1 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,120 So let's look at the rest of that scripture, for we're going 2 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,920 to start here. It says thy rod and thy staff. 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:25,120 They comfort and console me. Let me tell you about the rod. 4 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:31,280 So the rod was used because David was a shepherd, so he knew 5 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,840 all about what he was talking about here. 6 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:39,880 So the rod was used as a club for protection. 7 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:47,600 Also, the rod was also a sign of authority. 8 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:57,000 So we talked about this one is he was basically, he saw the rod 9 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:01,800 and the staff as two edged swords, so to speak, because the 10 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,760 rod could beat off predators, right? 11 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,760 We know David. What did he do? 12 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,640 He took a lion and a bear when they came after his sheep. 13 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,520 What also does that mean? He took his authority. 14 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,600 He took his authority of these are my sheep. 15 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,520 What do you think you're doing, devil? 16 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:30,640 You see that? So the rod had that aspect of 17 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,080 it, but the staff was there as comfort. 18 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:43,120 The staff was there as comfort and the staff is what shepherds 19 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:52,280 use to actually help gently guide the sheep in the right 20 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:57,400 direction so they don't get away from the flock and they don't 21 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,880 fall in the ditch. Come on. 22 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:05,120 And and he can just tap them because the staff was very long. 23 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,199 Have y'all seen a shepherd real shepherd staff right with the 24 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:10,759 hook on it. So what's the hook used for? 25 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,720 The hook is to keep to grab hold of them so they don't fall off a 26 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:19,560 Cliff, so they don't fall in the come on the the river, because 27 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,600 if the sheep's clothing get too wet, they can drown because it's 28 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:31,040 so heavy. So the staff was there to help 29 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:36,520 gently guide also to get them out so they're not going down 30 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,360 the wrong path. But that staff was there to 31 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,520 bring comfort that to them, to know that the shepherd was 32 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,480 always there to watch over them and lead them. 33 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,000 That's how he led them. And the sheep knew the 34 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 shepherd's voice. And even when you go to Israel 35 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,200 today, they'll tell you that those shepherds still today over 36 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,960 in Israel, the sheep know the voice of their shepherd. 37 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,360 All they have to do is make a certain sounds. 38 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:11,800 And those sheep know that that's their shepherd because he's with 39 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:16,880 them in the field, always there to guide them into the right 40 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:22,200 places so that they don't get off and get into a place they 41 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,680 shouldn't be. Because when they get off into a 42 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,040 place they shouldn't be, they can get into danger. 43 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,240 They can get into danger. And that's the same thing he 44 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,280 lets us know of about us as his sheep. 45 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:44,240 That's why he's giving this illustration is that our 46 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,480 Shepherd is always there prodding us. 47 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,960 Come on, He's always prodding us in our spirit. 48 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:53,680 This is what we're talking about. 49 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,800 What are we hearing in our spirit? 50 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,760 We don't want to override those little things that he's saying 51 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,360 because it's those little things that he's saying that we need to 52 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,320 make those adjustments to so that we don't get on a wrong 53 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,000 path or we don't get down the wrong Rd. 54 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:20,040 So he's always there, leading, guiding, prodding, trying to get 55 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,920 our attention. And you know what? 56 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:28,080 That should bring comfort to us to know that he loves us so 57 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:33,160 much, that these things that he says to us is for our benefit. 58 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,600 He's trying to protect us. He's trying to let us know that 59 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:43,440 there's things that's going to lead us down the wrong road if 60 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,600 we don't yield to some of these little promptings that the Holy 61 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,520 Spirit is saying on the inside. Amen. 62 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:56,880 So that's what's so good about Him as our Shepherd. 63 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:02,560 He wants to protect us, and that's the way that He protects 64 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,880 us. It's so that we won't get off by 65 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,400 ourselves, so that the enemy can come in and destroy. 66 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,880 Like he says, the wolf will come in. 67 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,840 The wolf can only get the one that's out by itself doing its 68 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:25,800 own thing, because if it stays with the fold, there's more 69 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,160 protection. But when you get off by 70 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:33,920 yourself, that's where the enemy can come in and try to get you 71 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:40,000 off and pick you off when you try to think that you can do it 72 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,560 by yourself and you don't need a sheepfold to be a part of. 73 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,200 So he wants to protect us from the evil 1. 74 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,000 John 1715 says, I do not ask that you take them out of this 75 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,560 world, but to keep them from the evil 1. 76 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:04,400 He wants to protect us from the evil one, for we know the devil. 77 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,760 He is like a what? Roaring lying lion. 78 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:15,080 And he is a liar, lying to all to try to what? 79 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,600 Get us off, to kill, steal and destroy our life. 80 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:24,880 But the good shepherds there to protect us, to guide us into 81 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:31,040 safe places, so that we don't get off and allow the evil 1 to 82 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,880 pick us off. Hallelujah. 83 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,680 Psalms 138 Seven says this. Though I walk in the midst of 84 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:42,400 trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand 85 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:48,680 against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand will save 86 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,880 me. Because the Shepherd usually 87 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,920 carried the staff in his right hand, and that right hand is 88 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,160 signifying a place of authority as well. 89 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,880 And he's letting us know that. Come on, I am the one that has 90 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,040 authority. I'm the one that's trying to 91 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:11,120 guard you and protect you and keep you in extending my staff 92 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,280 to you to keep you off a road that's going to lead you down 93 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,960 into the enemy's territory. Amen. 94 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,080 So he's going to stretch forth his hand. 95 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,400 Look at Psalms 110 and two. It says the Lord will stretch 96 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:31,760 forth your strong scepter from Zion, saying rule in the midst 97 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:38,000 of my enemies. OK, So the Lord is the one, this 98 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:44,920 scepter, because also the rod I said was a segment of a scepter 99 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:49,040 as well, which is that of authority. 100 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:55,400 OK, now look at Isaiah 4110. It says do not fear for I am 101 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,360 with you. Do not anxiously look about you, 102 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,800 for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I 103 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:08,440 will help you, surely I will withhold, uphold you with My 104 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:16,480 righteous right hand. He is always there ready to 105 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:22,160 protect and rescue you with His righteous right hand. 106 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:27,480 In the midst of everything that you're going through, remember 107 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,920 that He is with you. I do not have to fear what's 108 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,919 going on around me because He's with me and He's always there, 109 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:40,520 extending His righteous right hand to me, His staff, his 110 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:46,480 scepter, so to speak, to pull me up out of where I am at. 111 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:52,920 That's how merciful our God is. That's how much He loves us. 112 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:57,640 That we may stumble, we may fall, we may start going down a 113 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,520 path we shouldn't. But guess what? 114 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,360 If we'll just look to the Shepherd, he's always going to 115 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:08,880 be there ready to extend his righteous right hand if we just 116 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:15,200 would call on his name again, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, no 117 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,440 matter what we're going through. Amen. 118 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:20,760 And what's so awesome about John? 119 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:28,560 You know, we read John chapter 10 earlier in these Wednesday 120 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:33,120 nights, but, and I would encourage you to read this 121 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,480 chapter, John chapter 10. This is your homework. 122 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,560 You know, I give homework assignments. 123 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,440 OK, So this week when you go home, read the whole chapter, 124 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:48,440 John chapter 10, where we saw that he was the Good Shepherd, 125 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,840 the chief Shepherd, right? And we talked about all of that. 126 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:57,680 But then if you drop on down, that was like John 10 verse 10 127 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:01,560 and all the way through like 15, something like that. 128 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,560 Well, but if you keep reading in John and you drop down to verse 129 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:10,000 28 and 29, it says this. And I give them eternal life, 130 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:14,440 and they will never ever by any means perish, and no one will 131 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:22,880 ever snatch them out of my hand. You see that my Father who has 132 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:28,000 given them to me is greater and mightier than all, and no one is 133 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:33,360 able to snatch them out of the Father's hand, Hallelujah. 134 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,440 Those that are his, come on. Those that are saved, those that 135 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,040 are born again, those that called on his name as their 136 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,520 shepherd, come on. He said He laid his life down 137 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:49,720 for the sheep and no one can snatch you out of His hand. 138 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,040 Hallelujah, glory to God. You know why? 139 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:58,640 Because His righteous right arm is right there upholding you, 140 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:07,320 holding on to you. Now you can try to lose your 141 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:11,440 grip. You know there's plenty of 142 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,960 people that try to shake it off. So we don't want to be like 143 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,160 that. If we know that the Lord is 144 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:23,400 speaking to us, we need to grab hold and get back to a place 145 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,560 where we are with the Father. Amen. 146 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,800 Hallelujah. That's called repentance. 147 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,080 Glory to God, it's called repentance. 148 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:39,040 Now look at Second Corinthians chapter 1, verses 3 and six says 149 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,200 this. Blessed, gratefully, praised and 150 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,760 adored, be the God and our Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 151 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:51,240 the Father of mercies and all, or the God of all comfort. 152 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:55,640 You see that comfort because he said his staff will comfort us. 153 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,160 And so he's letting us know here that he is the God of all 154 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:07,120 comfort, who comforts and encourages us in every trouble, 155 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:11,880 say, every trouble, every trouble, no matter what it is. 156 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:16,840 He wants to be there to be your comfort in the midst of that, in 157 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,760 all of it. He says no matter what you're 158 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:24,520 going through, He wants to comfort you in that time. 159 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,520 Now, He's not there to have a pity party with you. 160 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:33,040 No, He's there to comfort you and remind you, hey, I'm here. 161 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,800 We can walk this thing out together if you'll just yield to 162 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,080 me as the Good Shepherd. Amen. 163 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:44,920 So he goes on to say this. Who comforts and encourages us 164 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:49,560 in every trouble so that we will be able to comfort and encourage 165 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:51,960 those who are in any kind of trouble. 166 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:56,600 Look at that with the comfort with which we ourselves are 167 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,960 comforted by God. For just as Christ suffering are 168 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:05,280 ours in abundance as they overflow to his followers, so 169 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,880 also our comfort, our reassurance. 170 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,600 This is what how He comforts, our comfort, our reassurance. 171 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,040 He'll reassure you in the midst of things. 172 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,920 Come on our encouragement. He'll encourage you in the midst 173 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,720 of your trouble. This is how He comforts and our 174 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,800 consolation. He's there to cut so you in the 175 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,920 midst of anything that you're going that's going on in your 176 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:33,440 life, any kind of trouble. So he wants to be there. 177 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:37,000 He is a Good Shepherd. He wants to take care of you 178 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,240 when you're in a place of trouble or suffering. 179 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,560 Look what he says in verse 6. But if we are troubled and 180 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:48,400 distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation. 181 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:52,040 Or if we are comforted and encouraged, it is for your 182 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:57,840 comfort, which works in you when you patiently endure the same 183 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:03,720 sufferings which we experience. So he's letting you know that 184 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:07,440 you are in what this world, it is in a fallen state. 185 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,800 Listen, we are going to enter into trials and tribulations, 186 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,080 James says, and testing. There's going to be things 187 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,640 because of what's going on in this fallen world that we're 188 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,560 going to have to walk into because of results of. 189 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,840 But guess what? He's letting us know the 190 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,840 sufferings that you're having to endure. 191 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:31,840 I'm going to be right there with you. 192 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,360 I'm going to encourage you. I'm going to reassure you. 193 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,360 You know what? That I'm going to reassure you 194 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,720 and encourage you that you already have the victory. 195 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,760 If you'll just trust me to lead you and guide you through this. 196 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:50,640 If you'll just allow me come on, If you'll allow me to comfort 197 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,640 you during the midst of this trouble that you're going 198 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,840 through. But you know what that means. 199 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:02,680 You have to become vulnerable. And I'm finding today a lot of 200 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:09,440 people go through the religiosity, the religiosity of 201 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,920 things, and not really the vulnerability of the heart with 202 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:22,200 their father. That means you got to open up 203 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,680 yourself to the father. What are we saying? 204 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,680 You got to pour out your heart to him. 205 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:32,080 It's OK. He wants to be there to comfort 206 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:36,800 you, come on to encourage you, to be there with you and help 207 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:41,240 navigate you in the midst of whatever it is that's going on 208 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,720 in your life. And He can't do that if you 209 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:49,440 don't open up yourself to Him. You got to open up your heart to 210 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,920 Him. You got to trust Him with 211 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:57,200 everything within your life, and you need to go to Him about 212 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:02,000 those things, things that you know may hurt you, things that 213 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,840 you know you're going through, the feelings that you have. 214 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,880 It is OK to talk to the Lord about how you feel. 215 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,960 It's better to talk to Him about how you feel than everybody 216 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:23,400 else. So the same way you want to pick 217 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:27,160 up the phone and call somebody your best friend or call 218 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:32,280 somebody that cares you, the same way you open up to them and 219 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,640 just spill everything is the same way you should be doing to 220 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,400 your father. And you will have better results 221 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,360 guaranteed if you only do it to your father. 222 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,160 But that takes openness and vulnerability and not 223 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:55,680 religiosity. He is a real God. 224 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:00,280 He is a spirit being that meets and talks with you. 225 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,680 Those who worship Him will worship Him. 226 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:07,720 And what Spirit and truth? Spirit to spirit, spirit to 227 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,480 spirit. He wants to engage with you, 228 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,160 Amen. So that He can bring you comfort 229 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:18,240 in the midst of whatever it is that you're going through. 230 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,520 Amen. Hallelujah. 231 00:17:21,079 --> 00:17:24,520 And you know what's so good? As I said, David did not have he 232 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,600 would have the spirit come upon him when when he was a king, but 233 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,640 he didn't have the spirit within him. 234 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:35,760 And what's so good about the fact is, is that not only did he 235 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,960 say, I want to comfort you, we have the comforter on the 236 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:47,240 inside. We have the comforter on the 237 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,680 inside. Let's read that scripture, John 238 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,840 1416 through 18. It says, and I will ask the 239 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,760 Father and he will give you another helper. 240 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:04,080 Remember, and that word helper in the amplified, I'm going to 241 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:07,440 read it because this is what that word helper, literally 242 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,280 Paraclete one that comes alongside. 243 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:15,120 But it also means all of these things comforter, advocate, 244 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,240 intercessor, counselor. You don't need counseling. 245 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:25,080 What you need is a good dose of you talking to the Lord and 246 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:31,160 getting upon your face before him and let him him get into all 247 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,480 those places. Come on, instead of laying on a 248 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,120 couch. Now I'm not saying you 249 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:38,640 shouldn't. I'm just saying you have the 250 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:45,840 counselor on the inside of you who's not going to have 251 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:51,520 philosophies of this world and how you need self help. 252 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:59,400 You have the helper on the inside, you have the comforter 253 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:05,280 on the inside, you have the strengthener on the inside, you 254 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:10,680 have the advocate on the inside. Come on, you have all of this on 255 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:16,360 the inside of you. And he's called the Holy Spirit, 256 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:24,360 the Holy Spirit, Hallelujah, glory to God. 257 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:31,160 So he says it's the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot 258 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:35,720 receive and take to its heart because it does not see Him or 259 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:40,360 know Him. But you know him because He, the 260 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:44,240 Holy Spirit, remains with you continually. 261 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,840 I like how it says that remains with you continually, because in 262 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:53,360 the Old covenant He could not remain even on the prophets, the 263 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,640 priests, and the kings continually. 264 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:01,680 He would just come upon them in the midst of situations where 265 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:06,120 they would need Him. But he lets us know, listen, 266 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:08,800 he's going to be with you continually. 267 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,480 Come on. And then verse 18, it says this, 268 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,680 I will not leave you as orphans. Hallelujah. 269 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,800 What is this telling us that He's not going to not be a 270 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,560 father to us in the midst of our situations? 271 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,920 He's not going to leave us as orphans as if we could get no 272 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:33,240 comfort because when you go to your father in the natural and 273 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:38,240 your mother in the natural, you receive what comfort from them. 274 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:42,480 You receive counsel from them. You're supposed to as a child, 275 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,040 right? But that's that relationship. 276 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,120 And so he's relating it to that, that listen, I'm not going to 277 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:51,080 leave you alone. I'm not going to be there to 278 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,400 comfort you. I'm not going to not be there to 279 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,600 take care of you in the midst of whatever it is that you're going 280 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,920 through, He says. I will not leave you as orphans. 281 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:06,360 Listen to what that means in the amplified, comfortless, bereaved 282 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:13,800 and helpless. I will come back to you. 283 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,280 Hallelujah. Glory to God. 284 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,400 He's a good, good father. Amen. 285 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:24,600 He's a Good Shepherd, Hallelujah, that loves us and 286 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,920 wants to be there to take care of us in the midst of whatever 287 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,680 it is that we're going on. Now let's talk about the next 288 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,680 point. Sustenance. 289 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:41,680 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemy. 290 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:50,560 You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemy. 291 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,920 Hallelujah. Now when you look up that word 292 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:59,640 table, guess what it means? A King's table. 293 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,840 A King's table. Now you think about a King's 294 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,320 table. A King's table is a place where 295 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:14,160 you're going to go and have a feast, right? 296 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:20,800 And most of the time, a King's table is set to host a huge 297 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:28,320 party, to host a huge party. So what is it saying here? 298 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:36,480 Listen, I am going to put on a huge table before your enemy. 299 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,320 I'm going to put on a huge party before your enemy. 300 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:45,360 Come on, I'm going to be able to feed you in the midst of it. 301 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,680 And they're going to wish they were at the party. 302 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,880 They're going to wish they were at the party that I'm getting 303 00:22:55,880 --> 00:23:00,160 ready to throw for you because it's a King's table. 304 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,280 Glory to God. Hallelujah. 305 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:06,160 Because he's the king of and the Lord of. 306 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:11,000 Yeah. And you know what that word 307 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,680 enemy means? So most of us think that this is 308 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,040 like a literal enemy, and it can be. 309 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:22,280 But it also means this in the presence of my enemy. 310 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,200 Do you know what an enemy is to you? 311 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:35,520 Trouble, an adversary, an affliction, a distress. 312 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:41,960 So an enemy is anything that's trying to raise itself up 313 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:46,800 against you and cause you to not think you won't have the 314 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:56,580 victory. So this trouble that you're in, 315 00:23:56,940 --> 00:24:00,780 trying to act like it's just going to, you know, stay there, 316 00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:04,940 whatever the case may be, and try to taunt you and think 317 00:24:04,940 --> 00:24:07,860 you're never going to get out of this hole you're in. 318 00:24:08,060 --> 00:24:12,760 Listen, it's an enemy and the and the Lord is saying, look, 319 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:19,200 I'm going to prepare a feast for you like a king in front of this 320 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:25,280 problem, if you'll just come Sup with me. 321 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,720 And that what revelation says if you'll just come sit down and 322 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:37,360 dine with me. Come, let's sit down at the 323 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:40,160 King's table. This is what it's talking about. 324 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,880 Come, let's sit down at the King's table in the midst of 325 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,680 what it is that's going on and acting like it's an enemy and 326 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,080 raising itself up against you. Because I'm going to let you 327 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:55,440 know I got a table for you that's going to bring you the 328 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,040 victory. You going to have a victory 329 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,000 dance. You're going to have a party. 330 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,680 Come on. If you'll just come sit down at 331 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:08,200 my table, the King's table. Sup with me and let me give you 332 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,880 what you so that you can walk through this trouble, walk 333 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,560 through this distress, walk through this adversary, walk 334 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,920 through. Come on, that's what it's 335 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,440 saying. Hallelujah. 336 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,880 How many of you ever looked at it that way? 337 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:32,040 The King's table also is representative of the showbread 338 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:40,760 and the Tabernacle, and the showbread represents life and 339 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:46,240 nourishment that only comes from the Lord. 340 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:52,920 So in the midst of whatever is going on that seems like there's 341 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:59,440 a big enemy facing you, a big trial facing you, there is bread 342 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:05,880 for you to eat because Jesus is the bread of life. 343 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,720 He's the bread of life. Glory to God. 344 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:16,600 And we know that man shall not live off of what bread alone, 345 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:20,040 but every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. 346 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:26,080 Give us this day. Matthew, come on, What is the 347 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:34,560 Lord's Prayer? Yes, our Father, we art in 348 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,400 heaven, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come, your will be 349 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:43,880 done on earth, that as it is in heaven, give us this day, Our 350 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,320 Daily Bread. This is what it's talking about, 351 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:54,920 everything we need for the day, in the midst of whatever it is 352 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,600 that's going on, that's acting like it's an enemy to us. 353 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:05,320 There is life and nourishment and provision, sustenance for us 354 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,920 if we will just come sit down and Sup at the King's table, 355 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:16,080 Hallelujah, that He prepared for us in the presence of everything 356 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,600 that's going on. Glory to God, there's sustenance 357 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:24,480 for you. Hallelujah, because he's a good 358 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,800 Good Shepherd. Amen. 359 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,160 Hallelujah, he's a Good Shepherd. 360 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,640 Our time, where has it gone? Wow, glory to God. 361 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:40,920 Listen to Psalms 143, 1:43 and 12:00. 362 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:46,440 It says in your unfailing love, silence all of my enemies and 363 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,080 destroy. This is of course, David, and 364 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,600 listen to how he's writing. In your unfailing love, silence 365 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:58,200 all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant. 366 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,240 What is he saying? Listen, I can have enemies. 367 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,880 I can have all of these things, all this trouble coming after 368 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,480 me. But guess what? 369 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,720 I'm your servant, and I know for unfailing love is there for me 370 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:18,280 to take care of every one of them in the midst of everything. 371 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:23,840 Hallelujah, glory to God. Listen to Psalms 3116 through 372 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,840 21. Let your favor shine on your 373 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,920 servant in your unfailing love. Rescue me. 374 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:36,040 Do not let me be disgraced, oh Lord, for I call out to you for 375 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,200 help. Let the wicked be disgraced. 376 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:43,200 Let them lie silent in the grave silence. 377 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,680 They're lying lips. It's OK for you to say shut up. 378 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:51,960 You're a liar in the midst of things that you're going 379 00:28:51,960 --> 00:29:00,600 through, he said Silence. The lips, their lion lips, those 380 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,120 proud and arrogant lips accused the godly. 381 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,760 Listen to what it says. How great is your goodness you 382 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,200 have stored up for those who fear you? 383 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:16,280 Do you fear the Lord? You lavish it on those who come 384 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:20,000 to you for protection. Again, that was the promise of 385 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,080 Psalms 23. Blessing them before the 386 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:27,040 watching world, you hide them in the shelter of your presence. 387 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:32,600 Say from those who conspire against them Your shelter. 388 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:34,960 You shelter them in your presence. 389 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,520 Far from accusing tongues, praise the Lord, for He has 390 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,960 shown me the wonders of His unfailing love. 391 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:46,840 He kept me safe and the city was under attack. 392 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,960 Hallelujah. This is how good our shepherd 393 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:51,880 is. Amen. 394 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,160 Isaiah 54, seven. This is the last scripture about 395 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,520 this. It says no weapon that is formed 396 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:02,040 against me will succeed. Every tongue that rises against 397 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,760 you in judgment, you will condemn. 398 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,920 This peace, righteousness, security and triumph over 399 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:15,240 opposition is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and 400 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,800 this is their vindication from me, says the Lord. 401 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:24,040 You have an inheritance of triumph. 402 00:30:29,850 --> 00:30:32,130 You have an inheritance of triumph. 403 00:30:32,570 --> 00:30:35,610 That's why you can say everywhere I go, I win. 404 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,960 Come on, it's an inheritance. You're a winner. 405 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:48,840 Why say you're a loser? Why say you're not going to make 406 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,360 it? Why say this is too difficult? 407 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:56,920 No, it is a reward of the inheritance of those who love 408 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,040 him. Come on, His servants is that we 409 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,320 would triumph. We would triumph. 410 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,560 We would have the victory in every situation. 411 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:11,240 It's belongs to us. The next point and the last 412 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,440 point real quick, and then we'll close. 413 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,560 It says you anoint my head with oil. 414 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,680 You're you anoint my head with oil. 415 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,200 What does this remind us? That we're anointed. 416 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:34,160 We are anointed. We're anointed. 417 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,920 The Spirit of the Lord. We talked about that. 418 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:43,400 The Spirit of the Lord is upon us because He has anointed us. 419 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:50,000 When you get born again, the Holy Ghost comes to live on the 420 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,960 inside of you and you have an anointing. 421 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:01,400 You have an anointing. What does this anointing mean? 422 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,880 When he says you anoint my head with oil, it actually is talking 423 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:18,400 about fatness and fatness. Hallelujah is talking about 424 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,160 that. You are so fat with the 425 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,840 anointing upon you, because this is where we get the same It is 426 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:34,280 the yoke destroying burden, removing power of God, right? 427 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:39,720 Because you've heard where it was the big burden of beast, 428 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:44,800 whatever they were called, and they would have that yoke upon 429 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:50,560 them that would hold them together to be able to plow 430 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,520 fields and different things like that. 431 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,440 Have you all ever seen one of those that the heads of them 432 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,520 were in? Well, it's talking about, 433 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:06,440 listen, the anointing is so fat on you that it's listen to this, 434 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:13,080 the anointing is so fat on you that there should be nothing 435 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,560 that is yoking you, keeping you back. 436 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:22,320 Come on, keeping you under from having the victory. 437 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:29,160 There should be nothing that's keeping you burdened down 438 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:36,880 because that's how powerful the anointing is that's upon your 439 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:44,190 life. Wow, if we could just get 440 00:33:44,190 --> 00:33:49,960 revelation of that, then nothing can keep you bound. 441 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,760 Nothing can try to bind you up again. 442 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:58,320 Nothing can try to come on, burden you down again. 443 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:03,520 That's why he says cast your burdens upon the Lord, cast your 444 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,240 care upon him because he cares for you. 445 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:12,840 But the anointing is so powerful that is within you. 446 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:17,920 If you would just tap into it, nothing, nothing should keep you 447 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:23,000 yoked to it. You should not be yoked to 448 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:28,600 pornography. You should not be yoked to 449 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,960 drugs, alcohol. Come on, none of us, you 450 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,520 shouldn't be yoked to nicotine. You shouldn't be yoked. 451 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,080 Come on to all these things, even to food. 452 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:47,040 We shouldn't be yoked because of the anointing that is actually 453 00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:50,440 in our life. Second Corinthians 1/21/22 says 454 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:56,480 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed 455 00:34:56,480 --> 00:35:03,760 us in God, or is God who also has what sealed us and given us 456 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:07,080 the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. 457 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:14,280 Hallelujah, we have an anointing from Christ that's within our 458 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:20,600 lives so that nothing in this world ever would have to yoke 459 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,480 us. Keep us in bondage again, keep 460 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,280 us bound again. Come on, burden us down again. 461 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:32,680 The anointing can destroy it all if you'll just tap into it. 462 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:37,720 Hallelujah first, John 2 and 20 says, but you have an anointing 463 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:40,720 from the Holy 1. You have been set apart. 464 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,200 It also means when you look at the word fatness, that means set 465 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,240 apart. It also means the anointing 466 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:55,080 means to smear on, to rub on. It's on you. 467 00:35:55,080 --> 00:36:01,400 It's in you, right? So you've been set apart, 468 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:06,480 specially gifted and prepared by the Holy Spirit, and all of you 469 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,120 know the truth because He teaches us and illuminates our 470 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:14,160 minds and guards us from error. This is the Spirit that lives on 471 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,160 the inside of us, the reigning Spirit. 472 00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:19,320 Amen. First, John 227 says this. 473 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:23,160 As for you, the anointing, the special gift, the preparation 474 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,280 which you received from him remains permanently. 475 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,360 I love that. Again, one translation said 476 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,680 continually. This one says permanently in you 477 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:36,120 and you have no need for anyone to teach you. 478 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:40,160 But just as his anointing teaches you, giving you insight 479 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,640 through the presence of the Holy Spirit about all things and is 480 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:47,080 true is not a lie. And just as his anointing has 481 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,720 taught you, you must remain in him. 482 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:55,920 He gives you the key being rooted in Him and knit to Him. 483 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,160 Meaning we have to stay in the anointing. 484 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:05,200 We have to stay in Christ for the anointing to continue to 485 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:10,200 write build up so to speak in our life. 486 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:17,520 Isaiah 10 last scripture in verse 27 it says and it shall 487 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:21,000 come to pass that in the das days, this is talking about that 488 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:25,120 yoke that his burden will be taken away from your shoulder 489 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:29,360 and his yoke from your neck and the yoke will be destroyed 490 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:35,240 because of the anointing oil. Hallelujah, stand to your feet.