
 prominent

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.980
 American

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.540
 lawyer

00:32:42.540 --> 00:32:43.300
 and

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:44.300
 Presbyterian

00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:44.660
 church

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.060
 elder

00:32:45.060 --> 00:32:45.460
 in the

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.680
 1800s

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:48.240
 he

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.920
 lost

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.880
 almost

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.200
 his

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.940
 entire

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.680
 fortune

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.759
 in the

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.100
 great

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.600
 fire

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:53.759
 of

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.379
 Chicago

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.279
 of

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.719
 1871

00:32:56.719 --> 00:32:58.919
 scarlet

00:32:58.919 --> 00:32:59.399
 fever

00:32:59.399 --> 00:33:00.719
 killed

00:33:00.719 --> 00:33:01.039
 his

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.419
 four

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:01.639
 year

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.119
 old

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:03.240
 son

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.599
 in

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.039
 exactly

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.319
 the

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.599
 same

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.039
 year

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:06.159
 and

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.459
 two

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:06.839
 years

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.299
 later

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:10.459
 he

00:33:10.459 --> 00:33:12.099
 decided

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:12.480
 to

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.599
 take a

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:13.899
 holiday

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.319
 take the

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.799
 family

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.359
 what was

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.639
 left of

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:15.759
 his

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.119
 family

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.399
 on

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:16.859
 holiday

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.879
 to

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.339
 Europe

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.559
 for

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.819
 some

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.459
 respite

00:33:19.459 --> 00:33:21.299
 unfortunately

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:23.399
 Spafford

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:24.200
 was held

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.600
 up with

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.100
 business

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.720
 and so

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.040
 he had

00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:26.400
 to stay

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.880
 behind

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.500
 but his

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.900
 wife

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.460
 and his

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.780
 four

00:33:28.780 --> 00:33:29.360
 daughters

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.519
 travelled

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.140
 ahead of

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.440
 him

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.800
 to

00:33:31.800 --> 00:33:32.320
 Europe

00:33:32.320 --> 00:33:33.580
 and he

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:33.860
 was going

00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.140
 to meet

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:34.320
 them

00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:34.900
 afterwards

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:37.000
 on the

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.519
 22nd

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.620
 of

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:37.960
 November

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.580
 1873

00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:40.860
 while crossing

00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:41.160
 the

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.700
 Atlantic

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.980
 the ship

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.380
 that his

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.840
 wife and

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.240
 his four

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.640
 daughters

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.360
 were on

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.280
 was struck

00:33:46.280 --> 00:33:46.780
 by an

00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:47.600
 iron

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:48.259
 sailing

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.720
 vessel

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.880
 and it

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.360
 sunk

00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:51.620
 and

00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:53.460
 226

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.900
 people

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.320
 lost

00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:54.600
 their

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.140
 lives

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:56.480
 including

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.160
 all

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.900
 four

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.580
 of

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:59.220
 Spafford's

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.620
 daughters

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:02.559
 when his

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.179
 wife finally

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:03.479
 got

00:34:03.479 --> 00:34:04.679
 to

00:34:04.679 --> 00:34:05.399
 Europe

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:06.319
 she sent

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:07.059
 a telegram

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.000
 saved

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:09.099
 alone

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:11.500
 Spafford

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.279
 sailed to

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.639
 England

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.380
 as soon

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.679
 as he

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.079
 could

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.039
 and as

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.639
 he sailed

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.339
 over the

00:34:16.339 --> 00:34:17.039
 location

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:19.119
 of his

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.599
 daughter's

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.900
 death

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.199
 in the

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.539
 Atlantic

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.179
 Ocean

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.519
 he wrote

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.059
 a hymn

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:24.819
 it's called

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.500
 It Is

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.960
 Well

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.880
 With My

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.179
 Soul

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:28.960
 Though

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.519
 Satan

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.859
 should

00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.219
 buffet

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.199
 though

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.519
 his

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.219
 trial

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.599
 should

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.079
 come

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.000
 let

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.500
 this

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.279
 blessed

00:34:35.279 --> 00:34:35.940
 assurance

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.659
 control

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.619
 that

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.219
 Christ

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.539
 has

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.099
 regarded

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.399
 my

00:34:39.399 --> 00:34:39.759
 helpless

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.440
 estate

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.319
 and

00:34:41.319 --> 00:34:41.559
 has

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.279
 shed

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.960
 his

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.259
 own

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.579
 blood

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:43.839
 for

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.099
 my

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.399
 soul

00:34:44.399 --> 00:34:45.679
 my

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.359
 sin

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:46.699
 oh

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:46.859
 the

00:34:46.859 --> 00:34:47.299
 bliss

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.960
 of

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.219
 this

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.960
 glorious

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.639
 thought

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.219
 my

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.859
 sin

00:34:50.859 --> 00:34:51.539
 not

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:51.859
 in

00:34:51.859 --> 00:34:52.279
 part

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.639
 but

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:52.899
 the

00:34:52.899 --> 00:34:53.379
 whole

00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:54.779
 is

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.500
 nailed

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.000
 to

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.379
 his

00:34:56.379 --> 00:34:57.000
 cross

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.860
 and

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.039
 I

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.699
 bear

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:58.860
 it

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.079
 no

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.599
 more

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.699
 praise

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:00.960
 the

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.460
 Lord

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.619
 praise

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.880
 the

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.340
 Lord

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.739
 oh

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:03.980
 my

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.400
 soul

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.199
 let's

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.480
 stand

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.679
 and

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:05.880
 sing

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.079
 that

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.460
 together