WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.600 Good morning. 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:13.080 Well, if you will turn your Bibles to Psalm 16, 00:00:14.179 --> 00:00:15.860 it should sound pretty familiar. 00:00:24.179 --> 00:00:27.539 Children, would you be dismissed to your classes? 00:00:27.539 --> 00:00:36.600 That was a close one. 00:00:50.379 --> 00:00:53.060 Let me pray for us before we hear from God's Word. 00:00:57.539 --> 00:00:59.839 Father, we're grateful that you are all we need. 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:02.640 And you are indeed all we want. 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:06.319 You are all that we were made for. 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:15.879 God, would you let the words and the truth of this psalm written by King David 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:20.699 reverberate in our hearts and our minds? 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:28.719 Would you distract us away from the distractions of our minds 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:36.000 and get our hearts on the very source of life that is you, fountain of living waters? 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:40.620 God, help us to listen today. 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:42.480 Give us ears to hear. 00:01:43.700 --> 00:01:45.939 Give us hearts to incline to you. 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:48.359 Give us wills to obey you. 00:01:50.539 --> 00:01:53.140 Satisfy us in your steadfast love this morning, God. 00:01:53.140 --> 00:01:56.500 In Christ's name, amen. 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:01.599 Well, I got a little quiz for us this morning. 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:04.519 By day, I'm a teacher. 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:06.819 I won't tell you what I am by night. 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:07.260 No, just kidding. 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:10.699 I'm a sleepy father. 00:02:10.699 --> 00:02:14.359 I got a little quiz for us. 00:02:14.399 --> 00:02:17.280 I'm a teacher, and so it's just natural that quizzes come to me. 00:02:17.519 --> 00:02:18.339 But this is not hard. 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:19.359 It's only multiple choice. 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:21.219 Only two options per question. 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:23.619 Three questions and only two options per question. 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:24.439 A or B. 00:02:24.799 --> 00:02:25.259 You guys ready? 00:02:26.399 --> 00:02:27.239 Okay, it's not hard. 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:30.759 Just think it to yourself or whisper it to your neighbor. 00:02:32.139 --> 00:02:33.139 Situation number one. 00:02:33.399 --> 00:02:34.079 Pick A or B. 00:02:34.179 --> 00:02:34.319 Ready? 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:34.879 A. 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.239 You are in a state of perfect health. 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:40.360 You are breathing through both nostrils. 00:02:41.320 --> 00:02:42.040 Life is good. 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:43.520 B. 00:02:44.320 --> 00:02:47.620 You're suffering from painful strep throat for a week. 00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:51.719 You have 103 degree fever, and you have chills so bad you can't sleep. 00:02:52.740 --> 00:02:53.740 I know it's hard. 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:55.879 A or B. 00:02:57.100 --> 00:02:57.340 Okay. 00:02:58.060 --> 00:02:58.960 Situation number two. 00:02:59.320 --> 00:03:00.280 No, that's a silent quiz. 00:03:00.460 --> 00:03:00.740 Silent. 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:03.360 Situation number two. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:04.680 A or B. 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:05.200 A. 00:03:05.580 --> 00:03:07.200 You're reading a gripping novel. 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:10.340 In a plush chair by a fire, crackling in the hearth. 00:03:11.340 --> 00:03:11.840 Or B. 00:03:12.420 --> 00:03:15.900 You're struggling for life in a half-frozen river in Siberia all alone. 00:03:18.860 --> 00:03:19.820 I know it's hard. 00:03:20.320 --> 00:03:21.300 Situation number three. 00:03:21.659 --> 00:03:22.200 Last one. 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:22.960 A. 00:03:23.620 --> 00:03:27.260 You're going through life lovingly connected to friends and family. 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:28.379 Or B. 00:03:28.980 --> 00:03:30.640 Every single person you know betrays you. 00:03:33.760 --> 00:03:34.620 How'd you guys do? 00:03:34.620 --> 00:03:34.719 A. 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:39.860 It was an option quiz. 00:03:40.260 --> 00:03:41.600 There's no wrong answer. 00:03:42.740 --> 00:03:47.939 Well, unless you're an extreme adventurer or you really love pain, I'm thinking everyone chose option A. 00:03:48.260 --> 00:03:48.640 Is that right? 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:50.419 Why? 00:03:50.659 --> 00:03:53.579 Well, option A was the good option. 00:03:54.519 --> 00:03:59.419 We tend to choose what's good for us, or at least what we think is good for us. 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:07.159 We don't knowingly aim ourselves for what is harmful, painful, and not going to satisfy. 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:10.039 We aim ourselves instinctively as creatures. 00:04:10.379 --> 00:04:11.560 We were built for happiness. 00:04:12.340 --> 00:04:14.939 We were built for pursuing our own well-being. 00:04:15.340 --> 00:04:18.719 We wouldn't last long if the opposite were true. 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:21.480 We wouldn't intentionally step out in front of traffic. 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:25.720 We wouldn't intentionally isolate ourselves from any human contact. 00:04:26.100 --> 00:04:30.700 We wouldn't intentionally go out into a Wisconsin winter wearing flip-flops. 00:04:30.840 --> 00:04:31.840 Well, a couple of us do. 00:04:32.379 --> 00:04:37.660 But for some reason that's popular. 00:04:37.660 --> 00:04:41.120 Well, that's just what we do. 00:04:41.180 --> 00:04:42.000 We were built that way. 00:04:43.200 --> 00:04:47.220 But as most of us know, at least, we have a problem. 00:04:48.280 --> 00:04:50.000 The problem is called sin. 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:58.260 And what sin does is it paints a picture of what we think is what is good, but really it's a deception. 00:04:58.259 --> 00:05:05.459 Our sin broke our GPS of finding good. 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:12.980 It misdirects us away from what really is good to what we just think is good. 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:16.839 And that's why I'm really glad Psalm 16 is in the Bible. 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:22.639 Because it is a neon sign saying, this is where your good is. 00:05:23.719 --> 00:05:25.339 It's unmistakable. 00:05:25.339 --> 00:05:30.239 Now, I know we read it a few minutes ago, but let's just scan it briefly. 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:32.459 And I want us to look for good words. 00:05:32.979 --> 00:05:35.879 Words that look like something good. 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:36.299 Are you ready? 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:37.799 Verse 2. 00:05:38.479 --> 00:05:39.199 You are my Lord. 00:05:39.259 --> 00:05:42.319 I have no good apart from you. 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:43.939 I'm a teacher, so I like participation. 00:05:46.099 --> 00:05:47.239 At verse 3. 00:05:47.459 --> 00:05:50.459 In whom is all my delight. 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:51.359 Oh, that's a good word. 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:51.959 I like that word. 00:05:53.699 --> 00:05:55.239 Let's look at verse 6. 00:05:55.339 --> 00:05:59.019 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:01.679 Indeed, I have a... 00:06:01.679 --> 00:06:03.060 Oh, great words. 00:06:03.139 --> 00:06:04.019 These are good words. 00:06:04.119 --> 00:06:04.939 Okay, let's keep going. 00:06:05.679 --> 00:06:06.379 Verse 9. 00:06:06.579 --> 00:06:08.839 My heart is glad. 00:06:09.459 --> 00:06:11.500 My whole being... 00:06:11.500 --> 00:06:13.639 Ooh, gladness, joy, rejoicing. 00:06:13.739 --> 00:06:14.099 That's good. 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:14.379 Okay. 00:06:15.659 --> 00:06:16.479 Look at verse 11. 00:06:16.559 --> 00:06:17.379 It's just packed full. 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:20.839 You may know unto me the path of life. 00:06:21.339 --> 00:06:24.519 In your presence there is fullness of joy. 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:28.060 At your right hand are pleasures. 00:06:28.899 --> 00:06:29.939 It's not a bad word. 00:06:30.019 --> 00:06:30.620 Not necessarily. 00:06:31.500 --> 00:06:32.560 Pleasures forevermore. 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:37.160 Wow, this is a good, packed psalm. 00:06:37.459 --> 00:06:38.740 It is packed full of good. 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:41.280 But did you notice something else in this psalm? 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:50.420 David's good is closely tied to his relationship with God. 00:06:50.420 --> 00:06:53.879 It's unmistakable as we read our way through the psalm. 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:57.439 His good is found in God. 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:00.180 It's not just a song about finding happiness and pleasure. 00:07:00.699 --> 00:07:05.620 It is a prayer to the God who is David's good. 00:07:05.620 --> 00:07:09.860 If we can compare Psalm 16 to a tree. 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:11.639 A tree has a trunk. 00:07:12.180 --> 00:07:13.199 And then there are branches. 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:15.860 This is the trunk of Psalm 16. 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:18.319 Our good is in God. 00:07:19.139 --> 00:07:23.120 That's the big trunk of this beautiful tree. 00:07:23.459 --> 00:07:25.500 Our good is in God. 00:07:25.980 --> 00:07:32.280 And there are three strong branches that come out of this beautiful, strong trunk. 00:07:32.660 --> 00:07:35.000 The first one is found in verses 1 to 4. 00:07:35.620 --> 00:07:37.899 The second is found in verses 5 to 8. 00:07:38.259 --> 00:07:40.819 And the third is in 9 through 11. 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:42.459 We'll take them one at a time. 00:07:42.939 --> 00:07:43.160 Ready? 00:07:44.899 --> 00:07:46.160 The first branch. 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:50.759 The first big branch off of this big trunk that our good is in God is this. 00:07:51.660 --> 00:07:54.319 Our good is in God alone. 00:07:55.540 --> 00:07:58.740 Our good is in God alone. 00:07:59.280 --> 00:08:02.500 It's exclusively found in God. 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:04.600 Let's read verses 1 to 4. 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:08.800 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:11.959 I say to the Lord, you are my Lord. 00:08:12.459 --> 00:08:14.639 I have no good apart from you. 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.720 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones. 00:08:18.780 --> 00:08:20.139 In whom is all my delight. 00:08:20.899 --> 00:08:23.840 The sorrows of those who run after another God shall multiply. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.819 Their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. 00:08:27.819 --> 00:08:31.259 The psalm opens with David in trouble. 00:08:31.860 --> 00:08:33.120 He's facing something. 00:08:33.460 --> 00:08:37.639 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 00:08:37.700 --> 00:08:38.580 He's in need of refuge. 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:40.319 We don't know what the circumstance is. 00:08:40.379 --> 00:08:41.439 We don't know what his trouble is. 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:43.840 And I'm actually kind of glad we don't. 00:08:44.439 --> 00:08:48.379 Because we can just put in our own trouble right there. 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:50.639 Are you in trouble? 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:51.759 I'm in trouble. 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:54.200 We can just say, David's in trouble. 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:56.139 Well, where does he go from there? 00:08:58.179 --> 00:09:00.259 In fact, our whole church has been facing some trouble. 00:09:00.539 --> 00:09:02.360 For the past two months, it's been pretty hard. 00:09:03.220 --> 00:09:07.879 And so, we all, even if we're not facing personal trials on our own, 00:09:07.939 --> 00:09:09.759 we all should incline our ears to, 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:11.960 David's putting his refuge in God. 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:13.300 How is he going to do that? 00:09:15.500 --> 00:09:17.120 Let's look at where he takes us. 00:09:17.540 --> 00:09:18.080 Verse 2. 00:09:19.139 --> 00:09:20.660 I say to the Lord, 00:09:21.180 --> 00:09:22.440 You are my Lord. 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:25.120 I have no good apart from you. 00:09:26.160 --> 00:09:30.460 Whenever you see the word Lord in all caps in your Old Testament, 00:09:31.420 --> 00:09:35.600 it is, behind it, is the personal name for God, Yahweh. 00:09:36.300 --> 00:09:41.540 It's the same name that God told Moses to tell to the people of Israel, 00:09:42.100 --> 00:09:45.940 this is the God who's going to redeem you out of slavery. 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:48.100 His name is Yahweh. 00:09:48.560 --> 00:09:49.860 It's God's personal name. 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:51.840 And it means, I am who I am. 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:54.379 I will be who I will be. 00:09:55.620 --> 00:09:59.440 This is not just some generic God. 00:09:59.560 --> 00:10:00.940 Not some generic deity. 00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:03.320 He is the one who is. 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:05.500 The God who is there. 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:10.180 It pops up in this psalm four different times. 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:13.040 David's using God's personal name. 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:15.720 He has related to David. 00:10:15.860 --> 00:10:17.639 He has come near to David. 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:24.320 He has revealed himself to David and his people as their creator and as their redeemer. 00:10:25.340 --> 00:10:26.540 They know who he is. 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:29.840 This is not some generic faceless God. 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:32.899 So what does David tell this God? 00:10:32.899 --> 00:10:38.000 He says, you are my Lord. 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:39.980 Do you hear the personal relationship there? 00:10:40.620 --> 00:10:43.360 I have no good apart from you. 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:47.120 David is identifying Yahweh as his Lord. 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:48.100 His master. 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:48.980 His authority. 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.379 Remember, David's the king of Israel. 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:54.539 He is a Lord. 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:56.519 He is a king. 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:02.500 And yet he knows that no earthly authority he possesses somehow comes from himself. 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:06.259 Or makes him independent from his Lord. 00:11:07.179 --> 00:11:09.460 And he says, get this. 00:11:10.199 --> 00:11:13.319 I have no good apart from you. 00:11:13.860 --> 00:11:14.379 Period. 00:11:14.379 --> 00:11:14.460 Period. 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:19.320 I like the way another translation puts it. 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:23.080 My good is not beyond you. 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:29.639 Our good is in God alone. 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:34.220 This is such a dramatic claim. 00:11:35.059 --> 00:11:41.899 It's seismic in its circumstances that it gets us into. 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:48.340 If we really believe that God is our good alone. 00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:51.240 That our good can't be found outside of him. 00:11:51.879 --> 00:12:00.740 Then it helps us see every message that our hearts and our culture screams at us all the time. 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:02.879 To find our good somewhere else. 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:08.540 We are told, and even if it's a good thing. 00:12:09.100 --> 00:12:11.340 Find your good in keeping up with culture. 00:12:12.160 --> 00:12:12.759 What's trending. 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:16.500 We are told, and it might be a good thing. 00:12:16.500 --> 00:12:19.639 Find your good in a relaxing vacation. 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:23.279 Find your good in the pleasures of food and drink. 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.820 Find your good in a larger paycheck. 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:28.960 Find your good in a decent, comfortable life. 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:31.740 Find your good in a perfect romantic relationship. 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:33.740 Find your good in the right job. 00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:35.620 Find your good in raising the perfect children. 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:38.059 Whoever those are. 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:41.259 Now let me be clear. 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:42.940 All these things are good things. 00:12:42.940 --> 00:12:45.500 There to be received from our father. 00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:47.620 As good gifts. 00:12:47.920 --> 00:12:48.840 With gratitude. 00:12:49.800 --> 00:12:50.860 But here's the deal. 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:53.620 If we seek. 00:12:54.060 --> 00:12:55.500 Our ultimate good. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.440 If we say, if I only had this. 00:12:58.580 --> 00:12:59.380 I would be happy. 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:01.220 In the face. 00:13:01.900 --> 00:13:02.860 Of the living God. 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:06.460 That is not finding our good in him. 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:08.440 It is finding our good. 00:13:08.560 --> 00:13:09.480 Outside of him. 00:13:09.860 --> 00:13:11.920 With maybe a little bit of him sprinkled on top. 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:16.640 And if we seek. 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:18.980 To find our ultimate good in these things. 00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:21.120 We will not only be left dissatisfied. 00:13:22.040 --> 00:13:24.280 But we will be left in a far worse situation. 00:13:24.760 --> 00:13:26.780 Than before we sought our good in those things. 00:13:26.900 --> 00:13:27.620 How do we know that? 00:13:27.820 --> 00:13:28.780 Skip down to verse 4. 00:13:29.800 --> 00:13:32.080 The sorrows of those who run after another God. 00:13:32.160 --> 00:13:32.820 Shall multiply. 00:13:34.420 --> 00:13:35.560 Their drink offerings of blood. 00:13:35.660 --> 00:13:36.520 I will not pour out. 00:13:36.560 --> 00:13:38.160 Or take their names on my lips. 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:41.160 David sees some Israelites. 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:42.680 Scurrying around. 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:45.100 Running after other gods. 00:13:45.900 --> 00:13:47.540 Participating in the twisted worship. 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:49.160 Of these deities. 00:13:49.820 --> 00:13:52.000 They pour out drink offerings of blood. 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:54.500 They take their names on their lips. 00:13:54.860 --> 00:13:57.120 To try to seek their good in them. 00:13:58.280 --> 00:13:59.640 They pour their energy. 00:14:00.160 --> 00:14:01.140 They pour their heart. 00:14:01.780 --> 00:14:03.500 They pour their desire. 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:05.220 Into those things. 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:07.420 They're running after other gods. 00:14:07.540 --> 00:14:08.420 But what does David say? 00:14:09.219 --> 00:14:10.620 Your sorrows are going to multiply. 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:13.819 Not only is it not going to dissatisfy you. 00:14:13.959 --> 00:14:15.539 It's your sufferings. 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:16.779 The bad state that you're in. 00:14:16.839 --> 00:14:17.919 Is going to be multiplied. 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:20.419 If you run after other gods. 00:14:20.479 --> 00:14:21.639 And David rejects it wholesale. 00:14:22.439 --> 00:14:24.860 I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood. 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:26.919 I will not take their names on my lips. 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:30.340 Running after other gods. 00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:33.240 It's a sober description of the human heart. 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:36.279 Multiplied sorrows. 00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:38.180 As we chase after other gods. 00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:41.899 To satisfy our deepest longings for good. 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:45.100 The heart that scurries around. 00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:47.240 That tries to acquire little goods. 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:47.939 Little gods. 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:49.879 To satisfy its deep need for good. 00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:52.899 Is instead going to acquire multiplied sorrows. 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:55.980 And ever since the ancient garden. 00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:56.860 It has been so. 00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:59.159 When the slithering snake. 00:14:59.419 --> 00:15:00.819 Deceived us to think. 00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:02.279 That we could find our good. 00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:04.840 Outside of the God who made us. 00:15:05.139 --> 00:15:06.079 To delight in him. 00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:10.720 What are we scurrying after? 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:13.480 What are we trying to acquire? 00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:18.840 Are we setting our eyes on greener pastures? 00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:21.799 Are we telling ourselves. 00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:23.500 If I can only have this. 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.500 Then I would be happy. 00:15:26.319 --> 00:15:27.639 Are we like the Israelites. 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:29.919 That God describes in Jeremiah 2. 00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:32.159 Abandoning the fountain of living waters. 00:15:32.340 --> 00:15:33.639 And carving out broken cisterns. 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.899 That don't hold any water. 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:39.340 Can we say to Yahweh. 00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:40.699 You are my Lord. 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:42.400 I have no good apart from you. 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:43.440 Can we say that? 00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.460 Can we say. 00:15:45.640 --> 00:15:46.800 I will not pour out. 00:15:46.900 --> 00:15:47.960 Drink offerings of blood. 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.840 To these idols. 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:50.120 I will not take their names. 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:51.060 On my lips. 00:15:51.640 --> 00:15:53.160 I will not pour my energy. 00:15:53.420 --> 00:15:54.980 And hard work. 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:56.480 Into finding good. 00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:57.700 Outside of God. 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:00.800 David's in trouble. 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:02.600 He's looking for good. 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:03.840 But you know. 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:05.240 He can't find it outside of God. 00:16:07.180 --> 00:16:08.320 Before we continue on. 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:09.740 You might notice we skipped verse 3. 00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:12.780 There's a little branch. 00:16:13.560 --> 00:16:14.940 Coming off of this big branch. 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.460 I want us to see it. 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:19.100 It has a lot of weight for us as a church. 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:21.060 Listen carefully. 00:16:22.060 --> 00:16:23.700 As for the saints in the land. 00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:25.840 They are the excellent ones. 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:29.420 In whom is all my delight. 00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:29.519 God. 00:16:31.959 --> 00:16:33.819 Our good is found in God alone. 00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:35.319 That's our first big branch. 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:36.299 Of this beautiful tree. 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:39.399 And as we drink from the fountain. 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:40.439 Of living waters. 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:41.519 Fully satisfied. 00:16:41.719 --> 00:16:42.360 We look up. 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:43.699 And we see that we're not alone. 00:16:45.339 --> 00:16:46.819 There are fellow drinkers. 00:16:48.099 --> 00:16:49.179 Fellow slurpers. 00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:50.219 At the fountain. 00:16:50.719 --> 00:16:51.559 Of God's goodness. 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:54.539 David looks up from the fountain. 00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.500 His lips are wet. 00:16:55.619 --> 00:16:56.019 And dripping. 00:16:56.239 --> 00:16:57.859 And he sees his fellow Israelites. 00:16:58.659 --> 00:16:59.259 Some of them. 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.000 Not all of them. 00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:01.259 Some are chasing after other gods. 00:17:01.339 --> 00:17:02.679 But some of them are at the fountain. 00:17:04.379 --> 00:17:06.720 And he sees them finding their good in God alone. 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.519 And he smiles. 00:17:07.639 --> 00:17:08.059 And he says. 00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:08.359 Ah. 00:17:08.919 --> 00:17:10.480 As for the saints in the land. 00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.799 As for these holy ones. 00:17:11.879 --> 00:17:14.559 As for these fellow refuge seekers in God. 00:17:15.139 --> 00:17:16.720 They are the excellent ones. 00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:18.880 In whom is my delight also. 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:21.960 Because they're finding their joy in God alone. 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.740 Like me. 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.759 Brothers and sisters. 00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.779 In Psalm 16. 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:28.819 God is speaking to us profoundly. 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:33.200 He's telling us to find our ultimate good and satisfaction in Him alone. 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:35.299 And He's calling us to do it together. 00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:39.480 Whether it's in small groups throughout the week. 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.720 Here on Sunday morning. 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.400 Worshiping. 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.600 In homes. 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.480 Sharing a meal. 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:46.100 Working together somehow. 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:49.620 Throwing a party together next Saturday. 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:52.500 Let's find our delight in Him. 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:53.640 Alone. 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.200 And together. 00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:59.200 As you find your good in Him. 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:02.120 Let's delight in that goodness together. 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:03.519 Be bold in doing this. 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:04.559 Say. 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:05.460 Listen. 00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:07.279 This week has been rough. 00:18:07.380 --> 00:18:07.660 But man. 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:10.200 This promise has been resounding in my heart. 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:10.980 Can I share it with you? 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.700 Just be that awkward person. 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:15.039 Who just starts a conversation that way. 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.539 Because the end result is always joy. 00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:21.799 We are fellow refuge seekers in God. 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:26.139 We are fellow sinners turned saints who drink from the fountain of grace together. 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.019 And the only way to make it better is to share it. 00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:34.980 So as we walk through this hard season of change and pain as a church. 00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:38.460 Let's find our good in God alone. 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:40.819 And let's do it together. 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.879 Let's be bold in doing this. 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.819 Nothing ties us together more. 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:48.299 Not even our sorrows. 00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:51.019 Than the great good that we find in God alone. 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:56.039 The first big branch of this beautiful tree. 00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:59.139 Is that we find our good in God alone. 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:03.639 But what else does this tree tell us about our good being in God? 00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:07.039 Let's look at the second branch. 00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:10.220 It's very closely related to the first. 00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:14.120 Our good is in God alone. 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.860 And our good is being near to God. 00:19:18.860 --> 00:19:22.519 Our good is in being near to God. 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:24.420 Let me read verses 5 and 6. 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:29.779 The Lord, Yahweh, is my chosen portion and my cup. 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.559 You hold my lot. 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:34.720 The lions have fallen for me in pleasant places. 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:37.819 Indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.819 Hmm. 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:42.939 David calls Yahweh his chosen portion. 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:43.879 His cup. 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:46.299 He talks about God holding his lot. 00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.919 Drawing boundary lines. 00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:49.659 And having a beautiful inheritance. 00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.399 What does that mean? 00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:57.439 Well, back when God brought the people of Israel into the promised land of Canaan. 00:19:58.059 --> 00:20:00.059 He split up the land into different portions. 00:20:01.179 --> 00:20:04.099 Different inheritances for the different tribes of Israel. 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:06.240 They lived there. 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.940 They thrived there. 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.660 Judah got some land in the south. 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:12.279 Dan got some land in the north. 00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.680 Ephraim got some in the middle. 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.720 Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:16.120 It was portioned off. 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:19.440 They had chosen their lot. 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:22.099 And their lot fell on this portion of land. 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:24.460 This was their cup. 00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:26.960 The place that was sufficient for them. 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.700 This was their home. 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:30.400 It was their source of life. 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:36.420 But one tribe, the tribe of Levi, didn't have a portion of the land. 00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:41.000 They lived on the other people's portions of the land. 00:20:41.060 --> 00:20:41.840 They didn't have their own. 00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.920 And these guys were special. 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:48.140 Because they were God's priests to Israel. 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.120 Israel's priests to God. 00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.340 They went both ways. 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:56.359 They were privileged to come near to God in a way that the other Israelites could not. 00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:58.119 They served in the temple. 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:00.459 That was the hot spot of God's presence. 00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:04.099 When people of Israel wanted to meet with God, they came to Jerusalem. 00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:06.119 And they met with God in the temple. 00:21:06.659 --> 00:21:09.599 And the priests offered sacrifices to God for them. 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:15.419 Because the priests were the only ones who were ritually pure enough to be near to God. 00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:20.879 And they didn't have a portion of the land. 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:23.740 But they did have a portion in something else. 00:21:24.399 --> 00:21:26.480 There's a really interesting verse in Numbers 18. 00:21:26.679 --> 00:21:27.480 Let me read it for you. 00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:29.279 God tells the Levites, 00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:31.779 You shall have no inheritance in their land. 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.839 Neither shall you have any portion among them. 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.619 Listen to this. 00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:38.579 I am your portion. 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:42.179 And your inheritance among the people of Israel. 00:21:44.179 --> 00:21:47.419 This was the pattern and the privilege of being a priest. 00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:51.759 Their nearness to God was their land. 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:56.399 Their nearness to God was where they found their good. 00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.500 It's where they lived. 00:21:57.719 --> 00:21:58.779 It's where they thrived. 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:03.159 But who's writing this psalm? 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.139 David. 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:07.619 David didn't belong to the tribe of Levi. 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.539 He was the king. 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.899 From the tribe of Judah. 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.899 Judah was the royal tribe. 00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:15.740 Levi was the priestly tribe. 00:22:16.179 --> 00:22:17.219 And never the twain shall meet. 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:22.919 So why is David saying something that was true about the Levites? 00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:24.059 About himself? 00:22:25.659 --> 00:22:28.359 Well, I think it's because David's picking up on something. 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:33.779 He sees that God's intention for his people was to be like the Levites. 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:38.259 To find their good in being near to God. 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:41.440 He sees the Levite ideal. 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:43.740 And he says, I want that. 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:47.539 I want you, God, to be my portion. 00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:49.379 I want you to be my cup. 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:51.740 I want nearness to you to be enough for me. 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:53.980 Even if the land is taken away from me, 00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.839 then you are enough. 00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:57.940 Just like you're enough for the Levites. 00:22:57.940 --> 00:23:05.140 If I just have God, that'll be enough. 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:09.620 If I lose everything else, the benefits of the land, God is my cup. 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.420 He's sufficient for me. 00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:13.700 If I'm near him, I'm okay. 00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:18.759 If I'm close to him, then the boundary lines have indeed fallen in pleasant places. 00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:25.460 I really have a beautiful inheritance if my inheritance is God and God alone. 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:28.960 God, you can withhold the rolling hills. 00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.840 I'll miss them, but you can withhold them. 00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:35.680 You can withhold the vineyards and the olive trees, the yearly harvest. 00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:38.740 You can withhold the beautiful home and the ideal family. 00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:40.660 You can withhold the perfect life in this world. 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:43.539 Withhold all those good things, but don't withhold yourself. 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.840 Don't let me not be near you. 00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.819 Be my cup. 00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:48.519 Be sufficient for me. 00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:54.240 David says that it is good for him to be near to God. 00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:57.220 And if everything else is stripped away, that's okay. 00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:06.660 In verses 7 and 8, David sees his good and his nearness to God in two specific ways. 00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:08.240 Let me read verse 7. 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:12.279 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel. 00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:15.759 In the night also, my heart instructs me. 00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:23.160 David's blessing Yahweh for his close counsel and friendship. 00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:28.559 He's blessing the one who guides his thoughts as he ponders on his bed at night. 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:37.639 His nearness to God is so vital as he seeks to reign over Israel, which is his responsibility and his call. 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:44.100 He's searching his heart for the wisdom he needs because he knows that God is near to his heart. 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:48.500 In Yahweh, he finds a close friend and advisor. 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:51.220 It's good for David to be near God. 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:53.519 Let me read verse 8. 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.299 You find something else there. 00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:59.039 I have set Yahweh always before me. 00:24:59.120 --> 00:25:03.160 Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:12.539 He knows that if God is at his right hand, if he is near to God, nothing can shake him. 00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:18.139 If he sets Yahweh before him, he is as solid as a rock. 00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.200 Enemies can invade. 00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:22.099 Disasters can strike. 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.740 Sickness can come. 00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:26.379 Major changes can come. 00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:28.480 And he will not be shaken. 00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:32.799 It is good for David to be near to God. 00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:36.000 In his nearness to God, he finds stability. 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:40.779 But how could David be near God? 00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:46.159 Well, for David, he had to go to God's temple. 00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:48.619 That was the hot spot of God's presence. 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:51.619 He had to go to the Holy of Holies. 00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.480 But he couldn't go in. 00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:56.799 He had to have a priest go in for him once a year. 00:25:57.599 --> 00:26:00.720 Offer sacrifices of a substitute through the mediation of a priest. 00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:06.059 David spoke often in other psalms of the joy of being close to God in his sanctuary. 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:11.700 But he could only approach God's throne through the sacrifice and mediation of another. 00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:14.759 What about us? 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:18.339 How can we be near God? 00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:21.460 Where is God's presence for us? 00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.720 Is it just kind of up there somewhere? 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:28.700 How can we experience that good that can only be found in being near to God? 00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.860 That close friendship. 00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:34.220 That stability of not being shaken because we are close to God. 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.720 That's the beauty of the gospel. 00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:40.819 We can be near to God because he's drawn near to us. 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.839 John 1.14. 00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:46.140 The word became flesh and dwelt among us. 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.140 He became flesh. 00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:50.300 God's presence is no longer in a place. 00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.040 It's in a person. 00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:53.580 It's in the person of Jesus Christ. 00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:57.520 It's in our perfect sacrifice for sin. 00:26:58.060 --> 00:27:00.500 It's in our perfect high priest. 00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:05.140 And through him, we draw near to God all the time. 00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:10.720 Hebrews 10.19-22 is one of my favorite parts of the Bible. 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:19.559 It says we can draw near to God, to his very throne, clenching in our fists, the confession of our hope. 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:26.420 That Jesus, his perfect substitutionary death is the way we can come near. 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:36.120 And it's through our perfect righteousness in our perfect high priest that we can draw near without fear, full of confidence all the time. 00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:49.419 And not just that, he gives us his spirit to dwell with us so that we can have him as our counselor and our friend, so that we can have communion with him. 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:55.539 That he can be our cup, he can be our portion, and we will not be shaken. 00:27:58.059 --> 00:28:00.699 Well, this beautiful tree of a psalm has one more branch. 00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:03.559 Our good is in God alone. 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:06.059 Our good is in being near to God. 00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:10.440 And our good is in God's eternal joy. 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:17.440 In verse 9, David releases a shotgun load of intense joy. 00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.119 Read it with me. 00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:23.059 Therefore, my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices. 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.460 My flesh also dwells secure. 00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:27.019 Bam, bam, bam. 00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:30.720 Wow, why all this deep personal joy, David? 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:34.860 He gives the reason for it in verse 10. 00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:42.539 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy ones see corruption. 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:53.100 Sheol was the shadowy realm of the dead, in Old Testament thought, where the souls of men dwelled after death. 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:55.759 It was a place devoid of life and joy. 00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.819 It's just where you went when you died. 00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:59.200 It wasn't fun. 00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:02.319 This is the final enemy. 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:04.319 This is David's ghostly trouble. 00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:09.359 The reality of sin and sin's full-grown form. 00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:11.339 Death itself. 00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:18.240 Whatever trouble David is facing in this psalm, death represents the full manifestation of his trouble. 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.519 Because that's the end of the line. 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:26.439 What good is it to experience joy in this lifetime if death snatches it away in the end? 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.439 And there's no joy left. 00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:32.659 But David seems confident in something. 00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:38.700 He seems confident that God has the ability to overcome death on his behalf. 00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:41.019 That you will not abandon my soul to Sheol. 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:43.540 You will not let your holy ones see corruption. 00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:49.560 There's a real expectation that David will be at God's right hand after death. 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.880 Read verse 11. 00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:52.840 You make known to me the path of life. 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.700 In your presence there is fullness of joy. 00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:57.960 At your right hand are pleasures forevermore. 00:29:58.860 --> 00:30:01.300 David really thinks he's going to be living with God eternally. 00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:03.700 And experiencing fullness of joy there. 00:30:03.780 --> 00:30:05.880 And that's where he's finding his good. 00:30:06.280 --> 00:30:07.680 In God's eternal joy. 00:30:07.760 --> 00:30:08.840 In his promise of that. 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.440 But, we all know David's dead. 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:16.340 A long time ago. 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.440 He died. 00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:20.080 And all people die. 00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.740 Death is coming. 00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.480 It comes to us. 00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:26.740 It is the final judgment on our sin. 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:33.700 But, how can we reconcile the fact that David is dead? 00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:36.980 When he says, I'm going to be in your presence. 00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:40.680 How can we put those two together? 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:43.660 Well, the Bible is so cool. 00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:47.460 There's a spot in Acts chapter 2. 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:49.860 Where this exact verse gets quoted. 00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:52.100 Let me read it for you. 00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.860 You don't have to turn there. 00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.500 In Acts chapter 2. 00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:56.420 Peter stands up. 00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:59.820 After the Holy Spirit comes on Jesus' church. 00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.160 The first time. 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:04.000 And, the Holy Spirit comes. 00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:06.560 And they all start proclaiming in different languages. 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:08.160 How awesome God is. 00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.880 Because of Jesus. 00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.660 And all the people around are like. 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:12.519 Why are you guys speaking in other languages? 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.560 You're a bunch of Gentiles. 00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.259 This is weird. 00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.759 And, this is what Peter says. 00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:16.920 Men of Israel. 00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.259 Hear these words. 00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.900 Jesus of Nazareth. 00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.560 This Jesus. 00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:24.140 Was delivered up according to the definite plan. 00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:25.160 Of foreknowledge of God. 00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:26.720 And, you crucified him. 00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.620 And, killed him. 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:30.160 By the hands of lawless men. 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.759 But, God raised him up. 00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:35.320 Loosing the pangs of death. 00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:38.740 Because, it wasn't possible for him to be held by death. 00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:41.919 And, then he quotes Psalm 16. 00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.299 Listen to this. 00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.919 For David says concerning him. 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:47.759 I saw the Lord always before me. 00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:49.000 For he is at my right hand. 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.000 That I may not be shaken. 00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.659 That sounds familiar. 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.720 Therefore, my heart was glad. 00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:54.819 And, my tongue rejoiced. 00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:57.579 And, my flesh will also dwell in hope. 00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:59.919 For, you will not abandon my soul to Hades. 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:02.299 Or, let your Holy One see corruption. 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:04.259 You make known to me the path of life. 00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:06.960 You will give me fullness of gladness in your presence. 00:32:07.659 --> 00:32:10.700 Listen to what Peter says to comment on Psalm 16. 00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:14.039 Brothers, may I say to you. 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:16.080 With confidence about the patriarch David. 00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:18.319 That he is both dead and buried. 00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.940 And, his tomb is with us to this day. 00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.319 Being, therefore, a prophet. 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:24.840 And, knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him. 00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:27.059 That he would set one of his descendants on the throne. 00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:30.680 He foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ. 00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:33.059 That he was not abandoned to Hades. 00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:36.100 Nor did his flesh see corruption. 00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:40.319 So, what's Peter doing here with Psalm 16? 00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:42.279 He's taking Psalm 16. 00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:45.140 And, he's looking back to the lens of the cross. 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.680 And, the empty tomb. 00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:49.140 And, he's saying, that promise was to David. 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.160 But, it wasn't about David. 00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:53.380 That promise was about David's greater heir. 00:32:54.420 --> 00:33:00.299 That promise was that David and all those who would trust in God's promise of eternal joy. 00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:02.620 Would be delivered from the clutches of death. 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.880 Through the death of another. 00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:07.759 Through the death of David's heir. 00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.880 David's greater son, Jesus. 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:12.640 The only one who didn't deserve death. 00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:16.120 The only one who could swallow the poison of shale. 00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:17.900 Die. 00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:21.180 And, absorb it into his life. 00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.600 And, kill it. 00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:25.240 Because, he was stronger than death. 00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:27.000 He conquered it. 00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:28.700 For all who really deserved it. 00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:30.240 And, were held by it. 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:32.400 He died and was buried. 00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:35.359 So, that he could be raised to newness of life. 00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.000 And, with him. 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:39.120 All those who would put their faith in him. 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.880 God did not abandon his holy one. 00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.740 Capital H. 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.559 Capital O. 00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.039 In the dead. 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.940 In the realm of the dead. 00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.299 But, he raised him. 00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:50.700 So, that David could taste real eternal joy. 00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.980 In God's presence. 00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:53.940 And, not just David. 00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:57.860 Unless Jesus returns in our lifetime. 00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:59.480 We will face death. 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.180 You and I. 00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:02.900 Will stare death in the face. 00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.940 It will come sudden. 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.980 Or, it will come slow. 00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.759 But, we will all face it. 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:13.139 And, yet if you've placed your faith in Jesus. 00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:15.579 In his cross. 00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.420 In his empty tomb. 00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:20.500 Then, you can stare death in the face. 00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.199 And, not despair. 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.719 Why? 00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:29.340 Because, if you were in Christ. 00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:31.840 His death conquered your death. 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:34.320 And, his resurrection power. 00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:35.820 Ushers in your eternal joy. 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.780 And, pleasure. 00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.880 Forevermore. 00:34:41.600 --> 00:34:42.660 In God's presence. 00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.800 Because, of the pain. 00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.000 And, sorrow. 00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:47.060 That he experienced. 00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.280 On our behalf. 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.640 And, this promise of eternal joy. 00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:54.420 Is not just a future reality. 00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:57.540 Notice how verse 11 says. 00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:59.560 That God makes known to us. 00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:01.540 The path of life. 00:35:02.540 --> 00:35:03.760 It will lead us. 00:35:04.040 --> 00:35:04.900 Through this life. 00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:08.119 And, into the next. 00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.579 With joyful confidence. 00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:13.039 Confidence that God holds. 00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:14.800 Our real eternal joy. 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.519 Now. 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.639 And, forever. 00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.340 If you're in Christ. 00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:21.500 You get to taste it now. 00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.700 You have the benefits of it. 00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.300 Even now. 00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:25.539 Dwelling in you. 00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.559 Through God's spirit. 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:29.019 He gives you tastes. 00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.240 Of his joyful presence. 00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:32.019 He gives you tastes. 00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:33.339 Of his resurrection power. 00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:35.079 Changing you from the inside out. 00:35:35.459 --> 00:35:36.259 Preparing you. 00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.599 For that eternal joy. 00:35:40.299 --> 00:35:42.039 If our ultimate trouble. 00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:45.239 Death. 00:35:45.379 --> 00:35:46.979 And, eternal separation from God. 00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:48.419 If it has been overcome. 00:35:48.419 --> 00:35:50.619 By God's eternal joy. 00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.279 At his right hand. 00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:52.979 Through Jesus. 00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:56.019 Then, what can we say about our troubles now? 00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.099 Now. 00:35:57.940 --> 00:36:01.219 The most agonizing personal troubles in this lifetime. 00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:01.719 Though. 00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.380 Incredibly hard. 00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:05.679 Are just peanuts compared. 00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:07.119 To eternity. 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.579 Apart from God. 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.820 And, through Christ. 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:14.440 We know the path of life. 00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:18.480 This psalm is a beautiful tree. 00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:21.099 Our good is in God. 00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:23.019 It's in God alone. 00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:25.239 It's in being near to God. 00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:27.679 It's in God's eternal joy. 00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:29.019 That he's given us in Christ. 00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.900 To taste now. 00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.420 And forever. 00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:33.039 So, as I close. 00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:35.119 Let me ask you to consider three ways. 00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:37.739 To apply what we've meditated on this morning. 00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.579 First. 00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.940 Ask yourself. 00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:45.599 How you might be trying to find your good. 00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.440 Apart from God. 00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:49.699 Is there anything you're saying. 00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.480 In your head. 00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.400 In your heart. 00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:53.559 If I only had this. 00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.240 Then I'd be happy. 00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:58.760 Two. 00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:02.400 Let me challenge you brothers and sisters. 00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:04.180 To draw near in faith. 00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.039 To God. 00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:07.300 And do that. 00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:09.660 Especially in one thing. 00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:13.180 Savoring the deep love. 00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:15.320 That he has for you. 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.019 In Christ. 00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:18.660 How he has drawn near to you. 00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:20.279 Through Jesus. 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:22.659 And brings you near. 00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:25.339 To your real joy. 00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.920 In three. 00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:31.519 Colossians 3 tells us. 00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:34.219 To fix our mind on things above. 00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:36.599 Where Christ is. 00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:38.859 To get our mind on the eternal joy. 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:40.480 That is prepared for us. 00:37:40.859 --> 00:37:41.659 Through Christ. 00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:45.519 Remember the eternal trouble. 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.199 Of hell. 00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:47.759 And how. 00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:50.319 Jesus experienced hell. 00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:51.599 For you. 00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:54.399 To bring you to eternal joy. 00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:56.259 Which we don't deserve. 00:37:57.399 --> 00:37:59.379 Let your good be found there. 00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:02.299 Let's pray together. 00:38:02.879 --> 00:38:04.319 And sing praises to the God. 00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.199 Who is our good. 00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:08.159 Father. 00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.879 Father we thank you. 00:38:08.879 --> 00:38:09.460 That. 00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.859 Apart from you. 00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.399 We. 00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.939 Find no good. 00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.839 That outside of you. 00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:16.539 God nothing. 00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:17.379 Will give us. 00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.319 The eternal joy. 00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.239 That we were made for. 00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.000 I pray. 00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.980 Father that you. 00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:23.219 As a church. 00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.199 God would. 00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.460 Equip us. 00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.960 With this solid. 00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.839 Reminder. 00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:29.859 That. 00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:33.359 You are the path of life. 00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:34.900 And that. 00:38:35.140 --> 00:38:35.900 In your presence. 00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:37.099 Is fullness of joy. 00:38:38.220 --> 00:38:39.220 And at your right hand. 00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.800 Are pleasures. 00:38:40.120 --> 00:38:40.599 Forevermore. 00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.660 May the pleasures. 00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.360 That this world. 00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:43.980 Fade. 00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.700 In comparison. 00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.260 To that. 00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:48.160 Help us to sing now. 00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:48.920 With joy. 00:38:49.120 --> 00:38:49.780 And with faith. 00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.240 In Christ's name. 00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:51.640 Amen.