WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.360 it's been humbling and refreshing 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:08.939 to put ourselves under one psalm each week. 00:00:09.179 --> 00:00:09.320 Amen. 00:00:11.140 --> 00:00:14.519 And so the psalm for today is Psalm 13. 00:00:15.740 --> 00:00:18.820 For the choir director, another psalm of David. 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:22.980 I want to give you something to listen for 00:00:22.980 --> 00:00:24.620 as I read our sermon text for today. 00:00:27.420 --> 00:00:29.620 I want you to figure out who it is 00:00:29.620 --> 00:00:31.480 in David's life, from what you know, 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.980 that is most likely causing him this severe pain. 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:40.859 As I prepared and tried to understand the context 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:43.579 and our best guesses at David's context, 00:00:44.579 --> 00:00:46.719 there are two men in David's life 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:51.439 who inflicted the most intense personal pain on David. 00:00:51.939 --> 00:00:53.320 One was early in his life, 00:00:53.900 --> 00:00:55.240 and you know who that was, who was it? 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:56.680 King Saul. 00:00:56.679 --> 00:01:01.519 In the psalms where David is bold about his righteousness 00:01:01.519 --> 00:01:03.939 and the vileness of men within Israel, 00:01:04.180 --> 00:01:08.400 that's a very likely guess that Saul is the one causing this deep personal pain. 00:01:09.099 --> 00:01:10.900 But much later in David's life, 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:11.900 when he's an old man, 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:13.500 after he sinned, 00:01:15.219 --> 00:01:17.239 he committed the sin with Bathsheba. 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:22.439 He neglected to use his office as king to execute justice on his own son. 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:27.980 Another son of his led a rebellion from within Jerusalem against David. 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:28.879 Do you remember his name? 00:01:30.140 --> 00:01:30.620 Absalom. 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:32.900 So as we're reading Psalm 13, 00:01:33.039 --> 00:01:34.920 try to decide from the tone 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:38.099 and the way David talks about his own standing before God, 00:01:38.179 --> 00:01:41.000 do you think it's earlier in his life or later in his life? 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:43.659 As I read our sermon text, 00:01:44.620 --> 00:01:51.079 we read it receiving it as God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient word. 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:53.739 It's God's very own word for you, his people. 00:01:53.900 --> 00:01:56.000 When I'm done reading, I'll say this is the word of God. 00:01:56.340 --> 00:01:59.019 If you receive it that way, please respond with confidence. 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:00.140 Thanks be to God. 00:02:01.180 --> 00:02:01.879 Psalm 13. 00:02:02.980 --> 00:02:04.760 For the choir director, a Psalm of David. 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:08.840 How long, O Lord, will you forget me forever? 00:02:09.700 --> 00:02:11.759 How long will you hide your face from me? 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:16.060 How long will I store up anxious concerns within me? 00:02:16.860 --> 00:02:18.400 Agony in my mind every day? 00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:24.000 How long will my enemy dominate or be exalted over me? 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:25.400 Verse 3. 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:27.540 Consider me and answer, Lord my God. 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:29.780 Restore brightness to my eyes, 00:02:29.819 --> 00:02:32.140 otherwise I will sleep in death. 00:02:32.139 --> 00:02:35.719 My enemy will say, I have triumphed over him, 00:02:35.979 --> 00:02:39.159 and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken. 00:02:40.399 --> 00:02:41.339 Verse 5. 00:02:42.679 --> 00:02:48.519 But I have trusted in your faithful or steadfast love. 00:02:49.539 --> 00:02:53.039 My heart will rejoice in your deliverance. 00:02:53.959 --> 00:02:58.799 I will sing to the Lord because he has treated me generously. 00:02:59.739 --> 00:03:00.939 This is the word of God. 00:03:00.939 --> 00:03:01.000 Amen. 00:03:02.139 --> 00:03:02.919 Thanks be to God. 00:03:02.959 --> 00:03:03.500 You may be seated. 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:17.979 The grass withers and the flower fades, 00:03:18.079 --> 00:03:20.519 but the word of the Lord endures forever. 00:03:20.819 --> 00:03:21.039 Amen. 00:03:22.979 --> 00:03:23.599 Let's pray. 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:23.679 Amen. 00:03:23.679 --> 00:03:23.699 Amen. 00:03:23.699 --> 00:03:23.759 Amen. 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:23.799 Amen. 00:03:23.799 --> 00:03:23.819 Amen. 00:03:23.819 --> 00:03:23.859 Amen. 00:03:23.859 --> 00:03:23.899 Amen. 00:03:23.899 --> 00:03:23.939 Amen. 00:03:23.939 --> 00:03:23.959 Amen. 00:03:23.959 --> 00:03:23.979 Amen. 00:03:23.979 --> 00:03:24.000 Amen. 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:24.019 Amen. 00:03:24.019 --> 00:03:24.079 Amen. 00:03:24.079 --> 00:03:24.099 Amen. 00:03:24.099 --> 00:03:24.119 Amen. 00:03:24.119 --> 00:03:24.199 Amen. 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:24.279 Amen. 00:03:24.279 --> 00:03:24.319 Amen. 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:24.399 Amen. 00:03:24.399 --> 00:03:24.419 Amen. 00:03:32.139 --> 00:03:55.139 Amen. 00:03:55.139 --> 00:03:55.519 Amen. 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:58.000 to new life that bears fruit. 00:03:59.140 --> 00:04:01.800 We pray that you will do all of this, Lord, 00:04:02.460 --> 00:04:03.280 in your timing, 00:04:04.040 --> 00:04:06.120 according to the means that you have ordained 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:06.780 for your people. 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:09.340 For your glory alone we ask. 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:09.960 Amen. 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:17.639 Imagine that it's your first day on a new job. 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:19.439 You're working in the emergency room. 00:04:20.340 --> 00:04:21.860 You've donned your PPE. 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:24.780 You put on your personal protective equipment. 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:29.079 And you see the fire lights coming 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.579 and the EMTs rush this person 00:04:32.579 --> 00:04:34.919 on a cot with wheels through the doors. 00:04:36.019 --> 00:04:37.979 And you just hear more experienced staff say, 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:40.519 this one is probably not going to make it. 00:04:41.699 --> 00:04:44.339 The charge nurse does some triage quickly, 00:04:44.339 --> 00:04:46.959 sends this patient right on through to the doctor. 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:51.039 And you're amazed at watching the doctor 00:04:51.039 --> 00:04:52.060 take these steps. 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:54.560 Diagnosing, 00:04:55.620 --> 00:04:58.920 providing a swift, intense treatment, 00:05:00.339 --> 00:05:03.780 stitching up layer of layer of tissue, 00:05:04.780 --> 00:05:07.259 taking all the steps and precautions 00:05:07.259 --> 00:05:09.300 so that infection won't develop inside, 00:05:09.860 --> 00:05:13.000 and then programming out 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:14.360 what are all the steps 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.259 to the deepest level of healing 00:05:16.259 --> 00:05:17.259 and rehabilitation. 00:05:17.259 --> 00:05:21.860 There was an old pastor 00:05:21.860 --> 00:05:24.379 that lived in the 4th century, 00:05:24.500 --> 00:05:25.659 so the 300s, 00:05:26.019 --> 00:05:27.240 named John Chrysostom. 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:30.420 And he used a wonderful metaphor 00:05:30.420 --> 00:05:31.360 about the church 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:33.219 that shows the influence 00:05:33.219 --> 00:05:34.519 of Christ on the apostles 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:35.500 and the tone that set 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:36.459 for hundreds of years, 00:05:36.539 --> 00:05:37.439 and it should be the tone 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:38.300 of every generation. 00:05:38.860 --> 00:05:39.599 And it's this. 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:41.860 Chrysostom said, 00:05:41.860 --> 00:05:44.460 the church is not a courtroom for souls. 00:05:44.939 --> 00:05:47.199 It's a hospital for souls. 00:05:47.460 --> 00:05:47.680 Amen? 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:49.800 The church, 00:05:50.420 --> 00:05:50.900 you and me, 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:52.819 we're here as patients 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:54.340 that God has healed 00:05:54.340 --> 00:05:56.360 and he's healing and rehabilitating, 00:05:56.860 --> 00:05:58.160 and he brings in more sick 00:05:58.160 --> 00:05:59.480 and wounded souls 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:00.480 into his hospital. 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:03.259 And we get to be a very small part of that 00:06:03.259 --> 00:06:04.460 and watch him, 00:06:04.660 --> 00:06:05.439 the great physician, 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:08.000 work on one soul after the other. 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:09.699 And bear witness, 00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:11.139 great is his faithfulness 00:06:11.139 --> 00:06:11.579 for you, 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:12.379 for you, 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:12.839 for you, 00:06:12.939 --> 00:06:13.259 for you. 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:15.240 Great is his faithfulness. 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:18.180 In Psalm 13, 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:19.319 David is the patient. 00:06:21.219 --> 00:06:22.240 He comes in 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:23.259 and the description, 00:06:24.339 --> 00:06:25.139 it's a wounded, 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:27.120 a severely wounded man. 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:29.699 He's not wounded on the body this time. 00:06:29.779 --> 00:06:30.719 I think he's old. 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:31.699 He's contrite. 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:33.459 He's aware of God's 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:34.819 abounding grace to him. 00:06:35.860 --> 00:06:37.620 And he's conflicted internally, 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:39.259 probably because he still is wrestling 00:06:39.259 --> 00:06:40.060 with his own guilt. 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:42.860 And he's a wounded soul 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:44.500 that needs the doctor to heal him. 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:48.579 And so that's my invitation to you 00:06:48.579 --> 00:06:49.180 this morning 00:06:49.180 --> 00:06:51.279 as we walk through Psalm 13. 00:06:51.539 --> 00:06:53.060 Let's watch God work. 00:06:53.899 --> 00:06:55.659 Let's see how God heals 00:06:55.659 --> 00:06:56.959 a wounded soul. 00:06:57.899 --> 00:06:58.459 Number one, 00:06:58.620 --> 00:07:01.279 symptoms of a severely wounded soul. 00:07:02.620 --> 00:07:05.699 Symptoms of a severely wounded soul. 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:08.000 Verses two and three. 00:07:08.939 --> 00:07:09.920 It's a big word. 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:10.439 So kids, 00:07:10.539 --> 00:07:11.300 what is a symptom? 00:07:12.719 --> 00:07:13.719 It's a sign, 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:15.039 something we can see 00:07:15.039 --> 00:07:16.099 that's pointing to something. 00:07:16.620 --> 00:07:17.899 And it's a sign of illness, 00:07:18.599 --> 00:07:20.279 a manifestation of a problem, 00:07:20.620 --> 00:07:21.199 an ailment, 00:07:21.379 --> 00:07:21.959 a malady, 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:22.959 or a disorder. 00:07:23.139 --> 00:07:24.360 Something that needs fixing. 00:07:24.719 --> 00:07:25.560 It needs treatment. 00:07:26.939 --> 00:07:27.919 Look at verse two. 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:30.060 David cries out, 00:07:30.460 --> 00:07:33.660 how long must I take counsel in my soul 00:07:33.660 --> 00:07:37.180 and have sorrow in my heart all the day? 00:07:38.620 --> 00:07:40.700 David is deeply cut. 00:07:42.980 --> 00:07:45.379 Have you been deeply cut before in your life? 00:07:45.379 --> 00:07:49.879 You can only be deeply cut 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:52.399 by those about whom you care deeply, 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:55.560 those whom you have loved deeply. 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:58.300 They're the ones who can cut so deeply. 00:07:59.540 --> 00:08:01.439 So those you know best 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:03.540 and those who know you best 00:08:03.540 --> 00:08:05.180 are the ones positioned 00:08:05.180 --> 00:08:08.300 to make you hurt the worst. 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:10.920 In David's heart, 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.079 as every father here knows, 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:17.919 he had to have been full of joy 00:08:17.919 --> 00:08:19.180 watching Absalom grow. 00:08:20.740 --> 00:08:23.800 As Absalom learned to talk 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:25.519 and take a few steps, 00:08:26.919 --> 00:08:27.839 eventually grow up 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:28.919 and learn to ride a horse, 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:31.339 what a joy that brings a father. 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:36.199 Parents feel that the days go too fast 00:08:36.199 --> 00:08:37.100 with their little ones. 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:39.419 But now David says, 00:08:39.419 --> 00:08:42.419 how long must I have sorrow in my heart? 00:08:43.059 --> 00:08:43.799 All the day. 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:48.400 David has been deeply cut 00:08:48.400 --> 00:08:51.240 by someone within his own family. 00:08:53.040 --> 00:08:54.280 In verse 2 he says, 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:58.259 how long must I take counsel in my soul? 00:08:59.560 --> 00:09:00.580 So David as king, 00:09:00.660 --> 00:09:01.639 he's got councilmen, 00:09:01.680 --> 00:09:04.160 he's got generals and financial advisors 00:09:04.160 --> 00:09:05.360 and all kinds of counsel 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:07.160 about running an empire. 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:10.039 That's not what he's talking about in this case. 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:11.759 It has nothing to do with 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:14.480 the outward blessings he's looking for. 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:16.299 He is cut on the inside. 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.019 And he's taking counsel with his own soul. 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:22.579 You're taking counsel with your own soul 00:09:22.579 --> 00:09:23.500 when you feel stuck. 00:09:23.939 --> 00:09:25.559 In your mind, in your heart, your spirit, 00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:26.219 you're spinning. 00:09:27.219 --> 00:09:29.360 You picture a tire in the mud 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:32.179 or snow where it's not even getting traction, 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:33.039 it's just spinning. 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:34.659 There's nothing for it to grip onto, 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:35.639 to move you out of that. 00:09:38.259 --> 00:09:40.599 He's consumed by the complications 00:09:40.599 --> 00:09:42.799 of this conflict. 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:46.419 If, in fact, 00:09:46.719 --> 00:09:49.099 Psalms 13 comes at the end of David's life 00:09:49.099 --> 00:09:49.899 because he says, 00:09:50.219 --> 00:09:52.519 Lord, you have dealt bountifully with me. 00:09:54.699 --> 00:09:56.139 Then David, at this point, 00:09:56.199 --> 00:09:58.199 had lost his moral high ground. 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:00.639 He couldn't be taken seriously 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:01.699 by anyone in the kingdom. 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:04.240 He had disqualified himself 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:05.379 as a spiritual leader. 00:10:06.539 --> 00:10:07.959 His sin was horrible, 00:10:09.099 --> 00:10:09.539 hurtful, 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:10.939 and public. 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:14.580 To be more specific, 00:10:14.800 --> 00:10:16.420 David's firstborn son, 00:10:16.520 --> 00:10:17.560 who was the crown prince, 00:10:17.660 --> 00:10:18.920 the one who was supposed to become 00:10:18.920 --> 00:10:20.040 the next king of Israel, 00:10:21.520 --> 00:10:22.900 had violated 00:10:22.900 --> 00:10:26.580 Absalom's sister, Tamar. 00:10:27.700 --> 00:10:29.040 From Absalom's perspective, 00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:31.020 David did nothing about it. 00:10:31.680 --> 00:10:32.880 So Absalom goes to the gates 00:10:32.880 --> 00:10:34.620 and stirs up others to say, 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:35.440 if I were king, 00:10:35.500 --> 00:10:36.440 I would deal justly. 00:10:37.180 --> 00:10:38.020 I would do everything 00:10:38.020 --> 00:10:39.940 that my dad's done wrong correctly. 00:10:40.940 --> 00:10:43.760 And David is taking counsel 00:10:43.760 --> 00:10:44.740 in his own soul. 00:10:46.300 --> 00:10:47.320 He's consumed 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:48.660 because this is complicated. 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:50.200 There's no easy way out of this one. 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:54.120 In verse 3, 00:10:54.220 --> 00:10:55.700 we have Hebrew poetry 00:10:55.700 --> 00:10:57.580 that's concise, 00:10:57.800 --> 00:10:59.200 so I don't want to read more into it 00:10:59.200 --> 00:10:59.740 that's there. 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:01.260 But in verse 3, 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:01.680 he says, 00:11:01.800 --> 00:11:03.040 Light up my eyes, 00:11:03.300 --> 00:11:03.540 Lord, 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:04.960 lest I sleep, 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:06.440 the sleep of death. 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:07.440 Lord, 00:11:09.580 --> 00:11:10.500 my soul 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:12.180 is going to go to sleep. 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:14.600 I'm going to die. 00:11:16.880 --> 00:11:18.260 Maybe he's contemplating, 00:11:18.780 --> 00:11:21.120 how can I even escape this situation? 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:23.260 And if I can't escape this in body, 00:11:23.340 --> 00:11:24.960 maybe my soul can escape my body. 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:27.160 I can't take it any longer. 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:28.220 How long, 00:11:28.300 --> 00:11:28.640 oh Lord? 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.059 These are symptoms 00:11:31.059 --> 00:11:33.059 of a severely wounded soul. 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:37.080 How can a severely wounded soul 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.059 get out of that? 00:11:40.179 --> 00:11:41.899 What makes it even more complicated 00:11:41.899 --> 00:11:43.720 is being wounded so deeply, 00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:44.860 it changes how you feel 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:46.399 about two different parties. 00:11:46.899 --> 00:11:48.360 How you feel about God changes, 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:50.460 and how you feel toward your abusers 00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:51.179 also changes. 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:54.519 Notice how a severely wounded soul 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:55.620 in Psalm 13 00:11:55.620 --> 00:11:57.600 feels toward God. 00:11:58.720 --> 00:11:59.779 You feel like God 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:00.919 is making you endure 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:02.259 more than you can bear. 00:12:03.319 --> 00:12:03.819 He says, 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:04.779 How long, 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:05.240 oh Lord? 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:07.939 You feel like God 00:12:07.939 --> 00:12:09.159 does not care 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:11.079 that you continue to suffer. 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:13.299 In verse 1 again, 00:12:13.699 --> 00:12:15.500 Will you forget me forever? 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:16.620 God, 00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:17.879 it feels like you have forgotten me 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:18.360 right now. 00:12:18.740 --> 00:12:19.960 Are you going to never bring me 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:20.840 back into your mind 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:21.659 and do something? 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:23.879 You feel like God 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:24.799 has made himself 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:26.019 distant from you. 00:12:28.259 --> 00:12:29.220 Verse 1 again, 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:30.720 How long will you hide 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:32.620 your face from me? 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:35.299 And you feel like God, 00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:36.759 if he is good, 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:38.720 then he must be powerless. 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:41.740 In verse 3 he says, 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:42.320 Consider, 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:44.639 look at my situation, God, 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:46.200 and answer me. 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:48.879 Because if you really look 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:49.799 at what I'm in right now 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:50.679 and consider this, 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:51.700 how could you not act? 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:53.240 So if you are good 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:54.200 and you're considering this, 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:54.820 then act. 00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:56.600 If you don't act, 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:57.240 I'm going to feel like 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:57.820 you're powerless. 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:01.379 A severely wounded soul, 00:13:01.500 --> 00:13:03.279 it's changed 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:04.919 in the way you feel about God. 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:06.740 And also, 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:08.060 a severely wounded soul 00:13:08.060 --> 00:13:09.600 has strong, 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:10.360 intense feelings 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:11.379 that you can't shake 00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:12.560 about the one 00:13:12.560 --> 00:13:13.340 who is hurting you 00:13:13.340 --> 00:13:14.320 or who has hurt you. 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:18.220 a severely wounded soul 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:18.980 feels differently 00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:20.680 toward those enemies. 00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:23.760 He says, 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:25.200 It's like they've taken 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:26.379 a God-like place 00:13:26.379 --> 00:13:27.420 over my mind. 00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:29.879 They're above me. 00:13:30.140 --> 00:13:30.680 In verse 2, 00:13:30.780 --> 00:13:32.660 How long shall my enemy 00:13:32.660 --> 00:13:34.900 be exalted over me? 00:13:36.160 --> 00:13:37.260 To be exalted, 00:13:37.379 --> 00:13:38.380 that's the place of God. 00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:40.799 And they have pushed me 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:42.080 so low with their power. 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:43.779 They've taken 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:45.019 a God-like place 00:13:45.019 --> 00:13:45.620 in my mind, 00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:46.159 in my heart. 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:46.879 It's consuming 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:47.620 all my thoughts. 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:52.120 He's concerned 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.679 with what 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:53.840 that abuser 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:54.519 or that enemy 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:55.139 will say 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:56.100 or think about him. 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:57.679 In verse 4, 00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:58.039 he says, 00:13:58.419 --> 00:13:58.659 Answer me, 00:13:58.720 --> 00:13:58.980 O Lord, 00:13:59.019 --> 00:13:59.460 my God, 00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:01.039 lest my enemy say 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:02.340 I have prevailed 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:02.879 over him. 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:04.659 That's the worst thing 00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:05.279 that could happen. 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:05.919 They'll brag 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:06.779 about this position 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.659 they've got over me. 00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:08.879 They've got more power 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.199 and they're going 00:14:09.199 --> 00:14:10.139 to brag about it. 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:11.699 Obsessing, 00:14:11.839 --> 00:14:12.419 thinking about 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:13.559 how that person 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:14.240 is going to talk 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:14.720 about them. 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:17.740 And in verse 4, 00:14:18.779 --> 00:14:19.319 he says, 00:14:19.439 --> 00:14:20.699 Lest my foes rejoice 00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:22.620 because I am shaken. 00:14:24.579 --> 00:14:25.659 His main reason 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.419 for wanting God 00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:26.980 to act, 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.439 to bring revenge, 00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:29.360 it seems to be 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:30.319 to protect 00:14:30.319 --> 00:14:31.139 his own pride. 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:33.039 He's been wounded. 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:34.360 He's felt 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:35.039 the injustice. 00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:38.120 And he wants 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:38.639 to protect 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:39.379 his own pride 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:40.179 and so he's calling 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:40.720 on God 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:42.759 because to be wounded 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.379 in this way, 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:44.639 it changes how you feel 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:45.799 about the enemy. 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:49.419 Well, 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:50.199 we see a turn 00:14:50.199 --> 00:14:51.039 in verse 5. 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:52.240 What's the first word 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:53.220 in verse 5 00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:53.939 in your translation 00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:54.679 of God's word? 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.279 But, 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:59.980 but I have trusted 00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:03.100 in your steadfast love. 00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:05.040 We don't get 00:15:05.040 --> 00:15:05.800 more context, 00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:06.860 we don't get more hints 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:08.460 of how this came about, 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:10.060 but we do see 00:15:10.060 --> 00:15:11.620 another safe center 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.580 bearing witness. 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:14.240 When I was 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.620 so severely wounded, 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.759 God caused me 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.360 once again 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:19.139 to trust 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:20.220 in his 00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:21.960 steadfast love. 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:23.720 Lord, 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:24.320 I feel like 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:25.120 you are making me 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.540 endure 00:15:25.540 --> 00:15:27.120 more than I can bear, 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.600 but I am trusting 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:30.340 in your steadfast love. 00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:33.860 are you needing 00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:34.480 some healing? 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:37.639 Are you needing 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.080 God 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:39.280 to heal you 00:15:39.280 --> 00:15:40.320 in a deeper way 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:42.820 to undo 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:43.620 some of the wounds 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.480 you've had to suffer 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.860 in your life 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.600 with the sin 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.360 all around us? 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.540 All of that suffering 00:15:49.540 --> 00:15:50.480 was his providence 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.080 for you 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:52.580 so that he can 00:15:52.580 --> 00:15:53.160 heal you 00:15:53.160 --> 00:15:54.500 and you can bear witness 00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:55.980 of his steadfast love. 00:15:57.900 --> 00:15:58.860 1 Corinthians 10, 00:15:58.940 --> 00:15:59.379 13, 00:15:59.379 --> 00:16:01.299 God is faithful. 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.439 He is true 00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:03.179 to who he is 00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:04.340 and he will not 00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:05.360 let you be tried 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:05.939 or tested 00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:07.559 beyond what you can bear, 00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:09.379 but when you are tested, 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.679 he will also provide 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:11.419 a way out 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:12.439 so that you can 00:16:12.439 --> 00:16:13.259 stand up 00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:14.759 under the testing. 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:18.320 In Psalm 13, 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:19.059 it's like David 00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:19.500 was praying, 00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:19.740 Lord, 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.340 I feel 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.860 that you don't care 00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:23.179 whether I continue 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:23.700 to suffer, 00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:25.960 but I am trusting 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:27.220 in your steadfast love. 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:29.460 We see this 00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:30.220 steadfast love 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:31.040 in Hebrews 2, 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:31.620 18, 00:16:32.019 --> 00:16:33.519 how our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:34.759 he suffered, 00:16:35.180 --> 00:16:35.840 was tried, 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.460 and so he is able 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.139 to help those 00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:39.399 who are tried now. 00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:40.580 In Hebrews 13, 00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:41.100 12, 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.300 our Lord Jesus Christ 00:16:43.300 --> 00:16:44.600 was taken to suffer 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:46.500 outside of the gate 00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:48.440 so that he might 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:49.720 sanctify you, 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:50.360 his people, 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:52.360 through his own blood. 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:52.860 Lord, 00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:54.039 Lord, 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:54.620 I feel like 00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.759 you made yourself 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.720 distant from me, 00:16:56.800 --> 00:16:57.200 you've hidden 00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:58.060 your face from me, 00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:58.980 that's how it feels, 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.279 but I am trusting 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:01.500 in your steadfast love. 00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:02.620 You, 00:17:02.800 --> 00:17:02.899 Lord, 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.539 in the person 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:04.420 of the Son, 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.059 you took on 00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:06.099 the role of mediator, 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.319 you accomplished 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.339 what your own 00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:09.339 justice requires, 00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:11.460 and now as representative 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.259 of your people, 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.519 you turn around 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.420 and you mediate 00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.180 grace, 00:17:15.360 --> 00:17:16.140 the grace of God 00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.579 to me. 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:20.399 Our Lord Jesus 00:17:20.399 --> 00:17:21.419 stands like the 00:17:21.419 --> 00:17:22.379 high priest in heaven 00:17:22.379 --> 00:17:24.039 and he blesses you. 00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:25.119 In the words of 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:25.859 Numbers 6, 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.819 he blesses you 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:29.359 for God to bless you 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:29.980 and keep you 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.179 and make his face 00:17:31.179 --> 00:17:32.839 to shine upon you 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:34.279 and be gracious to you 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:35.439 and that God will lift 00:17:35.439 --> 00:17:36.639 up his countenance 00:17:36.639 --> 00:17:37.539 upon you 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.319 and give you 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:39.799 his own peace. 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.980 So trust in his 00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:42.879 steadfast love. 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:46.000 David cries out, 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.220 Lord, 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:47.039 it feels like 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:48.140 if you are good, 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:49.220 then you are powerless, 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:51.579 but I am trusting 00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:52.940 in your steadfast love. 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:54.700 2 Thessalonians 1, 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.400 8 and 9, 00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.859 God one day 00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:57.740 will punish 00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.819 all those 00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.700 who don't know him, 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.859 not for your pride 00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.279 and mine, 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:04.900 but he will do it 00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:06.019 for his own glory. 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:07.619 All those who reject 00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:08.420 the good news 00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:09.299 of Jesus Christ, 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.240 they will pay 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.400 the penalty, 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.319 which is 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:13.339 eternal destruction. 00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:13.459 destruction. 00:18:15.459 --> 00:18:16.439 And 2 Thessalonians 00:18:16.439 --> 00:18:17.179 says that this 00:18:17.179 --> 00:18:18.279 eternal destruction, 00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:19.740 it comes from 00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.740 the very face 00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.480 of the Lord 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.639 and from the glory 00:18:22.639 --> 00:18:23.740 of his might. 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.000 That's how God 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.899 healed this 00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:30.439 severely wounded soul. 00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:34.039 And when a soul 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.679 is healed 00:18:34.679 --> 00:18:35.819 by the grace of God, 00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.559 it changes how 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:38.519 you feel 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.159 toward God. 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:42.060 How does a healed 00:18:42.060 --> 00:18:43.140 soul feel 00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.900 toward God? 00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:44.620 In the words 00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:45.900 of Psalm 13. 00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:48.580 Look at verse 6. 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.680 I will sing 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.400 to the Lord. 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:54.360 He was crying out, 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.140 desperate, 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.220 lamenting, 00:18:56.560 --> 00:18:57.240 and now he's 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:58.180 singing to the Lord. 00:18:58.600 --> 00:18:59.120 And why? 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.580 Verse 6, 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.840 because God 00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:02.880 has dealt 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.960 bountifully, 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.259 abundantly, 00:19:05.820 --> 00:19:06.400 graciously 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.279 with me. 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:10.599 David had 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:10.940 prayed, 00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.700 how long 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.019 will you 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.539 hide your 00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:12.960 face? 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:13.899 And God 00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.639 has shown him, 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:15.440 David, 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.299 if I were 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.819 to approach 00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.139 you 00:19:17.139 --> 00:19:18.660 in all 00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.500 the splendor 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.639 of my holiness 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:22.079 and my glory, 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:24.379 by the gracious 00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.000 blood of the 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.339 covenant, 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:26.879 without that 00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.639 blood to protect 00:19:27.639 --> 00:19:27.819 you, 00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.399 you'd be like 00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:29.519 a snowflake 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.399 thrown onto 00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:31.039 a massive 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.660 bonfire. 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:32.720 You would 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.220 melt 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:34.079 before the 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.779 face of God. 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:38.180 I've not 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.700 hidden my 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.200 face from 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.339 you, 00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:39.559 David. 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.859 I've covered 00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.480 you with 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.059 my grace. 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.899 You don't 00:19:43.899 --> 00:19:44.500 want what 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.160 you deserve. 00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.119 I don't 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.480 want what 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.139 I deserve. 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.099 But God, 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:48.879 he deals 00:19:48.879 --> 00:19:49.779 abundantly, 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.460 graciously, 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.519 bountifully with 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:52.079 his people. 00:19:52.899 --> 00:19:53.480 And it 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.160 changes how 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.579 we feel. 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.660 We sing 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:56.980 to one 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.259 another, 00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.759 come, 00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:58.599 oh sinner, 00:19:59.440 --> 00:19:59.980 come and 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.440 mourn, 00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.759 for he calls 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.299 your sin 00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:02.819 his own. 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:03.740 Do you 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.599 feel the 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.140 weight of 00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:05.500 justice 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.019 served? 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.599 He suffered 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:08.279 the wrath 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.140 that you 00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:10.079 deserve. 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.500 So David 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:12.859 says, 00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.559 I trust 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.000 in your 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.640 steadfast 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.519 love. 00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.539 I do 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.059 long for 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.599 your presence, 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.000 for your 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.599 deliverance, 00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.620 your free, 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:22.279 gracious face 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.200 shining on 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.380 me. 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.180 I long 00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.620 for that. 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:25.599 Your 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.099 countenance 00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.839 lifted up 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.460 and welcoming 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:27.779 me. 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.620 And the 00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:31.200 Lord heals 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:33.180 him with 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.680 that cry. 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:35.880 would you 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.319 turn a few 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.980 pages forward 00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.539 to Psalm 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:37.980 30, 00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.839 verse 2. 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.400 Psalm 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:40.839 30, 00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:41.559 verse 2. 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.039 Another 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.559 Psalm of 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:44.859 David. 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:46.880 A similar 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.900 cry coming 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.319 from his 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:48.620 lips. 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.220 And listen 00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.579 to his 00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.700 testimony in 00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.279 Psalm 30, 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:52.859 verse 2. 00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:56.079 Oh Lord, 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.980 my God, 00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.680 I cried 00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.299 to you 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.000 for help 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:01.620 and you 00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.460 have 00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.279 healed me. 00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:05.960 Oh Lord, 00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.519 my God, 00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:08.259 you have 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.759 healed me. 00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:10.779 If this 00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.480 resonates with 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.700 you, I 00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.160 encourage you 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.620 to memorize 00:21:12.620 --> 00:21:13.420 that short, 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.480 powerful little 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.819 verse. 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.460 When we 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.200 memorize God's 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.519 word, we 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.019 hide it in 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.440 our heart. 00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:18.940 The spirit 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.740 draws it up 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.519 in those 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.019 moments where 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.559 our emotions 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:21.980 are too 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.299 weak. 00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.980 He ministers 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.599 it to us 00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.019 over and 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.559 over again. 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.759 David said, 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.299 my heart 00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:29.160 shall rejoice 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:29.700 in your 00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.240 salvation. 00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.640 What was 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.440 David reflecting 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.740 on? 00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:34.440 God promised 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.960 to save 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.480 his people. 00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.400 God promised 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:38.140 also to 00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.800 heal his 00:21:38.800 --> 00:21:39.140 people. 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.440 In Exodus 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.779 15, 26, 00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.560 God said, 00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.259 I am 00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.160 Yahweh 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:47.680 who heals 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:47.900 you. 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.080 Do you 00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.500 want to know 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.040 who is this 00:21:51.040 --> 00:21:52.000 God who's 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.759 redeeming you 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.620 from slavery 00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:54.420 to be his 00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.759 people? 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:56.579 It's the 00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.420 God who 00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.160 heals you. 00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.279 When our 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.680 Lord Jesus 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.799 Christ came 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.099 to the 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:04.200 earth, God 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.920 the Son took 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.599 on flesh. 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.980 We read in 00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.640 the four 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.359 Gospels of 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:10.400 37 miracles. 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.720 And John 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.140 says there's 00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:12.759 so many more 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.140 that can't 00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:13.480 even be 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:13.940 recorded. 00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:17.420 24, no, 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:19.000 26 of the 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.039 37 miracles 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.759 recorded in 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.079 the four 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:22.299 Gospels are 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.759 God healing 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.359 people. 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.059 Our Lord 00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.740 Jesus Christ 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.480 healed an 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.059 official's 00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.799 fatally sick 00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.220 son in 00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:29.700 Luke 4. 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.900 And he 00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.440 cleansed the 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.920 soul of a 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.579 demon-possessed 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.000 man in 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.539 Mark 1. 00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.779 To show 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.779 us, I 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:37.140 am Yahweh 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:38.079 who heals 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.279 you. 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.740 Trust in 00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.539 my steadfast 00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.220 love. 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.539 Our Lord 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.200 Jesus Christ 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.779 cleansed a 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.160 man with 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.700 leprosy, 00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.259 Mark 1. 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.160 A man with 00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.579 a withered 00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.299 hand, Luke 00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.660 6. 00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.259 And he 00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.960 healed Peter's 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.519 mother-in-law 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.960 in Matthew 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.319 8. 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.140 To show 00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.940 us, I 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.879 am Yahweh 00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.779 who heals 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.000 you. 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.220 Trust in 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:56.019 my steadfast 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.799 love. 00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.440 Our Lord 00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.200 Jesus Christ, 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.440 he healed 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.700 the centurion's 00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.500 paralyzed servant 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.119 in Luke 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.480 7. 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.220 When the 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.599 sun was 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.059 setting in 00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.559 Luke 4, 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.299 our Lord 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.000 Jesus Christ 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.799 healed all 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.279 the sick 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.819 with various 00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.960 diseases and 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.500 those oppressed 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.980 by demons so 00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.440 that you would 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.279 trust in his 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:14.200 steadfast love. 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.480 Our Lord 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.160 Jesus Christ 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.960 healed the 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.640 paralytic who 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.180 was let down 00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.819 through the roof 00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.539 in Mark 2. 00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.480 to show you, 00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.420 I am 00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.399 Yahweh who 00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:23.039 heals you. 00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:25.000 A widow's 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.519 son in Luke 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:25.899 7, 00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.680 Jairus' 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.420 daughter Luke 00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.720 8, 00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.579 Lazarus in 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.899 the tomb, 00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.240 they were 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.940 all already 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.700 sleeping the 00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.259 sleep of 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.619 death. 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.019 And our 00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.460 Lord Jesus 00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.379 Christ lit 00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.819 up their 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.240 eyes. 00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:37.039 He brought 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.519 them back 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.200 to life to 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.079 show how 00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.960 great the 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.899 power of 00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.460 his might. 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.279 Our 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.879 Lord Jesus 00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.799 heals. 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:48.919 through the 00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.440 person of 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.200 Jesus Christ 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.319 God will 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.899 heal you. 00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.259 He will 00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.680 heal your 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:53.980 soul. 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.279 He will 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.339 prepare your 00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.440 soul for 00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.159 eternity with 00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:58.379 him. 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.259 We read in 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.059 1 Peter 2 00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:03.319 23-25 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:05.099 this is 00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.740 quoting Isaiah 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.839 53-5 00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.879 how Jesus 00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:09.000 Christ himself 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.720 bore our 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.639 sins in his 00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.440 body on the 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.740 tree that we 00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.519 might die to 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.440 sin and live 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.660 to righteousness 00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:18.799 by his 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:20.299 wounds you 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.799 are healed. 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.559 Amen. 00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.220 Beloved 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.019 congregation of 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.580 our Lord Jesus 00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:28.640 Christ, my 00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.460 exhortation for 00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.080 you today is 00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:32.019 trust in his 00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:33.039 steadfast love. 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:35.460 He is God 00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.500 who heals 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.740 you. 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.920 The church is a 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:40.100 hospital for 00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:40.480 souls. 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.840 If you're 00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.519 wounded today, 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:46.619 go to God 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.379 through Jesus 00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.819 Christ. 00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.579 If your soul 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.720 feels sick 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:52.920 today, go 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.819 again to God 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.400 through Jesus 00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.819 Christ. 00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.359 If you need 00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:56.940 deeper and 00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.639 deeper healing, 00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.160 go to God 00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.839 through Christ. 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.879 Trust in his 00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:03.099 steadfast love. 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.500 That's the 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.519 simple message, 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.160 the simple 00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:07.279 melody, that's 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.500 the sound your 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.299 soul needs over 00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.940 and over again. 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:12.220 to illustrate 00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:13.240 this on a super 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.360 simple level, I've 00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:14.980 learned recently 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.820 about a type of 00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.860 treatment for deep 00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:18.039 scar tissue called 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:20.039 shockwave. 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:22.600 It's a sound, a 00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:23.980 blast, and that 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.640 never changes. 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.420 But it has an 00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.420 effect on that scar 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.620 tissue below the 00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.440 skin, below the 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.640 surface, and that 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:32.259 same shockwave, the 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.019 same message, the 00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:34.840 same sound, it 00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.940 works over time, 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:38.000 months, years, but it 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.039 brings about healing 00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:40.160 by God's grace. 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.240 Why would God have 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.480 designed our bodies 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.700 to heal in these 00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:45.099 powerful ways if it 00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:46.099 wasn't to teach us a 00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:48.019 deeper truth that he 00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:49.819 is God who heals 00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.700 his people? 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:54.220 Only God can heal 00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.299 your wounded soul. 00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.420 Go to God through 00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.819 Christ and trust in 00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.900 his steadfast love. 00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.319 Amen? 00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.720 Let's spend some time 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:04.140 in prayer, receiving 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:06.099 this truth, and 00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:07.000 praising God for his 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.559 faithfulness. 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.500 Thank you.