{"id":1262,"date":"2025-02-23T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/336-peter-moore-exhortation-when-god-doesnt-show-up\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T07:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:22:03","slug":"336-peter-moore-exhortation-when-god-doesnt-show-up","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/336-peter-moore-exhortation-when-god-doesnt-show-up\/","title":{"rendered":"336: Peter Moore – Exhortation: When God Doesn’t Show Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening an exhortation by Bro. Peter Moore titled \u201cWhen God Doesn’t Show Up\u201d that was given at the Gosnells Ecclesia on May 5th, 2024 . <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good Chris
\nAdelphian Talks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is brother Brian.
\nThis week’s talk is an <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation that was given last
\nyear by our brother Peter Moore <\/p>\n

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\nof the Gosnells Ecclesia.
\nAnd the exhortation is called <\/p>\n

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\nWhen God Doesn’t Show Up.
\nBrother Peter compares the <\/p>\n

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\naccounts of God’s obvious divine
\nintervention in the lives of <\/p>\n

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\nsome believers to the experience
\nof others who find themselves <\/p>\n

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\nstill waiting for their
\ncircumstances to change, if <\/p>\n

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\never.
\nAnd it’s a great test of <\/p>\n

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\nspiritual endurance for us to
\nconsider. <\/p>\n

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\nIs your faith paper thin,
\nneeding a quick result? <\/p>\n

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\nOr are you built to be able to
\nhang when God leaves you <\/p>\n

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\nhanging?
\nOr so it may feel at times. <\/p>\n

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\nI found it to be a good talk
\nbecause it’s thought provoking <\/p>\n

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\nand it reminded me of another
\ngreat series on Job by Brother <\/p>\n

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\nJohn Popel where one of the best
\nreminders is that God does not <\/p>\n

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\nequal our happiness.
\nWe can be fully miserable and <\/p>\n

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\nfeel abandoned, but that does
\nnot alter the goodness and <\/p>\n

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\nrighteousness of who and what
\nGod is doing. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s great if we are feeling
\nblessed and should praise our <\/p>\n

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\nLord for our abundance, but true
\nrock solid faith and human <\/p>\n

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\nfeelings do not go hand in hand.
\nBrother Peter has a nice little <\/p>\n

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\ngem in here about the three PS
\nthat we need to be working on if<\/p>\n

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\nwe feel our faith is wavering
\nand we are discouraged. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd while the overall topic is
\ndefinitely under the header, <\/p>\n

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\neasier said than done, The
\nstories from the characters in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Bible are there so that we
\ncan relate to them for our <\/p>\n

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\ncomfort when we are in times of
\ndark valleys. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, as always, we hope that this
\nstrengthens your faith and <\/p>\n

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\nbrightens your day.
\nBrother Peter Moore when God <\/p>\n

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\ndoesn’t show up.
\nSome of the the the most <\/p>\n

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\nmemorable stories in the Bible
\nare those in which we see divine<\/p>\n

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\nintervention on a very large
\nscale. <\/p>\n

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\nSome of the most memorable
\nSunday school stories that we <\/p>\n

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\nthat we learn of as we grow up
\nin the truth are those in which <\/p>\n

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\nwe see God’s might and God’s
\npower on display. <\/p>\n

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\nStories such as the plagues in
\nEgypt, the burning Bush, the <\/p>\n

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\ndestruction of the earth by
\nflood, Daniel and the lion’s <\/p>\n

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\ndead, water gushing out of rocks
\nin the desert. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is especially true when
\nwe look at stories in which we <\/p>\n

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\nsee individuals or groups of
\npeople facing seemingly <\/p>\n

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\nimpossible circumstances,
\nseemingly impassable trials, <\/p>\n

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\nonly to be rescued, saved by
\nsome mighty act of God, some <\/p>\n

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\nmighty act of divine
\nintervention. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are stories like Daniel’s
\nthree friends who were thrown <\/p>\n

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\ninto a furnace.
\nSo hot that the heats from the <\/p>\n

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\nfurnace killed the soldiers who
\nput them in there. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet even in that situation
\nthere was an Angel there with <\/p>\n

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\nthem in the flames and they were
\nmiraculously saved with not even<\/p>\n

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\nthe smell of fire or smoke on
\ntheir clothes. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Bible is riddled with these
\ntypes of stories. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have the events which
\nunfolded in Joshua chapter 10 <\/p>\n

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\nwhere we have that coalition of
\nfive kings who had who had <\/p>\n

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\namassed a mighty army and they
\nhad made war against Gibeon. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd even there in the face of a
\nseemingly impossible battle, God<\/p>\n

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\nintervenes and he throws the
\narmy into a panic. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd and we have something
\namazing happening in verse 13 <\/p>\n

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\nwhere we find that the sun stood
\nstill and the moon stopped in <\/p>\n

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\nits course until the nation took
\nvengeance from their enemies. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd verse 14 goes on to point
\nout just how special that was. <\/p>\n

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\nThere has been no day like it
\nbefore or since when Yahweh <\/p>\n

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\nhearkened to the voice of a man,
\nfor Yahweh fought for Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat an incredible story of
\ndivine intervention, much like <\/p>\n

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\nthe events when Israel left
\nEgypt under the leadership of <\/p>\n

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\nMoses.
\nAnd there they are, trapped in <\/p>\n

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\nbetween a impassable, raging sea
\nand the might of the Egyptian <\/p>\n

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\narmy.
\nExodus points out that this <\/p>\n

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\nwasn’t just one or two horses
\nand Chariots and a few foot <\/p>\n

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\nsoldiers.
\nThis was all Pharaoh’s Chariots.<\/p>\n

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\nAll Pharaoh’s army was pursuing
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the people are beside
\nthemselves with panic and <\/p>\n

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\ndespair and this sense of total
\nterror and hopelessness. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Moses stands up and he says,
\nbe still and see the salvation <\/p>\n

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\nof Yahweh.
\nAnd we know the story. <\/p>\n

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\nThe sea opens up and the people
\ncross on dry land. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Bible is full of these
\nstories which tell of impossible<\/p>\n

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\ncircumstances, situations which
\nare full of terror and despair <\/p>\n

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\nand panic and hopelessness.
\nAnd then, well, then God shows <\/p>\n

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\nup and does something
\nincredible. <\/p>\n

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\nOne of my favorite stories as a
\nas a young Sunday School student<\/p>\n

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\nwas the contest on Mount Carmel
\nin the days of Elijah, a story <\/p>\n

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\nwe find in first Kings 18.
\nAnd we have this almost <\/p>\n

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\ntheatrical drama unfold and and
\nthe prophets of bail are are <\/p>\n

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\ncalling out to bail, to cut, to
\nhear them and burn up their <\/p>\n

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\nsacrifice and, and they cry out.
\nAnd as they get more and more <\/p>\n

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\ndesperate, they start cutting
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the record points out that
\nblood began to gush out of them.<\/p>\n

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\nThat’s how desperate they be.
\nThey became. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet even then there was no
\nanswer, no noise, no action. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then Elijah starts mocking
\nthem and he says, you know, why <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t you cry a bit louder?
\nPerhaps your gods asleep and <\/p>\n

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\nneeds to be woken up, or perhaps
\nhe’s on a journey, or perhaps <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s on the toilet and he mocks
\nthem with this sarcasm. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then he, well, then he calls
\nthe people to him and we know <\/p>\n

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\nthe story.
\nThe fire of Yahweh fell and <\/p>\n

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\nconsumed the burnt offering and
\nthe wood and the stones and the <\/p>\n

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\ndust and even the water that was
\nin the trenches. <\/p>\n

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\nAn incredible power, a display
\nof God’s power, a faith <\/p>\n

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\naffirming moment and a moment
\nnot only for Elijah and the <\/p>\n

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\npeople who saw it that affirmed
\ntheir faith where they could <\/p>\n

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\nlook at and say that is evidence
\nthat God exists, that that is <\/p>\n

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\nevidence of God’s power.
\nBut we can too, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, just like we can look
\nat all of these stories that <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ve mentioned and we can say,
\nwow, what an amazing God we have<\/p>\n

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\na God who is powerful, a God who
\nis magnificent and in the words <\/p>\n

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\nof the psalmist, a God who is
\nawesome. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the reason that story’s been
\none of my favourites and the <\/p>\n

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\nreason that story resonates with
\nme is not because of the fire <\/p>\n

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\ncoming out of the sky.
\nIt’s not because of the <\/p>\n

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\nsarcastic humour of of Elijah.
\nIt’s not because of even the the<\/p>\n

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\nbattle or the contest over Baal
\nthat was won by Yahweh. <\/p>\n

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\nThe reason it’s been one of my
\nfavourites over the years of my <\/p>\n

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\nlife is because, well, because
\nI’ve felt like that in times in <\/p>\n

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\nmy life that I have been like
\none of those people running <\/p>\n

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\naround crying out for an answer,
\nshouting out for an answer, <\/p>\n

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\npleading, begging, praying for
\nGod to do something, to show up,<\/p>\n

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\nonly to have silence as a reply.
\nNo noise, no action, just <\/p>\n

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\nsilence.
\nBecause, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

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\nso many times in our lives we
\nhave seemingly impossible <\/p>\n

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\nsituations.
\nSo many times in our lives we <\/p>\n

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\nface incredible trials and
\ntraumas. <\/p>\n

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\nSo many times in our lives we
\ncan feel like we are stuck <\/p>\n

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\nbetween an impassable sea and
\nthe March of the Egyptian army. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd sometimes we can feel like
\nwe have nowhere to go. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd instead of the sea opening
\nup for us and providing us with <\/p>\n

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\na path ahead, instead of a
\nmiraculous visitation by an <\/p>\n

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\nAngel, when we call out and cry
\nto God, and when we pray and beg<\/p>\n

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\nand plead for God to do
\nsomething, sometimes, just <\/p>\n

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\nsometimes, God doesn’t show up,
\nor so it seems at the time. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, sometimes we might even
\nask ourselves, is God even <\/p>\n

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\nthere?
\nAnd when we’re in that frame of <\/p>\n

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\nmind, when we are feeling like
\nthat, listening to these amazing<\/p>\n

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\nstories of divine intervention
\ncan be really, really hard to <\/p>\n

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\nread, can be really hard to
\nlisten to well, because, well, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause God didn’t show up when
\nwe needed him to. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s all very well and good
\nfor for Daniel’s friends and <\/p>\n

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\nit’s all very well and good for
\nfor Moses and Elijah, but when I<\/p>\n

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\nneeded that to happen in my
\nlife, God didn’t show up. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s an incredibly
\nheartbreaking and an incredibly <\/p>\n

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\nspirit breaking frame of mind to
\nface. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd those of you who have been
\nthere will know exactly what I <\/p>\n

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\nmean.
\nSo when we feel like that, when <\/p>\n

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\nwe are in a a time in our life,
\nbrothers and sisters, when we <\/p>\n

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\nfeel like that, what is the
\nanswer? <\/p>\n

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\nWhere do we go to?
\nWhere do we look to if that’s <\/p>\n

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\nhow we’re feeling?
\nWell, God in his mercy has also <\/p>\n

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\nread all the pages of his word
\nwith other stories, stories <\/p>\n

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\nwhich perhaps we might be able
\nto relate to if that’s how we’re<\/p>\n

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\nfeeling.
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\nterrifying challenges, where
\npeople faced heartbreak and <\/p>\n

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\nsorrow, where people faced
\ndeath, annihilation, prison, <\/p>\n

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\nphysical suffering, mental
\nlanguage, disappointment, <\/p>\n

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\nconfusion, stress.
\nAnd in those stories, even in <\/p>\n

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\nthose circumstances, God didn’t
\nshow up, or so it felt to them. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s in these stories where
\nwe find the answer, the way <\/p>\n

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\nforward, the road ahead on how
\nwe cope, on how we find the <\/p>\n

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\nstrength to change our frame of
\nmind from wondering is God even <\/p>\n

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\nthere to doing what Moses says
\nand stand still and see the <\/p>\n

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\nsalvation of Yahweh.
\nAnd it’s in these, and it’s <\/p>\n

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\nthese stories that this morning
\nI want to briefly consider to <\/p>\n

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\ndraw out some encouragement and
\nexhortation because it’s in <\/p>\n

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\nthese stories, we’re going to
\nfind 3 answers and they’re going<\/p>\n

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\nto point perfectly to this man
\nwe’ve come to remember. <\/p>\n

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\nThe three answers that we’re
\ngoing to look at point perfectly<\/p>\n

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\nto the Lord Jesus Christ because
\nhe will show us what those <\/p>\n

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\nprinciples look like in a very
\npractical way. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are the stories like John
\nthe Baptist who near the end of <\/p>\n

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\nhis life he found himself
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\nfortress of King Herod.
\nNo doubt many prayers were <\/p>\n

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\noffered, praying for his
\nrelease, his disciples <\/p>\n

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\nfaithfully praying, pleading
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\nloose his chains.
\nBut instead of the sound of his <\/p>\n

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\nchains falling in the prison
\ngates opening, he heard only the<\/p>\n

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\nnoise of the approaching
\nfootsteps of his executioner. <\/p>\n

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\nA sad, lonely, terrifying end to
\nthe life of the one who came to <\/p>\n

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\nprepare the way of the Lord.
\nThese are stories like Esther, <\/p>\n

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\nher people facing annihilation
\nat the hands of the Persians due<\/p>\n

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\nto the wicked influence of
\nHaman. <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s own people are facing
\nannihilation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet in the whole book,
\nthere’s no mention of God. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s no prayers recorded.
\nThere’s no religious sacrifices <\/p>\n

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\nor rituals.
\nThere’s no fire coming down from<\/p>\n

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\nthe sky.
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\nintervention.
\nIn fact, it appears as if God <\/p>\n

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\nisn’t even there.
\nKing David anointed king at a <\/p>\n

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\nvery young age.
\nGod’s anointed king, but his <\/p>\n

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\nlife didn’t pan out like he
\nmight have thought. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was forced into hiding in the
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\nthe earth, being hunted like a
\nwild animal by a merciless and a<\/p>\n

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\nmad king, all the while losing
\nhis friends and his close <\/p>\n

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\nacquaintances and his mentors
\nand people he loved. <\/p>\n

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\nTimes in his life where he felt
\ntotally forsaken, totally <\/p>\n

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\nforgotten.
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\nKing Saul reigned on, whilst
\nDavid, God’s anointed king, kept<\/p>\n

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\nhiding.
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\nway forward.
\nWe see the same story in <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael’s own history.
\nGod gave Abraham a promise that <\/p>\n

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\nhis son, that his seed, would go
\non to be as multitudinous as the<\/p>\n

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\nstars in the heaven and sand on
\nthe seashore, and in them all <\/p>\n

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\nfamilies of the earth will be
\nblessed. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this was a promise which
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\nbelieved, which Jacob believed.
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\ngenerations, that seed found
\nitself under the control, <\/p>\n

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\nsubdued as slaves, under the
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\nSlaves, the most powerful nation
\non the earth. <\/p>\n

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\nSlaves for 400 years.
\nAnd then years and years of <\/p>\n

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\nwandering in the wilderness.
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\ninto the promised land, they’ve
\nstill got to deal with the with <\/p>\n

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\nthe nations around them who are
\nconstantly attacking them. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then Babylon comes and drags
\nthem off into captivity and <\/p>\n

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\ndestroys their cities and burns
\ntheir crops. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then the Persians, and then
\nthe Grecians, and then, well, <\/p>\n

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\nthen the Romans.
\nAnd it’s a never ending story of<\/p>\n

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\nsubjugation under foreign rule.
\nThousands of years go by and how<\/p>\n

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\nis that in line with God’s
\npromise to Abraham? <\/p>\n

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\nIf you are a Jew living in those
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\nwith God’s promise?
\nWhere is God in any of that? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy didn’t God show up and stop
\nthat from happening? <\/p>\n

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\nPut yourselves in the shoes of
\na, of a Jewish man or woman in <\/p>\n

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\nthe time of Christ, living
\nfaithfully through some very <\/p>\n

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\ndifficult times on the back of a
\n400 year period of all of, of <\/p>\n

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\nnothing of no Bible stories of,
\nof a falling away from the truth<\/p>\n

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\nand, and the creeping in of, of
\nGreek mythology and such like. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there you are as a brother
\nor sister in Christ, and you are<\/p>\n

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\nlooking and longing for the
\ncoming of Messiah, the one <\/p>\n

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\nspoken of in Isaiah 9.
\nFor years you’ve had these words<\/p>\n

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\nof Isaiah 9 ringing in your
\nears. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re encouraging your family,
\nyou’re encouraging your ecclesia<\/p>\n

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\nnot to give up because the
\nMessiah is coming. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you’re citing these words to
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nFor unto us a child is born,
\nunto us a son is given, and the <\/p>\n

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\ngovernment shall be upon his
\nshoulder, and his name shall be <\/p>\n

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\ncalled.
\nWonderful Counsellor, the mighty<\/p>\n

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\nGod, the everlasting Father, the
\nPrince of Peace, of the of the <\/p>\n

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\nincrease of his government and
\npeace. <\/p>\n

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\nThere shall be no end upon the
\nthrone of David and upon his <\/p>\n

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\nKingdom, to order it and to
\nestablish it with judgment and <\/p>\n

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\nwith justice from henceforth,
\neven forever. <\/p>\n

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\nThat is your hope, brothers and
\nsisters, that’s what you’re <\/p>\n

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\nyou’ve been waiting for your
\nwhole life. <\/p>\n

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\nBut years go by, and finally the
\nMessiah is born, but to a poor <\/p>\n

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\nfamily, conceived under dubious
\ncircumstances, born in squalid <\/p>\n

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\nconditions in a place no one’s
\neven heard of. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then 30 years, nothing
\nhappens. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd instead of coming in and and
\noverthrowing the Romans and <\/p>\n

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\nestablishing his Kingdom as
\nIsaiah 9 promised, he operates <\/p>\n

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\non the outskirts of society.
\nHe spends his time with sinners,<\/p>\n

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\nsocial outcasts, tax collectors
\nand fishermen. <\/p>\n

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\nThat doesn’t match up with
\nIsaiah 9. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy is God letting this happen?
\nAnd not only that, but now the <\/p>\n

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\nRomans are preparing to crucify
\nthe very man you have waited <\/p>\n

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\nyour life for.
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\nhope.
\nWell, because you know the <\/p>\n

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\nstories, you know that God can
\nintervene, you know that he’s in<\/p>\n

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\nthese very circumstances, that
\nGod shows up with might and <\/p>\n

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\npower and awesome displays of
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\nSurely he’s going to send his
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\nMessiah off the cross.
\nAnd you pray and pray in the <\/p>\n

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\nwhole ecclesia, praise and begs
\nand waits and watches. <\/p>\n

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\nNothing.
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\nOnly silence and darkness and
\nthe image of your dead Lord <\/p>\n

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\nslumped on the cross on Calvary.
\nYou’ve only got one question. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy didn’t God show up?
\nAnd is God even there? <\/p>\n

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\nWe could go on and on and look
\nat these stories to prove the <\/p>\n

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\npoint.
\nBut this morning I want to look <\/p>\n

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\nat three stories in particular
\nbecause it’s in these three <\/p>\n

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\nstories that we find the answer
\nto that question. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy didn’t God show up?
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\nprovide the answers we so
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\nin our lives when when it
\nappears if God isn’t there, <\/p>\n

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\nthose times in our lives when it
\nfeels like he doesn’t show up, <\/p>\n

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\nwhen the first of these stories
\nis that of Job. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we know all these stories
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\non them briefly.
\nWe know the extensive list of <\/p>\n

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\nlist of sufferings that Job
\nendured. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re aware of his terrible
\nlosses, the people he loved who <\/p>\n

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\ndied, his own family, let alone
\nthe material losses he endured, <\/p>\n

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\nand finally, intense physical
\ntrauma and disease. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as time goes on and his
\nsuffering goes on for weeks and <\/p>\n

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\nmonths, he gets to the point in
\nchapter 23 where he’s beginning <\/p>\n

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\nto feel like he’s all alone.
\nHe’s already pointed out in Job <\/p>\n

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\n19 that all his close friends
\nand those whom he loved, even <\/p>\n

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\nhis own wife had becoming
\nstrange to him, forgotten him, <\/p>\n

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\nforsaken him.
\nBut now in chapter 23, he’s <\/p>\n

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\nreached a new level of despair
\nand he’s looking for God <\/p>\n

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\neverywhere.
\nAnd and he cries out with this <\/p>\n

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\nutter sense of total despair in
\nverse 3. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he says, if only I knew
\nwhere to find God. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 8 and 9 I go, I go forward
\nand he’s not there. <\/p>\n

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\nI go backward.
\nI cannot perceive him on the <\/p>\n

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\nleft hand where he doth work,
\nand I cannot see him. <\/p>\n

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\nHe hides himself on the right
\nhand that I cannot see him. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s saying I’ve searched N
\nsouthwest and even E even in the<\/p>\n

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\neast where God is sure to be
\nfound. <\/p>\n

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\nBut even there he’s nowhere to
\nbe found. <\/p>\n

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\nIn spite of my many prayers, in
\nspite of my continued searching <\/p>\n

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\nand calling out for God, I’ve
\nnot been able to find him. <\/p>\n

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\nHe hasn’t shown up.
\nSo what does Job do from here? <\/p>\n

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\nDoes he give up?
\nDoes he conclude that since God <\/p>\n

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\ndidn’t show up, since his
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\nworse with no sign of
\nimprovement, perhaps God isn’t <\/p>\n

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\neven there?
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\nJob actually goes on and gives
\nus an insight into how each one <\/p>\n

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\nof us should respond when we
\nfeel that way. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen we feel like God hasn’t
\nshown up and we we begin to <\/p>\n

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\nquestion is even there.
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\nfound in verse 10 of Job 23.
\nBecause Job continues his <\/p>\n

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\ndialogue and he says even though
\nI’ve searched the four corners <\/p>\n

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\nof the earth for God, even
\nthough I have, I’ve searched for<\/p>\n

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\nsigns that God is at work.
\nEven though I’ve prayed and <\/p>\n

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\npleaded and begged and cried for
\nGod to show up, even though I <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t know where he is.
\nVerse 10, he knows where I am. <\/p>\n

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\nEven though I don’t know where
\nGod is, He knows where I am. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the answer from Job, the
\nanswer from his story is <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:10,720 –> 00:23:13,360
\nperspective.
\nAnd that’s our first word this <\/p>\n

326
\n00:23:13,360 –> 00:23:14,760
\nmorning.
\nPerspective. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:23:15,720 –> 00:23:19,840
\nWe have to have the perspective
\nthat Job had that even though we<\/p>\n

328
\n00:23:19,840 –> 00:23:23,400
\nmight not be able to see God
\nworking, even though we might <\/p>\n

329
\n00:23:23,400 –> 00:23:29,440
\nnot see God show up and do
\nsomething, even though we might <\/p>\n

330
\n00:23:29,440 –> 00:23:33,000
\nnot know where He is in our
\nproblems or in our lives, He <\/p>\n

331
\n00:23:33,000 –> 00:23:36,560
\nknows where we are.
\nSo the first answer Scripture <\/p>\n

332
\n00:23:36,560 –> 00:23:40,720
\ngives us for when we feel like
\nwe can’t see God working in our <\/p>\n

333
\n00:23:40,720 –> 00:23:44,800
\nlives or when we feel like God
\nisn’t there is get your <\/p>\n

334
\n00:23:44,800 –> 00:23:49,400
\nperspective in line with the
\nperspective that Job had. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:23:52,520 –> 00:23:56,800
\nThe second story where we find
\nan answer is the story of <\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:56,800 –> 00:24:00,960
\nJoseph.
\nAs we know as a young man, <\/p>\n

337
\n00:24:00,960 –> 00:24:03,960
\nJoseph had dreams that one day
\nhis brothers and his family <\/p>\n

338
\n00:24:03,960 –> 00:24:06,960
\nwould bow down to him.
\nHe was hated by his brothers <\/p>\n

339
\n00:24:06,960 –> 00:24:09,240
\nbecause of his dreams and
\nbecause of the love shown to him<\/p>\n

340
\n00:24:09,240 –> 00:24:12,280
\nby his father Jake.
\nAnd due to this, he was nearly <\/p>\n

341
\n00:24:12,280 –> 00:24:15,120
\nmurdered by his own brothers.
\nHe was thrown into a pit, he was<\/p>\n

342
\n00:24:15,120 –> 00:24:19,600
\nsold to slave traders, he was
\nshipped off to to Egypt, and he <\/p>\n

343
\n00:24:19,600 –> 00:24:22,880
\nwound up after false
\naccusations, being in the <\/p>\n

344
\n00:24:22,880 –> 00:24:24,640
\ndungeon prison of the captain of
\nthe guard. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:24:25,800 –> 00:24:29,720
\nNot particularly how Joseph
\nwould have imagined his life to <\/p>\n

346
\n00:24:29,720 –> 00:24:34,080
\ngo, especially after the dreams
\nhe had as a young man. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:24:34,080 –> 00:24:38,200
\nWe find Joseph in Genesis
\nchapter 40 run at the end of <\/p>\n

348
\n00:24:38,200 –> 00:24:45,600
\nchapter 40 in prison totally
\nforgotten about it says there in<\/p>\n

349
\n00:24:45,600 –> 00:24:49,320
\nverse 23.
\nYet did not the chief Butler <\/p>\n

350
\n00:24:49,920 –> 00:24:57,040
\nremember Joseph but forgot him?
\nJoseph would have been well <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:57,040 –> 00:25:00,320
\nwithin his rights to feel like
\nGod had forsaken him, that <\/p>\n

352
\n00:25:00,320 –> 00:25:03,600
\neveryone had forgotten him.
\nBut because of Joseph’s <\/p>\n

353
\n00:25:03,600 –> 00:25:08,200
\nperspective, that he was able to
\nsee that just because his <\/p>\n

354
\n00:25:08,200 –> 00:25:12,080
\nsituation was less than ideal,
\njust because his face may be <\/p>\n

355
\n00:25:12,080 –> 00:25:14,880
\nhidden from view for a moment,
\nit didn’t mean that God wasn’t <\/p>\n

356
\n00:25:14,880 –> 00:25:17,680
\nthere, and it didn’t mean that
\nGod wasn’t working. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:25:18,800 –> 00:25:21,040
\nAnd we can see what this
\nperspective looks like when we <\/p>\n

358
\n00:25:21,040 –> 00:25:24,120
\nturn the page to chapter 41 and
\nwe see what Joseph has to say <\/p>\n

359
\n00:25:24,120 –> 00:25:26,960
\nwhen finally the chief Butler
\ndoes remember him. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:25:27,840 –> 00:25:29,960
\nBecause in verse 16, Joseph
\nanswered Pharaoh. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:25:30,120 –> 00:25:34,120
\nIt is not in me God will give
\nPharaoh a favorable answer. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:25:35,200 –> 00:25:38,960
\nI find that absolutely
\nincredible, that after years of <\/p>\n

363
\n00:25:38,960 –> 00:25:43,960
\nrotting away in prison, having
\nbeen totally forgotten, having <\/p>\n

364
\n00:25:43,960 –> 00:25:48,600
\nbeen through so many trials, so
\nfar away from home, suffering <\/p>\n

365
\n00:25:48,600 –> 00:25:51,800
\nfalse accusations, injustice,
\ncruel treatment, having been <\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:51,800 –> 00:25:56,760
\npraying for so long with no
\napparent answers, with no sign <\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:57,200 –> 00:26:01,000
\nof God’s intervention, with no
\nsign that his circumstances were<\/p>\n

368
\n00:26:01,000 –> 00:26:05,760
\ngoing to improve, that Joseph’s
\nperspective was such that he was<\/p>\n

369
\n00:26:05,760 –> 00:26:10,120
\nstill absolutely confident that
\nGod would give Pharaoh an <\/p>\n

370
\n00:26:10,120 –> 00:26:12,160
\nanswer.
\nNotice he doesn’t say. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:26:12,600 –> 00:26:14,880
\nMaybe God will answer.
\nYou don’t notice he doesn’t say.<\/p>\n

372
\n00:26:15,040 –> 00:26:18,840
\nWell, Once Upon a time I would
\nhave been confident, but God <\/p>\n

373
\n00:26:18,840 –> 00:26:20,320
\nhasn’t been listening to me
\nrecently. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:26:20,680 –> 00:26:22,320
\nSo let’s give it a crack and see
\nhow we go. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:26:22,520 –> 00:26:26,920
\nHe doesn’t say that.
\nHe says God will give you an <\/p>\n

376
\n00:26:26,920 –> 00:26:34,840
\nanswer.
\nAnd he was able to do that, <\/p>\n

377
\n00:26:34,840 –> 00:26:38,040
\nbrothers and sisters, because
\nJoseph had the right <\/p>\n

378
\n00:26:38,040 –> 00:26:40,520
\nperspective.
\nAnd one of the beautiful <\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:40,520 –> 00:26:43,480
\nmessages that comes out of the
\nreading of the story of Joseph <\/p>\n

380
\n00:26:44,120 –> 00:26:48,560
\nis numerous times that said God.
\nIt says God was with Joseph and <\/p>\n

381
\n00:26:48,560 –> 00:26:53,160
\nthat even when things go wrong,
\nit says God was with Joseph. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:54,360 –> 00:26:56,800
\nAnd because of Joseph’s
\nperspective, he was able to see <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:56,800 –> 00:27:00,640
\nthat even though God’s presence
\nin his problems didn’t seem to <\/p>\n

384
\n00:27:00,640 –> 00:27:04,080
\nchange his situation, even
\nthough God’s presence in his <\/p>\n

385
\n00:27:04,080 –> 00:27:07,040
\nlife didn’t seem to lessen the
\nhardships he had to endure, <\/p>\n

386
\n00:27:07,320 –> 00:27:11,320
\nbecause he was just able to see
\nthat God was there. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:27:12,240 –> 00:27:14,360
\nHe was able to persevere through
\nthem. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:27:15,960 –> 00:27:19,960
\nAnd that’s our second answer,
\nthe second lesson that comes out<\/p>\n

389
\n00:27:19,960 –> 00:27:22,720
\nof Scripture that will help us
\nwhen we feel like God isn’t <\/p>\n

390
\n00:27:22,720 –> 00:27:25,560
\nthere, when we feel like he’s
\nnot listening to us. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:27:26,480 –> 00:27:30,520
\nFirst, we have to have the right
\nperspective, and then we have to<\/p>\n

392
\n00:27:30,520 –> 00:27:33,160
\npersevere.
\nAnd Joseph was a brilliant <\/p>\n

393
\n00:27:33,160 –> 00:27:36,400
\nexample of someone who
\npersevered through trials, even <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:36,400 –> 00:27:41,120
\nthough his circumstances didn’t
\nseem to improve for long periods<\/p>\n

395
\n00:27:41,120 –> 00:27:45,360
\nof time.
\nAnd I’ve got a a note in my <\/p>\n

396
\n00:27:45,360 –> 00:27:49,360
\nBible which is attributed by the
\nDan Jolly from many years ago. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:27:49,360 –> 00:27:52,840
\nDon’t look nervous, Dan, but it
\nactually highlights this point <\/p>\n

398
\n00:27:52,840 –> 00:27:57,320
\nbecause it was a lesson that
\nJoseph learned and that was that<\/p>\n

399
\n00:27:57,320 –> 00:28:01,120
\nthe wheels of God’s purpose may
\nturn slowly, but they do turn <\/p>\n

400
\n00:28:02,080 –> 00:28:05,680
\nand that is perseverance.
\nOne O 1. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:28:07,400 –> 00:28:12,400
\nSo King David actually writes of
\nthis same lesson in Psalm 23 <\/p>\n

402
\n00:28:12,400 –> 00:28:15,160
\nwhere he writes, though I walk
\nthrough the valley of the shadow<\/p>\n

403
\n00:28:15,200 –> 00:28:17,840
\nof death, I will fear no evil,
\nfor you are with me. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:28:18,000 –> 00:28:21,880
\nYour rod and staff comfort me.
\nNotice David doesn’t say because<\/p>\n

405
\n00:28:21,880 –> 00:28:24,680
\nyou’re with me and because your
\nrod and staff comfort me, I <\/p>\n

406
\n00:28:24,680 –> 00:28:26,200
\ndon’t have to walk through the
\nvalley. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:28:28,240 –> 00:28:31,400
\nGod’s presence in our lives does
\nnot mean we don’t have to walk <\/p>\n

408
\n00:28:31,400 –> 00:28:36,320
\ndown some incredibly tough,
\nscary, terrifying, and sometimes<\/p>\n

409
\n00:28:36,520 –> 00:28:40,080
\nheartbreaking roads.
\nBut if we have the right <\/p>\n

410
\n00:28:40,080 –> 00:28:45,040
\nperspective, we will be able to
\npersevere because we’ll be able <\/p>\n

411
\n00:28:45,040 –> 00:28:49,560
\nto see that God is with us even
\nin those times. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:28:52,000 –> 00:28:55,320
\nThe final story I want to touch
\non this morning is that of <\/p>\n

413
\n00:28:55,320 –> 00:28:58,280
\nJeremiah.
\nJeremiah shows us just how <\/p>\n

414
\n00:28:58,280 –> 00:29:01,760
\ncritical it is to have
\nperspective and perseverance, <\/p>\n

415
\n00:29:01,760 –> 00:29:05,600
\nbut he completes the lesson by
\nadding one more, by providing <\/p>\n

416
\n00:29:05,600 –> 00:29:09,560
\none more answer.
\nWe all know Jeremiah, the <\/p>\n

417
\n00:29:09,560 –> 00:29:14,720
\nprophet who appeared to just get
\nabsolutely smashed on every <\/p>\n

418
\n00:29:14,720 –> 00:29:16,520
\nside.
\nWe he suffered probably, <\/p>\n

419
\n00:29:16,520 –> 00:29:18,400
\nprobably more than any other
\nprophet. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:29:18,560 –> 00:29:22,880
\nHe personally suffered along
\nwith his people and it had a <\/p>\n

421
\n00:29:22,880 –> 00:29:27,320
\nprofound impact on his writings,
\nwhich we’ve been blessed to have<\/p>\n

422
\n00:29:27,320 –> 00:29:30,280
\naccess to.
\nAnd he and, and, and his story <\/p>\n

423
\n00:29:30,280 –> 00:29:32,920
\nthis morning takes us to
\nLamentations Chapter 3. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:29:34,160 –> 00:29:37,640
\nWe read of the facts which led
\nup to the background of <\/p>\n

425
\n00:29:37,640 –> 00:29:40,080
\nLamentations 3, But you don’t
\nneed to turn there. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:29:40,080 –> 00:29:43,960
\nBut we find them in Second Kings
\n25, verse 8, where I’ll read <\/p>\n

427
\n00:29:43,960 –> 00:29:45,920
\nthem for you.
\nIt says they slaughtered the <\/p>\n

428
\n00:29:45,920 –> 00:29:49,360
\nsons of Zedekiah before his
\neyes, and they put out the eyes <\/p>\n

429
\n00:29:49,360 –> 00:29:52,440
\nof Zedekiah and bound him in
\nchains and took him to Babylon <\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:53,000 –> 00:29:55,360
\nin the 5th month, in the 7th day
\nof the month. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:29:55,360 –> 00:29:58,360
\nIt was the 19th year of King
\nNebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,<\/p>\n

432
\n00:29:58,760 –> 00:30:01,000
\nNebu Zaraida.
\nAnd the captain of the guard, a <\/p>\n

433
\n00:30:01,000 –> 00:30:03,920
\nservant of the king of Babylon,
\ncame to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:30:04,800 –> 00:30:07,760
\nAnd he burned the House of
\nYahweh in the King’s house. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:30:08,040 –> 00:30:10,880
\nAnd all the houses of Jerusalem,
\nevery great house he burned <\/p>\n

436
\n00:30:10,880 –> 00:30:12,680
\ndown.
\nAnd all the army of the <\/p>\n

437
\n00:30:12,680 –> 00:30:15,880
\nChordians who are with the
\ncaptain of the guard, broke down<\/p>\n

438
\n00:30:15,880 –> 00:30:19,360
\nthe walls around Jerusalem.
\nAnd the rest of the people who <\/p>\n

439
\n00:30:19,360 –> 00:30:22,600
\nwere left in the city and the
\ndeserters who had deserted to <\/p>\n

440
\n00:30:22,600 –> 00:30:25,680
\nthe king of Babylon together
\nwith the rest of the multitude, <\/p>\n

441
\n00:30:25,920 –> 00:30:29,720
\nNebu Zahraidan carried into
\nexile. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:30:30,960 –> 00:30:33,400
\nSo that’s the context to these
\nwords of Jeremiah. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:30:33,400 –> 00:30:35,440
\nThat’s the context.
\nThis is the destruction, the <\/p>\n

444
\n00:30:35,440 –> 00:30:38,680
\nslaughter, and the desolation
\nwhich Jeremiah writes about in <\/p>\n

445
\n00:30:38,680 –> 00:30:41,360
\nLamentations.
\nAnd poor old Jeremiah has now <\/p>\n

446
\n00:30:41,360 –> 00:30:46,640
\ngot to the point where he feels
\nlike God is actively causing his<\/p>\n

447
\n00:30:46,640 –> 00:30:48,880
\ntroubles.
\nThat that even though God not <\/p>\n

448
\n00:30:48,880 –> 00:30:52,320
\nonly was God not answering his
\nprayers, perhaps God was <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:52,320 –> 00:30:54,960
\nactually causing his problems.
\nLook what he writes in verse 8 <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:55,040 –> 00:30:59,160
\nof Lamentations.
\nThree though I call and cry for <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:59,160 –> 00:31:03,200
\nhelp, he shuts out my prayer.
\nHe has blocked my ways with <\/p>\n

452
\n00:31:03,200 –> 00:31:06,160
\nblocks of stones.
\nHe has made my paths crooked. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:31:06,480 –> 00:31:09,720
\nHe is a bear lying in wait for
\nme, a lion in hiding. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:31:10,280 –> 00:31:12,880
\nHe turned aside my steps and
\ntore me to pieces. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:31:13,080 –> 00:31:18,400
\nHe has made me desolate.
\nJeremiah feels like God is not <\/p>\n

456
\n00:31:18,400 –> 00:31:21,480
\nonly ignoring his prayers and
\nhis desperate cries for help, <\/p>\n

457
\n00:31:21,480 –> 00:31:25,120
\nbut God is like this bear got
\nthis lion lying in wait, ready <\/p>\n

458
\n00:31:25,120 –> 00:31:30,520
\nto tear him into pieces.
\nSo just like Job and Joseph, we <\/p>\n

459
\n00:31:30,520 –> 00:31:33,440
\nask the question, what does
\nJeremiah do when he feels like <\/p>\n

460
\n00:31:33,440 –> 00:31:35,440
\nthat?
\nDoes he give up on God? <\/p>\n

461
\n00:31:36,560 –> 00:31:40,440
\nTurn the page because he gives
\nus the answer in verse 25, which<\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:40,440 –> 00:31:44,120
\nis worth highlighting because he
\nshows us what his answer is. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:44,520 –> 00:31:49,800
\nAnd the answer Jeremiah gives to
\ncomplete the lesson is Yahweh is<\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:49,840 –> 00:31:53,800
\ngood to those who wait for him,
\nto the soul who seeks him. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:54,040 –> 00:31:59,120
\nIt is good that one should hope
\nand wait quietly for the <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:59,120 –> 00:32:03,600
\nsalvation of Yahweh.
\nIsn’t that exactly what Moses <\/p>\n

467
\n00:32:03,600 –> 00:32:07,160
\nsaid to the people?
\nBe still and see the salvation <\/p>\n

468
\n00:32:07,160 –> 00:32:09,280
\nof Yahweh.
\nThe answer Jeremiah gives. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:32:09,280 –> 00:32:13,600
\nThe lesson Jeremiah teaches us
\nis the need for patience. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:32:15,400 –> 00:32:19,280
\nIt is good that we wait quietly
\nfor the salvation of Yahweh. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:32:19,840 –> 00:32:23,960
\nPerspective is the key to
\nperseverance, and perseverance <\/p>\n

472
\n00:32:23,960 –> 00:32:28,720
\nrequires patience, which is the
\nkey to waiting for the salvation<\/p>\n

473
\n00:32:28,720 –> 00:32:31,920
\nof Yahweh.
\nIt might feel like that <\/p>\n

474
\n00:32:31,920 –> 00:32:35,440
\nsalvation is a very, very long
\nway away, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:32:35,680 –> 00:32:39,000
\nIt might feel like we have been
\npersevering for an awfully long <\/p>\n

476
\n00:32:39,000 –> 00:32:41,000
\ntime.
\nWe might be feeling like we <\/p>\n

477
\n00:32:41,000 –> 00:32:45,440
\ncan’t persevere anymore.
\nAnd if that’s the case, Jeremiah<\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:45,440 –> 00:32:51,000
\nencourages us, don’t give up, be
\npatient and wait for the <\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:51,000 –> 00:32:54,920
\nsalvation of Yahweh.
\nOnce again, this is something <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:54,920 –> 00:32:57,680
\nthat David writes of in the
\nPsalms where he says in Psalm <\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:57,680 –> 00:33:00,880
\n37, be still before Yahweh.
\nWait patiently for him. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:33:01,280 –> 00:33:03,520
\nIt’s a lesson he personally had
\nto learn. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:33:03,840 –> 00:33:07,280
\nHe writes in Psalm 130, verse 5,
\nI wait for Yahweh. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:33:07,480 –> 00:33:11,080
\nMy soul waits for the Lord more
\nthan Watchmen for the morning. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:33:14,440 –> 00:33:18,080
\nSo this story, the story of
\nJeremiah, the story of Joseph, <\/p>\n

486
\n00:33:18,080 –> 00:33:23,200
\nthe story of Job, shows us the
\nanswers on how to cope when we <\/p>\n

487
\n00:33:23,200 –> 00:33:25,160
\nare feeling like God isn’t even
\nthere. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:33:25,560 –> 00:33:28,120
\nWhen we are feeling like God
\ndidn’t show up when we needed, <\/p>\n

489
\n00:33:28,240 –> 00:33:30,880
\nwhen we needed him to.
\nWhen we feel like he’s not <\/p>\n

490
\n00:33:30,880 –> 00:33:34,080
\nanswering our prayers.
\nWhen circumstances in our lives <\/p>\n

491
\n00:33:34,080 –> 00:33:38,320
\nare spiraling out of control
\nwith no sign of God at work. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:33:39,040 –> 00:33:41,840
\nWhen we don’t know what to do
\nnext, When we don’t know the way<\/p>\n

493
\n00:33:41,840 –> 00:33:45,200
\nforward.
\nThe answer is found in three <\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:45,200 –> 00:33:50,000
\nwords, perspective,
\nperseverance, and patience. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:51,920 –> 00:33:55,920
\nWe may not know where God is,
\nbut He knows where we are. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:56,920 –> 00:34:01,920
\nWe got God’s presence in our
\nlife may not stop us from having<\/p>\n

497
\n00:34:01,920 –> 00:34:06,120
\nto walk down some very dark,
\nscary valleys of the shadow of <\/p>\n

498
\n00:34:06,120 –> 00:34:08,320
\ndeath.
\nAnd it may feel like we have <\/p>\n

499
\n00:34:08,320 –> 00:34:12,520
\nbeen persevering for an
\nincredibly long time with no <\/p>\n

500
\n00:34:12,520 –> 00:34:15,760
\nsign of God.
\nBut if we persevere and wait <\/p>\n

501
\n00:34:15,760 –> 00:34:18,960
\npatiently, God will show up,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:34:18,960 –> 00:34:22,120
\nAnd when he does, he will bring
\nwith him the salvation that he <\/p>\n

503
\n00:34:22,120 –> 00:34:27,159
\nhas promised to those who wait.
\nSo we’ve looked at Job, Joseph, <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:27,159 –> 00:34:28,880
\nand Jeremiah.
\nWe’ve seen the lessons their <\/p>\n

505
\n00:34:28,880 –> 00:34:31,920
\nstories teach perspective,
\nperseverance, and patience. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:34:32,120 –> 00:34:35,880
\nBut there’s one more story which
\nbeautifully ties these <\/p>\n

507
\n00:34:35,880 –> 00:34:38,280
\nprinciples together.
\nAnd that, of course, is the <\/p>\n

508
\n00:34:38,280 –> 00:34:42,520
\nstory of our reading in Luke 22,
\nthe story of the man we’ve all <\/p>\n

509
\n00:34:42,520 –> 00:34:47,159
\ngathered this morning to
\nremember our Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:34:47,159 –> 00:34:50,880
\nAnd it’s in this story, in his
\nlife, that he showed the perfect<\/p>\n

511
\n00:34:50,880 –> 00:34:52,719
\nexample of these three
\nqualities. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:54,600 –> 00:34:59,920
\nLet’s begin our short look at
\nhis story in Luke 22 and read <\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:59,920 –> 00:35:05,480
\nfrom verse 41.
\nAnd he withdrew from them about <\/p>\n

514
\n00:35:05,480 –> 00:35:09,800
\na stone’s throw and knelt down
\nand prayed, saying, Father, if <\/p>\n

515
\n00:35:09,800 –> 00:35:11,680
\nyou are willing, remove this cup
\nfrom me. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:35:12,960 –> 00:35:15,160
\nNevertheless, not my will, but
\nyours be done. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:35:16,160 –> 00:35:19,040
\nAnd there appeared to him an
\nAngel from heaven, strengthening<\/p>\n

518
\n00:35:19,040 –> 00:35:22,920
\nhim, and being in agony, he
\nprayed more earnestly, and his <\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:22,920 –> 00:35:26,280
\nsweat became like great drops of
\nblood falling down to the <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:26,280 –> 00:35:30,680
\nground.
\nHere we find our Lord in one of <\/p>\n

521
\n00:35:30,680 –> 00:35:36,000
\nthe lowest points of his life.
\nHere he is in combat in a <\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:36,000 –> 00:35:39,880
\nstruggle, a struggle between his
\nown will and the will of his <\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:39,880 –> 00:35:43,720
\nFather, which was the will that
\nhe came to perform, as it says <\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:43,720 –> 00:35:47,760
\nin Hebrews 10.
\nHere is our Lord in anguish, in <\/p>\n

525
\n00:35:47,800 –> 00:35:49,760
\nagony.
\nMatthew says very heavy. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:35:50,800 –> 00:35:57,520
\nThe word for agony is to be
\ncompletely overwhelmed with <\/p>\n

527
\n00:35:57,520 –> 00:36:00,640
\nanguish.
\nThe word is used in the Greek <\/p>\n

528
\n00:36:00,640 –> 00:36:06,400
\nlanguage to describe the most
\nextreme form of anguish which <\/p>\n

529
\n00:36:06,400 –> 00:36:13,160
\nthe soul can feel.
\nIt’s an excruciating anxiety and<\/p>\n

530
\n00:36:13,160 –> 00:36:17,880
\na torture of spirit.
\nThat’s how our Lord is feeling <\/p>\n

531
\n00:36:17,920 –> 00:36:21,320
\nin this moment as he prays in
\nthe garden whilst his closest <\/p>\n

532
\n00:36:21,320 –> 00:36:25,360
\nfriends sleep.
\nAt this moment, brothers and <\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:25,360 –> 00:36:28,320
\nsisters, our Lord was a hair’s
\nbreadth away from failure. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:28,880 –> 00:36:33,120
\nHe was a hair’s breadth away
\nfrom cracking and, and there he <\/p>\n

535
\n00:36:33,120 –> 00:36:36,280
\nis praying in agony.
\nHe’s experiencing the most <\/p>\n

536
\n00:36:36,280 –> 00:36:40,880
\nextreme form of excruciating and
\ntorturous sorrow. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:41,280 –> 00:36:47,000
\nAnd he calls out to his father.
\nHe cries out, ABBA, dad, please,<\/p>\n

538
\n00:36:47,200 –> 00:36:49,080
\nif you’re willing, remove this
\ncup from me. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:36:49,280 –> 00:36:52,440
\nAnd his father, recognizing what
\nwas going on, he, he turns to <\/p>\n

540
\n00:36:52,440 –> 00:36:54,920
\nhis Angel and he says to his
\nAngel, you get down there right <\/p>\n

541
\n00:36:54,920 –> 00:36:58,240
\nnow and strengthen my son
\nbecause he is this close to <\/p>\n

542
\n00:36:58,240 –> 00:37:02,480
\ncracking.
\nYou get down there and <\/p>\n

543
\n00:37:02,480 –> 00:37:05,720
\nstrengthen my boy.
\nAnd there was the Angel, Luke <\/p>\n

544
\n00:37:05,720 –> 00:37:09,080
\npoints out, strengthening him.
\nAnd there, in the midst of these<\/p>\n

545
\n00:37:09,080 –> 00:37:13,440
\nincredible moments, our Lord
\nwins the struggle right there in<\/p>\n

546
\n00:37:13,440 –> 00:37:15,640
\nthe garden, before he’s even
\nbeen arrested. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:15,640 –> 00:37:18,800
\nRight there He has won that
\ncombat because his perspective <\/p>\n

548
\n00:37:19,160 –> 00:37:21,000
\nwas in tune with his Father’s
\nwill. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:37:21,280 –> 00:37:26,720
\nNevertheless, not my will, but
\nthine be done for this, ’cause I<\/p>\n

550
\n00:37:26,720 –> 00:37:29,680
\nhave come to do your will, O
\nGod, as it was written of me in <\/p>\n

551
\n00:37:29,680 –> 00:37:33,840
\nthe scroll of the book.
\nJesus our Lord, in these <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:33,840 –> 00:37:39,200
\nterrifying moments showed the
\nimportance of perspective. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:40,520 –> 00:37:43,720
\nAnd because his perspective was
\nright, he was able to persevere <\/p>\n

554
\n00:37:43,720 –> 00:37:46,440
\nthrough the rest of that
\nterrible night because he knew, <\/p>\n

555
\n00:37:46,440 –> 00:37:49,200
\nhe trusted.
\nHe was convinced that just <\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:49,200 –> 00:37:53,800
\nbecause God was with him, just
\nbecause the Angel had come down <\/p>\n

557
\n00:37:53,800 –> 00:37:57,800
\nto strengthen him, didn’t mean
\nhe still wasn’t going to have to<\/p>\n

558
\n00:37:58,240 –> 00:38:00,880
\nendure what was to come, the
\ncross. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:38:01,160 –> 00:38:04,040
\nHe understood that although
\nGod’s presence wasn’t going to <\/p>\n

560
\n00:38:04,040 –> 00:38:09,080
\nchange his circumstances in the
\nshort term, he had to persevere <\/p>\n

561
\n00:38:10,320 –> 00:38:13,680
\nand keep his perspective right
\nand God would hear his cries. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:38:14,840 –> 00:38:18,040
\nHebrews 5 verse 7 says, Who in
\nthe days of his flesh, when He <\/p>\n

563
\n00:38:18,040 –> 00:38:21,720
\noffered up prayers and
\nsupplications with strong crying<\/p>\n

564
\n00:38:21,720 –> 00:38:27,320
\nand tears unto him, who was able
\nto save him from death, heard <\/p>\n

565
\n00:38:27,320 –> 00:38:30,040
\nwas heard in that He feared.
\nThis is referring to these <\/p>\n

566
\n00:38:30,040 –> 00:38:33,280
\nterrible moments that we’ve just
\nread of in the garden in Luke <\/p>\n

567
\n00:38:33,280 –> 00:38:36,920
\n22, when He offered up prayers
\nand supplications with strong <\/p>\n

568
\n00:38:36,920 –> 00:38:41,000
\ncrying and tears, not just unto
\nGod, but unto the very one who <\/p>\n

569
\n00:38:41,000 –> 00:38:47,320
\nwas able to save him from death.
\nAnd even though the answer <\/p>\n

570
\n00:38:47,320 –> 00:38:50,280
\nwasn’t the one his natural mind
\nwould have wanted, even though <\/p>\n

571
\n00:38:50,280 –> 00:38:53,560
\nGod didn’t send that legion of
\nangels to to take him from the <\/p>\n

572
\n00:38:53,560 –> 00:38:57,520
\ncross, even though there was no
\nfire coming out of heaven and <\/p>\n

573
\n00:38:57,520 –> 00:39:01,000
\nsome awesome display of divine
\nintervention, He persevered. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:39:01,880 –> 00:39:06,280
\nHe kept on praying and Hebrews
\nassures us he was hurt. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:39:07,480 –> 00:39:11,240
\nGod sent the Angel, and even
\nthough He still had to die on <\/p>\n

576
\n00:39:11,240 –> 00:39:13,600
\nthat cross, the grave could not
\nhold Him in. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:39:13,600 –> 00:39:17,680
\nThe answer to that prayer came
\nin the form of resurrection to <\/p>\n

578
\n00:39:17,680 –> 00:39:22,240
\neternal life.
\nAnd finally He demonstrated <\/p>\n

579
\n00:39:22,240 –> 00:39:26,280
\npatience, patience in the most
\nextreme form. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:39:26,720 –> 00:39:29,320
\nOnce again, it’s Hebrews that
\npoints it out for us in chapter <\/p>\n

581
\n00:39:29,320 –> 00:39:31,520
\n12, which we know well.
\nConsider Him. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:39:31,600 –> 00:39:36,240
\nVerse 3 says.
\nConsider him who endured such <\/p>\n

583
\n00:39:36,240 –> 00:39:38,040
\ncontradiction of sinners against
\nHimself. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:39:38,600 –> 00:39:40,560
\nWe find the word endured in
\nverse 2 as well. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:39:40,720 –> 00:39:43,720
\nAnd the word endured comes from
\nthe root word meno, which means <\/p>\n

586
\n00:39:43,720 –> 00:39:47,440
\nto patiently stand.
\nIt’s the same word we see in <\/p>\n

587
\n00:39:47,440 –> 00:39:52,120
\nRomans 12, verse 1212, verse 12
\nthat says be patient in <\/p>\n

588
\n00:39:52,120 –> 00:39:54,640
\ntribulation, continuing instant
\nin prayer. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:39:55,240 –> 00:39:59,000
\nIn fact, Lamentations 3 actually
\npoints out to us the patience <\/p>\n

590
\n00:39:59,000 –> 00:40:01,160
\nthat Jesus was going to
\ndemonstrate, because you’ll see <\/p>\n

591
\n00:40:01,160 –> 00:40:04,400
\nin your margins.
\nThe Lamentations 326, which <\/p>\n

592
\n00:40:04,400 –> 00:40:07,800
\ntells us to wait patiently for
\nthe salvation of Yahweh, links <\/p>\n

593
\n00:40:07,800 –> 00:40:13,160
\nus to Isaiah 53, verse 7, which
\ndescribes a suffering servant in<\/p>\n

594
\n00:40:13,160 –> 00:40:16,800
\nthis way.
\nHe was oppressed and He was <\/p>\n

595
\n00:40:16,800 –> 00:40:20,200
\nafflicted, yet He opened not His
\nmouth. <\/p>\n

596
\n00:40:20,400 –> 00:40:23,160
\nHe was brought as a lamb to the
\nslaughter, and as a sheep before<\/p>\n

597
\n00:40:23,160 –> 00:40:26,480
\nher shearers is done, so He
\nopeneth not His mouth. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:40:28,280 –> 00:40:30,720
\nThat is patience in its most
\nextreme form. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:40:31,280 –> 00:40:34,400
\nIt’s one thing to be patient in
\ntribulation, like Romans 12 <\/p>\n

600
\n00:40:34,760 –> 00:40:37,280
\ntells us to do.
\nIt’s quite another thing to be <\/p>\n

601
\n00:40:37,280 –> 00:40:40,960
\npatient and wait for the
\nsalvation of Yahweh as you were <\/p>\n

602
\n00:40:40,960 –> 00:40:45,240
\nbeing oppressed and afflicted
\nand LED to your own slaughter. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:40:48,000 –> 00:40:50,800
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ, who we’ve
\ncome to remember has shown <\/p>\n

604
\n00:40:50,800 –> 00:40:55,120
\nperfectly in His own life in the
\nmost extreme way, in the way He <\/p>\n

605
\n00:40:55,120 –> 00:41:00,040
\nresponded to intense agony and
\nexcruciating anxiety, how to get<\/p>\n

606
\n00:41:00,040 –> 00:41:02,560
\nthrough those times in our
\nlives. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:41:04,360 –> 00:41:09,200
\nDon’t give up on God.
\nPerspective, perseverance and <\/p>\n

608
\n00:41:09,200 –> 00:41:12,600
\npatience.
\nThose are the keys to endurance.<\/p>\n

609
\n00:41:12,600 –> 00:41:16,520
\nThose are the keys that open up
\nthe door in front of you. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:41:17,120 –> 00:41:19,760
\nThose are the keys which help
\nyou get through the darkest <\/p>\n

611
\n00:41:19,760 –> 00:41:23,160
\nmoments in your lives.
\nThe stories of Job, Joseph, <\/p>\n

612
\n00:41:23,160 –> 00:41:26,160
\nJeremiah highlight the
\nimportance of each one of these <\/p>\n

613
\n00:41:26,160 –> 00:41:27,720
\nlessons.
\nAnd the example of our Lord <\/p>\n

614
\n00:41:27,720 –> 00:41:32,280
\nJesus Christ demonstrates for
\nthem, demonstrates them for us <\/p>\n

615
\n00:41:32,280 –> 00:41:40,160
\nin a practical way.
\nWell, we’ve referred to Hebrews <\/p>\n

616
\n00:41:40,760 –> 00:41:43,920
\na number of times this morning,
\nand I want to finish in Hebrews <\/p>\n

617
\n00:41:45,280 –> 00:41:50,080
\nbecause I think that Hebrews
\nsums it up really nicely for us.<\/p>\n

618
\n00:41:51,480 –> 00:41:54,400
\nIt encourages us so that when we
\nare going through dark moments <\/p>\n

619
\n00:41:54,400 –> 00:41:58,840
\nin our lives, when we are facing
\nthe valley of the shadow of <\/p>\n

620
\n00:41:58,840 –> 00:42:04,560
\ndeath, when we are in the lion’s
\nden or in the fiery furnace. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:42:04,880 –> 00:42:07,800
\nWhen we are touched with
\nphysical or mental traumas. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:42:08,280 –> 00:42:11,640
\nWhen it feels like God is not
\nanswering our prayers and our <\/p>\n

623
\n00:42:11,640 –> 00:42:15,200
\ncircumstances are spiralling
\ninto a very dark hole. <\/p>\n

624
\n00:42:16,280 –> 00:42:19,960
\nWhen it seems like God doesn’t
\nshow up, when it feels like <\/p>\n

625
\n00:42:19,960 –> 00:42:25,200
\nperhaps he isn’t even there.
\nIf that’s how we are feeling <\/p>\n

626
\n00:42:26,800 –> 00:42:29,080
\nwhen when that’s how we are
\nfeeling. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:42:29,400 –> 00:42:34,560
\nHebrews 10 verse 35 sums up the
\nlessons that we’ve considered <\/p>\n

628
\n00:42:34,560 –> 00:42:35,960
\nand we’re going to finish with
\nthis. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:42:37,040 –> 00:42:44,320
\nHebrews 10 verse 35 Do not throw
\naway your confidence which has a<\/p>\n

630
\n00:42:44,320 –> 00:42:49,520
\ngreat reward for you have need
\nof endurance so that when you <\/p>\n

631
\n00:42:49,520 –> 00:42:52,840
\nhave done the will of God, you
\nmay receive what is promised. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:42:53,440 –> 00:42:58,720
\nDon’t throw away your faith when
\nthings get tough, when you feel <\/p>\n

633
\n00:42:58,720 –> 00:43:01,840
\nlike God isn’t there.
\nHebrew says you need to have <\/p>\n

634
\n00:43:01,840 –> 00:43:06,400
\npatience, you need to persevere,
\nyou need to to have the <\/p>\n

635
\n00:43:06,400 –> 00:43:11,200
\nperspective of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist who came to do God’s <\/p>\n

636
\n00:43:11,200 –> 00:43:14,880
\nwill, not his own.
\nAnd if you and I can do that, <\/p>\n

637
\n00:43:16,000 –> 00:43:22,600
\nthen we will receive what is
\npromised, the salvation of <\/p>\n

638
\n00:43:22,600 –> 00:43:39,250
\nYahweh.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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\n00:43:39,250 –> 00:43:40,850
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336: Peter Moore – Exhortation: When God Doesn’t Show Up<\/a><\/blockquote>