1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:03,800 You're listening to the Bridgetown Church Podcast with 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,880 Pastor Casey Kendall, where our vision is Jesus, our mission is 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,760 people, and our cause is love. Thanks for tuning in. 4 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:13,760 Let's dive in. If you have your Bible handy, 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:18,120 I'm in Psalm 62 this morning. I'm going to deviate away from 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,600 Second Samuel for this special message we announced last week. 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:28,760 My transition leading out of Bridgetown in our Commission 8 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:33,880 into Tennessee at a church called Conduit and with Chris 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:38,280 and Pam taking the lead. And we've had various responses 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:43,120 to the announcement and we've had different degrees of this 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:47,440 that all of us are grieving and walking out this journey 12 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,520 together. It's OK for you to be sad. 13 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:52,160 It's OK for you to be. Angry. 14 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,320 It's OK. For you to have questions, it's 15 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,720 OK for you to doubt. That's all part of the grieving 16 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,840 process. But what we want to do is what 17 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,880 I've entitled this message this morning is we shall not be 18 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:09,640 shaken. We shall not be shaken if you 19 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,480 have. Someone sitting next to you. 20 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,560 Behind you on the left or the right of you, can you just look 21 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,960 at them and say, neighbor, my neighbor, you shall not be 22 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:24,800 shaken. You shall not be shaken. 23 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,400 If you have your Bible handy, I want to direct your. 24 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:32,200 Attention to the Book of Psalms and Psalm 62, beginning in. 25 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,200 Verse 5. The author. 26 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,280 Is a man that you well know of. That you've been. 27 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:43,000 Learning about his name is. David, he writes these words. 28 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:51,800 My soul waits silently for God alone, for my expectation is 29 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,680 from Him. He only is my rock. 30 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:01,040 And my salvation. He is my defense. 31 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:10,320 I shall not be moved in. God is my salvation and my. 32 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:15,080 Glory the rock. Of my strength and my refuge is 33 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:20,480 in God. Trust in Him at all times. 34 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:26,320 How many times at all times you people pour out your heart 35 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:31,160 before Him. God is a refuge for us. 36 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,920 Say law. As we've gathered together this 37 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:43,680 morning, David pins these words in this book that we have in our 38 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:49,320 hands called Psalms. The word Psalm simply means 39 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,760 songs. And there is something about 40 00:02:53,920 --> 00:03:00,080 music and songs that take such a special place in each one of our 41 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,920 lives. Such a special place that 42 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:07,760 possibly even you right now you have your own playlist for your 43 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,880 home. It has such a special place for 44 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,520 you that you have your own playlist for the gym, you have 45 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,040 your own playlist when you're in your car. 46 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:23,720 That's how much of A place that songs and music take hold of in 47 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,560 our lives. But not only do songs have a 48 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:32,040 place in our lives, but songs often take a priority in our 49 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,040 lives. They say the average American 50 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:41,600 will listen to music 32 hours a week, 32 hours a week. 51 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,720 That is the. Priority that we often give to 52 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,840 our favorite band, or our favorite songs, or our playlist 53 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:55,000 that we love to hear. But not only are songs having a 54 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,520 place in our lives, not only do songs have a priority in our 55 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:06,080 lives, songs are powerful. Have you ever noticed that you 56 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:11,440 could have learned a song 30 years ago and you are walking 57 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:16,360 through the store and all of the sudden a song pops up in your 58 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:20,760 mind. Flintstones Meet the Flintstones 59 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:25,480 have a yabba Dabba Doo time Dabba Doo time Have a gay old 60 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,280 time A Back then, that word meant something radically 61 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:33,800 different than what it means right now, but songs are 62 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,840 powerful. I was actually walking through 63 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:41,240 the store the other day and a song popped up in my mind. 64 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:47,480 It's not from a very good band. It was a rap band listened to. 65 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:54,920 By a white boy called N.W.A. And I'm walking through the 66 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,600 store and all of a sudden as I'm pushing my cart, this song pops 67 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,240 up in my mind. Move quickly. 68 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,080 So I fleed. Out the back with a. 69 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,800 Fistful of jewelry? Oops, the wall. 70 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,600 Don't. Fall wipe my sweat because that 71 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,320 was a close call. Getting ganged by the E. 72 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,000 Is a lesson so. Are there any more questions? 73 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,160 I was in an argument. With my wife and another song 74 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:24,920 popped up in my mind. Is it too late now to say sorry? 75 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:31,880 Songs have a very special place in our lives and there is one 76 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:37,120 song I remember 15 years ago by a man by the name of Marty 77 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,040 Goetz. Marty Goetz came into our church 78 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,240 at Calvary Chapel of the High Desert and he had his keyboard 79 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,240 in front of him. Marty Goetz is a completed Jew. 80 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,640 He is born again, He is met the Messiah, Jesus Christ. 81 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,040 And as he began to sing, he, he began to play the keyboard and 82 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:59,760 he began to kick his feet 1 foot at a time and he began to sing 83 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:05,480 this song. He is my defense, I shall not be 84 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:11,880 move it. He is my defense, I shall not be 85 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,960 moved. And everyone got out their keys 86 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:19,720 and now he is my defense, I shall not be move it. 87 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,520 And then he would just begin to talk in Hebrew to us and and it 88 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:32,440 was just such a special moment. And he really is our defense. 89 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,440 There is something about music that moves us. 90 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,720 Chuck Swindoll writes these words that music is deeply 91 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:48,360 moving and powerful because it is more than mere excuse me, it 92 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,760 is for us. It serves for us as something 93 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:58,240 that is just not mere words. It is spiritual and it acts as a 94 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:04,040 conduit to the heart, calming the Spirit, and cements divine 95 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:09,600 truth in a way that mere words cannot. 96 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:17,000 When worship and music are woven into daily life, working or 97 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,880 resting, he writes, they can refresh the Spirit. 98 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,840 They can shift a person's perspective from a secular, 99 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:31,000 hurried view to a focus on eternity. 100 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:37,120 You see, songs are powerful not just BC before you met Jesus 101 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:43,600 Christ, but songs are very powerful in your life even after 102 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:48,040 you've become a Christian. This is what the Bible tells us 103 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:53,200 to do, sing a new song to the Lord. 104 00:07:54,440 --> 00:08:00,040 The Bible commands us to sing a new song to the Lord. 105 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,040 If you want some biblical reference for that, if you would 106 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:09,840 write down Psalm 33 verse 3 where the author says sing a new 107 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,600 song to the Lord. If you want to write down 108 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:18,960 another verse, Psalm 40 verse 3, the author writes sing a new 109 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:25,040 song to the Lord. Again in Psalm 96 verses one 110 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:31,200 through 3, the author writes and commands us to sing a new song 111 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,320 to the Lord. Again the Bible says in Psalm 98 112 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:41,960 verse one that we would sing a new song to the Lord. 113 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:47,160 Again in Psalm 149 verse one, the Bible again tells us to sing 114 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:52,680 a new song to the Lord. The prophet Isaiah said in 115 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:59,080 Isaiah 42 verse 10 sing a new song to the Lord. 116 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:04,400 When John the Revelator saw in heaven in Revelation chapter 5 117 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:09,160 verse 9, the Bible says that he said that they were singing a 118 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:16,840 new song to the Lamb of God. With a new heart you have a new 119 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:22,160 song, and because I have a new song, I will boldly proclaim 120 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:27,280 this to my Savior and my Lord Jesus Christ that He is worthy 121 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,640 of it all. And because He is worthy of it 122 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:34,640 all, I want to know what God do you want to sing? 123 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,960 What have you already written down in the Bible that we could 124 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,680 sing? Tucked in the middle of your 125 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:48,720 Bible is the book called Psalms. This is the national Israel 126 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,080 Israelites songbook. This is what the children of 127 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:57,400 Israel would go to when they wanted to remember the songs of 128 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,520 ascent. When they had their songs now 129 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:05,000 they would recite from this book the book of Psalms. 130 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,840 If you take note, the book of Psalms is broken up into five 131 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:13,560 separate books. This book is written in book one 132 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:19,040 versus a chapter, excuse me, of Psalms. 3 through 41 is book one 133 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,160 of the book of Psalms. Book two of the book of Psalms 134 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:28,320 is chapter. 42 through 72 Book three of the book of Psalms is 135 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:34,560 chapter chapter 73 through 89, book 4 is chapter 90 through one 136 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:41,040 O 6 and then book 5 is chapter one O 7 through chapter one. 137 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:48,760 4573 of the Psalms were written by one specific person. 138 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:57,440 His name is David. David writes and pins 73 songs. 139 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:01,680 He was the second king of Israel that we remember, pointing to 140 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:04,400 the forever King Jesus that we know. 141 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,600 And now in this moment, as he wrote 73 of these psalms, he was 142 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,720 the warrior and the poet. David was the man who was called 143 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,280 by God through the anointing of Samuel to be the king of the 144 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,200 nation of Israel. But not only that, he was the 145 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,960 one who fought Goliath, chopped his head off, went out out of 146 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,200 the valley of Elah victorious with the nation of Israel. 147 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:32,080 Then the hit song on K love about his life was Saul has 148 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,160 slain to his thousands, but David is 10s of thousands. 149 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:40,680 David was a mighty warrior, but he was a creative poet for Jesus 150 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:43,120 Christ. Do you know you could be strong 151 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:47,000 and creative at the same time? Do you know that being creative 152 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,880 is not being weak? Do you know you can fight for 153 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:55,880 the Lord and write for the Lord? This is David's life. 154 00:11:56,080 --> 00:12:00,760 And this is where it comes down to a spot in David's life where 155 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:05,760 we see the background of this new song that David writes. 156 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,400 David, when he writes Psalm 62, is not kicking back in the 157 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:13,680 palace in Jerusalem. He's not sipping on his iced 158 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,440 tea, his tropical tea. He is not throwing up his 159 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,280 sandals and reclining in his lawn chair. 160 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:26,920 David is facing great hardship. One that was the closest to him 161 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:31,040 had betrayed him. The one that he raised, the one 162 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:35,760 that he had cared for, the one who he had fed, had turned his 163 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:41,160 back on his father, and he leads a political uprising and 164 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:46,120 rebellion against him. His name is Absalom. 165 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:52,840 Absalom, David's very own son, gathers a group of people in a 166 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:57,840 cohort together to fight against the father that loves him. 167 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,760 This is the background of Psalm 62. 168 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,920 David is in a cave. He's hiding. 169 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,320 It's dirty. It's messy. 170 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:11,000 David's grieving. David's wondering what is going 171 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,840 to happen about all of the future. 172 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,840 And David then declares to us that even and though he is 173 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:23,280 hurting, he is still hollering that God is good and in the 174 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:28,880 middle of your misery right now. I want you to ascribe this music 175 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,080 over your life. And I want you to see this 176 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:38,560 principle that pain should not silence your praise nor nor the 177 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:41,800 misery that you're in. Cancel the music that's in your 178 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:46,120 heart. You can have a true melody even 179 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,320 in the midst. Of your own adversity, the. 180 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,560 One thing that often snuffs the song out of our lives is 181 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:57,120 bitterness. The one thing often that will 182 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:01,040 snuff out what's recorded in God's Word that brought joy to 183 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:06,880 you at one time is resentment. And all of my past hurts come to 184 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:11,440 a surface that the song of God wants to sing over your life. 185 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:16,720 And he says to you today, you are not done yet. 186 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:22,080 Did you see what God is doing? How this can all happen in a 187 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:26,560 moment? It happens here in Psalm 62 when 188 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:32,520 David is facing such great adversity in his heart towards 189 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:37,400 Absalom and wondering where God are you in the midst of all of 190 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,440 this? And this is what he writes for 191 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:43,920 us in Psalm 62, verse 8. Let's read it out loud together. 192 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:49,200 It is he says this. Trust in Him at all times. 193 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,120 Let's try that again. Trust in Him at all times. 194 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:58,240 You people now notice this. Pour out your heart before Him. 195 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:05,200 Pour out your heart before Him. I want to submit this sentence 196 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:09,680 to you today in this sermon. I want you to pour out your 197 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,360 heart before him. Can you just say that to your 198 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,520 neighbor? Pastor Casey wants us to pour 199 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:20,680 out out our heart before him. If you're new here, welcome. 200 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,920 We love to be a church that will engage. 201 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,480 And if it's sunny outside, we sure want it to be sunny in 202 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,960 here. This word poor is a verb in the 203 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:34,600 Hebrew that's used 115 times in the Old Testament. 204 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,360 It's stretching from Genesis to Malachi. 205 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,360 And here's the context in the range for this word poor. 206 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:47,360 This word poor is used and taken from ritual worship to 207 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:52,320 battlefield carnage, from the silent grief of lament to the 208 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:57,600 jubilant hope of the prophets woven through these diverse 209 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:03,920 settings as a unified witness. What is poured out belongs to 210 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,280 God. I'll say that again. 211 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:10,840 What is poured out belongs to God, falls under His judgement, 212 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:17,800 and is bestowed by His grace. This word poor, therefore stands 213 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:23,280 at the convergence of holiness, justice, mercy, and 214 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:28,600 eschatological promise. I want you to see this today in 215 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:33,640 your life. How you pour out will determine 216 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:38,720 how you stand in your own pain. Once again, how you pour out 217 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:44,320 will determine how you stand in your own pain. 218 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:49,080 And David tells us specifically what to do in the midst of 219 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:54,320 something that is grieving, hurtful, bitter resentment. 220 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:58,000 He tells us what to do and how to pour. 221 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,120 He gives us specific things that we should do. 222 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,960 Notice the first thing if you're taking note, and that is this. 223 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:11,359 He says pour with patience, poor with patience. 224 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,560 I want you to hear that word again because in our culture we 225 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,119 hate the word wait. I want you to pour with 226 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,880 patience. Notice what David declares. 227 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:26,640 He actually says this to his own soul in verse 5. 228 00:17:26,839 --> 00:17:35,280 He says my soul, my inward being, my life on the inside of 229 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:36,920 me. That's what the word soul soul 230 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:41,440 means. He speaks to himself and he 231 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:46,200 reminds himself of what God has called him to do. 232 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:51,640 This is so important is that you become a person that reminds 233 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:56,320 yourself on what God has called you to do. 234 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:02,600 Church is not a car wash where you put it in neutral and you 235 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:09,120 hit on the track and you let the pastor wash your life. 236 00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:14,480 Church is just the huddle where you get encouraged, where you 237 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:20,000 are strong enough as a follower of Jesus Christ to not only come 238 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 to church and hear from your pastor, but you learn how to 239 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,920 pastor yourself. You learn how to lead yourself. 240 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,080 And this is what David is doing exactly. 241 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:34,560 He says my soul. He doesn't say my Israelites. 242 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:39,160 He doesn't say my Hebrew people. David starts with himself 243 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:43,760 because whatever is happening on the inside of my life will 244 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,680 eventually make its way to the outside of my mouth. 245 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,080 And so David looks here and he says, my soul. 246 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:56,160 Now notice this. Wait silently for God alone, for 247 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:03,520 my expectation is from him. No, no, notice these two words 248 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:07,360 in verse five. Wait silently. 249 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,880 Oh, would you circle those words? 250 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:15,160 Would you highlight those words? Would you underline those words 251 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:19,240 in your life? Notice what David does not say. 252 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:24,440 David does not say wait anxiously my soul. 253 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:30,120 David does not say wait and worry, Oh my soul, David does 254 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:35,520 not say into this situation, wait with frustration, wait and 255 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,800 panic. No, this is what he says. 256 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:42,520 He says wait silently. What does the What does this 2 257 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:49,720 words mean in Hebrew? Literally, it means to be. 258 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,920 Still, but the last. Thing I want to do when I'm 259 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:59,720 scared is to be still. It is the same thing that God 260 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:04,360 told Moses when the children of Israel were being LED out. 261 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,880 Of Egypt and into the promised land. 262 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:11,040 It's what God told Moses. The Pharaoh and the Egyptian 263 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:13,400 leaders were coming on the backside. 264 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,480 The Red Sea was in front of Pharaoh and the children of 265 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,720 Israelites. They could not cross this area 266 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:25,000 and God said this to him. Moses be still, and see the 267 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 salvation. Of the Lord. 268 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,800 Can I encourage you? If the song is going to mean 269 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:34,160 anything, you're going to have to be still because sometimes 270 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:39,920 our our moves are made out of not being still. 271 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:45,080 But how do I be still? David tells us in verse 5, he 272 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:51,680 says for my expectation is from him my expectation. 273 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,200 So if you would. Circle the words, wait silently. 274 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,560 Then down in the verse. Circle the word. 275 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:00,000 Expectation. My expectation. 276 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,200 The the the word. There, expectation is where we 277 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:08,160 get the word hope. The word literally means 278 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:12,680 expectation literally means to bind something together. 279 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:16,240 Here's the picture. When I am facing something that 280 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:20,440 is a burden or something that's bothering me or something that's 281 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:27,640 big and breaking me down, I twist myself into the character 282 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:32,640 of God like a rope that's woven together. 283 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:39,400 I twist myself like that into the character of God. 284 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:45,280 You cannot hope in Him unless you are in Him. 285 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,760 Do you see? Stillness doesn't equal your 286 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,400 weakness. Listen to me, please. 287 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,440 Stillness doesn't equal your weakness, but this is what it 288 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,880 equals. Stillness always equals 289 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:02,280 steadiness. Stillness will always equal 290 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:06,880 soundness. Stillness will always equal 291 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,800 toughness in your life. But I believe in moments that I 292 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:16,840 stopped pouring with patience is because of this I. 293 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,320 Stopped believing that God is still good. 294 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,960 And because I've stopped believing that God is still 295 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,960 good, I stopped pouring out my life. 296 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,560 With patience. I began to insert my own estate 297 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,640 plan. I began to design my. 298 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:38,480 Own deliverance and live in this delusion that I could do this 299 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:43,880 better, I could actually do this faster and rather than relying 300 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:48,400 on the power of God and pre eminence of his character and I 301 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:53,400 find myself now proving to myself in my own mind. 302 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,680 That the record of the Bible. Is not true. 303 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:03,040 And that God is, is not good. Can I submit to you what that 304 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,480 old pastor once said? God is good all the time. 305 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,000 Oh, someone knows it. Someone grew up in the Baptist 306 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,480 Church. God is good all the time. 307 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:20,840 Come on, let's get it. A little bit more engagement in 308 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,040 this room. It goes like this. 309 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,200 God is good all the time. And you say all the time God is 310 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,600 good that that says I need to bring out the handkerchief right 311 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,320 now and start dabbing my head. You know, I want to, I want to, 312 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:37,280 I want you to know that God is good all the time and all the 313 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:42,880 time. God is good all the time, all 314 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:48,240 the time, all the. Time in every area of my life. 315 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:52,880 God is good and He's proven and he's promised. 316 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,280 Not only is He good. But that he will work it out for 317 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,880 good in your life. And in my life, that's what the 318 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:03,160 word of God says. I want you to. 319 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,880 Look at Moses. Moses experienced the 320 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,920 deliverance of God because of his patience at the Red Sea. 321 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,840 Look at Abraham, he had patience at the altar with Isaac. 322 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,080 Look at Joshua. Can you imagine? 323 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,200 They're about to beat Jericho and God says whoa, whoa, whoa, 324 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,000 whoa. Wait a second here. 325 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:31,960 I want you to March around Jericho 6 times and on the 7th 326 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,760 day walk around it 7 times. Don't. 327 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,640 Get out your weapons yet blow the. 328 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,880 Trumpets. That doesn't make sense. 329 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,880 Joshua's a warrior. He's a fighter. 330 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:53,160 God told him to do something different that was normally not 331 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:57,840 done in battle. You don't walk around the walls 332 00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,320 and. Set yourself up to be. 333 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,960 Shot down. Can you imagine on day three, 334 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,160 the children of Israel? God, what are you doing? 335 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,920 And this is just feels like this circle. 336 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,920 Over and over again that that's how you feel in your life. 337 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:16,200 The same job, the same freeway, the same school, the same 338 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,760 parents. You have to deal with the, the, 339 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:23,000 the the same problems and, and, and I can imagine on day 6:00, 340 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,920 the children of Israel are going, Lord Joshua, OK, it's 341 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,520 time. It's time for us to fight and no 342 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,000 gods to know. It's time for you to walk. 343 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,880 And then on the 7th day, Can you imagine now 7 times Lord do the 344 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,320 seven times. Can you imagine the? 345 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,160 Patience that it took. Not to pull out their swords, 346 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,360 but to praise God with their trumpets. 347 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,080 When they praised. God with the trumpets on the. 348 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,360 7th day, the seventh time around. 349 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:54,280 The walls came tumbling down. Did you see the patience of 350 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,480 Joshua? Look at throughout all of the 351 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,440 history. Listen, the patience of Ruth to 352 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,360 stay with Naomi, she could have left. 353 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,240 Listen to this the patience of Esther to stay in the palace. 354 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,920 Look at Job, the patience to stay in his own home when his 355 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:15,000 wife said curse God and die. Listen and maybe you find 356 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,680 yourself in that type of marriage. 357 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:21,240 Listen, stay the course. Look at the disciples impatient 358 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,680 with Jesus's words and they flee the garden. 359 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:29,920 The only way not to be moved is to only move when God tells you. 360 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:36,880 Why is this important? Because He's doing what is good. 361 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:42,240 Even though it doesn't feel good, it is still good. 362 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:46,160 Because without the death of our Savior, you and I would not 363 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,880 experience the power of the resurrection from our Lord Jesus 364 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,920 Christ. Listen, I want you to pour this 365 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,960 out with patients. We do not have to understand 366 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,680 everything to pour out something to the Lord. 367 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:02,440 We can wait silently because we look expectantly to him. 368 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:07,080 I, I, I think this is well portrayed as I took my, my 369 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:11,720 daughter to the, the doctors and as I took my daughter to the 370 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,840 doctors, we had to wait in the doctor's office. 371 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:25,920 If you've ever been in urgent care, we waited for 45 minutes, 372 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,920 45 minutes waiting in urgent care and this is what I heard. 373 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,840 What's going on on the other side of that door? 374 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,800 It's a doctor at lunch. Is the doctor even there? 375 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,200 But then I took the same daughter to Magic Mountain. 376 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,600 We didn't wait for 45 minutes in the line. 377 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,240 We waited for three hours in a line. 378 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,640 She was engaged. She was. 379 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:02,640 Smiling, she was laughing. She was having a gay old time. 380 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,160 She was. Having such a sweet moment and I 381 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:12,640 asked her after what was the. Difference in your attitude at 382 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:17,000 the doctor's office and your attitude at Magic Mountain. 383 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:20,600 And she said these. Words because Dad, I knew what 384 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,560 was coming was going to be good and I. 385 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:29,160 Submit that to you today. What is coming is going to be 386 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,160 good. What is? 387 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,720 Happening in your life is going to be good. 388 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,080 What God is doing might be different, but it's going to be. 389 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,800 Good. It might not be. 390 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,520 Easy, but it's going to be good. It not might not be what you 391 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,000 expected, but it's going to be. Good. 392 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,360 It is going to be something where God is good all the time 393 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:53,680 and all the time God is good. Come on, church, Listen, there's 394 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,520 something good that is coming to you. 395 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,120 And I know, I know you all believe in the holiness of God. 396 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,600 I know you all believe in the mercy of God and the forgiveness 397 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,080 of God and the omniscience of God. 398 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,800 I know that you all believe in the justice of God and the the 399 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,280 power of God. But have you lost sight today of 400 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:15,680 the? Goodness of God. 401 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:22,320 Have we lost sight of pouring it out with patience because we've 402 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,080 lost the sight of the goodness of God? 403 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:31,920 I love what Chris shared last week, that God is a good God and 404 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:37,440 he used the word Providence that God is into the details of your 405 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,560 life. He is so much into the details 406 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:44,720 that he tells you no for your protection and he says yes out 407 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,640 of his wisdom. He's so much into your life that 408 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:52,720 God is good. And here's what I want to just 409 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,920 tell you today. That God is good at your home, 410 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,360 that God is good in your workplace. 411 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,760 That God is good on the five, the 405, the 210, the 10, the 412 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,280 71. God is good. 413 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:09,400 God is good on the 605. God is good on the 105. 414 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:13,360 God is good in and on the freeway. 415 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,440 God is good at your school, with the teachers you. 416 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:37,840 And we could keep pouring our life out, in and to the One who 417 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:42,200 gave it all for us. I love what Vance Havner said. 418 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,320 He said that God is on the lookout today for a man or a 419 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:51,280 woman who will be quiet enough to get a message from Him, brave 420 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,640 enough to preach it, and honest enough to live it. 421 00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:05,120 Keep pouring with patience. He is good, he is good. 422 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:18,880 We sing that song You are good, good Oh, you are good, good, oh, 423 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:26,840 you are good. I wonder if our mouths move to. 424 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,960 Songs we don't really believe in. 425 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,640 I wonder if there is a disconnect from our mouth to our 426 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:39,200 hearts. Because it's easy for me to come 427 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:43,240 in here and to put on a show and to tell you that this really 428 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,800 isn't hard or this really isn't difficult. 429 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,200 I really haven't battled my own grief and tears through this 430 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,280 whole thing. It's easy for me to put. 431 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,560 On a mask and act. Like in these moments that that 432 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:58,000 this, this is something that you look at me and you go, wow, 433 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,000 Pastor Casey's doing really well. 434 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,600 What if I'm not? Doing really well. 435 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,360 Does that mean I stopped singing and praising the Lord? 436 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,880 Listen, in your life, in my life, it's going to take us. 437 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,040 Pouring. Out with patience into the 438 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:16,800 obedience of God to the call of God that He has for His. 439 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,040 Can I encourage you to keep pouring with patience? 440 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,840 Can I encourage you also to do this in verse 6 through 7? 441 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,840 Keep pouring with perspective. Keep pouring with the right 442 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,400 perspective. Listen, the Bible says in verse 443 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,240 6 that he only is my rock, not talking about Dwayne. 444 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:37,280 Listen and my salvation. He is my defense. 445 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,880 I shall not be moved and God is my salvation. 446 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:44,080 He's my glory. He's the rock of my strength and 447 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:50,200 he is my refuge. Look at what David's outcome in 448 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,520 the midst of his time in this middle of the rebellion. 449 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,480 He doesn't just see that God is good. 450 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,200 He he doesn't view that God is distant. 451 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,160 His view of God is that God is intimate with him. 452 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,760 And I think the one thing that hinders worship is you stop 453 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,960 believing that God is good and you. 454 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,200 Stop believing that God is intimate in your ways. 455 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:21,280 And David pinpoints this in our lives, that God is almighty, but 456 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:27,240 he is near to humanity. No notice He uses the word my in 457 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:32,360 these two verses 7 times. Did you notice that He says this 458 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:37,160 is God is my rock, my salvation, my defense. 459 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,320 Then he says in verse 7 that God is my salvation. 460 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:47,920 Again, He's my glory, He is my strength, and He is my refuge. 461 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,680 No, notice the word my. Can I teach a little bit today? 462 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:57,920 The word my in our English grammar is the possession 463 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,760 determiner. It's the possession determiner. 464 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,080 So what does this mean? The word of my possession 465 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:09,880 determiner speaks of association and ownership. 466 00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:14,400 When my wife's here and she's not really sick and bedridden, I 467 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,480 look at my wife to you and say this is. 468 00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:21,960 My wife. Notice also when you're driving 469 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:29,320 your car, You say this is my car parents, when you're introducing 470 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:35,920 your kids that are obedient, you say these are my kids even when 471 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:40,000 they're rebellious. Listen, you say this to people 472 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,679 and they ask you what your job is. 473 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:48,960 They you say, this is my job. Notice David does not just 474 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:54,600 associate himself with his pain, He actually associates himself 475 00:34:54,679 --> 00:35:03,280 with the person of God. He says he, he only is my rock. 476 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:10,760 He's referring back to Jehovah, that God is his salvation. 477 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:15,320 And he gives us a list of a perspective of God that I want 478 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,320 you to write down in your notepads. 479 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:22,720 And I, I'll slow down for you because for some of you, I'm 480 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,200 talking too fast for you to take notes today. 481 00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:30,040 Listen, notice the letter A. If you take note, put this in 482 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,320 your notebook. The perspective of God. 483 00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:37,520 He is my rock. He's my rock. 484 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:45,480 He is my rock. Literally, he is. 485 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:51,360 My immovable, steadfast source of strength. 486 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:53,560 He is my. Protection. 487 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:57,000 And he is my security, literally. 488 00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:02,080 He is my immovable, steadfast source of strength. 489 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:07,160 He is my protection and He is my security. 490 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,400 Notice if you take letter B, if you're taking note, the second 491 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,960 characteristic of God is He is my salvation. 492 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,800 He's my salvation. God is not just my rock, He's 493 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,040 also my salvation. Notice the word salvation. 494 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,480 There is. He is my rescuer. 495 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:30,640 He is my safety. He is my deliverance from 496 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:35,360 spiritual and physical danger. He's my salvation. 497 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,240 Notice this if you're taking note. 498 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:42,680 He says he is my defense. Letter C He's my defense. 499 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:48,520 He is my defense. He's my protector and shield 500 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,920 from physical and spiritual adversity. 501 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:56,040 He is my defense. He's my protector. 502 00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:00,200 He's my shield from physical and spiritual adversity. 503 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,680 Then he says again, if you're taking note, letter D, he 504 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,240 reiterates that He says He is my salvation again, which if you 505 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:11,000 need the definition for that, just go back up to letter B and 506 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:15,520 notice He says in letter E that he says He is my glory. 507 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,640 He is my glory. Now notice this. 508 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:24,040 He is my honor, my splendor and my achievement and. 509 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:32,440 My validation this is important. Because some of us need 510 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,640 validating. I hear you. 511 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,360 I see you. But there's one grader that 512 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,200 hears you and sees you and sees you. 513 00:37:40,240 --> 00:37:43,960 That's not a word. Sees you and he knows you, and 514 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:49,600 He loves you. He is my glory. 515 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:54,520 He is the one who is my honor. He is my splendor. 516 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:58,760 He is my achievement and He is my validation. 517 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,240 Half of you believe that. Notice letter F. 518 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:06,480 He is my strength. He is my strength. 519 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:12,000 If you're taking note, the Lord God Himself is my strength. 520 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:18,920 He is my power for endurance. He is my courage and He is my 521 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:24,560 resilience. He is my strength. 522 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:29,680 He is my power for endurance. He's my courage and He is my 523 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:31,880 resilience. Letter G. 524 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:35,680 If you take note, He is my refuge. 525 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,400 He's my refuge. He is my refuge. 526 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:48,360 He is my absolute safety. He is my absolute shelter, and 527 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:56,000 he is my absolute strength in life's trials and emotional 528 00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:02,400 chaos. He is my refuge. 529 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:08,640 I want us to have the right perspective because you are 530 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:14,280 owned by and you're associated with the one who rescues you. 531 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,280 The one who brings safety to you, the one who delivers you 532 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,400 from spiritual and physical danger. 533 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:24,320 You are associated and owned by the one who promises to protect 534 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,160 and shield you. The one who gives you the power 535 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:31,000 to endure, the courage to stand and the resilience to move 536 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,400 forward. You are owned and associated 537 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,320 with the one who brings absolute safety, shelter, and strength. 538 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:41,480 This is the one, the one who you are connected to, the one who's 539 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:47,560 committed to be wholly yours every season of life that you 540 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:51,680 walk through, the one who's promised to give you vision, 541 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,160 victory and validation over your life. 542 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:59,080 I am waiting for Jesus one day to say well. 543 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,760 Done. I'm waiting to walk into heaven 544 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:07,160 for him to say good and faithful servant of God. 545 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:14,280 My validation comes from him and tucked into the middle of all of 546 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:18,520 these characteristics of God, David writes these words. 547 00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:25,800 I shall not be moved when I am sandwiched in the middle like an 548 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:30,280 Oreo cookie, the cream of it in the middle of the character of 549 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:35,480 God sandwiched in the middle. I will not be moved if I find 550 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:41,440 myself basing my life in the character of what and who God 551 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:47,000 says He is. His connection is worth is why I 552 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,560 will not waver. Because of His company. 553 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:53,240 I will not go off course. His sureness is why I don't have 554 00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:56,040 to be shaken. But here's the danger that each 555 00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:59,760 one of us has is we have a larger perspective of our 556 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,960 problems and a smaller perspective of our God. 557 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:09,120 And because of that, what we see is a larger perspective of the 558 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:13,600 problem. And thus we only view God all 559 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:18,160 the time through the lens of our own problems rather than the 560 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:21,960 lens of seeing God and then our problems. 561 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,040 I'm not saying that our problems are not hard. 562 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,960 I'm not saying that the things we don't face are difficult. 563 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:30,640 I'm not saying that we never will grieve or cry. 564 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:34,120 I'm not saying any of that. But what I am saying is this. 565 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:40,200 See God first. Charles Spurgeon once said that 566 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,240 if you turn to see the face of God, you could face any given 567 00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:49,440 situation in your life. And that is true of each one of 568 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:53,520 our lives. And many times what happens is 569 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:57,280 our small perspective of the person of God leads us to an 570 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:01,120 inadequate view of Jesus the Christ. 571 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:13,080 And we no longer look at Jesus as the one true risen Savior. 572 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:21,120 We put worship ahead of Jesus. We beg people to come and serve 573 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,840 Jesus. We beg people to come and be at 574 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:28,000 a place where they would be generous with their offering to 575 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,840 the Lord. We, we, we have an inadequate 576 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:34,640 view of Jesus because we don't really want to surrender to 577 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,880 Jesus. We no longer see him as 578 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:41,960 beautiful and we've become bored in our Christianity. 579 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:46,600 Oh, that we would gain a clearview of Jesus. 580 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:52,840 We need to bring words back. Bring the word back that He is 581 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:57,240 Lord. He's not just a song we sing or 582 00:42:57,240 --> 00:43:00,640 a sermon we hear. We've lost these words in the 583 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,800 American church. Reverence to God. 584 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:06,800 We don't want to say the word reverence. 585 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,720 Have reverence for God because that might offend someone. 586 00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:16,360 But remember, I'd rather offend you into heaven than watch you 587 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,920 go to hell. We want to stand on biblical 588 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:22,680 orthodoxy. How about the word respect God? 589 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,600 Respect Jesus? How about the word homage? 590 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:32,000 Let's bring that one back. Let's have our worthy adoration. 591 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:36,520 How about this word fear? Let's start fearing God again. 592 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:40,560 How about this word stand in awe of who God is? 593 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:45,640 How about we we, we find ourselves so often bored and 594 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:49,880 relying on everything that we think that we need, but we have 595 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,320 everything that we need in the person of Jesus. 596 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:56,360 It's not Jesus plus my job that brings me satisfaction. 597 00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:58,880 It's not Jesus plus my my marriage. 598 00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:03,240 It's not Jesus plus my car. It's not Jesus plus my house. 599 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:08,120 It is Jesus alone that satisfies the souls of humanity. 600 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:13,360 It is in Jesus alone that you find safety, security, you find 601 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:17,040 forgiveness and you find the justice of God meeting at the 602 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:20,920 cross of Christ where sinful humanity was united with holy 603 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:24,040 divinity because of our Lord Jesus Christ. 604 00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:27,680 Oh, that we would gain a view of Jesus. 605 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:34,760 I was just in a funeral memorial service and in that time I, I 606 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:39,840 was listening to Henry tell me a story of of what, what, what, 607 00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:42,920 what his little baby boy said to him when he was at the memorial 608 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:46,040 service. He said Daddy, he said. 609 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,400 Who is that guy up? There, hanging on the cross. 610 00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,080 It was Jesus. Hanging on the cross. 611 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:55,680 But Jesus did not just hang on a. 612 00:44:55,680 --> 00:45:02,000 Cross for my sin. He rose again to life and power, 613 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:08,680 and the goodness of God is often experienced in the intimacy that 614 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:14,200 God desires to have with every single one of us. 615 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,720 Do you see? I want you to know that your 616 00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:20,240 association and your ownership is with God. 617 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,840 I was walking through. Anaheim Stadium. 618 00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:24,680 And they were taking me. Deep into the stadium. 619 00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:29,240 Doors I'd never thought that Anaheim Stadium actually had. 620 00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:32,240 And this is what the guy told me. 621 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:35,200 He said these words to me. He said if you stay. 622 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:38,880 Close to me, I will open all the doors for you to walk through. 623 00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:46,680 If you stay close to me. You don't have to open any door 624 00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:49,280 at all. I'll do this for you because I 625 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:53,200 have the right and the might or the authority to do so. 626 00:45:54,400 --> 00:46:01,520 In like manner, Jesus opens doors that we cannot shut, and 627 00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:06,000 He shuts doors that we cannot open. 628 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:10,840 Listen, if you are not close to Him, you will not have access. 629 00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:15,280 Into any of this. And that brings me back to what 630 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:19,120 John Piper once said. He wrote these words in his book 631 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:22,120 If You don't Feel Strong desires for the manifestation. 632 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:26,240 Of the glory of God. It is not because you've drunk 633 00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:29,680 deeply and are satisfied. It is because you've nibbled so 634 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:34,320 long at the table of the world that your soul is stuffed with 635 00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,600 small things and there's no more room for the great. 636 00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:41,960 Things of God. And that is where often times we 637 00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:44,320 find ourselves. When we stop pouring with the 638 00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:46,840 right perspective. And lastly, can I encourage you 639 00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:49,360 to do this? Pour out with trust. 640 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,560 Pour out with trust, trust in the Lord. 641 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:54,880 No, no. Notice it if you would. 642 00:46:55,120 --> 00:47:01,480 We, we used to sing this song. What an awesome God we serve. 643 00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:07,880 What an awesome God we serve. If it had not been for Jesus, oh 644 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:12,080 where would I be? I'm so glad that the Lord saved 645 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,240 me. Do you remember those times? 646 00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:21,360 I remember my dad. At home, Bible study would take 647 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:22,320 a cassette. Do. 648 00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:27,440 You all remember cassettes. He would stick it in the stereo. 649 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:32,840 You all remember stereos and we were led into worship through a 650 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:38,520 cassette in our living room. There was no lead singer, no 651 00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:40,600 assisting vocalist. There was no bass player and 652 00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:42,520 music director. There was no drums. 653 00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:46,240 It was just us in our house, so in love with Jesus. 654 00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:51,160 We didn't even care if we were singing to a cassette because 655 00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:55,920 Jesus was in the room. I think sometimes we lose. 656 00:47:55,920 --> 00:48:00,560 That church. Becomes a place of LED walls and 657 00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:06,960 flashing lights and haze, but we lose the reference that Jesus 658 00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:13,240 our Lord is here with us even. Now and David says trust, he 659 00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:17,280 says trust in him at all times. Let's listen. 660 00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:18,560 That's a. Command in the Hebrew. 661 00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:22,920 Trust that means I want you to bring all of your weight to me 662 00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:26,240 or it means to be boldly confident in the Lord at all 663 00:48:26,240 --> 00:48:29,760 times and then he says pour out your heart before him. 664 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,560 God is our refuge for. US say law. 665 00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:44,430 What's say law mean? What I just did there. 666 00:48:44,430 --> 00:48:48,190 That's what say law means. Does it feel a little awkward? 667 00:48:49,190 --> 00:48:50,830 Like Pastor Casey? You're supposed to say something 668 00:48:50,830 --> 00:48:54,870 right now. The silence, You know, someone 669 00:48:54,870 --> 00:48:57,390 once said that silence is golden, but sometimes it's just 670 00:48:57,390 --> 00:49:00,750 plain yellow. It's just feels weird. 671 00:49:01,390 --> 00:49:06,870 But say law means I'm willing to pause and think about what God 672 00:49:06,870 --> 00:49:08,070 says. What did he just say? 673 00:49:08,310 --> 00:49:10,360 Trust. In him. 674 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:18,880 At all times, I think I like to put at sometimes in there when 675 00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:24,080 the easy times have come, when it's not as difficult or hard, 676 00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:28,840 when I fully understand what God is doing, then I'll trust Him. 677 00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:31,960 No, no, no, no, trust in him at all times. 678 00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:35,240 And he says, pour out your heart before the Lord. 679 00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:37,920 Do it at all times. So how do I do this? 680 00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:40,520 How do I trust in God at all times? 681 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:43,280 I'm glad you're asking that question right now in your seat 682 00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:46,480 as you're sitting there. I want you to write this down. 683 00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:47,920 I'm going to take him at His word. 684 00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,480 I can trust in God at all times when I take him at His word. 685 00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:55,840 Take God at His word. If God said it, He meant it. 686 00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:59,840 We believe it and we obey it. Stop putting the question mark 687 00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:05,280 where God places a period. Take Him at His word and then I 688 00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:08,400 want you to do this with the letter RI want you to rest in 689 00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:11,880 His presence. I want you to take God at His 690 00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:14,160 word, and I want you to rest in His presence. 691 00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:17,680 I want you to rest in His presence. 692 00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:24,160 Will you write this down? Will you also, when you trust 693 00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:26,880 God, understand that the outcome does not depend on you. 694 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:32,200 The outcome of things does not depend on you, it depends on the 695 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:36,880 person of Jesus Christ. Will you write this down also 696 00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:39,760 next to the letter S just put sovereign. 697 00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:45,560 Jesus is sovereign, He is Lord, He's Lord of all every area of 698 00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:49,240 this globe and universe. Jesus is sovereign. 699 00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:53,520 And then realize this, when you trust the Lord, you become a 700 00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:58,120 testimony to other people about how God works. 701 00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:07,360 Songs are significant, they have impact, but they're often 702 00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:10,240 birthed out of very painful experiences. 703 00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:17,280 And this song in particular, in the early 1900s, a pastor. 704 00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:21,800 By the name of Horatio Spafford experienced unimaginable. 705 00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:25,120 Back-to-back tragedies. He lost his. 706 00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:30,160 Son to pneumonia. Then his fortune in the great 707 00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:34,520 Chicago Fire, and finally his. 4 remaining. 708 00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:38,480 Daughters perished when their ship sank, crossing the Atlantic 709 00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:43,280 to a mission trip. Traveling to meet his grieving 710 00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:46,960 wife, the captain told Spafford they were passing over the spot 711 00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:49,560 where his daughters died. And instead of. 712 00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:53,720 Falling into despair, Spafford took the counsel of Psalm 62, 713 00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:56,840 verse 8, and he went back to his cabin and he. 714 00:51:56,840 --> 00:51:58,920 Poured out his heart on that boat. 715 00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:02,000 He poured out his anger. He poured out his grief. 716 00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:06,080 He poured out his confusion. Before God admitting he could 717 00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:07,800 not. Bear the burden alone. 718 00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:12,040 In that quiet moment of absolute surrender, he felt the the peace 719 00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:14,800 of God. He felt the refuge of God wash 720 00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:17,120 over him. He sat down and he wrote the 721 00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:18,240 words to this. Hymn. 722 00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:21,080 This is what he wrote. When peace. 723 00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:24,920 Like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea. 724 00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:25,920 Billows. Roll. 725 00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:29,080 It is. Well, it is. 726 00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:33,040 Well, with my soul. Spafford demonstrated that 727 00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:35,800 pouring out the. Heart to God brings a profound 728 00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:42,720 refuge and a beautiful song that the world I cannot understand. 729 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:49,520 I submit to you this morning He can hold everything you're 730 00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:53,240 trying to handle. Would you commit? 731 00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:56,560 It to Him, would you commit it to Him? 732 00:52:57,200 --> 00:53:00,280 And the proof of that is in the person of Jesus Christ. 733 00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,960 We could not handle our own salvation, only Jesus could. 734 00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:07,760 He is the spotless Lamb of God. He's the offering. 735 00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:10,440 So we're going to remember Jesus today. 736 00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:12,360 We're going to sing to Jesus today. 737 00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:15,800 We're going to worship the Lord. And if there was ever a time to 738 00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:21,280 be loud and carry on this new song to the Lord, it's today. 739 00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:23,120 It's today. Amen. 740 00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:27,080 We hope you enjoyed this message and we'd love for you to join us 741 00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:29,240 in person every Sunday at 10:30 AM. 742 00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:31,640 For more information and updates, visit 743 00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:34,280 wearebridgetown.com. Thanks for tuning in and we'll 744 00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:35,120 see you next week.