WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.720 Take your Bibles, turn to Psalm 56, the 56th Psalm, as we're going to take a few moments here of looking at the reality of just trusting God to triumph. 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:16.399 You know, faith that triumphs. 00:00:17.100 --> 00:00:26.160 You know, it's essential that we understand how the role that trusting God plays in our lives. 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:37.859 And so we see here in Psalm 56 here, as we get everything opened up here, see if we can get all this arranged here. 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.120 Get my, better put that on or I'll be getting flagged down from the upper levels here. 00:00:42.780 --> 00:00:43.859 Get everything on. 00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:52.079 But, you know, look here in Psalm 56 as we just take a few moments here as we look into God's Word. 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:53.559 We see here in verse 1, it says, 00:00:53.699 --> 00:00:57.820 Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up. 00:00:58.420 --> 00:01:01.960 He fighting daily oppresses me. 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:07.340 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up, for they be many that fight against me. 00:01:07.759 --> 00:01:14.219 O Thou Most High, what time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee. 00:01:14.819 --> 00:01:20.340 You know, as we see here, you know, if someone were to ask you, do you trust in God? 00:01:20.340 --> 00:01:22.960 You know, what would be your answer? 00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:28.480 You know, somebody over here hollered truth, you know, sometimes. 00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:33.880 But, you know, most of the time our pat answer would be, you know, sure, yes. 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:39.159 You know, because we like to think that we truly trust God. 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:43.040 But, you know, oftentimes it's more that we intend to trust God. 00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:49.140 You know, that's sometimes the battle that we have of choosing to trust. 00:01:49.140 --> 00:01:58.299 You know, we understand that we intend and the depth of trust actually is revealed when situations of life happen. 00:01:59.819 --> 00:02:03.159 You know, that's when trust is really put into play. 00:02:04.060 --> 00:02:08.000 It's through the hard times of life. 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:17.180 Because those are the moments when we have to hold on to what God has said because everything else doesn't make sense. 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:20.360 Everything else is upside down. 00:02:20.500 --> 00:02:23.120 It's we don't understand the why or the what. 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:25.840 You know, we need that faith in God. 00:02:25.939 --> 00:02:32.740 And thankfully, God has given us his word to strengthen our faith and to show that it's trustworthy. 00:02:32.740 --> 00:02:39.360 And this is one of those passages that we're going to look at today from Psalm 56 that, you know, I want you to understand. 00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:42.379 We can intellectually say we're going to trust God. 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:49.860 But it's important to understand that we can trust God fully even in the midst of chaos. 00:02:50.980 --> 00:02:53.760 When we're afraid of what's happening in life. 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:58.300 Because, you know, oftentimes we think as a believer, well, we shouldn't be afraid. 00:02:58.300 --> 00:02:58.780 You know what? 00:02:58.920 --> 00:03:00.640 Fear is a natural part of life. 00:03:02.300 --> 00:03:07.400 The real question comes is what do I do when fear comes? 00:03:07.460 --> 00:03:09.820 Because fear reveals in whom we trust. 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:13.400 Think about it practically for a moment. 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.080 You know, if you've ever been around a toddler. 00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:18.480 And you put them to bed and they're sleeping. 00:03:18.760 --> 00:03:21.439 And pretty soon they get up because something scared them. 00:03:23.180 --> 00:03:24.100 Where do they go? 00:03:24.260 --> 00:03:25.080 They go to mom. 00:03:26.740 --> 00:03:28.260 Have you ever asked why do they go to mom? 00:03:28.540 --> 00:03:30.380 Because mom has proven to be what? 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:32.400 Trustworthy. 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:35.120 Mom's proven to be there. 00:03:36.020 --> 00:03:37.100 Mom's proven to help. 00:03:38.900 --> 00:03:48.120 They respond even in their fear, not by not doing, but by trusting and looking to the one. 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:51.860 They know that they can find comfort and direction. 00:03:53.860 --> 00:03:58.120 You know, we're going to look here this morning about the importance of trust. 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.360 You know, and what we place our trust in. 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:04.260 Is it in ourselves or in the Lord? 00:04:05.460 --> 00:04:07.320 Because that determines the outcome. 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:13.660 You know, when it comes to making decisions, you know, think about some of the things we're told in life. 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:17.040 You know, it's phrased a couple of different ways. 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:19.160 You know, the popular way today is trust your heart. 00:04:19.460 --> 00:04:21.100 You know, there's another way people phrase it. 00:04:21.140 --> 00:04:22.800 Just trust your gut, you know. 00:04:23.620 --> 00:04:24.220 To think that. 00:04:25.660 --> 00:04:26.819 But you think about it. 00:04:26.819 --> 00:04:31.980 When you take the phrase, trust your gut, kind of get some questionable advice. 00:04:31.980 --> 00:04:34.519 You know, have you ever been to the Cheesecake Factory? 00:04:34.779 --> 00:04:36.500 They have some decadent desserts. 00:04:36.500 --> 00:04:49.459 They have a dessert that clocks in by itself at 1,540 calories, which is equivalent to three McDonald's double cheeseburgers plus a pack of Skittles. 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:51.560 Their dessert is red velvet cheesecake. 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:55.160 It's exactly the kind of thing that makes your gut desirous. 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:56.580 It tastes good. 00:04:56.780 --> 00:04:58.040 It looks good. 00:04:58.180 --> 00:05:01.520 But the question is, is it good for you? 00:05:01.520 --> 00:05:09.080 It may taste good, but is 1,540 calories in one quick little setting like that really good for you? 00:05:10.400 --> 00:05:15.120 Your gut says it is, but does that make it so? 00:05:16.860 --> 00:05:24.640 You know, every day each of us have choices that we make, and we're either going to trust in God or trust in ourself. 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:32.080 You know, are we going to rely on what God has to say in his wisdom, or are we going to trust in our own instincts? 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:40.460 You know, oftentimes we put more trust in our instinct of how we feel about it than by what God says about it. 00:05:41.020 --> 00:05:46.680 And when we understand the importance of trusting God and what God's word has to say, 00:05:46.780 --> 00:05:54.840 because the Bible gives us numerous stories about people who trusted God in the midst of fearful circumstances. 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:58.820 This morning we just read a little bit about a man named David. 00:06:00.320 --> 00:06:07.340 You know, David was one that was a man said to be after God's own heart. 00:06:08.460 --> 00:06:11.379 You know, you think about the zeal of David trusting God. 00:06:11.379 --> 00:06:20.199 He's the young lad who stood up and said that I can face Goliath not because of my power, but because of God's power. 00:06:21.540 --> 00:06:28.139 He's the one that became a leader in the army of Israel that conquered thousands. 00:06:28.139 --> 00:06:33.639 You know, if you think about it, when David came back in from battle, they actually sang songs to him. 00:06:33.719 --> 00:06:37.379 You know, Saul has killed his thousands, but David his ten thousands. 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:41.039 He was a seasoned man of battle. 00:06:41.379 --> 00:06:44.159 But you know, one thing we don't as often associate with David is fear. 00:06:44.479 --> 00:06:46.819 Because David also had times of fear. 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:49.099 He had times of failure. 00:06:49.100 --> 00:06:57.420 You know, we know, for example, that there are two occasions on which he fled into the land of the Philistines. 00:06:59.280 --> 00:07:03.060 He fled right into the enemy trying to run away from Saul. 00:07:03.280 --> 00:07:05.800 Why? Because of fear for his life. 00:07:06.100 --> 00:07:09.379 You know, one of these first times David was afraid of Saul, 00:07:09.640 --> 00:07:13.740 who was seeking to kill him and decided to flee to a city called Gath. 00:07:13.740 --> 00:07:19.519 Now, for all you Bible scholars out there, what's so prominent about Gath? 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:21.000 Yeah, that was Goliath's whole time. 00:07:21.660 --> 00:07:24.240 You know what fear does? It makes us do illogical things. 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:27.720 You think about that practicality for a moment. 00:07:27.840 --> 00:07:29.079 Where does David flee to? 00:07:29.139 --> 00:07:32.040 He flees to the city of Gath. 00:07:32.939 --> 00:07:38.519 The city where he killed one of their prominent citizens. 00:07:38.900 --> 00:07:39.980 But why did he do it? 00:07:39.980 --> 00:07:43.120 Because fear made him go. 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:46.139 He allowed fear to direct him. 00:07:46.960 --> 00:07:49.019 He allowed fear to make a decision. 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:51.560 You know, now out of here David is. 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:53.920 King Achish. 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:54.879 You know, you find it. 00:07:54.939 --> 00:08:00.480 We don't take time this morning, but you can just note down and you read 1 Samuel chapter 21 records what's going on. 00:08:01.819 --> 00:08:04.040 David flees and then he gets before the king. 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.060 And fear overpowers. 00:08:07.180 --> 00:08:08.900 The second stage of fear overpowers. 00:08:08.899 --> 00:08:13.919 Now he's standing before Achish, the king of Gath, where he killed a prominent citizen. 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:18.859 And the council around the king begins to ask, isn't this David that? 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:21.319 For some reason, David got nervous again at that point. 00:08:21.579 --> 00:08:27.239 You know, we find that David had times when he faced fear. 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:33.220 We know that David feared that Saul would be successful in his attempts to kill him. 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.860 You know, let's give a practical application here for a moment. 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:45.320 Because oftentimes fear overcomes us when we forget the promises of God. 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:46.580 Let me ask you a question. 00:08:46.760 --> 00:08:51.940 When David fled from Saul, what promise of God was he overlooking? 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:54.960 Yeah, God had anointed him to be the next king. 00:08:56.780 --> 00:09:01.740 In other words, David had a promise from God that says, you will be the next king. 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:06.040 But yet he's worried for his, he allows fear to direct his life. 00:09:06.900 --> 00:09:09.840 Fear became the driving factor instead of the promise. 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:11.040 To trust God. 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:20.080 And we see here that David was constantly in this struggle in his life. 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:26.280 There was times when he was very valiant, very brave, you might say, very courageous. 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:31.160 But I think these are, the Psalms are written for us. 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:38.780 These songs were written for us that we might understand that the realities of life, 00:09:38.779 --> 00:09:40.379 that fear is going to be present. 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:44.519 You know, and we're going to look through this and study it a little bit here this morning 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:53.259 because Psalm 56 was written by David against the backdrop of his experience of fear and vulnerability. 00:09:53.740 --> 00:10:02.839 You know, when we understand that David wanted to find a place that he could hide and run away, 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:09.120 David felt he needed to run from the things that scared him. 00:10:09.280 --> 00:10:14.259 And, you know, have you ever felt that way that you just wanted to get away from what was presently in front of you? 00:10:15.800 --> 00:10:19.800 That fear sometimes drives us to do those things. 00:10:19.860 --> 00:10:26.980 And how can we get back to the place of trusting God in the face of fears that are all around us? 00:10:26.980 --> 00:10:34.340 You know, we're going to look at Psalm 56 and see that David dealt with fear that he experienced 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:43.060 and how he ultimately was able to trust in God and experience God's peace in the circumstance. 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:47.840 Because I want you to see first here this morning the reality of fear. 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:53.120 You know, if we're going to choose to trust, we need to understand that fear is a real thing. 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:57.480 Now, fear is an emotion God gives us for a reason. 00:10:57.560 --> 00:10:59.200 There's some things that ought to make us scared. 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:03.799 You know, for some reason, some things don't. 00:11:03.940 --> 00:11:08.019 You know, like every year out at Yellowstone, somebody decides to pet the big fluffy cow. 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:09.279 And it doesn't end well. 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:13.200 Things they ought to have a healthy fear of, and they don't. 00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:18.460 You know, let me tell you, you don't pet the big fluffy cows at Yellowstone. 00:11:18.779 --> 00:11:22.639 They may look nice, but they're really grumpy and they're big. 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:26.399 But I want you to understand, each of us will face times of fear. 00:11:27.259 --> 00:11:29.860 You know, notice down here in verse 3 that we read earlier. 00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:32.779 Notice what David says here in the Psalm. 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:33.100 He says, 00:11:33.580 --> 00:11:35.639 What time I am afraid. 00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:37.840 I will trust in thee. 00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:40.159 I want you to understand, fear is inevitable. 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:44.539 There's going to be situations in life that scare you. 00:11:44.539 --> 00:11:47.259 Whether it's something new. 00:11:49.199 --> 00:11:50.779 Or something that is old. 00:11:52.599 --> 00:11:55.579 You know, there's sometimes fears that we hold on to our whole life. 00:11:55.860 --> 00:11:57.199 Things that grab a hold of us. 00:11:57.339 --> 00:12:03.819 When we understand that there's no sin involved in feeling fear. 00:12:03.820 --> 00:12:08.140 You know, that's oftentimes how people begin to think. 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:10.040 It says, if I trust God, I won't have any fear. 00:12:10.700 --> 00:12:11.700 You know what the Bible says? 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:13.960 When I'm afraid, I will trust in Him. 00:12:15.920 --> 00:12:19.840 The reality is this, that it's not a sin to fear. 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:21.980 It's a sin depending on what you do with fear. 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:24.240 Because fear can cause us to sin. 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:27.740 Fear can cause us to go away from what God has to say. 00:12:27.740 --> 00:12:30.159 You know, think about it. 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:32.200 What are some of the common fears that people have? 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:32.840 Heights. 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:37.240 You know, is that a bad fear to be scared of heights? 00:12:37.560 --> 00:12:39.060 You know, it's funny. 00:12:39.180 --> 00:12:40.759 You know, when they're shingling up here on the roof, 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:42.039 all them roofers, 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:45.519 very few of them are not smart enough to be scared. 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:47.519 Most of them are scared when they get up there. 00:12:47.980 --> 00:12:48.759 Rightfully so. 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:51.740 If you need that experience, let me know. 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:52.740 We can arrange for it. 00:12:52.940 --> 00:12:54.919 It's only a 14-12 pitch on part of it. 00:12:54.940 --> 00:12:55.519 You'll be fine. 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:57.919 If you understand roof pitches, that ought to make you scared. 00:12:58.220 --> 00:13:00.079 You know, what are some other things that people are scared of? 00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:02.460 Unknowns. 00:13:04.199 --> 00:13:04.759 What's that? 00:13:06.059 --> 00:13:06.460 Loss. 00:13:07.419 --> 00:13:07.679 Yep. 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:09.000 Dark. 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:11.799 Bats. 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:12.699 Is that what I heard up there? 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:16.360 Yeah, you think the list, Joe? 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:19.759 We'll talk about that in January. 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:22.079 Yeah. 00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:23.539 For a guy that's engaged, 00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:25.579 if you saw the look he got, maybe fears were. 00:13:25.779 --> 00:13:28.139 You know, what are some other common fears that people have? 00:13:29.539 --> 00:13:29.899 Doubt. 00:13:31.959 --> 00:13:32.319 Death. 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:34.799 What's that? 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:36.339 Snakes. 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:38.000 Yeah. 00:13:38.319 --> 00:13:39.799 You know, now think and stop for a moment. 00:13:39.899 --> 00:13:42.299 What are some fears that may be unique to a believer? 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:42.899 Nancy? 00:13:44.599 --> 00:13:44.959 Yep. 00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:46.179 Whether you're saved or not. 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:47.819 Sometimes that's a, you know, 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:50.519 people begin to doubt and have fears about their salvation. 00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:51.240 What's that? 00:13:52.439 --> 00:13:52.759 Witnessing. 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:54.179 You know, what are some other things? 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:55.019 You know, 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:56.720 you know, 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:58.340 fear of, you know, 00:13:58.340 --> 00:14:01.200 just even your loved ones and how they respond to the gospel. 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:01.759 You know, 00:14:01.819 --> 00:14:05.000 oftentimes fears change throughout life some too, don't they? 00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:07.919 And we need to understand because there's reasons that, 00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:11.059 that fear impacts us. 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:14.019 Because life impacts us. 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:16.720 There's many things that are going to scare us. 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:22.019 And I want you to see here that David was afraid for his life. 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:26.560 Because we see his enemies were very real. 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:29.360 The enemies that were around him were very real. 00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:31.279 You'll notice, 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:32.779 look up at verse two in our text. 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.080 It says, 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:39.080 mine enemies would daily swallow me up for they be many that fight against me. 00:14:39.160 --> 00:14:39.360 Oh, 00:14:39.420 --> 00:14:40.520 thou most high. 00:14:40.780 --> 00:14:41.100 Remember, 00:14:41.220 --> 00:14:42.280 where's David writing this? 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:47.759 He's writing it from the midst of the land of the Philistines in the city of Gath. 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:52.220 I think he can safely say there's enemies all around. 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:59.059 There's those that would just enjoy being able to be the one to say they took the life of David. 00:15:00.059 --> 00:15:00.639 You know, 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:01.220 the king, 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:02.840 Achish, 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:04.480 the Bible tells us, 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:06.240 kind of befriended David. 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.379 Even though he is surrounded on all sides, 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:13.740 the rest of the Philistines who distrusted David deeply, 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:17.799 and the enemies of Israel against whom David continues to fight. 00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:19.480 You know, 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:22.180 all around him, 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.840 he's hated. 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:24.320 There are those that oppose him. 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.100 You know, 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:26.519 look at verse one in this. 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:27.399 It says this, 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.000 oh God, 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:29.759 for man would swallow me up. 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:33.100 He fighting daily oppresseth me. 00:15:34.820 --> 00:15:35.399 You know, 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:38.240 we too are always in the presence of our enemy. 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:39.240 You know, 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:40.659 the Bible tells you as a believer, 00:15:40.820 --> 00:15:42.419 the devil is your adversary. 00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:44.899 Your enemy, 00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:47.379 the one that is always there. 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:49.940 And that's the reason Peter tells us in 1 Peter 5, 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:52.000 verse 8, 00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:52.360 he says, 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:52.980 be sober, 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:54.019 be vigilant, 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:56.539 because you're what your adversary, 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.560 the devil, 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:01.299 as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may what? 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:03.039 Devour. 00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:05.220 To consume. 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:09.899 Sounds very similar to what David's saying here in Psalm 56, 00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:10.419 isn't it? 00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:15.240 His enemy wants to consume him. 00:16:16.979 --> 00:16:18.559 Wants to overwhelm him. 00:16:19.339 --> 00:16:23.360 And we see here that Satan is that for the Christian. 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.959 He stands opposed. 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:29.059 And even with others that he stirs to be opposed to us. 00:16:29.099 --> 00:16:35.059 They want to destroy our faith and to bring chaos and destruction into our life. 00:16:35.059 --> 00:16:35.979 You know, 00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:37.719 we see the presence of enemies, 00:16:37.859 --> 00:16:39.539 but you also see the plot of the enemies. 00:16:40.579 --> 00:16:40.779 You know, 00:16:40.859 --> 00:16:42.739 what are the things that the enemies do? 00:16:43.699 --> 00:16:44.000 You know, 00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:44.739 as a believer, 00:16:45.459 --> 00:16:46.199 the devil, 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:48.939 is one thing about it is the devil doesn't change his tactics. 00:16:49.359 --> 00:16:49.619 You know, 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:51.159 the devil is reliable. 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:52.159 He's consistent. 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.579 He uses the same things. 00:16:53.839 --> 00:16:54.039 You know, 00:16:54.079 --> 00:16:55.559 we're in the midst of football season. 00:16:56.219 --> 00:16:56.599 And you know, 00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:59.619 some football coaches get noted because they know exactly, 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:02.719 everybody knows before they hit the field exactly what's going to take place. 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:06.059 They know their basic game plan. 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:09.579 They know exactly how their basic defensive structure, 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:16.000 their opponent knows all those things because the coaches are very consistent in their application of the principles of the game. 00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:17.440 The interesting thing is, 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:18.680 is they still defeat people. 00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:19.279 You know what? 00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:20.519 The devil is the same way. 00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:22.339 He comes with the same game plan, 00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:24.380 the same process, 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:26.900 the same thing every time. 00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:28.460 And he still defeats people, 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:31.000 but the Bible tells us what his game plan is. 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:33.400 It tells us, 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:35.099 how is he going to use those things? 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:37.720 Because notice the first one that we see here. 00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:38.039 Notice, 00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:39.240 look down at verse five. 00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:41.920 Tells us this, 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:47.980 every day they rest my words and all their thoughts are against me for evil. 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:48.980 You know, 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.380 untruthfulness. 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:52.660 You know, 00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:58.180 the enemies of righteousness speak untruths about God and his children. 00:17:58.180 --> 00:18:00.440 You know, 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:03.860 David's enemies were taking David's words out of context, 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:07.000 misrepresenting them to further their own purpose. 00:18:08.080 --> 00:18:09.560 Does that sound like anything new? 00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.080 I mean, 00:18:10.100 --> 00:18:11.360 that just sounds like the world we live in, 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.680 doesn't it? 00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:13.900 So is there anything new about the methodology? 00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:15.200 Absolutely not. 00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:15.660 You know, 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:18.480 the enemy misrepresents the righteous today. 00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:21.180 Those who are set against God, 00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:23.779 often including those things around us. 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.000 I mean, 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.579 you think about the media, 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:27.359 how Christians are ridiculed, 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:29.500 especially when they take a stand for Christ, 00:18:30.139 --> 00:18:34.079 who attempt to be consistent in their Christian walk. 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:34.480 You know, 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:36.379 you see that being played out of, 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:36.839 of, 00:18:36.899 --> 00:18:37.119 uh, 00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.279 uh, 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.000 people downplaying or trying to make them look, 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.599 uh, 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:40.960 uh, 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.680 bad in the eyes of others. 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:44.180 And they twist their words, 00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:48.160 trying to make them say something they don't. 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.160 You know, 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.779 think about today, 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.100 you know, 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:53.900 this is a, 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:55.279 this is one of the ones I always love. 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:55.660 Well, 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.539 that's hateful. 00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:58.759 You can speak truth and they'll call it hate. 00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.860 You know what truth is? 00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:02.140 Truth is loving. 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:05.240 To sell somebody the truth is the most loving thing you can do 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:09.299 because love is built on truth. 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.100 Now you need to tell them lovingly, 00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:12.500 but truth is essential, 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:14.000 but the enemy uses untruth. 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:18.840 And tries to say what you meant and what was declared for love, 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:20.279 for their betterment, 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:20.640 for their, 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:23.660 their direction is hateful. 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.440 What are they doing? 00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:28.140 They're resting those words. 00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.519 You know, 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:31.580 that's one of the enemy's tactics. 00:19:32.860 --> 00:19:33.120 You know, 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:35.660 they're unscrupulous in what they do. 00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:38.840 Not only are the enemies of the righteous untruthful, 00:19:38.840 --> 00:19:42.680 they're also ruthless and inscrupulous about what they do. 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:44.299 Notice in verse six, 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.440 it says, 00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:46.900 they gather themselves together. 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.940 They hide themselves. 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:49.140 They mark my steps. 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:52.820 When they wait for my soul. 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:54.200 What's David saying here? 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.500 He says, 00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:56.180 my enemies follow me around, 00:19:56.340 --> 00:20:02.220 waiting for an opportunity to twist or deceive or to gain advantage. 00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:04.500 It says, 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:06.360 they lurk in the shadows, 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:08.539 just seeking for an opportunity. 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:10.799 That perfect moment to strike. 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:14.759 And his hope is to snuff out the righteous out of existence. 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:16.019 That's what Satan does. 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:22.000 He lurks around hoping to produce fear that will keep us from doing what we have to do. 00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:22.579 It's the real. 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:28.740 Fear is a real thing and the real sources and reasons behind it. 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:34.039 But our encouragement we can take from David is that his example in his fear, 00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.579 because notice, 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.980 go back up to verse three again. 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.720 What does David say? 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.839 What time I am what? 00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:41.700 Afraid. 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:44.720 You know what David said? 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:47.539 I know there's going to be things in life that scare me. 00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:53.440 I know there's going to be things that come and overwhelm me that's going to cause me to fear. 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:56.400 Because oftentimes fear is associated with the unknown. 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.759 The what ifs. 00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.319 So the question becomes, 00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:02.840 what do we do in that? 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:04.200 Notice what David says. 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.620 He says, 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:06.840 what time I am afraid. 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.519 He says, 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:10.740 I will trust in thee. 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:12.000 You know what David says? 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:13.339 Fear might overcome me, 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.259 but I'm going to redirect. 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:19.620 I'm going to renew my focus on you. 00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:21.740 To renew trust. 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:25.539 That renewal of trust in our lives. 00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.660 Everywhere David looked, 00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:28.799 there were enemies in Israel. 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:30.720 You've got to remember his home where he was. 00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:33.079 Saul was plotting to kill him. 00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:36.099 And the Philistine warlords were seeking to kill him. 00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:39.180 David only had one place to turn, 00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.059 and that was to the Lord. 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:43.539 When he said he had enemies on every side, 00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.480 he had enemies at home. 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.559 He had enemies outside. 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:47.039 He had no place to go. 00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:48.559 David turned to the Lord. 00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:51.379 He made a crucial choice to do what? 00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:52.319 To trust the Lord. 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.000 He said, 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:55.279 what time I am afraid, 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:57.159 I will trust in thee. 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:57.720 You know, 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.859 to trust the Lord 00:21:58.859 --> 00:22:01.639 is very simply, 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:04.220 there's two aspects of that choice to trust God. 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:06.880 First one is it's volitional. 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.360 In other words, 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:08.019 it's a choice. 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:10.319 It's volitional. 00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.980 It means to make a choice. 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:16.519 David shows us aspects of his choice. 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.380 You know, 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:20.000 trusting God involves making a conscious, 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.200 deliberate decision. 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:24.500 Notice what David says. 00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:24.880 He says, 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:28.260 I will trust in thee. 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:30.480 David made a decision. 00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:30.980 He says, 00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:34.300 everything around me is upside down. 00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:38.600 Everything around me is trying to legitimately kill me. 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.020 You know, 00:22:39.060 --> 00:22:40.180 I think if you read through scripture, 00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:44.600 you find that David wasn't just imagining his enemies. 00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:47.040 It was a reality that was there. 00:22:47.540 --> 00:22:48.180 And he says, 00:22:48.280 --> 00:22:49.660 I will trust in thee. 00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.279 You know, 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:54.200 we can't always control what's happening in our life. 00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:55.840 You know, 00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:57.100 that's part of the problem with fear 00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:58.340 is because we want control. 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:01.720 And when we can't control it, 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.500 it scares us. 00:23:04.080 --> 00:23:06.220 Because control is where we have comfort. 00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:07.120 The only thing is, 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:08.980 we don't realize that we're never really in control. 00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:10.440 You're kind of like one of them kids 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.560 walking around my neighborhood 00:23:11.560 --> 00:23:13.620 with a parent pushing the little cart behind 00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.560 the kids in the little thing 00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.519 with the steering wheel going 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.980 and the parents behind pushing. 00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.460 The little kid thinks, 00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.340 I'm in control. 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.880 Now you're so long for the ride. 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:23.039 You got to trust you're going to go 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.980 wherever mom takes you. 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.340 You know, 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:25.600 we can't always control, 00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:28.019 but David decided in the midst of his enemies, 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:29.220 he would trust the Lord. 00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:32.400 He did it because he reasoned 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:35.779 that God was greater than man. 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:39.100 Look back up at verse four for a moment. 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.299 He says, 00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:43.720 In God will I praise his word. 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:46.819 In God I have put my trust. 00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:51.899 I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.319 You know, 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:53.700 later in Psalm 118, 00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.579 it says this, 00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:56.079 The Lord is on my side. 00:23:56.159 --> 00:23:57.099 I will not fear. 00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:59.139 What can man do unto me? 00:23:59.399 --> 00:23:59.659 You know, 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:02.000 when you think about what does this choice involve? 00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:04.039 For David, 00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:05.000 it was twofold. 00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:08.720 First was to trust and then to praise. 00:24:10.679 --> 00:24:11.899 Notice what we find here. 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.279 Trust. 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.339 When we trust God, 00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:16.099 we're not trusting that everything's going to work out 00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.399 the way we think it's best. 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:17.799 You know, 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:19.200 I think that's another misconception. 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.680 Sometimes the devil puts in, 00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:21.740 you know, 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.119 your trust, 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.779 God didn't, 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:24.599 it didn't work out the way you thought. 00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:26.039 You can't trust God 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.879 because it didn't turn out the way you thought 00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.720 it ought to turn out. 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:30.480 Has the devil ever used that against you? 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.099 Rather, 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:33.360 we're trusting that what God has, 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:38.460 that God is he who told us who he is 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.640 and what he's going to do. 00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:41.420 And he told us how he's, 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:43.240 that we can trust him. 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:46.240 We're trusting that the Lord will be good to us 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.860 and he will strengthen us. 00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:51.200 He can give us peace even in the midst of fearful circumstances. 00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.539 You know, 00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.720 if you have a question, 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:56.599 read through Hebrews chapter 11 this week. 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:58.640 There was some that trusted God 00:24:58.640 --> 00:25:00.279 and God did miraculous things. 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:02.059 There was some that trusted God 00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:03.279 and it cost them their life. 00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.960 Both required trust. 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.400 To say, 00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.779 God, 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:09.920 the outcome is not up to me. 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:13.960 My decision is to trust what you have declared. 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:17.420 To trust what you have said. 00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.660 You know, 00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.059 for us, 00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:21.559 we like to control the outcome. 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.779 And God says, 00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:26.480 trust me because what I have planned is best. 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.819 Not the most comfortable. 00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.400 You know, 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.900 oftentimes when we trust God, 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:32.340 God moves us outside of our comfort zone. 00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:32.780 You know, 00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.880 that's one of the things today 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:35.240 that a lot of people get tied into. 00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:35.440 Well, 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:37.500 I don't want to do anything outside my comfort zone. 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.120 You know what? 00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.600 In life, 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:40.759 you have to do a lot of things outside your comfort zone. 00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:42.420 There's some things you may not like to do 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.240 that you have to do 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.620 that need to be accomplished. 00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:47.759 Might not be the thing that you're best at, 00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:48.860 but it's what you need to do. 00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:49.300 You know, 00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:51.180 to trust God in those things. 00:25:51.280 --> 00:25:51.420 You know, 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:53.380 let's look at a few verses here this morning. 00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:54.880 Let's get a couple of volunteers here. 00:25:55.520 --> 00:25:55.720 You know, 00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.960 Psalm 27, 00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.760 verse 14. 00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.400 You got that one, 00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.580 Lou? 00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.500 Psalm 28, 00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.200 verse 7. 00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.660 Tim, 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.240 you got that one? 00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:03.980 Hebrews 13, 00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.540 6. 00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:05.780 Joe, 00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.300 you got that one? 00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:07.740 All right. 00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:08.520 John 14, 00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:09.140 27. 00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.640 Darren, 00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.240 you got that one? 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.760 All right. 00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.220 Let's stand up, 00:26:13.260 --> 00:26:14.220 read them nice and loud. 00:26:14.780 --> 00:26:15.400 Psalm 27, 00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:15.860 14. 00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:17.040 Psalm 27, 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.600 14. 00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.720 Wait on the Lord, 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.740 be of good courage, 00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:21.380 he shall strengthen my heart. 00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:22.280 Wait, 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.840 I say, 00:26:23.040 --> 00:26:24.260 yeah. 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.400 You know, 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:28.140 wait on the Lord, 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:30.960 he shall strengthen your heart. 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.640 You know what that is? 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:35.279 That's giving you what you need in the situation. 00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.140 Giving you what you need. 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.200 Look at Psalm 28, 00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.779 verse 7. 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:43.180 The Lord is my strength and my shield, 00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.720 my heart trusted in him, 00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.799 and I am good with you. 00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.440 All right. 00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.440 You know, 00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:50.299 consider that the Lord is my strength and my shield, 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.680 my heart trusted in him, 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:54.119 and I am what? 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.400 Helped. 00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.379 Hebrews 13, 00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.879 6. 00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:58.519 That we may boldly say, 00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:00.099 the Lord is my helper. 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.379 Yeah. 00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.559 To boldly say, 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.339 the Lord is who? 00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.559 My helper. 00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.779 Think about for a moment, 00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:08.940 do you need a helper if you think you can accomplish it? 00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:10.160 Let that one soak in for a moment, 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.460 let it marinate here a little bit. 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:15.119 If it was in your capacity to deal with and do everything, 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.960 would you need a helper? 00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:20.819 The Lord understands we're going to be put outside those things that we're sometimes comfortable with, 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:23.279 but he gives us a promise. 00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.720 He says, 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:26.399 I will be your helper. 00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:29.099 I'll be the one that comes along and encourages. 00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.939 How about John 14, 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.519 27? 00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:33.079 You know, 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:44.980 Jesus telling his disciples, 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.559 he says, 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.379 that he's going to have peace. 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:49.259 You're going to have peace in him. 00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:51.220 The world can be upside down, 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.619 but you can live in peace. 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:54.400 It doesn't mean things are going to be settled, 00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:58.640 but it does mean we can trust him in the midst of chaos. 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:01.540 And he's going to help and guide us. 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:01.960 So trust. 00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.540 Second thing, 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.800 here's praise. 00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:05.259 You know, 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:12.280 our choice involves a deliberate decision to praise God and his word. 00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:13.940 You know, 00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.560 we have a need to praise. 00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:16.880 You know, 00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:21.460 David also declared here that he will praise God's word. 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.380 You know, 00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:25.259 notice what he tells us in verse four in God. 00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.819 I will put, 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:28.360 I will praise his word in God. 00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.279 I have put my trust. 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.440 You know, 00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:33.779 down in verse 10, 00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.279 in God, 00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:39.460 will I praise his word and the Lord will I praise his word. 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.920 Why do we praise God's word? 00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.819 That's a good question. 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:45.759 Why did David say he praises God's word? 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.559 It's truth. 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.340 You know, 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.440 truth does what? 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:51.860 Truth gives us direction. 00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:58.460 Truth provides us what we need to walk in midst of the situation. 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:01.640 It gives us guidance and direction. 00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:03.660 You know, 00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:10.700 because God's word is right and it reveals the right and true way that God has for us. 00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.340 You know, 00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:14.200 look over to Psalm 33 for a moment. 00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.920 Psalm 33, 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.500 you know, 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:19.660 as we think and consider what we choose, 00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:21.800 because you choose what you're going to do with God's word. 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.060 Are you going to trust it? 00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:25.279 Are you going to praise God's word? 00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.519 You know, 00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:26.880 Psalm 33 verse four, 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.860 for the word of the Lord is right. 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:31.680 And all his works are done in what? 00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.320 Truth. 00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:34.380 Do you believe that? 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:36.120 Because just as we talked about earlier, 00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.160 belief and trust, 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:39.060 or it might be a difference in nuance, 00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:40.480 but the application is the same. 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:42.519 Let me give you a little illustration because, 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:42.839 you know, 00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:45.140 all of you came in here and plopped down on a chair. 00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:49.099 Why did you plop down on a chair? 00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.900 Because in your, 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.559 what's that? 00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.700 Okay. 00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.940 You believed that at first, 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.240 didn't you? 00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.059 When you walked in, 00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.759 you believed the chair was going to hold you. 00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:02.120 Then you walked over to the chair and what'd you do? 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.319 Where did it move? 00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:09.659 It moved from just the dynamic of belief to trust. 00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:13.439 But I want you to understand they're not separated. 00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.500 They're one in the same. 00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:17.879 They're connected together because you can't trust if you don't believe. 00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:18.460 To say, 00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.279 this is true. 00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:19.679 Therefore, 00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:22.399 I will trust in it. 00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:25.419 And when we truly trust something, 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.460 we don't question it. 00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.259 You know, 00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.419 the one, 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.720 you know, 00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:29.019 you're going back to the chair illustration. 00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:30.579 I didn't see a single person this morning. 00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:31.319 Check out a chair. 00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:33.679 Not a single person came in this morning and went, 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.500 why was that? 00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:37.340 All of you believed it was true because it's been proven. 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.900 It wasn't just an abstract. 00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:41.779 You had faith because of past. 00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:44.920 You knew and believed and trusted what was going to happen. 00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:51.259 You had confidence because of what's happened before. 00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:53.259 You know how you get confidence in God's word? 00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:57.580 Is by walking with him and testing it along the way. 00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.360 Yep. 00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.720 I mean, 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.299 David just, 00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.960 he didn't let fear overcome. 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:07.299 But he believed God would do it and he trusted God to do it. 00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:08.539 And he stepped out there and did it. 00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:08.900 You know, 00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:15.680 we need to understand that the written word of God is but an expression of the living word of God. 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:18.180 And we talked a little bit about this this morning. 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.980 We go over to John chapter one for a moment. 00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.519 John chapter one. 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.860 Look up there in verse one, 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.779 the gospel of John. 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.380 It says what? 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.640 In the beginning was the what? 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:32.480 The word and the word was with God and the word was God. 00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:34.820 Now look down at verse 10. 00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.100 It says, 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:37.360 and the word became what? 00:31:38.040 --> 00:31:38.460 Or excuse me, 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:41.580 the word was made flesh and dwelt among us. 00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:43.680 And we beheld his glory, 00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:45.620 the glory of the only begotten of the father, 00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:48.680 full of grace and truth. 00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:51.700 So if Jesus is full of grace and truth, 00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.860 his word is full of what? 00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.680 Grace and truth. 00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:58.900 When we praise God's word, 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:02.900 we ultimately praise God himself. 00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:06.080 Of who God is and what he's done. 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.299 You know, 00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:14.539 we ought to be understanding the importance of praising God after we trust God. 00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:18.940 Because I don't think you can praise God if you don't trust God, 00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:21.879 because you're not recognizing who he is and what he's done. 00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:26.379 Praise is giving him acclamation for who he is and what he's done. 00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.539 If you don't trust him, 00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.899 how do you truly praise him? 00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.940 As we consider those things, 00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:32.039 we'll pick up here next week.