WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:07.140 We'll turn back to our reading in the book of Psalms, Psalm 23, and just look at the whole of this psalm together. 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:11.339 We can read just the first couple of verses before we go into it. 00:00:11.339 --> 00:00:21.120 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:30.740 How often have you heard this psalm? How often have you heard it read or how often have you sung this psalm? 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:42.000 Perhaps many of you, you know it off by heart. It's a psalm that many of us learned, whether it was in day school or Sunday school, learned all of these words off by heart. 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:46.219 But it's the most sung psalm in Scripture. 00:00:47.140 --> 00:00:53.140 And it's amazing just how often it's sung in the sense of the kinds of occasions that it's sung at. 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:59.579 It can be very happy occasions or it can be very sad occasions that these words are sung. 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:07.280 And that's just a reminder to us that in this psalm there's a whole experience of our lives summed up. 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:13.400 Whatever situation we are going through, there is a reminder to us in this psalm. 00:01:14.060 --> 00:01:21.099 So we may be very familiar with it, but there's also a danger with familiarity. 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:29.840 There's a danger with being familiar with these words, but not knowing what these words are actually saying to us. 00:01:29.900 --> 00:01:33.379 Not understanding what they are saying to us. 00:01:33.740 --> 00:01:36.560 Just take the opening words of the psalm. 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.640 The Lord is my shepherd. 00:01:39.960 --> 00:01:42.359 It trips off our tongues so easily. 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:48.600 But if we just stop there, you know these words well, but what do the words mean? 00:01:49.240 --> 00:01:50.520 What do they mean to you today? 00:01:51.820 --> 00:01:53.099 What do they say to you? 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.439 Do you know this Lord as your shepherd? 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:07.659 And as you go on and read this psalm, as we go on and sing this psalm, what do the words go on to say about the care of the shepherd, of the shepherd's leading? 00:02:08.219 --> 00:02:10.520 What does it mean to you? 00:02:11.460 --> 00:02:14.219 You see, there's two problems with familiarity. 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:17.639 There's two sayings that are often used. 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:21.299 One is familiarity breeds contempt. 00:02:21.300 --> 00:02:30.360 And that means that when we have a close knowledge of someone or something, it can lead to a lack of respect. 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:32.780 Familiarity breeds contempt. 00:02:32.780 --> 00:02:36.439 And that can be true of this psalm. 00:02:36.500 --> 00:02:38.439 Perhaps it's been true in your own experience. 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:44.580 Or perhaps in your own experience, it's true today that this is the way that you think of this psalm. 00:02:44.580 --> 00:02:54.220 And you're familiar with it, but it breeds contempt because it speaks of the Lord as a shepherd and the different experiences that we can go through. 00:02:54.860 --> 00:03:04.560 And because of maybe trials you've gone through or different experiences you've had, you start to question God or wonder, is there a God? 00:03:04.660 --> 00:03:07.020 Or why does he allow certain things to happen? 00:03:07.740 --> 00:03:09.260 So is that you today? 00:03:09.660 --> 00:03:14.400 Does a familiarity with this psalm, does it breed contempt in your heart? 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:19.500 Or another saying is familiarity breeds complacency. 00:03:20.620 --> 00:03:24.900 And complacency is something that can be true with this psalm as well. 00:03:25.020 --> 00:03:32.439 We can just, as we say, hear it or sing it so often, but not really take in what it actually means for us. 00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:36.060 We can become complacent with these words. 00:03:36.060 --> 00:03:44.380 Maybe at first it's got a real sense of power to us, but as time goes on, we become complacent with it. 00:03:44.580 --> 00:03:48.500 Think of the example of starting a new job. 00:03:48.500 --> 00:03:50.879 You're going to start a new job. 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:56.359 Also, the first maybe few months, you're turning up early, showing that you're keen. 00:03:56.979 --> 00:03:58.599 You're on your best behavior. 00:03:58.859 --> 00:04:04.740 You're listening, paying close attention to all the details, diligently going about your work. 00:04:04.740 --> 00:04:10.600 But over time, as you become more comfortable, you become complacent. 00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:14.780 And so instead of turning up early, you turn up on time. 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:20.240 Instead of listening to everything, you just listen to what you think you need to know. 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:24.500 You start to look at where corners can be cut. 00:04:25.379 --> 00:04:28.439 And then over time, you become more and more complacent. 00:04:28.780 --> 00:04:34.139 Once you figure out the limits, you maybe start turning up late because nothing's being said. 00:04:34.220 --> 00:04:35.319 You cut corners. 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:39.460 All of these kinds of things can come in and become complacent. 00:04:40.400 --> 00:04:43.780 And that's the way we can be with this psalm as well. 00:04:44.180 --> 00:04:47.000 And it's the same true of the Lord in your life. 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:48.819 Do you love him? 00:04:49.620 --> 00:04:54.139 Or have you loved him and now maybe becoming complacent with him? 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:57.300 Do you use him in that sense? 00:04:57.379 --> 00:05:02.420 Where you see that God is only there when you need him or when you want something from him. 00:05:03.139 --> 00:05:08.420 And these words, when we say, the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want, I shall not lack. 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.959 We bring them to him then and say, but God, you have said. 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:15.079 But we ignore him the rest of the time. 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:18.839 So there can be a familiarity with this psalm. 00:05:19.300 --> 00:05:20.839 One way it can breed contempt. 00:05:21.300 --> 00:05:23.519 Another way it can breed complacency. 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:29.199 But we always want to come back to it and see what this psalm is saying to us. 00:05:29.620 --> 00:05:35.839 Reminding us of how we are to walk with the Lord close to him and know the shepherd's care. 00:05:36.599 --> 00:05:43.899 And the cluster of psalms here, 22, 23, and 24, they speak of the shepherd in different ways. 00:05:43.899 --> 00:05:48.739 22, speaks about the shepherd as he dies for his sheep. 00:05:49.479 --> 00:05:53.500 This 23 speaks as a shepherd as he cares for his sheep. 00:05:53.579 --> 00:05:59.839 And then 24 speaks about the shepherd who's coming for his sheep, that he is going to return. 00:06:00.379 --> 00:06:06.919 So this morning we're just going to think for a short time on the shepherd who cares for his sheep. 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:12.080 We all go through different experiences in our lives. 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:22.219 And as a congregation, as a people, we know whether it's ourselves or others who are going through a variety of different trials and experiences just now. 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:27.319 But we pray that these words will help us to bring us close to God. 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:32.740 And not just for us to come close, but us to bring others close to God as well. 00:06:32.740 --> 00:06:40.199 It to be a prayer for people to know the Lord as a shepherd in these days for each and every one of us. 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:44.160 And the first thing we see in this psalm is a declaration. 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:46.100 A declaration. 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:51.860 David, the psalmist here, we can be familiar with his life. 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:59.840 David, who was a shepherd himself, a shepherd boy who was called by God to be a king for his people. 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:05.060 And so he was familiar with the whole idea of what it meant to be, a shepherd. 00:07:05.919 --> 00:07:10.439 And now he's writing these words, seeing who his shepherd is. 00:07:10.579 --> 00:07:12.879 The Lord is my shepherd. 00:07:13.379 --> 00:07:15.179 I shall not want. 00:07:16.159 --> 00:07:21.679 And just these opening words of David, he doesn't say the Lord is a shepherd. 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:24.599 He's not a shepherd like me. 00:07:24.779 --> 00:07:28.620 He's saying the Lord is my shepherd. 00:07:28.620 --> 00:07:32.019 He is seeing his own need. 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:37.780 And he's seeing that it is the Lord who is able to help him in his need. 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:41.439 The Lord is my shepherd, he says as well. 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:43.199 So it's ongoing. 00:07:44.459 --> 00:07:49.040 It's in that tense where you see this is David's experience day to day. 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.699 The Lord is my shepherd. 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:57.319 You could almost say still to this day, the Lord is David's shepherd. 00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:06.800 And for ourselves, it reminds us that God still speaks in this way to us, reminding us of our need for a shepherd. 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:16.780 As we read in John chapter 10, another great passage that reminds us of Jesus who is the good shepherd there for his people. 00:08:17.740 --> 00:08:19.560 In John 10 verse 4 it says, 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:35.639 There is that calling of the shepherd and there is that people who are following the voice of the shepherd. 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.259 That's what David is doing here. 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:41.259 Is that what you're doing in your life today? 00:08:41.259 --> 00:08:46.279 Are you hearing that call of the shepherd to follow him? 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:49.319 And are you following him? 00:08:50.179 --> 00:08:53.299 You see, this is a declaration of trust. 00:08:54.439 --> 00:08:56.360 From the very outset, David is saying, 00:08:56.500 --> 00:08:58.379 The Lord is my shepherd. 00:08:58.500 --> 00:08:59.939 There is a trust there. 00:08:59.940 --> 00:09:10.880 And as he looks at the Lord as his shepherd, he realizes then that he will not want, he will not lack, as he knows the Lord as his shepherd. 00:09:12.300 --> 00:09:14.840 Do you ever say to the Lord as you pray, 00:09:15.020 --> 00:09:16.480 Lord, I want. 00:09:17.140 --> 00:09:20.000 Not in the sense of lack as it is here, but I want. 00:09:20.060 --> 00:09:21.120 I want something. 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:23.920 We come with our demands. 00:09:24.040 --> 00:09:25.540 You come with your demands too. 00:09:25.539 --> 00:09:29.539 Lord, I want you to do this. 00:09:29.699 --> 00:09:32.000 I want you to change this. 00:09:33.319 --> 00:09:35.939 What are you asking of the Lord in your prayer? 00:09:38.179 --> 00:09:44.199 It's not that we would, that he would give us everything that we want. 00:09:45.099 --> 00:09:47.539 But as David is saying here, it's more, 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:51.639 I will not want in the sense of, I will not lack. 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:58.939 That when we are trusting in him, the Lord will provide what we need. 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:03.419 Not so much what we want, but what we need. 00:10:04.419 --> 00:10:06.539 Because you see when he goes on in verse 2 to say, 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:08.840 He makes me lie down in green pastures. 00:10:08.980 --> 00:10:16.919 There's this sense of, this scene is something beautiful, something plentiful, and something that's easy to find. 00:10:17.019 --> 00:10:20.039 The shepherd just leads from one green pasture to another. 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:22.299 But that was not the case. 00:10:22.500 --> 00:10:27.179 It wasn't the case for David as a shepherd or any shepherd in these days. 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:31.059 It was hard to find these green pastures. 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:36.519 It was hard to find these places with the waters to quench the thirst. 00:10:37.539 --> 00:10:41.679 We have maybe the opposite problem here in Scotland and our own island. 00:10:41.819 --> 00:10:44.259 The struggle is to find dry ground. 00:10:44.259 --> 00:10:53.799 The struggle here was to find a place that wasn't dry, that wasn't hard, but that was well watered, that had lush grass. 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:57.960 And so the shepherd very often would have to lead great distances. 00:10:58.860 --> 00:11:07.539 Moving through barren ground, hot areas, difficult terrain, all of these things with wild animals all around. 00:11:07.539 --> 00:11:11.579 And so the green pastures were hard to find. 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:15.839 But the good shepherd led them to these places. 00:11:16.779 --> 00:11:23.839 Again, as a reminder to us that there are these dry experiences, these difficult experiences in our own life. 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:25.120 Times of barrenness. 00:11:25.599 --> 00:11:32.519 But as we're looking to the shepherd, to the good shepherd, he is able to bring us to these places of refreshing as well. 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:39.139 And so do you know this shepherd today as he leads you through all of these experiences in life? 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:45.699 The question that this raises from David in this psalm is, how do we know this shepherd? 00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:49.139 How can you know this shepherd today? 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:57.539 Well, again, we go back to John chapter 10 to a verse we didn't read, but it says in verse 27 of chapter 10, 00:11:57.539 --> 00:12:02.980 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 00:12:04.459 --> 00:12:12.259 And so this declaration that David makes, the Lord is my shepherd, it leads to that question for us, 00:12:12.579 --> 00:12:16.719 how can I know the Lord as my shepherd? 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:20.939 Well, it's what Jesus says in John 10, 27. 00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:27.260 My sheep hear my voice, and my sheep follow me. 00:12:28.800 --> 00:12:35.940 And so the two questions that arise from that are, are you listening to him, and are you following him? 00:12:36.880 --> 00:12:42.940 If you want the Lord as your shepherd, it's to listen and to follow. 00:12:43.760 --> 00:12:47.320 That's the declaration that David makes here. 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:51.860 He is listening, and he is following the Lord. 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:57.960 Are you today, in that sense, listening and following him? 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:03.600 So we have the good shepherd and the declaration that David makes, 00:13:03.680 --> 00:13:08.920 but we also then have a sense of restoration as we turn to verse 3. 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:12.839 He restores my soul. 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:17.699 He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 00:13:17.819 --> 00:13:22.959 And even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, 00:13:23.459 --> 00:13:26.439 for you are with me, your rod and your staff. 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:28.240 They comfort me. 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:36.299 So these two verses, they remind us of the restoration that the good shepherd gives. 00:13:36.299 --> 00:13:41.679 And the first thing is, he says there, he restores my soul. 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:45.339 The shepherd gives life. 00:13:47.339 --> 00:13:54.219 A shepherd, in the ordinary sense of an ordinary shepherd, he couldn't give life, 00:13:54.819 --> 00:13:58.240 but he sought to provide care that kept life. 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:05.860 But Jesus is the one who gives life, because he's no ordinary shepherd. 00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:10.740 He is the Son of God who came into this world. 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:18.440 And so, as we look to Jesus, we see one who finds his sheep. 00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:24.480 And it's where he finds his sheep, as described by Paul in Ephesians 2, verse 1, 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:27.340 who are dead in their trespasses and sins. 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:30.360 That's the way we are as a sheep. 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:32.840 We are a sheep who have gone astray. 00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:36.360 And yet he is able to restore. 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:40.120 He is able to restore our soul. 00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:42.039 He is able to give life. 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:45.180 The word restore means to bring back. 00:14:45.179 --> 00:14:49.399 And that's what the Lord Jesus does for his people. 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:52.439 He brings back that life that was dead in sin. 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:56.679 And a life that then we are able to live for him. 00:14:57.659 --> 00:15:01.939 But when you look at these words, it's not just applying to us. 00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:06.739 But we see them first and foremost applying to the Lord Jesus himself. 00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:12.879 Because, as you read and as we sing often in verse Psalm 16 as well, 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:16.980 the soul is not left to decay, it says. 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:18.659 And that's speaking of the Lord Jesus. 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:24.720 And here we are reminded that Jesus was one who gave his life, 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:27.340 but who took his life up again. 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:32.259 It's a great reminder to us as we approach the time of Easter 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:35.139 and remembering the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:41.100 And look at verse 4 and how that applies to the Lord Jesus as well. 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:44.500 Through the valley of the shadow of death as he went to the cross, 00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:47.279 as he died there for our sins. 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:53.559 There's a reminder here that the good shepherd has experienced all of this himself. 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:59.659 And so the life that he is able to give is a life that he has given for us, 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:02.139 that we might have life through him. 00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:05.840 And so the shepherd here provides life. 00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:09.960 He is life because he gave his own life. 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:14.860 But the good shepherd also leads his sheep. 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:20.120 And again we see that both in verse 2 and verse 4. 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:25.039 So that whether the paths lead us through the still waters, 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.360 the green pastures, 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:32.120 or whether the path leads us through the deep valley as described in verse 4 here, 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:34.019 the valley of the shadow of death, 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:38.360 there is that promise of his presence. 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:41.800 I will fear no evil for you are with me. 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:43.879 Your rod and your staff, 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:45.560 they comfort me. 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:49.839 The shepherd's tools were the rod and the staff. 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:52.839 One to catch, one to direct. 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:57.139 Always used to keep the sheep on the right path, 00:16:57.219 --> 00:17:00.059 whatever experience they were going through. 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:07.559 And it's a powerful reminder to us here of how often maybe we don't like the paths 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:09.480 that we are being taken on. 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:12.779 But that when we find it difficult, 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:15.099 even in the valley of the shadow of death, 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:18.759 we have the promise of the shepherd who is near. 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:23.180 And there's a temptation here for us all, 00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:24.380 for you and for me, 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:29.319 in terms of where we go in our time of need. 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:35.339 It's to often think that the grass is greener in some other way. 00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:37.539 That we don't need the Lord, 00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:39.619 that the Lord doesn't care about us. 00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:42.599 And therefore we go and look for that comfort, 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:44.699 that care somewhere else. 00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:46.299 The grass is greener. 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.759 We are like sheep. 00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.899 We wander off. 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.559 And so the question is, 00:17:51.679 --> 00:17:54.019 what path are we on today? 00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:56.779 What way are we going? 00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:58.579 What way are we turning, 00:17:58.699 --> 00:18:01.480 even in the midst of times of hardness? 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:01.720 Yes. 00:18:02.620 --> 00:18:05.700 The Bible speaks about two paths we can go, 00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:08.220 the broad road and the narrow road. 00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:11.839 The broad road is often the easy way to go 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:13.220 and the easy way to turn. 00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:15.720 But it says it leads to destruction. 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:18.480 But the narrow path, 00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:20.299 although it may be difficult, 00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.599 although it may be hard, 00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:24.819 it's the one that leads to everlasting life. 00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:29.700 And so which path are you on today? 00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:32.180 Which way are you going with the shepherd? 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:34.340 Are you turning away from him 00:18:34.340 --> 00:18:35.380 and going your own way? 00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:37.559 Or are you turning to him 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:39.120 that he might lead you? 00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:44.900 We like to be independent in many ways. 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:46.779 Are you an independent person? 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.600 Are you one who says, 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.340 well, I'm going to do it, 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:50.779 but I'll do it my way? 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:52.539 And we're quite dogmatic. 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:55.500 We see it in some sort of courage now 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.680 to think for yourself 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:58.000 and to do your own thing. 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:00.039 And all of these kinds of ideas 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:01.900 to be trailblazers. 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.900 And there was a saying that said, 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:07.240 do not follow where the path may lead you. 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:10.680 Go instead where there is no path 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.980 and leave a trail. 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:14.299 And that's kind of the attitude 00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:16.220 that many people will take. 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:18.240 Perhaps it's your attitude today, 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.460 the way that you want to go. 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:22.119 It's not to find the path to go 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.539 and that you're being led on, 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:24.920 but instead to find a place 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:26.039 where there's no path 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:27.759 and to leave a trail. 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:30.200 It's that selfish, 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:31.680 independent attitude. 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:35.440 But instead we are to look to the Lord 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.360 because you could say 00:19:36.360 --> 00:19:37.160 the only one 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:38.539 who has gone away 00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:39.920 where there was no path 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:41.539 and left a trail 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.620 is the Lord Jesus. 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.279 Because he's the only one 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:47.080 who could go the way of the cross 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:49.720 and give his life in this way 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.359 and leave a path for us 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.480 to follow. 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:55.319 I'm sure many of you 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:57.139 have been involved in sheep 00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.960 over the years 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:59.599 and taking them out to the moor. 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:03.099 I can't say it's my favorite pastime, 00:20:03.199 --> 00:20:05.199 but I often enjoyed going out the moor 00:20:05.199 --> 00:20:07.299 because it was just the openness of it. 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.720 And as you were taking either 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.519 gathering sheep 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.740 or taking sheep out, 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.379 you would find 00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:14.139 there was always well-throdden paths 00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:15.399 that the sheep would follow. 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:17.019 And this is the way 00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:18.800 you would often follow them as well. 00:20:19.280 --> 00:20:20.759 But there was also reminders 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.680 of what it meant 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:23.240 to go off that path. 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:25.240 Where you would see a sheep 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.780 who's maybe 00:20:25.780 --> 00:20:27.920 gone off in its own direction, 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:29.040 gone its own way 00:20:29.040 --> 00:20:30.560 and become stuck 00:20:30.560 --> 00:20:32.400 because it's gone off 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:33.640 the proper path. 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:36.860 And it's a reminder to us as well 00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:38.180 of what path are we on? 00:20:38.580 --> 00:20:39.440 Are we going the way 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.580 the Lord has gone? 00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.660 Or are we thinking 00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.880 we know a better way 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:44.160 and a way that we can find 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:45.420 peace for ourselves? 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:47.759 And we only end up stuck 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:49.120 in this life, 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:51.320 lost in this life. 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:55.400 So he's giving us a way. 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.720 He's giving us a promise 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:59.360 that he is with us as well. 00:21:01.040 --> 00:21:02.420 Because you see here, 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:04.680 the sheep are passing through 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:07.420 the valley of the shadow of death. 00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:09.480 And even though there are times 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:11.220 when as the Lord's people, 00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.160 we have to go through 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:13.100 the most frightening 00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:14.680 and the most dangerous 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.400 of places, 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.420 we have a promise 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.880 of a companion, 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.940 of a companion 00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:23.579 who will never leave us. 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:27.519 And that was David's confidence. 00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:30.480 Even though I walk through 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:31.980 the valley of the shadow of death, 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:33.920 I will fear no evil. 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.620 That we will be able 00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:37.500 to say that ourselves today. 00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:39.640 even though we go through 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:41.839 the valley of the shadow of death. 00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.460 And we do. 00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:44.079 We all do. 00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.940 And we know others 00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.920 who are going through it 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.519 even now. 00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.680 But we have to see 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.319 that the Lord 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.779 is there for us. 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.960 And notice how it says 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:55.859 the valley of the shadow 00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.880 of death. 00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:59.200 It's like the shadow 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.799 is over us. 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:03.000 But a shadow 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.640 cannot harm us. 00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:08.100 There was a father 00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.920 who was driving 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:11.380 to his wife's funeral 00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:12.259 with his children. 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:15.080 And as they were traveling 00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:15.840 along the road, 00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.560 they stopped 00:22:16.560 --> 00:22:17.900 at some traffic lights. 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.040 And in front of them 00:22:20.040 --> 00:22:21.259 was a big lorry, 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.540 a big lorry 00:22:22.540 --> 00:22:23.160 with a trailer 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.740 on the back. 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.540 Because it was wintertime, 00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:26.660 there was a long shadow 00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:28.040 being cast from the lorry 00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:29.420 across into the field 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.840 beside the road. 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:33.079 And the father said 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.039 to the children, 00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.799 look at the shadow 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.759 of that truck. 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:39.459 If you had to be run over, 00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:41.179 would you rather be run over 00:22:41.179 --> 00:22:42.039 by the shadow 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.799 or the truck itself? 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:46.079 And one of the children 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:47.500 was piped up 00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.259 from the back. 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.779 The shadow, of course, 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:51.619 because that cannot hurt anybody. 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.980 And the way he went on 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:55.319 to explain it then 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:57.099 was to remember 00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.980 that Jesus let the truck 00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:00.500 strike him. 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:02.859 So that all we could have 00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:04.099 was the shadow 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.859 that would not destroy us. 00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:08.240 And he went on to say 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.839 that because her mother 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:11.179 was a Christian 00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:13.039 and because Jesus 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:15.039 had taken upon himself 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:18.459 all that pain of death, 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.699 that it was only the shadow 00:23:20.699 --> 00:23:22.720 that had been cast on her. 00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:24.480 That even now, 00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:26.759 death passed over her 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:28.639 because she was alive 00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.879 with the Lord. 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:32.179 And that's what this psalm 00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:32.959 speaks of, 00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:34.759 the valley of the shadow 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.759 of death. 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:37.659 Because of what Jesus 00:23:37.659 --> 00:23:39.639 has done for us, 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:42.039 we know that he bore 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:44.159 that pain on the cross. 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.480 That it's only the shadow 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.639 that comes on us. 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.579 Because Jesus said, 00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.299 I have come 00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.579 that they might have life 00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:53.579 and have it abundantly. 00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:55.379 And the gospel of John 00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:56.500 is full of life. 00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.359 Life to the full. 00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:00.379 And today, 00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:02.119 I know some of you 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.039 are going through 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:04.399 your own grief. 00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:06.539 You go through your worries 00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:08.240 and your fears 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.500 and all of these things 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.199 are the valley 00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:12.039 of the shadow of death. 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.919 But we can take heart 00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.839 because the Lord 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:17.299 is with us. 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:19.039 He will not let 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.200 his people go. 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.700 And he is there 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.619 to comfort 00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:24.039 by his rod 00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:25.639 and his staff. 00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.159 He came 00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:28.559 that we might have 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.099 life 00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:30.200 in him. 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.619 So we have that 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.940 sense of restoration. 00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:37.000 He brings back. 00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.579 He gives life. 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.559 He helps 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.379 even in the valley 00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:41.619 of the shadow 00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.240 of death. 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.720 death. 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.059 The final thing 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.460 we see here 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.039 just briefly 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:46.839 is there's preparation. 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.960 In verse 5 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.599 and verse 6, 00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.799 you prepare a table 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.460 before me 00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.140 in the presence 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:53.620 of my enemies. 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.960 So there's a sense 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.259 here of a feast, 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.839 of rejoicing, 00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.740 that he brings us 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.160 through, 00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:02.160 but that he is 00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:03.900 preparing a better way, 00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.960 a better place 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.400 for his people. 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.480 That Christ, 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.579 in Christ, 00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:11.160 we have victory. 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:13.120 Romans 8 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:14.700 is full of that 00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:16.180 as it speaks 00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.300 of nothing 00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:18.060 being able 00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:19.200 to separate us 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.860 from the love 00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.420 of God 00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.779 which is in Christ 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:23.080 Jesus our Lord. 00:25:24.060 --> 00:25:25.180 Not even death 00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:27.019 can separate us 00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.880 from that love. 00:25:28.840 --> 00:25:29.500 And so here 00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.100 he is saying 00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:31.100 he is preparing 00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.840 a place 00:25:31.840 --> 00:25:33.500 for his people. 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.900 And when you look 00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.460 at, again, 00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.700 the Gospel of John 00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:38.019 as Jesus was going 00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.779 to the cross, 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.320 as he was with 00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:40.160 his disciples 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.680 before he went 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.620 out to the cross, 00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.519 what does he say? 00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:44.540 He says, 00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:45.640 let not your hearts 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.200 be troubled. 00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.340 Believe in God. 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.320 Believe also in me. 00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:51.540 In my Father's house 00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:53.000 are many rooms. 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.560 And I go 00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:55.740 to prepare 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.600 a place 00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.600 for you. 00:25:58.600 --> 00:25:59.860 So there's preparation. 00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.400 He is going 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.200 to prepare 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.040 a place 00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:04.320 for you. 00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:06.500 and he has 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.939 prepared 00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:07.939 all things 00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:09.539 for his people. 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.240 He has prepared 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.700 for us 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.599 for this day 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:14.740 while we are here 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.720 on earth. 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.740 And he says here 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:18.019 that he gives 00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.759 a cup 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:20.139 that overflows. 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.079 You could ask 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.460 yourself, 00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.039 then how is 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.720 your cup 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.179 today? 00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:26.139 Even in the 00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.599 difficulties 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.339 and trials 00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.159 that we face, 00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.179 if you are 00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:30.240 trusting in the Lord, 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:30.720 he is able 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.819 to make your cup 00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.819 overflow. 00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:34.779 In these days 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:36.439 of David's time, 00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.419 if you are visiting 00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:39.539 and you were 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.099 a guest 00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.859 in a house, 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.559 the host 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.639 would keep 00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.879 filling the glass 00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:46.119 as he was enjoying 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:47.259 your company. 00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.159 But when 00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:50.240 the time 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.059 was over, 00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.939 when the evening 00:26:51.939 --> 00:26:52.579 was coming 00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.700 to a close, 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.939 the host 00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:55.639 to indicate 00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.119 that it was 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:57.099 time to leave, 00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.619 instead of 00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.379 filling the cup 00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:59.480 up to the top, 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.740 would instead 00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:02.279 only half fill it. 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.439 And that was 00:27:04.439 --> 00:27:05.059 the indication 00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.859 it's time 00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.460 to go. 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:06.919 As long as 00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.299 the cup 00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.759 was being 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.319 filled, 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.579 you were there 00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.019 and you were 00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.720 enjoying his 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.259 company, 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.059 and he would 00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.480 say, 00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.099 he would be 00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.259 saying, 00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:13.899 I'm liking, 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.599 I'm enjoying 00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.279 your company, 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.179 stay for a 00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:16.859 while longer. 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.700 Well, 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.279 that's the image 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.799 that we have 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.259 here. 00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.659 Not just 00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:21.579 the host 00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:23.059 filling the 00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.359 cup, 00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.099 but the cup 00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:26.559 is overflowing. 00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:28.720 He longs 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.399 to be with 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.640 his people. 00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:31.740 And so he 00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.920 promises help 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.840 for today 00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.780 to his people. 00:27:35.540 --> 00:27:36.240 He says in 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.780 verse 6, 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.660 Surely goodness 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.240 and mercy 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.900 shall follow 00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.540 me all the 00:27:39.540 --> 00:27:40.500 days of 00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.140 my life. 00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.680 He gives 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.280 grace. 00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:44.060 That's what 00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:44.740 goodness and 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.620 mercy sum up 00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:45.800 to. 00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.560 It sums up 00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.280 to the grace 00:27:47.280 --> 00:27:47.840 of God 00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:48.519 that follow 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.640 all the days 00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.420 of my life. 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.200 He is there 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.160 to give us 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.900 that grace 00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.820 for everything 00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:55.240 that we need. 00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.580 And so what 00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:57.100 do you want 00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.980 for this life 00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.860 day by day? 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.360 Where do 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.940 you find 00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:03.220 your help? 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.000 You can find 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.519 it in the 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.720 grace that 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.200 he gives, 00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.920 in the goodness 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.700 and mercy 00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:10.120 that he gives 00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:11.380 day by day. 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.920 But it says 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.519 too that there 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.259 is more to 00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.680 come. 00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.400 What do you 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.980 want for 00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.740 eternity? 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.900 Do you 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:22.400 desire God's 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.900 house 00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.220 forevermore? 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.740 That should 00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.440 be the longing 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.640 of every 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.259 Christian. 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.860 To know 00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.720 that hope 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.820 that there 00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.480 is a place 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.279 not just 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.799 here 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:35.279 but for 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.160 all eternity 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.059 that we 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.580 can dwell 00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:37.960 in his 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.440 house 00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.440 forever. 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.400 And that's 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:41.799 what the 00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.720 shepherd does. 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.400 He leads 00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:45.400 us in 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.279 this life. 00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.120 He leads 00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.900 us by 00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.640 his grace 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.440 day by day 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.340 but always 00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:51.320 with that 00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:51.980 reminder 00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.039 that there 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.559 is more 00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.279 to come. 00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:55.819 And so 00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.559 this psalm 00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.960 is a 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.419 psalm 00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:58.740 of great 00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.419 comfort. 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.240 Comfort 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.839 in every 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.639 experience. 00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.299 Comfort 00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.500 day by 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.879 day. 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.859 Comfort 00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.619 through times 00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.339 of joy 00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.980 and times 00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.639 of sorrow 00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.960 that he 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.779 gives grace 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:12.019 for all 00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.379 of our 00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.759 needs. 00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.559 We are 00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.059 familiar 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:16.480 with this 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.919 psalm. 00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.839 You are 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.519 familiar with 00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:18.839 it I'm 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.200 sure. 00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.500 But what 00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.819 does it 00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.359 stir up 00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:21.619 in your 00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.099 soul 00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.539 today? 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.240 Does it 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.899 stir up 00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.259 that 00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.939 contempt 00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:27.379 where still 00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:27.799 you say 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.539 but God 00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.939 he allows 00:29:29.939 --> 00:29:30.459 all these 00:29:30.459 --> 00:29:30.939 difficulties. 00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.639 How can 00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.059 he be a 00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.379 gracious 00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:32.959 God? 00:29:34.219 --> 00:29:34.579 Well we 00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.079 can see 00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.459 it because 00:29:35.459 --> 00:29:35.799 of what 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.059 he has 00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.419 done 00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:37.079 for us 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.259 in giving 00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.059 his son 00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.379 to take 00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:41.099 that death 00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.979 upon himself 00:29:41.979 --> 00:29:42.319 so that 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.679 only the 00:29:42.679 --> 00:29:43.059 shadow 00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:44.219 could touch 00:29:44.219 --> 00:29:44.740 us. 00:29:45.939 --> 00:29:46.479 But it 00:29:46.479 --> 00:29:47.119 can also 00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.939 breed 00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:49.219 complacency 00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:51.079 where we 00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.380 become 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:52.440 complacent 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.980 with the 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.279 Lord. 00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.500 And if 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.779 that's 00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.259 you today 00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.579 if you 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.019 are one 00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.360 who is 00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:57.200 complacent 00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.759 today 00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.620 perhaps 00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:58.880 it's 00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.400 time to 00:29:59.400 --> 00:29:59.720 ask 00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.019 yourself 00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.440 do I 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.740 need 00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.799 to return 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.259 to the 00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.519 Lord 00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.039 in this 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.299 way? 00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.440 Do I 00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.799 need to 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.400 come back 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.000 and see 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.680 for myself 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.299 the Lord 00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.440 as my 00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.960 shepherd 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.460 again? 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.620 We all 00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:11.980 need 00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:13.100 the Lord 00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:14.400 as our 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.940 shepherd. 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.640 Somebody 00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.120 said 00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.940 about 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.340 this 00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:19.780 psalm 00:30:19.780 --> 00:30:20.920 if the 00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.320 thought 00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:21.840 of his 00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.420 grace 00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.000 here 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.440 and his 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.940 glory 00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.480 there 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.220 in other 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.560 words the 00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:27.020 grace that 00:30:27.020 --> 00:30:27.380 he gives 00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.000 for today 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.140 and the 00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.740 glory of 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.440 eternity 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:32.380 the thought 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.840 of his 00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.480 grace here 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.720 and his 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.160 glory there 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:35.180 don't light 00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.080 your fire 00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:37.680 then your 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.060 wood 00:30:38.060 --> 00:30:38.960 must be 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.460 wet. 00:30:41.020 --> 00:30:41.800 Isn't that 00:30:41.800 --> 00:30:42.240 a good way 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.640 of putting 00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:42.880 it? 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.840 If the 00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.259 thought of 00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.759 his grace 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.280 here and 00:30:45.280 --> 00:30:45.860 his glory 00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.480 there don't 00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.039 light your 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:48.240 fire then 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.799 your wood 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.599 must be 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.059 wet. 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.319 Contempt 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:54.380 complacency 00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:55.559 they can 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.539 pour water 00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.460 on the 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.920 wood of 00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.539 our fire 00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.339 that burns. 00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.099 Is your 00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.779 wood wet 00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.180 today? 00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:03.960 As you 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.380 think of 00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.980 the Lord 00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:06.880 are you 00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.480 stirred up 00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.779 in your 00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.220 soul 00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:09.759 to think 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.059 of his 00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.620 grace 00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.880 for here 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.420 and now 00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.900 and his 00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.920 glory there 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.840 that we 00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.380 long to 00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.759 see. 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.700 May his 00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.340 word not 00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:19.740 just be 00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.680 familiar to 00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:22.100 us but 00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.560 may we be 00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:23.320 familiar more 00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:23.759 and more 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.160 with the 00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.759 shepherd it 00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.519 speaks of 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.860 so that our 00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.539 hearts would be 00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.440 stirred up by 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.180 these words 00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.740 to find 00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.400 comfort 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.779 to find 00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.460 grace in 00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.960 time of 00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.240 need 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:34.460 but also 00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.980 to find 00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.800 that hope 00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:37.100 that longs 00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.660 for better 00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.400 that looks 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.320 to a place 00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:40.580 of God's 00:31:40.580 --> 00:31:41.039 dwelling 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.080 forevermore 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.199 and to 00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:43.899 know the 00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.259 shepherd 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.500 who leads 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.439 us there. 00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.079 May his 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:49.279 word, may 00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.000 this psalm 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.559 stir our 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.500 hearts in 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.039 that way. 00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:52.960 Let us 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.179 pray. 00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.659 Lord our 00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:58.619 gracious God 00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.379 we thank you 00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.859 for the 00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.399 wonder of 00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:01.159 these words 00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:01.919 words that 00:32:01.919 --> 00:32:03.099 we sing 00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.759 so often 00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.419 words that 00:32:04.419 --> 00:32:04.919 we are so 00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.799 familiar with 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.119 and yet 00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.699 words that 00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.240 we need to 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.740 hear on a 00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.619 daily basis 00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.579 that we 00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.000 need your 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.659 goodness and 00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.339 mercy day 00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.859 by day 00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:14.139 here that 00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.519 we need to 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.039 have that 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.639 hope that 00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.099 we can look 00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:17.079 forward to 00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:18.119 a dwelling 00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.799 place with 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.479 you forever 00:32:19.479 --> 00:32:20.759 more and 00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.359 it's all in 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.179 knowing the 00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.059 shepherd, the 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.819 good shepherd 00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:25.039 who came to 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.819 lay down his 00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.739 life for his 00:32:26.739 --> 00:32:27.139 sheep. 00:32:27.959 --> 00:32:28.500 We pray 00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.459 Lord today for 00:32:29.459 --> 00:32:30.539 these words to 00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:32.299 challenge us, to 00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.339 convict us, that 00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.139 we would not be 00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:36.159 complacent or 00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.479 that we would 00:32:36.479 --> 00:32:37.500 not have contempt 00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.459 towards him, 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.559 but that we 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.240 would have that 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.960 longing, that 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.680 desire to 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.140 know them 00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.600 more and 00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.759 more and 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.680 to help all 00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.299 who need you 00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.120 in these ways 00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.640 whether it's 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:48.519 times of the 00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.819 still waters 00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.220 and the 00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.960 calmness of 00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:52.039 life rejoicing 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.380 in you or 00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.759 whether it's 00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.299 going through 00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.120 that valley of 00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.620 the shadow 00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.279 of death, 00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.840 whatever place 00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.460 we find 00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.360 ourselves today 00:32:59.360 --> 00:33:00.059 may we know 00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:01.240 the rod and 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.120 the staff that 00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:03.019 comfort, that 00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.759 keep, that 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.600 uphold us 00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.559 day by day. 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.720 So Lord be 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.500 with us, go 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.220 before us, 00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.000 pardon our 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.059 sin, in 00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.880 Jesus' name. 00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:11.740 Amen. 00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.519 We're going to 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.440 conclude by 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.000 singing to 00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.640 God's praise 00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.900 in Psalm 95. 00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.160 Sing 00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.980 Psalms version 00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:28.620 page 126. 00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:35.299 Psalm 95 00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.279 We'll sing 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.839 from verse 00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:38.059 1 down 00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.680 to verse 00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.359 8. 00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.779 O come, 00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.200 let us 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.759 joyfully 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.359 sing to 00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:44.779 the Lord, 00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.139 to the 00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.539 rock of 00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.099 salvation. 00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.740 Let us 00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.339 raise our 00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.759 voice. 00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.559 Let us 00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.259 come before 00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.519 him, 00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.759 expressing our 00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.119 thanks. 00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.740 Let us 00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.279 with loud 00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.759 singing, 00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.099 praise him 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.359 and rejoice. 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.200 We'll sing 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.700 from verse 00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.759 1 to 00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.399 verse 8 00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:59.079 to God's 00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.460 praise. 00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:01.720 the 00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.240 tune of 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:01.120 St. Daniel. 00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.539 O come, 00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.840 let us 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:11.320 joyfully 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:13.059 sing to 00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:15.019 the Lord. 00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.299 To the 00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:17.559 rock of 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:19.099 salvation, 00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:21.099 let us 00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.559 raise our 00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.820 voice. 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.699 Let us 00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:27.299 come before 00:34:27.299 --> 00:34:28.320 him, 00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.519 expressing 00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:31.519 our 00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.559 thanks. 00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.460 Let us 00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.860 with light 00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.980 singing, 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.940 praise him 00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:40.599 and rejoice. 00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:43.139 The 00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:44.779 Lord is 00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.360 the 00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.319 great 00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:47.079 God 00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.920 King 00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.779 over 00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:50.099 all 00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:51.179 gods. 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:51.980 The 00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:53.199 earth's 00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:53.860 deepest 00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.420 places 00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.420 he 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.519 holds 00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.219 in 00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.860 his 00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.940 hand. 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.980 The 00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.960 heights 00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.639 of 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.440 the 00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.639 mountains 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.799 belong 00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.880 to 00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.699 the 00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.779 Lord. 00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.860 The 00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:11.320 oceans 00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.200 are 00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:13.019 his 00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.460 and 00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.180 he 00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:15.240 formed 00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:16.000 the 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.620 dry 00:35:16.620 --> 00:35:18.200 land. 00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.480 Come, 00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:21.079 let us 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.780 bow 00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.900 humbly 00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:24.039 and 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.940 worship 00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.079 the 00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.220 Lord. 00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.480 Let 00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.160 us 00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:29.800 kneel 00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.800 before 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.820 him 00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.740 our 00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.620 make 00:35:33.620 --> 00:35:34.400 God 00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.039 in 00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:36.120 prayer. 00:35:36.620 --> 00:35:37.320 For 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:38.120 we 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.119 ! 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:40.079 He 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:39.579 is 00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.000 our 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:41.159 God. 00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:42.079 He 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.960 shepherds 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:45.279 and feeds 00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.699 us 00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:47.659 in his 00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.579 loving 00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:50.079 care. 00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:52.079 Today, 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:54.079 if you 00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:55.079 hear 00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:56.079 and attend 00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:58.079 his 00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.079 voice, 00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:00.079 don't 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:01.079 harden 00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:02.079 your 00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:03.079 hearts 00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:05.079 as you 00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:06.079 did 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.079 on the 00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:08.079 way. 00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.079 In 00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:11.079 menopause 00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:12.079 desert 00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:13.079 you 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.079 quarreled 00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:17.079 with me, 00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:18.079 you 00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:19.079 quarreled 00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:21.079 with me, 00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.539 you 00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.779 tested 00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:24.960 my 00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:26.279 patience 00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:27.400 at 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.920 Massa 00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.699 that 00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:31.119 day. 00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.900 After the 00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.259 benediction, 00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.579 I'll go to the door to my left. 00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.759 We'll close with the benediction. 00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.420 Now may grace, 00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:37.920 mercy, 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.900 and peace from 00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.319 God, 00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:39.880 Father, 00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.319 Son, 00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.920 and Holy 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:42.299 Spirit rest upon 00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:43.400 and abide with you 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.380 all now 00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:45.420 and forevermore. 00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.099 Amen. 00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.220 Amen. 00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.420 Amen.