WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.000 I thank you that you are the speaking God. You have spoken about your power, about your love, about who you are, so we can know you and trust you. 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:22.000 I pray that would happen today. Please speak to each one of our hearts as Irene reads your word. And then as I try to speak, please, Lord, we encounter your word by your spirit. In Jesus' name. Amen. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:36.700 So today's scripture reading is taken from Psalm 62. Please follow along your Bible. If you don't have a Bible, please do grab them from the front of the stage or at the back near the doors. 00:00:37.500 --> 00:00:46.060 So our passage is on page 448 in the church Bible. Hear then God's word to us today. 00:00:46.060 --> 00:00:52.160 To the Choir Master, according to Juduthin, a Psalm of David. 00:00:52.159 --> 00:01:06.799 For God alone, my soul waits in silence. From him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I shall not be greatly shaken. 00:01:07.979 --> 00:01:13.439 How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:23.739 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. 00:01:24.420 --> 00:01:24.819 Selah. 00:01:26.179 --> 00:01:39.759 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence. For my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I shall not be shaken. 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:47.260 On God rests my salvation and my glory. My mighty rock, my refuge is God. 00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:57.360 Trust in him at all times, O people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah. 00:01:58.620 --> 00:02:03.300 Those of low estate are but a breath. Those of high estate are a delusion. 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:08.439 In the balances they go up. They're together lighter than a breath. 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:18.159 Put no trust in extortion. Set no vain hopes on robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart on them. 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:29.199 Once God has spoken, twice have I heard this, that power belongs to God, and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. 00:02:29.699 --> 00:02:32.919 For you will render to a man according to his work. 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:37.739 Let us believe and respond to God's true and living word. 00:02:37.740 --> 00:02:44.280 Great. Thanks, Irene. That's okay. 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:47.740 Okay, shall I try to speak without notes? 00:02:47.740 --> 00:02:50.680 Just in case. 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:53.040 My memory fails me at my age. 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:57.260 Yeah, now to keep that passage open, we're gonna... 00:02:57.260 --> 00:02:58.540 It's quite a short passage, right? 00:02:58.620 --> 00:03:00.900 Sometimes I've preached here on like 10 chapters. 00:03:00.900 --> 00:03:07.140 This is actually a lot easier, so hopefully this will be good. 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:09.560 But yeah, we're gonna look closely at these words. 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:12.560 We're in this series on praying the Psalms. 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.580 And yeah, today is a great psalm that many people love. 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:22.480 Now, I don't know if the date 7-7 means anything to you? 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:23.259 7-7? 00:03:23.259 --> 00:03:23.759 No. 00:03:25.179 --> 00:03:25.539 No. 00:03:25.959 --> 00:03:27.419 It's not as famous as 9-11. 00:03:28.139 --> 00:03:29.459 I see some people, they know. 00:03:29.979 --> 00:03:31.259 7-7 is the London bombings. 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:35.599 It's when in 2005, there were some suicide bombs in London. 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:37.579 Free on the tube. 00:03:37.739 --> 00:03:38.780 We don't have photos of that. 00:03:38.859 --> 00:03:39.780 One on a bus. 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:43.099 And yeah, that was a big shock to many people. 00:03:43.219 --> 00:03:44.519 I lived in London at the time. 00:03:44.620 --> 00:03:45.719 I actually, I took the train. 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:47.599 The only thing is I took it a bit earlier. 00:03:47.819 --> 00:03:49.280 I went for a swim before work. 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:55.300 So yeah, I was swimming and I came to my office and everyone was glued to their screen because 00:03:55.300 --> 00:03:57.560 everything was so quiet. 00:03:58.099 --> 00:04:02.139 At the time, people thought, well, it was just some electrical short circuit that had caused 00:04:02.139 --> 00:04:02.900 these explosions. 00:04:03.340 --> 00:04:04.620 But then the truth came out. 00:04:04.659 --> 00:04:05.920 These were actual bombs. 00:04:06.420 --> 00:04:09.319 I had suicide bombs on the train in London. 00:04:09.780 --> 00:04:12.180 And my colleagues just freaked out. 00:04:12.900 --> 00:04:14.120 They went crazy. 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.139 Like, can I ever take the tube again? 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:17.220 How am I gonna get home? 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:18.480 Where can I get a sleeping bag? 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:20.240 So I need to stay in my office. 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:26.020 I've never seen people so anxious because suddenly here was a problem that seemed so real to them. 00:04:27.100 --> 00:04:29.520 Now, most of life is not dramatic. 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:34.960 But actually, for many of us, we have things that worry us, that make us so anxious, right? 00:04:34.980 --> 00:04:38.840 Maybe you're unemployed and you're looking for a job and the money's running out and you're 00:04:38.840 --> 00:04:39.860 not having any success. 00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:41.960 And you're getting worried about that. 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:42.879 And maybe you're a youth. 00:04:43.400 --> 00:04:43.660 I don't know. 00:04:43.780 --> 00:04:45.700 Are your DSE results, are they out yet? 00:04:45.740 --> 00:04:46.240 I'm not sure. 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:50.680 Maybe you're worried about those, about maybe getting into the right uni. 00:04:51.780 --> 00:04:52.740 Health scares. 00:04:53.220 --> 00:04:55.500 There's so many things that make us worried. 00:04:56.660 --> 00:04:59.699 Well, then this psalm sounds so great, right? 00:04:59.699 --> 00:05:01.720 Such an amazing promise. 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:03.780 Finding rest in God. 00:05:04.379 --> 00:05:05.579 What does he say? 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:07.340 Verse 1. 00:05:07.339 --> 00:05:09.899 For God alone, my soul waits in silence. 00:05:10.359 --> 00:05:11.719 From him comes my salvation. 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:14.219 Here is David. 00:05:14.379 --> 00:05:15.759 And he's having real rest in God. 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:18.599 I mean, we know trusting God is important, right? 00:05:18.679 --> 00:05:19.639 I mean, what is a Christian? 00:05:19.779 --> 00:05:21.560 A Christian is someone who trusts in Jesus. 00:05:21.679 --> 00:05:22.939 That's what we all say. 00:05:23.599 --> 00:05:26.199 And I guess we trust Jesus for salvation, right? 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:29.620 Because he died for our sins to save us from condemnation. 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:33.120 And yet so often in daily life, we struggle to trust, right? 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:36.439 Things happen, and we're anxious, and we're worried. 00:05:37.780 --> 00:05:41.100 And then, actually, David is here, and he seems to be trusting God. 00:05:41.180 --> 00:05:42.519 And we admire him. 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:44.840 We wish we could trust God like he would. 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:47.060 I mean, we all want peace. 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:48.980 We all want to end anxiety. 00:05:49.860 --> 00:05:50.899 But how do we do that? 00:05:51.060 --> 00:05:55.959 I mean, some people, you know, medication, mindless entertainment, doom scrolling. 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:59.620 I don't know how, maybe you're here, you wouldn't call yourself a Christian. 00:05:59.819 --> 00:06:02.279 How do you deal with stress and anxiety? 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:07.339 But actually, if you were a Christian, I think we should know, right? 00:06:07.339 --> 00:06:08.599 The answer is in God. 00:06:08.699 --> 00:06:10.879 So how can we learn to trust God? 00:06:11.060 --> 00:06:13.079 Well, that is what this psalm is about. 00:06:13.219 --> 00:06:16.379 It's about trusting God, learning how to trust God. 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:17.299 Right? 00:06:17.359 --> 00:06:19.299 This series is praying the psalms. 00:06:19.379 --> 00:06:21.299 We're going to look at all kinds of psalms. 00:06:21.419 --> 00:06:24.379 And basically, not just, okay, what do they teach about God? 00:06:24.379 --> 00:06:26.159 But how can we learn to pray? 00:06:26.699 --> 00:06:30.459 How do they help us, you know, adore and confess? 00:06:30.579 --> 00:06:32.699 And in this case, how does it help us to trust God? 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:34.920 Because trusting God is so basic, right? 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:36.000 Trusting is faith. 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.240 Prayer, I mean, prayer is faith, right? 00:06:39.339 --> 00:06:41.939 Prayer is faith verbalized, as someone said. 00:06:42.019 --> 00:06:44.740 It's just how do you show your trust God while you pray to him? 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:46.459 So we're going to learn to pray. 00:06:47.620 --> 00:06:50.620 The context, I guess we've heard it read out. 00:06:50.659 --> 00:06:51.899 It's a prayer of David. 00:06:51.899 --> 00:06:55.459 David was Israel's greatest king. 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:57.979 I mean, you can hear some of those things, right? 00:06:58.019 --> 00:07:00.639 He talks about being thrust down from his high position. 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:03.299 He is leading the people, right? 00:07:03.419 --> 00:07:05.319 Trust in him at all times, O people. 00:07:05.859 --> 00:07:07.699 This is not just an ordinary believer. 00:07:08.479 --> 00:07:11.060 But at the same time, I mean, as Christians, we're in Christ. 00:07:11.239 --> 00:07:13.279 As we heard last week, we have a high position, right? 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:15.719 We are on the throne next to Jesus. 00:07:16.419 --> 00:07:18.479 And of course, it's a lesson for everyone. 00:07:18.479 --> 00:07:21.219 He says, trust in him at all times, O people. 00:07:21.899 --> 00:07:23.959 And he has learned to trust God. 00:07:24.060 --> 00:07:28.139 And he wants everyone else to also trust God and to learn from him. 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:30.979 That's why he's, in a way, writing this psalm, right? 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:32.939 That's why he says, trust in him, O people. 00:07:33.339 --> 00:07:35.139 And so we can learn trusting. 00:07:35.299 --> 00:07:38.060 So it's like a lesson in trust that we're having. 00:07:39.099 --> 00:07:40.459 And what was David going through? 00:07:40.799 --> 00:07:41.979 I guess it wasn't unemployment. 00:07:42.219 --> 00:07:42.859 He was the king. 00:07:42.860 --> 00:07:46.319 But people were trying to bring him down. 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:47.439 Verse 3. 00:07:47.980 --> 00:07:51.480 How long will all of you attack a man to better him? 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:54.360 Like a leaning wall, a tottering fence. 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.879 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.400 He has some kind of conspiracy to bring him down. 00:08:01.939 --> 00:08:03.439 And he feels like it's working. 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:04.620 He feels under attack. 00:08:04.620 --> 00:08:07.480 He describes himself as a leaning wall, right? 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:10.860 A wall that's kind of, it's almost toppling over. 00:08:11.060 --> 00:08:14.500 And he feels like, you know, just a little bit more and I fall down. 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:18.300 He is, yeah, really something to be anxious about. 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:22.000 But that is when he, yeah, I guess he's prayed for protection. 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:23.639 He's prayed that God would keep him safe. 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:25.220 And now he is trusting. 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:28.399 And again, that may not be our situation. 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:30.599 I don't know if you face a conspiracy at work. 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:31.639 Hopefully not. 00:08:32.100 --> 00:08:34.959 But, you know, trust in him at all times. 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:38.519 I think in every situation, this will help us trust. 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:41.919 Whether it's, yeah, all those things I've mentioned. 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:45.059 Now, what is this psalm? 00:08:45.139 --> 00:08:46.720 I guess many people know this psalm. 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:48.539 Many famous verses. 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:52.439 Some people refer to it as the kind of the alone psalm. 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:54.740 Because it mentions the word alone so much, right? 00:08:55.139 --> 00:08:57.460 For God alone my soul waits in silence. 00:08:57.460 --> 00:09:00.160 He alone is my rock and my salvation. 00:09:00.860 --> 00:09:01.680 Actually, that's true. 00:09:01.740 --> 00:09:04.940 But that word shows up even more than it seems here in the ESV. 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:08.740 I guess a better way to translate it maybe is the word surely. 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:11.320 Because then you can translate it the same in every verse. 00:09:11.680 --> 00:09:13.259 And you can see that's quite a lot of times. 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:16.259 Surely is a kind of affirmation, right? 00:09:16.980 --> 00:09:18.139 Yeah, this is true. 00:09:19.060 --> 00:09:20.960 Sometimes, yeah, that's what he does, right? 00:09:20.980 --> 00:09:22.560 He is reminding himself of things. 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:24.220 And so he says, yes, this is true. 00:09:24.220 --> 00:09:27.620 And so he says, yes, surely for God my soul is waiting. 00:09:28.220 --> 00:09:30.920 Surely he is my rock and my salvation. 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:33.759 But then surely they're trying to bring me down. 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:36.379 Surely those of low estate are abreast. 00:09:36.920 --> 00:09:37.320 Surely. 00:09:37.500 --> 00:09:39.120 So I'll mention that word a few times. 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:42.160 And just so you know, that's quite a few times in this psalm 00:09:42.160 --> 00:09:44.700 as he's reminding himself of what is true. 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:47.200 But what do we learn here? 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:50.480 So I think there's three things that we're going to look at 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:52.300 that we can see from David. 00:09:52.300 --> 00:09:55.300 How he trusts and how he wants us to trust. 00:09:56.420 --> 00:09:58.160 And the first thing is focus. 00:09:58.920 --> 00:09:59.060 Right? 00:09:59.180 --> 00:09:59.580 Focus. 00:09:59.860 --> 00:10:01.320 Focusing on God. 00:10:01.400 --> 00:10:04.360 The big thing to help us trust, I guess obviously, 00:10:04.860 --> 00:10:06.879 is that we focus on God. 00:10:07.060 --> 00:10:07.220 Right? 00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:09.259 If we remind ourselves who God is. 00:10:09.340 --> 00:10:10.280 When you want to trust God, 00:10:10.700 --> 00:10:12.080 you need to know that he's trustworthy. 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:12.580 Right? 00:10:12.580 --> 00:10:15.460 So you need to remember who he is and what he's done. 00:10:16.060 --> 00:10:16.280 Right? 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:18.500 The psalms actually, yes, they're prayers, 00:10:18.659 --> 00:10:20.199 but they're so full of theology. 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:24.059 So much rich material about God and who he is. 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:25.079 Yeah? 00:10:25.079 --> 00:10:26.079 So same with David. 00:10:26.659 --> 00:10:26.839 Yeah? 00:10:26.839 --> 00:10:28.819 62 verse 1. 00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:31.299 Again, a kind of affirmation. 00:10:31.439 --> 00:10:31.579 Right? 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:33.480 From him comes my salvation. 00:10:33.980 --> 00:10:36.659 Surely he is my rock and my salvation, 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:38.459 my fortress. 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:40.600 I shall not be greatly shaken. 00:10:40.939 --> 00:10:45.539 And this real image of safety and protection and stability 00:10:45.539 --> 00:10:47.120 a rock, 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:47.860 a fortress. 00:10:48.319 --> 00:10:49.639 It's a place where you're safe. 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.039 It's a place where you're not shaken. 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:53.879 All those things that worry you, 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:55.459 you don't have to worry about them 00:10:55.459 --> 00:10:56.539 because you're safe. 00:10:56.860 --> 00:10:57.480 You're stable. 00:10:58.079 --> 00:10:59.299 That's the picture here. 00:10:59.419 --> 00:10:59.559 Right? 00:11:00.059 --> 00:11:01.579 It comes up so often. 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:03.059 Also at the end. 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:05.099 Once God has spoken, 00:11:05.319 --> 00:11:06.959 twice have I heard this, 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:08.620 that power belongs to God. 00:11:08.620 --> 00:11:09.879 And that to you, 00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:10.299 oh Lord, 00:11:10.379 --> 00:11:11.759 belongs steadfast love. 00:11:12.539 --> 00:11:13.519 Not just an image, 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:14.340 but actually God, 00:11:14.460 --> 00:11:14.659 yeah, 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:15.460 you have the power. 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:17.560 You're able to do anything. 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:19.779 You're a God of steadfast love. 00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:21.019 You're committed to me. 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:22.000 And so, 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:22.259 yeah, 00:11:22.299 --> 00:11:22.500 God, 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:23.060 you're able. 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:23.720 You're willing. 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:24.700 And so, 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:25.539 I can trust you. 00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:25.759 Right? 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:26.440 You're trustworthy. 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:28.560 Reminding yourself of, 00:11:28.659 --> 00:11:28.799 yeah, 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:29.860 who God is. 00:11:31.060 --> 00:11:32.500 What I find encouraging though, 00:11:32.539 --> 00:11:34.740 is that David seems to struggle a bit. 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:37.100 He seems to struggle with trusting God. 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:39.620 I don't know if you found it so weird 00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:42.139 that verse five kind of repeats verse one. 00:11:42.299 --> 00:11:42.340 Right? 00:11:42.419 --> 00:11:42.539 So, 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:43.720 verse one, 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:44.879 for God alone, 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:46.399 my soul waits in silence. 00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:48.019 From him comes my salvation. 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:48.980 All sounds very good. 00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:50.100 But then verse three, 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.560 how long will all of you attack a man to better him? 00:11:54.139 --> 00:11:55.259 Like a leaning wall, 00:11:55.340 --> 00:11:56.200 a tottering fence, 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:59.379 surely they plan to bring him down from his high position. 00:11:59.899 --> 00:12:01.259 It's like his mind wanders. 00:12:01.259 --> 00:12:01.480 Right? 00:12:01.539 --> 00:12:02.500 His mind is, 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:03.039 you know, 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:04.200 he's focusing on God, 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:06.120 but then he's thinking about his enemies 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:06.740 and that is, 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:07.580 you know, 00:12:07.680 --> 00:12:08.720 that dominates him. 00:12:08.860 --> 00:12:09.820 What is true? 00:12:09.940 --> 00:12:10.080 Well, 00:12:10.180 --> 00:12:11.080 they're attacking me. 00:12:11.160 --> 00:12:12.440 They're trying to bring me down. 00:12:13.160 --> 00:12:13.360 He's, 00:12:13.460 --> 00:12:13.580 yeah, 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:15.320 it feels a bit like he's distracted. 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:16.280 And then verse five, 00:12:16.700 --> 00:12:17.740 for God alone, 00:12:18.060 --> 00:12:19.780 it's like he repeats verse one again. 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:20.500 Actually, 00:12:20.560 --> 00:12:21.520 with a little change. 00:12:21.660 --> 00:12:22.540 For God alone, 00:12:22.660 --> 00:12:23.200 oh my soul, 00:12:23.580 --> 00:12:24.600 wait in silence. 00:12:25.040 --> 00:12:25.280 Not, 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:26.440 oh my soul waits. 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:26.820 No, 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:27.820 he gives a command. 00:12:27.920 --> 00:12:28.400 Hey soul, 00:12:28.560 --> 00:12:28.860 come on. 00:12:30.020 --> 00:12:30.900 Wait for God. 00:12:31.340 --> 00:12:31.480 Right? 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:33.180 It's like he's struggling to trust. 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:34.799 I think that's, 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:36.059 that's quite encouraging 00:12:36.059 --> 00:12:37.159 because I don't know about you. 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:37.379 When, 00:12:37.459 --> 00:12:38.159 when I pray, 00:12:38.239 --> 00:12:39.939 I so often find myself distracted. 00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:40.159 Right? 00:12:40.179 --> 00:12:41.039 I want to focus on God. 00:12:41.079 --> 00:12:41.639 I want to pray, 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:43.139 but my mind wanders 00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:44.559 and it thinks about my problems 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:46.639 and things that I should worry about 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:48.620 and that dominates my thinking. 00:12:48.859 --> 00:12:49.179 Now, 00:12:49.239 --> 00:12:50.859 I need to turn back to God. 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:52.399 That is what he's doing. 00:12:53.219 --> 00:12:53.799 So yeah, 00:12:53.839 --> 00:12:55.120 if David had that problem, 00:12:55.239 --> 00:12:55.599 it's okay. 00:12:55.599 --> 00:12:56.659 We can do that. 00:12:56.859 --> 00:12:58.179 Just go back to God. 00:12:58.259 --> 00:12:59.019 That is what he does. 00:12:59.099 --> 00:12:59.240 Right? 00:12:59.240 --> 00:12:59.419 He, 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:00.940 he gets distracted, 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:01.639 but then no, 00:13:01.860 --> 00:13:03.220 I'm going to focus on God. 00:13:03.700 --> 00:13:04.279 And yeah, 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:05.419 the second time it's kind of, 00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:06.139 it works, 00:13:06.220 --> 00:13:06.360 right? 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:07.080 He goes on, 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:08.080 not just two verses, 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:09.240 but you have verse seven. 00:13:09.620 --> 00:13:11.159 On God rest my salvation 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:12.000 and my glory. 00:13:12.580 --> 00:13:13.299 Verse eight, 00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:14.620 trust in him at all times, 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:15.180 oh people. 00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:17.240 God is a refuge for us. 00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:17.980 Yeah, 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:19.620 a real focus on God. 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:20.659 So yeah, 00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:21.840 let me encourage you to do that. 00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:22.000 Right? 00:13:22.019 --> 00:13:23.039 You want to trust God. 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:24.080 What do you do? 00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:25.879 You want to pray. 00:13:25.980 --> 00:13:26.899 You want to remind yourself 00:13:26.899 --> 00:13:27.639 of who he is. 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:29.419 And Michelle prayed just now 00:13:29.419 --> 00:13:31.159 so much about God in there 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.460 because that is what helps us, 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:33.639 right? 00:13:33.659 --> 00:13:34.460 What helps us trust. 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:37.360 So how do we do that? 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:37.840 Well, 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:38.220 of course, 00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:39.860 the big input we need for that 00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:40.460 is the Bible, 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:40.759 right? 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:42.299 You want to remind yourself 00:13:42.299 --> 00:13:42.899 of who God is. 00:13:42.939 --> 00:13:44.279 You need to read about him 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:44.879 in the word. 00:13:45.860 --> 00:13:46.759 So yeah, 00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:47.939 I don't know if you know, 00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:49.759 faith and truth are related. 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.539 It's always, 00:13:51.539 --> 00:13:52.519 it comes from the same word. 00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:54.639 Faith is when you, 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:55.460 you know, 00:13:55.460 --> 00:13:56.820 we consider something true. 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:58.840 So we need to know the truth. 00:13:59.019 --> 00:13:59.379 So yeah, 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:00.040 read your Bible, 00:14:00.180 --> 00:14:00.740 read the Psalms, 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:01.980 read the rest of scripture. 00:14:02.259 --> 00:14:03.740 That is how we know God 00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:05.639 so that we can focus on him 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.680 so that we can remember 00:14:06.680 --> 00:14:07.400 who he is 00:14:07.400 --> 00:14:09.639 in times of trouble. 00:14:10.540 --> 00:14:11.400 And of course, 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:13.019 try to avoid distraction. 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:13.379 I mean, 00:14:13.420 --> 00:14:14.340 distraction happens. 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:15.720 We can make it worse 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:16.480 for ourselves though, 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:16.660 right? 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:17.700 By keeping our phone on 00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:18.019 and stuff. 00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:18.940 So please don't do that. 00:14:19.400 --> 00:14:20.139 Turn it off, 00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:21.100 use a paper Bible. 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:21.860 We sell them here. 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:22.960 It's great. 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:23.840 So, 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:26.440 not just a sales advertisement, 00:14:26.560 --> 00:14:27.259 it's really helpful, 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:27.820 right? 00:14:28.540 --> 00:14:30.220 Try to avoid distraction. 00:14:30.800 --> 00:14:32.040 I find it very helpful. 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:33.120 So yeah, 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:34.720 so we want to focus on God 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:35.120 but then, 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:36.200 what does that give us? 00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:37.920 The second thing is, 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:39.320 it gives us perspective. 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.759 When we focus on God, 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:41.940 well, 00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.280 actually, 00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:43.540 that gives us perspective. 00:14:43.900 --> 00:14:46.360 That is what David has, 00:14:46.780 --> 00:14:47.019 right? 00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:48.220 So after the distraction 00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:48.980 in three and four, 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:49.980 he goes back to God 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:51.519 and he really has this breakthrough. 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.259 Yeah, 00:14:52.319 --> 00:14:53.460 God is our refuge. 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:54.639 Verse nine, 00:14:54.699 --> 00:14:55.899 he comes back to his enemies 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:56.379 but now, 00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.799 he talks very differently, 00:14:57.960 --> 00:14:58.139 right? 00:14:58.199 --> 00:14:58.720 Verse nine, 00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:00.579 those of low estate 00:15:00.579 --> 00:15:01.559 are but a breath. 00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:03.419 Those of high estate 00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:04.419 are a delusion. 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:05.980 In the balances, 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:06.779 they go up. 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:08.399 They are together 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:09.799 lighter than a breath. 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:11.460 And again, 00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:12.799 this verse starts with surely, 00:15:13.199 --> 00:15:13.600 he's saying, 00:15:13.699 --> 00:15:13.799 okay, 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.740 this is true. 00:15:15.479 --> 00:15:17.120 That those of low estate, 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:18.339 they're but a breath. 00:15:18.859 --> 00:15:20.099 They go up in the balances. 00:15:21.139 --> 00:15:21.279 Right? 00:15:21.339 --> 00:15:22.059 Suddenly he says, 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:22.240 hey, 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:23.259 they're so small. 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:24.559 It's the same people 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:25.939 but before it was, 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.159 you know, 00:15:26.219 --> 00:15:27.079 toppling me 00:15:27.079 --> 00:15:27.839 and lies 00:15:27.839 --> 00:15:28.500 and conspiracy 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:29.379 and now, 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:30.179 actually, 00:15:30.339 --> 00:15:30.859 they're nothing. 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:31.699 Right? 00:15:31.719 --> 00:15:32.699 They're but a breath. 00:15:33.099 --> 00:15:33.419 You know, 00:15:34.199 --> 00:15:35.240 the kind of vapor. 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:37.139 You know, 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:37.679 there's some countries 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:38.179 in the world 00:15:38.179 --> 00:15:38.779 where in the past 00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:39.719 it used to be cold 00:15:39.719 --> 00:15:40.759 and you go outside 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:42.839 and you get this little 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:44.540 vapor that is gone 00:15:44.540 --> 00:15:45.139 in a second. 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.700 That's the word here. 00:15:47.420 --> 00:15:48.100 People who, 00:15:48.920 --> 00:15:49.139 yeah, 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.399 they're nothing. 00:15:51.040 --> 00:15:52.519 They're gone in a second. 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.540 That's what they're like. 00:15:54.040 --> 00:15:55.100 I love that phrase, 00:15:55.540 --> 00:15:56.500 in the balances 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:57.360 they go up. 00:15:58.040 --> 00:15:58.320 Right? 00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.100 So you know, 00:15:59.139 --> 00:16:00.000 these kind of scales, 00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.139 you put something 00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:01.759 on the scales 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.560 and it goes down. 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:02.860 Right? 00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:05.019 David says, 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:05.200 well, 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:06.040 if you put these people 00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:06.600 on the scales, 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:07.500 it goes up. 00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:08.100 It doesn't go down, 00:16:08.160 --> 00:16:08.639 it goes up. 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:10.220 They're lighter than air even. 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:11.240 They're nothing. 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:13.580 But why does he have this? 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.419 Well, 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:15.299 because he's just 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:17.120 compared them with God. 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:18.139 He's focused on God. 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:19.620 He can see how great God is. 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:21.000 And then now suddenly, 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.060 actually, 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.320 these people are very small. 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.220 I don't know. 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:26.460 Have you been to Mongping, 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.560 the big Buddha? 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:28.940 I mean, 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.519 it's quite a fun place to go, 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:30.799 right? 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:32.779 But it's such a huge statue 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.360 of Buddha, 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:33.700 right? 00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.639 First time I went there, 00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:35.200 it was cloudy. 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:36.799 I couldn't even see his head. 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.899 It was so big. 00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:40.179 Except that other times, 00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:41.980 I climbed Lantau Peak, 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.919 and then I looked down 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:44.740 from the highest point 00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.720 you can climb in Hong Kong, 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:45.939 and, 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:46.480 you know, 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.740 it was so tiny, 00:16:47.939 --> 00:16:48.139 right? 00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:48.959 Here's the big Buddha, 00:16:49.079 --> 00:16:49.919 and he is so tiny. 00:16:50.819 --> 00:16:51.620 That's perspective, 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.019 right? 00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:53.159 It looks very big. 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:53.620 Actually, 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:54.959 it's very small 00:16:54.959 --> 00:16:56.620 from up high. 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:58.959 That is what David has, 00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.199 right? 00:16:59.259 --> 00:17:00.679 He focuses on God, 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.179 and suddenly, 00:17:01.319 --> 00:17:02.039 this conspiracy, 00:17:02.439 --> 00:17:03.039 and these enemies, 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:03.699 and these people, 00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.819 it's so small. 00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:05.759 Well, 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:07.119 what is this compared to God? 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:07.979 Right? 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:09.339 That's the idea of perspective. 00:17:10.239 --> 00:17:10.399 Now, 00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:11.619 I'm not saying that 00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:12.719 there's nothing going on, 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:12.899 right? 00:17:12.899 --> 00:17:14.459 This is not just positive thinking, 00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:15.059 you know, 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:16.319 everyone is actually nice. 00:17:16.679 --> 00:17:16.899 No, 00:17:16.959 --> 00:17:18.039 he has real enemies, 00:17:18.679 --> 00:17:18.879 right? 00:17:18.879 --> 00:17:20.039 There's a real conspiracy, 00:17:20.659 --> 00:17:21.739 real problems, 00:17:22.459 --> 00:17:23.039 and yet, 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:24.419 compared to God, 00:17:24.479 --> 00:17:25.000 he would say, 00:17:25.159 --> 00:17:25.979 it's nothing, 00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:26.299 right? 00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:27.279 Compared to God, 00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:28.699 the infinite creator, 00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:30.500 who controls every molecule 00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.479 in the universe, 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:32.339 right? 00:17:32.379 --> 00:17:33.679 Who made the stars 00:17:33.679 --> 00:17:34.439 and the heavens, 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:36.059 compared to them, 00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:37.139 it's nothing. 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:37.940 What can they do? 00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:40.200 Can they stop me being saved? 00:17:40.919 --> 00:17:42.179 Can they stop God's plan? 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:44.559 Can they get between me and God? 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.599 They can't, 00:17:45.659 --> 00:17:45.839 right? 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:47.359 Because God is so big, 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.539 and by comparison, 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:50.659 all these things are just so small. 00:17:51.899 --> 00:17:53.000 That kind of perspective, 00:17:53.159 --> 00:17:53.740 that's what, 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:54.379 yeah, 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:56.059 what is the thing that helps David? 00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:57.579 That is what we need, 00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:57.759 right? 00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.740 We focus on God, 00:17:58.740 --> 00:18:00.620 but then we pray for perspective, 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:02.660 that we see our problems, 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.319 you know, 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:04.799 in that light. 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.259 And so, 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.539 I don't know what you're facing, 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.059 you know, 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:10.480 maybe there's a health issue. 00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.059 Surely, 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:13.120 the God who made the human body 00:18:13.120 --> 00:18:14.299 can do something about that 00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:14.960 if he wants to. 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.000 And, 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.880 unemployment, 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:18.640 God can give you every job in the world 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.339 if he wants to, 00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:20.000 right? 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:21.000 So many things, 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.259 actually, 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.180 compared to God, 00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:24.180 it's so small. 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:26.320 I'm not saying that 00:18:26.320 --> 00:18:29.340 these are not problems. 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.519 I'm not saying that 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:32.180 life is going to be easy, 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:32.519 right? 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.820 That's sometimes what people think, 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.120 hey, 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.380 God is so great, 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:36.100 and he loves me, 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:37.880 therefore my life is always going to be wonderful, 00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:38.600 right? 00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.279 He's the king, 00:18:39.580 --> 00:18:41.039 I'm the son of the king, 00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:41.940 so I'm a prince, 00:18:42.060 --> 00:18:43.700 and my life will be royal luxury, 00:18:43.820 --> 00:18:44.220 basically, 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:44.960 right? 00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:46.140 That's some people who think that. 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.080 Sadly, 00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:47.759 that's not true. 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.700 One day it will be, 00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:49.980 right? 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.180 When we are in the new creation, 00:18:51.340 --> 00:18:52.220 then it will be great. 00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:52.759 Right now, 00:18:53.060 --> 00:18:54.100 God wants us to learn to, 00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:54.559 trust him, 00:18:55.159 --> 00:18:57.379 and so often we go through difficulties, 00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:57.899 as we, 00:18:58.219 --> 00:18:58.439 you know, 00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.799 we learn to relate to him, 00:18:59.879 --> 00:19:00.959 learn to rely on him, 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:02.319 learn to, 00:19:02.459 --> 00:19:02.839 well, 00:19:02.899 --> 00:19:04.299 stop trusting ourselves, 00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.159 and trust in him, 00:19:05.439 --> 00:19:06.500 but the thing is, 00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.879 because he is so great, 00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:09.919 everything that happens is his decision. 00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:12.559 Everything that happens is in his control. 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:16.099 Nothing happens to you outside what he wants. 00:19:16.219 --> 00:19:18.619 Everything that happens is for your good. 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.779 Everything that happens, 00:19:20.199 --> 00:19:21.339 God will get you through. 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:22.480 He's already planned that, 00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.500 right? 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:25.059 If you know how big God is, 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:25.819 actually, 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:28.680 we can see these things in perspective. 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.700 And if we have that, 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:32.779 well, 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:34.500 we can have, 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.119 thirdly, 00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:35.960 patience. 00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:38.720 I think we should pray for patience. 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:40.460 David has patience. 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:40.720 I mean, 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:42.259 there's a lot of waiting in this psalm, 00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:42.460 right? 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.720 For God alone, 00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:45.660 my soul waits in silence. 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.980 Trusting means waiting. 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:50.120 Shows up a few times, 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.279 right? 00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.120 Verse five again, 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.799 waiting. 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.599 Because I guess the temptation, 00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.599 if we have problems, 00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.500 is not to wait, 00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:56.120 right? 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:57.779 And to do it ourselves. 00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:59.779 I think that's the point of verse 10. 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.160 Verse 10, 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:03.460 I don't know if that sounded weird, 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:03.740 right? 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:05.559 Put no trust in extortion, 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:08.180 set no vain hopes on robbery. 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.759 As riches increase, 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:11.059 set not your heart on them. 00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:14.399 Why is he suddenly talking about extortion and robbery? 00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:15.639 Well, 00:20:15.679 --> 00:20:16.779 it's those first few words, 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.019 right? 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.919 What is it? 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:21.000 Put no trust. 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:24.000 We are tempted to trust something else. 00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.419 Basically, 00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:27.519 when God takes his time, 00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:28.599 when we need to wait, 00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.619 and we think, 00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:29.839 well, 00:20:29.919 --> 00:20:31.179 God is not going to do it. 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.759 I have to do it myself. 00:20:32.899 --> 00:20:34.139 When you stop trusting him, 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:36.200 that's when we want to do it ourselves. 00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.859 Yeah? 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:38.679 What? 00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:39.879 I mean, 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.599 obvious example, 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.899 maybe you want to go see a movie 00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.980 with a friend. 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.500 The old C is out, 00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:44.819 whatever. 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.579 And your friend said 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.839 they would get the tickets. 00:20:48.459 --> 00:20:49.099 And you're waiting, 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.059 and it's five minutes 00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:51.019 before the movie starts, 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:52.359 and your friend is still not there. 00:20:52.919 --> 00:20:53.219 All right? 00:20:53.419 --> 00:20:54.439 You forgot your phone, 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.259 so you can't call them. 00:20:56.199 --> 00:20:56.959 What do you do? 00:20:58.199 --> 00:20:58.399 Well, 00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:59.199 if you trust your friend, 00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.759 you'll wait, 00:20:59.939 --> 00:21:00.139 right? 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:02.359 And if you don't trust your friends, 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:02.819 you, 00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:03.519 well, 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.480 you buy a ticket yourself, 00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.579 because you really want to see it. 00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.099 Right? 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.079 It's obvious. 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.899 Trusting means waiting, 00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:11.460 while in other cases, 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:11.620 yeah, 00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:12.540 you do it yourself. 00:21:13.320 --> 00:21:14.120 And that is the thing. 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.600 You don't, 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.160 now, 00:21:15.280 --> 00:21:16.560 when I say do it yourself, 00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:20.660 I'm talking particularly about sinful things, 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:20.880 right? 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.720 Things that are wrong. 00:21:21.860 --> 00:21:22.040 I mean, 00:21:22.060 --> 00:21:24.060 he mentions extortion and robbery. 00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:26.160 Doesn't mean that we should do, 00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:26.820 you know, 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.000 that, 00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:27.780 I mean, 00:21:27.780 --> 00:21:29.000 there are things that are good to do, 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.840 and we should do them. 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.779 So if you're sick, 00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.839 it's good to go to the doctor. 00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:34.699 Doctors are a gift from God, 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:34.939 right? 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.720 You pray, 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.879 and you also go to the doctor, 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.859 and that's a good thing. 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:40.339 It's not wrong to go to the doctor. 00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:42.579 If you are unemployed, 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:44.139 it's good to apply for jobs. 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.859 Don't just sit at home, 00:21:45.939 --> 00:21:46.659 and trust God, 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:49.740 and wait for that email about a job interview out of nowhere. 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.259 It doesn't work like that. 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:54.359 But they are legitimate things. 00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:57.180 There's also illegitimate things, 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.379 right? 00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.839 Extortion and robbery, 00:21:59.099 --> 00:22:00.099 and David knows that. 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.700 David's, 00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.099 okay, 00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.980 there's this conspiracy. 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:02.680 Hey, 00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:04.200 I could just go to the royal treasury, 00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.579 and get a lot of money, 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.480 and pay people off, 00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.960 and sort out my problems. 00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.740 But that would be wrong, 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.180 right? 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.400 I'm the king. 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.220 I shouldn't do that, 00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.180 right? 00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:14.619 And so he doesn't do that. 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.160 So instead, 00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.359 I'm going to wait for God. 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.859 If, 00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:20.000 God never wants you to sin, 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:20.920 right? 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:23.080 If the only way to get something is to sin, 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:24.580 then God wants you to wait. 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.640 It's very simple, 00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:26.660 right? 00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.100 So, 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:27.900 yeah, 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.620 patience, 00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.220 waiting. 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.820 I don't know what it would be for you. 00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.180 Maybe, 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:32.820 again, 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.620 you're unemployed. 00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:37.800 It would be very tempting to kind of make my CV a bit nicer, 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.080 right? 00:22:38.100 --> 00:22:38.960 Add a few things. 00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.340 In the interview, 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.100 you know, 00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:42.519 talk about what my colleagues did, 00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:43.700 as if it's my achievements, 00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:45.480 just to really get that job. 00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.640 Well, 00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.920 then you're not trusting God anymore, 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.180 right? 00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:50.840 Then you're not trusting that he can give it to you, 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:52.339 because I'm going to resort to lying. 00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.579 I don't know, 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.579 maybe you're in your job. 00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:57.199 How do you talk to your colleagues? 00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:57.699 How do you, 00:22:57.859 --> 00:23:01.539 are there things that you do behind the scenes to try and make sure you keep your job? 00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:03.079 Because there's so much uncertainty. 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.879 I'm not saying don't be a good worker. 00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:07.220 It's good to be a good worker, 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.500 but, 00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.139 again, 00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.259 there's things that are wrong, 00:23:09.459 --> 00:23:09.659 right? 00:23:09.659 --> 00:23:10.779 And we shouldn't do them. 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:13.059 Or other kinds of waiting, 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.439 right? 00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.659 You, 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.959 you know, 00:23:14.959 --> 00:23:16.240 you want to wait for the right spouse, 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.940 and don't, 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.680 well, 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.700 I can't wait, 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:20.059 I'm going to marry the wrong spouse. 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:21.240 That's the wrong thing, 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.480 right? 00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:24.000 So many applications. 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.599 Now, 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:26.099 the right thing is to wait, 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.160 to trust. 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.160 Yeah, 00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:29.359 and that means having patience. 00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.200 And it's not easy. 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.519 Again, 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.859 there is this temptation. 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:33.900 We want to get our problems sorted out now. 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.519 It's hard to wait for God, 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:35.740 but, 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.359 yeah, 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:37.480 we really trust God. 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.559 It means praying for patience. 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:42.579 Patience that we wait for him to do what's, 00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:42.940 yeah, 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.259 we trust he will do. 00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.879 I mean, 00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.420 ultimately, 00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:49.660 that's because there's a relationship there, 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:49.879 right? 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.700 I mean, 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.700 here is God, 00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.099 and he, 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.859 we know he loves us, 00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:55.059 and we want to be on his side. 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.200 Again, 00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:58.200 after that warning about extortion, 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:01.039 David goes back to who God is, 00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.259 right? 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.900 Verse 11, 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.680 once God has spoken, 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.480 twice have I heard this, 00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:07.519 that power belongs to God, 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.920 and that to you, 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.500 oh Lord, 00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:11.000 belongs steadfast love, 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:14.240 for you will render to a man according to his work. 00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.440 Again, 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.259 God is able, 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:17.180 God is willing, 00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:18.259 I can trust him. 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.400 But then that last thing, 00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.660 right? 00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:23.240 You will render to a man according to his work. 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:25.519 He knows that one day God's going to come, 00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:28.039 and everyone will stand before him, 00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.299 and he's just thinking, 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.220 where do I want to be? 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.599 Do I want to be like my enemies, 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.000 those who have rejected God, 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:36.019 those who have betrayed God, 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.480 or actually, 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.740 do I want to be on his side? 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:38.960 I mean, 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.380 ultimately, 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:42.660 God is just more important to him than anything else, 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:42.880 right? 00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.900 Than his problems. 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.519 And so he, 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.319 now I want to be on God's side. 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:49.099 Because to just not trust him, 00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.960 and do my own thing, 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.579 it's betrayal. 00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:51.859 Right? 00:24:51.959 --> 00:24:53.240 If you're waiting for your friend, 00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.299 and you buy your own ticket, 00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:55.399 and then your friend shows up. 00:24:55.919 --> 00:24:56.199 In a way, 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.039 you've betrayed him, 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.219 right? 00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.679 You've said, 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:57.859 hey, 00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.679 I don't trust you. 00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.479 No, 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.240 you want to trust, 00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:01.599 yeah, 00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:01.879 David, 00:25:01.979 --> 00:25:03.240 he wants to keep trusting God, 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.659 because he, 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.319 ultimately, 00:25:04.439 --> 00:25:06.299 he values God the most. 00:25:07.179 --> 00:25:07.659 So that is, 00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.079 well, 00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.379 yeah, 00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:10.480 that's why we should pray for patience. 00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:13.040 And I guess, 00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:14.240 especially as Christians, 00:25:15.540 --> 00:25:15.800 right? 00:25:16.040 --> 00:25:16.360 I mean, 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.780 it says, 00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:19.220 God will render to each man according to his work. 00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.560 That is true. 00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:22.220 We've said it in the catechism. 00:25:23.080 --> 00:25:23.280 And yet, 00:25:23.300 --> 00:25:23.740 as Christians, 00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:25.580 we also know God didn't always do that. 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:26.600 I mean, 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.840 2,000 years ago, 00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:30.220 God didn't give us what we deserve, 00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:30.500 right? 00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.720 He, 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.680 actually, 00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:33.700 he laid all our sins on Jesus, 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:35.740 and all the punishment we deserve. 00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.460 Jesus died for it. 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.660 Right? 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.100 In a moment, 00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:40.800 we're going to take the Lord's Supper together, 00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:44.620 and we're going to remember what Jesus did for us. 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.620 Right? 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:47.380 We can see his incredible grace, 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.660 his incredible mercy, 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:51.520 paying for our sins to bring us back. 00:25:53.020 --> 00:25:55.080 And doesn't that mean he's someone we can trust? 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.180 Right? 00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.720 We're thinking about trusting God. 00:25:57.760 --> 00:25:59.780 How do we know we can trust God? 00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:00.060 Well, 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.480 he gave, 00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:03.160 Jesus gave his life for us. 00:26:03.800 --> 00:26:04.780 What more can he do? 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:07.320 And so we want to trust him. 00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.339 And in a way, 00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.819 in a moment, 00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:10.019 when we take the Lord's Supper, 00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:11.220 and we receive the bread, 00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.740 and the cup, 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.379 isn't it a sign, 00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.299 it's a sign from God, 00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:14.539 saying, 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:14.679 hey, 00:26:14.679 --> 00:26:15.399 you can trust me. 00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:17.159 Remember what I've done for you. 00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.019 You can trust me. 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:20.119 And then eating it for us, 00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:21.359 it's a way of saying, 00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.619 yes, 00:26:21.659 --> 00:26:22.240 I trust you. 00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.720 I'm going to wait for you. 00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.200 I'm going to trust you, 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.039 because of what you've done for me. 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.439 Yeah, 00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:30.059 so that's what we're going to do in a moment. 00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.119 Yeah, 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:33.139 let's do this in a moment, 00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.960 as we reflect, 00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.379 and then, 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.279 this week, 00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.500 right, 00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.859 let's focus on God. 00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.740 Let's pray for perspective. 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.779 Let's pray for patience. 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.539 I'm going to pray, 00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.880 and maybe during the time, 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.839 the stewards can come to the front. 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:51.299 Father, 00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:51.740 thank you, 00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.539 we can trust you. 00:26:53.459 --> 00:26:54.659 Thank you for your power, 00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.319 your love, 00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.099 your greatness. 00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.740 You are so trustworthy. 00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.919 We often forget that. 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.559 We're often distracted. 00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:03.759 Our problems can seem bigger than you. 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.079 Fix our eyes on Jesus. 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.859 Fix our eyes on who you are, 00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:10.059 so that we see things in perspective, 00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.459 Lord. 00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:12.579 We know that whatever we're going through, 00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:14.939 nothing is outside your control. 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.099 We can trust you. 00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:17.099 Help us to be patient. 00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:21.439 Help us not to go off the wrong ways 00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:23.079 that would betray you, 00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:25.500 but we want to stay with you. 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.139 We want to love you. 00:27:26.199 --> 00:27:27.139 Please help us with that. 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.599 And in a moment, 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:31.339 as we take the Lord's Supper together, 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.319 we remember what Jesus did. 00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:35.019 We remember the cross. 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:37.740 We remember how he took bread 00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:39.079 and broke and said, 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.779 this is my body given for you. 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.799 Do this in remembrance of me. 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.480 And after supper, 00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.279 he took the cup 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.960 and gave you thanks 00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.519 and gave it to his disciples 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:48.839 and said, 00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.579 this is my blood in the new covenant. 00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:53.859 Do this in remembrance of me. 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:56.660 Because this cup is for the forgiveness of sins. 00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.240 Lord, 00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.180 we need that. 00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.500 We need forgiveness for our sins. 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.519 Thank you for Jesus. 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:04.339 We pray that this would be a special time 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.700 of renewing our faith in you. 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.559 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.539 Amen. 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.660 Amen.