WEBVTT 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:08.279 The Bible talks about, even way back in the beginning, how God desired to dwell with his people. 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:12.820 And through the ages, it came about in many different ways, right? 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.440 The tabernacle, the temple, God dwelled with his people in particular ways. 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.760 But then he came and dwelled with us as a person through Jesus. 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:25.440 And then now he dwells in us and among us by his spirit. 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:26.219 And that's real. 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:32.479 And so when we gather as a church and we worship him, we are experiencing the presence of God. 00:00:33.780 --> 00:00:42.340 We're coming before him in humble faith and almost giddy trembling at the privilege of being able to approach the living God. 00:00:42.879 --> 00:00:45.399 And now we get to hear from his word. 00:00:45.599 --> 00:00:48.799 So if you will open your Bibles to Psalm 62. 00:00:49.899 --> 00:00:54.060 We're going to take a little break, hang out in the Psalms for a couple weeks. 00:00:54.060 --> 00:00:59.359 I'm going to be speaking to us from Psalm 62 this week and then next week, Psalm 63. 00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:07.240 It's a pair of beautiful Psalms about us relying upon and enjoying our God. 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:10.760 So Psalm 62 is where we're going to be at. 00:01:11.780 --> 00:01:13.480 Kids, I'm really glad you're here. 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:21.380 Here, if you happen to grab a coloring sheet that has an anchor on it, that is not just a random picture. 00:01:21.700 --> 00:01:23.960 I'm going to be talking a lot about the word anchor. 00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:34.200 So as soon as you hear me kind of hear that word anchor, I don't know, maybe if you can take a little tally mark and keep tally of how many times I say that. 00:01:34.320 --> 00:01:35.439 Hopefully it's not 150. 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:40.599 So that will help you guys listen to what we're talking about today. 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:43.439 God is our anchor, our utterly dependable God. 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:52.900 Well, speaking of kids, when I was a kid, I had a mild form of a phobia that I just learned the name of. 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:54.780 It's bathophobia. 00:01:55.700 --> 00:01:58.140 Now, it sounds like I was afraid of baths. 00:01:58.180 --> 00:01:59.060 It's actually not what it means. 00:01:59.060 --> 00:02:05.760 But bathophobia is the fear of depth, fear of deep water particularly. 00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:08.539 And I had a fear of deep water when I was a kid. 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:12.020 And I'm pretty sure I know how that fear got developed. 00:02:12.539 --> 00:02:17.159 It was when I was in my friend Eddie's pool in southwest Missouri. 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:28.560 And my brother and Eddie tried to drag me again and again and again to feed me to the drain monster, which was located at the deep end of Eddie's pool. 00:02:29.519 --> 00:02:33.180 And a few nightmares later, my bathophobia was fully entrenched. 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:41.700 And I still, to this day, have to mentally coach myself to swim into the deep end of the pool. 00:02:41.980 --> 00:02:48.599 And I try to swim as quick as I can out of it because I have this irrational fear of this drain monster. 00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:54.180 If I don't have something stable under my feet, I get unnerved. 00:02:54.379 --> 00:02:55.700 I feel scared. 00:02:56.819 --> 00:02:58.920 Maybe you're not bathophobic like me. 00:02:58.980 --> 00:03:00.100 Maybe there's a few of you out there. 00:03:00.099 --> 00:03:08.240 But I'm pretty sure that we all crave something solid, something stable underneath our feet. 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:15.139 Whether it's our schedule, we long for stability in our schedule or in our relationships. 00:03:16.019 --> 00:03:21.819 We long for stability, something stable under our feet or in our family, our finances. 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:25.819 We want stability with our finances or our health. 00:03:25.819 --> 00:03:30.239 We all want and need stability. 00:03:31.340 --> 00:03:41.340 We need to be able to anchor ourselves into something that is immovable and solid and stable underneath our feet. 00:03:41.459 --> 00:03:44.740 Because life is not stable. 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:46.699 Life is unpredictable. 00:03:46.959 --> 00:03:48.000 Life is shaky. 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:53.020 Our external circumstances shake us up. 00:03:53.139 --> 00:03:59.259 Whether it's we read the news and something, we're like, oh my goodness, what's going on in this area of the world? 00:03:59.379 --> 00:04:04.439 Or we, something more closer to home, we get an unexpected phone call. 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.080 Anybody get any unexpected phone calls this week? 00:04:07.780 --> 00:04:09.759 We get called into our boss's office. 00:04:10.780 --> 00:04:12.759 Something unexpected shakes us up. 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:17.180 A need gets pressed into our lap that we were not expecting to help with. 00:04:18.060 --> 00:04:22.439 Or your toddler decides it's a good idea to treat your kitchen floor like a toilet. 00:04:23.719 --> 00:04:25.360 We're doing some potty training at our house. 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:27.779 So that was fresh on my mind. 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:34.240 So, but not just our external circumstances is what shakes us up. 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:38.860 It's how we respond internally to that can also really shake us up. 00:04:39.660 --> 00:04:42.060 We can get shaken up by fear. 00:04:42.840 --> 00:04:44.860 What's going to happen now that this has happened? 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:46.139 Or bitterness? 00:04:47.400 --> 00:04:47.860 Anger? 00:04:49.060 --> 00:04:49.480 Guilt? 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:50.759 Or anxiety? 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:54.019 We're dealing with our own sinful habits. 00:04:54.139 --> 00:04:55.379 We can't seem to beat them. 00:04:55.460 --> 00:04:56.460 It's shaking us up. 00:04:56.459 --> 00:05:02.739 We can't get that tense relationship out of our head and it's shaking us up. 00:05:02.779 --> 00:05:06.659 Or that conversation, we're replaying it over and over and over again as we go to sleep at night. 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:09.959 And we're trying to figure out what did that person mean when they said that? 00:05:10.019 --> 00:05:13.279 Or how did they understand me when I said this? 00:05:13.979 --> 00:05:18.279 We are shaky people living in a shaky world. 00:05:18.899 --> 00:05:23.060 So where can we go for something solid? 00:05:23.819 --> 00:05:25.439 For something stable? 00:05:26.459 --> 00:05:35.819 Psalm 62 is a great place to remind us about where we can find the stability that we all long for. 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:37.959 So I'll read it for us. 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:45.859 And as I read, keep your ears tuned for this idea of shakiness and stability. 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:48.419 Look for that as we read. 00:05:48.779 --> 00:05:49.719 This is God's word. 00:05:50.719 --> 00:05:55.159 To the choir master, according to Jeduthun, the Psalm of David. 00:05:56.459 --> 00:06:00.779 For God alone, my soul waits in silence. 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:03.919 From him comes my salvation. 00:06:04.539 --> 00:06:07.319 He alone is my rock and my salvation. 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:11.199 My fortress, I shall not be greatly shaken. 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:15.719 How long will all of you attack a man to batter him? 00:06:15.719 --> 00:06:18.279 Like a leaning wall, a tottering fence. 00:06:18.740 --> 00:06:21.839 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. 00:06:22.379 --> 00:06:24.519 They take pleasure in falsehood. 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:28.079 They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:34.120 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence. 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:37.379 For my hope is from him. 00:06:37.539 --> 00:06:40.459 He only is my rock and my salvation. 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.560 My fortress, I shall not be shaken. 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:48.939 On God rests my salvation and my glory. 00:06:49.100 --> 00:06:52.319 My mighty rock, my refuge is God. 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:55.980 Trust in him at all times, O people. 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:58.340 Pour out your heart before him. 00:06:58.579 --> 00:07:00.939 God is a refuge for us. 00:07:00.939 --> 00:07:04.639 Those of low estate are but a breath. 00:07:05.459 --> 00:07:07.360 Those of high estate are a delusion. 00:07:08.019 --> 00:07:09.480 In the balances, they go up. 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:11.899 They are together lighter than a breath. 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:14.600 Put no trust in extortion. 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:16.959 Set no vain hopes on robbery. 00:07:17.300 --> 00:07:19.720 If riches increase, set not your heart on them. 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:24.420 Once God has spoken, twice have I heard this. 00:07:24.420 --> 00:07:27.819 That power belongs to God. 00:07:28.220 --> 00:07:32.699 And that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. 00:07:33.379 --> 00:07:36.560 For you will render to a man according to his work. 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:40.259 Thanks be to God for his word. 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:44.300 Well, even just kind of reading this through once, 00:07:44.400 --> 00:07:49.040 it's pretty easy to kind of catch that David's kind of preoccupied with one thing. 00:07:49.540 --> 00:07:50.220 And it's this. 00:07:50.280 --> 00:07:51.920 This is our big idea of this psalm. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:57.540 God is worthy of our quiet confidence when we are shaken. 00:07:58.280 --> 00:08:03.879 God is worthy of our quiet confidence when we are shaken. 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:11.100 He is our only dependable anchor in the storms of life. 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:13.740 That's the big idea of this psalm. 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:16.300 That's what God wants you walking out of this building with this morning. 00:08:17.100 --> 00:08:20.879 That he is utterly worthy of your steadfast confidence. 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.560 Regardless of how shaky life gets. 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:31.579 David unpacks God's dependability in three stages in this psalm. 00:08:31.699 --> 00:08:35.080 First, he's going to show that our anchor is proven. 00:08:35.539 --> 00:08:37.820 In the first seven verses, our anchor is proven. 00:08:38.179 --> 00:08:39.600 Next, our anchor is shared. 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:41.080 In verses 8 to 10. 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.379 And then our anchor is revealed. 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:44.820 Verses 11 and 12. 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:45.860 So our anchor is proven. 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:46.860 Our anchor is shared. 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:48.440 Our anchor is revealed. 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:51.300 So let's jump into the first part here. 00:08:51.900 --> 00:08:53.080 Our anchor is proven. 00:08:53.900 --> 00:08:55.180 Verses 1 to 7. 00:08:55.280 --> 00:09:01.580 If you look at the first six verses of this psalm with me, these verses actually form a bit of a sandwich. 00:09:02.760 --> 00:09:07.800 And then verses 1 and 2 and verses 5 and 6 are the slices of bread. 00:09:08.400 --> 00:09:10.480 And then verses 3 and 4 are the stuff in the middle. 00:09:10.740 --> 00:09:11.860 So that's the first six verses. 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:12.980 That's kind of how they're organized. 00:09:12.980 --> 00:09:21.060 And then verse 7 is this exclamation point that he slams us with in the middle of this psalm. 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:24.180 So let's look at the sandwich first, then verse 7. 00:09:24.680 --> 00:09:27.120 Let's look at the slices of bread for a second. 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:27.940 Verses 1 and 2. 00:09:28.060 --> 00:09:28.920 Verses 5 and 6. 00:09:28.980 --> 00:09:30.259 Just give it a glance in your Bible. 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:33.399 You'll first notice that they're pretty similar. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:35.060 They're almost identical. 00:09:35.680 --> 00:09:41.159 There's just a couple of small differences, but they're actually really important, which we'll bring out in just a minute. 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:44.759 So first, let's look at a couple of details. 00:09:45.539 --> 00:09:49.199 Did you see those words, alone and only? 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:52.899 For God alone, my soul waits in silence. 00:09:53.079 --> 00:09:55.500 He alone is my rock and my salvation. 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:56.279 Verse 5. 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:59.120 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence. 00:09:59.279 --> 00:09:59.779 Verse 6. 00:09:59.899 --> 00:10:02.699 He only is my rock and my salvation. 00:10:03.459 --> 00:10:07.579 So once per verse, David is driving home a point. 00:10:07.580 --> 00:10:11.900 God is my only source of stability. 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.780 He is my soul confidence. 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:15.660 S-O-L-E. 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:18.780 And he is undistracted. 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.040 He has zeroed in on God. 00:10:21.180 --> 00:10:24.220 He's putting all of his eggs in one basket. 00:10:24.420 --> 00:10:24.960 It's God. 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:26.040 But why? 00:10:27.040 --> 00:10:30.820 Well, look at the way that David describes God over and over again in these verses. 00:10:30.820 --> 00:10:35.120 Let's cast a look at verses 1 and 2, verses 5 and 6. 00:10:35.640 --> 00:10:38.520 You're going to see the word my pop up quite a bit. 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:41.000 My soul waits in silence. 00:10:41.060 --> 00:10:42.879 From him comes my salvation. 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.280 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. 00:10:46.940 --> 00:10:47.660 Verse 5. 00:10:47.800 --> 00:10:49.320 My hope is from him. 00:10:49.680 --> 00:10:50.220 Verse 6. 00:10:50.300 --> 00:10:52.960 He is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:56.200 So let's just unpack these terms for a second. 00:10:56.340 --> 00:10:58.060 God is David's salvation. 00:10:58.059 --> 00:11:04.179 He's the only one who is ultimately able to deliver David from evil. 00:11:04.819 --> 00:11:06.399 God is David's rock. 00:11:06.779 --> 00:11:12.059 He is the only unshakable stable ground underneath David's feet. 00:11:12.259 --> 00:11:14.339 And God is his refuge, his fortress. 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:17.599 He is the only protection that David can rely on. 00:11:18.699 --> 00:11:22.839 And so if God is his only deliverer, his only stable ground, and his only protection, 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:28.399 then it's no surprise that David says in verse 5, my hope is completely from him. 00:11:29.680 --> 00:11:36.460 I know that everything is going to be okay for the future expectation that my well-being is going to be okay and secured 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:39.480 because God is at the center. 00:11:40.160 --> 00:11:42.960 He is my deliverer, my stable ground, and he is my protection. 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:47.720 And he knows this not just from theoretical knowledge about God, and that's good. 00:11:47.800 --> 00:11:49.460 We need to know these things about God. 00:11:49.560 --> 00:11:54.379 It's good to have these theological truths in our heads, but he's got a personal history with God 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:57.400 where this has been proved over and over and over again. 00:11:57.500 --> 00:12:02.060 Think back to, just for example, the battle with Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. 00:12:02.780 --> 00:12:04.019 He's a young kid. 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:06.160 He's 18, 17 years old. 00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:09.320 And David tells Saul, I don't need your armor. 00:12:09.800 --> 00:12:10.400 This is why. 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:13.379 The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear, 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:17.179 he's going to deliver me from the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:24.100 Even from a young age, David has known and he's seen, he's experienced a personal history 00:12:24.100 --> 00:12:27.879 that God is fully dependable if he counts on God. 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:30.519 So what does David do now? 00:12:30.819 --> 00:12:33.500 So if he knows this, what does he do? 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:35.980 Look at verse 1 and verse 5. 00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:51.519 David waits in silence for God to act on his behalf. 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:59.500 David, there's another place where he expresses this in Psalm 131, this quiet confidence, 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.000 this waiting in silence on God. 00:13:04.340 --> 00:13:10.720 He says, I have calmed and quieted my soul like a weaned child with its mother, 00:13:11.059 --> 00:13:14.059 like a weaned child is my soul within me. 00:13:14.059 --> 00:13:23.319 If you've had a baby or seen a baby nursing, you know that nursing children are not very calm. 00:13:24.339 --> 00:13:26.339 They're looking around, where's mom? 00:13:26.439 --> 00:13:26.939 Where's mom? 00:13:27.099 --> 00:13:27.539 I need her. 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:36.179 There's this anxiety, this restlessness, this fussiness until that instant gratification is given. 00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:44.240 But a weaned child, he is able to simply enjoy his mother's presence without fussiness, 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:47.860 without craving, without demanding, without restlessness. 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:53.879 A weaned child is mature enough to trust his mother that she will take good care of him 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:57.620 without fussily demanding that instant gratification. 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:03.139 So before we get to the middle part of this sandwich, I want to just ask you a quick question. 00:14:05.220 --> 00:14:13.620 Is the state of your soul right now characterized by quiet confidence in God? 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:22.779 Is the state of your soul fussy, unsettled, restless? 00:14:25.539 --> 00:14:31.960 Do you have a personal history of experiencing God's kind faithfulness that puts that restlessness 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:35.159 that maybe you're feeling right now into a perspective of, 00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:41.759 God knows me, God cares for me, God can take care of me. 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:44.259 Wait in silence. 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.279 He's my rock. 00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:46.200 He's my fortress. 00:14:46.319 --> 00:14:47.200 He's my salvation. 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:51.879 Let's set that in the back of our minds and let God work on that 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:58.939 as we dive into David's personal shaky situation that's tempting him to be restless in verses 3 and 4. 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:04.480 In my neighborhood, there's a fence that is vertically challenged. 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:08.799 It's a few degrees short of 90. 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:10.939 It's about like this. 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:15.059 Anybody know of any fences like that? 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:21.279 There's a couple of heavy metal stakes propped up on the other side of this fence 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:27.519 that is about all that's keeping this fence from fully giving in to the pull of gravity. 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:30.299 That is how David feels right now. 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:34.819 David feels like a leaning wall, a tottering fence. 00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:35.620 Look at verse 3. 00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:41.179 How long will all of you attack a man to batter him like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? 00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:45.220 So David is feeling pretty bad. 00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:47.259 But it's not because he's old and decrepit. 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:50.080 It's because he's being battered. 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:53.940 And we're not exactly sure who David's referring to here, 00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:58.960 but a good guess would be it might be written during the time when Absalom, his son, 00:15:59.020 --> 00:16:03.160 was seeking to overthrow David's kingdom and usurp David's throne. 00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:09.940 But at the very least, whether it's that situation or not, David's in the middle of conspiracy. 00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:14.300 Something is happening and people are trying to bring him down. 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.460 Check out verse 4. 00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:20.460 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. 00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:22.200 They take pleasure in falsehood. 00:16:22.300 --> 00:16:25.820 They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:29.380 So whoever's battering David knows that he's in a high position. 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.240 He is in favor with God and with men. 00:16:32.420 --> 00:16:33.520 And they are jealous. 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:37.200 And they are seeking to remove him from his high position. 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:42.160 They're pulling out some ugly sledgehammers of deceit and flattery. 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:48.560 And there's some double-tongued-ness going on where they're saying one thing to David's face, 00:16:48.680 --> 00:16:51.879 but then trying to ruin him with backroom conspiracies. 00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:57.480 There is intrigue afoot to bring King David down. 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:03.040 So David is being shaken by malice and murderous motives. 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:10.980 But what's really interesting is that he moves through verses 3 and 4 and then arrives back at verses 5 and 6. 00:17:11.399 --> 00:17:16.839 And it appears that his confidence, after dwelling on his shaky situation, his confidence is not less. 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:17.700 It's growing. 00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:19.319 Look at verse 5. 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:23.059 This is where these differences between our two slices of bread come out. 00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:24.399 In verse 1, 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:27.460 For God alone, my soul waits in silence. 00:17:27.540 --> 00:17:29.960 It's kind of a bare statement of faith. 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.820 But look at verse 5. 00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:35.120 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence. 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:36.680 It's a confident command. 00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:39.700 But there's something even better. 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.120 Check out this. 00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:44.320 Look at verse 2 and verse 6, how they compare. 00:17:45.320 --> 00:17:46.519 In verse 2, he says, 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:49.820 I shall not be greatly shaken. 00:17:50.540 --> 00:17:52.340 He's like, okay, this trouble's coming. 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.380 I'm getting shaken. 00:17:53.380 --> 00:17:55.260 I won't be greatly shaken, though. 00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:57.140 God's going to uphold me. 00:17:57.300 --> 00:17:58.060 I'll be okay. 00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:58.940 I'll survive this. 00:17:59.020 --> 00:18:00.260 But then look at verse 6. 00:18:01.080 --> 00:18:01.680 What's missing? 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:04.720 I shall not be shaken. 00:18:05.320 --> 00:18:05.680 Period. 00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:11.420 So David's confidence has grown as he's progressing through this psalm, 00:18:11.580 --> 00:18:15.040 as he's meditating on who God is and how reliable God is. 00:18:15.260 --> 00:18:18.160 And he's also honestly looking at his shaky situation. 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:24.040 He comes to the point of saying, but God versus my shaky situation, no comparison. 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:29.980 I won't be shaken, period, because my God is that dependable, that reliable. 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:37.200 So in verses 1 and 2, he's hanging on to the rock by his fingernails. 00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:39.660 He's hanging on, but just barely. 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:43.539 His faith is there, but it's weak, and he's feeling shaky. 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:47.519 But man, by the time we get to verse 5 and 6, and especially verse 7 in just a second, 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:50.519 he is standing with two feet on top of the rock. 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:52.900 And he's like, God's got this. 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:54.879 I don't have to worry. 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:58.480 He has grown in his confidence and his trust. 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:06.079 His grip on God has strengthened by realizing that God's grip on him has never faltered. 00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:11.799 There's one more thing I want us to notice. 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:17.700 Verses 3 and 4 are the shaky situation, the middle of the sandwich. 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:23.019 And they are surrounded by confidence in God. 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:31.900 David's statements of faith, of his commanding grip on God, is sandwiching. 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:36.740 It's enclosing, even compressing his shaky situation. 00:19:37.620 --> 00:19:41.960 He's forming a faith sandwich out of his shaky situation. 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:45.340 So he's honestly voicing his complaint to God about his enemies. 00:19:45.340 --> 00:19:46.380 He's processing it out. 00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.880 He's like, God, this is really hard. 00:19:49.120 --> 00:19:53.920 But he reminds himself, here and here, God's got this. 00:19:56.700 --> 00:20:02.580 And interestingly enough, it takes a shaky situation to get David's grip on God more secure. 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:05.540 And then we get to verse 7. 00:20:06.280 --> 00:20:08.660 Verse 7 is the exclamation point of this psalm. 00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:14.960 And it's right on the heels of David's growing confidence that God has got him. 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:17.740 And it's this climax moment of joyful trust. 00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:21.440 On God rests my salvation and my glory. 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:24.080 My mighty rock, my refuge is God. 00:20:24.580 --> 00:20:25.920 You see how it's kind of a God sandwich? 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:28.200 He begins and ends the verse with God. 00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:32.300 And then in between is this fourfold, this is who God is. 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:34.379 My salvation rests on him. 00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:37.919 My glory, my reputation even rests on him. 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:40.379 Because he's my mighty rock, my refuge. 00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:52.159 David's world begins and ends with a God who made him, who knows him, who upholds him, who delivers him, and who grounds him. 00:20:52.160 --> 00:21:00.420 So are you feeling at all like a leaning wall or a tottering fence this morning? 00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:04.660 If not this morning, I'm sure you have. 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:08.940 And I'm sure that at some point, maybe even later today, you will. 00:21:12.300 --> 00:21:21.160 Is it your soul restless or anxious or fussy in response to how life is shaking you right now? 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:25.680 I have good news from Psalm 62 to share with you. 00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:29.460 There is a proven anchor for your soul. 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:32.480 He is utterly dependable. 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:37.500 Remember, David started out this psalm just barely hanging on to the rock by your fingernails. 00:21:37.580 --> 00:21:38.920 Maybe that's where you are this morning. 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:42.500 And you're like, I've got more question marks than I have exclamation points. 00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:50.640 But remind yourself that who God is, he is the only one who is able to deliver you. 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:54.040 He is the only stable ground underneath your feet. 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:57.940 He is your only protection and shelter from the storm. 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:03.300 Remind yourself of his proven dependability in the past in your life. 00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:09.460 It only takes a couple of moments of self-reflection for me of thinking, okay, I'm feeling overwhelmed. 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:15.600 But, man, I remember when I was in a really rough spot, much worse than this, and God saw me through. 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:22.559 And sandwich your shaky situation with, God's got this. 00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.740 He's got this. 00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:28.719 Surround your shaking situation with, my God is my confidence. 00:22:29.699 --> 00:22:32.579 He never falters in his grip on me. 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:41.220 And, by the way, God is the one who has sovereignly brought this shaky situation into your life, just like he did with David. 00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:50.779 And he is the one who has done it in order, at least for one reason, in order that your confidence in him might grow more secure. 00:22:51.419 --> 00:22:55.359 In order that you might find him more sufficient than ever before. 00:22:55.359 --> 00:23:00.319 More briefly, let's move to the second section of this psalm. 00:23:01.159 --> 00:23:04.379 Verses 8 to 10, our anchor is shared. 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:09.699 You'll notice right away in verse 8, David's tone changes. 00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:13.359 So, instead of talking to himself or to God or to his enemies, 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:22.319 he now switches to addressing the gathered people of God who are gathered in the temple for worship. 00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:23.539 Remember, this is a psalm. 00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:27.299 It was written for corporate worship to be sung back to God. 00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:31.720 And so, he's taking his bolstered confidence in God. 00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:34.839 He's saying, trust in him at all times, oh people. 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.980 Pour out your heart before him. 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:39.079 God is a refuge for us. 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:47.799 So, God is not merely to be clung to personally, you and I, but he's also meant to be shared. 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:55.579 He's saying, listen, wherever you are, gathered people of God. 00:23:57.579 --> 00:24:00.599 God is proving himself to be a dependable anchor for me. 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:03.240 He is a dependable anchor for you too. 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:08.640 I really enjoy watching the World Cup every four years. 00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.680 It's going on right now. 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:17.539 And my poor wife has to put up with me quite a bit because I constantly am showing her, look at this goal, check this out. 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:27.620 And I'm wanting to share with her the little highlights of the goals and the cool awesome plays that happen in this display of athleticism every four years. 00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:30.099 We love to do this. 00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:31.699 Our joy gets doubled. 00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:35.119 Our joy in something gets doubled when we share it. 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:41.019 Things that grip us, things that bring us joy, things that we find trustworthy and true. 00:24:41.239 --> 00:24:46.019 We want to share it because we want to experience the joy of others benefiting from it as well. 00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:47.059 And that's what's going on here. 00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:50.500 And that's what David wants us to do. 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:53.619 That's what God desires for us to do as a church. 00:24:53.619 --> 00:25:02.619 Church, we are to be sharing our anchor as well as sharing our shakiness with each other. 00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:10.219 Some of the best conversations I've had in this room have been with people who are sharing their shaky situations with me. 00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:13.479 Or I've been sharing my shaky situations with them. 00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.819 And that is what the church is for. 00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:20.439 We are to be hanging on to our anchor together. 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:23.860 And you don't have to have like brilliant Bible answers. 00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:26.660 But you just have to have confidence in Jesus. 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:29.480 If someone's sharing their shaky situation with you. 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:31.860 And just say, man, that sounds rough. 00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.620 Let's pray. 00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.279 Let's run to our anchor together. 00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:40.680 And if we want to grow in our unity and as our love as a church, 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:46.640 we need to be willing to say in answer to someone's, hey, how are you? 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.480 You say, you know what? 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.600 Things are rough right now. 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:50.219 Well, this is tough. 00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:53.559 Now, sometimes you've got to exercise wisdom, right? 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:56.199 To say, okay, this is the person I need to share this with. 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.059 Maybe it's not this person. 00:25:57.199 --> 00:26:02.319 But we need to be willing to share about how life is shaking us up 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:07.539 so that our brothers and sisters can remind us of how solid and stable our anchor is. 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:13.079 Just like David is saying to the people of God, he is so dependable, so stable. 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:15.759 Look at that little phrase in verse 8. 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:19.139 At all times. 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:22.220 Trust in him at all times. 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:31.399 God alone is our hope when life is 75 degrees and sunny and when it's a howling, miserable mess. 00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.860 Trust in him at all times. 00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:39.140 And we are meant to say in the midst of all that with each other, God alone is the one who's worthy of my trust. 00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:41.300 And notice how he encourages us to do that. 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:44.160 He says, pour out your heart before him. 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:50.900 David has just poured out his heart before God in verses 3 and 4 about how he's being shaken. 00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:53.860 And he's saying, God's able to handle that for you too. 00:26:54.580 --> 00:27:00.000 I don't know about you, but most of the time, my heart feels like a spiritual bowl of spaghetti. 00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:04.360 It's confused and conflicted and compromised. 00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:08.940 And I can't find one end to make a straight line out of anything. 00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:20.360 But we have a God who is able to untangle our spiritually spaghetti hearts and get our confidence more fully aimed at him. 00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:24.000 And he's able to use the people of God to do that as well. 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:28.259 So David's sharing his proven anchor. 00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:35.720 He's commending God to us by putting forth his experience of finding stability in the immovable rock of ages. 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:38.620 But his next move in verses 9 and 10 is a little different. 00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:43.440 So he's commanding us where to put our confidence in God. 00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:45.440 Trust in him, O people. 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:49.039 But then in verses 9 and 10, he's sharing with us where not to put our confidence. 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:52.759 Namely, verse 9, other people. 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.700 And verse 10, riches. 00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.320 Check them out. 00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:59.039 Those of low estate are but a breath. 00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:01.480 Those of high estate are a delusion. 00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:05.200 In the balances, they go up. 00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:07.180 They are together lighter than a breath. 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.980 Put no trust in extortion. 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.779 Set no vain hopes on robbery. 00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:13.779 If riches increase, set not your heart on them. 00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:23.100 So if God's the solid substance that is worthy of our total confidence, then these things are shifting shadows. 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:27.539 That constantly disappoint us if we bank on them. 00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:29.680 So first, let's look at the other people. 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:32.500 He's saying those of low estate, those of high estate. 00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:35.299 That's just a poetic way of saying all kinds of people. 00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:41.119 All kinds of people are lighter than a breath. 00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:44.099 He's pointing out that we're all mortal. 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.299 We're all limited. 00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:54.940 And simply because we are all mortal and we are limited, no human being can fully rest his or her hope on another human being. 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:58.000 Now, we are meant to trust each other. 00:28:58.379 --> 00:29:01.960 I just said that we should be doing that as a church and trusting our lives to each other. 00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.639 So he's not saying don't trust anybody. 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:09.320 He's saying don't make one person your sole ground of confidence. 00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:16.640 That word vapor or breath can be also translated smoke. 00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:18.800 Smoke can look solid. 00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:23.480 It can look like it has a shape, but you put your hand through it and you grasp it in nothing. 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.420 And that's what he's saying. 00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:29.080 People are not able to hold your full weight in the way that God is. 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:36.699 So employees, if you're looking for your boss's approval, it's not worthy of your total confidence. 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:46.159 Even if in our most trusted relationships, especially if you're married, the love of your significant other is not able to save you. 00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:52.019 Parents, your children's affection or success is not your eternal joy. 00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:59.839 Young people, friends are a delightful gift from God, but they can't support your full weight. 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:03.319 They're not utterly dependable like God is. 00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:08.720 And living for the approval of your friends is like grasping the wind. 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:12.420 So cling to the proven anchor of your soul. 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:15.599 Look at riches, verse 10. 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:18.879 Put no trust in extortion. 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.500 Set no vain hopes on robbery. 00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:23.399 If riches increase, set not your heart on them. 00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:32.419 The time of year when, for most of us, or many of us, when riches increase is the tax season, tax return. 00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:37.599 Hopefully it shows up and you're like, oh, this is exciting. 00:30:37.699 --> 00:30:38.119 All right. 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:42.559 When I saw a tax return show up, I thought, yes. 00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:44.859 And then my mind goes places. 00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:47.219 How secure I feel. 00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:49.259 How much I can buy with that. 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:52.019 How much I can stow away into retirement and feel more secure. 00:30:53.219 --> 00:30:56.479 It's our first instinct to think that way about money. 00:30:57.279 --> 00:31:00.139 But David is sharing with us a proven anchor. 00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:07.960 And money, all the stuff that money buys, it's not a stable ground to stand on. 00:31:08.060 --> 00:31:09.180 It's something to be grateful for. 00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:10.440 It's something to be stewarded well. 00:31:10.540 --> 00:31:14.060 But riches are a poor anchor for your soul. 00:31:15.280 --> 00:31:22.400 If we take our ultimate hope, our ultimate confidence, and we set it on other people fully, 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:29.780 we set it on riches fully, or anything else, anything other than our only anchor, 00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:33.360 then it's like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. 00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:37.920 We're trusting our very lives to empty, thin air. 00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:44.880 Only one is able to fully hold us and secure our well-being. 00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.759 So the question, I think, for us is this. 00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:52.960 Are you functionally resting on God as your ultimate confidence? 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:55.240 Just take a second and think about that personally. 00:31:56.119 --> 00:32:01.299 Am I resting on God as my ultimate confidence? 00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:06.720 Is he my capital H hope right now? 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:11.000 There are other lowercase h hopes that are good and they're fine. 00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:13.440 Probably thinking about lunch right now. 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:15.160 It's a bit of a lowercase hope right now. 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:20.360 But what's your functional resting place, your solid ground? 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:26.320 Relationships, performance, success, comforts, entertainment. 00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:30.060 What do you wake up in the morning thinking about? 00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.880 How would you fill in the blank of this statement? 00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:39.279 If only blank, I would be happy. 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:49.339 Kind of exposes a bit of where we can tend to trust in other things. 00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:51.980 But David's saying, trust in him at all times. 00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:54.099 I want to share this anchor with you. 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:58.579 He is the only one who is able to sustain your total confidence. 00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:01.160 That's the anchor that David's sharing with us. 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:05.580 Verses 11 and 12, our last point. 00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.900 Our anchor is revealed. 00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:10.160 Our anchor is revealed. 00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:15.900 If you're a fan of detective shows, I like detective shows. 00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:21.240 Then you know that there has to be a big reveal at the end of each episode. 00:33:22.040 --> 00:33:28.900 So whoever your favorite detective is, Sherlock Holmes, Columbo, Monk, Poirot, whoever it might be. 00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.860 There's got to be a big reveal. 00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.800 Who done it and how they done it. 00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:38.180 Well, there's a big reveal at the end of this psalm. 00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:45.019 For many of us, especially if you've been raised in the church, you're nodding your head. 00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:46.580 You're like, yeah, God's my anchor. 00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.539 I understand that. 00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.519 God's my solid ground. 00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:50.880 That's not rocket science theologically. 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:54.920 But maybe there's been this question in the back of your mind like, okay, that's good. 00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.380 That's good. 00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.519 Yep, I believe that. 00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.500 I can nod my head to that. 00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.340 I can check that box. 00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.940 But what is it? 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:04.480 What is it about God that makes him so dependable? 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:08.460 What am I really putting my trust in? 00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:11.179 Who is this anchor? 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:20.760 Can I just drag the anchor up from the seabed for a minute and just examine it and help me to see what's keeping me stable? 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:22.699 What's keeping me on solid ground? 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:24.900 And David does that at the end of this psalm. 00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:28.460 Let's look at verses 11 and 12. 00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:47.539 That whole once, twice thing, it's a poetic way of expressing absolute clarity, certainty. 00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:54.340 David is saying, God has revealed this about himself and I have no doubt that it's true. 00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:57.220 So what is David so certain about? 00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.880 What is he so positive about? 00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.640 It's this. 00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:04.500 God is utterly able and God is utterly committed. 00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:09.940 God is utterly able and God is utterly committed. 00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:12.160 Power belongs to you. 00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.860 He is able. 00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:16.380 And to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:18.640 He is committed to his people. 00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:26.119 So the holding power of our anchor is God's infinite ability and his infinite commitment. 00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:34.679 If power did not belong to God, then he would not be able to pursue our good, no matter how much he might be committed to it. 00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:47.719 If God were not infinitely committed and steadfast love did not belong to God, then whether he might be able to pursue our good is one thing, but he might not be committed to us to do it. 00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.379 But both are true. 00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:56.119 He is infinitely able and infinitely committed to bring about our good as his people. 00:35:56.119 --> 00:36:00.880 And this rings true all through scripture. 00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:09.000 No matter where you're at in the Bible, you're going to find God's infinite ability and infinite commitment to pursue the good of his people. 00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:15.380 Whether that's Adam and Eve in the very beginning, to Abraham, to Moses. 00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:18.199 Think about the golden calf episode. 00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.940 The time of the judges. 00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:25.199 God's people have been faithless. 00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:27.079 His people have been faithless. 00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:28.699 Miserable failures. 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.639 Blasphemous. 00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:34.739 Turning away from God with rebel hearts. 00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:37.900 And he still pursues their good. 00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:55.539 But the greatest of all exhibitions of God's infinite ability and his infinite commitment to pursue the good of his people is in a man whose confidence in God was not faltering. 00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:57.639 But was full. 00:36:57.639 --> 00:37:01.079 He was not faithless. 00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:03.839 He was flawlessly dependent on God. 00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:19.000 In fact, his confidence in God was so supreme that he willingly stepped down from his high position into the shakiest of all situations at the father's request to be battered and to be toppled. 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:24.679 He exposed himself to the grossest falsehood and malice from evil men. 00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:30.839 His soul quietly waited for God in the midst of the greatest storm imaginable. 00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:35.379 Experiencing the father's wrath on our sin. 00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.940 God the son. 00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:37.960 God the son. 00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.960 Jesus Christ. 00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:43.579 Was shaken to the utmost in weakness. 00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:48.039 And he remained utterly confident in his father. 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:56.660 And by doing this, he displayed God's ultimate ability and his ultimate commitment to pursue the good of his faithful people. 00:37:56.659 --> 00:38:02.179 Because Christ was willing to endure the weakness and the shakiness of the cross. 00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:13.299 So in other words, Jesus was greatly shaken in the greatest of all storms so that you and I could claim the promise of Psalm 62 in the middle of our storms. 00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:18.300 Apart from the person in the work of Jesus, Psalm 62 is null and void for us. 00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:19.420 We might as well not read it. 00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:26.980 But in Christ, only in Christ, we are able to confidently claim God to be our anchor. 00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:39.480 And in Christ, God joyfully claims us as his own to protect and shelter and rescue as we patiently endure the shakiness that he brings us. 00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:47.760 And by the way, every grace that you need to patiently endure has already been bought for you by the blood of Jesus. 00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:50.740 And it was secured by his mighty resurrection. 00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:59.300 So go to him in utter confidence as you face the shakiness of life. 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:06.740 David wraps this psalm up with a final sober encouragement that gets our eyes on eternity and off of our shakiness. 00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:11.739 For you will render to a man according to his work. 00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:17.239 God is our just, faithful judge at the end of all things. 00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:25.579 And if our lives are increasingly characterized by growing quietness of our soul, 00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:30.719 resting on our great anchor in the storm, not perfectly, but truly, 00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:35.179 then God is our righteous judge. 00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:40.679 And he is able and willing to reward us with eternal joy in his presence forever. 00:39:41.459 --> 00:39:45.939 Where we will experience all rest and no shakiness. 00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:52.500 In contrast, this is where the soberness comes in. 00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:56.820 If our lives are increasingly characterized by restlessness, 00:39:57.780 --> 00:40:06.920 by a restless pursuit of false hopes in other people, in riches, in success, in performance, 00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:10.579 or wherever else it might be that you're tempted to put your ultimate trust in, 00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:14.659 then God will render a fair judgment as well. 00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:20.559 And we are, it's this sober reminder of, 00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:23.940 God knows what I need to be able to trust him, 00:40:24.259 --> 00:40:28.299 and it is my responsibility to go to him and to rest in him 00:40:28.299 --> 00:40:31.259 when life sends me shaky storms, 00:40:31.319 --> 00:40:33.920 rather than when God sends those shaky storms in life. 00:40:34.299 --> 00:40:36.039 So no matter where you find yourself, 00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:39.179 lean in to your anchor. 00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:43.239 God is your only anchor in the storms, 00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:47.000 and I encourage you to particularly do this in prayer. 00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:50.079 Pour out your heart before him. 00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:55.319 God is able to untangle your spaghetti-like heart. 00:40:57.119 --> 00:41:02.659 Take your shakiness and sandwich it with rock-solid confidence in God. 00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:06.539 Share this anchor with your fellow believers, 00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:09.480 and share your shakiness with fellow believers, 00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:12.840 that they might be able to strengthen your faith in him. 00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:15.880 And let's call to mind who this anchor is. 00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:22.239 He's the one who is utterly able and utterly committed to doing good to us 00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:24.360 because he gave his son for us, 00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:26.420 even in the storms. 00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.440 Let's pray. 00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:28.480 Let's pray. 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.500 Let's pray. 00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:36.980 Father, 00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:44.139 you are able to keep in perfect peace 00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:47.099 those who trust in you. 00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.480 So Father, 00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:53.420 I pray that you would deal with restless hearts this morning. 00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.460 Pray that you would 00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:59.119 keep our gaze 00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:00.539 on our solid rock. 00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:05.739 Help us to stand on your infinite ability 00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:07.779 and your infinite commitment to us 00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:09.820 because of Jesus 00:42:09.820 --> 00:42:11.779 and in Jesus. 00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:15.360 We are so thankful, Father, 00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:18.219 that you gave him for us 00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:20.420 to demonstrate 00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:23.119 the fullness of your love 00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:24.340 for rebel hearts. 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.739 You didn't have to. 00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:29.300 Out of your steadfast love, 00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:30.000 you chose to. 00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:32.579 Help us 00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.840 as a body, 00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.559 as a people 00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:37.400 to know that you are a proven anchor 00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:40.219 and to share you with others 00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:43.579 as we seek to hold on to you together. 00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.900 In Jesus' name, 00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:46.360 Amen.