WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.080 We're going to get straight on with it. So turn in your Bibles to Psalm 16 and I'm going to read for us and then I'm going to hand over to Seth who's going to speak for us. 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:31.480 So on these Lord's Supper evenings, we've been looking through the Psalms and so we're up to Psalm 16. It is on page 549, if you have a church Bible, which Charleston very helpfully put out on all the chairs. 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:35.060 So you should have got one. Page 549, Psalm 16. 00:00:35.060 --> 00:00:39.920 A mictam of David. 00:01:05.060 --> 00:01:11.079 I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take their name on my lips. 00:01:12.219 --> 00:01:17.879 Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup. You make my lot secure. 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:25.000 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Surely I have a delightful inheritance. 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:31.379 I will praise the Lord who counsels me. Even at night my heart instructs me. 00:01:32.060 --> 00:01:38.599 I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand I shall not be shaken. 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:45.560 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices. My body also will rest secure. 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:52.200 Because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead. Nor will you let your faithful one see decay. 00:01:53.019 --> 00:01:58.379 You made known to me the path of life. You will fill me with joy in your presence. 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:01.980 With eternal pleasures at your right hand. 00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:04.859 Well, this is God's word. Over to you, Seth. 00:02:04.859 --> 00:02:11.259 So we are going to indeed be in Psalm 16 as we just looked at. 00:02:11.379 --> 00:02:14.580 So if you do have a Bible, make sure to get it open or on your phone. 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.000 Because we'll be referring back to it multiple times. 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:19.659 But before we start, let me pray. And then we'll get into it. 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:24.579 Father in heaven, thank you for just the opportunity to open your word. 00:02:25.340 --> 00:02:29.039 God, thank you that it is living and active and still speaks to us today, Lord. 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:33.180 I pray that you would speak through me today, Father. 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:37.360 Father, that your word would be able to minister to the people in this room. 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:41.080 So that we can go out and be lights in a dark place. 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:43.719 I pray all of these things in your name. Amen. 00:02:45.340 --> 00:02:49.540 Alright. Psalm 16. Let's talk about success. 00:02:50.420 --> 00:02:52.319 Success is a tricky word, isn't it? 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:55.780 It's only got four letters. S, U, C, and E. 00:02:56.879 --> 00:03:00.659 But it means a whole, whole lot. 00:03:00.659 --> 00:03:07.419 See, success can be the difference between a three-week holiday in the Maldives 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:09.479 or a day trip down to Brighton. 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:16.199 Success can be the difference between driving a Lamborghini or taking the bus. 00:03:17.139 --> 00:03:22.019 Success can even be sometimes defined as the haves and the have-nots. 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:26.300 Or maybe you're not into that definition of success. 00:03:26.300 --> 00:03:30.500 Maybe you're not into the rat race or the overachieving. 00:03:31.140 --> 00:03:33.340 You're not into the high-stress situations. 00:03:34.020 --> 00:03:36.200 Instead, maybe you would be more mindful. 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:40.660 You would define success as understanding your surroundings. 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:44.280 And it involves more than just achieving something. 00:03:45.320 --> 00:03:50.180 So instead, you would say, well, we each get to define our own success. 00:03:50.180 --> 00:03:57.080 If the first person that I described is your very typical finance bro that goes down to Canary Wharf 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:00.560 and has loads of stocks and trades, 00:04:00.659 --> 00:04:05.780 then the second person I'm describing here would probably be your stereotypical yoga instructor 00:04:05.780 --> 00:04:10.480 that is very happy with, you do you as long as you recycle. 00:04:10.860 --> 00:04:11.819 Everything will be okay. 00:04:11.819 --> 00:04:18.300 See, in the 21st century, we have many definitions for this word behind me, 00:04:18.379 --> 00:04:19.579 for the word success. 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:22.379 But we can all pretty much agree 00:04:22.379 --> 00:04:25.639 that is the one definition that we can get behind. 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:27.959 As long as you are feeling fulfilled, 00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:30.519 then we would call that success. 00:04:31.860 --> 00:04:33.060 At least that's what the world would say. 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:37.019 As long as we stay away from meaningless-ness on this side, 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:39.680 and we are going towards fulfillment, 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:40.819 we'll be okay. 00:04:41.819 --> 00:04:43.719 But where does that fulfillment come from? 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:47.920 What if you're working a dead-end nine-to-five job? 00:04:48.540 --> 00:04:50.399 Or maybe you're not working at all. 00:04:50.459 --> 00:04:51.040 Maybe you're retired. 00:04:51.139 --> 00:04:52.699 Where does that fulfillment come from? 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:55.279 Well, today we're going to look at a man 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:59.620 who had all the pleasures that he could have ever wanted. 00:04:59.699 --> 00:05:00.699 He was king of Israel. 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:01.639 His name was David. 00:05:02.300 --> 00:05:04.879 And yet, it wasn't the kingly pleasures that fulfilled him, 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:07.240 but something far greater. 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:09.319 So let's take a look. 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:10.500 Let's look at verse 1, 00:05:10.500 --> 00:05:11.620 and we're going to start with the first point, 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:13.480 which is preserved in the Lord. 00:05:14.100 --> 00:05:14.720 Verse 1 says, 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:17.620 Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:19.199 The words keep me safe, 00:05:19.300 --> 00:05:22.019 there can also be translated as preserve. 00:05:22.860 --> 00:05:24.060 So right from the very beginning, 00:05:24.180 --> 00:05:25.060 we're going to start, 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:26.079 David starts, 00:05:26.939 --> 00:05:30.060 by saying the Lord is his place of refuge. 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:32.439 The Lord is his strong tower. 00:05:32.540 --> 00:05:34.560 The Lord will not falter. 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:37.319 Wherever David goes, 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:39.899 he knows that the Lord will be with him. 00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:41.839 It is security. 00:05:41.939 --> 00:05:43.199 The Lord is security for David. 00:05:44.819 --> 00:05:47.660 So you're not normally supposed to start your sermon 00:05:47.660 --> 00:05:48.959 with the punchline. 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:50.439 You're supposed to build up. 00:05:50.500 --> 00:05:51.540 You have this crescendo. 00:05:51.899 --> 00:05:52.740 And then finally, 00:05:52.939 --> 00:05:53.840 you build tension. 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:54.600 You get to the end, 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:55.899 and you give people an answer, right? 00:05:56.420 --> 00:05:59.639 If you've been at church for any amount of time, 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:00.699 you know how this goes. 00:06:00.699 --> 00:06:04.459 It's build, build, build gospel. 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:06.259 That's how you're supposed to do it. 00:06:07.019 --> 00:06:09.139 But that's not what David does, 00:06:09.139 --> 00:06:10.240 right here in the Psalms. 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:12.819 He starts at the very beginning of this Psalm, 00:06:12.939 --> 00:06:13.199 saying, 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:17.060 I want you to see how this is possible. 00:06:18.339 --> 00:06:22.099 I want you to know what I am saying here 00:06:22.099 --> 00:06:24.120 is indeed possible. 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:28.500 It's not possible because I'm a king, 00:06:28.579 --> 00:06:29.500 and I have a lot of money. 00:06:29.500 --> 00:06:32.839 It's not possible because I wake up at 5 a.m., 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:34.279 do an ice bath, and drink a matcha. 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:37.279 None of that is what makes this possible. 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:40.459 See, David can have success, 00:06:40.779 --> 00:06:42.120 feel fulfilled, 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:46.579 because he has been preserved in the Lord. 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:49.920 How has he been preserved in the Lord? 00:06:49.980 --> 00:06:52.259 That's what the question that we should be asking is. 00:06:53.180 --> 00:06:55.699 And as I was dwelling on this question this week, 00:06:55.740 --> 00:06:56.839 it brought back a memory. 00:06:57.220 --> 00:06:58.879 How many of us in the room, show of hands, 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:00.980 were lucky enough to meet our great-grandparents? 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:06.519 I remember being able to meet my great-grandparents. 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:08.139 I met three of them. 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:12.180 And I remember a few things about them. 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:14.699 Two really stand out in my mind. 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:17.060 One, my great-grandmother Archer, 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:19.259 she had a smell. 00:07:20.620 --> 00:07:22.099 Now, notice I said a smell. 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:23.019 She didn't smell. 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:24.860 But she had a smell. 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.219 I remember distinctly, to this day, 20 years later, 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:29.319 after I gave Grandma Archer a hug, 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:31.139 my nose would kind of tingle a little bit. 00:07:32.339 --> 00:07:35.159 The other thing that I remember about my great-grandparents 00:07:35.159 --> 00:07:38.759 is that they had this huge walk-in pantry. 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:41.019 And once you got into the pantry, 00:07:41.180 --> 00:07:42.719 if you looked on the back wall, 00:07:42.980 --> 00:07:44.860 from the floor to the ceiling, 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:46.180 I kid you not, 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:47.680 were tinned vegetables. 00:07:49.579 --> 00:07:51.599 When I was five years old, 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:52.860 I could have sworn they were 10 feet tall. 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:57.139 And what these tinned vegetables were, 00:07:57.860 --> 00:07:59.360 were a way for my grandparents 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:02.939 to preserve fruits from their garden. 00:08:03.819 --> 00:08:05.600 See, they were pretty prolific gardeners. 00:08:05.660 --> 00:08:06.759 They would plant every year. 00:08:06.840 --> 00:08:09.020 They would have fruits and vegetables 00:08:09.020 --> 00:08:12.199 that would come in harvest time. 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:14.100 But if you've ever gardened at all, 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:15.860 you know that very quickly, 00:08:15.960 --> 00:08:19.280 you go from having zero fruit and zero vegetables, 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:20.840 to all of a sudden, 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:23.720 you're blessed with 120 courgettes all at once. 00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:26.620 And I don't know about you, 00:08:26.620 --> 00:08:30.939 but I don't eat 120 courgettes in a year, 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:34.379 much less in a month before they go bad. 00:08:35.299 --> 00:08:35.779 And so, 00:08:36.620 --> 00:08:39.840 how do you keep them from going bad? 00:08:40.779 --> 00:08:42.120 You would jar them, 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:43.679 and you would preserve them. 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:47.679 See, that's what my grandparents were doing, 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:49.179 is they were jarring these courgettes, 00:08:49.299 --> 00:08:49.919 jarring their fruits, 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:50.560 jarring their vegetables, 00:08:50.680 --> 00:08:51.820 so that they could have them 00:08:51.820 --> 00:08:54.019 and extend their usefulness. 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:56.340 See, their usefulness would go 00:08:56.340 --> 00:08:58.280 from lasting a very short time 00:08:58.280 --> 00:09:00.560 to really lasting years. 00:09:01.740 --> 00:09:03.139 That's what David is saying right here 00:09:03.139 --> 00:09:04.680 at the beginning of this psalm. 00:09:05.460 --> 00:09:08.280 See, we are the vegetables in this illustration. 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:11.300 We need to be preserved. 00:09:12.560 --> 00:09:14.620 If we are left to our own devices, 00:09:14.620 --> 00:09:15.399 we will rot. 00:09:15.660 --> 00:09:17.620 Yes, we will look good for a time. 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:21.720 We will look juicy and succulent 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:23.320 for a time. 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:26.300 But there will come a time as well 00:09:26.300 --> 00:09:26.940 when we rot 00:09:26.940 --> 00:09:29.280 or when we're eaten by foxes. 00:09:30.580 --> 00:09:32.120 And we will no longer be useful. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:35.760 Instead, we need to be preserved. 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:36.480 But how? 00:09:37.660 --> 00:09:39.760 Now, I want to start right here by saying 00:09:39.760 --> 00:09:41.600 you can push illustrations too far. 00:09:42.640 --> 00:09:45.440 All illustrations have a breaking point, okay? 00:09:45.700 --> 00:09:46.800 And I want to tell you 00:09:46.800 --> 00:09:48.400 that we are pushing this illustration 00:09:48.400 --> 00:09:50.400 about as far as I am comfortable 00:09:50.400 --> 00:09:52.140 pushing it right here, okay? 00:09:52.139 --> 00:09:55.480 But I think this will be really helpful 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:56.679 in helping us understand 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:57.980 what David is trying to get at 00:09:57.980 --> 00:09:59.199 right here at the beginning 00:09:59.199 --> 00:10:01.299 by going just a little bit farther. 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:03.220 So from the beginning, 00:10:03.299 --> 00:10:04.819 do you remember how I said, 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:06.620 I don't even actually know 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:07.379 if I've even said it, 00:10:07.439 --> 00:10:09.819 but how you preserve vegetables. 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:12.600 So you preserve vegetables 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:15.019 by applying an intense amount of heat 00:10:15.019 --> 00:10:16.600 to remove toxins. 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:21.960 And so these toxins go in, 00:10:22.019 --> 00:10:23.540 they get rid of the imperfections, 00:10:23.659 --> 00:10:25.560 and then once you get rid of the imperfections, 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:28.759 you seal that jar. 00:10:31.259 --> 00:10:33.659 It requires heat. 00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:36.580 Now what would happen 00:10:36.580 --> 00:10:37.980 in our hypothetical here 00:10:37.980 --> 00:10:39.139 if I took the courgettes 00:10:39.139 --> 00:10:40.840 and I just threw them in the boiling water? 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:44.180 Well, you, me, 00:10:44.180 --> 00:10:44.980 and everybody else 00:10:44.980 --> 00:10:45.980 would be having courgettes 00:10:45.980 --> 00:10:46.960 for the next week 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:48.519 because they would be cooked, right? 00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:52.120 If courgettes would no longer be preserved, 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:52.780 they would be cooked, 00:10:52.860 --> 00:10:53.440 you'd have to eat them 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:54.500 before they went bad, 00:10:54.620 --> 00:10:56.019 which would maybe be a few days. 00:10:57.440 --> 00:10:57.860 Instead, 00:10:58.240 --> 00:10:59.759 if you're going to preserve them, 00:10:59.980 --> 00:11:01.480 what do you need? 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:04.420 You need a jar. 00:11:04.419 --> 00:11:07.559 Something that's going to stand 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:08.740 between the heat 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:10.039 and the vegetables 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:11.740 that takes the heat 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:13.000 but keeps the vegetables 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:13.759 from cooking. 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:16.479 See, in this illustration, 00:11:17.059 --> 00:11:18.219 again, 00:11:18.319 --> 00:11:19.599 you can push illustrations too far, 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:21.919 Jesus is the jar. 00:11:22.979 --> 00:11:24.139 See, in this illustration, 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:26.819 he took the wrath of God, 00:11:26.939 --> 00:11:27.959 the heat, if you will, 00:11:28.219 --> 00:11:29.639 and that we deserved, 00:11:30.579 --> 00:11:31.659 and yet, 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:33.379 he kept us. 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:36.059 And so now we are preserved 00:11:36.059 --> 00:11:37.759 because of him. 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:41.620 See, David starts 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:43.100 off his psalm by saying, 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:45.320 this is good news. 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:46.700 We are safe 00:11:46.700 --> 00:11:48.320 because we have been preserved. 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:49.720 We are safe 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:51.379 because God is our refuge. 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:52.779 He is the one that has done it. 00:11:53.379 --> 00:11:54.299 Nothing that we could do, 00:11:54.340 --> 00:11:55.360 we would rot without God. 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:00.519 And one of the best things 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:02.019 about this illustration as well 00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:03.139 is that once you are preserved, 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:07.419 the jar never leaves 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:08.519 the vegetables either, right? 00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:09.480 It's always with them. 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:13.620 So once you have been preserved, 00:12:13.980 --> 00:12:15.279 David then will go on, 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:15.919 so let's move on 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:16.559 to the second point, 00:12:16.700 --> 00:12:18.059 and that preservation 00:12:18.059 --> 00:12:19.720 will overflow 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:20.740 into something 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:22.179 that is counter-cultural. 00:12:24.179 --> 00:12:24.899 That was the heat. 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:27.059 Point number two 00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:28.779 is contentment 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:30.379 in the preservation. 00:12:30.379 --> 00:12:31.919 So we've established 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:32.419 that preservation 00:12:32.419 --> 00:12:33.320 is necessary. 00:12:33.939 --> 00:12:34.580 David is saying 00:12:34.580 --> 00:12:35.340 that our preservation 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:37.480 now should overflow 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.320 into contentment. 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:40.200 Look back at the verses 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:40.559 with me. 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:41.240 Verse two, 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:41.799 he says, 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:43.120 apart from you, 00:12:43.259 --> 00:12:43.439 Lord, 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:44.559 I have no good thing. 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:45.860 Verse five says, 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:46.779 you are my portion 00:12:46.779 --> 00:12:47.740 and my cup. 00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:48.700 Verse eight says, 00:12:48.820 --> 00:12:50.220 I will keep my eyes 00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:51.559 always on the Lord. 00:12:52.860 --> 00:12:53.360 David says, 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:54.200 it doesn't matter 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:55.019 what is happening 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:56.039 around me. 00:12:56.439 --> 00:12:57.679 I will be content 00:12:57.679 --> 00:12:58.919 in the Lord. 00:12:59.439 --> 00:12:59.879 He makes this 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:00.500 very apparent 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:01.539 if you look at verse five. 00:13:02.719 --> 00:13:03.159 David is saying, 00:13:03.299 --> 00:13:03.399 Lord, 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:04.379 you are my portion. 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:05.120 You are my cup. 00:13:05.199 --> 00:13:06.799 You are the only need 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:07.759 for me to survive. 00:13:07.839 --> 00:13:08.659 You're the only thing 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:09.240 I need 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:10.699 for survival. 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:13.059 See, 00:13:13.099 --> 00:13:14.179 this is counter-cultural, 00:13:14.319 --> 00:13:14.519 right? 00:13:15.439 --> 00:13:17.159 David is choosing 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:18.839 to be sustained 00:13:18.839 --> 00:13:19.740 by the Lord 00:13:19.740 --> 00:13:21.579 instead of looking 00:13:21.579 --> 00:13:22.699 for the things 00:13:22.699 --> 00:13:23.199 of the world. 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:26.220 And let's not 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:27.280 kid ourselves. 00:13:27.680 --> 00:13:27.840 See, 00:13:27.900 --> 00:13:29.160 David had other options 00:13:29.160 --> 00:13:30.140 to be fulfilled in, 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:30.420 right? 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:31.879 He was the king of Israel. 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.700 He could have had 00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:34.400 his choice 00:13:34.400 --> 00:13:35.640 of worldly pleasures. 00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:38.340 But David, 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:38.920 in this psalm, 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:39.259 is saying, 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:39.820 no, no, no, 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:41.200 I do not need 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:42.600 more land. 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:43.259 I do not need 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:44.440 more mythical stories 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:45.620 told about my greatness. 00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:46.300 I don't need 00:13:46.300 --> 00:13:47.500 better clothes. 00:13:47.700 --> 00:13:48.180 I don't need 00:13:48.180 --> 00:13:49.000 a bigger palace. 00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:50.720 What I need, 00:13:50.920 --> 00:13:52.940 what can sustain me 00:13:52.940 --> 00:13:54.620 in what I am doing 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:55.540 only comes 00:13:55.540 --> 00:13:56.040 from the Lord. 00:13:58.580 --> 00:13:59.460 And one of the 00:13:59.460 --> 00:14:01.000 more famous psalms 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:02.440 in the hymns 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:02.960 of the psalms 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:03.900 is Psalm 119. 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:04.660 It says, 00:14:05.280 --> 00:14:05.920 the word 00:14:05.920 --> 00:14:06.960 of the Lord 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:07.680 is a lamp 00:14:07.680 --> 00:14:08.440 unto our feet 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:09.180 and a light 00:14:09.180 --> 00:14:09.980 unto my path, 00:14:10.020 --> 00:14:10.220 right? 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:13.240 If you need 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:14.140 to be able 00:14:14.140 --> 00:14:15.100 to see 50, 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:15.560 100, 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:16.620 150 meters 00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:17.300 ahead of you, 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:18.380 you don't need 00:14:18.380 --> 00:14:18.760 a lamp. 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:20.160 You need 00:14:20.160 --> 00:14:20.700 a spotlight, 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:21.200 right? 00:14:21.940 --> 00:14:22.460 That's the only 00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:22.980 way that you're 00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:23.560 going to see. 00:14:25.540 --> 00:14:26.140 What does 00:14:26.140 --> 00:14:27.120 a lamp illuminate? 00:14:28.540 --> 00:14:29.379 It illuminates 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:29.800 the area 00:14:29.800 --> 00:14:30.759 right in front 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:31.020 of you, 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:32.220 right around you. 00:14:32.920 --> 00:14:33.400 So David 00:14:33.400 --> 00:14:33.860 is saying 00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:34.800 in Psalm 119 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:35.500 and here in 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.040 Psalm 16, 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.540 it doesn't matter 00:14:37.540 --> 00:14:38.640 what is happening 00:14:38.640 --> 00:14:39.520 around me, 00:14:39.660 --> 00:14:40.700 I can't see it. 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:41.360 I'm holding up 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:41.720 a lamp. 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:43.580 What I can only 00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:44.460 see and what 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:45.180 only matters 00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:45.860 is what you 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.340 have provided 00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:47.040 before me. 00:14:47.560 --> 00:14:48.580 I will be content 00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.740 in those circumstances, 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:50.080 Lord. 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:51.759 It doesn't 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:52.080 matter how 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:52.500 the world 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.300 defines success, 00:14:53.400 --> 00:14:53.680 it doesn't 00:14:53.680 --> 00:14:54.000 matter even 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:54.620 the persecution 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:55.120 that I might 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.740 come under. 00:14:56.700 --> 00:14:57.560 The world 00:14:57.560 --> 00:14:58.980 doesn't matter, 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.840 but the word 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:01.220 of the Lord 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:01.580 does. 00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:04.520 So are you 00:15:04.520 --> 00:15:04.980 going to be 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.960 content in 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:06.600 what the Lord 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:07.320 gives you? 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:08.860 Or do you 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.500 want to fall 00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.240 into the trap 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:10.660 of what the 00:15:10.660 --> 00:15:11.400 world wants? 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:14.340 See, 00:15:14.400 --> 00:15:14.720 we've already 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:15.120 talked about 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:15.440 the world 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:16.080 has a different 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:16.860 definition of 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.420 success than 00:15:17.420 --> 00:15:18.520 we do as 00:15:18.520 --> 00:15:18.840 Christians, 00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:19.140 right? 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:20.659 But it's 00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:21.379 really easy 00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:22.100 to sit in 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:22.659 here on 00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:23.379 Sunday night 00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.120 and think 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:24.740 of the world 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.559 as something 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:26.399 out there, 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:27.120 something that 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.659 doesn't really 00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:28.720 affect us. 00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:29.939 But if I 00:15:29.939 --> 00:15:30.220 can, 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:30.699 for just a 00:15:30.699 --> 00:15:30.879 second, 00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:31.340 let me bring 00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:31.779 the world 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:32.360 just a little 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:32.879 bit closer. 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:34.659 Christian, 00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:35.279 in the room, 00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.439 are you content 00:15:36.439 --> 00:15:37.199 where you are 00:15:37.199 --> 00:15:37.819 at in your 00:15:37.819 --> 00:15:38.439 life right now? 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:40.860 Are you content 00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.620 with the flat 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:43.039 that you are 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:43.179 in? 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:45.460 Are you content 00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:46.059 with the money 00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.580 in your bank 00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:46.860 account? 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:48.680 are you 00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:49.180 content with 00:15:49.180 --> 00:15:49.560 the job 00:15:49.560 --> 00:15:49.840 that you 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.320 do or do 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:50.840 not have? 00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:54.419 To keep on 00:15:54.419 --> 00:15:54.759 taking it a 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.120 little further, 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:55.600 parents, 00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.560 are you content 00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:58.460 with how your 00:15:58.460 --> 00:15:58.919 children are 00:15:58.919 --> 00:15:59.360 turning out? 00:16:03.539 --> 00:16:03.899 Spouses, 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.700 are you content 00:16:04.700 --> 00:16:05.100 with your 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:05.659 other spouse? 00:16:07.060 --> 00:16:07.480 Now, 00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:08.440 please hear 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:08.759 me. 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.800 This is not 00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:11.519 a license 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:12.500 for us to 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.379 be lazy 00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:14.240 and call 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:15.019 it contentment. 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.259 See, 00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:16.799 Paul, 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.720 the Proverbs, 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.379 multiple other 00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:19.399 spots speak 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:19.820 out some 00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.939 strong words 00:16:20.939 --> 00:16:21.679 against laziness. 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:22.279 This is not 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:23.059 license to be 00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:23.399 lazy. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.740 Raising kids, 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.419 earning money, 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:26.259 living life 00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:26.720 in London 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:28.019 is hard 00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.639 work. 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:29.600 It takes 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:30.200 diligence. 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.840 But if you 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.679 put in the 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.439 hard work of 00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:35.279 raising kids, 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:35.840 of doing 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.620 your job, 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:39.799 are you content 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.639 with the results 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:41.039 that come? 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:44.799 And I 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:45.439 can't tell you 00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:45.799 the amount 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:46.319 of time 00:16:46.319 --> 00:16:46.579 that you 00:16:46.579 --> 00:16:46.919 need to 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:47.299 spend with 00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:47.659 the Lord 00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:47.959 or the amount 00:16:47.959 --> 00:16:48.219 of time 00:16:48.219 --> 00:16:48.480 you need to 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:48.719 spend with 00:16:48.719 --> 00:16:49.019 your kids. 00:16:49.099 --> 00:16:49.299 That's 00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:49.759 legalism. 00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:50.240 I can't 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:50.559 do that. 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:50.779 That's 00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.159 between you 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.360 and the 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:51.519 Lord. 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:52.639 But what 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:53.240 I can 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:56.719 say is 00:16:56.719 --> 00:16:57.839 that real 00:16:57.839 --> 00:16:58.379 trust, 00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.139 real contentment 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.699 comes when 00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.179 we trust 00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:01.620 the Lord. 00:17:03.839 --> 00:17:04.319 So we 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:04.619 have two 00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:04.940 options. 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.240 We can 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:06.000 buy in 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:07.799 to what 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.180 the world 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:08.599 is trying 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:08.980 to tell 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.339 us. 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:12.920 to become 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.899 consumeristic, 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.279 if you 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.539 will, 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:16.379 discontent, 00:17:16.659 --> 00:17:18.139 to where 00:17:18.139 --> 00:17:18.599 we have a 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:19.220 desire for 00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:19.940 more and 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.399 more and 00:17:20.399 --> 00:17:20.779 more until 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.159 it becomes 00:17:21.159 --> 00:17:21.639 almost 00:17:21.639 --> 00:17:22.559 insatiable 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.299 and we 00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:23.940 collapse 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.659 under the 00:17:24.659 --> 00:17:25.039 weight of 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:25.680 those desires. 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:28.819 Or 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:31.879 are we 00:17:31.879 --> 00:17:32.159 going to be 00:17:32.159 --> 00:17:32.680 content in 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.019 the Lord? 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:35.839 David 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:36.740 in this 00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.200 psalm had 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:37.799 his answer. 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.440 What's 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:39.920 ours going 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.119 to be? 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:43.799 finally, 00:17:43.899 --> 00:17:44.139 let's move 00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:44.599 on to the 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:45.119 last point 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:45.440 as we 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.500 move towards 00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:46.960 a close 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:47.299 here. 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:49.399 We'll talk 00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:49.579 about 00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:50.079 rejoicing. 00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.079 This is 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.339 the fun 00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:51.559 part. 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.039 Let's look 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.279 at verse 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.559 nine. 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:53.420 David 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:53.759 says, 00:17:53.879 --> 00:17:54.059 Therefore, 00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.720 my heart 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.259 is glad 00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:55.579 and my 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:55.859 tongue 00:17:55.859 --> 00:17:56.420 rejoices. 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.079 My body 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.720 also will 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.339 rest secure 00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:59.079 because you 00:17:59.079 --> 00:17:59.339 will not 00:17:59.339 --> 00:17:59.960 abandon me 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.279 to the 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:00.579 realm of 00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.039 the dead, 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.599 nor will 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:01.920 let your 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:02.440 faithful 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:03.019 ones see 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.420 decay. 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:04.440 You 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:04.859 make known 00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:05.099 to me 00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:05.559 the path 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:05.980 of life. 00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.119 You 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:06.480 will fill 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:06.639 me 00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.099 with joy 00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.339 in your 00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:07.759 presence, 00:18:07.879 --> 00:18:08.579 with eternal 00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.399 pleasures at 00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:10.180 your right 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:10.680 hand. 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:13.440 after finding 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.180 refuge and 00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:14.839 preservation in 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.259 the Lord 00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.960 and then 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:17.000 being content 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.460 in that 00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:17.940 preservation, 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:20.180 now David 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.839 gets to the 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:21.379 fun part. 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.759 Now David 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.460 rejoices. 00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:27.359 See, 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:27.799 David is 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.319 celebrating. 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:28.740 If you look 00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.200 back at verse 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.379 four, 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:29.859 he's celebrating 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.359 because he's 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:31.039 not like those 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:31.460 people in 00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:31.819 verse four. 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:33.000 He doesn't 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:34.039 run towards 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.779 other gods. 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:36.420 Instead, 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:36.960 he has found 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:37.680 contentment and 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.339 his joy in 00:18:38.339 --> 00:18:38.740 the Lord. 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:40.079 not only 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.259 that, 00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:40.660 he's found 00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.819 blessings and 00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.640 eternal pleasures 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:43.359 at God's 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:44.019 right hand. 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.299 That's what 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:44.700 he's saying. 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.640 This is the 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:46.559 party at 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.240 the end, 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:47.740 right? 00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:49.460 This is the 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.019 celebration. 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:50.660 This is the 00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:51.539 happily ever 00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.059 after. 00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:53.880 This is what 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.819 David's struggle 00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.660 has all been 00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.220 for for his 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.660 entire life. 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.180 This is the 00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:57.720 celebration. 00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:59.420 This is what 00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:00.559 he's deserved. 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:02.339 If you think 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:03.660 about in our 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:03.880 terms, 00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.279 this is the 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.839 party after 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.200 you've gotten 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.759 a promotion, 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.879 or this 00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.519 is the 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.660 party once 00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:08.859 you've 00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.339 graduated. 00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.000 This is the 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.740 prize at 00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.200 the end 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:11.559 for your 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:11.960 struggle. 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.559 Or is 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:14.720 it? 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.740 See, 00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.220 David lists 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:19.140 some criteria, 00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:20.220 some entry 00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:21.000 requirements, 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.440 a dress code, 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:22.960 if you will, 00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.400 for entering 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:23.940 this party. 00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.039 In verse 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.240 eight, 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:27.519 he says, 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:28.059 I keep my 00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.980 eyes always 00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.619 on the 00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:29.859 Lord. 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.579 Was this 00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:33.500 true of 00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:33.720 David? 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.160 Has he 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.680 always? 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.619 Kept his 00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:36.960 eyes on 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.240 the Lord? 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.279 If you 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.759 know anything 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.180 about the 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.400 Bible, 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:40.980 you're probably 00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.640 familiar with 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:42.319 King David's 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:42.579 story. 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.259 He was 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.000 picked as 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.559 special from 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.180 a very 00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:46.079 young age. 00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.019 The youngest 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.519 of eight 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:47.900 brothers, 00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.259 he was 00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.920 anointed as 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.359 king while 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:49.579 he was 00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.119 still watching 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:50.500 sheep. 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.480 While he 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:52.799 was still 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.279 quite young 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.700 as well, 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:53.980 he went 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.259 out to 00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:54.819 battle and 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.440 fought a 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.440 giant and 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:56.799 won. 00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.599 His name 00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:59.519 is synonymous 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.299 with underdog 00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:01.279 stories to 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.079 this day. 00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.879 And then 00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:05.079 when he 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.619 finally did 00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:06.479 become king, 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.119 he pushed 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.719 Israel's 00:20:07.719 --> 00:20:08.719 borders to 00:20:08.719 --> 00:20:09.439 the largest 00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:09.959 they had 00:20:09.959 --> 00:20:11.259 ever been. 00:20:12.979 --> 00:20:13.899 And yet, 00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:15.439 if you 00:20:15.439 --> 00:20:15.859 looked at 00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:16.279 David's 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.779 rap sheet, 00:20:17.419 --> 00:20:17.839 he would 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:18.519 not pass 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.179 the DBS 00:20:19.179 --> 00:20:19.919 to be hired 00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:20.259 here at 00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.739 West Kilburn. 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.539 You would 00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.039 not trust 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.419 your kids 00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:23.839 with him. 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.699 Adulterer, 00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.319 murderer, 00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.279 liar, 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:31.399 all 00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:32.480 accurate 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.119 descriptors 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:33.879 of king 00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:34.139 David. 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.059 And yet, 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.599 how does 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.339 he get to 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.059 rejoice at 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.619 the end? 00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.779 Why is he 00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.299 enjoying the 00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.019 blessings of 00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.680 the saints? 00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:44.019 Look at 00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.839 verse 6. 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.420 That's the 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:46.799 key to 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.319 understanding 00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.680 this. 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:48.759 David says 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.240 there's a 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.720 delightful 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.440 inheritance. 00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.460 What's 00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:52.920 significant 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.619 about an 00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:53.960 inheritance? 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.160 inheritance. 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.059 But you 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.380 get an 00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.799 inheritance 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:58.400 when someone 00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:59.079 dies. 00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.299 See, 00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.640 when most 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.160 people die, 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.519 they have 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.019 a will, 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:02.680 and they 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:02.940 get to 00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.279 determine 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.700 where their 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.019 earthly 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.400 treasures 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:04.779 go. 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.740 John 00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.100 gets the 00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:07.380 car, 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:07.900 Bridget gets 00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.360 the house, 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.799 et cetera, 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.220 et cetera. 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.559 If you 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.220 fast forward 00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.759 a thousand 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.380 years from 00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:13.079 King David, 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:13.480 there has 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.340 just been 00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:14.860 a death. 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.640 A carpenter 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.220 was crucified 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.920 on a cross 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.840 outside of 00:21:18.840 --> 00:21:19.299 Jerusalem, 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.740 and most 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.400 people thought 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:22.039 it was no 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.420 big deal. 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:25.860 But instead 00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.420 of business 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:27.380 returning as 00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.100 back to 00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:28.460 usual, 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:29.720 there's been 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.300 a disturbance. 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.060 And a man 00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.420 who's been 00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:32.940 accused of 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.560 being drunk 00:21:33.560 --> 00:21:34.759 at 9 a.m. 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:36.259 stands before 00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.880 a crowd 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:38.060 and proclaims 00:21:38.060 --> 00:21:39.279 these words. 00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.259 Fellow 00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.680 Israelites, 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.640 listen to 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.039 this. 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.039 Jesus of 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.539 Nazareth 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.539 was a man 00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.340 accredited by 00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:46.960 God to you 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.519 by miracles, 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.320 wonders, 00:21:48.560 --> 00:21:49.080 and signs, 00:21:49.080 --> 00:21:49.880 which God 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.420 did among 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.920 you through 00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.680 him as you 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.060 yourselves 00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:52.340 know. 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.480 This man 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.940 was handed 00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.440 over to 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:54.720 you by 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.039 God's 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.440 deliberate 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.480 plan and 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.080 foreknowledge, 00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.620 and you, 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.000 with the 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.480 help of 00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.259 wicked men, 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.080 put him 00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:00.519 to death 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.460 by nailing 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.759 him to 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.240 the cross. 00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:04.080 But God 00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.840 raised him 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.360 from the 00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:05.720 dead, 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.560 freeing him 00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:09.980 from the 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.539 agony of 00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.759 death, 00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.360 because it 00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:11.980 was impossible 00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.480 for death 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:12.860 to keep 00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.259 its hold 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.600 on him. 00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.440 David said 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.960 about him, 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.340 this should 00:22:16.340 --> 00:22:17.000 ring familiar, 00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:18.160 I saw 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.740 the Lord 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.980 always before 00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.320 me, 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.100 because he 00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.660 is at my 00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.160 right hand, 00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.620 I will 00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:23.000 not be 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.340 shaken. 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:23.920 Therefore, 00:22:24.040 --> 00:22:24.460 my heart 00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:24.900 is glad 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.200 and my 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.460 tongue 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.080 rejoices. 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.980 My body 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.580 also will 00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.400 rest in 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:28.840 hope, 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:29.880 because you 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.120 will not 00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.660 abandon me 00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:30.940 to the 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.200 realm of 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.540 the dead, 00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:31.779 you will 00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.100 not let 00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.740 your holy 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.360 one see 00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:33.880 decay. 00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:35.019 You have 00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.620 made known 00:22:35.620 --> 00:22:36.200 to me 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.740 the path 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.200 of life, 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.960 you will 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.320 fill me 00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:38.779 with joy 00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.259 in your 00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.880 presence. 00:22:41.040 --> 00:22:41.320 Fellow 00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:41.660 Israelites, 00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.500 I can tell 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.200 you confidently 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.580 that the 00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:44.320 patriarch David 00:22:44.320 --> 00:22:45.620 died and 00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.200 was buried, 00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.160 and his tomb 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.740 is here to 00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.300 this day, 00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:49.099 but he 00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.419 was a 00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:49.759 prophet, 00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.619 and he 00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:50.899 knew that 00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.259 God had 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.940 promised him 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.419 an oath 00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:53.000 that he 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.539 would place 00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.059 one of his 00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.799 descendants on 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.220 his throne. 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.740 Seeing what 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.220 was to come, 00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.659 he spoke of 00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:58.200 the resurrection 00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.980 of the Messiah, 00:22:59.359 --> 00:22:59.819 that he 00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.299 was not 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.059 abandoned to 00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.500 the realm 00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.839 of the 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.180 dead, 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.500 nor did 00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.919 his body 00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:04.399 see decay. 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.680 God has 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.399 raised this 00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:06.940 Jesus to 00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.240 life, 00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:08.259 and we 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.379 are all 00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:09.720 witnesses 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.180 of it. 00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:12.980 See, 00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.379 Peter, 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.700 when he 00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.059 looks at 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.779 Psalm 16, 00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.680 he says, 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.000 yes, 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.819 in order 00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.240 for us 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.640 to have 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.140 an inheritance, 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:18.980 there has 00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.440 to be a 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.680 death. 00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.279 But who 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:23.119 can go 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.720 and gain 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.380 all the 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.779 treasures 00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.640 of heaven 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:27.500 in order 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.940 to give 00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.579 us the 00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.019 inheritance? 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.680 It had 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.000 to be 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.539 God himself. 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.259 It could 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.799 only be 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.339 God himself. 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.539 So he 00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:35.920 sent his 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.519 son to 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.839 live the 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.180 life we 00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.420 couldn't 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.720 live, 00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.220 and then 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.720 he died 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.279 a death 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.960 that we 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.339 should have 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.640 died. 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.380 He took 00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.059 God's 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.799 wrath for 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.880 our sin, 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.460 and he 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.059 gave us 00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.519 God's 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.920 grace, 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.640 that he 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:46.859 had 00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.220 earned, 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.960 in order 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.460 that we 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.339 could inherit 00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.160 internal 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.019 life with 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.220 him. 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.859 Peter is 00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.160 saying, 00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.579 look, 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.720 Psalm 16, 00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.259 it's not 00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.819 talking about 00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.059 David. 00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.099 See, 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.420 we already 00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:00.900 know David 00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.380 had sinned, 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.579 so it 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.779 couldn't 00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.079 obviously 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.500 be talking 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.000 about him. 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.579 But on 00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:03.880 top of 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.099 that, 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.319 Peter says, 00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.599 look, 00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.299 David's 00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.720 dead. 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:07.920 There's 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.420 a tomb 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.779 in the 00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.359 city right 00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:09.700 here where 00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.039 we are 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.259 at. 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.680 We can 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.019 go point 00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.259 to the 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.480 body. 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.240 But David 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.700 was a 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.079 prophet. 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.939 he saw 00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:16.460 someone 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.339 coming in 00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.879 the future, 00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.619 and in 00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.359 Psalm 16, 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.199 he points 00:24:20.199 --> 00:24:20.639 us to the 00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.000 greatest 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.539 inheritance 00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:21.939 ever, 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.740 Jesus 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.220 Christ. 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.859 All we 00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.240 have to 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.939 do is 00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:26.339 believe. 00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.659 believe. 00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:30.459 I am 00:24:30.459 --> 00:24:31.359 constantly 00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:33.079 amazed at 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.419 the Bible. 00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:37.539 The way 00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:37.839 that the 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.740 Spirit speaks 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.399 through the 00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:40.159 Word of 00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:40.559 God 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.980 consistently 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.559 blows me 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.879 away. 00:24:43.699 --> 00:24:44.439 How all 00:24:44.439 --> 00:24:44.720 of these 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.059 things, 00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.500 thousands 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.919 of years 00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.279 apart, 00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.939 can 00:24:47.939 --> 00:24:48.579 connect. 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.339 Mind-boggling. 00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:53.720 God 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.159 is 00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:54.480 going to 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.480 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.139 I believe 00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.699 today the 00:24:54.699 --> 00:24:55.240 Spirit was 00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.119 ministering to 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:57.480 you as 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.019 you heard me 00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.359 talk, 00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.720 as he was 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.399 ministering to 00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:02.459 me when I 00:25:02.459 --> 00:25:02.819 was writing 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.339 these words. 00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:05.740 So the 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.319 question remains, 00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:06.619 what are we 00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:06.899 going to do 00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.259 about it? 00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.240 Maybe you 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.579 need to go 00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.139 home and 00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.639 meditate on 00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.039 the fact that 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.399 you've been 00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:12.899 preserved. 00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:14.039 You're a 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.339 vegetable. 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:16.919 the fact 00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:17.199 that the 00:25:17.199 --> 00:25:18.179 Lord cares 00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:19.319 and protects 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:21.119 me leaves 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.299 me speechless 00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.240 when I 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.099 actually stop 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.379 and think 00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:24.819 about it. 00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:27.459 Or maybe 00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:29.159 the Lord 00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:29.439 has been 00:25:29.439 --> 00:25:29.939 working on 00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.419 your heart 00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:30.720 when we 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.139 talked about 00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.779 contentment. 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.679 Maybe you 00:25:34.679 --> 00:25:34.980 need to go 00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.359 home and 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:35.859 pray that the 00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.240 Spirit would 00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.859 change the 00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.559 desires of 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:37.980 your heart. 00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.599 Or maybe 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.259 the reality 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.899 that there is 00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.720 a party at 00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.220 the end of 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.819 your life and 00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.259 you do not 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.559 meet the 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.220 criteria to 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.960 join has 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.559 really hit 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.960 home for 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.360 you today. 00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.900 Maybe you 00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.059 have the 00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.640 realization that 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:51.920 you really 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.299 do need 00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.600 Jesus. 00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.660 Do not 00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.440 fight it. 00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.680 Give your 00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.000 life to 00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.559 Jesus. 00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.240 Let him 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.700 change you 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.019 today. 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:04.140 Wherever you 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.799 are on this 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.220 spectrum, 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.620 what a 00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.000 beautiful 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.019 opportunity we 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.860 have today 00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:10.000 as we take 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.620 the Lord's 00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:12.339 Supper to 00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.819 remember the 00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.939 sacrifice that 00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:15.679 Jesus made 00:26:15.679 --> 00:26:16.279 for us, 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.859 but also so 00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.740 we can join 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.299 in the 00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.240 celebration of 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.859 what that 00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:22.139 sacrifice means 00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.779 for us. 00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.439 Remember, 00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.599 everyone out 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.200 there is going 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.079 to want you 00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.819 to define 00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.519 success for 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.299 your life, 00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:32.299 but contentment 00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.299 and fulfillment 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:35.700 can only come 00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:37.200 when we lean 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.000 into God's 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.559 definition of 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:38.939 success. 00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.919 Let's pray. 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:42.680 Father, 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.160 thank you for 00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.420 today. 00:26:43.820 --> 00:26:44.259 Thank you 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.160 just for your 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.840 word that 00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.360 speaks, 00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:46.740 God. 00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.740 Thousands of 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.200 years from 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.039 when these 00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.759 words were 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.320 spoken, 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.700 you are 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.800 ministering to 00:26:52.800 --> 00:26:53.519 us today 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:55.000 in a city 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.600 that these 00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.039 people didn't 00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.420 even know 00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.039 existed, 00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:57.600 God. 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.000 You're 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.680 bringing the 00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.100 word to 00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.840 our city, 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.120 Lord. 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.900 We want to 00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.320 be a part 00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:05.600 of it. 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.000 So help us 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.539 to define 00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.500 success not 00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.200 by how people 00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.980 out there 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.440 want us 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.860 to define 00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:10.980 it, 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.640 but how 00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.420 you define 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.940 it here 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.319 in your 00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.620 word, 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:13.880 Lord. 00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.539 Help our 00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.200 priorities to 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.920 look so 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:17.440 strange to 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.880 people out 00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.319 there that 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.920 they just 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.440 count us as 00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.200 weird and 00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.279 those Christians. 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.140 God, I pray 00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.500 that we would 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.140 be on fire 00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.620 for you, 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.480 that we would 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.220 share and 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.580 show that 00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.420 true contentment 00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:29.759 and true 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.980 success is 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.759 knowing you 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.299 and making 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.220 you known. 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.660 Pray all of 00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.160 these things 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.640 in your name. 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.480 Amen. 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.200 Amen.