WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.640 Psalms. And we read at the beginning there, it says, Oh, give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for a steadfast love endures forever. 00:00:12.500 --> 00:00:22.920 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west and the north and from the south. 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:33.579 Now, you see at the start here, it says book five. There are five books in the Psalter, in the book of Psalms. 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:40.299 And this is the closing book from 107 through to 150. 00:00:41.299 --> 00:00:47.020 But there is a link running through Psalm 105, 106 and 107. 00:00:47.020 --> 00:00:58.359 And many people think that the same hand wrote these three Psalms, although we find Psalm 107 in a different book. 00:00:59.180 --> 00:01:10.100 We find actually, when you see in verse 47 of Psalm 106, it says, Save us, O Lord, our God, and gather us from among the nations. 00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:27.579 And then we find in Psalm 107, an answer to that, that the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west and from the north and from the south. 00:01:27.939 --> 00:01:32.060 So we can see that very strong link that's running through the Psalms. 00:01:32.060 --> 00:01:42.140 Psalm 105 is a Psalm that looks at God's promise in giving his people the land. 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:50.000 That's really what the Psalm is about, and it's telling the promise that God is giving, that he's going to give the land to his people. 00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:53.500 And we know that every promise of God was fulfilled. 00:01:53.500 --> 00:02:00.960 It tells us in the book of Joshua that there didn't fail anything of all the good things that God had promised. 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.379 Every word was fulfilled. 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:07.239 And so it'll be in our experience as well. 00:02:08.379 --> 00:02:10.219 And then Psalm 106. 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:17.840 Sadly, you would expect Psalm 106 to be telling of how well the people lived in the land. 00:02:18.740 --> 00:02:28.299 Psalm 106 begins well, but you would expect that after God giving them the land and giving them so many provisions and blessings, 00:02:28.300 --> 00:02:36.200 that Psalm 106 would be telling about how faithful and well God's people lived there. 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:36.900 But it isn't. 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:44.280 It highlights their rebellion and their faithlessness over and over and over again, 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:49.200 to the extent that God is handing them over to the nations. 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:53.259 And we know the history of that, of how they went into exile. 00:02:54.219 --> 00:03:00.219 But then Psalm 107 is looking at the wandering of God's people, 00:03:00.799 --> 00:03:04.619 and God is going to bring his people back home. 00:03:05.179 --> 00:03:06.759 That's what it is. 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:13.120 And you know, in many senses, that is a picture of our own Christian life, 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:18.280 of where God sets out the promise of what we receive in Christ. 00:03:19.480 --> 00:03:24.180 And of how, when we receive Christ, everything that he has promised us, 00:03:24.300 --> 00:03:27.800 all the rest and the peace and the satisfaction and the joy, 00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:29.420 all that, it's true. 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:31.060 Not a word has failed. 00:03:31.060 --> 00:03:37.219 And I'm sure over our lives, we would love to write out that we have been faithful 00:03:37.219 --> 00:03:40.620 and we've walked with the Lord every single day. 00:03:41.900 --> 00:03:45.520 But sadly, so often, like Psalm 106, 00:03:46.620 --> 00:03:53.340 over it there are so many of our failings, our wanderings, our rebellions, our shortcomings. 00:03:54.460 --> 00:03:56.020 But God doesn't leave us. 00:03:56.780 --> 00:03:57.680 And that's what he does. 00:03:57.960 --> 00:03:59.199 He gathers us again. 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:03.099 And that's what we find in this Psalm, in Psalm 107. 00:04:03.239 --> 00:04:07.399 And really, what it's saying here, the Lord is kind of saying to his people, 00:04:07.679 --> 00:04:09.239 look, it's time to come back home. 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:12.619 The wanderings need to stop. 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:14.459 I'm going to bring you back. 00:04:14.739 --> 00:04:16.759 And God does that with you and with me as well. 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:20.599 Many times he stops us in our tracks when we're wandering away. 00:04:21.159 --> 00:04:23.379 Sometimes we don't even realise we're wandering. 00:04:23.939 --> 00:04:25.919 There's a wandering gene within us. 00:04:26.779 --> 00:04:28.360 We're so prone to stray. 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:31.580 And sometimes it can happen so subtly. 00:04:32.300 --> 00:04:38.120 And sometimes it's an ongoing, because I don't believe that anybody sets out to backslide. 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:41.980 I don't believe any Christian says, you know what, I'm going on a wee period of backsliding. 00:04:42.280 --> 00:04:43.259 That doesn't happen. 00:04:43.259 --> 00:04:48.779 But what does happen is that we begin to drift. 00:04:49.139 --> 00:04:53.439 Might start with not reading the word as attentively as we used to. 00:04:53.939 --> 00:04:56.899 We might find that our disciplines are beginning to go. 00:04:57.319 --> 00:05:01.599 And little by little by little, we find ourselves beginning to wander. 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:05.980 To the extent sometimes we wander quite far off. 00:05:06.620 --> 00:05:08.460 But God is a way of stopping us. 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:12.480 And in a spiritual sense of saying enough is enough. 00:05:13.220 --> 00:05:16.720 Putting his hand around us and saying, time to come back home. 00:05:17.540 --> 00:05:20.240 Time to get right again with me. 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:24.740 And you know, that's one of the wonderful things is where we see the patience of God. 00:05:25.660 --> 00:05:28.199 That over and over and over again we try him. 00:05:29.540 --> 00:05:31.480 But he still comes after us. 00:05:31.740 --> 00:05:32.900 And he takes us back. 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:37.019 And so the beginning of this psalm begins with praise. 00:05:37.019 --> 00:05:42.699 He says, praising and giving thanks to God for his steadfast love which endures forever. 00:05:43.159 --> 00:05:46.459 Give thanks to the Lord, it says, for he is good. 00:05:46.579 --> 00:05:47.339 God is good. 00:05:48.419 --> 00:05:52.339 Everything about the character, the nature of God is good. 00:05:52.979 --> 00:05:55.659 Everything that God does is good. 00:05:56.180 --> 00:05:57.839 Even when we don't understand it. 00:05:58.180 --> 00:06:02.359 God cannot do but what is right and what is good. 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:03.360 God cannot do but what is good. 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:08.460 And we realise that all the good that we have in our life comes to us from God. 00:06:08.540 --> 00:06:13.240 Because we're told that every good and every perfect gift is from above. 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:22.500 And when we look at our own lives, you know, far too often we're so slow to really to stop and to think about what we have. 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:25.259 Even the very place that we live. 00:06:26.420 --> 00:06:29.600 Just the freedoms that we enjoy here. 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:38.540 The safety, the community, all these things, these are providential blessings from God. 00:06:39.020 --> 00:06:41.220 God gives us so much. 00:06:42.180 --> 00:06:47.780 And every day we get up and every day we have the strength and the health to do. 00:06:48.080 --> 00:06:50.939 We've got to remember that his mercies are new every morning. 00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:56.140 It is because of his steadfast love and because of his mercy that you and I got up today. 00:06:57.320 --> 00:06:58.660 And that we're here tonight. 00:06:58.660 --> 00:07:00.900 And we must never forget that. 00:07:01.220 --> 00:07:06.620 That all that we are and all that we have comes back because of God's love to us. 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:12.660 And of course the main theme of thankfulness, there are so many reasons for thankfulness. 00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:16.879 But on this one it says, it's talking really of his redeeming love. 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:19.580 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:24.000 And as we know that's what the Lord has done. 00:07:24.139 --> 00:07:25.379 He has redeemed us. 00:07:25.819 --> 00:07:30.120 To redeem is really to buy back what is yours. 00:07:30.740 --> 00:07:42.539 The kinsman redeemer in the Old Testament was a relation who would pay off the debt of some member of the family or some relation that couldn't pay it. 00:07:42.540 --> 00:07:45.400 Or pay them out of slavery. 00:07:46.280 --> 00:07:48.300 Well that's what Jesus did for us. 00:07:48.500 --> 00:07:49.540 Because we were bankrupt. 00:07:50.379 --> 00:07:52.939 God was demanding a payment from us we couldn't give. 00:07:52.939 --> 00:07:56.140 Not one of us had the payment to give God. 00:07:56.139 --> 00:07:58.779 But God made provision. 00:07:59.259 --> 00:08:01.319 That's why Jesus is called the redeemer. 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:08.139 Because he has paid for us and done for us what we couldn't do for ourselves. 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:12.819 And that's why the gospel is offered without money and without price. 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:15.779 Because there is no price to it. 00:08:16.180 --> 00:08:19.819 The payment has all been taken care of. 00:08:19.819 --> 00:08:22.579 And so Jesus is the great redeemer. 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:28.040 And so every day we ought to give thanks to God for what he's done for us. 00:08:28.420 --> 00:08:29.899 Where he has taken us from. 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:31.899 Where he has taken us to. 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:34.039 And the cost that is involved. 00:08:34.179 --> 00:08:37.720 And it tells us then that gathered from all the lands. 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:42.000 You know it's one of the things a shepherd does is gathers his flock. 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:44.439 That's what a shepherd is always doing. 00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:45.779 Is out gathering. 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:49.279 There are specific times of gatherings as we know. 00:08:49.820 --> 00:08:51.620 But a shepherd, a good shepherd. 00:08:52.340 --> 00:08:53.280 Of many of the. 00:08:53.520 --> 00:08:55.920 He's got many different involvements with sheep. 00:08:56.040 --> 00:08:56.960 But one is gathering. 00:08:58.400 --> 00:09:01.140 And that's what the Lord Jesus as a good shepherd. 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:03.780 He is in the business of gathering. 00:09:04.060 --> 00:09:05.140 You're here tonight. 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:08.100 Because of the good shepherd's gathering. 00:09:09.100 --> 00:09:11.100 And we've gone all over the place. 00:09:11.260 --> 00:09:13.300 North, south, east and west. 00:09:13.420 --> 00:09:15.380 Our straying has taken us everywhere. 00:09:15.379 --> 00:09:18.000 And you know his love. 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:20.259 Is so extraordinary. 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:22.399 Because you know when the Lord. 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:25.120 Began to work in you. 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:29.399 Or even before the Lord began really to work in you. 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:31.399 You think of the number of times. 00:09:31.939 --> 00:09:33.120 The number of occasions. 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:37.240 When you received a gospel invitation. 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:39.240 Whether it was from the pulpit. 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:40.220 From reading. 00:09:40.659 --> 00:09:43.259 From another person speaking to you. 00:09:44.139 --> 00:09:45.560 And the number of times. 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:47.060 That you said no. 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:48.580 Or not yet. 00:09:49.460 --> 00:09:50.139 Imagine. 00:09:50.700 --> 00:09:52.000 If God said. 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:54.039 Is that your final answer? 00:09:54.560 --> 00:09:56.320 Can you imagine if the first time. 00:09:57.139 --> 00:09:59.980 That the Lord gave his invitation through his word. 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:01.100 To you. 00:10:01.340 --> 00:10:01.820 To me. 00:10:01.820 --> 00:10:03.740 And we'd said. 00:10:04.460 --> 00:10:04.700 No. 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:06.560 Or leave it till later. 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:07.400 And the Lord said. 00:10:07.760 --> 00:10:08.220 All right. 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:10.200 But he didn't. 00:10:11.100 --> 00:10:12.540 He goes after us. 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:14.379 He goes after us. 00:10:15.260 --> 00:10:16.440 His love is such. 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:16.740 That. 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:19.140 In that covenant love for his people. 00:10:19.260 --> 00:10:20.720 He doesn't take no for an answer. 00:10:21.580 --> 00:10:24.040 And he breaks down the walls of our resistance. 00:10:25.340 --> 00:10:26.280 And in the end. 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:27.260 He makes us willing. 00:10:28.140 --> 00:10:28.900 To receive. 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:29.980 And to accept him. 00:10:30.300 --> 00:10:30.980 As saviour. 00:10:30.980 --> 00:10:32.399 And so. 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:33.800 It's amazing. 00:10:33.980 --> 00:10:34.840 How extensive. 00:10:35.300 --> 00:10:36.100 As we see this. 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:37.860 This search is. 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:38.279 Because. 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:39.159 As I said. 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:40.519 We have a straying gene. 00:10:40.659 --> 00:10:42.560 All we like sheep have gone astray. 00:10:43.019 --> 00:10:44.960 Turned everyone to his own way. 00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:47.100 Sometimes we think it's only the. 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.980 That when it talks about all we like sheep have gone astray. 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:54.100 That it is. 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:55.840 Simply those who are. 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:57.080 Without Christ. 00:10:57.879 --> 00:10:59.180 But straying sadly. 00:10:59.180 --> 00:10:59.700 As we said. 00:10:59.800 --> 00:11:00.740 It's part and partial. 00:11:00.980 --> 00:11:03.560 Of our Christian experience as well. 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:05.720 Remember in Psalm 119. 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:06.560 The last verse. 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:09.340 And when you go through that Psalm. 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:10.519 You read about this. 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:12.680 Amazing Psalmist. 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:16.039 Who is talking of his love. 00:11:16.180 --> 00:11:17.379 For God's statutes. 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:19.159 For God's law. 00:11:19.580 --> 00:11:21.120 For God's testimonies. 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:23.220 And of how they are his delight. 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:24.120 Day and night. 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:24.620 And yet. 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:25.600 And yet in the last verse. 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:26.100 He says. 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:28.759 I like a lost sheep. 00:11:28.980 --> 00:11:29.820 Went astray. 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:31.299 Your servant. 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:32.480 Seek and find. 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:34.019 Not talking about somebody else. 00:11:34.560 --> 00:11:35.419 Talking about himself. 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:36.379 The servant. 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:37.919 Your servant. 00:11:38.580 --> 00:11:39.500 Seek and find. 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:41.720 And we've all been there. 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:43.779 And we've all cried that. 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:45.539 And asked the Lord to. 00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:47.240 To take us back from. 00:11:47.299 --> 00:11:48.259 From our straying. 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:50.600 And so we find here. 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:50.860 That. 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:52.220 The Lord. 00:11:52.299 --> 00:11:52.879 As he begins. 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:53.279 When he. 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:54.500 If we take it back to. 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:55.460 When the Lord. 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:56.840 Does first. 00:11:57.659 --> 00:11:58.919 Reach into us. 00:11:59.000 --> 00:11:59.679 And begin to. 00:11:59.919 --> 00:12:00.759 To touch us. 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:01.500 With his love. 00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:03.159 One of the things. 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:03.840 That he does. 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:04.139 Is. 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:05.960 He begins to show us. 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:06.519 How empty. 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:08.240 This world is. 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:10.279 Because before that. 00:12:10.659 --> 00:12:11.799 We loved the world. 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:13.080 And we're happy in the world. 00:12:14.220 --> 00:12:15.779 The world loves its own. 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:17.659 The Bible tells us that. 00:12:17.940 --> 00:12:19.759 The world loves its own. 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:21.899 And that's why. 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:23.840 When a person becomes a Christian. 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.080 Sometimes his barrier. 00:12:25.460 --> 00:12:26.700 Comes up straight away. 00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:28.220 Because the world. 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:29.299 The world. 00:12:29.299 --> 00:12:30.299 Sometimes is confused. 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:32.060 By the Christian. 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:34.340 But there was a day. 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:35.740 When we were at home in the world. 00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:37.340 The world was everything to us. 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:38.200 But you know. 00:12:38.300 --> 00:12:39.040 When the Lord. 00:12:39.160 --> 00:12:40.720 Begins to work in our heart. 00:12:42.040 --> 00:12:43.560 The sparkle. 00:12:44.300 --> 00:12:45.139 Of the world. 00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:45.879 Goes out. 00:12:46.580 --> 00:12:47.940 We begin to realize. 00:12:48.280 --> 00:12:49.300 That the satisfaction. 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:51.240 And the pleasure. 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:53.620 And everything that we got from it. 00:12:53.660 --> 00:12:54.580 Isn't there anymore. 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:57.019 And we're looking for something deeper. 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:57.560 Something. 00:12:57.840 --> 00:12:59.540 Something that will reach right down. 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:00.420 Something that will. 00:13:00.940 --> 00:13:02.639 Satisfy into the very depth. 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:03.340 Of our being. 00:13:04.019 --> 00:13:04.800 And we discover. 00:13:04.800 --> 00:13:05.879 That we can no longer. 00:13:06.420 --> 00:13:06.920 Find it. 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:08.219 In the world. 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:10.799 And so the Lord is saying. 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:11.799 He's gathering. 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:12.799 From all the lands. 00:13:12.959 --> 00:13:13.379 From north. 00:13:13.459 --> 00:13:13.679 South. 00:13:13.699 --> 00:13:13.899 East. 00:13:13.979 --> 00:13:14.459 And west. 00:13:14.979 --> 00:13:15.939 And some wandered. 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:16.839 In desert ways. 00:13:17.319 --> 00:13:17.759 Finding. 00:13:18.099 --> 00:13:19.399 No way to a city. 00:13:19.479 --> 00:13:20.099 To dwell in. 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:20.939 And they were hungry. 00:13:21.059 --> 00:13:21.599 And thirsty. 00:13:21.719 --> 00:13:22.799 Their soul fainted. 00:13:22.839 --> 00:13:23.379 Within them. 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:26.379 And it's when we're in that state. 00:13:26.459 --> 00:13:26.639 Of. 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:28.599 Not finding anything. 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:29.799 We find that Jesus. 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:31.959 Is the bread of life. 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.240 We find that the water. 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:35.180 That he gives. 00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:35.340 We find that the water. 00:13:35.340 --> 00:13:35.440 That he gives. 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:36.960 Springs up. 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:38.340 An eternal. 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:39.340 Well of. 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:41.019 Refreshing within us. 00:13:41.800 --> 00:13:42.560 So that. 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:45.040 Here we find something. 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:45.300 To. 00:13:45.500 --> 00:13:46.400 To alleviate. 00:13:46.900 --> 00:13:47.980 That hunger. 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.240 That. 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:50.200 We can't find a satisfaction. 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:50.580 In. 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:51.580 In the world. 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:53.720 And so we find that. 00:13:53.900 --> 00:13:54.700 The Lord. 00:13:54.800 --> 00:13:55.340 Is the one. 00:13:55.520 --> 00:13:55.580 Who. 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:57.379 Who begins to work in us. 00:13:57.460 --> 00:13:58.620 But even there. 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:00.139 Sometimes. 00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:01.780 We begin to. 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:03.040 We begin to. 00:14:03.160 --> 00:14:04.259 To wander again. 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:05.860 And so we find. 00:14:06.020 --> 00:14:06.759 In verse six. 00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:07.800 Two of the most. 00:14:07.800 --> 00:14:08.580 I suppose. 00:14:08.740 --> 00:14:09.220 Two of the most. 00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:09.800 Common experiences. 00:14:10.800 --> 00:14:11.960 Throughout the Bible. 00:14:12.540 --> 00:14:13.460 And in our own life. 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:14.800 They cried to the Lord. 00:14:15.300 --> 00:14:16.800 And he delivered them. 00:14:17.259 --> 00:14:18.060 From their distress. 00:14:18.300 --> 00:14:19.460 That's what the Lord does. 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:20.620 Where he. 00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:21.980 Where we cry. 00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:22.960 And the Lord. 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:24.000 Deliver us. 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:24.639 And we find. 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:26.259 And when you go through the Bible. 00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:27.080 You will find. 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:28.360 That. 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:29.960 Spoken about so often. 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:31.480 We sang in Psalm 34. 00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:33.080 This poor man cried. 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:33.980 God heard. 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:35.240 And saved him. 00:14:35.560 --> 00:14:37.159 From all his distresses. 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:39.580 And then we read in verse seven. 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:40.539 It tells us. 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:41.240 He led them. 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.320 By. 00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:43.899 A straight way. 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:44.919 Or a right way. 00:14:46.060 --> 00:14:46.860 And that is. 00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:47.680 That is. 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:48.639 The way the Lord. 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.340 Will take us. 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:50.600 In this right way. 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:50.920 Way. 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:52.639 Now. 00:14:53.040 --> 00:14:53.460 You know. 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:53.920 Even. 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:55.120 As I said. 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.220 Even us Christians. 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:57.519 Sometimes. 00:14:58.639 --> 00:14:59.139 The world. 00:14:59.480 --> 00:14:59.820 You know. 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:01.000 The world we live in. 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:02.500 Is incredibly. 00:15:02.800 --> 00:15:03.320 Powerful. 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:05.240 The whole structure. 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:06.200 Of society. 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.580 The whole. 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:09.600 Pool. 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.420 And spirit. 00:15:10.540 --> 00:15:11.159 Of the age. 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.840 Has a deadening. 00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:13.500 Impact. 00:15:13.560 --> 00:15:14.159 Upon us. 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:15.000 And we. 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.659 We would. 00:15:15.959 --> 00:15:16.939 We make a mistake. 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:18.360 If we don't realize that. 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:20.600 Those of you. 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:21.699 Who are ever privileged. 00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:22.779 If there are any here. 00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:23.519 To have lived. 00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:24.439 Through a revival. 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:24.860 Or. 00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:26.860 Experienced revival. 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:27.539 Times. 00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:29.839 Know that it's not like anything. 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.519 I haven't. 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.600 And I would love to. 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:34.240 And those who have. 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.259 Always see that. 00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:37.480 Those who were converted. 00:15:38.060 --> 00:15:38.759 In a revival. 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:40.580 Have an extra. 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.660 Like a. 00:15:41.660 --> 00:15:42.360 A spirituality. 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:43.960 A spark. 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:44.560 About them. 00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:45.680 Throughout their life. 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:46.920 It's different. 00:15:47.439 --> 00:15:48.479 They're always different. 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:50.639 To other Christians. 00:15:50.779 --> 00:15:51.839 I've always noticed that. 00:15:51.939 --> 00:15:52.579 That those who. 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:54.039 Came to know the Lord. 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.699 In a revival. 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:56.279 But in revival. 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:56.860 Times. 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:58.839 There is an impact. 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.240 Not only on those. 00:16:00.319 --> 00:16:01.000 Who are converted. 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.699 But also. 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.719 On the community. 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:04.559 And it's. 00:16:05.099 --> 00:16:06.139 At these times. 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.099 As a Christian. 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:07.579 There's a. 00:16:09.079 --> 00:16:10.179 Those who are already. 00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:10.779 Christians. 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.480 Are revived. 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.139 And so many. 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:12.939 Are converted. 00:16:14.339 --> 00:16:14.819 But. 00:16:15.079 --> 00:16:15.480 In the day. 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:16.599 That we're living in. 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:18.079 We feel that. 00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:19.159 God's spirit. 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:20.199 Is being withdrawn. 00:16:20.579 --> 00:16:21.039 More. 00:16:21.199 --> 00:16:21.699 And more. 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.439 And more. 00:16:22.959 --> 00:16:23.740 And the more. 00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:25.139 That God's spirit. 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:25.919 Is withdrawn. 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.240 The harder. 00:16:27.479 --> 00:16:28.399 It is for us. 00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.259 Because. 00:16:30.699 --> 00:16:31.319 The worst thing. 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:32.120 God can do. 00:16:32.219 --> 00:16:32.759 To a people. 00:16:33.099 --> 00:16:34.159 Is to give them over. 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:34.860 To themselves. 00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.740 And you know. 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.539 That seems to be. 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:38.159 What's happening. 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:39.179 Little by little. 00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:41.099 That we've been given over. 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.179 More and more. 00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.899 To ourselves. 00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.559 I'm talking about. 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.679 That nationally. 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:47.000 And so. 00:16:47.339 --> 00:16:48.279 It's hard. 00:16:48.359 --> 00:16:48.959 As a Christian. 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:49.659 It's difficult. 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:50.579 Because. 00:16:51.059 --> 00:16:51.559 The world. 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.819 Is an incredibly. 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:53.379 Deadening. 00:16:53.479 --> 00:16:53.779 In fact. 00:16:53.839 --> 00:16:54.319 In a sense. 00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.079 We have to work. 00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:55.839 All the harder. 00:16:55.839 --> 00:16:57.139 As Christians. 00:16:58.839 --> 00:16:59.699 But thankfully. 00:16:59.699 --> 00:17:00.159 The Lord. 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.299 Doesn't leave us there. 00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:03.559 He still comes back. 00:17:03.599 --> 00:17:04.359 And he leads us. 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.679 By the right way. 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.339 And on that way. 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.079 There are many. 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.980 Ups and downs. 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:10.099 And the one thing. 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.940 As you look back. 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:12.079 Over your Christian life. 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.220 It's very different. 00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:14.220 To what you expected. 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:15.019 When you started. 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:17.019 I'm sure. 00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:18.100 When you started out. 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.759 And when you came to know. 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.980 The Lord Jesus Christ. 00:17:21.100 --> 00:17:21.819 And persuaded. 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.980 Of his interest in you. 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:24.039 And his love to you. 00:17:24.600 --> 00:17:25.440 And you thought. 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.079 That it would be. 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:26.920 Straightforward. 00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:29.180 But how many. 00:17:29.380 --> 00:17:29.779 Twists. 00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:30.500 And turns. 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:31.579 And temptations. 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.360 And trials. 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.200 But you know. 00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:36.380 When we arrive. 00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:36.960 In glory. 00:17:38.100 --> 00:17:38.640 We will say. 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:40.520 When I was young. 00:17:40.600 --> 00:17:41.560 I used to do a lot of. 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:43.480 I was years and years ago. 00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:44.520 A lot of hill walking. 00:17:44.620 --> 00:17:45.140 And climbing. 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:46.980 And in that. 00:17:47.060 --> 00:17:47.600 When you were. 00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:48.560 Climbing. 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.820 Or hill walking. 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.759 A lot of us. 00:17:50.800 --> 00:17:51.340 You know yourself. 00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:52.380 There's a lot of groans. 00:17:52.560 --> 00:17:53.259 And grunts. 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.700 And as you're going up. 00:17:54.800 --> 00:17:55.100 And down. 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:56.040 A lot of struggles. 00:17:57.780 --> 00:17:58.020 But. 00:17:59.300 --> 00:18:00.040 You could say. 00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:00.900 Ninety nine. 00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:02.160 Times out of a hundred. 00:18:02.280 --> 00:18:03.360 When you reached the top. 00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:05.220 There was often. 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:06.300 Oh my word. 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:08.259 And. 00:18:08.659 --> 00:18:09.180 It's not only. 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.819 The view. 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.839 Was amazing. 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.919 But your perspective. 00:18:12.919 --> 00:18:13.599 On everything. 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.379 Had changed. 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:15.940 Everything looked different. 00:18:16.419 --> 00:18:17.139 From the top. 00:18:17.919 --> 00:18:18.740 And the struggle. 00:18:18.899 --> 00:18:19.619 To get up there. 00:18:19.659 --> 00:18:20.339 Was worth it. 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.339 And you were saying. 00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:21.839 My word. 00:18:22.139 --> 00:18:22.480 Well you know. 00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:23.079 That's just like. 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:23.859 A little picture. 00:18:24.659 --> 00:18:25.619 Of what it will be. 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:26.419 When we arrive. 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.059 In glory. 00:18:27.399 --> 00:18:28.079 It's only then. 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:29.119 That our perspective. 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.539 On all that's been. 00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:31.119 Of life. 00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:33.480 Will have completely. 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:33.919 Changed. 00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.619 And we'll be. 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.419 In completely. 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:35.980 In keeping. 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:36.680 With the mind. 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.680 And the will of God. 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:39.259 And we will see. 00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:39.960 That everything. 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:41.019 Was right. 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:42.920 And everything. 00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.759 We went through. 00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.940 However difficult. 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.700 And painful. 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.299 That it was. 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:48.279 For our own good. 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.539 And for the glory. 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.160 Of God. 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.059 And so. 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.839 The Lord. 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.720 Is leading us. 00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.860 Every step. 00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.880 On this right way. 00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.380 And the Lord. 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:58.099 Is a purpose. 00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:59.180 For each and every one. 00:18:59.180 --> 00:18:59.480 Of us. 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:00.500 As he takes us out. 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.420 And we didn't. 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:03.019 Start out. 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.779 By chance. 00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.599 God took us. 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.279 He led us. 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.139 Just as he did. 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:06.779 With Israel. 00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:07.059 In the. 00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.460 In. 00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.379 From Egypt. 00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:10.019 God took them. 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.839 And he led them. 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.759 Along the way. 00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:12.859 Now along the way. 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.160 They had. 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:14.399 All kinds of different. 00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.180 Experiences. 00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:17.599 Some of these experiences. 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:18.359 Were harsh. 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.940 And difficult. 00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.660 And painful. 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.399 And some were good. 00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.399 There was a time. 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:22.779 Remember. 00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.440 They were hungry. 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:23.879 Thirsty. 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.960 And they stopped. 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.579 At the waters. 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.480 The wells. 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.119 Of Elam. 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:29.279 And they'd be all saying. 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.119 As they drank there. 00:19:30.159 --> 00:19:30.899 Oh my word. 00:19:31.379 --> 00:19:31.699 Oh. 00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.659 This is great. 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.939 But that wasn't. 00:19:34.979 --> 00:19:35.679 Why they were taken. 00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.519 Out of Egypt. 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.139 It wasn't. 00:19:37.179 --> 00:19:37.979 To go to the wells. 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.459 Of Elam. 00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:39.259 That was just. 00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.359 One of the things. 00:19:40.419 --> 00:19:41.139 Along the way. 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.819 And so it is. 00:19:42.939 --> 00:19:43.259 For you. 00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.779 And for me. 00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.479 As we're taken. 00:19:44.659 --> 00:19:45.179 Along the way. 00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.859 Whatever experience. 00:19:46.979 --> 00:19:47.559 We go through. 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.979 However wonderful. 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:50.099 Or whatever communion. 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.339 Or whatever fellowship. 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:52.879 Yes. 00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:53.439 It's wonderful. 00:19:53.659 --> 00:19:54.359 But that's not. 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:55.439 The ultimate reason. 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:57.519 That God has taken us out. 00:19:58.479 --> 00:19:59.459 The ultimate reason. 00:19:59.459 --> 00:20:00.419 Is to take us. 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.500 As it says. 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.339 To this city. 00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.579 This city. 00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:05.199 And that's what it says. 00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.099 He led them. 00:20:06.219 --> 00:20:06.899 By a straight. 00:20:06.959 --> 00:20:07.839 Or a right way. 00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:09.819 Till they reached a city. 00:20:10.179 --> 00:20:11.240 To dwell in. 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.699 To abide in. 00:20:12.699 --> 00:20:13.779 To be there. 00:20:14.179 --> 00:20:14.539 Forever. 00:20:16.219 --> 00:20:16.939 And you know. 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:18.259 When we reach that city. 00:20:19.179 --> 00:20:20.439 All our wanderings. 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.399 Will be over. 00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.240 In this world. 00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:24.019 Where pilgrims. 00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.680 And strangers. 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.019 You know. 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:26.099 If you're away from home. 00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:28.279 And if you've got a busy time. 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:29.079 Away from home. 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:30.539 And you're away for quite a while. 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.599 You know. 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.019 You're saying. 00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.200 Oh. 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:33.859 I'm longing to get back home. 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.859 Or if you've had a really. 00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.859 Really busy day. 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:37.879 You say. 00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:39.059 I've longed to get home. 00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.900 Get my feet up. 00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:42.000 Well in a sense. 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.579 That's the picture. 00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.480 That we have here. 00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.799 All our wanderings. 00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.859 And all our struggles. 00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:47.440 Are over. 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:49.579 When we get to that city. 00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.299 And again. 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:53.059 When we get to that city. 00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:54.799 Our labors. 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.859 Will be over. 00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.460 Our labors. 00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:56.960 We're told. 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.519 Their works. 00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.319 To follow them. 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:00.159 But there'll be a rest. 00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:01.220 From all our enemies. 00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.859 It's hard to imagine. 00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.720 All these enemies. 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.419 Within us. 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.720 Which are often. 00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.379 Far worse. 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.000 Than the enemies. 00:21:08.139 --> 00:21:08.379 Without. 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.559 We'll. 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.000 We'll. 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.919 We'll have a rest. 00:21:11.919 --> 00:21:12.220 From. 00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.500 All our struggles. 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.359 With sin. 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.500 All the lusts. 00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:18.380 All the force. 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:18.920 And power. 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.480 Of the world. 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.700 All the batterings. 00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.400 And bruising. 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.200 Of Satan. 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.559 A rest. 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.779 From all these things. 00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:27.099 A rest. 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.900 From sorrow. 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.299 It's hard to imagine. 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.259 This world. 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:32.700 Where there's. 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.400 So much heartache. 00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:36.119 So much pain. 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:38.619 So many sorrows. 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:41.919 Nothing on the horizon. 00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:43.359 Ever to trouble you. 00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:45.319 Rest from death. 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.799 No graves. 00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:48.059 In glory. 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.259 Isn't that wonderful? 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:52.039 Death here is always devouring. 00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:53.719 The grave is always hungry. 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.679 No graves. 00:21:55.199 --> 00:21:55.799 No death. 00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:56.819 In glory. 00:21:58.159 --> 00:21:58.719 Everlasting. 00:21:58.879 --> 00:22:00.279 And perpetual rest. 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.719 And it's no wonder the psalmist. 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.899 Begins by saying. 00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:05.819 Oh give thanks to the Lord. 00:22:05.959 --> 00:22:06.839 For he is good. 00:22:07.239 --> 00:22:08.519 For his steadfast love. 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.440 Endures forever. 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:11.139 And it's because of that. 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.119 Steadfast love. 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.299 That endures forever. 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:15.079 That he goes out. 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:16.319 And he pulls us back. 00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.700 And he's done that. 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:19.220 For every single one of us. 00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:21.119 Because we've all wandered. 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.639 We've all strayed. 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.460 We've all gone. 00:22:24.879 --> 00:22:25.799 Our own way. 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.639 So often. 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.660 But as we said. 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.759 He is so patient. 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.639 His steadfast love. 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.519 Will never give up. 00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:35.720 And he's leading us. 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.480 More and more. 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.920 Towards that. 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.840 Heavenly city. 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.800 And it won't be long. 00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:43.259 Until we'll all be there. 00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:44.860 So. 00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:46.100 May we have that. 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:47.320 Through thanksgiving. 00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.060 In our heart. 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.440 To the Lord. 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.240 Let's pray. 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.640 Oh Lord. 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.180 Our God. 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.980 We give thanks. 00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.259 For. 00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:54.560 The way. 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.620 You take us. 00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.860 On that journey. 00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:59.360 Step by step. 00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:00.800 And sometimes. 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.500 Sometimes we feel. 00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.819 We're. 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:03.220 We're going forward. 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.579 As of two or three steps. 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.099 And sometimes. 00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.700 We feel. 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.559 We're going backwards. 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.039 Sometimes. 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.940 We feel like. 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.480 As we're just going to sing. 00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.899 That we reel. 00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.519 And stagger. 00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.819 That our. 00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.619 Our way. 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:16.159 Is so wayward. 00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.579 But Lord. 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.399 We give thanks. 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.079 That at the end. 00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:20.039 Of every section. 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.420 That we read. 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.059 Through this. 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.079 Psalm. 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.639 Whether it's. 00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.440 Through the wandering. 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.940 Or whether it's. 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.420 Through being. 00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.659 Imprisoned. 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.460 Or whether it is. 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.379 Through illness. 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.579 Or whether it's. 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.440 Through storms. 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.079 At sea. 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.559 The end. 00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.639 There is deliverance. 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.980 And there is. 00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.659 Thanksgiving. 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.139 And oh Lord. 00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.599 Our God. 00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.399 Then we pray. 00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.980 That you will bless us. 00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.680 And help us. 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:43.000 Each and every one of us. 00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.759 And grant us your grace. 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.779 We pray your blessing. 00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.599 Upon everybody. 00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.139 In need. 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.639 Tonight. 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.420 And we pray. 00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.600 For health. 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.420 And for strength. 00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.360 For recovery. 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.720 For your goodness. 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.340 And mercy. 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.320 To accompany us all. 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.440 Every day of our life. 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.380 Forgive us our sin. 00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.960 We pray. 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.180 In Jesus name. 00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:00.640 Amen. 00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.660 We're going to conclude. 00:24:02.820 --> 00:24:03.380 Singing from. 00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:03.740 Psalm.