WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.020 Come, my children, listen to me. 00:00:03.899 --> 00:00:06.020 I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 00:00:07.020 --> 00:00:10.960 Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:15.660 keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:18.760 Turn from evil and do good. 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:21.740 Seek peace and pursue it. 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.780 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:28.660 and his ears are attentive to their cry. 00:00:28.660 --> 00:00:32.980 But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, 00:00:33.340 --> 00:00:35.500 to blot out their name from the earth. 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:39.359 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them. 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:42.219 He delivers them from all their troubles. 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:46.219 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted 00:00:46.219 --> 00:00:49.340 and saves those who are crushed in spirit. 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:52.679 The righteous person may have many troubles, 00:00:53.100 --> 00:00:55.320 but the Lord delivers him from them all. 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:57.659 He protects all his bones. 00:00:58.020 --> 00:00:59.640 Not one of them will be broken. 00:01:00.579 --> 00:01:03.039 Evil will slay the wicked. 00:01:03.859 --> 00:01:06.400 The foes of the righteous will be condemned. 00:01:07.219 --> 00:01:09.960 The Lord will rescue his servants. 00:01:10.900 --> 00:01:15.120 No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned. 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:22.260 One of the first things as I was looking at this psalm 00:01:22.260 --> 00:01:23.920 that just really stood out to me 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.580 is that in this entire thing, 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:28.760 David doesn't ask God for anything. 00:01:29.580 --> 00:01:31.620 There's not a single request here. 00:01:32.860 --> 00:01:34.200 And as I got looking at it, 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:36.600 I realized that this is a very different psalm 00:01:36.600 --> 00:01:38.260 than the ones that we've looked at so far. 00:01:38.659 --> 00:01:41.000 The ones we've looked at have been very personal. 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:44.040 David has addressed them directly to God. 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:47.700 In this one, David's not talking to God. 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:50.200 He's talking very much about God, 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:52.579 but he's talking to people. 00:01:52.900 --> 00:01:54.239 It's not a prayer. 00:01:54.780 --> 00:01:56.920 It's a poem or a song. 00:01:57.000 --> 00:01:57.939 It's actually an acrostic. 00:01:58.180 --> 00:02:00.299 It's got the different letters of the Hebrew alphabet 00:02:00.299 --> 00:02:01.319 start each line. 00:02:03.019 --> 00:02:04.519 But surprising to me. 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:06.420 I mean, with all that David has been through, 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:09.580 and he doesn't ask God for a single thing 00:02:09.580 --> 00:02:11.680 in all of this prayer, 00:02:11.860 --> 00:02:15.379 in all of this thing that he writes, this psalm. 00:02:16.659 --> 00:02:18.180 So what does he say? 00:02:18.819 --> 00:02:21.099 The first thing that he begins with 00:02:21.099 --> 00:02:24.599 is an expression of his desire to worship the Lord. 00:02:24.699 --> 00:02:27.780 He says, I will extol the Lord, 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:29.199 which means to elevate, 00:02:29.860 --> 00:02:31.219 to lift him up. 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:35.259 I will extol the Lord at all times. 00:02:35.259 --> 00:02:38.620 His praise will always be on my lips. 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:42.079 I will glory in the Lord. 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:46.739 David is ready to worship. 00:02:47.739 --> 00:02:52.979 And you get the sense that this is not just a one-moment thing. 00:02:54.239 --> 00:02:57.519 He says, I will extol the Lord at all times. 00:02:57.659 --> 00:03:00.259 His praise will always be on my lips. 00:03:00.259 --> 00:03:07.060 You are worthy of my worship and honor and glory, 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:11.479 not just today, but at all times and always. 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:17.979 And at this point, David kind of turns and says, 00:03:18.139 --> 00:03:21.299 I don't want to just worship the Lord by myself. 00:03:21.299 --> 00:03:25.219 I want you to join with me and worship him with me. 00:03:25.339 --> 00:03:28.519 He says in verse 3, glorify the Lord with me. 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:32.699 Let us exalt his name together. 00:03:32.699 --> 00:03:36.280 Let's give him honor. 00:03:36.379 --> 00:03:37.319 Let's give him glory. 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:38.399 Let's give him praise. 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:40.259 Let's do it together. 00:03:42.259 --> 00:03:44.819 And his invitation is not just to those who are, 00:03:45.739 --> 00:03:47.459 for whom everything is going well 00:03:47.459 --> 00:03:48.979 and who are really feeling it. 00:03:49.359 --> 00:03:50.739 At the end of verse 2, he says, 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:55.199 let the afflicted hear and rejoice. 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:59.219 Are you feeling afflicted? 00:04:00.179 --> 00:04:02.799 Do you have some afflictions in your life right now? 00:04:04.659 --> 00:04:09.639 David wants you to hear what he is about to say about the Lord 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:13.919 and to come to the place where you too are ready to join in 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.939 and praise and celebrate and rejoice. 00:04:18.919 --> 00:04:20.560 Which kind of brings us to the question, 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:24.459 well, what's got David so eager to worship? 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:31.060 Why is he just ready to give it 00:04:31.060 --> 00:04:35.420 and to get as many other people as he can to praise the Lord? 00:04:36.719 --> 00:04:38.740 Well, it's very personal for David. 00:04:39.659 --> 00:04:41.480 In verse 4, this is what he says. 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:45.819 He says, I sought the Lord and he answered me. 00:04:46.719 --> 00:04:54.659 Verse 6, this poor man called and the Lord heard him. 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:58.439 Do you hear how David describes himself? 00:04:59.180 --> 00:05:00.539 This poor man. 00:05:01.699 --> 00:05:08.519 There I was sitting in a cell of the Philistines with nothing. 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:14.279 Everything that I once had back home in Israel, gone. 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:22.179 I had nothing, nothing but fear of what they're going to do to me. 00:05:24.739 --> 00:05:26.279 And I sought the Lord. 00:05:27.019 --> 00:05:28.779 I called out to him. 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.759 In verse 4, he answered me. 00:05:33.019 --> 00:05:35.379 Verse 6, he heard me. 00:05:35.379 --> 00:05:38.120 And what did the Lord do? 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.300 David says, he delivered me. 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:43.899 Verse 4, from all my fears. 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:51.000 Verse 6, he saved this poor man out of all his troubles. 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:56.399 What really strikes me is that word all. 00:05:58.540 --> 00:06:00.139 Not just some of my fears. 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:01.439 Not just some of my troubles. 00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:02.500 All of them. 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:05.800 Everything that I was afraid of, I'm not afraid of anymore. 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:09.300 The Lord has dealt with that. 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:13.439 Everything that was a problem for me that I was worried about, 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:15.000 I'm not worried about anymore. 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:18.759 And this is amazing because we know that David's troubles are not over. 00:06:19.420 --> 00:06:21.259 I mean, now he's escaped from the Philistines 00:06:21.259 --> 00:06:24.939 and he's headed back to his home country as a wanted fugitive. 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:31.300 And yet the Lord has done something amazing for him. 00:06:31.500 --> 00:06:34.279 And that's why he's ready to worship and praise. 00:06:34.939 --> 00:06:37.519 He's got him out of the situation he was in. 00:06:37.899 --> 00:06:41.959 His very obvious, tangible, physical troubles. 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:43.959 His enemies right there. 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:45.739 Him in a prison cell. 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:49.599 But he's also done a work in here. 00:06:51.339 --> 00:06:52.879 And dealt with his fears. 00:06:54.060 --> 00:06:55.719 His perspective has changed. 00:06:55.799 --> 00:06:59.579 As I go back home, I'm not worried. 00:07:00.159 --> 00:07:01.120 I'm not afraid. 00:07:01.259 --> 00:07:06.439 Not in this moment anyway, because the Lord is with me. 00:07:06.919 --> 00:07:11.120 If he can get me out of here, he can get me out of the next thing. 00:07:11.579 --> 00:07:13.000 He can deal with my problems. 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:14.420 He can deal with my troubles. 00:07:14.420 --> 00:07:21.960 We know from the story that David actually did something to get out of this. 00:07:22.060 --> 00:07:23.780 He pretended to be mad. 00:07:24.340 --> 00:07:26.819 And I would have loved to have been there just to see that. 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:32.400 Especially knowing that it was all something that he was putting on. 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:36.039 But David doesn't take any credit for it whatsoever. 00:07:36.039 --> 00:07:39.759 He refers to himself as a poor man with nothing. 00:07:40.359 --> 00:07:41.779 Who got him out of there? 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:43.159 The Lord. 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:44.719 He delivered me. 00:07:45.719 --> 00:07:49.979 If it weren't for him, Abimelech never would have bought it. 00:07:49.980 --> 00:07:55.040 He gives God all the credit and all the glory. 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:58.580 This is a wonderful story for David. 00:07:58.579 --> 00:07:58.659 David. 00:07:59.219 --> 00:08:06.879 But David wants us to know that this is not just something that God does for him. 00:08:07.219 --> 00:08:09.159 Because David was God's favorite. 00:08:11.219 --> 00:08:16.799 David wants us, as we've just seen, to join with him and worship with him. 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:24.980 He wants us to think about the troubles that we have in our lives and what God can do about those things for us. 00:08:24.980 --> 00:08:32.940 So that we might experience his deliverance too and come to the place where we're ready to join with him. 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:34.460 And worship. 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:36.159 And praise. 00:08:38.659 --> 00:08:44.019 And so David, at this point, kind of takes up the role of a teacher in this psalm. 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:47.960 The rest of this psalm, you could almost call it a wisdom psalm. 00:08:48.060 --> 00:08:51.320 He's going to share with us some of the things that he's learned. 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:55.080 And many of these things are rooted in his own experience that he has been through. 00:08:55.860 --> 00:08:59.500 But we also know that these are, don't just come from David. 00:08:59.640 --> 00:09:02.120 These are words that come from God himself. 00:09:02.340 --> 00:09:07.600 This is God's wisdom, which comes by his spirit through David to us. 00:09:07.660 --> 00:09:10.260 And so what does David have to say? 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:16.360 Well, all of it has to do with how things are between the Lord and his people. 00:09:18.260 --> 00:09:21.120 Let's look at verse 18 first. 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:24.840 David says, 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:30.260 The Lord, Yahweh, is close to the brokenhearted. 00:09:32.379 --> 00:09:36.060 He saves those who are crushed in spirit. 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:44.240 David knows what it's like to feel brokenhearted. 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:49.840 As we just talked about, he's had everything ripped out of his life, torn away from him. 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:51.540 All the people he loves. 00:09:51.540 --> 00:09:51.680 His wife. 00:09:51.680 --> 00:09:52.879 His wife. 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:54.500 His family. 00:09:55.180 --> 00:09:56.440 His best friend. 00:09:59.560 --> 00:10:02.540 And what has David discovered in his brokenheartedness? 00:10:03.540 --> 00:10:05.180 That the Lord is with him. 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:07.019 And not just with him, but close. 00:10:07.019 --> 00:10:15.779 Do you have some brokenheartedness in your heart this morning? 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:20.600 Do you know that the Lord is close? 00:10:21.899 --> 00:10:22.720 If you do. 00:10:24.439 --> 00:10:28.299 David says he saves those who are crushed in spirit. 00:10:28.299 --> 00:10:33.479 You can just picture David sitting in that Philistine cell with nothing. 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:35.859 Wondering what they're going to do to him. 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.120 Just feeling crushed in spirit. 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:44.100 And yet the Lord saw how he felt. 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:47.600 And what was David's experience? 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:51.120 He saves those who are crushed in spirit. 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:57.139 Not just David, but all of his people who are in these places. 00:10:57.139 --> 00:11:02.679 In verse 15, David says, 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.980 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous. 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:09.100 And when we hear that word, the righteous, 00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:11.539 there might be a tendency to think, 00:11:11.659 --> 00:11:13.919 well, does that include me? 00:11:16.419 --> 00:11:20.879 Have I lived good enough to be considered the righteous 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:23.480 and get that blessing or that promise? 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:27.060 I'm not going to go too deep into this, 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:30.980 but we all know that there's those verses that say, 00:11:31.539 --> 00:11:33.360 no one is righteous, not even one. 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:36.300 But the way that the righteous is being used here 00:11:36.300 --> 00:11:38.399 and often is used in the Psalms and Proverbs 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:41.440 is not to refer to people who are sinless or perfect, 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:43.420 because of course nobody is. 00:11:44.180 --> 00:11:45.420 Nobody except Christ. 00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:49.740 It's used generally to refer to the Lord's people. 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:54.460 To those who consider Yahweh, the Lord, Jesus, 00:11:54.700 --> 00:11:56.600 to be their God. 00:11:57.320 --> 00:11:59.019 To those who trust in him. 00:11:59.139 --> 00:12:01.100 To those who look to him for help. 00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:06.200 To those who generally obey his commands 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:07.539 and live rightly. 00:12:07.899 --> 00:12:09.539 And when they don't and when they mess up 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:12.799 and they blow it like Psalm 103 talks about, 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:15.860 they trust him for his compassion 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:17.460 and mercy and forgiveness. 00:12:17.460 --> 00:12:19.960 Those are the righteous. 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:23.100 And if there's any doubt whether or not 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:25.740 we make the cut or we're in, 00:12:26.560 --> 00:12:28.360 all we need to do is look to Jesus. 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:31.379 Because if there's anybody that was righteous, 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:33.019 it's him. 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:34.160 He lived perfect. 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:36.120 He lived a sinless life. 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:37.180 He's the son of God. 00:12:38.300 --> 00:12:41.600 And he and the apostles make clear for us 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:45.399 that those of us who receive his gift, 00:12:45.800 --> 00:12:48.420 we are in him. 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:50.200 We become in Christ. 00:12:51.899 --> 00:12:55.320 And so the good things that are for the righteous, 00:12:55.700 --> 00:12:59.220 we get through Christ because we are in him. 00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:02.120 Paul actually says this in his letter to the Corinthians. 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:04.720 He says all the promises that are made 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:08.259 are yes in Christ for us. 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:13.139 And so these statements about the righteous, 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:15.560 they're for us. 00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:17.620 Those of us who belong to Jesus, 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:18.980 who are in him. 00:13:20.920 --> 00:13:23.320 David is talking about how it is 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:25.220 between the Lord and his people. 00:13:25.700 --> 00:13:29.519 He says the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:33.240 and his ears are attentive to their cry. 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.220 Verse 17, 00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:39.000 the righteous cry out and the Lord hears them. 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:42.319 He delivers them from all their troubles. 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:44.480 I love these words. 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:46.960 Isn't it a comfort to know 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:50.460 that the Lord's eyes are on his people? 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:53.240 He is watching over you. 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:57.419 He notices the things that are happening in your life. 00:13:57.419 --> 00:14:00.379 He is looking out for you. 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:06.399 His ears are attentive to their cry. 00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:09.059 I love that phrase. 00:14:10.099 --> 00:14:11.299 I couldn't help but think of 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:14.819 those moments where I'm over at somebody's house 00:14:14.819 --> 00:14:16.759 and I'm visiting with them 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:18.959 and my kids are playing with all the kids 00:14:18.959 --> 00:14:19.899 in the other room 00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:22.339 and there's lots of noise in both rooms 00:14:22.339 --> 00:14:24.279 and all of a sudden in that moment 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:26.480 I hear somebody cry out 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:30.519 and I know exactly who it is. 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:32.759 It's my daughter. 00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:35.220 And how do I know? 00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:37.300 Because amidst all the noise 00:14:37.300 --> 00:14:39.980 I know my daughter's cry. 00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:41.740 I know her. 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:43.039 She's my daughter. 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:46.700 My ears are specially tuned in 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:47.820 to that cry. 00:14:47.820 --> 00:14:50.800 It's not a perfect picture 00:14:50.800 --> 00:14:53.180 but it's a helpful one I think 00:14:53.180 --> 00:14:55.760 of how God's ears are attentive 00:14:55.760 --> 00:14:57.640 to the cry of his people. 00:14:58.400 --> 00:14:59.740 He knows his people. 00:15:01.140 --> 00:15:03.379 And he's a better father than I am. 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:05.820 In many cases for me it's 00:15:05.820 --> 00:15:07.660 well I hope they're alright. 00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:10.480 We'll give it a couple minutes 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.180 and we'll see. 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:13.020 We'll see how long they keep going. 00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:16.220 It doesn't sound like they died 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:17.299 or anything like that. 00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:20.360 That's not what David's experience was though. 00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:23.079 He says that the Lord's ears 00:15:23.079 --> 00:15:24.539 are attentive to their cry. 00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:26.279 The righteous cry out. 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.179 The Lord hears them. 00:15:27.439 --> 00:15:29.340 He delivers them from all their troubles. 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:32.939 He doesn't just sit back and say 00:15:32.939 --> 00:15:34.059 oh we'll see how they do. 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:34.460 You know. 00:15:34.819 --> 00:15:36.819 He delivers them from all their troubles. 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.899 He steps in 00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:40.459 and brings them out. 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:44.559 And that's really one of the things 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:46.259 that David wants us to understand 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:47.039 about the Lord 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:48.639 and his people. 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:51.699 I mean we don't have the same troubles 00:15:51.699 --> 00:15:52.600 as David did. 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:54.959 We've got all kinds of different problems 00:15:54.959 --> 00:15:56.539 and troubles in our lives. 00:15:57.620 --> 00:16:00.939 But David is speaking in general terms 00:16:00.939 --> 00:16:03.659 so that we will connect the dots 00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:04.600 to our own lives. 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.600 To our own troubles. 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:07.579 The Lord can deal with 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:09.080 and help us through 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:10.920 those troubles too. 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:14.120 In fact David 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:16.420 he wants us to get this so much 00:16:16.420 --> 00:16:17.280 he says it again 00:16:17.280 --> 00:16:18.840 in verse 19. 00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.400 He says 00:16:19.400 --> 00:16:20.460 the righteous person 00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:21.740 may have many troubles 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:23.740 but the Lord delivers him 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:24.759 from them all. 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.100 All of them. 00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.700 It's an amazing statement. 00:16:32.020 --> 00:16:33.259 This is how it is 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.980 between God and his people. 00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:38.840 And we don't know 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:40.040 how long David was sitting 00:16:40.040 --> 00:16:41.240 in that Philistine cell. 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.980 It may not be 00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:44.139 immediately 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:46.680 that he delivers us from it. 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.740 And David's troubles 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.820 are far from over. 00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.840 But he does 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.980 deliver his people 00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:54.180 from all 00:16:54.180 --> 00:16:55.240 their troubles 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:57.460 in his perfect time 00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:58.320 and in his wisdom. 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.980 Up in verse 5 00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:05.160 David says 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:06.019 those who look 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.740 to the Lord 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.820 are radiant. 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.360 Their faces 00:17:09.360 --> 00:17:10.420 are never covered 00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.040 with shame. 00:17:12.580 --> 00:17:13.460 I was thinking 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:14.420 about that this week 00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.500 like what a statement. 00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.720 Those who look 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.500 to the Lord 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.380 are radiant. 00:17:21.040 --> 00:17:21.900 Their faces 00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:22.940 are full 00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:24.040 of joy. 00:17:25.820 --> 00:17:26.860 That's quite something 00:17:26.860 --> 00:17:27.420 to say 00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:28.779 after David 00:17:28.779 --> 00:17:30.160 has said 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.680 that he was 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.460 a poor man 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:32.580 and crushed in spirit 00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.679 and broken hearted. 00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:36.240 Something to really 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:37.000 meditate on 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.799 in those moments 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:38.539 where I'm not 00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.059 radiant 00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:40.579 and joyful. 00:17:42.899 --> 00:17:44.079 Perhaps it's because 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:45.720 I haven't been 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:47.119 looking to the Lord. 00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:49.279 I've been looking 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:50.679 instead at my circumstances. 00:17:50.899 --> 00:17:51.319 I've been looking 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:52.059 at the problems 00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.659 in my life. 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.199 I've been looking 00:17:53.199 --> 00:17:53.720 inward 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:55.460 into my own soul 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:57.199 and listening 00:17:57.199 --> 00:17:58.619 to my own thoughts 00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:59.460 and anxieties 00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.199 and worries. 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:02.180 those who look 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:03.140 to the Lord 00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:04.039 are radiant. 00:18:06.860 --> 00:18:07.799 Verse 7 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.880 The angel 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.700 of the Lord 00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.940 encamps around 00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:12.259 those who fear him 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:13.779 and he 00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:14.980 delivers them. 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:17.440 I love the picture 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.059 that we get 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.620 from this. 00:18:19.100 --> 00:18:19.279 I, 00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.340 just in my own 00:18:20.340 --> 00:18:21.500 imagination picture, 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:22.180 you know, 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:23.000 here we are out 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.660 camped 00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:24.720 with the army. 00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:26.240 The enemy armies 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.860 are camped 00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:27.400 all around 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:28.559 and we don't know 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.059 when they're going 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.519 to strike. 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.079 We don't know 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:30.660 where they're going 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:31.220 to come from 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.859 at what time 00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.379 of the day 00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:32.980 and the night. 00:18:34.639 --> 00:18:35.500 But one thing 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.359 we can be certain 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:36.680 of, 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.700 David says here, 00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:39.839 is that we are okay 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:42.220 because around us 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:43.799 the angel 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.559 of the Lord 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.879 is encamped. 00:18:46.639 --> 00:18:47.220 They're going 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:47.819 to have to go 00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.539 through him 00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.200 first 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.379 to get to me. 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.299 So I don't need 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:53.940 to be afraid. 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:55.599 I can rest easy. 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:59.240 the angel 00:18:59.240 --> 00:18:59.859 of the Lord 00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:01.980 may be unseen, 00:19:02.439 --> 00:19:04.699 but this is the 00:19:04.699 --> 00:19:05.519 Lord we're talking 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:05.919 about. 00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:12.899 All of this 00:19:12.899 --> 00:19:13.619 kind of stirs 00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.480 in our own minds 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.439 the question 00:19:15.439 --> 00:19:18.099 that I think 00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:18.679 we need to all 00:19:18.679 --> 00:19:19.119 think about. 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.719 What are the 00:19:19.719 --> 00:19:20.459 troubles that 00:19:20.459 --> 00:19:20.959 you're going 00:19:20.959 --> 00:19:21.819 through right now 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:23.339 in your life? 00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:24.579 what are the 00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.220 problems that 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.799 you're facing? 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:28.359 What are those 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:28.899 things that are 00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:29.699 weighing on you? 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.679 Be they 00:19:31.679 --> 00:19:33.220 circumstantial, 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.539 be they 00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.399 relationships. 00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:40.240 What will you 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.419 do about those 00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:41.659 things? 00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.319 What have you 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:42.759 been doing 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.359 about those 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:43.699 things? 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.079 We all have 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.559 a decision 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.099 to make 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:51.500 and David 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.240 is aware 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.759 of that as 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.019 well. 00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:55.879 will we 00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.419 try to 00:19:56.419 --> 00:19:56.819 manage 00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:57.099 these 00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:57.379 things 00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:57.720 on our 00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:57.980 own? 00:19:58.899 --> 00:19:59.480 Will we 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:01.139 just try 00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:01.599 to make 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.039 a plan 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.619 and deal 00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:02.959 with them 00:20:02.959 --> 00:20:03.419 as best 00:20:03.419 --> 00:20:03.779 as we 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.139 can? 00:20:04.959 --> 00:20:05.399 Or 00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:07.539 will we 00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:07.959 turn to 00:20:07.959 --> 00:20:08.399 the Lord 00:20:08.399 --> 00:20:09.159 and do 00:20:09.159 --> 00:20:09.619 as David 00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.079 did and 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.859 call out 00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:11.159 to him 00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:11.599 and cry 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.000 out to 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.339 him for 00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:12.819 his help 00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:15.240 and ask 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.539 him to 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.279 come and 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.279 deliver us? 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.679 It's a 00:20:20.679 --> 00:20:21.079 choice that 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.480 we all 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.259 need to 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.759 make in 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.680 each one 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:23.940 of the 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.259 different 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:24.799 troubles 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.059 and 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.559 difficulties 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:25.960 that we 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.299 face. 00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.740 And David 00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.099 kind of 00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.559 comes to 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.140 this moment 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:28.660 in verse 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.079 eight, 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:30.019 which is 00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.519 kind of the 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.359 centerpiece of 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.779 this whole 00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:33.059 psalm where 00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.500 he says 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:33.740 this. 00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.180 He says, 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.579 taste and 00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:37.480 see that 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.059 the Lord 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:39.319 is good. 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.579 Blessed is 00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.220 the one who 00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:43.000 takes refuge 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.519 in him. 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:46.039 I love 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:47.359 that metaphor. 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:49.319 Taste and 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.759 see. 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.259 There are 00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.740 some things 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.279 in life 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.200 that we 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.759 can never 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.319 fully 00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.859 understand or 00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.879 appreciate or 00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:59.980 enjoy until 00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.980 we taste 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.859 and see. 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:09.039 I don't 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.400 care how 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:09.720 good a 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.160 poet you 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.160 are or 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:11.619 how good a 00:21:11.619 --> 00:21:12.240 musician you 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.660 are, but 00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.420 your words 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.160 and your 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.120 music can 00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.380 never 00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:16.860 describe what 00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.200 I just 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.880 experienced 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:19.080 there in 00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.519 all of his 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.160 fullness and 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.560 all of his 00:21:20.560 --> 00:21:21.000 goodness. 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.900 So it is 00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.200 with the 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.460 Lord. 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.980 Until we 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.460 take that 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.759 step and 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.320 entrust 00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:30.180 ourselves to 00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:31.680 him, our 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.800 problems to 00:21:32.800 --> 00:21:33.720 him, call 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.120 out to 00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:35.720 him, we'll 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.540 never know 00:21:36.540 --> 00:21:37.640 just how 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.400 good he 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.640 is and 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.680 how well 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.320 he takes 00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:41.860 care of 00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.500 his people. 00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.460 as David 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.840 has been 00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:44.560 talking about 00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:44.860 here. 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.680 Taste and 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.560 see that the 00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:47.940 Lord is 00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.220 good. 00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.300 You need to 00:21:49.300 --> 00:21:49.660 come and 00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.540 experience this 00:21:50.540 --> 00:21:51.200 for yourself 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.240 so that you 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.960 can join 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.960 with me in 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.680 worship and 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.500 glorify the 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.060 Lord with 00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:56.360 me. 00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.940 So do it. 00:21:59.060 --> 00:21:59.860 Blessed is the 00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.480 one who takes 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.279 refuge with 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.580 him and 00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:02.519 trust yourself 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.240 to him and 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.759 trust your 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.960 problems to 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:06.440 the Lord and 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:07.019 see for 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.840 yourself just 00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:08.680 how good he 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.019 is. 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.900 How wonderfully 00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:13.640 he takes 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.360 care of our 00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:15.060 needs, just 00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.940 how aware 00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.500 he is of 00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.200 everything that's 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.799 going on in 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:20.140 our lives and 00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:21.500 how he is 00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.240 faithful to 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.600 deliver us in 00:22:23.600 --> 00:22:24.680 every situation. 00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.200 It's a 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.200 wonderful invitation. 00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.519 Taste and 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.840 see. 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.060 It's a 00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:32.500 delightful 00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.779 relationship that 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.420 we can have 00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.000 with God. 00:22:37.300 --> 00:22:38.000 But it's 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.740 also a 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.720 serious reality 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.880 when we 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.560 take a step 00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.060 back and 00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:42.539 think about 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.980 it for a 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.220 moment. 00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.580 This is 00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:46.180 God, the 00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.200 creator of 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.100 the universe, 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.320 holy, 00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.039 righteous, 00:22:51.340 --> 00:22:52.779 good, and 00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.500 we are 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.560 human beings. 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.740 We're his 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:57.380 creatures and 00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:58.039 we're sinful. 00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.860 We're rebels 00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.759 at that. 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.060 And so 00:23:02.060 --> 00:23:02.960 David follows 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.800 up taste and 00:23:03.800 --> 00:23:04.400 see that the 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.000 Lord is good 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.580 with this. 00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:07.519 Fear the 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.400 Lord, you 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.940 his holy 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.460 people. 00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:11.780 Take the 00:23:11.780 --> 00:23:12.820 Lord seriously. 00:23:13.040 --> 00:23:13.540 Don't treat 00:23:13.540 --> 00:23:14.180 him lightly. 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.820 Treat him 00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.300 with deep 00:23:17.300 --> 00:23:18.519 reverence and 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.860 respect as 00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.660 is fitting for 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.280 who he is. 00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.920 He's the 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.320 Lord. 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.140 He's God. 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.920 But as 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.700 quickly as he 00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:31.060 urges us to 00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.620 do that, 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.160 he reminds 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:34.380 us of 00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.420 the good 00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.500 things that 00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.260 the Lord 00:23:37.260 --> 00:23:37.920 does for 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.780 those who 00:23:38.780 --> 00:23:39.380 fear him. 00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:40.260 Right away, 00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.720 he says, 00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.540 fear the 00:23:41.540 --> 00:23:42.520 Lord, you 00:23:42.520 --> 00:23:43.040 his holy 00:23:43.040 --> 00:23:43.660 people, for 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.340 those who 00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:45.100 fear him 00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:46.240 lack nothing. 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:49.080 The lions 00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.560 may grow 00:23:49.560 --> 00:23:50.280 weak and 00:23:50.280 --> 00:23:50.900 hungry, but 00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.500 those who 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.140 seek the 00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.720 Lord lack 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.660 no good 00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.140 thing. 00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:58.560 God takes 00:23:58.560 --> 00:24:00.080 good care of 00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:00.680 his people 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:02.280 such that 00:24:02.280 --> 00:24:02.900 they lack 00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.759 nothing. 00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:06.320 That's an 00:24:06.320 --> 00:24:07.200 interesting thing 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.040 for David to 00:24:08.040 --> 00:24:08.560 be saying 00:24:08.560 --> 00:24:09.080 right now 00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:09.780 when he has 00:24:09.780 --> 00:24:10.320 nothing and 00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:10.940 he has just 00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.240 barely escaped 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.680 from the 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.300 Philistines. 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.000 Those who 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.460 fear the 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.980 Lord lack 00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.700 no good 00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.060 thing. 00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.360 I don't 00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:19.200 have anything, 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:20.779 but I 00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.279 believe it 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.559 and I 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:21.960 know it's 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.259 true. 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.340 This is 00:24:27.340 --> 00:24:27.580 one of 00:24:27.580 --> 00:24:28.100 those things 00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:29.000 that is 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.319 easy for 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.700 us to 00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.000 doubt. 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.160 Is that 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.860 really how 00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.220 it is 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.860 between God 00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.140 and his 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.460 people? 00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.700 Those who 00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.259 seek the 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.799 Lord lack 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.559 no good 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.940 thing? 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.539 That almost 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.080 sounds too 00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:41.539 good to be 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.740 true, 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.299 doesn't it? 00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:45.119 If we go 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.659 back to the 00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:46.039 beginning, 00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.980 we remember 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:48.859 that's kind 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.180 of what 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:52.139 Satan used 00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:53.819 with his 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.919 conversation 00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.599 with Eve. 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.599 Is the 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.180 Lord really 00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.680 good? 00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.779 Does he 00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.440 really care 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.039 about you? 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.240 Did God 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.879 really say 00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.819 that you 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.419 can't eat 00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:04.039 out of any 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.319 of the 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.740 trees in 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.159 the garden? 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.500 What a 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.240 stingy guy. 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.759 What a 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.539 selfish guy. 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.180 He doesn't 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.680 care about 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:11.919 you. 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.800 Oh, just 00:25:12.800 --> 00:25:13.519 one tree. 00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.920 Just one 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.300 tree he 00:25:15.300 --> 00:25:15.680 said that 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.060 you couldn't 00:25:16.060 --> 00:25:16.259 eat. 00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:17.340 Well, you 00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:17.640 know why 00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.019 he said 00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.539 that, right? 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.500 Because he's 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.060 withholding 00:25:21.060 --> 00:25:21.759 something good 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.240 from you. 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.920 He knows 00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.420 that if you 00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.800 eat it, 00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.320 you'll become 00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:25.920 like him. 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.279 You'll know 00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.620 something good. 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.300 You'll become 00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:31.340 something good. 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.600 God doesn't 00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.060 care about 00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.360 you. 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.920 He's not 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.300 good. 00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:39.220 He's withholding 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.940 something good 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.779 from you. 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.240 David says 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.860 exactly the 00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.240 opposite. 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.460 Those who 00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.060 seek the 00:25:48.060 --> 00:25:48.580 Lord lack 00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:49.340 no good 00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:49.580 thing. 00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.160 The lions, 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.539 they may 00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.039 grow weak 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.539 and hungry. 00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:52.880 The Lord 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:54.720 doesn't just 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.480 take care of 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.960 his people 00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.519 with slim 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.120 pickings. 00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.660 You know, 00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:00.039 just enough 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.620 for us to 00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.340 eke out our 00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:02.180 existence like 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.800 weak and 00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.779 starving lions 00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.100 that are 00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.820 looking around 00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.400 in the desert 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:05.980 and they can't 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.500 find anything 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.940 to eat. 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.380 That's not 00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:07.660 the way 00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.000 the Lord 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.620 takes care 00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:08.880 of his 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.259 people. 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.940 They lack 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.740 no good 00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.019 thing. 00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.400 They lack 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.960 nothing. 00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.220 He's generous 00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.700 and he's 00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.460 abundant in 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.059 his provision. 00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:17.400 He gives 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.059 and he gives 00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.799 and he gives. 00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.480 Why wouldn't 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.700 he? 00:26:23.820 --> 00:26:24.259 I mean, 00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.720 we just 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.259 celebrated 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.160 what the 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.580 Lord has 00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:27.160 done for us 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.680 this morning 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.160 and isn't 00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.519 that what 00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.160 Paul said? 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:33.200 he who 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.740 did not 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.460 spare his 00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.340 own son 00:26:35.340 --> 00:26:36.040 the best 00:26:36.040 --> 00:26:37.180 most precious 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.900 thing that he 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.800 had but gave 00:26:38.800 --> 00:26:39.320 him up for 00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:39.820 us all. 00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:41.400 How will he 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.960 not also 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.460 along with 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:44.080 him give 00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.440 us all 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.900 things? 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.840 Everything 00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.640 that we 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.000 need. 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.779 Everything 00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.340 that's good 00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:51.880 for us. 00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.440 Do you 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.000 believe that? 00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.660 Oftentimes 00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.980 when we 00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.360 don't get 00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:58.680 what we 00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.140 desire, 00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.700 when our 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.300 plans are 00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:01.900 frustrated, 00:27:02.540 --> 00:27:03.980 we question 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.500 God, we 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.980 doubt his 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.360 goodness. 00:27:06.800 --> 00:27:07.440 But he's 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.019 already given 00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.620 us the most 00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.320 costly gift 00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:09.779 of all. 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.080 It proves 00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.519 that he's 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:11.980 willing to 00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.340 give us 00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:13.019 everything 00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.540 that's good 00:27:13.540 --> 00:27:14.060 for us. 00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.040 And so 00:27:18.040 --> 00:27:18.340 if he 00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:18.940 hasn't given 00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.440 us something 00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.000 good, then 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.759 perhaps it's 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.360 because he 00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:23.440 knows it's 00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.040 not good 00:27:24.040 --> 00:27:24.720 for us to 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.080 have. 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.620 Or maybe 00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.259 not at this 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.660 time. 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.100 we have 00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.500 to trust 00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.100 his wisdom 00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.860 in that. 00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.140 And so 00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.440 I want to 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.720 ask you 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.220 again this 00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.540 morning, 00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.759 as we 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.100 bring this 00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.380 to a 00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.740 close, 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.960 what are 00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.100 your 00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.480 troubles? 00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:41.800 What 00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:42.340 problems are 00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.820 you facing 00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:43.340 right now? 00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.880 In the 00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.440 honesty of 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.860 your heart, 00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.500 what is 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.700 it? 00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:50.980 what are 00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.200 you going 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.460 to do 00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.920 about it? 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.120 If there's 00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:57.039 one thing 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.480 that we 00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.680 hear from 00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.240 David in 00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.799 this psalm, 00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.900 it's this 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.700 invitation 00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:04.140 to entrust 00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.740 your problem, 00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.620 your troubles 00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.660 to the 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:07.940 Lord. 00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.059 Try it 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.980 out and 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.559 see for 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.140 yourself 00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:13.160 just how 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.680 good he 00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.820 is and 00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.160 how he 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:16.060 will take 00:28:16.060 --> 00:28:16.519 care of 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.220 you in 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.960 your situation 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.299 and your 00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.720 problem. 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.240 Taste and 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.019 see for 00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.580 yourself. 00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.980 And when 00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.539 you see, 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.720 then come 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:28.539 glorify the 00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.120 Lord with 00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.380 me. 00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.620 Let us 00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.560 exalt his 00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:32.000 name 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.779 together. 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.519 Let's 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.759 pray. 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.700 Amen. 00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.779 Father in 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.120 heaven, we 00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.660 thank you for 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.279 these precious 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.460 words and 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.540 it is amazing 00:28:45.540 --> 00:28:46.240 how you speak 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.240 to every 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:49.100 issue in 00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.700 our lives 00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:51.120 so clearly, 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.019 so powerfully. 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.840 You're an 00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:54.560 amazing God. 00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.920 We thank you 00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.300 for these 00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:56.640 words. 00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.160 We ask that 00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.400 you would 00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.920 guard them, 00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.259 that you 00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.700 would cause 00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.019 them to 00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.640 take root 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.360 in our 00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.700 hearts, 00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:03.880 and that 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.540 you would 00:29:04.540 --> 00:29:05.220 help us to 00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.960 truly take 00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.480 you up on 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.019 this offer 00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:08.660 all week 00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.000 long, 00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.080 no matter 00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:10.980 what difficulties 00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.380 come. 00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.420 we want 00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.900 to see 00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:15.220 just how 00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.640 good you 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:15.920 are. 00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.860 We ask 00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.180 this in 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.560 Christ's 00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:18.740 name. 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:19.880 Amen. 00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.000 Amen. 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:49.980 We'll be right back.