1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 2: Hi Darren, Welcome to another Prayer through the Psalm's episode 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 2: of the Praying Christian Women podcast. I'm Jamie Hampton, and 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 2: today we are going to be talking about and praying 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: through Psalm forty nine. This psalm is a little bit different. 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 2: It is almost like a proverb because it's kind of 7 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: wisdom literature. It's not as much emotion as it is 8 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 2: sort of intellectually stimulating. It's asking us to take time 9 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 2: and think about something. It actually calls it a riddle, 10 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 2: so it's interesting. We will get into that in just 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: a couple of minutes, but before that, I would like 12 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: to open us up with prayer. 13 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: I don't know about you. 14 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,319 Speaker 2: I am having a lot of emotions this week, and 15 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 2: it pertains to a lot of different things. But I'm 16 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 2: having a hard time. I'm crystallizing my thoughts, if that 17 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 2: makes sense. Like sometimes when I feel big, it's hard 18 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 2: for me to know what the underlying issues even are 19 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 2: because typically the thing that sets me off is not 20 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: the thing that's really the issue, or maybe it's more 21 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 2: than that and it's deeper issues. And so I spent 22 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: a little bit of time in prayer today just kind 23 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 2: of asking God what is going on? Where am I 24 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: needing to reflect? What am I triggered by? And another 25 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 2: one of my questions is what am I running from? 26 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: Sometimes when I get emotional, it's not just a symptom, 27 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 2: but it's a response, and it's a response. It's almost like, Okay, 28 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: I'm going to admit something that's really hard for me 29 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: to admit. But sometimes, and this didn't have anything to 30 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: do with my husband today, but sometimes when I'm talking 31 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: to my husband and we're having a conversation and I 32 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: am having a hard time expressing what I'm trying to say, 33 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: or I'm feeling uncomfortable about what we're talking about. 34 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: It's not a conscious thing that I. 35 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: Do, but I have seen this happen where I will cry, 36 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 2: and it's not to like win the argument. It's not 37 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 2: a manipulation tactic. But I have noticed that when I 38 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 2: don't want to confront something rationally and logically, sometimes I 39 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: will have an emotional response that will kind of shut 40 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 2: down the conversation. And I think it's my subconscious trying 41 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 2: to avoid talking through things. And that's a hard thing 42 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 2: to admit for me because I like to think of 43 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: myself as very rational and logical and scientifically minded, but 44 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: it's true. It's something. And in my prayer time today, 45 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 2: God revealed to me that there are things that I 46 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 2: am unhappy with, and I'll let you in on some 47 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 2: of my struggles. Some of my stuff is parenting focused, 48 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: and some of my parenting decisions and areas that I 49 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: fall short as a parent in my mind, and I 50 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 2: think that my response is to break down and kind 51 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 2: of cry in my prayer time, or get upset and 52 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: sort of play the victim. I picture a dog meeting 53 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 2: another dog. We had a neighbor dog that was tiny, 54 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 2: and our dog is an English lab who's huge, and 55 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 2: when they were puppies, he was even way bigger than her, 56 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: and she would meet up with him and she would 57 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 2: immediately lay down on her back in a submissive way, 58 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: and he was very gentle with her, but she just 59 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: immediately would take the submissive posture. I think I do 60 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,119 Speaker 2: that in my prayer life and in relationships even I 61 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 2: immediately take a submissive posture to avoid the eye to eye, 62 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 2: to avoid the let me face my inadequacies or my failures, 63 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 2: or let's just say in a positive light, if we 64 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 2: want to spin it that way, areas I can improve 65 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 2: let me face that in. 66 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: An eye to eye way, and it. 67 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: Takes less energy and less work to just keel over 68 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 2: and to just say, oh, woe is me. And I've 69 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 2: always known I was kind of good at wallowing, but 70 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 2: I think God is giving me insights into why I 71 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 2: wallow in self pity or self deprecation or self loathing 72 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: emon and I think it's because it's easier, and as 73 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 2: much as I hate it, it's. 74 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: More comfortable than making change. So I don't know who 75 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: needs to hear that today. 76 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 2: It really doesn't have anything to do with our soul, 77 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 2: but that's where I am, and I think God wanted 78 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 2: me to share that with you today. So as I 79 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 2: come into our time together with my baggage, I know 80 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 2: you have your own. Maybe it's similar to mine, maybe 81 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 2: it's completely different, But every week we come in with it, 82 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,119 Speaker 2: and every week I come away feeling lighter after our 83 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 2: time together. So let's pray before we read God's word, 84 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 2: and I just pray that me sharing vulnerably with you 85 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 2: today has at the very least given you permission to 86 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 2: be vulnerable in your time with God and to be 87 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 2: honest and to be open to receiving hard truths. From 88 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: him that are tough to hear, but that are going 89 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 2: to ultimately help us grow. All right, let's pray, Lord God, 90 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 2: we just come before you so thankful that you see us. 91 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 2: It's scary to know that you see us, that you 92 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 2: see straight to our core, that you know all of 93 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 2: our motives, you know all of our tricks, you know 94 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 2: all of the things, our responses, our defense mechanisms, all 95 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 2: of the things that we put up, the barriers, the walls. 96 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 2: You know all of the things, and you love us 97 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 2: even if we didn't change any of it. You would 98 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 2: still love us with just a radiant, incomparable love that 99 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 2: frankly makes me a little uncomfortable sometimes because it's hard 100 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 2: not to feel like I need to work for approval. 101 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 2: It's just kind of how I'm wired so to be 102 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 2: able to sit back and thank you for loving me, 103 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 2: even with my silly defense mechanisms and my avoidant behavior. 104 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: Thank you. 105 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 2: I just pray for each person listening right now that 106 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 2: you would meet them, meet them in their imperfection, in 107 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 2: their insecurities, in their failures, in their avoidance, wherever it 108 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 2: is that they struggle with, meet them there too, that 109 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 2: we can all just acknowledge before we change, before we 110 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 2: take steps to become better, that even if we didn't, 111 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 2: you would still love us. 112 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: Christ would have still died for us and did and has. 113 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: Thank you. 114 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 2: And it's because of that death and that resurrection that 115 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 2: we have freedom from the bondage of sin, from the 116 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 2: bondage of avoidant behaviors, from the bondage of self loathing, 117 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 2: from the bondage of wallowing. The enemy has already been defeated. 118 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: Thank God, Lord. 119 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 2: We just come before you now, humbly asking for you 120 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 2: to open our hearts, to open our minds to the 121 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: reading of your word, that this psalm would resonate with 122 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 2: each of us, that you would help us to discern 123 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 2: what it is that you have for us. 124 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: Today. We confess our sin. 125 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 2: I confess my avoidant behavior, my victim mentality, my tendency 126 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 2: to get emotional, to avoid conversation that's hard, even when 127 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 2: it's with you. We pray for strength to be honest 128 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 2: with ourselves, for strength to be able to fix our 129 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 2: eyes on Jesus and to walk forward free from the 130 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: bondage of sin. When we're used to wallowing, when we're 131 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 2: used to being bound, and it becomes familiar and it 132 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 2: can be hard to step out of the kind of 133 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 2: rut of what we're used to doing in the ways 134 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 2: that we're used to responding. It can be challenging and 135 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 2: it can be hard. Give us the strength in ourselves. 136 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 2: We don't have it. But because of Jesus we can 137 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 2: do all things. Through Jesus Christ, who strengthens us. Christ 138 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 2: in me launches me forward. And I claim that in Jesus' name, 139 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 2: that is who I am. I have been crucified with Christ, 140 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 2: and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me 141 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 2: the life I live in the body. I live by 142 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 2: faith in the Son of God, who loves me and 143 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 2: gave himself for me. 144 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: Amen. 145 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 2: All right, Well, this psalm doesn't have a lot to 146 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 2: do with wallowing. I'm sure I'll find some kind of 147 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 2: segue into the themes here. 148 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: But I'm just going to go ahead and start reading 149 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: as usual. 150 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 2: I'm going to be reading from the Nasby nineteen ninety 151 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 2: five New American Standard Bible, Psalm forty nine, The folly 152 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 2: of trusting in riches. This is for the choir director, 153 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 2: a psalm of the sons of Cora. Hear this, all 154 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 2: peoples give ear, all inhabitants of the world, both low 155 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 2: and high, rich and poor. Together, my mouth will speak wisdom, 156 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 2: and the meditation of my heart will be understanding. I 157 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 2: will incline my ear to a proverb. See this is 158 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 2: a psalm, but it's kind of more like a proverb. 159 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 2: I will express my riddle on the harp. This was 160 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 2: also thought to have been like a song that was 161 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 2: sung collectively by a big group of people, like maybe 162 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: even a responsive song. Why should I fear in days 163 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 2: of adversity when the iniquity of my foes surrounds me? 164 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 2: Even those who trust in their wealth and boast in 165 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 2: the abundance of their riches, no man can by any 166 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 2: means redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him, 167 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 2: for the redemption of his soul is costly. And he 168 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 2: should cease trying forever, and he should live on eternally, 169 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 2: that he should not undergo decay. This is so exciting 170 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 2: to me to read this psalm that was written hundreds 171 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 2: of years before Jesus walked the earth, and yet there 172 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 2: is so much foreshadowing. It's like when we see and 173 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 2: know what the New Testament tells us about who Jesus 174 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 2: is and what he did for us, we can't unsee 175 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 2: it when we read Old Testament scripture, which is just 176 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 2: a confirmation of God's beautiful ability to weave together a 177 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 2: story and a tapestry and to place words and concepts 178 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 2: in the mouths of these Psalmists that wrote this that 179 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 2: they didn't even know what they were saying. They didn't 180 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 2: even realize. They knew they had one layer of meaning, 181 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 2: but they had no idea the double meaning and the foreshadowing. 182 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 2: So when this talks about no man, by any means, 183 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 2: meeting with any amount of money, no amount of wealth, 184 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 2: can redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him. 185 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 2: That's what Jesus did. He paid the price. He redeemed 186 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 2: us by his death. He paid for the penalty of 187 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 2: our sins. I have heard people say recently in some 188 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 2: of the studies that I've done that the spiritual world 189 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:30,359 Speaker 2: is very transactional. And I've been listening to some podcasts 190 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 2: about spiritual warfare, and some of the people really three 191 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 2: to five have said recently Satan and evil spirits, fallen angels, 192 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 2: the principalities of darkness, whatever they are, whoever they are, 193 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 2: there may be any number of different ones, but they 194 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 2: operate very transactionally and very legally, so there's a legal 195 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 2: sense of operation. And I heard one episode and I 196 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 2: can't back it up biblically. I would have to go 197 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 2: back and look at some scriptures. So I want you 198 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 2: to test this against scripture. But I heard one person 199 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 2: who had been involved in the occult at one point 200 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 2: who said, the whole world of witchcraft and occultism, spells, sorcery, mediumship, 201 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 2: it's all very legally based. And if you give the 202 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 2: authority legally transactionally in the spirit world for evil spirits 203 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 2: to have an open door into your life through a 204 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 2: number of different means, rituals, participating in certain kinds of 205 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 2: forbidden arts that God tells us not to be engaged in, 206 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 2: fortune telling, mediumship, contacting the dead, things like that, like 207 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 2: looking or mediums, looking for witches to do spells, and 208 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 2: things like that. When there are certain things that can 209 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 2: actually legally give your treating. 210 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: It's like a ransom. 211 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 2: You're saying, I want this knowledge or this spell or 212 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 2: this whatever, and in exchange, I'm giving you some form 213 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 2: of authority over me. Again, I don't know. I can't 214 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 2: find scriptures that back this up, and I'm sure someone 215 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 2: has looked that up. So if you want to investigate that, 216 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 2: that's fine. It does make sense because a lot of 217 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 2: the language God uses in Scripture is legal language. It 218 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 2: talks about ransom for many and just redemption, and Satan's 219 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 2: called the accuser, and so there are things like that 220 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 2: that kind of are in alignment with that legal language. 221 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,559 Speaker 2: So all of that to say that this talks about 222 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 2: no man can by any means redeem his brother or 223 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 2: give God a ransom for him, for the redemption of 224 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 2: his soul is costly, and he should cease trying forever, 225 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 2: that he should live on eternally, that he should not 226 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 2: undergo decay. And this is very legal language of no 227 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 2: amount of money can create that transaction that Jesus created 228 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 2: by his death and resurrection. And so that is pointing 229 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 2: toward what Jesus did, and it's a beautiful picture of that. 230 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 2: And if I didn't take anything else away from this, 231 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 2: that is what I would take away is we should 232 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 2: not fear anyone in days of adversity because God is 233 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 2: with us, and if He is for us, no one 234 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 2: and nothing can be against us. And because of what 235 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 2: Christ did, we don't have to fear or be frustrated 236 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 2: by when we see people that are wicked, that are prospering, 237 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 2: that are becoming rich and wealthy, and we're wondering, why 238 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 2: is my obedience to God not bringing me that prosperity, 239 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 2: Because it's not about that, And we're going to read 240 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 2: more about that as we go on verse ten. For 241 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 2: he sees that even wise men die, the stupid and 242 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 2: the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others. 243 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 2: Their inner thought is that their houses are forever, and 244 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 2: their dwelling places to all generations. They have called their 245 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 2: lands after their own names. But man and his pomp 246 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 2: will not endure. He is like the beasts that perish. 247 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 2: This is the way of those who are foolish, and 248 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 2: of those after them who approve their words. Selah, as sheep, 249 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 2: they are appointed, for sheel death shall be their shepherd, 250 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 2: and the upright shall rule over them in the morning, 251 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 2: and their forms shall be for sheild to consume, so 252 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 2: that they have no habitation. But God will redeem my 253 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 2: soul from the power of Sheiel, for he will receive me. 254 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: Selah. 255 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 2: Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich, when 256 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 2: the glory of his house is increased, For when he dies, 257 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 2: he will carry nothing away. His glory will not descend 258 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 2: after him. The while he lives, he congratulates himself. And 259 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 2: though men praise you when you do well for yourself, 260 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 2: he shall go to the generation of his father's. They 261 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 2: will never see the light man in his pomp Yet 262 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 2: without understanding is like the beasts that perish. And this 263 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 2: is kind of reminiscent of I think Ecclesiastes it. It's 264 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 2: a reminder of life on this planet is finite. Wealth 265 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 2: on this planet is finite, and the only thing that 266 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 2: truly lasts, the only thing that truly matters, is a 267 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 2: relationship with God. It's our spirit and whether or not 268 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 2: we know God, and if we don't, then we are 269 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 2: destined for futility. 270 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: If we do, we're. 271 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 2: Destined not just for life in heaven after we die. 272 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 2: I think it's so important to remember that's not the 273 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 2: end game, that life to the full, that eternal life 274 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 2: begins the moment we put our faith in jesus Us, 275 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 2: and that that abundance, that kingdom purpose can begin the 276 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 2: moment that happens, and that it should, and that that 277 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 2: hope begins then, and that we could begin being part 278 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 2: of this beautiful process of bringing glimpses of God's kingdom 279 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 2: here on earth. I don't remember the verse, but it's 280 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 2: you know, I will see the goodness of the Lord 281 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,919 Speaker 2: in the land of the living, not just when we die, 282 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 2: but that our hope should be now, it should be 283 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 2: for now, and that that hope is not in riches. 284 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,399 Speaker 2: It's not in prosperity as we know it, but it 285 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 2: is in spiritual prosperity that comes from the Lord and 286 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 2: the hope that we have in Jesus. Let's pray, Lord, 287 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 2: we just thank you so much for the hope that 288 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 2: our circumstance, no matter what it is, our wealth, our poverty, 289 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 2: our health, our infirmity, none of our circumstances are permanent 290 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 2: and finite, but the state of our soul is, and 291 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 2: that because of that we can find joy in our circumstances, 292 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 2: regardless of what they are. We can find joy in 293 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 2: our relationship with You, in seeing your purposes unfold, in 294 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,959 Speaker 2: knowing that our suffering is temporary, in sharing our joy 295 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 2: with You when we do experience it on earth, By 296 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 2: knowing that we have been called to purposes that are 297 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 2: specific and unique to each one of us, that You 298 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 2: know us so well that you choose us to do 299 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 2: very specific things in this world to bring glory to you, 300 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 2: and not just for our own enjoyment and satisfaction, but 301 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,679 Speaker 2: to be a light, a city on a hill for 302 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 2: the people that desperately need that hope. Let us be 303 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 2: that hope. Let us be that light. Help us to 304 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 2: operate within the gifts that you have given us. Help 305 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 2: us not to look outwardly at the wealth and the 306 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 2: prosperity and the perceived blessings of people who don't walk 307 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 2: with you, or even those that do, but instead look 308 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 2: at who you are and just be so full of 309 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 2: joy because of that knowledge, because of the knowledge of 310 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 2: being called, being given the gift of salvation, that we 311 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 2: would just display hope and joy and light to the 312 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 2: people around us in Jesus' name. 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