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Speaker 2: For more resources to help you in your walk with Christ,

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Speaker 2: please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. This morning,

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Speaker 2: we're continuing our look at the series that we've been

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Speaker 2: talking about this idea of glorifying God and enjoying Him forever,

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Speaker 2: and today we're going to specifically be looking at this

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Speaker 2: idea of glorifying God.

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Speaker 1: By delighting in God's.

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Speaker 2: Presence, and we're going to be looking at Psalm sixteen.

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Speaker 2: Psalm sixteen is eleven verses and it's filled with a

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Speaker 2: variety of valuable insights that the Holy Spirit has given

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Speaker 2: to us. You'll notice I'll make mention of this even

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Speaker 2: before I read it for us. At the start of

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Speaker 2: Psalm sixteen, it says it's a mick Tom of David.

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Speaker 2: And it's interesting people often ask what does that word mean,

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Speaker 2: And the truth is, we don't really know. We don't

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Speaker 2: know exactly what was meant by that word, but it

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Speaker 2: seems to mean. One of the kind of prevalent understand

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Speaker 2: of that word is that it's like a signature psalm,

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Speaker 2: or like one of the main poignant psalms. Is where

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Speaker 2: a lot of people think that term is landing a

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Speaker 2: mick Tom of David. So we're going to read Psalm sixteen.

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Speaker 2: Let me read it for us here, and then we'll pray.

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Speaker 2: Psalm sixteen says this a mick Tom of David. Preserve me,

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Speaker 2: Oh God, for in you I take refuge. I say

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Speaker 2: to the Lord, you are my Lord. I have no

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Speaker 2: good apart from you. As for the saints in the land,

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Speaker 2: they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

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Speaker 2: The sorrows of those who run after another God shall

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Speaker 2: multiply their drink offerings of blood. I will not pour

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Speaker 2: is my chosen portion and my cup. You hold my lot.

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Speaker 2: The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Indeed,

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Speaker 2: I have a beautiful inheritance. I bless the Lord who

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Speaker 2: gives me council in the night. Also my heart instructs me.

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Speaker 2: I have set the Lord always before me, because he

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Speaker 2: is at my right hand. I shall not be shaken.

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Speaker 2: Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices.

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Speaker 2: My flesh also dwells secure, for you will not abandon

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Speaker 2: my soul to shield or let your Holy One see corruption.

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Speaker 2: You make known to me the path of life in

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Speaker 2: your presence, there is fullness of joy. At your right

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Speaker 2: hand are pleasures forevermore. Let's pray, Father, thank you for

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Speaker 2: the privilege to glorify you. Thank you for the privilege

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Speaker 2: to enjoy you. Thank you for the things that you

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Speaker 2: reveal to us in your word that help us to

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Speaker 2: understand what that looks like and how that actually operates.

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Speaker 2: And so Lord, we pray that as we continue this

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Speaker 2: idea of glorifying you and looking at this concept together,

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Speaker 2: we pray that you would speak to our hearts and

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Speaker 2: our minds help us to truly understand that concept. And Father,

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Speaker 2: we thank you in advance for the things that you

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Speaker 2: have allowed us just now to read in Psalm sixteen.

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Speaker 2: We're so grateful that you've given us access to it.

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Speaker 2: It is a valuable psalm. It is something that really

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Speaker 2: stands out, and it's something Lord that I believe that

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Speaker 2: by the power of your Holy Spirit, you can use

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Speaker 2: to not only encourage our hearts, but to give us

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Speaker 2: such a way that you receive the glory from our attitudes,

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Speaker 2: our actions, the things that we say, the things that

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Speaker 2: glory to you, and we thank you so much Lord

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Speaker 2: for your presence with us today.

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Speaker 1: We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.

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Speaker 2: Now it's quiz time. I gave you this quiz last week.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to give you this quiz this week as well.

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Speaker 2: Let's see how we do some of your smiling because

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Speaker 2: you knew that this quiz was coming. So the quiz

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Speaker 2: begins with this. This is the opening question in the

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Speaker 2: Westminster Shorter Catechism, what is the chief end of man?

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Speaker 2: And the answer to that is the chief end of

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Speaker 2: You're getting very good at that. The chief end of

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Speaker 2: man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. So

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Speaker 2: related to joy, everyone wants joy, you know, when I

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Speaker 2: this picture here. Maybe you've seen this picture. I've shared

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Speaker 2: of the most joyful people I know. Many of you

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Speaker 2: have had the opportunity to meet Pastor Jack Zook. He

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Speaker 2: passed away this week at age one oh four, and

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Speaker 2: he was so old at this point that when I

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Speaker 2: this time, sometimes in August, I would say to him,

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Speaker 2: you are literally the oldest person I've ever met, And

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Speaker 2: you would think that'd be an insult, right, but when

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Speaker 2: And he's like, yeah, and I got to tell you,

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Speaker 2: super joyful. I always look forward to his visits here

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Speaker 2: at the church again right around this time, and he

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Speaker 2: would always have a word of encouragement in the midst

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Speaker 2: He would also really impress me with his memory and

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Speaker 2: you know, the type of jokes that one hundred four

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Speaker 2: year olds tell, right, It just pages and he'd give

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Speaker 2: one small punchline. I was like, I stayed with you

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Speaker 2: for eight minutes on that one. Pastor zook eight minutes

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Speaker 2: for that punchline. But it would crack me up. But

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Speaker 2: as I've been talking about him with others, others who

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Speaker 2: knew him, others who loved him, I was actually talking

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Speaker 1: He gave me a call.

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Speaker 2: I've repeatedly heard similar testimonies that attests to Pastor Zook's

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Speaker 2: But he also came to mind as I was preparing

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Speaker 2: spending our time in Psalm sixteen, because Psalm sixteen talks

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Speaker 2: that really gets to me. Psalm sixteen is one of

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Speaker 2: if you haven't already seen why, you will see why.

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Speaker 2: But most people are attempting to find joy. But I

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Speaker 2: don't actually think people know what they're really looking for.

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Speaker 2: I think real joy. If you're trying to define what

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Speaker 2: this is, real joy is a sincere contentment in Christ,

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Speaker 2: regardless of whatever your circumstances may be. Sincere contentment in Christ,

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Speaker 2: regardless of circumstances. Happiness is not the same thing as joy.

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Speaker 2: So let's differentiate between those two terms, because sometimes people

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Speaker 2: because happiness is dependent on what's going on around us.

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Speaker 1: Now, I'm not opposed to being happy. I like happiness.

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Speaker 2: I actually once met a guy whose nickname was Hap

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Speaker 2: because he was just known for being so happy, and

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Speaker 2: I thought that'd be a really cool nickname. And I thought,

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Speaker 2: I'd select joy every single time. Earthly happiness is real,

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Speaker 2: but it's limited, It changes, and it fades. Earthly happiness

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Speaker 2: is something that can be lost because even the best experiences.

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Speaker 2: I had a lovely time earlier this week with my family.

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Speaker 2: on earth. But earthly experiences eventually come to an end.

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Speaker 2: look at that and you're like, all right, that was fun,

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Speaker 2: but it has a limit. But then you come to

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Speaker 2: Psalm sixteen where we're looking today, and Psalm sixteen does

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Speaker 2: something that's a huge favor for us because it points

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Speaker 2: To psalm that was written by King David, and it

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Speaker 2: shows us ultimately that lasting joy is actually found in

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Speaker 2: as we walk our way through most of this Psalm.

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Speaker 2: But you have David beginning the psalm with a prayer.

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Speaker 2: In verse one, he says, this, preserve me, Oh God,

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Speaker 2: for in you I take refuge. Now think back through

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Speaker 2: he calls him here, his refuge. So when you're talking

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Speaker 2: I remember a lot of times when I was growing

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Speaker 2: and all sorts of things. And he looked back at

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Speaker 2: it after it was all gone, all of it, and

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Speaker 2: he was like, yeah, that was the worst thing that

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Speaker 2: ever happened to me. Destroyed his marriage, destroyed his relationship

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Speaker 2: with his children, People lost their lives.

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Speaker 1: You know. It's one of those things that idols.

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Speaker 2: Anything we're trying to use to satisfy the void in

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Speaker 2: our soul apart from God himself, it's going to lead

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Speaker 2: to sorrow upon sorrow only God is able to hold

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Speaker 2: the central place in our lives without failing us. He

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Speaker 2: won't fail you, he won't fail me. So David declares

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Speaker 2: this as he keeps working his way through these thoughts. There,

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Speaker 2: when you get to verse five, he says, the Lord

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Speaker 2: is my chosen portion and my cup you hold my lot.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: Think about the way he's saying this year, the Lord

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Speaker 2: is my chosen portion, and.

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Speaker 1: He's basically saying the Lord's the best right. But he's

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Speaker 1: also saying, you hold my lot now.

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Speaker 2: In the Old Testament era that David was very much

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Speaker 2: living in and writing in here a portion. So when

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Speaker 2: he says here, the Lord is my chosen portion. When

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Speaker 2: you see that term there, it often referred to an

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Speaker 2: inheritance or an allotted possession, something that was set apart

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Speaker 2: for you.

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Speaker 1: So he's saying, the Lord is my portion.

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Speaker 2: So you'd also use this idea of inheritance when you

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Speaker 2: look at that, he's basically saying God is his greatest inheritance.

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Speaker 1: So he's not And David.

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Speaker 2: Had been blessed with many things, but he's saying, look,

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Speaker 2: I'm not just grateful for land. I'm not just grateful

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Speaker 2: for position. I'm not just grateful for blessings. God had

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Speaker 2: given him all those things as well. But he says,

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Speaker 2: in effect, the Lord is what I treasure most. The

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Speaker 2: Lord is my portion, and this points as to it.

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Speaker 2: I think a more important spiritual question. Hear me on

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Speaker 2: this and think about this in a personal way. Would

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Speaker 2: we still consider God good if some of his gifts

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Speaker 2: were removed from our life? Would we still say God

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Speaker 2: is good? If he chose, for whatever reason, to remove

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Speaker 2: some of the gifts that he's given you, would you

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Speaker 2: still call him good? Again, David had been blessed with many,

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Speaker 2: many things, but he's saying, you know what, the Lord

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Speaker 2: is my chosen portion. Now, I think that that question

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Speaker 2: could be a difficult one to wrestle with. Will we

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Speaker 2: still consider God good if some of his gifts were removed?

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Speaker 1: I think it could be.

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Speaker 2: Difficult to answer, because loss is certainly painful. If you've

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Speaker 2: experienced loss in any category, you can testify to that.

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Speaker 2: And Scripture, by the way, doesn't ever ask us to

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Speaker 2: treat grief lightly. Not being asked to do that, We're

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Speaker 2: not even asked to be dismissive toward it. Even when

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Speaker 2: you look at David throughout the Psalms and throughout other

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Speaker 2: narratives and scripture that speak about him. David cried, it's

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Speaker 2: pretty open about that. He mourned, he lamented, all of

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Speaker 2: those things he's described as having done. And yet right

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Speaker 2: there beneath his changing emotions, you have that deep conviction

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Speaker 2: that God was his portion. It's like my inheritance is

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Speaker 2: God himself. And the beautiful thing about that is when

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Speaker 2: circumstances changed, we know that God doesn't. Your circumstances and

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Speaker 2: my circumstance changes all the time, and yet God doesn't.

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Speaker 2: When people disappoint us. God remains faithful. When our plans

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Speaker 2: fall apart, or our projections don't work out exactly like

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Speaker 2: we thought they would.

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Speaker 1: God's purposes continue.

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Speaker 2: When our strength fails, or we go through a blip

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Speaker 2: in our health of any category, God's grace remains sufficient.

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Speaker 2: And then you have David adding this other line here,

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Speaker 2: he says, you hold my lot. What he means by

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Speaker 2: that is this he trusts that his future is.

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Speaker 1: In God's hands.

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Speaker 2: One of the ways they would try and determine the

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Speaker 2: will of God is they would cast these You know,

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Speaker 2: we would determine like not dice, but some people would

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Speaker 2: call them like dice. You know they'd cast these things,

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Speaker 2: and they would determine the will of God based on

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Speaker 2: how these these objects fell, these lots fell, And he's

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Speaker 2: basically saying, look, you hold my lot. I trust that

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Speaker 2: my future is in your hands. I don't know every

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Speaker 2: detail of what's going to happen next, but I do know.

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Speaker 1: Who governs my life.

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Speaker 2: You hold my lot, meaning my life is secure in

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Speaker 2: your hands. And because he has that kind of confidence

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Speaker 2: in God, and he's he knows how like each of

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Speaker 2: these thoughts build on each other as you work through

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Speaker 2: this psalm, because he has that kind of confidence in God.

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Speaker 1: Look at what he says.

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Speaker 2: Then in verse six, he says, the lines have fallen

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Speaker 2: for me in pleasant places. Indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

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Speaker 2: But what has he said is like, what's the inheritance

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Speaker 2: he's speaking of. Ultimately, the inheritance he's speaking of is

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Speaker 2: the Lord himself? Right, David wasn't claiming that every aspect

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Speaker 2: of his life was easy. He's speaking here from the

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Speaker 2: perspective of faith. He's basically saying, because God is my portion,

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Speaker 2: my inheritance is secure. And believers, by the way, we

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Speaker 2: could say the same thing through our faith in Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 2: Because in Christ, Scripture reveals to us that we've received

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Speaker 2: an inheritance that can't be taken away.

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Speaker 1: We've been forgiven.

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Speaker 2: Scripture says, we've been adopted into the family of God.

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Speaker 1: We've been reconciled to God. Meeting.

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Speaker 2: We were at a distance and He's brought us near.

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Speaker 2: And He's also given us eternal life. We belong to

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Speaker 2: a kingdom that cannot be shaken. So again, our present

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Speaker 2: circumstances may come with challenges, they may not always feel pleasant,

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Speaker 2: but our eternal inheritance is secure because it rests in

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Speaker 2: the finished work of Jesus Christ. And then David continues

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Speaker 2: in verse seven, and he says this, I bless the

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Speaker 2: Lord who gives me counsel in the night.

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Speaker 1: Also my heart instructs me.

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Speaker 2: So David here is saying, look, God's presence brings not

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Speaker 2: only joy but wisdom. David had learned to seek God's counsel.

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Speaker 2: He didn't just want to feel comforted by God. He

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Speaker 2: wanted to be led by God. And I find it

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Speaker 2: fascinating this idea where he says here in the night,

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Speaker 2: also my heart instructs me.

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Speaker 1: Do you ever think about that?

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Speaker 2: The idea of the spirit of God giving you instruction

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Speaker 2: while your body rests. That the Word of God is

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Speaker 2: it permeates your mind and your heart can ring around

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Speaker 2: in your head and solidify in your head and in

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Speaker 2: your heart in certain ways even while your body rests.

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Speaker 2: That seems to be what he's indicating. He's like, Look,

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Speaker 2: even in the night, even when I'm visibly asleep, I'm

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Speaker 2: being instructed the Lord speaking to my heart.

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Speaker 1: What does the Lord do?

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Speaker 2: Do you ever have like a realization come to you

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Speaker 2: in the midst of a season like that? Do you

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Speaker 2: ever have the Lord just kind of speak to you

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Speaker 2: while you think you're resting, and then the Lord makes

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Speaker 2: something clear and you're like, that's interesting. I Mean, sometimes

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Speaker 2: the Lord, what he's doing is just renewing our thinking.

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Speaker 2: But other times he's confronting sin and bringing things out

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Speaker 2: in our life that we're like, oh, you know what,

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Speaker 2: I didn't really think about that as being unholy or

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Speaker 2: unwise or unhealthy. But I don't think I'm honoring the

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Speaker 2: Lord in that area of my life. And then you

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Speaker 2: have the Lord redirect your desires. He teaches us how

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Speaker 2: to live and what it means to glorify Him, And

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Speaker 2: again understand that the Lord's counsel isn't meant to restrict

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Speaker 2: our joy. It actually leads us to the kind of

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Speaker 2: life that we were all meant to live.

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Speaker 1: I love what Jesus happened to say about all of this.

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Speaker 2: When you look at John chapter fifteen, verses ten and eleven,

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Speaker 2: notice how Jesus speaks of this. He says, if you

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Speaker 2: keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just

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Speaker 2: as I have kept my father's commandments and abide in

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Speaker 2: his love. Now he says these things, I have spoken

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Speaker 2: to you, that my what joy may be in you,

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Speaker 2: and that your joy may be full. I love reading

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Speaker 2: those verses in conjunction with what we're looking at in

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Speaker 2: Psalm sixteen, because Jesus here is actually connecting.

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Speaker 1: Obedience with joy. God's commands.

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Speaker 2: When you come across something in scripture where the Lord

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Speaker 2: directs you a very specific way, understand that God's commands

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Speaker 2: aren't barriers to happiness. God's commands actually protect us from paths.

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Speaker 1: That lead to destruction.

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Speaker 2: God's commands guide us toward fellowship with him. He's trying

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Speaker 2: to point us in a direction that leads to his presence.

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Speaker 2: He's trying to point us in a direction that leads

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Speaker 2: to his heart. But then, coming back to Psalm sixteen,

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Speaker 2: you have David then making one of the strongest statements

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Speaker 2: in the Psalm, again building on that, when he gets

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Speaker 2: to verse eight, he says, I've set the Lord always

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Speaker 2: before me because he is at my right hand.

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Speaker 1: I shall not be shaken. Now.

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Speaker 2: To set the Lord before us means to live with

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Speaker 2: a conscious awareness of the Lord's presence, where you don't

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Speaker 2: think of God as being distant. I think many people

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Speaker 2: in this world spend the entirety of their lives thinking

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Speaker 2: of God as a way or distant. You know, if

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Speaker 2: you think of God primarily as just existing in heaven,

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Speaker 2: you'll probably think of him as being distant because you

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Speaker 2: don't view yourself as.

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Speaker 1: Being there as of yet.

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Speaker 2: And yet Scripture says what God is ultimately all places

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Speaker 2: at all time. We use the term omnipresent to describe that.

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Speaker 2: And here you have David saying I've set the Lord

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Speaker 2: always before me, meaning I'm always thinking about the fact

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Speaker 2: that I'm living in the presence of God. How close David,

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Speaker 2: he says, Well, he's at my right hand, He's right here.

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Speaker 2: God is at my He's not a distance away from me.

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Speaker 2: He's at my right hand. He says, I shall not

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Speaker 2: be shaken. David was training his heart to remember that

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Speaker 2: God was near. Now, that doesn't mean that David always

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Speaker 2: felt emotionally strong in and of himself. And I'll also

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Speaker 2: say this, faith isn't a denial of fear, and faith

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Speaker 2: also isn't a denial of sadness.

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Speaker 1: Those things are very real. But it's the.

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Speaker 2: Decision to interpret life through the reality of God's presence

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Speaker 2: that you see David ultimately demonstrating here. The Lord was

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Speaker 2: at David's right hand, the place of support. The Lord

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Speaker 2: was at David's right hand, the place of strength. And

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Speaker 2: because God was near, David believed he would not ultimately

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Speaker 2: be shaken no matter what he faced. Do you ever

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Speaker 2: think about this as you approach a week? Now, as

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Speaker 2: you approach a week, do you ever think about the

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Speaker 2: fact that you know what, I.

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Speaker 1: Don't know what to expect this week?

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Speaker 2: And there was one season in my life where I

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Speaker 2: remember thinking, you know what, I'm a little.

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Speaker 1: Nervous about what might be ahead.

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Speaker 2: If you go through enough things in close succession, you

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Speaker 2: start to feel nervous about what might come down the

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Speaker 2: pike next.

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Speaker 1: Right you think, I don't know what's going to come next.

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Speaker 2: And I think David probably could have had that kind

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Speaker 2: of post traumatic stress.

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Speaker 1: When you look at some of the things he dealt with.

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Speaker 2: It's like, Oh great, this neighboring nation is attacking, Oh great,

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Speaker 2: my own children are fighting. Oh great, there's an upris

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Speaker 2: in my kingdom. Oh great, I've given in to sin,

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Speaker 2: and now I've goofed a whole bunch of things up.

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Speaker 1: Over and over again.

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Speaker 2: You see David going through stuff like that, and here

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Speaker 2: he says, you know, I've set the Lord always before me,

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Speaker 2: because he is at my right hand, I shall not

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Speaker 2: be shaken. I think that's one of those things that

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Speaker 2: from time to time he reminded himself of because he

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Speaker 2: knew how easy it was to forget. And I will

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Speaker 2: say this to my own heart, to your heart, if

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Speaker 2: at times you feel like you are in danger of

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Speaker 2: being shaken, or you're feeling a bit shaken, remember what

657
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Speaker 2: David's saying. The Lord is not distant from you. He's

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Speaker 2: present with you, and he desires that you and I

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Speaker 2: that we live our lives in his presence. And David says,

660
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Speaker 2: because the Lord's right here, I really will not be shaken,

661
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Speaker 2: meaning I can face whatever comes my way. And here's

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Speaker 2: the other thing. The Lord's not going to allow anything

663
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Speaker 2: to come your way that his power.

664
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Speaker 1: Isn't sufficient to carry you through.

665
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Speaker 2: But he may teach you dependence on him in the

666
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Speaker 2: midst of it. And that's a good thing to learn.

667
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 2: That's something that I've had to learn and am learning.

668
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 2: It takes an entire lifetime to learn it, but it's

669
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Speaker 2: a blessing when it starts to lock in our mind.

670
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Speaker 2: David also goes on in verse nine to say this.

671
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Speaker 2: He says, therefore, my heart is glad, and my whole

672
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Speaker 2: being rejoices. My flesh also dwells what secure. But notice

673
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Speaker 2: the word therefore, even before we talk about this, Therefore,

674
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Speaker 2: David's gladness is connected to what he believes about God

675
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Speaker 2: that he's already just elaborated on. His joy isn't just

676
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Speaker 2: shallow optimism. The idea here is that his joy is

677
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Speaker 2: rooted in the Lord's presence, and he's convinced that the

678
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Speaker 2: Lord is right there with him. He knows the Lord

679
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Speaker 2: is faithful, he knows the Lord will protect him. He's

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Speaker 2: already seen the Lord do this throughout the course of

681
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Speaker 2: his life. Which is also kind of interesting to look

682
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Speaker 2: at because that also means that biblical joy can coexist

683
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Speaker 2: with sorrow. Your heart can be heavy with sorrow, you

684
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Speaker 2: could be grieving about something, and you could still be

685
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Speaker 2: content in Jesus Christ. Those things can happen at the

686
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Speaker 2: same time. A Christian can weep and still have joy.

687
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Speaker 2: A Christian can feel temporarily discouraged but still have hope.

688
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 2: A Christian can experience grief while remaining confident in God.

689
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Speaker 1: And again we see that in David's life.

690
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Speaker 2: But then David's confidence becomes even stronger when you look

691
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Speaker 2: at verse ten. He says, for you will not abandon

692
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Speaker 2: my soul to shield. That's a word for the grave.

693
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Speaker 2: For you will not abandon my soul to Shiel or

694
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Speaker 2: let your Holy One see corruption. I hope you notice

695
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 2: this verse because I want to make an important New

696
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 2: Testament connection to that specific verse.

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Speaker 1: The apostles bring it up.

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Speaker 2: Peter specifically brings it up, because that's a verse that

699
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Speaker 2: points beyond David. Do you remember before I tell you?

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Speaker 2: Do you remember where it connects? Do you remember who

701
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,760
Speaker 2: this is pointing to? Do you ever see in scripture

702
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,879
Speaker 2: another time where this specific verse gets referenced and gets

703
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,280
Speaker 2: attributed to someone other than David.

704
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Speaker 1: Is it familiar to you?

705
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Speaker 2: In Acts chapter two, you have the apostle Peter directly

706
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Speaker 2: quoting from this psalm. He quotes from Psalm sixteen, and

707
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Speaker 2: he explains that David was speaking prophetically about the resurrection

708
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Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ. That's what David was speaking about prophetically.

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Speaker 2: And I don't even know if that was one hundred

710
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Speaker 2: percent clear in David's mind as he spoke these words,

711
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 2: as the Holy Spirit gave these words to speak, because

712
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 2: David eventually died and his body eventually experienced decay. So

713
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 2: as he's referenced, he's referencing these things. Ultimately, he must

714
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Speaker 2: be referencing something that's beyond himself. And you have Peter

715
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Speaker 2: elaborating on that in Acts chapter two. But Jesus, however,

716
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 2: was raised from the dead. Peter said it this way

717
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 2: in Acts chapter two, verse thirty two. He says, this

718
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,359
Speaker 2: Jesus God raised up, and of that we.

719
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Speaker 1: Are all witnesses.

720
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Speaker 2: And he used Psalm sixteen to speak of that moment,

721
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Speaker 2: meaning Psalm sixteen finds its greatest fulfillment in Jesus Christ,

722
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Speaker 2: and the New Testament makes that abundantly clear. Jesus is

723
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Speaker 2: the true Holy One who was not abandoned to the grave.

724
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Speaker 2: Let me bring that verse back up right. You will

725
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Speaker 2: not abandon my soul to the grave. You will not

726
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 2: abandon my soul to shield. Jesus is that Holy One

727
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 2: who is not abandoned to the grave. He entered death,

728
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 2: he bore the penalty for our sin, but then he

729
00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:02,160
Speaker 2: rose victorious. So that also means that the resurrection of

730
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 2: Jesus Christ is also the foundation for our joy as Christians,

731
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:11,840
Speaker 2: because the Holy One isn't abandoned to decay or to corruption.

732
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Speaker 1: And here's the thing.

733
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Speaker 2: Let's connect this idea of the resurrection and enjoy for

734
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 2: a quick second, because without the resurrection, without the resurrection.

735
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 1: Our joy would be temporary.

736
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Speaker 2: Why am I saying that, Well, that would mean if

737
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 2: not for the resurrection of Christ, a resurrection that we

738
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,240
Speaker 2: get to enjoy the victory that Christ secured, a resurrection

739
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:38,360
Speaker 2: we get to embrace as part of our own story.

740
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 2: Understand that death would eventually take everything from us if

741
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 2: not for the resurrection of Christ, but because of the resurrection,

742
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 2: death has been defeated, and that victory is shared with you,

743
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:51,000
Speaker 2: and it's shared with me, And because Jesus lives, those

744
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:57,239
Speaker 2: who belong to him will also live. Not a beautiful thing.

745
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 2: Everything that once stood against you was ultimately defeated. Jesus

746
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:05,359
Speaker 2: reigns victorious over it all. And you have Peter elaborating

747
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,839
Speaker 2: on that in Acts chapter two. And then you get

748
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:13,840
Speaker 2: to the final verse of Psalm sixteen, verse eleven, and

749
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 2: there it says this, you make known to me the

750
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,280
Speaker 2: path of life. In your presence, there is fullness of joy.

751
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 2: At your right hand are pleasures forever more. Now I

752
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:28,840
Speaker 2: have mentioned that I have a portion of this verse

753
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 2: hanging in.

754
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 1: My living room. So some of you have seen that.

755
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 2: Some of you have been to my home and you've

756
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,400
Speaker 2: seen that it's hanging right above the couch in our

757
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 2: living room, a portion of Psalm sixteen eleven. And as

758
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 2: many times as I've seen it, I just find it

759
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 2: kind of interesting. I noticed in our lobby today, well,

760
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 2: it kind of It's like twofold so Ian was putting

761
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 2: food out for us. Delicious. I love the croissants with

762
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,360
Speaker 2: the sausage and egg delish, loved it. I hope you

763
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 2: had a chance to eat one of those. I wanted

764
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 2: to eat more, but I had to greet people, and

765
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:04,920
Speaker 2: I didn't want to do so with the full mouth.

766
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 2: But Ian said to me, he said, I have to

767
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 2: tell you one of my greatest joys in life is

768
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:14,280
Speaker 2: doing this sort of thing for people, cooking for people,

769
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,320
Speaker 2: providing food. And so we were talking about joy and

770
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 2: then I looked up above where the food is, and

771
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,400
Speaker 2: you know, it's on the decoration that's right.

772
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 1: On the wall there, Psalm sixteen eleven.

773
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,359
Speaker 2: I'm like, why am I only noticing that right now

774
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 2: or thinking about it? Like I've certainly noticed it and

775
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 2: read it and thought about it, but I'm thinking about

776
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 2: it freshen. I was like, oh, you know what, We're

777
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 2: going to be talking about that very verse in just

778
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 2: a moment.

779
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,359
Speaker 1: So it's a beautiful thing.

780
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 2: And again it says, you know, in your presence there

781
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 2: is fullness of joy. Your right hand are pleasures forever more.

782
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 2: It's a beautiful thing. It's a reminder that God makes

783
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 2: known the path of life. The true joy is found

784
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 2: in living close to him. Jesus elaborated a little bit

785
00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 2: on this in John fourteen six.

786
00:39:59,320 --> 00:39:59,919
Speaker 1: What did he say?

787
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 2: I am the way, I am the truth, I am

788
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 2: the life meaning Christ isn't just showing us the path.

789
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,839
Speaker 2: He's saying, I am the path that if you want

790
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,919
Speaker 2: experience joy, it's found through Jesus. He's saying, I'm the way,

791
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 2: I'm the truth, i am the life that's the path

792
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 2: to joy Jesus. Through Him, we are reconciled to the Father,

793
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 2: and we're welcomed into eternal fellowship with God. Let me

794
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:28,880
Speaker 2: say this as we finish up this morning. God's purpose

795
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:34,040
Speaker 2: for you and for me is that we understand I mean,

796
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:36,880
Speaker 2: I believe that He wants us to understand our purpose

797
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 2: in this world. I believe he wants us to understand

798
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 2: the purpose for which we were created. He wants us

799
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 2: to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever. But for that

800
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 2: to be the case, we will not experience glorifying Him,

801
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:56,800
Speaker 2: and we will not experience just the enjoyment of God.

802
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 2: If we fail to understand that that's only found in

803
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:06,360
Speaker 2: His presence. You can Most people spend their lives trying

804
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:08,840
Speaker 2: to run from God. And I think they try and

805
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 2: run from God because they think God is going to

806
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,719
Speaker 2: restrict them in some way. They think that God's going

807
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 2: to take something that they enjoy away from them. And

808
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 2: little do they know that the idols that they've welcomed

809
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 2: into their life. The things that they think will comfort

810
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 2: their hearts that are less than God are ultimately going

811
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 2: to destroy them the more they idolize those things. And

812
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 2: the Lord says, those things will ruin you. Even good

813
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,640
Speaker 2: things can ruin you if you're idolizing the gift and

814
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 2: forgetting the giver. And so what the Lord's revealing through

815
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,320
Speaker 2: his word is this, in his presence, there is fullness

816
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 2: of joy. So if I may encourage you with something

817
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 2: that I try and encourage myself with as I read

818
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 2: this portion of Scripture, so much so that I've hung

819
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 2: these words in my home because I want to see

820
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:55,880
Speaker 2: them each and every day. Spend your life running toward

821
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 2: the Lord and not away from him. If you spend

822
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 2: your life trying to grow closer and closer to the Lord.

823
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 2: If you spend your life delighting in the fact that

824
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 2: God delights to live in your presence, not distant from you,

825
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:10,799
Speaker 2: but he desires that you be reconciled to him, meaning

826
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,000
Speaker 2: you were far away, but you're brought near through the

827
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 2: blood of Jesus Christ. If you understand that, that's a

828
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 2: way that you can glorify the Lord by living in

829
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 2: his presence, you'll also understand the nature of the joy

830
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 2: that he offers us, and that joy is a sincere

831
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 2: and genuine contentment in Christ.

832
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 1: That is not dependent on circumstances.

833
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 2: You can go through the toughest seasons of your life,

834
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 2: but also understand that in the presence of God there

835
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 2: is fullness of joy. And Jesus is saying that he

836
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 2: is that way. He doesn't just point us to the way.

837
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,400
Speaker 2: He's the way. He says I am the Way and

838
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:53,400
Speaker 2: the truth and the Life in John fourteen six. And

839
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,319
Speaker 2: if we want to experience that joy, if we want

840
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:59,320
Speaker 2: to spend our eternity, including right now, in the presence

841
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:03,360
Speaker 2: of the fire, that's only done through the son Jesus Christ.

842
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 2: And Jesus offers himself to us. He offers that victory

843
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 2: that he secured over the grave to us, and he

844
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,680
Speaker 2: delights in that fellowship and that reconciliation that we experience

845
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 2: through him. Let's pray, Father, thank you so much for

846
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,879
Speaker 2: the things that you remind us of. When we look

847
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:27,320
Speaker 2: at portions of your word like we're looking at today, Lord,

848
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 2: we know that as we look at these things, we're

849
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:37,440
Speaker 2: reading words that were written down about three thousand years ago,

850
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:44,719
Speaker 2: and we're seeing details that you communicated through David that

851
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:49,879
Speaker 2: have an impact on us. Father, we know that we

852
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:52,840
Speaker 2: experience all sorts of things this side of heaven. We

853
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 2: know that we experience trials, we experience sorrows, we also

854
00:43:56,120 --> 00:44:03,080
Speaker 2: experience great delights, things that make us extremely happy. Lord,

855
00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:07,239
Speaker 2: Even as I think through the past season, this past year,

856
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,359
Speaker 2: there are moments in my life and in the life

857
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:15,360
Speaker 2: of my family that were very very happy moments marriages, births,

858
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:21,320
Speaker 2: time spent together, things that I feel very happy about.

859
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 1: And Lord, I thank you for those good gifts. But

860
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 1: I also know.

861
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 2: That there isn't a single gift that you've given me

862
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 2: that replaces you. You are greater than any of the gifts.

863
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 2: And so Lord, I pray that you would help me

864
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 2: to delight in your presence. I pray the same for

865
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 2: our church family, for anyone hearing my voice right now,

866
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:45,719
Speaker 2: that we would delight in your presence, knowing that just

867
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 2: as the Psalm reminds us that in your presence there

868
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 2: is the fullness of joy. There are things in this

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Speaker 2: world that provide temporary happiness and fun and delight, but

870
00:44:55,880 --> 00:45:00,239
Speaker 2: in your presence there is the fullness of joy. When

871
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 2: I think about the options presented before me. I don't

872
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:07,960
Speaker 2: want partial joy, I don't want transient happiness. I don't

873
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,680
Speaker 2: want anything less than you and Lord, the kind of

874
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 2: confidence that you expressed through David, this confidence that he

875
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:17,680
Speaker 2: had that he would not be shaken because you were

876
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:19,400
Speaker 2: right there with him. Lord, I pray that that's the

877
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 2: kind of confidence that you would give to each of us.

878
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,360
Speaker 2: I desire it, each of us. We desire that, Lord,

879
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 2: so that whatever we face, we know that we are

880
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,920
Speaker 2: facing it with you present right here with us.

881
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Speaker 1: Lord.

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00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:32,160
Speaker 2: I'm so grateful to be able to look at a

883
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,319
Speaker 2: portion of your word like this together with our church

884
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:38,239
Speaker 2: family today. I'm so grateful for this reminder of the

885
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:40,799
Speaker 2: delight that we find in your presence. Lord, and I

886
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:43,400
Speaker 2: pray that we would thene just look at this, that

887
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 2: you would remind us of this passage frequently, and that

888
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:49,360
Speaker 2: we would spend our lives moving in a direction that

889
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:54,120
Speaker 2: is toward you, not away from you, because we are

890
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 2: absolutely convinced that in your presence is the fullness of joy,

891
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 2: and that joy is sick cured through your son Jesus Christ,

892
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:06,560
Speaker 2: who reconciles us. We were your enemies, but through your

893
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:10,359
Speaker 2: son we become your family father. Thank you for these things,

894
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Speaker 2: and thank you for the privilege to be able to

895
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,120
Speaker 2: look at your word. Together today we pray this all

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00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:16,839
Speaker 2: in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 1: Amen,