WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.260 In addition to being composed with such beautiful lyric, 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:06.100 the Psalms have a fantastic way 00:00:06.100 --> 00:00:07.759 of bringing comfort to our hearts. 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:11.359 They're prayerful in the way that they are written, 00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:14.839 of course, as prayers that are intended to be set to music. 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:18.660 They help us to voice our prayers to the Lord. 00:00:18.980 --> 00:00:21.740 Perhaps you have a habit of praying through the Psalms. 00:00:22.339 --> 00:00:23.760 If you have never done that, 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:25.260 I would encourage you to do that. 00:00:25.780 --> 00:00:27.219 Mark through, study through them. 00:00:27.219 --> 00:00:29.779 Mark the ones that would be helpful 00:00:29.779 --> 00:00:32.320 in different seasons of your life and come back to those 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:34.799 and allow God to teach you through his word 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:36.759 how to actually pray to him 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.239 and how to lift your voice in worship to him. 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:45.239 But the Psalms also have a way of unlocking doorways 00:00:45.939 --> 00:00:49.460 into deeper understandings of Bible doctrine. 00:00:50.480 --> 00:00:53.079 In fact, some would suggest that the Psalms 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:57.939 are really a concise commentary on the Bible as a whole. 00:00:58.739 --> 00:01:00.280 That as you study through the Psalms, 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.200 you'll find all the necessary doctrines there 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:05.539 for us to understand, of course, in a veiled way, 00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:07.500 but you'll see the doctrines that are there 00:01:07.500 --> 00:01:09.120 to help teach us who God is. 00:01:09.299 --> 00:01:10.780 They teach us about creation. 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:14.319 They teach us about our sin and our need for redemption. 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:16.620 They teach us about a savior. 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:19.879 They teach us that that savior is the Lord God. 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:21.640 And they teach us how to lament. 00:01:22.060 --> 00:01:23.879 They teach us so many different things. 00:01:24.019 --> 00:01:25.939 And it's no surprise to us then 00:01:25.939 --> 00:01:29.739 that Jesus and the apostles quoted from them 00:01:29.739 --> 00:01:32.199 so often in the New Testament. 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:35.340 In fact, as you study through the New Testament, 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:36.759 you'll find that the authors there 00:01:36.759 --> 00:01:41.979 employ the Psalms often when preaching the gospel. 00:01:41.980 --> 00:01:44.660 You just read it a moment ago 00:01:44.660 --> 00:01:46.040 as we're going through Romans 15, 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:48.560 at least four different times in Romans 15, 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:50.020 maybe even more than that. 00:01:50.300 --> 00:01:52.939 Romans 15, Paul quotes the Psalms 00:01:52.939 --> 00:01:55.000 in order to encourage our hearts 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.300 about the goodness of God in the gospel, 00:01:57.520 --> 00:01:59.200 that he has brought the Gentiles 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.080 and the Jews together in the gospel of Christ. 00:02:02.240 --> 00:02:04.320 It wasn't to the gospel literature 00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:05.980 that Paul appealed to in that moment. 00:02:06.260 --> 00:02:07.240 Those weren't even written yet. 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:10.240 It was actually to the Psalms that he appealed to 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:12.400 in order to preach that gospel truth. 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:14.640 The other apostles did the same thing. 00:02:15.420 --> 00:02:16.560 Jesus used them often. 00:02:17.460 --> 00:02:19.439 You'll remember even as in reading 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:22.760 the narratives about his crucifixion, 00:02:23.020 --> 00:02:25.200 in the words that Jesus cried out 00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:26.620 from the cross itself, 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:28.480 he was quoting the Psalms. 00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:29.460 Why? 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:33.740 So that we would connect the covenant promises of God 00:02:33.740 --> 00:02:36.560 to his sacrifice and his atoning death 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:38.740 on the cross for our sins. 00:02:38.740 --> 00:02:40.040 What was it that he used? 00:02:40.300 --> 00:02:42.080 What was the Psalms that he used? 00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:44.240 They're wonderfully doctrinal in that way. 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:47.620 But they're actually very helpfully practical as well. 00:02:48.500 --> 00:02:51.240 They don't only teach us the truths of God, 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.760 they teach us how we're to respond 00:02:53.760 --> 00:02:55.320 to the truths of God, don't they? 00:02:56.500 --> 00:02:57.879 They instruct our praise. 00:02:58.860 --> 00:03:00.379 Psalm 150, verse six, 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:03.600 let everything that has breath praise the Lord. 00:03:04.040 --> 00:03:06.020 Praise the Lord, David says, 00:03:06.020 --> 00:03:07.700 over and over and over. 00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:09.000 We see it again in Psalm 30, 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:09.960 over and over. 00:03:10.040 --> 00:03:11.740 That's what the Psalms are telling us to do. 00:03:12.020 --> 00:03:13.240 Here's who God is. 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:14.860 Here's what he has done. 00:03:15.200 --> 00:03:17.680 Now worship him, praise him, 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:19.480 lift your voice with singing, 00:03:19.939 --> 00:03:22.580 lift your voice in the congregation of God's people 00:03:22.580 --> 00:03:24.620 and sing his praise. 00:03:25.660 --> 00:03:27.500 But they don't only teach us to praise. 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:29.960 They teach us to confess. 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:34.599 Psalm 51 comes to mind in particular, doesn't it? 00:03:35.540 --> 00:03:37.379 After David's sin with Bathsheba, 00:03:37.820 --> 00:03:42.500 God sends the prophet Nathan to call him out on his sin. 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:45.560 And he goes through that season of suffering 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:46.680 as a result of his sin. 00:03:47.300 --> 00:03:49.960 And at the conclusion of that, looking back on it, 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:52.700 David writes Psalm 51 where he says, 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:54.420 have mercy on me, oh God. 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:57.180 According to your steadfast love, 00:03:57.180 --> 00:03:59.960 according to your abundant mercy, 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:02.040 blot out my transgressions. 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:04.980 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:06.840 Cleanse me from my sin. 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:08.260 They teach us to praise. 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:10.819 They also teach us to confess, confess. 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:13.280 There's no excuses given in those confessions. 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:17.220 The confession is, I'm a sinner. 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:18.920 I need your mercy. 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:20.500 The Psalms teach us that. 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:22.860 They teach us to lament. 00:04:22.860 --> 00:04:27.840 That's something we don't often know how to do. 00:04:27.900 --> 00:04:30.400 In fact, we're so opposed to grief. 00:04:30.540 --> 00:04:32.139 We want to be shielded from death 00:04:32.139 --> 00:04:34.420 in so many different ways now in our culture 00:04:34.420 --> 00:04:38.000 that we have no idea how we're to respond to it 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:39.900 when we actually go through a season of grief. 00:04:40.660 --> 00:04:42.139 But the Psalms teach us. 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:43.300 They teach us how. 00:04:44.280 --> 00:04:45.180 Psalm 13. 00:04:45.699 --> 00:04:46.560 The whole Psalm, really. 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:48.780 David cries out again. 00:04:48.779 --> 00:04:52.859 How long, O Lord, will you forget me forever? 00:04:53.819 --> 00:04:55.899 How long will you hide your face from me? 00:04:56.619 --> 00:04:59.279 How long must I take counsel in my soul 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:01.659 and have sorrow in my heart all day? 00:05:02.299 --> 00:05:05.339 How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 00:05:05.699 --> 00:05:08.079 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God. 00:05:08.419 --> 00:05:11.939 Lift up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death. 00:05:12.739 --> 00:05:15.159 Lest my enemy say I have prevailed over him. 00:05:15.559 --> 00:05:18.500 Lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken. 00:05:19.739 --> 00:05:21.399 That's an extreme lament. 00:05:22.919 --> 00:05:27.019 And the Psalm in Psalm 13 never actually gives a solution to it. 00:05:27.099 --> 00:05:29.899 It never gives a conclusion that anything had actually happened. 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:31.479 But in the midst of this lament, 00:05:31.699 --> 00:05:35.259 the way David closes out his prayer is with praise. 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:38.719 But I have trusted in your steadfast love. 00:05:39.679 --> 00:05:41.779 My heart shall rejoice in your salvation. 00:05:42.139 --> 00:05:45.759 I will sing to the Lord because he has dealt bountifully with me. 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:49.319 And David pens that before the Lord had actually dealt bountifully with him 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:50.719 in that particular scenario. 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:52.379 They teach us to lament. 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:53.920 How to grieve. 00:05:55.500 --> 00:06:02.279 Psalm 30 contains both doctrinal insight and this practical instruction. 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:07.839 And it's bookended by two resolute statements of praise. 00:06:08.659 --> 00:06:10.000 Verse 1, David opens, 00:06:10.419 --> 00:06:12.419 I will extol you, O Lord. 00:06:12.979 --> 00:06:15.979 And then he closes on the other end of it in verse number 12. 00:06:16.239 --> 00:06:19.079 I will give thanks to you, O my God. 00:06:19.500 --> 00:06:21.379 Forever I will give thanks. 00:06:21.379 --> 00:06:26.740 And so it follows then that the main intention here, this Psalm, 00:06:27.219 --> 00:06:30.740 is to encourage us in a worshipful thanksgiving, 00:06:30.939 --> 00:06:32.959 which makes it fitting for our study today. 00:06:33.379 --> 00:06:39.000 But there's a secondary line of emphasis in the midst of this Psalm 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:42.819 that cautions us against arrogance, 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:49.199 reminds us of the necessity of confession when we fall into sin, 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:54.139 specifically the sin of prideful ingratitude. 00:06:54.740 --> 00:06:58.519 So let's set the context here with the title and the superscription of the Psalm. 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:01.219 Look with me just before verse number 1. 00:07:01.539 --> 00:07:06.279 A Psalm of David, a song at the dedication of the temple. 00:07:06.419 --> 00:07:08.120 That's the contextual clue that we have. 00:07:08.939 --> 00:07:12.120 And I believe that it's best to view these superscriptions in the Psalms 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.779 as inspired scripture. 00:07:14.779 --> 00:07:14.899 Sure. 00:07:16.419 --> 00:07:19.459 It's unfortunate that the way that some of our Bibles are printed 00:07:19.459 --> 00:07:23.339 is perhaps, depending on what kind of Bible you have, 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:25.879 these superscriptions may be set to the side 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:29.719 or they may be diminished in their size or italicized or something like that. 00:07:29.919 --> 00:07:31.279 I think that's actually unfortunate 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:34.259 because it leads us to think that the titles for these 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:36.500 are not a part of the inspired scripture. 00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:40.179 And that since that's not a part of the entire inspired scripture, 00:07:40.359 --> 00:07:42.619 there's no reason for us to give any attention to it. 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:44.060 But I don't think that that's true. 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:48.579 I actually think that these superscriptions are given to us 00:07:48.579 --> 00:07:51.560 as contextual clues that are inspired by God. 00:07:51.660 --> 00:07:53.379 But of course, not everyone agrees with that. 00:07:54.139 --> 00:07:58.840 In fact, there's some dispute over this specific Psalm and its title. 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:01.840 You'll notice it says that it's a Psalm of David 00:08:01.840 --> 00:08:04.220 and then immediately it follows it up and says that it was 00:08:04.220 --> 00:08:06.160 for the dedication of the temple. 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:10.980 Some have argued that this must have been added at a later time in history 00:08:10.980 --> 00:08:14.980 because David wasn't alive at the dedication of the temple. 00:08:15.840 --> 00:08:18.120 But I don't think that there's a convincing reason 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:21.060 to assume that this isn't actually original to him. 00:08:21.140 --> 00:08:23.240 And I think this will help us set the context here. 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:29.180 Spurgeon was persuaded that David wrote this particular Psalm 00:08:29.180 --> 00:08:32.759 in reflection on his sin when he numbered the people. 00:08:33.259 --> 00:08:33.980 Do you remember that? 00:08:34.940 --> 00:08:36.940 Towards later on in David's life, 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:40.540 we often think of David's sin, we think about maybe multiple wives 00:08:40.540 --> 00:08:43.200 or we especially will think about his sin with Bathsheba 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:44.820 and his murder of Uriah. 00:08:45.160 --> 00:08:47.740 We don't always think about his sin of pride 00:08:47.740 --> 00:08:48.900 in numbering the people though. 00:08:49.920 --> 00:08:51.440 And it was one of the most destructive 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:53.960 as far as the consequences are concerned. 00:08:55.020 --> 00:08:57.000 David had numbered the people against God's will. 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:59.520 He even had plenty of warnings not to do it. 00:08:59.580 --> 00:09:01.340 His own right-hand man, Joab, is saying, 00:09:01.540 --> 00:09:02.380 please don't do this. 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:05.520 But David, in his pride, wanted to number the people 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:06.600 and he moved forward with it. 00:09:06.620 --> 00:09:09.100 And God judged him severely because of that. 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:14.159 In fact, 70,000 people lost their lives to a plague 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:16.620 as a result of the consequences that came along with that. 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:19.840 Well, Spurgeon was persuaded that when David wrote Psalm 30, 00:09:19.980 --> 00:09:24.019 it was a reflection on that particular event in his life. 00:09:24.079 --> 00:09:25.879 And I find that quite convincing actually 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:27.840 when you think through these 12 verses. 00:09:29.259 --> 00:09:33.159 God had told David to purchase Ornan's threshing floor 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:33.799 at the end of that. 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.079 Remember, the angel of the Lord had stretched his sword out. 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:39.159 He was headed toward Jerusalem to continue this plague. 00:09:40.299 --> 00:09:42.139 David was crying out for mercy. 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:44.919 And God said, there's a man named Ornan. 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:45.559 He's over here. 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:46.459 He's threshing wheat. 00:09:47.059 --> 00:09:48.939 Go purchase his threshing floor. 00:09:49.079 --> 00:09:50.039 David does that. 00:09:50.740 --> 00:09:52.919 And then David says, the Lord stays his hand 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:55.120 and he removes the plague in that moment. 00:09:55.319 --> 00:09:56.799 But then remember what David said. 00:09:57.259 --> 00:10:00.179 He dedicated that specific location then 00:10:00.179 --> 00:10:04.399 to then be the site of the temple that would come. 00:10:04.939 --> 00:10:06.859 Not that was coming in his lifetime, 00:10:07.179 --> 00:10:09.899 but that was coming after his lifetime. 00:10:10.659 --> 00:10:13.419 So when David writes this Psalm and he adds this, 00:10:13.500 --> 00:10:15.799 this is a Psalm for the dedication of the temple. 00:10:16.079 --> 00:10:18.259 This is not because David was there. 00:10:18.419 --> 00:10:20.479 It's because David was faithful 00:10:20.479 --> 00:10:23.379 in thinking of God's fulfillment of his promise. 00:10:23.379 --> 00:10:25.899 He knew God would be faithful. 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:29.179 He trusted God explicitly with the promise 00:10:29.179 --> 00:10:30.179 that he had made to him 00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:32.820 that would ultimately be fulfilled in Solomon. 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:36.659 So David not only expresses his personal praise here, 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:39.559 but he anticipates that all of God's people then, 00:10:40.220 --> 00:10:43.580 all of Israel would remember God's mercy 00:10:43.580 --> 00:10:45.480 in staying the plague 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:47.980 when they eventually come to the temple 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:51.680 to lift up their voices in dedication of that temple 00:10:51.680 --> 00:10:54.139 to God's goodness and God's faithfulness. 00:10:54.460 --> 00:10:55.320 That's why it's here. 00:10:55.820 --> 00:10:56.920 It's within that context 00:10:56.920 --> 00:10:59.420 that I think we need to understand this Psalm 00:10:59.420 --> 00:11:01.639 and apply it to our own hearts today. 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:05.000 The main drive here is 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:09.200 that despite the many sorrows of our life, 00:11:10.379 --> 00:11:12.279 specifically the sorrows that come 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:13.580 as a result of our own sin, 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:15.200 the chastening hand of the Lord, 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.080 that despite all of those things, 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:19.540 God is faithful. 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:22.280 He's faithful to hear us. 00:11:22.660 --> 00:11:25.379 He's faithful to forgive us 00:11:25.379 --> 00:11:28.160 and he's faithful to save us. 00:11:28.700 --> 00:11:30.940 And what this reality does 00:11:30.940 --> 00:11:35.660 is it produces in us praise and thanksgiving. 00:11:36.300 --> 00:11:37.440 And so my goal this morning 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:38.900 in working through this is twofold. 00:11:40.379 --> 00:11:43.000 First, I wanna encourage you 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.240 in the truth of God's faithfulness. 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:50.799 As we look at David's own testimony here, 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:53.019 I hope that you'll come from it 00:11:53.019 --> 00:11:54.620 and encourage to recognize 00:11:54.620 --> 00:11:56.100 that God is a faithful God. 00:11:57.500 --> 00:11:59.700 He is true to his promises. 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:02.080 He will forgive 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:04.379 and he will bless. 00:12:05.659 --> 00:12:07.240 And then I hope that 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:09.259 as we study through this, 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:12.679 it will give you perhaps some perspective 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:15.319 as you gather with family and friends 00:12:15.319 --> 00:12:17.159 throughout this Thanksgiving holiday, okay? 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:18.279 So let's work through it together. 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:19.779 If you wanna keep notes along, 00:12:20.059 --> 00:12:20.379 number one, 00:12:20.439 --> 00:12:21.580 the first thing that I have here 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:23.039 is David's rescue. 00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:24.980 David's rescue. 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:27.639 Look with me again at verses one through three. 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:29.759 David says, 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:31.299 I will extol you, O Lord, 00:12:31.779 --> 00:12:33.139 for you have drawn me up 00:12:33.139 --> 00:12:36.080 and have not let my foes rejoice over me. 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:37.899 O Lord, my God, 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:39.379 I cried to you for help 00:12:39.379 --> 00:12:41.159 and you have healed me. 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:44.679 O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:46.899 You restored me to life 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:49.480 from among those who go down to the pit. 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:51.639 Right out of the gate here, 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:53.319 David burst into praise. 00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:54.740 And he declares, 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:56.279 not only his praise in that moment, 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:59.199 he declares his intention to continue, 00:12:59.379 --> 00:13:01.620 to continue in extolling the Lord. 00:13:02.019 --> 00:13:04.339 Notice the future tense of the verb here, 00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:05.439 the very first phrase, 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.519 I will extol you, O Lord. 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:10.779 Now, is David's intention 00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:12.199 that he would write these things 00:13:12.199 --> 00:13:13.639 and that there would be a future event 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:14.799 that he would actually come around 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:16.159 to actually doing it? 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:17.559 No, I don't think so. 00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:21.079 I think amid his present state of worship, 00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:23.879 he declares that there would be no end 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:25.220 to his praise. 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:28.500 Not only would he worship the Lord in that moment, 00:13:28.660 --> 00:13:30.800 but he would exalt the Lord forever 00:13:30.800 --> 00:13:32.600 and ever and ever. 00:13:32.779 --> 00:13:34.800 And before he says anything else in this psalm, 00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:36.899 the first thing he does is declare 00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:39.639 his never-ending praise to God. 00:13:39.820 --> 00:13:41.680 I will extol you, O Lord. 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.259 But what was the reason for this commitment to praise? 00:13:46.940 --> 00:13:49.480 It was a response to God's faithfulness 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:53.480 in rescuing him from certain death. 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:59.420 If it's correct that this psalm refers to David's sin 00:13:59.420 --> 00:14:00.460 of numbering the people, 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:04.300 then it's possible that the plague itself 00:14:04.300 --> 00:14:05.300 had touched David. 00:14:06.940 --> 00:14:08.440 And we don't know if that's the case for sure. 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:09.820 There were other times in the psalms 00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:11.399 that we know David to have been sick, 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:13.500 even sick to the point of death. 00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:16.100 But whatever the circumstances might have been, 00:14:16.100 --> 00:14:20.220 God had graciously rescued David 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:22.259 from impending death, 00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:23.440 in this case, 00:14:24.040 --> 00:14:26.240 because of severe illness. 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:29.620 And three times here in these three verses, 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:32.279 he declares God's action in doing this. 00:14:32.540 --> 00:14:33.620 Look out with me again. 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:34.480 Verse number one, 00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:36.840 you have drawn me up. 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:37.899 Verse two, 00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:40.000 you have healed me. 00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:41.120 Verse three, 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:44.159 you have brought up my soul from death. 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:46.460 Three times he says, 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:47.460 I will praise you, 00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:47.820 oh Lord, 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:49.519 because what you have done, 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:51.060 you have rescued me. 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:52.519 You have drawn me up. 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.879 You have healed me. 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:56.980 You have rescued me from death. 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:00.379 There's no question in David's mind here 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:02.820 who was responsible for this salvation. 00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:05.820 He wasn't deluded into thinking 00:15:05.820 --> 00:15:07.779 that it was in his own power or will, 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:10.720 nor was it in the wisdom of physicians. 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:14.399 Like a bucket drawn up from a deep well, 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:16.539 God had lifted David 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:18.639 from the darkness of death, 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.980 and this resulted in bursts of praise. 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:25.220 I will extol you, oh Lord. 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:27.679 Now some of you have experienced this before. 00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:31.360 You've experienced what it's like to be 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.480 just a step from death 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.360 because of some type of physical illness. 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:37.899 And you know exactly how David feels in this moment. 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:41.000 You know what it's like to cry out to the Lord. 00:15:41.560 --> 00:15:42.539 Save me, Lord. 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:45.759 You know exactly what it's like 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:47.539 to experience the comfort 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:49.539 and the peace of God working 00:15:50.060 --> 00:15:52.840 a healing miracle in your life. 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:54.539 Some of you know exactly what that's like. 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:56.560 There's a specific application 00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:57.879 to you here in this song. 00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.740 But it's just not, 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:01.700 it's not written only to those 00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:04.799 who have been rescued from physical illness. 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:08.579 It's a deeper spiritual application here, 00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.000 isn't there? 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.579 Has not Jesus rescued all of us from death as well? 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:17.219 If you know him, 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:21.000 it's exactly death that he has rescued you from. 00:16:22.859 --> 00:16:25.179 Spurgeon wrote this in relation to this psalm. 00:16:25.179 --> 00:16:28.079 Grace has lifted us up from the pit of hell, 00:16:28.419 --> 00:16:29.919 from the ditch of sin, 00:16:30.239 --> 00:16:32.000 from the slough of despond, 00:16:32.239 --> 00:16:33.659 from the bed of sickness, 00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:36.399 from the bondage of doubts and fears. 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:39.479 Have we no song to offer for all this? 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:42.420 How high has our Lord lifted us? 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:45.240 Lifted us up into the children's place 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:47.279 to be adopted into the family. 00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:50.120 Lifted us up into union with Christ 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:52.860 to sit together with him in heavenly places. 00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:55.379 Lift high the name of our God, he writes, 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:57.560 for he has lifted us above the stars. 00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:01.440 Is that not exactly what Christ has done for us 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:02.080 in the gospel? 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:05.259 Through his own sacrifice on the cross, 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:08.000 as a result of his grace through our faith, 00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:10.220 has he not rescued us from death? 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:14.440 Has he not saved us from the pit of despair, 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.559 from the darkness of sin? 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:21.539 So lift high your name and praise to him. 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:24.539 That's why again and again and again, 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.619 Sunday by Sunday, 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:27.480 we continually come back to songs 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:30.240 that specifically reflect on the gospel truth 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.779 of what Christ has done. 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:33.599 That's why we learn a song like, 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.579 Oh, give thanks, 00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:36.399 because we give thanks to the Father, 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:38.220 the Son, and the Spirit in that song. 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:38.859 Why? 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:40.439 Because what he has done for us 00:17:40.439 --> 00:17:44.039 in rescuing us from death and hell. 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:49.079 But it's not just David and Spurgeon 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:50.439 who think this is the case. 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.259 Paul thought it was too. 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.299 Ephesians chapter two. 00:17:55.179 --> 00:17:56.139 And you were dead. 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:58.399 You were dead, not dying. 00:17:58.740 --> 00:18:01.720 You were dead in your trespasses and sins 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:03.579 in which you once walked. 00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:06.160 Following the course of this world, 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:08.819 following the prince of the power of the air, 00:18:09.380 --> 00:18:11.039 the spirit that is now at work 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:12.600 and the sons of disobedience, 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:15.299 among whom we all once lived 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:16.740 in the passions of our flesh, 00:18:17.100 --> 00:18:19.819 carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, 00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:22.059 and were by nature children of wrath 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:23.220 like the rest of mankind. 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.460 And then he writes, 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:28.059 But God, being rich in mercy, 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:31.600 because of his great love with which he loved us, 00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:34.279 even when we were dead in our trespasses, 00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:37.259 made us alive together with Christ. 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:39.420 By grace, you have been saved. 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:41.240 We can sing with David, 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.920 whether you've had a near-death experience 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:46.140 as a relation to an illness or disease or not. 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.819 It doesn't matter. 00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:49.039 If you're a believer, you can sing with David. 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:50.940 I will extol you, O Lord, 00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:53.119 for you have lifted me up. 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:54.859 You have healed me. 00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:57.220 You have brought me up from death 00:18:57.220 --> 00:19:00.000 because in Christ, that's exactly what he has done. 00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:03.579 He has rescued you from eternal hell, 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:06.159 from the consequences of your sin. 00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:10.700 So the beginning and the end of our Thanksgiving this week 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:12.639 should be in reflection 00:19:12.639 --> 00:19:15.720 of how Christ has rescued us from death. 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.180 How? 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:19.360 Through his own death 00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:21.180 and through his resurrection. 00:19:22.580 --> 00:19:24.680 So as you gather at the table on Thursday, 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.000 sing this song with David. 00:19:27.840 --> 00:19:29.460 I will extol you, O Lord, 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:32.900 for you have brought me up from death. 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.680 So we see David's rescue. 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:36.120 That's his personal praise. 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:38.360 Secondly, we see David's invitation. 00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:39.880 David's invitation. 00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.680 Look at verse four. 00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:44.860 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:47.519 and give thanks to his holy name. 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:50.679 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:52.959 and give thanks to his holy name. 00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:56.439 So after declaring his personal praise, 00:19:57.779 --> 00:20:00.219 David issued a call for all of us 00:20:00.219 --> 00:20:01.559 to join him in this worship. 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:05.719 It's a reminder that there are both private 00:20:05.719 --> 00:20:08.559 and public dimensions to our worship, isn't there? 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:13.220 It's not enough only to express praise 00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:15.019 in the privacy of your prayer closet, 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:17.879 but we are to lift our voices together 00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:19.619 in the congregation of the saints 00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:23.059 as we joyfully exalt the goodness of God. 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:25.599 But notice here in this verse, 00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:30.319 David specifies a particular attribute 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:32.679 for which he intends for us 00:20:32.679 --> 00:20:34.480 to sing the praise of God. 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:38.099 We're accustomed to giving thanks to God 00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:40.279 for his grace, for his love, 00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:41.960 for his compassion, and we should. 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:44.279 David here tells us, 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:47.940 give thanks to the Lord for his holy name, 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.599 his holiness. 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.779 It's unique, isn't it? 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.920 Why such an emphasis on holiness? 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:57.759 I would suggest that it's because 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:59.519 all of the attributes of God 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:01.980 flow freely from his holiness. 00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:06.039 He is high and holy above all of his creation. 00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:09.779 We offer praise and thanks to him 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:11.019 because of that. 00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:14.059 He's gracious because he's holy. 00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:17.779 He's just because he's holy. 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:21.539 He's merciful because he's holy. 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:24.720 But John Phillips helps to narrow 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:27.559 our perspective of this in relation to this psalm. 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:30.180 He writes, it's God's holiness 00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:33.500 that is the basis of all punishment. 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:36.640 For God is of purer eyes 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.940 than to behold iniquity. 00:21:39.100 --> 00:21:41.779 But God's holiness is also the basis 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:43.539 of all pardon. 00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:46.120 God does not say, 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.720 you're sorry you've sinned, 00:21:47.820 --> 00:21:49.299 I'm sorry you've sinned, 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:51.259 so let's just forget the whole thing. 00:21:52.320 --> 00:21:54.120 Such a policy, Phillips writes, 00:21:54.360 --> 00:21:56.240 would erode the very foundations 00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:57.100 of his throne. 00:21:57.099 --> 00:22:00.779 But God had to find a righteous way 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.099 to pardon men. 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:04.240 The way of the cross. 00:22:05.459 --> 00:22:07.579 Isn't that why we thank him for his holiness? 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:10.659 When we really begin to narrow it down? 00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:13.319 It's because of God's holiness 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:15.359 that we are condemned to eternal hell. 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:18.319 It's also because of God's holiness 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:20.399 that his own son was worthy 00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:22.599 to pay the price for our sin. 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:25.259 And it is out of that holiness 00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:27.279 that then he provides the pardon. 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:29.359 He judges Christ, 00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.439 the perfect, 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.699 the righteous one, 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:33.179 on behalf of sinners 00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:35.759 in order that we might be made righteous 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:37.199 in Christ. 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:40.839 That's all the overflow of the holiness of God. 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.899 The perfection of God. 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:45.599 The righteousness of God. 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:47.859 And it's because of this holiness 00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:50.759 that we give voice to our song. 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:53.059 But then look at verse five. 00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:56.539 For his anger is but for a moment, 00:22:56.679 --> 00:22:57.459 David continues, 00:22:58.259 --> 00:23:00.119 and his favor is for a lifetime. 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.619 Then he restates that 00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.859 in an illustrative way. 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:05.279 Weeping may tarry for the night, 00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:08.579 but joy comes with the morning. 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:11.279 So in the first three verses, 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:13.579 David grounds his personal praise 00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:15.079 in God's salvation. 00:23:15.439 --> 00:23:17.159 But he anchors his invitation 00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:18.379 to the saints here 00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:20.299 in a different perspective 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.559 of God's faithfulness. 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:24.859 Remember, to apply verse five correctly, 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:26.179 we have to recognize 00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:29.179 that it was written specifically 00:23:29.179 --> 00:23:31.279 to those who belong to God. 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.740 That is, in verse four, 00:23:33.179 --> 00:23:34.559 O you his saints. 00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:36.539 That's the application here. 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.839 The reason is 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:39.139 because the promise 00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:43.199 for a temporary form of God's anger 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:45.319 is never given in the scriptures 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.380 for sinners. 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:48.080 It's not for those 00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:49.220 who don't follow Christ. 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.960 There's nothing temporary 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.120 about God's anger 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:53.559 against unrepentant sinners. 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:56.440 What David has in mind here 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:59.279 is the reality of God's chastening 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:02.120 when believers sin. 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:04.299 It's interesting, isn't it? 00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.360 In verse four, he says, 00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:06.180 lift up your voices, 00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:08.319 O you saints, saints, 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:10.159 for God's anger 00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:12.179 is but for a moment. 00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:14.500 Now, if he's dealing with saints, 00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.399 why in the world 00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:17.960 would he reference God's anger? 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:22.619 Because our place in God's family 00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:24.059 as saints 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.859 does not preclude 00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:27.700 our ability to commit sin. 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:31.859 And just because we belong to God 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:33.200 doesn't mean that he just 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.500 lets our sins slide. 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:36.619 There are consequences 00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.380 to our sin. 00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.900 God judges, 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:42.519 but he judges differently 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.839 those who belong to him 00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:46.240 than those who do not. 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:49.099 This promise proclaims 00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:51.059 that though it may be necessary 00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:53.099 for us to endure God's correction 00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.880 for a season, 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.960 that correction 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.880 is only for a moment. 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.920 We never actually lose 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.920 his favor. 00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:04.420 That's encouraging. 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.779 This is a wonderful truth here. 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:09.120 Our place as saints 00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:10.500 doesn't preclude our sin. 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.880 And though we often 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.880 sin against him, 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:14.140 his loving grace 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:15.580 is set on us 00:25:15.580 --> 00:25:16.660 for all of eternity. 00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:19.300 He will never abandon you. 00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:21.360 That's what's amazing about this. 00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.519 Why is he telling us 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.400 to sing of this? 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.680 Why is he telling us 00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:26.100 to give thanks for God's anger? 00:25:26.100 --> 00:25:27.320 Because God's anger 00:25:27.320 --> 00:25:28.180 is for a moment, 00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.420 but his favor 00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.800 for those who belong to him 00:25:30.800 --> 00:25:31.820 never ends. 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.900 It's forever 00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:34.300 and ever. 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.279 He may take us 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.420 through a night of weeping, 00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:39.320 but his promise 00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:40.660 is that morning will come. 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:43.300 And with the morning 00:25:43.300 --> 00:25:45.720 will be a renewed joy 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:47.420 in his salvation. 00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:49.900 So as you gather 00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.600 with your family 00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.820 and friends this Thursday, 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.960 give thanks to God 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:56.120 for his eternal favor. 00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:59.439 Don't despair. 00:25:59.439 --> 00:26:00.159 Don't despair 00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:02.919 if you're in the dark night 00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.899 of his chastening. 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.479 Joy will come. 00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:09.339 Morning will come 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:11.699 for all who will 00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:12.979 with penitent hearts 00:26:12.979 --> 00:26:15.299 rest in his loving care. 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:17.680 But there is a word 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.299 of warning here. 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.480 If God's anger 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:23.039 towards the sins 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.899 of his own people 00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.919 is so severe 00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:27.359 that it need be short, 00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.960 how terrifying 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.799 must be 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:32.440 his eternal judgment 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:34.039 against those 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.700 who reject 00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.859 his salvation. 00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:39.319 So come to Jesus today. 00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:43.859 Receive his eternal favor 00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:45.000 today. 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.319 Because weeping 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:49.339 may last for a night, 00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:51.439 but joy comes 00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:51.939 in the morning. 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.740 His anger 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.899 is but for a moment. 00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:57.019 You'll never lose 00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.559 his favor. 00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:59.899 And so we're encouraged 00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.839 to gather with David 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.619 in that sense 00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.220 and sing our praise 00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.099 as his saints 00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.720 to the Lord. 00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.779 Then we see finally 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.960 David's experience. 00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.240 David's experience. 00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.559 Verses 6-12 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:14.159 are a personal illustration. 00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.859 They are illustrating 00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.919 the point that David 00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.720 has just made 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.940 in verses 4-5. 00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.299 That God's anger 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.099 toward his saints 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.019 is but for a moment, 00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.720 but that his favor 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.519 is for a lifetime. 00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.539 So his thankfulness 00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.960 for God's continuing favor 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:30.700 was not based on theory, 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.220 but it was actually 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.619 based on his own experience 00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:35.240 of receiving God's mercy 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:37.259 again and again and again. 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.259 Look at verse 6. 00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.119 First thing we see 00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.879 is his sin. 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.940 As for me, 00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.759 David says, 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:44.079 this is himself 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.980 he's talking about. 00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.819 I said in my prosperity, 00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.759 I shall never be moved. 00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:50.700 By your favor, 00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.119 O Lord, 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.700 you have made 00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.700 my mountain stand, 00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:54.539 but you hid your face. 00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.539 I was dismayed. 00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:59.399 David recalls a time 00:27:59.399 --> 00:28:00.539 when he became 00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.460 self-assured 00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:03.039 and conceited. 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:05.180 Instead of recognizing 00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.619 God's gracious favor 00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.879 in prospering him, 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.500 instead of offering 00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.920 thanksgiving to God, 00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.579 David actually became 00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.980 guilty of a prideful 00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:15.000 arrogance. 00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.940 This only served 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.960 to produce more sin 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.700 in his life 00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:20.700 so that what ended up 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.119 happening 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:22.680 was God removed 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.740 his hand of blessing. 00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:25.500 again, 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.319 Spurgeon says, 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.680 no temptation 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.799 is so bad 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.700 as tranquility. 00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.380 No temptation 00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.640 is so bad 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:34.180 as tranquility. 00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.640 We're guilty of this 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.319 from time to time, 00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.700 aren't we? 00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:40.240 We pray for God's help. 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:42.440 We pray for his prosperity. 00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.160 He provides it. 00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.579 And then we think 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.480 that we've done something 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.319 to achieve it. 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.620 David says, 00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.160 there was a time 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.720 in my life 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.700 it was actually God, 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.180 he says, 00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:53.259 in verse 7. 00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.759 It was actually 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.860 by the favor of God 00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.559 that my mountain 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.819 was made to stand strong. 00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.640 But as for me, 00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:59.180 I said in my prosperity, 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.779 I shall never be moved. 00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:04.140 And then he found out 00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:05.480 that God hid his face. 00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.740 He became dismayed 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.360 because the hand 00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:09.299 of God's blessing 00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.640 was removed. 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.740 And so, 00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.259 again, 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.019 it's easy to see 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.660 how this could 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.600 be connected 00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:17.420 to David's sin 00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.420 of numbering the people. 00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:20.779 It was pride 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.680 that led David 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.940 to issue the census. 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.380 And the consequences 00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.100 were severe. 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.500 The Lord hid his face, 00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:31.240 removed his hand, 00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:33.120 and afflicted the king. 00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.300 And there's a warning 00:29:35.300 --> 00:29:36.039 here for us 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.759 of the dangers 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.800 of ingratitude 00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:38.400 and pride. 00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.640 Don't take the weak 00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.140 for granted. 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.480 Don't waste 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.200 your opportunity. 00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.360 Why? 00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.600 Because it will always 00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.720 lead to prideful arrogance 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.519 and sinfulness. 00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.220 So David sinned 00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.620 and he lost 00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.480 the blessing of God. 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.279 Secondly, 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.440 we see his confession. 00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:54.060 So in his experience, 00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.940 we see his sin 00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.440 and we see his confession. 00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:57.240 Look at verse 8. 00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.820 To you, 00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.259 O Lord, 00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:00.900 I cry. 00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.600 To the Lord, 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:04.060 I plead for mercy. 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.480 And here was his plea. 00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.960 What profit 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:08.200 is there in my death 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.460 if I go down 00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.080 to the pit? 00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.940 Will the dust 00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.640 praise you? 00:30:13.320 --> 00:30:14.060 Will it tell 00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:15.160 of your faithfulness? 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.980 Hear, 00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.660 O Lord, 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.500 and be merciful 00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.140 to me. 00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.900 O Lord, 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.740 be my helper. 00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:25.220 Similar situation 00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.580 to this 00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.180 took place 00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.880 with King Asa 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:30.800 in 2 Chronicles 16. 00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:33.620 Asa was otherwise 00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.460 a great king. 00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.779 The scriptures say 00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.580 that he did 00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.759 what was right 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.940 just as his father 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.820 David had done, 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.480 King David 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.340 had done. 00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:43.039 But in the midst 00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.959 of his prosperity, 00:30:44.439 --> 00:30:46.099 he got arrogant 00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:47.399 and prideful. 00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:49.679 He started to rule 00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:50.619 in his own power. 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:52.240 He started to ignore 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.759 God's blessing. 00:30:54.419 --> 00:30:55.799 He stopped seeking 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.639 God's blessing 00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.419 and thought that it was 00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:59.139 within his own power 00:30:59.139 --> 00:31:00.319 to lead the kingdom. 00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:02.619 So God judged him. 00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.339 He became diseased 00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.000 in his feet. 00:31:06.959 --> 00:31:08.379 But this only hardened 00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:09.720 Asa's heart further. 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.359 Instead of turning 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.279 to the Lord, 00:31:11.459 --> 00:31:12.779 he actually continued 00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.759 turning away 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.359 from the Lord. 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:16.119 2 Chronicles 16. 00:31:16.199 --> 00:31:16.579 12. 00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:18.539 In the 39th year 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.319 of his reign, 00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.399 Asa was diseased 00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:21.039 in his feet. 00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.359 And in his disease, 00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.479 he became severe. 00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:27.339 Yet even in his disease, 00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.799 he did not seek 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.319 the Lord, 00:31:29.979 --> 00:31:31.159 but sought help 00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:32.779 from physicians. 00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.619 I don't think 00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:35.019 the scriptures 00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.719 intention there 00:31:35.719 --> 00:31:36.119 is to say 00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.719 that you shouldn't 00:31:36.719 --> 00:31:37.599 find doctors 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.299 when you're sick. 00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.500 the emphasis 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.399 is on the fact 00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:41.799 that Asa had 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.559 hardened his heart 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.099 to the Lord 00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:44.319 as a result 00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.339 of this chastening 00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:46.099 of God's hand. 00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.899 So we see 00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:49.180 in Asa's story 00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:50.059 an example 00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:51.359 of what not to do 00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.079 when responding 00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.559 to the consequences 00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.240 of our sin. 00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.059 But we have 00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.299 in David's life 00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.539 actually a model 00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.559 for exactly 00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.639 what we are 00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.619 to do. 00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.899 He's a model here 00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.940 of godly repentance. 00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:06.500 He didn't harden 00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.080 his heart. 00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:09.140 He cried to the Lord 00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.840 for mercy. 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.759 His statements here 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.539 actually reflect 00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.200 the fact that he 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.100 had learned the lesson 00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:16.259 from the experience. 00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:18.360 Should God choose 00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:19.660 to restore his life, 00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.220 David was committed 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.759 to the remainder 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.600 of his days 00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:25.160 praising the Lord. 00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.480 And then his humility 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.320 is seen at the end 00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:29.360 of his confession, 00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.820 isn't it? 00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:32.720 He doesn't appeal 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.700 to his own righteousness. 00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.619 He doesn't appeal 00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.799 to all of the good things 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.419 that he had done 00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:38.480 before this sin. 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.899 No, he cast himself 00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:41.639 wholly on the mercy 00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.139 of God. 00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.859 Look at verse 10. 00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:44.240 Hear, O Lord, 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.899 be merciful to me. 00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.659 O Lord, 00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.659 be my helper. 00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.319 He didn't say, 00:32:49.419 --> 00:32:49.980 God, remember 00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.779 all of the times 00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.700 that I was faithful. 00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:53.059 Remember all the times 00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:54.439 that I did all the good things. 00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:56.019 Reward me now 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.740 for this. 00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.659 Turn your eye away 00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.419 from this sin 00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:59.500 based on all the good things 00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.900 I had done. 00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.440 No, that's not 00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.220 what David does. 00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.599 He cries out to the Lord 00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:02.940 and he says, 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:04.900 have mercy on me. 00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.079 He cries out 00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:07.220 the publican's prayer 00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.380 that Jesus mentioned 00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:09.859 in Luke's gospel 00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:11.640 where he smote his breast 00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.240 with his face 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.740 to the ground. 00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.519 He said, 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.940 have mercy on me, 00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:16.019 a sinner, O God. 00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.299 All of the elements 00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.680 of true repentance 00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:21.339 are here in these verses. 00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.680 David recognized 00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:24.099 and confessed his sin. 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.579 He showed the desire 00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:27.420 for real and lasting change, 00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.980 repentance, 00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:29.120 turning away 00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:30.220 from that sin 00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.240 and he pleaded 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:32.339 for God's mercy. 00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:35.360 And if you find yourself today 00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:37.039 in the dark night 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.900 of God's anger, 00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.579 the solution 00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:41.360 is repentance 00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:43.319 and confession. 00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:46.000 The morning will come 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:48.360 and blessing will return 00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:50.860 when you cry out to God 00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:52.259 for his mercy. 00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.860 Proverbs 28, 00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:56.799 whoever conceals 00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.879 his transgressions 00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.819 will not prosper, 00:33:59.959 --> 00:34:01.459 but he who confesses 00:34:01.459 --> 00:34:02.939 and forsakes them 00:34:02.939 --> 00:34:05.119 will obtain mercy. 00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:07.839 So how can David say, 00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.420 give thanks to the Lord 00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.279 because his anger 00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:11.259 is but for a moment 00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:13.000 because in his own experience 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.779 he had sinned 00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.460 against the Lord 00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.859 and then he had confessed 00:34:15.859 --> 00:34:16.900 his sin to the Lord 00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:18.460 and that resulted thirdly 00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.259 in his forgiveness, 00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.759 his forgiveness. 00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.099 Verse 11, 00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:24.679 you have turned for me 00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.339 my mourning 00:34:25.339 --> 00:34:26.460 into dancing. 00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.980 You have loosed 00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:29.079 my sackcloth 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.860 and clothed me 00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.799 with gladness 00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.980 that my glory 00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:33.319 may sing your praise 00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:35.079 and not be silent. 00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:38.279 This is how we know 00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:39.420 David wasn't a Baptist 00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:41.279 because he was so willing 00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:42.339 to admit an eagerness 00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:43.639 to dance before the Lord, 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:43.940 right? 00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:49.220 His heart was full of joy. 00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:51.639 He was glad. 00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.860 Why? 00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:55.340 He had received 00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:55.900 the forgiveness 00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.559 and mercy 00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.639 that he had asked for. 00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.980 Notice, however, 00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:03.360 that it was God 00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.400 who turned his mourning 00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.159 into dancing. 00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.519 Look again. 00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.519 Verse 11, 00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:09.480 you have turned for me 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:09.940 my mourning 00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.619 into dancing. 00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:12.139 You have loosed 00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.119 my sackcloth 00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:14.219 and clothed me 00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:15.599 with gladness. 00:35:16.359 --> 00:35:17.099 It was God 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.359 who removed his grief 00:35:18.359 --> 00:35:19.440 and replaced it 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.480 with gladness of heart. 00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:21.440 David didn't have 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.839 to convince himself 00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.400 somehow. 00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.279 He didn't have to look 00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:25.000 deep within, 00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:26.259 inside of him 00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.559 and say, 00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.380 I really hope 00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.799 I'm just gonna, 00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.839 I'm gonna be positive 00:35:28.839 --> 00:35:29.880 and hope this forgiveness 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.559 into place. 00:35:30.819 --> 00:35:31.159 No, 00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.920 the Lord did this work in him. 00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:34.139 He went to the Lord 00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.859 in confession. 00:35:35.259 --> 00:35:36.619 He cast himself holy 00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:38.000 on the mercy of God. 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.539 And when we cast ourselves 00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.859 holy on the mercy of God, 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:42.179 we don't have to convince 00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:43.219 ourselves we're forgiven. 00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.519 God is the one 00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.859 that assures our hearts. 00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.619 And God assured 00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.779 the heart of King David 00:35:48.779 --> 00:35:50.019 in this moment. 00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.480 And by the way, 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:53.679 God delights himself 00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:55.039 in showing mercy 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:56.519 and forgiving our sin. 00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:58.599 He loves to do it. 00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:00.379 When you confess, 00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.960 he always forgives. 00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.980 And the purpose 00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:05.000 is that mercy, 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.940 in that mercy, 00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.440 is that he might 00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.239 loose our tongues 00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:09.279 to sing his praise. 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:10.560 verse 12. 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:13.440 Why did God do this? 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.100 That my glory 00:36:15.100 --> 00:36:16.480 may sing your praise 00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:18.200 and not be silent. 00:36:20.640 --> 00:36:21.900 He was so overwhelmed 00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.960 by God's mercy 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:24.660 that he determined 00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.480 to praise the Lord 00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.400 with his whole being. 00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.320 That's what he means 00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.600 when he says, 00:36:27.660 --> 00:36:28.500 my glory will sing. 00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.380 He means everything 00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.940 within me. 00:36:30.060 --> 00:36:31.340 Not only am I gonna praise 00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:32.280 your name from now on, 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.820 but I'm gonna do it 00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.760 with my whole life, 00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:35.200 with my whole heart, 00:36:35.560 --> 00:36:36.780 with everything within me. 00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.780 I will live my life 00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.740 to praise the Lord. 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.440 Why? 00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:41.160 Because of the great mercy 00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:41.860 and forgiveness 00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.740 that I have received 00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.300 from him, 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.580 that he delights 00:36:44.580 --> 00:36:45.860 in giving for all 00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.800 who will come to him 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:48.540 and confess their sin. 00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:50.140 Micah 7. 00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:52.360 Who is a God like you, 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:54.240 pardoning iniquity 00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:56.320 and passing over transgression? 00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:58.260 He does not retain 00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:59.100 his anger forever, 00:36:59.240 --> 00:36:59.820 Micah wrote, 00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:01.700 because he delights 00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:03.220 in mercy. 00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:05.939 And David experienced 00:37:05.939 --> 00:37:07.500 the reality of that mercy. 00:37:08.439 --> 00:37:10.459 And he responds by saying, 00:37:11.419 --> 00:37:12.000 you, Lord, 00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:14.359 have made my mourning a dance. 00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:16.419 You have removed 00:37:16.419 --> 00:37:18.179 the sackcloth and ashes 00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:19.039 and replaced it 00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:20.059 with gladness of heart. 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.079 Therefore, 00:37:21.459 --> 00:37:23.679 I will with my whole life 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:25.399 offer my praise 00:37:25.399 --> 00:37:27.459 and my thanks to you. 00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.799 And then he concludes 00:37:29.799 --> 00:37:30.399 in the same way 00:37:30.399 --> 00:37:30.959 that he began. 00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:33.980 with a resolve 00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:35.579 to praise the Lord. 00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.920 Look at the last phrase. 00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:39.380 Oh, Lord, my God, 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:41.900 I will give thanks 00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:43.659 to you forever. 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.400 I will give thanks 00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.139 to you forever. 00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.599 As he reflected 00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:50.039 on the faithfulness of God, 00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:52.199 he resolved to offer 00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:53.099 this thanksgiving 00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:54.940 and never stop. 00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.599 Never stop. 00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:59.639 It brings the right perspective 00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:01.019 to what we are 00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:02.659 setting aside 00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.980 this holiday to do. 00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.500 As we take time 00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.059 off of work 00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:09.159 and we go through 00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.839 all the stresses 00:38:09.839 --> 00:38:11.359 of cooking the meals 00:38:11.359 --> 00:38:12.400 and gathering with people 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.099 that maybe don't even 00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:14.079 really like that much 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:15.179 and you get together. 00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:16.199 What's the purpose 00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:16.859 of all of that? 00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.920 What it's supposed 00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.619 to be for 00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:23.639 is that with David, 00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:25.759 we would sing out, 00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:29.000 because you're good, 00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:32.660 because of your great mercy, 00:38:33.140 --> 00:38:34.940 I will give thanks 00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.680 to you forever. 00:38:38.160 --> 00:38:38.740 You might be here 00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:39.080 and you say, 00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:40.500 it's really hard 00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.360 to give thanks for me 00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:42.340 at this point in my life. 00:38:43.060 --> 00:38:43.980 Things just aren't that good. 00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:46.900 Maybe you've got 00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:48.240 a particular hardship 00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:49.139 going on with your health 00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.240 or maybe relationships 00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:53.460 are eroding around you. 00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.760 Maybe you're just cranky 00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:56.900 for some reason right now. 00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:01.019 Maybe it's with your job. 00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:03.980 Maybe you're going through 00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:05.059 some kind of life change 00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.920 and it's just hard 00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.940 for you to find reason 00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:08.960 to actually truly be thankful. 00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:12.360 What Psalm 30 does for us 00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:14.039 is it turns our minds 00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.920 or our attention 00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.860 off of our circumstance 00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.539 for a moment 00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:18.059 and it just reminds us 00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:19.280 of the faithfulness of God. 00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:23.300 Weeping may last for a night. 00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:26.199 Joy comes in the morning. 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:29.860 His anger is only for a moment. 00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:32.619 You haven't lost his favor. 00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:36.019 So come to him. 00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:38.860 Cast yourself all over 00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:40.420 again on his goodness 00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:41.880 and his mercy 00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:43.260 and his grace 00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:45.019 because he delights 00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:46.079 in forgiveness. 00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:48.460 He wants to give it. 00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:50.720 He wants to restore 00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:52.019 your gladness of heart.