WEBVTT 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.540 Well, we can turn back to our reading in the book of Psalms and Psalm 73. 00:00:06.339 --> 00:00:08.620 ! We're going to look at the whole of this psalm together. 00:00:09.700 --> 00:00:12.880 You can just read the first and last verse at the moment. 00:00:13.820 --> 00:00:16.080 Psalm begins, it's a psalm of Asaph. 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:22.320 Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:25.080 And then in verse 28, 00:00:25.400 --> 00:00:28.580 But for me it is good to be near God. 00:00:28.579 --> 00:00:34.699 I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. 00:00:35.140 --> 00:00:39.119 Very positive verses at the beginning and the end of the psalm, 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.579 where Asaph sees in verse 1 that God is good. 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:49.239 He is a great God who is good to his people, to those who are pure in heart. 00:00:49.340 --> 00:00:51.840 And then at the end of the psalm, he's saying, 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:56.539 It is good for me to draw near to this God, this God who is good to me. 00:00:56.539 --> 00:01:04.260 In so many ways I have found there my refuge, and I will tell of all his wondrous works. 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:07.640 You have that at the beginning and the end. 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:14.400 But what you see throughout the psalm is a little like what David speaks of in Psalm 39. 00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:16.700 In that second half of verse 12, 00:01:16.700 --> 00:01:25.799 There's a lot going on. 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:29.260 There's a lot of challenges, a lot of struggles that he has. 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:35.620 And it's a real sense of looking at the Christian's life in so many ways. 00:01:35.620 --> 00:01:42.760 And what you see in the psalms so often is just that, the reality of life. 00:01:43.260 --> 00:01:49.040 One thing you can say about the psalms is that they reflect a real sense of honesty. 00:01:49.620 --> 00:01:55.200 From the author of the psalm, whoever that is, we know a number of different people wrote the psalms. 00:01:55.320 --> 00:01:58.920 David, many of them, but here we have another, a psalm of Asaph. 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:05.320 And we see that they come across just with that sense of, this is the reality of life. 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:11.159 It's Asaph who was one who was a worship leader in the temple. 00:02:12.140 --> 00:02:20.740 You read of him in 1 Chronicles chapter 15, where you're seeing an outline of what the community's worship looked like 00:02:20.740 --> 00:02:22.560 and who was involved in it. 00:02:23.060 --> 00:02:26.620 And Asaph is there mentioned as one of the worship leaders. 00:02:26.620 --> 00:02:32.259 And so he was one who led people into that worship in the temple. 00:02:33.259 --> 00:02:37.080 And part of his task was, it was through song. 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:39.500 It was through music. 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:43.560 It was through leading them into the praise of God. 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:49.759 But what you see in this psalm and so many others, it's just not always a cheery chorus. 00:02:50.379 --> 00:02:53.240 It's not always, don't worry, everything's fine. 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:59.140 And there's very much a sense of the reality of all the different ups and downs. 00:02:59.379 --> 00:03:07.420 And in Psalm 73, Asaph has a lot of these questions of someone who is finding the way difficult, 00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:12.140 of someone who is looking around, seeing all that's going on around him and wondering, 00:03:12.939 --> 00:03:15.120 well, we're saying God is good. 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:20.680 But yet how in reality is God good when this is what we're seeing around us? 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:25.759 He's in a host of others you find in Scripture who had questions. 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:33.500 You think of Job in the Old Testament and his life and all that he went through in his life. 00:03:33.500 --> 00:03:41.620 It would be easy to question the goodness of God, easy to question everything that's going on around him. 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:50.860 Or many of the prophets, Jeremiah, all the prophets, they all had their own different questions of what was going on. 00:03:51.300 --> 00:03:53.000 What's happening around us? 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:57.740 How can we see the goodness of God in the midst of this? 00:03:57.740 --> 00:04:08.280 And yet always, always they were able to come to that point where their focus, their attention comes to the reality of God. 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:11.820 And the reality that yes, God is good. 00:04:12.500 --> 00:04:13.540 God is gracious. 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:15.719 God is merciful. 00:04:16.420 --> 00:04:18.980 Seeing the fullness of God. 00:04:19.379 --> 00:04:22.439 And that's what Asaph does in this psalm. 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:25.819 He sees the fullness of God. 00:04:25.819 --> 00:04:34.420 He sees a right view of God and who he is and all that he does, no matter what's happening around. 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:39.839 And so as we look at this psalm, we see that fullness of God. 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:42.240 But how do you see God? 00:04:43.459 --> 00:04:45.839 Do you see God as good tonight? 00:04:46.980 --> 00:04:51.719 When you reflect on his word, when you reflect maybe on your own situation, 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:54.219 when you reflect on things that are going on around, 00:04:54.220 --> 00:04:56.760 are you able to say with confidence, 00:04:57.180 --> 00:04:58.460 God is good. 00:04:59.580 --> 00:05:00.580 God is gracious. 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:04.160 God, as we sang in Psalm 93, 00:05:04.400 --> 00:05:05.940 his throne is enduring. 00:05:06.420 --> 00:05:07.620 His throne is secure. 00:05:07.740 --> 00:05:10.240 Everything about him is firm. 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:12.140 He is from eternity. 00:05:12.140 --> 00:05:13.360 He is to eternity. 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:15.720 He has all things in his hands. 00:05:16.280 --> 00:05:18.160 Or do you have the questions? 00:05:19.440 --> 00:05:20.420 Do you have the niggles? 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:22.000 Do you have the doubts? 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.000 God is good, but... 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:28.779 Well, this psalm, and so many of the psalms, as we say, the whole of Scripture, 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:32.500 helps us to find answers to these challenges, 00:05:32.660 --> 00:05:37.100 helps us to find that confidence that we can have in God. 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.759 When we see the fullness of God, 00:05:39.819 --> 00:05:42.060 not just a part of God, 00:05:42.540 --> 00:05:45.360 but the fullness of God. 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:54.060 One day there was three blind men who were taken to a zoo. 00:05:54.860 --> 00:05:57.379 They wanted to go and experience the zoo. 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:00.480 Even though they couldn't see the animals that were there, 00:06:00.540 --> 00:06:03.080 they wanted to experience the occasion. 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:06.660 They wanted to experience the sounds that they would hear. 00:06:06.780 --> 00:06:08.360 And they had a guide with them, 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:10.600 taking them around the zoo. 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:13.140 And they were hearing all these noises, 00:06:13.300 --> 00:06:16.939 and the man was describing the animal that was making the noise, 00:06:17.060 --> 00:06:17.600 their habitat, 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:19.020 what they were eating, 00:06:19.140 --> 00:06:19.680 what they were doing, 00:06:19.740 --> 00:06:21.680 all of these kinds of things. 00:06:22.400 --> 00:06:24.220 But during their tour of the zoo, 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:27.180 they came to the place where the elephants were. 00:06:27.860 --> 00:06:29.340 And because they had a little bit of time, 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:32.600 the zookeeper decided that instead of just describing 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:34.720 what was in front of them, 00:06:35.060 --> 00:06:37.300 he would allow them to reach out and touch. 00:06:37.300 --> 00:06:39.740 And so one by one, 00:06:39.840 --> 00:06:41.079 the blind men went up. 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:43.120 And being blind, 00:06:43.980 --> 00:06:46.720 they came to different parts of the animal. 00:06:47.520 --> 00:06:50.720 The first one reached out and grabbed the tail. 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:53.240 And having experienced other things, 00:06:53.280 --> 00:06:53.480 he said, 00:06:53.540 --> 00:06:54.540 it's like a rope. 00:06:55.379 --> 00:06:56.780 It's not what I expected. 00:06:56.900 --> 00:06:57.740 It's just like a rope. 00:06:58.259 --> 00:07:00.120 Second man came and reached out 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:02.180 and felt the elephant's leg. 00:07:02.860 --> 00:07:03.120 He said, 00:07:03.139 --> 00:07:04.480 it's not like a rope at all. 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:05.879 It's much bigger than a rope. 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:07.439 It was more like a tree trunk. 00:07:08.579 --> 00:07:10.040 And the third one walked up 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:11.000 to reach out to the animal 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:12.180 and just walked into it, 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:13.379 into the side of the elephant. 00:07:13.860 --> 00:07:14.259 And he said, 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:14.519 no, 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:16.600 it's just like a huge wall. 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:18.659 Just a massive wall. 00:07:18.659 --> 00:07:20.159 That's the only way I can describe it. 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:21.980 It's not like the way you're describing it. 00:07:22.860 --> 00:07:23.659 They were just seeing, 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:23.879 well, 00:07:23.899 --> 00:07:24.319 they weren't seeing, 00:07:24.379 --> 00:07:25.939 they were just feeling out in part. 00:07:27.159 --> 00:07:29.139 They were describing a huge animal, 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:30.060 but only in part. 00:07:30.139 --> 00:07:30.339 For one, 00:07:30.379 --> 00:07:31.800 it was just like a small rope. 00:07:32.180 --> 00:07:33.000 Another like a tree. 00:07:33.100 --> 00:07:34.040 Another like a wall. 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.240 They've only got a part description. 00:07:38.140 --> 00:07:40.080 And for ourselves with God, 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:42.140 that's the way we can be 00:07:42.140 --> 00:07:44.280 depending on our experience 00:07:44.280 --> 00:07:45.500 or what we're going through 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.000 or what we're, 00:07:46.960 --> 00:07:48.620 the challenges that we're facing. 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:51.480 Maybe we're only just seeing a part of God. 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:55.400 And we're not seeing the fullness of God. 00:07:56.220 --> 00:07:58.280 And that's what leads to our questions. 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:00.479 If God is so, 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:03.359 why doesn't he do this? 00:08:04.619 --> 00:08:06.500 We're not seeing the full picture. 00:08:06.679 --> 00:08:08.439 It's often the question, 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:10.719 if God is real, 00:08:11.259 --> 00:08:12.899 why does he allow suffering? 00:08:13.979 --> 00:08:16.000 If God could have stopped death, 00:08:16.339 --> 00:08:17.399 why didn't he? 00:08:18.299 --> 00:08:19.879 Why does God allow war? 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:21.479 Why does God allow evil? 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:25.359 We're seeing God in just our own little box 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:29.420 instead of seeing the fullness of God. 00:08:30.420 --> 00:08:31.759 The bigger picture. 00:08:32.740 --> 00:08:34.740 Because when we see the fullness of God, 00:08:34.820 --> 00:08:38.139 we realize we don't deserve any mercy from him 00:08:38.139 --> 00:08:39.220 because we are sinners. 00:08:39.700 --> 00:08:41.980 But he graciously gives us mercy. 00:08:42.940 --> 00:08:44.320 And the mercy that he gives, 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:46.720 we need to see in finding him 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:49.159 and seeing the goodness of God 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:50.240 and coming to him 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:52.920 and walking closely with him. 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.479 And so that's what Asaph is doing for us 00:08:56.479 --> 00:08:57.979 in this psalm. 00:08:59.199 --> 00:09:00.339 We are often guilty 00:09:00.339 --> 00:09:03.439 of not seeing God for who he is. 00:09:03.979 --> 00:09:05.779 But here we are brought to see, 00:09:05.939 --> 00:09:08.399 here is the fullness of God 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:09.299 who knows, 00:09:09.539 --> 00:09:10.399 who understands, 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:11.419 who takes us, 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:12.819 who leads us, 00:09:13.099 --> 00:09:14.899 and who has great things in store 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:16.679 for all of his people. 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:18.139 And so we're going to look at 00:09:18.139 --> 00:09:19.599 the fullness of God 00:09:19.599 --> 00:09:21.139 as we find it in this psalm 00:09:21.139 --> 00:09:22.379 in three different ways, 00:09:22.860 --> 00:09:24.879 taking us on that pilgrim's walk, 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:25.539 as it were, 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:26.799 when we see, 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:27.620 first of all, 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:30.000 the toiling nature of the psalm. 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:32.699 And then we see the turning point. 00:09:33.340 --> 00:09:35.080 And then we see the thrusting. 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:36.600 The toiling, 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:38.779 the turning, 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:40.559 and the thrusting. 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:41.759 So first of all, 00:09:41.779 --> 00:09:43.639 we're going to think of the toiling. 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:46.080 Asaph, 00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:48.000 he says here in verse 1, 00:09:48.100 --> 00:09:48.500 truly, 00:09:49.199 --> 00:09:51.000 God is good to Israel. 00:09:51.439 --> 00:09:52.879 God is good. 00:09:53.659 --> 00:09:54.799 And yet as you go on, 00:09:55.179 --> 00:09:56.279 you see his struggle. 00:09:57.740 --> 00:09:59.539 You see how he is toiling. 00:09:59.899 --> 00:10:02.120 Straight into there in verse 2, 00:10:02.179 --> 00:10:03.179 but as for me, 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:05.639 my feet had almost stumbled. 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:10.000 My steps had nearly slipped. 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:11.940 But he is, 00:10:12.779 --> 00:10:13.600 we're not, 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:16.019 he's struggling with what he sees around. 00:10:16.539 --> 00:10:19.019 He's struggling with all that's going on 00:10:19.019 --> 00:10:21.139 as he sees the wicked, 00:10:21.379 --> 00:10:22.720 as it says in verse 3, 00:10:22.820 --> 00:10:24.320 the prosperity of the wicked. 00:10:24.460 --> 00:10:28.100 And his eyes become envious towards them. 00:10:29.539 --> 00:10:31.539 How are they getting on so well? 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:34.519 Why are things going so right with them? 00:10:34.940 --> 00:10:37.240 Is that not just the way that I should go 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:38.960 and I should point others to go as well? 00:10:38.980 --> 00:10:42.039 It takes him down a dangerous part. 00:10:43.379 --> 00:10:46.440 But his confession of truly God is good, 00:10:46.560 --> 00:10:49.220 is in light of his own struggles. 00:10:50.820 --> 00:10:52.019 You see in verse 1, 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:53.440 it's almost like he's standing 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:55.639 on that solid ground. 00:10:56.779 --> 00:10:58.460 And yet as his steps goes on, 00:10:58.500 --> 00:11:00.200 he's going into the sinking sand. 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:02.360 He's starting to flounder. 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.120 I was envious of the arrogant 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:06.159 when I saw their prosperity. 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:09.279 They have no troubles like others do. 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:10.360 They are not stricken 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:12.559 like the rest of mankind. 00:11:13.419 --> 00:11:14.740 And so he goes on. 00:11:14.819 --> 00:11:15.839 He's describing them 00:11:15.839 --> 00:11:17.620 in all these different ways. 00:11:18.199 --> 00:11:19.699 He even says in verse 9, 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:21.819 they set their mouths against the heavens 00:11:21.819 --> 00:11:24.620 and their tongue struts through the earth. 00:11:25.379 --> 00:11:28.179 Therefore his people turn back to them 00:11:28.179 --> 00:11:30.399 and find no fault in them. 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:31.679 There's this sense of, 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:33.179 why bother? 00:11:33.179 --> 00:11:37.539 Why bother trying to live a good life 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:38.939 in the light of a good God? 00:11:39.319 --> 00:11:40.479 What's the point? 00:11:40.939 --> 00:11:42.319 When we're struggling, 00:11:42.779 --> 00:11:44.739 when we're having it hard, 00:11:44.859 --> 00:11:46.559 when things are going against us, 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:49.759 and yet these wicked people, 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:50.639 they're flourishing, 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:52.219 they're prospering, 00:11:52.299 --> 00:11:54.120 and everything's going right for them. 00:11:54.479 --> 00:11:55.919 Why bother? 00:11:56.659 --> 00:11:57.559 He even goes to the point 00:11:57.559 --> 00:11:58.819 where he says in verse 11, 00:11:58.820 --> 00:11:59.760 and they say, 00:11:59.980 --> 00:12:01.440 how can God know? 00:12:01.540 --> 00:12:04.680 Is there knowledge in the Most High? 00:12:05.420 --> 00:12:08.640 It's like a sense of mocking against God. 00:12:09.280 --> 00:12:10.580 How can God know? 00:12:11.400 --> 00:12:12.760 He's not that good a God. 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:15.280 He's not that great a God. 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:19.600 So there's a sense of toiling. 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:22.620 There's God who is good. 00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:24.120 He is questioning. 00:12:25.660 --> 00:12:26.800 God is good, 00:12:26.920 --> 00:12:28.700 and this is through Jesus himself. 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:29.920 It testifies to that. 00:12:30.060 --> 00:12:32.180 In Matthew 19, verse 17, 00:12:32.280 --> 00:12:33.340 there is none good, 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.560 that is, but God. 00:12:37.800 --> 00:12:39.540 And so in the goodness of God, 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:42.660 why do hard things come our way? 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:45.080 Because God is good, 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:46.220 there's an expectation 00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:48.780 that good things will follow. 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:50.840 And you could say, 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:52.000 well, that's scriptural, 00:12:52.880 --> 00:12:55.060 that the Lord blesses his people. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:56.860 And we know that. 00:12:56.860 --> 00:12:58.279 It tells us in Psalm 84, 00:12:58.580 --> 00:12:59.120 for example, 00:12:59.220 --> 00:12:59.840 in verse 11, 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:02.800 for the Lord God is a sun and shield. 00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:05.740 The Lord bestows favor and honor. 00:13:05.899 --> 00:13:08.460 No good thing does he withhold 00:13:08.460 --> 00:13:10.460 from those who walk uprightly. 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:11.840 O Lord of hosts, 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:14.700 blessed is the one who trusts in you. 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:17.000 So no good thing does he withhold. 00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:19.419 So why is there no blessing? 00:13:19.419 --> 00:13:22.079 Why do people struggle as Christians? 00:13:23.319 --> 00:13:25.860 Well, because we are sinners. 00:13:27.339 --> 00:13:29.819 And you see Asaph's sin here 00:13:29.819 --> 00:13:31.439 in verse 3, 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:33.620 for I was envious. 00:13:34.699 --> 00:13:37.620 I was envious of the arrogant. 00:13:38.699 --> 00:13:39.759 Envy comes in. 00:13:39.979 --> 00:13:41.559 Greed comes in. 00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:43.500 Jealousy comes in. 00:13:43.579 --> 00:13:44.679 All of these things. 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:45.959 And what does that mean? 00:13:46.359 --> 00:13:49.199 It means we are not walking uprightly with God, 00:13:50.099 --> 00:13:51.779 as Psalm 84 says, 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:54.439 where he does not hold good 00:13:54.439 --> 00:13:56.739 from those who walk uprightly. 00:13:57.699 --> 00:14:00.000 So we are at fault so often. 00:14:01.099 --> 00:14:02.459 We cannot blame God, 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.359 that he is not good. 00:14:05.099 --> 00:14:06.039 It is us. 00:14:07.319 --> 00:14:08.719 There are things that come in 00:14:08.719 --> 00:14:10.019 to our hearts, 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:12.319 that mar our relationship, 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:14.140 where we end up toiling 00:14:14.140 --> 00:14:16.560 in our struggles with him. 00:14:19.020 --> 00:14:20.840 He had stumbled, it says, 00:14:20.920 --> 00:14:21.740 and he had fallen 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:26.080 because there was sin in his heart. 00:14:26.920 --> 00:14:29.440 He wanted to enjoy life. 00:14:29.900 --> 00:14:32.120 He wanted to have just as they had 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:34.520 prosperity and fullness 00:14:34.520 --> 00:14:35.920 and all of these things. 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:37.880 You can almost get a sense here 00:14:37.880 --> 00:14:40.880 that they were going hungry, 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.620 as his people, 00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:44.840 and yet those who were wicked 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:46.580 were prospering like verse 7. 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:50.240 Their eyes swell out through fatness. 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:52.899 Their heart overflow with follies. 00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:54.840 There's a sense they're getting on well. 00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:56.240 Why am I? 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.519 Why cannot I be blessed 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:01.559 and enjoy all of these things? 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:04.559 Why should I have all of these struggles? 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:09.459 What is the issue here? 00:15:10.859 --> 00:15:12.699 There is envy, jealousy, 00:15:12.819 --> 00:15:13.859 all of these things, 00:15:13.939 --> 00:15:14.819 but the bigger issue, 00:15:15.439 --> 00:15:17.619 he's looking to the people around him 00:15:17.619 --> 00:15:19.859 and measuring the goodness of God by them. 00:15:21.779 --> 00:15:23.899 His focus is not on God, 00:15:24.459 --> 00:15:25.919 but circumstances. 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:30.039 And that is what so often 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:32.439 causes us to toil 00:15:32.439 --> 00:15:35.059 and to stumble as well. 00:15:36.339 --> 00:15:38.719 When we take our eyes of God 00:15:38.719 --> 00:15:42.299 and just look to the circumstances around us 00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:42.599 and say, 00:15:42.699 --> 00:15:44.679 where is the goodness of God? 00:15:45.219 --> 00:15:46.299 Why isn't he blessing? 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:48.360 Why are all these wicked people 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:50.199 getting on so well? 00:15:50.339 --> 00:15:52.919 Because we take our eyes of God, 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:53.779 we stumble. 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:56.659 We see this so often in Scripture 00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:59.419 where a people or individuals 00:15:59.419 --> 00:16:01.360 looking to God, 00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.019 trusting him, 00:16:02.099 --> 00:16:03.539 going forward in his strength. 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.240 You think of the children of Israel 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:06.639 coming out of Egypt 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.659 on the border of the promised land. 00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:10.559 They go in and they have a look around. 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.139 What do they see? 00:16:11.219 --> 00:16:12.379 They see giants. 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:14.679 We cannot defeat them. 00:16:15.339 --> 00:16:16.959 Their eyes are taken off God. 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:18.899 Only Joshua and Caleb say, 00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:19.620 but we can. 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:22.039 They're looking to God. 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:23.480 They're trusting God. 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:25.639 David and Goliath. 00:16:26.839 --> 00:16:28.500 Goliath cannot be defeated 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:30.919 because they're looking at the circumstance, 00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:32.000 not to God, 00:16:32.179 --> 00:16:33.959 but David looks to God. 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:36.279 You think of Peter 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.980 in the New Testament 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:40.360 when he was out in the boat 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.319 with other disciples 00:16:41.319 --> 00:16:42.439 and they saw the Lord 00:16:42.439 --> 00:16:44.099 coming towards them 00:16:44.099 --> 00:16:45.939 in Matthew 14, verse 28. 00:16:46.819 --> 00:16:47.519 He said, 00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.579 Lord, if it is you, 00:16:48.719 --> 00:16:50.559 command me to come to you on the water. 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.799 And Jesus said, 00:16:51.959 --> 00:16:52.259 Come. 00:16:52.859 --> 00:16:54.239 So Peter got out of the boat 00:16:54.239 --> 00:16:55.279 and walked on water 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.559 and came to Jesus. 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:00.279 But when he saw the wind, 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:01.239 he was afraid. 00:17:02.219 --> 00:17:03.439 And beginning to sink, 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:04.259 he cried out, 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.960 Lord, save me. 00:17:06.919 --> 00:17:07.440 And what happened? 00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:09.720 Jesus reached out his hand, 00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.259 took him, 00:17:10.659 --> 00:17:11.099 hold him, 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.399 saying, 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.940 Oh, you of little faith, 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:14.099 why did you doubt? 00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:17.019 Took his eyes off the Lord 00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:18.700 and look to the circumstances. 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:22.119 It's what we do so often. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:24.720 Are you doing that? 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:27.039 Are you one tonight 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:28.720 who is taking your eyes off God 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:30.259 and just looking at your circumstances 00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.839 and saying, 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:33.879 it's too difficult. 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:36.400 It's too hard. 00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:39.339 Thinking the goodness of God 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:40.779 only means blessings 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.740 and not struggles, 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.660 while we are wrong. 00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:45.220 There will be difficulties. 00:17:45.340 --> 00:17:46.279 And that's the reality 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:48.980 of what Asaph shows us here. 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.759 There are hard times. 00:17:50.860 --> 00:17:51.980 There are times when we see 00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:53.680 what's going on. 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:56.240 We take our eyes off God 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.800 and we start to sink. 00:17:57.900 --> 00:17:59.480 We start to stumble. 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:01.140 We start to toil. 00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:03.779 But the second thing we see here 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.740 is there's a turning. 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:06.740 There's a turning. 00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:09.599 What we see with Asaph 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:10.519 in this psalm 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:12.759 is a turning point comes. 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.859 He has all these questions. 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.759 Just like we all do. 00:18:19.120 --> 00:18:20.259 We all want the answers 00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:22.640 to life's big questions. 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.500 But we don't have them. 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:27.000 And Asaph certainly 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:29.160 didn't feel that he did either. 00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:30.779 He seemed weary. 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:32.559 He seemed to be struggling in this. 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:34.380 Look at verse 16. 00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:36.520 But when I thought 00:18:36.520 --> 00:18:38.280 how to understand this, 00:18:38.860 --> 00:18:40.060 it seemed to me 00:18:40.060 --> 00:18:41.980 a wearisome task. 00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:43.600 It seemed to me 00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:45.120 a wearisome task. 00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:45.960 How? 00:18:46.300 --> 00:18:48.120 How am I going to understand this? 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.880 How can I ever understand 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:51.380 this world that we live in? 00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.380 How can I ever understand 00:18:53.120 --> 00:18:54.660 why the wicked are prospering 00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.860 while I am struggling? 00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:58.580 But yet he found a way. 00:18:59.620 --> 00:19:00.540 It seemed to him 00:19:00.540 --> 00:19:01.840 a wearisome task. 00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:03.440 In verse 17, 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.259 until, 00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:06.539 until I went 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:08.559 into the sanctuary of God, 00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:11.600 then I discerned 00:19:11.600 --> 00:19:12.460 their end. 00:19:13.820 --> 00:19:14.820 It's a great thing 00:19:14.820 --> 00:19:16.059 to be able to draw near 00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:17.180 to God. 00:19:17.580 --> 00:19:19.200 To draw near to God 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:20.500 and see that God's word 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.640 gives us answers 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:24.080 to all these important questions. 00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:26.039 We might not 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:27.740 have a full explanation 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.279 why 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:29.360 do 00:19:29.360 --> 00:19:31.400 wicked people prosper. 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.600 We don't maybe have 00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:33.640 an answer to that, 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.300 but we have an answer 00:19:34.300 --> 00:19:35.240 to their end. 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.680 And that's what 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:39.340 Asaph sees here. 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.900 I discerned 00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.860 their end. 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:45.019 And that's seeing things 00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:46.100 in the bigger picture. 00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:47.300 That's seeing the fullness 00:19:47.300 --> 00:19:48.460 of God 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.240 that it's not just 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.420 for the here and now, 00:19:51.300 --> 00:19:52.360 but it's for the whole 00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.100 of eternity 00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:54.540 that we're thinking of God. 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.539 I discerned 00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:57.420 their end. 00:19:58.159 --> 00:19:58.480 And then 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.099 verse 18, 00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.519 truly, 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:01.139 you set them 00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:02.920 in slippery places. 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:03.940 You make them 00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:05.839 fall to ruin. 00:20:06.659 --> 00:20:07.700 So he was close 00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:09.059 to stumbling himself 00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:11.119 until he draws near 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:11.659 to God 00:20:11.659 --> 00:20:13.379 into God's house. 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.940 Where did he find answers? 00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.399 He found them 00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:18.019 when he came 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.599 to look 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:19.599 to the fullness 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:21.059 of God 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:22.959 and discerned 00:20:22.959 --> 00:20:23.939 their end. 00:20:26.139 --> 00:20:26.619 Where are you 00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:27.039 turning 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:28.000 tonight 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.939 for your answers? 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.839 Where are you 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.240 turning 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:32.679 in your struggles 00:20:32.679 --> 00:20:34.799 to the wisdom 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.639 of the world, 00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:37.399 to the wisdom 00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:37.899 of others, 00:20:37.959 --> 00:20:38.799 or to the wisdom 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:40.099 of God? 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.919 To discern 00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:43.439 the bigger picture, 00:20:44.179 --> 00:20:44.879 to discern 00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.679 the fullness 00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:46.419 of God, 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.480 that he has a plan, 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.859 he has a purpose 00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:50.359 in all things. 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.439 A slippery 00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:54.519 place 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:54.939 that would 00:20:54.939 --> 00:20:55.559 lead them 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.639 to ruin. 00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:57.699 Verse 19, 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.539 you see this, 00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.299 how they are 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.740 destroyed in a moment, 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:02.199 swept away utterly 00:21:02.199 --> 00:21:03.439 by terror. 00:21:04.979 --> 00:21:05.979 There's a fearsome 00:21:05.979 --> 00:21:06.519 thing there 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.539 when you think about it. 00:21:08.479 --> 00:21:09.619 It's that end 00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.179 for them. 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.099 It's an eternity 00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.659 in hell. 00:21:13.479 --> 00:21:14.159 That's what it's 00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.859 telling us here, 00:21:14.959 --> 00:21:15.639 destroyed. 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.179 Destruction 00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:18.819 is their end. 00:21:19.719 --> 00:21:20.419 And then you begin 00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:21.319 to see things 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:22.519 in perspective. 00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.099 You begin 00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.899 to see things 00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:24.559 in the fullness 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.819 of life 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.500 and the fullness 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.519 of God. 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.639 That God 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.199 is good. 00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.679 That God 00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:31.379 is the one 00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.599 who has answers 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.539 to all of these 00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.319 big issues. 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:37.319 It may seem 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.079 weedy some, 00:21:39.199 --> 00:21:39.719 but it says, 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.199 until 00:21:40.199 --> 00:21:41.759 I went into 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.439 the sanctuary 00:21:42.439 --> 00:21:43.219 of God, 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.199 until I listened 00:21:44.199 --> 00:21:45.319 to what the word 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.879 of God 00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.719 is showing me, 00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.679 until I listened 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.440 to what the word 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.019 of God 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.539 is saying, 00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.080 everything 00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:51.060 seemed 00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:51.940 wearisome. 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:55.060 And you see 00:21:55.060 --> 00:21:55.400 here, 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.259 he is turning. 00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:58.039 He is turning 00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.820 to God. 00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:00.100 He is seeing 00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:00.620 that, yes, 00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.380 we've got our 00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.900 struggles, 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.560 but God 00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.279 has answers, 00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.620 answers beyond 00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.960 anything that I 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.799 can understand 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.720 by myself. 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:10.620 all I see 00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:11.240 is a little 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.259 bit of God, 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.880 until I come 00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.539 near to him 00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.200 and then I see 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.720 the bigger 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.680 picture. 00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.920 Turning it off 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:20.120 always reminds me 00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:21.480 of the prodigal 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.900 son. 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:22.980 I mention him 00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.259 often, 00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:24.480 but when he 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.600 comes to himself, 00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.160 he says, 00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:27.559 in my father's 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.240 house are these 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.100 hired hands 00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:30.000 and they have 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:31.180 enough to eat, 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.579 but I perish 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.700 here with hunger, 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.140 so I will 00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:35.460 rise and go 00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.259 to the father. 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.220 It's the very 00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.220 same thing here. 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.700 Until I went 00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.220 into the 00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.000 sanctuary of 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.500 God, 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.539 until I came 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.440 back to God 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.079 and saw 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.039 within the 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.819 fullness of 00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.819 all things, 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.240 the wisdom 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.100 that he has, 00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.299 the blessings 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.779 that he is 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.720 able to 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.500 bestow. 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.180 We're so 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.319 often distracted 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.740 in this world. 00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.819 You came in 00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.420 here tonight, 00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.360 you feel 00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:01.059 distracted. 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.519 You feel 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.140 there's so 00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.880 many things 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.360 going on 00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:03.660 in your 00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.160 mind. 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.740 There's so 00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.259 many things 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.160 just clamoring 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:08.059 for your 00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.519 attention, 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.139 but wouldn't 00:23:09.139 --> 00:23:09.460 it be 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.259 great if 00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.000 every time 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.460 we came 00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.079 to worship 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:13.440 God was 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.220 a Sunday 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.740 or a 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.400 midweek or 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.759 just in 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.379 our own 00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:16.879 time, 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.539 no distractions, 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.579 nothing to 00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:20.980 take our 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.099 focus away 00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.920 from God 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:24.000 and just 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.299 focus on 00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.220 his word. 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.799 But the 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.500 reality is 00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.940 that so 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.299 often, 00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:29.859 even this 00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.220 evening, 00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.240 there's so 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.039 much clutter 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.099 in our 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.660 minds. 00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.660 love 00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.660 to 00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:37.140 come. 00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.620 Isn't it 00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.080 good to 00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.640 come and 00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.240 draw near 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.840 to him, 00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.640 to come 00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.120 into the 00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.800 sanctuary of 00:23:42.800 --> 00:23:43.340 God and 00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:43.920 to hear 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.940 the word 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.779 of God, 00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.759 to see 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.940 God and 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.440 the peace 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.019 that he 00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.180 can give. 00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.120 God and 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:53.180 God and 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.120 turn to 00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:55.120 God and 00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.120 turn to 00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.880 himself. 00:23:57.560 --> 00:23:58.460 But remember 00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.980 what his 00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.920 role was. 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.700 His role was a 00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.360 leader in 00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.740 worship. 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.620 And so in 00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.700 turning himself, 00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.420 he is also 00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.820 pointing others. 00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.420 That's where it 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.400 says at the 00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.019 very end of the 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.440 psalm, that I 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.220 may tell of 00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.799 all your 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.140 works. 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.759 That's what he's 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:14.000 doing in this 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.640 psalm, telling 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.299 of all the 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.799 wondrous 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:17.200 works of 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.700 God. 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.279 So he's 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.120 turning himself, 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.799 he's causing 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.400 others to 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.720 turn. 00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.900 So we come 00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.380 here this 00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.840 night to 00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:24.460 this psalm 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.160 written so 00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.880 many years 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.980 ago and 00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.200 we are 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.759 seeing our 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.480 need to 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.319 turn to 00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.799 God, a 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.920 God who 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.559 is good. 00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.279 He's focusing 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.100 our attention 00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:36.039 on the 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:37.440 fullness of 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.980 God. 00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.759 If you've 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.200 ever been on 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.740 the ferry 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.640 coming across 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.039 the mints, 00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.640 you're sitting 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:44.180 in any one 00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.600 of the number 00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.279 of places you 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.960 can sit and 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.519 there's somebody 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.120 over at the 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.859 window looking 00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.279 out. 00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.959 All of a 00:24:49.959 --> 00:24:50.459 sudden you 00:24:50.459 --> 00:24:50.959 start to 00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:52.139 hear gasps. 00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.519 Oh, they 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:53.919 start to 00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:54.219 look. 00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.459 And all of 00:24:56.459 --> 00:24:56.699 a sudden 00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.079 people's 00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.839 attention is 00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.399 drawn in 00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.139 that direction. 00:24:59.939 --> 00:25:00.139 They're 00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:00.599 saying there 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.159 must be 00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.839 something of 00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.639 interest over 00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.019 there. 00:25:03.479 --> 00:25:03.859 Maybe they're 00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.979 seeing dolphins 00:25:04.979 --> 00:25:05.699 jumping and 00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.059 all of a 00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.539 sudden people 00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.579 just gathering 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.859 around wanting 00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.319 to see. 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.759 How? 00:25:10.719 --> 00:25:11.479 Because someone 00:25:11.479 --> 00:25:12.239 was there to 00:25:12.239 --> 00:25:12.799 see it. 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.339 Someone was 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.939 looking in 00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.699 that direction 00:25:15.699 --> 00:25:16.959 and saw what 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.539 was happening 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.019 and starts 00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.200 to exclaim 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.740 about what 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.259 is happening. 00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.279 Other people 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.360 come to 00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:22.900 see for 00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.460 themselves. 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.000 That's what 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.720 Asaph is 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.600 doing here. 00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.579 He is 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.259 looking to 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.380 God and 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.360 he's exclaiming, 00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.100 here is the 00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:31.019 God who 00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.680 is good. 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:32.680 Will you 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.120 not come 00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.539 and look 00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.420 for yourselves 00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.319 and see 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.460 and know 00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.039 of this 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.740 goodness? 00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:39.759 Turning, 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.860 turning to 00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:43.140 him and 00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.720 seeing the 00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.500 fullness of 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.960 God, the 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:46.180 beauty of 00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.640 God. 00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.119 That is 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.519 what we 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:48.839 need. 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.440 That's 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:50.779 what he's 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.640 pointing us 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.819 towards. 00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.299 Turn, 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.480 come, 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.539 draw near. 00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:56.740 When 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.059 everything 00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.500 seems 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.119 wearisome 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.420 as we 00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.880 see here, 00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.259 there's no 00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.819 answers until 00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:02.079 I come 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.859 to God. 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.299 So there's 00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.779 a need 00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:06.079 to come. 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.519 The third 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.059 and final 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.799 thing we see 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.259 here is 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:10.140 where that 00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.700 leads us 00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:10.960 to and 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.259 it's a 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.779 sense of 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:15.980 trusting in 00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.420 God. 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.039 You see 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.460 this in 00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.700 verse 23. 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.460 It's a 00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.000 wonderful 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.139 verse. 00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.259 Before that 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.680 you come 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.039 in verse 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.319 21. 00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.579 When my 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.279 soul was 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.099 embittered, 00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.039 when I was 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.639 pricked in 00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.059 the heart, 00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.440 I was 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.180 brutish 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.639 and ignorant. 00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.339 I was 00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.720 like a 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.279 beast 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.259 towards you. 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.259 He's 00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.899 recognizing 00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:37.500 himself 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.960 here as 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.899 one who 00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:39.660 had looked 00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.399 away from 00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:40.839 God. 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.779 I was 00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.279 ignorant. 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.099 I was 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:44.019 brutish. 00:26:44.199 --> 00:26:44.459 I was 00:26:44.459 --> 00:26:45.000 arrogant. 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:45.919 I was 00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:46.559 questioning 00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.699 all of 00:26:47.699 --> 00:26:47.959 these 00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:48.459 things. 00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:49.919 And that's 00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.159 the way 00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.500 we can 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.039 end up. 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.679 That's 00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:52.939 the way 00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:53.279 we can 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.480 go 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.039 ourselves. 00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.319 When we 00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.699 take our 00:26:54.699 --> 00:26:55.359 eyes off 00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:55.699 God, 00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.139 we end 00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:57.439 up brutish, 00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.000 ignorant, 00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.639 arrogant, 00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.339 all of 00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.619 these 00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.159 things. 00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:01.639 So what 00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:01.899 do we 00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.119 need to 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.240 do? 00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.480 What do 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.759 you need 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.240 to do? 00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:04.839 Well, 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.359 here are 00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:05.980 the words 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.980 of verse 00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.699 23, 00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.059 where you 00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.519 have this 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.240 confidence. 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.339 It's one 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.539 of these 00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.079 turning 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.619 points that 00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:11.939 you so 00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.699 often find 00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:13.039 in the 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.539 Psalms. 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.619 He's 00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.019 seeing a 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.459 sin, 00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.240 and yet 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.000 he realizes 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.319 God is 00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.699 there. 00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:20.419 Nevertheless, 00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:22.339 I am 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.019 continually 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.339 with you. 00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.759 You hold 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.839 my right 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.259 hand. 00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:28.019 You guide 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.500 me with 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.740 your 00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.439 counsel, 00:27:29.959 --> 00:27:30.299 and 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.139 afterwards 00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.879 you will 00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:33.019 receive me 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:34.259 to glory. 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.480 What a 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.059 sense of 00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.659 trust. 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:37.879 You see, 00:27:37.959 --> 00:27:38.220 he has 00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.199 discerned the 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.100 end of 00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.319 the 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.700 wicked, 00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.500 their 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.220 destruction. 00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.380 But yet 00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.880 he looks 00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.519 to God, 00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.039 he shows 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.700 his trust 00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.120 in him. 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.799 I am 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.519 continually 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.259 with you. 00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.180 You guide 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.539 me with 00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:50.759 your 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.180 counsel, 00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:52.140 you receive 00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:53.120 me to 00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.299 your glory. 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.080 There is 00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:57.019 this confidence, 00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.319 this trusting 00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.720 in God, 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.580 the goodness 00:28:00.580 --> 00:28:02.160 of God. 00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.180 So when 00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.000 we draw 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.640 near to 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.000 God, 00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.819 we realize 00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:07.160 just how 00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.319 good he 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.939 is. 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.700 From 00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.299 doubting 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.839 and 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.500 questioning 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:14.339 in verse 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.000 16, 00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.139 things that 00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.700 seem too 00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.339 hard to 00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.099 understand, 00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.659 such a 00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.139 wearisome 00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.700 task. 00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.720 Now I 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.200 see, 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.500 now I 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.159 understand, 00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:23.839 because I 00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.279 have drawn 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.899 near to 00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.299 God. 00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.919 I am 00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.500 worshiping 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.019 God in 00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.639 the fullness 00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.859 of him. 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.919 What he 00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.480 does is he 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.439 realizes three 00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:33.099 things. 00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.399 He realizes 00:28:35.399 --> 00:28:36.159 the future 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.560 of the 00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:37.100 sinner in 00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.880 verse 17 00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.720 to 20. 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.900 Their end 00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.759 is destruction. 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.000 And he 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.759 realizes the 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.660 foolishness of 00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.140 self, 00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.600 of just 00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.560 looking to 00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.180 himself. 00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:46.960 When I 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.840 was embittered, 00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.500 pricked in the 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.740 heart, 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.480 brutish, 00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:49.980 like a 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.340 beast, 00:28:50.540 --> 00:28:50.980 all of 00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.580 these things. 00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:52.600 He realized 00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.600 the foolishness 00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.100 of that. 00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.540 But then he 00:28:55.540 --> 00:28:56.340 realizes in 00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:57.259 verse 23 00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.160 to the end, 00:28:58.820 --> 00:28:59.460 the fullness 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.580 of a 00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.120 saviour. 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.680 The fullness 00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.600 of one who 00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:04.220 is able 00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.539 to save. 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.059 I am in 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.819 your right 00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.360 hand. 00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.200 You are 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.019 guiding me. 00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:11.880 And you 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.500 see all his 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.059 desires, 00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.740 his desires 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.319 initially, 00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.779 jealousy and 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.420 envy is 00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.319 towards those 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.620 who are 00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.279 prosperous. 00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.259 What does 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.759 he realize 00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.059 when he 00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.500 sees the 00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.180 fullness of 00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.640 God? 00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.400 In verse 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.079 25, 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.460 whom have 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.059 I in the 00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.779 heaven but 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.220 you? 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.180 And there 00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.920 is nothing 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.460 on earth 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.339 that I 00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.980 desire 00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.900 besides 00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.860 you. 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.039 There's this 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.920 wonderful 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.920 transformation. 00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.359 Envy 00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.139 towards the 00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.639 wicked is 00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.339 now no. 00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.720 Nothing 00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:41.500 compares to 00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.359 the surpassing 00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:42.960 worth of 00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.879 knowing Christ 00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.460 Jesus, 00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.500 my Lord, 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.099 as Paul 00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.859 puts it in 00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.519 Philippians. 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.399 Nothing in 00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.220 this world 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.859 compares to 00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.259 you. 00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.220 My flesh 00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.539 and my 00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.159 heart may 00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.740 faint and 00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.099 fail, 00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.879 but you 00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.259 are my 00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:58.019 strength of 00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.539 my heart 00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.859 and my 00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.500 portion 00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.460 forever. 00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.420 Everything 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.180 here is 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.640 pointing 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.580 towards the 00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:03.960 fullness 00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:05.080 of God. 00:30:05.560 --> 00:30:06.160 Understanding 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.380 that fullness 00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.220 of God 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.920 is good. 00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:10.500 And 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.060 therefore he 00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.519 says in 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:11.940 conclusion, 00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:13.160 it is good 00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.019 for me to 00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.620 draw near 00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.180 to you. 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.360 It is 00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.900 good for 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.420 me to 00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.400 come and 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.900 worship 00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.460 you. 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.720 Rather than 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.640 turning away 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.519 when I don't 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.160 have answers, 00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.660 I need to 00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.080 come. 00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.440 To come 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.259 and see 00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.400 the end 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.700 of the 00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:27.940 wicked. 00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.400 To come 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.759 and see 00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.740 the foolishness 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.319 of self 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:31.000 and to 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.400 come and 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.839 see the 00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.259 fullness 00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.240 of the 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.900 Savior and 00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.380 offer in 00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.759 Jesus 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.480 Christ. 00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.980 So that 00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.319 we might 00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.220 understand 00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.960 our end, 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.539 turn and 00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.599 know the 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.160 life that 00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.740 we have 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.779 in him. 00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.299 And as 00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.000 we turn, 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.120 he is 00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:49.019 able to 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.519 bless. 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.019 Bless us 00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.500 with that 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.920 peace, 00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.559 bless us 00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.019 with that 00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.400 knowledge, 00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.400 not always 00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.319 with prosperity 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.140 and all of 00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.740 these things 00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.440 that the 00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.940 wicked were 00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.400 enjoying, 00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.680 that he 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.420 was envious 00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:00.840 of, 00:31:01.280 --> 00:31:02.120 but blessed 00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.580 with that 00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.220 assurance 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:06.420 that you 00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.240 will receive 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.800 me to 00:31:07.800 --> 00:31:08.280 glory, 00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.580 that you 00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.200 will hold 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.460 me, 00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.220 that you 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.820 will guide 00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.040 me. 00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.780 All of 00:31:12.780 --> 00:31:13.700 these things 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.840 we are 00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.420 blessed. 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:16.960 There was 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.360 a minister 00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.780 by the 00:31:17.780 --> 00:31:18.280 name of 00:31:18.280 --> 00:31:19.420 Robert 00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.180 Chapman, 00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.160 a minister 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.720 in England 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.400 in the 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.420 1800s. 00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.140 One 00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.560 morning as 00:31:25.560 --> 00:31:25.780 he was 00:31:25.780 --> 00:31:26.180 walking 00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.759 along the 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.040 street, 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.340 he was 00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.820 asked by 00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.259 somebody, 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.740 how are 00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:29.960 you? 00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.859 And he 00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.259 answered, 00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.240 I'm 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.940 burdened 00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.299 this 00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.720 morning. 00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.259 And the 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.519 man who 00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.900 asked the 00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.359 question 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.759 said, 00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.940 but you 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.299 don't 00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.720 look 00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.720 burdened, 00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.339 you look 00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.619 as if 00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:41.819 you're 00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.859 full of 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.059 the 00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.660 joys. 00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.440 So how 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.720 are you 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.240 burdened? 00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.640 He said, 00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:47.839 well, 00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.720 I have a 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.279 wonderful 00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.099 burden. 00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.339 It's an 00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.339 overburden 00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.039 of 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.720 blessings. 00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.959 And he 00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:57.199 said, 00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:58.599 where do 00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.039 you find 00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.419 that? 00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.240 And he 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.359 said, 00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.639 well, I 00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.179 find it 00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.879 with God. 00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.099 And I 00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.480 find it 00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.720 in the 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.319 words of 00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.339 Psalm 68 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.299 verse 19, 00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.139 who daily 00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.619 with his 00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.399 benefits 00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.439 as 00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:12.359 plenteously 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.759 doth 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.159 load. 00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.480 The 00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.779 Lord 00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.759 burdens 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:15.799 ! 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:17.559 But in 00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.000 a way 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.919 of his 00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:19.439 daily 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.660 benefits, 00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.519 who daily 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.980 with his 00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.620 benefits 00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.759 as 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.660 plenteously 00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.299 doth 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.720 load. 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.059 That there 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.779 are burdens 00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.220 beyond 00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.019 describing, 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.080 burdens 00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.519 beyond 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.200 numbering. 00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.660 The 00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.500 Lord pours 00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.980 out his 00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.500 blessings 00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.200 on us. 00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.519 And to 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.100 know them, 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.820 what are 00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:38.140 we to 00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.420 do? 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.779 To 00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.420 draw near 00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.620 to him, 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.420 to come 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.600 to him 00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:45.340 and see 00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:46.779 and understand 00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:48.580 and discern 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.579 all that 00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:49.919 God 00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:50.500 shows, 00:32:50.919 --> 00:32:51.619 the end 00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.399 of the 00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:52.799 wicked, 00:32:53.439 --> 00:32:54.059 but the 00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.519 blessings 00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:54.899 that are 00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.419 ours 00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:56.179 in 00:32:56.179 --> 00:32:56.740 Christ. 00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.000 So he 00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.619 goes through 00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:58.980 this 00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.579 pilgrimage, 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:00.779 a time 00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.460 of toiling, 00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:01.980 a time 00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.819 of questioning, 00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:03.960 but a 00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.339 turning 00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.220 to the 00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.559 Lord. 00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.480 And then 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.759 this 00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.599 trust, 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.460 nevertheless, 00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.579 continually, 00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.859 I am 00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.419 with you. 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.899 You do 00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.579 hold me 00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:15.460 by my 00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.199 right hand. 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.880 You guide 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.700 me by 00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:17.980 your 00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.559 counsel, 00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.840 and 00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.740 afterwards, 00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.740 you will 00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.600 receive me 00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.600 to glory. 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.480 He loads 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.580 us with 00:33:25.580 --> 00:33:26.460 his benefits. 00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.940 So may 00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.620 we find 00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.559 in all 00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:29.720 our 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.319 questions, 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.759 in all 00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.480 the challenges 00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.980 that we 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.380 have, 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.480 the fullness 00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.319 of God, 00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.380 and look 00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.980 to him, 00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:36.980 and see 00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.779 that in 00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.259 the midst 00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.940 of everything 00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.420 that goes 00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.000 on around 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.480 us, 00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.759 he shows 00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.660 us the 00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.120 end of 00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.680 the wicked, 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.819 but the 00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.259 end that 00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.940 is ours 00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.599 who 00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:48.079 trust in 00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.379 him. 00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.180 Let us 00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.400 pray. 00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.059 Lord, 00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.299 our 00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.799 gracious 00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.299 God, 00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.819 we thank 00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.140 you that 00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.480 you are 00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.960 indeed a 00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.619 God who 00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.319 loads us 00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.759 with your 00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.480 benefits on 00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.920 a daily 00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.379 basis, 00:33:59.379 --> 00:33:59.819 that you 00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.339 are one 00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.259 who we 00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.900 can come 00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.339 to with 00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.140 all things, 00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.740 all our 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.180 cares, 00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.240 all our 00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.920 questions, 00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.440 even the 00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.240 questions that 00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.500 feel 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.159 wearisome 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.840 to us, 00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.639 and we 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.199 can find 00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.400 our 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.340 understanding 00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.760 when we 00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.380 draw near 00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.960 to you. 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.800 And may 00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.360 you guide 00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.599 us, 00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:14.860 Lord, 00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.300 by your 00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.840 counsel. 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.660 May you 00:34:16.660 --> 00:34:17.280 remind us 00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.700 of your 00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:18.460 continual 00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.019 presence. 00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.599 May you 00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.280 hold us 00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:21.220 by your 00:34:21.220 --> 00:34:21.940 right hand, 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.220 and may 00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:22.840 you keep 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.680 us for 00:34:23.680 --> 00:34:24.079 all of 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.660 our days 00:34:24.660 --> 00:34:25.099 and all 00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.980 of eternity. 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:26.820 Lord, 00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.260 we look 00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.680 to you, 00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.240 we seek 00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:28.440 your 00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.820 blessing, 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.500 we seek 00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.240 your face, 00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.320 your peace 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:32.000 upon us, 00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.599 as all we 00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:32.980 ask, 00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.780 we ask 00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.320 in Jesus' 00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.780 name. 00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.579 Amen. 00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.720 Amen. 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:40.399 We're 00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:40.819 going to 00:34:40.819 --> 00:34:41.399 conclude 00:34:41.399 --> 00:34:41.839 singing 00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:43.019 some of 00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.179 these 00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.539 verses 00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.859 in 00:34:43.859 --> 00:34:44.859 Psalm 73 00:34:44.859 --> 00:34:45.279 in the 00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:45.679 Scottish 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.279 Psalter, 00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.500 page 00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.399 316. 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.279 We'll 00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.639 sing from 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.579 verse 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benediction. 00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:46.139 Now may grace, mercy, and peace from God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:50.099 rest upon and abide with you all, now and forevermore. 00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.739 Amen. 00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:17.139 Amen. 00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:47.119 Thank you.