{"id":1424,"date":"2026-01-19T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/383-ray-edgecombe-exhortation-we-can-trust-our-god-psalm-142\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T08:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T08:32:33","slug":"383-ray-edgecombe-exhortation-we-can-trust-our-god-psalm-142","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/383-ray-edgecombe-exhortation-we-can-trust-our-god-psalm-142\/","title":{"rendered":"383: Ray Edgecombe – Exhortation: We Can Trust Our God (Psalm 142)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBrother Ray Edgecomb in March of
\n2023 at the Enfield Ecclesia in <\/p>\n

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\nAustralia.
\nThe topic was we can trust our <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nIt’s a really excellent study in<\/p>\n

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\nthe Psalms, specifically Psalm
\n142. <\/p>\n

15
\n00:00:48,800 –> 00:00:51,760
\nAnd I do enjoy kind of the study
\nhe does the unpacking of Psalm <\/p>\n

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\n00:00:51,760 –> 00:00:55,320
\n142 and that section of Psalms
\naround it, explaining that this <\/p>\n

17
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\nis a Psalm that David is saying
\nin his distress and that we can <\/p>\n

18
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\nlearn a lot about what to say to
\nour God and our distress. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think that’s the most
\ninteresting for me, the most <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting part of the study
\nwas that he kind of spends some <\/p>\n

21
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\ntime on that growing up in our
\nsouls in, in Romans 8. <\/p>\n

22
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\nAnd, and, you know, the idea of
\ncommunicating without words with<\/p>\n

23
\n00:01:17,080 –> 00:01:18,760
\nour God when we are in the
\nspirit. <\/p>\n

24
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\nAnd I think that’s that’s
\nsomething that can be very <\/p>\n

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\n00:01:21,960 –> 00:01:24,040
\nencouraging, which is what
\nBrother Ray points out when we <\/p>\n

26
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\nare in times of distress, God is
\nan anchor to our soul as he <\/p>\n

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\nrepeats over and over in this
\nexhort. <\/p>\n

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\nThis exhortation was suggested
\nto us in 2023 and it was <\/p>\n

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\nsuggested again last month when
\nBrother Ray passed after a very <\/p>\n

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\nbrief illness.
\nSo our thoughts and our prayers <\/p>\n

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\nare with his family and with the
\nEnfield ecclesia, and we pray <\/p>\n

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\nthat his sleep is short and that
\nwe are united again with our <\/p>\n

33
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\nFather.
\nWe pray that that day comes <\/p>\n

34
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\nsoon.
\nIn the meantime, here is Brother<\/p>\n

35
\n00:01:52,920 –> 00:01:54,960
\nReyes exhort.
\nWe can trust our God. <\/p>\n

36
\n00:01:55,480 –> 00:01:59,280
\nBrother Chairman and my dear
\nbrethren and sisters in the Lord<\/p>\n

37
\n00:01:59,360 –> 00:02:04,920
\nJesus Christ, as Brother Sam
\nread for us, very importantly, <\/p>\n

38
\n00:02:04,920 –> 00:02:07,520
\nthe beginning of that Psalm of
\nthe heading. <\/p>\n

39
\n00:02:08,080 –> 00:02:10,440
\nIt’s a Psalm, a Maskell of
\nDavid. <\/p>\n

40
\n00:02:10,440 –> 00:02:16,320
\nIt’s a Psalm for instruction,
\nand it was from his thoughts <\/p>\n

41
\n00:02:16,640 –> 00:02:21,240
\nwhen he was in The Cave, I
\nsuggest probably The Cave of <\/p>\n

42
\n00:02:21,240 –> 00:02:24,640
\nDulham.
\nBut this Psalm here we’re going <\/p>\n

43
\n00:02:24,640 –> 00:02:28,920
\nto look at in a little detail,
\nbut it’s actually in a bracket <\/p>\n

44
\n00:02:29,000 –> 00:02:33,480
\nof eight psalms.
\nIf you come back to Psalm 138, <\/p>\n

45
\n00:02:34,640 –> 00:02:38,000
\nyou’ll see that that one’s also
\nheaded a Psalm of David. <\/p>\n

46
\n00:02:38,480 –> 00:02:42,760
\nAnd so is each of the next 7
\npsalms after that. <\/p>\n

47
\n00:02:43,280 –> 00:02:49,800
\nFinishing in 145 is the last of
\nthe bracket of Psalms of David a<\/p>\n

48
\n00:02:49,800 –> 00:02:53,400
\nlittle, a little cluster of
\npsalms that have been placed <\/p>\n

49
\n00:02:53,400 –> 00:02:57,640
\nhere somewhere along the line.
\nBut certainly they have a <\/p>\n

50
\n00:02:58,720 –> 00:03:02,440
\nstructure to them.
\nThey are all written by David. <\/p>\n

51
\n00:03:03,240 –> 00:03:07,960
\nThe first two Psalms are very
\nclearly positive psalms. <\/p>\n

52
\n00:03:08,960 –> 00:03:14,160
\nThe last two psalms are clearly
\npositive and full of praise. <\/p>\n

53
\n00:03:15,080 –> 00:03:22,640
\nBut in the middle there the four
\npsalms, 140 to 143 are psalms of<\/p>\n

54
\n00:03:22,640 –> 00:03:28,480
\ndistress as David pours out his
\ntroubles to his heavenly Father.<\/p>\n

55
\n00:03:29,120 –> 00:03:33,400
\nAnd I think as we look at 1:42,
\nwe need to realise that <\/p>\n

56
\n00:03:33,400 –> 00:03:37,000
\nStructure 142 is not the end of
\nthe story. <\/p>\n

57
\n00:03:37,520 –> 00:03:42,480
\nIt’s part of that progress from
\n1:38, beginning with praise but <\/p>\n

58
\n00:03:42,800 –> 00:03:48,600
\nsinking into despair, but
\nfinishing finally as we need to,<\/p>\n

59
\n00:03:48,600 –> 00:03:53,320
\nand we know we want to, with our
\npraise to our God. <\/p>\n

60
\n00:03:53,320 –> 00:03:57,680
\nAnd we’re going to have a look
\nat the What is the darkest of <\/p>\n

61
\n00:03:57,680 –> 00:04:05,120
\nthose 4 central Psalms?
\n142 clearly, if you come back to<\/p>\n

62
\n00:04:05,120 –> 00:04:10,680
\n138 again, let’s just establish
\nthat pattern clearly. 138 is <\/p>\n

63
\n00:04:10,680 –> 00:04:12,480
\nvery positive.
\nVerses one and two. <\/p>\n

64
\n00:04:12,480 –> 00:04:17,279
\nI’ll praise thee with my whole
\nheart before the Elohim. <\/p>\n

65
\n00:04:17,279 –> 00:04:19,959
\nI’ll praise, sing praise unto
\nthee. <\/p>\n

66
\n00:04:20,399 –> 00:04:22,520
\nI’ll worship toward thy holy
\ntemple. <\/p>\n

67
\n00:04:22,840 –> 00:04:26,920
\nPraise thy name for thy loving
\nkindness and thy truth. <\/p>\n

68
\n00:04:26,920 –> 00:04:31,440
\nThy mercy in thy judgement
\ncheers Ed and emeth, for thou <\/p>\n

69
\n00:04:31,440 –> 00:04:36,920
\nhast multiplied and magnified
\nthy word above all thy name. <\/p>\n

70
\n00:04:37,240 –> 00:04:41,960
\nSo that Psalm continues in that
\ntheme. 139 is along the same <\/p>\n

71
\n00:04:41,960 –> 00:04:44,360
\nlines.
\nIt’s a well known Psalm. <\/p>\n

72
\n00:04:44,360 –> 00:04:48,760
\nIt praises thee features of
\nGod’s creation. <\/p>\n

73
\n00:04:48,760 –> 00:04:53,160
\nVerse 14.
\nI’ll praise thee, because I’m <\/p>\n

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\n00:04:53,160 –> 00:04:59,120
\nfearfully and wonderfully made.
\nMarvellous are thy works, and <\/p>\n

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\nthat my soul knoweth right well.
\nSo these two psalms are clearly <\/p>\n

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\nvery, very positive, and so are
\nthe latter. 2 He wonders at the <\/p>\n

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\nfearfulness and the wonder of
\nthe frame that God has made us <\/p>\n

78
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\nwith in that fourteenth verse.
\nWhen you come to Psalms 144 and <\/p>\n

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\n45, they’re also positive in
\ntheir conclusion of this cluster<\/p>\n

80
\n00:05:28,360 –> 00:05:31,600
\nof Psalms verses 1 and 2, again
\nof 144. <\/p>\n

81
\n00:05:32,360 –> 00:05:36,040
\nBlessed be Yahweh, My strength
\nteaches, my hands to warm, my <\/p>\n

82
\n00:05:36,040 –> 00:05:40,760
\nfingers to fight, my goodness,
\nGod’s loving kindness, my <\/p>\n

83
\n00:05:41,080 –> 00:05:45,120
\nfortress, my high town, my
\ndeliver, my shield, and he in <\/p>\n

84
\n00:05:45,120 –> 00:05:50,440
\nwhom I trust, who’s a Jew, with
\nmy people under me. <\/p>\n

85
\n00:05:51,040 –> 00:05:54,480
\nAnd likewise the last Psalm in
\nverses 1 and 2. <\/p>\n

86
\n00:05:54,480 –> 00:05:58,560
\nAgain I’ll extol thee, my God,
\nI’ll bless thee and bless thy <\/p>\n

87
\n00:05:58,560 –> 00:06:03,400
\nname forever and ever.
\nEvery day I’ll bless thee, I’ll <\/p>\n

88
\n00:06:03,400 –> 00:06:06,240
\npraise thy name forever and
\never. <\/p>\n

89
\n00:06:06,240 –> 00:06:11,480
\nSo this bracket of eight psalms
\nare surrounded, 2 positive at <\/p>\n

90
\n00:06:11,480 –> 00:06:16,360
\nthe beginning, 2 at the end.
\nBut then these sums of distress,<\/p>\n

91
\n00:06:17,000 –> 00:06:22,400
\nthose 4 sums in the middle.
\nSo let’s come to Psalm 142. <\/p>\n

92
\n00:06:24,440 –> 00:06:29,920
\nDavid’s most definitely at one
\nof the lowest ebbs of his life <\/p>\n

93
\n00:06:30,480 –> 00:06:37,400
\nas he pens these thoughts in
\nthis Psalm as well as a Psalm of<\/p>\n

94
\n00:06:37,400 –> 00:06:40,560
\ninstruction.
\nThe heading indicates he was who<\/p>\n

95
\n00:06:40,600 –> 00:06:46,000
\nsays there in The Cave.
\nNow that could have been in <\/p>\n

96
\n00:06:46,000 –> 00:06:51,600
\nGetty, but most likely I think
\nit’s more a Dalam because he was<\/p>\n

97
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\ndefinitely there on his own in
\nthe first instance and it was <\/p>\n

98
\n00:06:57,080 –> 00:07:02,120
\nafter a whole series of events
\nwhen he fled from Akish, the <\/p>\n

99
\n00:07:02,120 –> 00:07:05,840
\nking of the Philistines in Ghia.
\nWhen he fled from there, he went<\/p>\n

100
\n00:07:05,840 –> 00:07:09,400
\nstraight to this cave in
\nAbarland because he was in <\/p>\n

101
\n00:07:09,400 –> 00:07:12,040
\ndistress.
\nHe had all of these things that <\/p>\n

102
\n00:07:12,040 –> 00:07:16,480
\nhave rolled upon him in these
\nprevious few weeks and months. <\/p>\n

103
\n00:07:16,480 –> 00:07:19,160
\nA bleak time in the life of
\nDavid. <\/p>\n

104
\n00:07:19,160 –> 00:07:23,920
\nWe we won’t go there now, but
\nfirst to Samuel 19 to 22. <\/p>\n

105
\n00:07:23,920 –> 00:07:28,200
\nThey’re the the chapters that
\nsurround the thoughts of Psalm <\/p>\n

106
\n00:07:28,200 –> 00:07:33,720
\n142A bleak time despite and
\nprobably because of his <\/p>\n

107
\n00:07:33,720 –> 00:07:38,200
\nvictories over the Philistines
\nsought to use sought to use <\/p>\n

108
\n00:07:38,200 –> 00:07:41,000
\nDavid Schweitzmach or to to slay
\nhim. <\/p>\n

109
\n00:07:41,720 –> 00:07:45,680
\nThe only escape from that to
\nfind that Jonathan indeed <\/p>\n

110
\n00:07:45,680 –> 00:07:49,640
\nconfirmed with him that Saul was
\ngoing to slay him. <\/p>\n

111
\n00:07:50,560 –> 00:07:54,760
\nDavid was forced to break off
\nwith his only true friend, <\/p>\n

112
\n00:07:55,120 –> 00:07:59,240
\nJonathan.
\nForced to face the peril alone. <\/p>\n

113
\n00:08:00,280 –> 00:08:04,200
\nHe went down to the priest, the
\nHymnalech, and claimed the sword<\/p>\n

114
\n00:08:04,200 –> 00:08:10,000
\nof Goliath, but in the process
\nobserved the presence of Doeg <\/p>\n

115
\n00:08:10,200 –> 00:08:15,600
\nthe Edomite, and doubtless that
\nsent a shiver down David’s <\/p>\n

116
\n00:08:15,600 –> 00:08:18,120
\nspine.
\nAnd it was a shiver that was <\/p>\n

117
\n00:08:18,120 –> 00:08:24,120
\nwell determined, because Dalek
\nof course, reported that matter <\/p>\n

118
\n00:08:24,120 –> 00:08:28,480
\nto Saul and eventually resulted
\nin the slaying of the priest. <\/p>\n

119
\n00:08:28,480 –> 00:08:31,440
\nAn enormous scrape of mine to
\nDavid that was to happen after <\/p>\n

120
\n00:08:31,440 –> 00:08:36,240
\nthis time, but I’m sure he
\nnoticed Dalek there and would <\/p>\n

121
\n00:08:36,240 –> 00:08:38,600
\nwonder if the consequences of
\nthat action. <\/p>\n

122
\n00:08:40,000 –> 00:08:45,720
\nA flees to Akish, the king in
\nGare, only to escape by the skin<\/p>\n

123
\n00:08:45,720 –> 00:08:48,760
\nof his teeth.
\nBy feigning madness. <\/p>\n

124
\n00:08:49,400 –> 00:08:55,360
\nPsalm 34 expresses his
\ndeliverance of that time. <\/p>\n

125
\n00:08:56,840 –> 00:09:01,600
\nAll this was weighing on the
\nmind of David alone. <\/p>\n

126
\n00:09:02,400 –> 00:09:05,560
\nDistressed, he comes to The Cave
\nof Dulham. <\/p>\n

127
\n00:09:06,360 –> 00:09:11,720
\nIt’s southeast from Gareth,
\nsouthwest from Bethlehem to <\/p>\n

128
\n00:09:11,720 –> 00:09:14,880
\ncoming South.
\nBut the golem is not far from <\/p>\n

129
\n00:09:15,040 –> 00:09:20,440
\nboth of those places.
\nSo let’s have a look then at <\/p>\n

130
\n00:09:20,440 –> 00:09:25,920
\nPsalm 142.
\nThe bleakness of His Spirit is <\/p>\n

131
\n00:09:25,920 –> 00:09:30,560
\nclearly evident.
\nYou look at the expressions that<\/p>\n

132
\n00:09:30,560 –> 00:09:34,200
\nHe uses through this Psalm,
\nverse one and two. <\/p>\n

133
\n00:09:35,160 –> 00:09:40,480
\nI cried unto Yahweh.
\nWith my voice unto Yahweh I made<\/p>\n

134
\n00:09:41,000 –> 00:09:45,200
\nmy supplication.
\nI poured out my complaint. <\/p>\n

135
\n00:09:46,080 –> 00:09:53,920
\nI showed before Him my trouble.
\nMy spirit was overwhelmed within<\/p>\n

136
\n00:09:53,920 –> 00:09:58,200
\nme.
\nIn verse 5, no one cared. <\/p>\n

137
\n00:09:59,080 –> 00:10:03,120
\nNo man would know me.
\nRefuge failed me. <\/p>\n

138
\n00:10:03,920 –> 00:10:11,880
\nNo man cared for my soul.
\nIn verse 6 he cried, Attend unto<\/p>\n

139
\n00:10:11,880 –> 00:10:16,040
\nmy cry.
\nI am brought very low. <\/p>\n

140
\n00:10:17,040 –> 00:10:22,600
\nIn verse 7, bring my soul out of
\nprison. <\/p>\n

141
\n00:10:23,640 –> 00:10:27,240
\nWhen we string all those
\nthoughts together, we can <\/p>\n

142
\n00:10:27,240 –> 00:10:30,920
\nclearly see the distress of
\nDavid. <\/p>\n

143
\n00:10:32,520 –> 00:10:40,160
\nBut wasn’t he the heir apparent?
\nHow did Samuel anointed him to <\/p>\n

144
\n00:10:40,160 –> 00:10:43,920
\nbe king over the nation of
\nIsrael? <\/p>\n

145
\n00:10:44,920 –> 00:10:49,840
\nHadn’t he slain Goliath?
\nHadn’t he slain thousands of the<\/p>\n

146
\n00:10:50,280 –> 00:10:52,880
\nPhilistines?
\nAs it’s worse all his thousands <\/p>\n

147
\n00:10:52,880 –> 00:10:56,320
\nand David his ten thousands.
\nHe was a scourge of the <\/p>\n

148
\n00:10:56,320 –> 00:11:01,200
\nPhilistines.
\nHow could he utter such <\/p>\n

149
\n00:11:01,200 –> 00:11:06,920
\nsentiments in this Psalm?
\nDistressed brethren and sisters,<\/p>\n

150
\n00:11:07,920 –> 00:11:13,600
\nit distorts our perspective.
\nThere’s no doubt David felt all <\/p>\n

151
\n00:11:13,600 –> 00:11:17,960
\nof those things.
\nIt was a distortion of reality. <\/p>\n

152
\n00:11:18,640 –> 00:11:24,560
\nBut for him, at that point of
\ntime, alone in that cave, it was<\/p>\n

153
\n00:11:24,560 –> 00:11:27,440
\nthe reality.
\nIt wasn’t a distortion. <\/p>\n

154
\n00:11:28,200 –> 00:11:34,280
\nHe felt all of that distress.
\nNow, all of us experience some <\/p>\n

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\nbleakness from time to time.
\nSome of it’s very, very severe <\/p>\n

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\nin degree.
\nOther times it may be a flaking <\/p>\n

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\ndissatisfaction.
\nWe should note that we should be<\/p>\n

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\nthankful in our days for the
\nmedical services that we can <\/p>\n

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\naccess.
\nWe would be most unwise. <\/p>\n

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\nIt wouldn’t take advantage of
\nthose health services that are <\/p>\n

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\nhere, available to us in this
\ncentury. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:03,320 –> 00:12:09,480
\nBut David knew underneath.
\nHe knew he could place his cares<\/p>\n

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\nin the hands of God.
\nCome back to those first 2 <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:14,240 –> 00:12:19,440
\nverses again.
\nYou notice David doesn’t tell <\/p>\n

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\nGod what he wants him to do.
\nHe puts the Massa in God’s <\/p>\n

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\nhands.
\nIn all of his distress. <\/p>\n

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\nHe cries with his voice.
\nHe makes supplication. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:32,080 –> 00:12:36,320
\nHe pours out his complaint.
\nHe showed before him his <\/p>\n

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\ntroubles.
\nDavid does not try to tell God <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:41,840 –> 00:12:45,280
\nwhat to do.
\nI think that’s a very important <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:45,800 –> 00:12:50,120
\nissue for all of us.
\nWe have perplexing issues in our<\/p>\n

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\nlives from time to time.
\nDon’t try and tell God what He <\/p>\n

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\nought to do for us or that
\nissue. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:58,080 –> 00:13:05,680
\nPlace the matter in His hands.
\nTrust in His outcome and you <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:05,680 –> 00:13:08,080
\nknow David was in very good
\ncompany. <\/p>\n

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\nOf course you think back to
\nJoseph, you think back to <\/p>\n

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\nElijah.
\nYou thought he had the answers. <\/p>\n

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\nThey had to go to Sinai to find
\nthe reality of that still small <\/p>\n

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\nvoice.
\nYou think of Job, you think of <\/p>\n

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\nJeremiah, you think of Paul.
\nAll of them had occasion to to <\/p>\n

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\nreach out in distress to our
\nheavenly Father. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul says even of our Lord in
\nHebrews 5 and verse 7, in the <\/p>\n

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\ndays of his flesh, in the days
\nof his flesh, he offered up <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:44,920 –> 00:13:51,240
\nprayers and supplications with
\nstrong crying and tears. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:51,760 –> 00:13:54,920
\nThat was our Lord.
\nThe one on the table was no <\/p>\n

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\nfacade.
\nThere was no no kind of action <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:59,440 –> 00:14:03,880
\nthat was insincere with strong
\ncrying and tears. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the days of His flesh.
\nOur Lord offered up His prayers.<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:09,840 –> 00:14:14,440
\nWe’re in very good company when
\nwe pour it out of stress to the <\/p>\n

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\nGod of heaven.
\nThere is no place where God <\/p>\n

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\ncannot be reached, no cave so
\ndeep, no despair so bleak. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:28,080 –> 00:14:33,080
\nThe verse 2 uses the word my
\ncomplaint. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:34,040 –> 00:14:38,280
\nIt’s also been translated
\nbabbling, interestingly enough, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause that’s probably what
\nDavid was doing, just pouring <\/p>\n

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\nout his thoughts to his God, not
\nnecessarily coherent, not <\/p>\n

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\nnecessarily structured, but in
\nhis distress, pouring out his <\/p>\n

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\nissues before his God and he
\npoured them out. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:58,000 –> 00:15:02,120
\nIt says there in that verse, I
\nshowed before him my trouble. <\/p>\n

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\nI poured out my complaint.
\nThat word poured out means to <\/p>\n

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\nwhat’s been translated in other
\nplaces, cast out, gush out to <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:11,400 –> 00:15:13,960
\nshed.
\nAnd we’re getting all of that. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:14,320 –> 00:15:19,960
\nThe intensity of the words that
\nDavid offered before he’s gone, <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:20,960 –> 00:15:27,400
\nyou see, doesn’t matter how dark
\nor heavy that cloud may but <\/p>\n

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\npress us upon our minds if we
\nopen up to God, if we pour out <\/p>\n

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\nour hearts to Him, even if we
\ndon’t know what to say. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:36,760 –> 00:15:40,880
\nAs Paul says in everything, by
\nprayer and supplication, let <\/p>\n

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\nyour requests be known unto God.
\nDon’t, don’t tell God what to <\/p>\n

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\ndo, but open up your heart and
\nlet your requests be known unto <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nSee David’s complaint. <\/p>\n

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\nHis troubles were not petulant
\noutcries. <\/p>\n

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\nThey came from the distress of
\nhis circumstances. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we each know, brethren and
\nsisters, when we come before our<\/p>\n

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\nfather, we have the assurance He
\nknew what our distress was <\/p>\n

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\nbefore we came, but He will
\nassist us. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:17,680 –> 00:16:23,120
\nYou come to Romans chapter 8 and
\nverses 26 and 27. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re somewhat obscure words,
\nbut the intent is quite plain. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:30,320 –> 00:16:34,560
\nThey’re in the context of Romans
\nchapter 8, where Paul is <\/p>\n

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\ndeveloping the issue of the mind
\nof the Spirit versus that of the<\/p>\n

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\nflesh.
\nThat’s very clear from the early<\/p>\n

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\nverses.
\nAnd in summary, in verse 6, for <\/p>\n

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\ninstance, to be kindly minded is
\ndeath, but think after the flesh<\/p>\n

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\nto think of after the world to
\nthink of normal thoughts that in<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:56,400 –> 00:17:00,680
\nthe end is death.
\nBut to be spiritually minded to <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:01,160 –> 00:17:05,839
\nto mind the things of the spirit
\nto have the word of God in your <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:05,839 –> 00:17:10,359
\nheart and mind, as tenuous as
\nthat might be to be spiritually <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:10,359 –> 00:17:13,480
\nminded is life and will bring
\npeace. <\/p>\n

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\nI say that because through most
\nof this chapter it’s got a <\/p>\n

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\ncapital S for spirit.
\nSometimes it is the Holy Spirit,<\/p>\n

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\nbut I think in most cases in
\nchapter 8, it’s about the mind <\/p>\n

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\nof the Spirit.
\nThat section, hopefully the <\/p>\n

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\nmajority of our thinking which
\nhas been channelled by the Word <\/p>\n

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\nof God.
\nAnd Paul says in verse 26, that <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit that goes directed
\nthrough his word, that Spirit in<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:45,320 –> 00:17:49,560
\neach one of us helps our
\ninfirmities. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:50,200 –> 00:17:53,360
\nThey help David, they help each
\none of us. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:54,240 –> 00:18:00,160
\nSometimes we know not what we
\nshould pray for as we ought, but<\/p>\n

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\nconfused situation sometimes
\nmaybe beyond our control. <\/p>\n

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\nWe don’t know what to ask and it
\ndoesn’t matter. <\/p>\n

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\nPut it before our God.
\nAnd that spirit mind, because <\/p>\n

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\nit’s related to God himself,
\nwe’ll make it a session with <\/p>\n

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\ngroanings which cannot be
\nuttered. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:26,120 –> 00:18:29,080
\nGod will see our hearts and
\nminds. <\/p>\n

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\nHe will know the turmoil that is
\ntherein. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:33,400 –> 00:18:39,320
\nAnd it doesn’t matter if no word
\ncomes out of our mouth, that <\/p>\n

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\nmind of the Spirit in each of us
\nwill be recognized by God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:44,240 –> 00:18:51,080
\nAnd in verse 27, he that
\nsearches the hearts, our God and<\/p>\n

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\nHis Son, they search the heart.
\nThey know what is the mind of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Spirit, and He’ll make
\nintercession for the Saints <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:01,440 –> 00:19:06,640
\naccording to His will.
\nThey are so comforting, those <\/p>\n

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\nwords that our God and His Son
\ncan hear our hearts, even if we <\/p>\n

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\ncan’t express the groanings that
\nare within us, because He will <\/p>\n

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\nrecognise in us the same mind of
\nthe Spirit. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:24,040 –> 00:19:27,840
\nMight be a small way, but if
\nthat mind of the Spirit is in <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:27,840 –> 00:19:32,200
\nus, He will be able to search
\nthat heart. <\/p>\n

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\nKnow that mind, and of course He
\nwill act for our good, whatever <\/p>\n

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\nthat may be.
\nWe never necessarily know what <\/p>\n

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\nthe outcome shall be, but we can
\nplace it in the hands of God and<\/p>\n

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\nthe outcome we’ll be assured.
\nThese words are very reassuring.<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:54,720 –> 00:19:57,440
\nHe understands our thoughts,
\nwhether we can express them or <\/p>\n

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\nnot.
\nWhether we were able to <\/p>\n

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\narticulate our dilemma or merely
\nopen our hearts to Him, He knows<\/p>\n

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\nthat heart.
\nHe knows our situation, no <\/p>\n

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\nmatter how bleak it may seem to
\nus personally. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:11,920 –> 00:20:16,920
\nCome back to Psalm 142.
\nWe’ll stay here for the rest of <\/p>\n

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\nthe exhort.
\nIn verse 3, read there, David’s <\/p>\n

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\nsinking into absolute despair.
\nHis spirit within him was <\/p>\n

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\noverwhelmed in the way when I
\nwalked, I privily laid a snare <\/p>\n

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\nfor me.
\nEverywhere he looked, they could<\/p>\n

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\nsee the hand of Saul trying to
\nentrap him and to take his life.<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:44,960 –> 00:20:50,200
\nAnd he was overwhelmed by those
\nevents in verse four. <\/p>\n

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\nHe he felt alone.
\nIt says here there was no man <\/p>\n

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\nthat would know me.
\nHe felt totally alone. <\/p>\n

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\nNo man cared for my soul.
\nBut that wasn’t true, brothers <\/p>\n

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\nand sisters.
\nThat was not true, Jonathan. <\/p>\n

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\nJonathan cared at this point and
\nbeyond for the soul of David and<\/p>\n

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\nthe life of David.
\nJonathan supported him in his <\/p>\n

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\nrole of becoming the King of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that’s not what David saw
\nhere. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:26,560 –> 00:21:31,000
\nHe was so overwhelmed that no
\nman cares for my soul. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s what distress does
\nfor us. <\/p>\n

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\nIt does distort reality.
\nHe was so consumed by his <\/p>\n

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\ntroubles, he couldn’t see beyond
\nhis despair. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you know we need to
\ncontrast, don’t we? <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:49,920 –> 00:21:56,080
\nOur Lord Jesus Christ, what did
\nhe say in similar circumstances?<\/p>\n

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\nWell, John 16 and verse 32.
\nBehold, the hour cometh, and is <\/p>\n

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\nnow come, that you shall be
\nscattered every man to his own, <\/p>\n

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\nand shall leave me alone.
\nAnd what did the Lord say? <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:17,000 –> 00:22:22,000
\nI am not alone because the
\nFather is with me. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:23,160 –> 00:22:28,080
\nThat is how great our Lord is.
\nHe knew all those feelings of <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:28,080 –> 00:22:33,720
\ndistress, of feeling alone, a
\nfeeling that no one cared, but <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:33,720 –> 00:22:37,880
\nhe knew and believed and acted
\nout all the time. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:38,440 –> 00:22:46,040
\nGod was always there.
\nIn verse 6 he ask that God <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:46,040 –> 00:22:53,080
\nattend to his cry.
\nIn verse 7 he says bring my soul<\/p>\n

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\nout of prison.
\nHe wasn’t in a prison president <\/p>\n

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\nand sisters.
\nHe was in a cave, but he felt in<\/p>\n

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\nhis mind that he was trapped.
\nHe was locked up, he was <\/p>\n

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\nshackled.
\nHe was bound by the <\/p>\n

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\ncircumstances of his despair.
\nYou don’t have to be in a prison<\/p>\n

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\nto feel trapped.
\nYou don’t have to be in a prison<\/p>\n

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\n00:23:18,560 –> 00:23:24,360
\nto be shackled and bound by the
\ncircumstances of the moment. <\/p>\n

301
\n00:23:26,560 –> 00:23:33,640
\nHow can our spirits be lifted
\nfrom such despondency or despite<\/p>\n

302
\n00:23:34,200 –> 00:23:37,840
\nthe melancholy of this Psalm?
\nAnd we’ve made that, I think, <\/p>\n

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\nquite obvious.
\nThere are little expressions in <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:41,160 –> 00:23:47,280
\nthis Psalm that David could hang
\non to and we can hang on to. <\/p>\n

305
\n00:23:48,080 –> 00:23:54,920
\nThere are certainties, there are
\nsureties, there are anchors <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:55,280 –> 00:24:00,880
\nwhich we can cling to when those
\npersonal storms are raging. <\/p>\n

307
\n00:24:01,840 –> 00:24:03,880
\nYou have a look at them in verse
\n3. <\/p>\n

308
\n00:24:04,520 –> 00:24:11,320
\nIt slips in this phrase.
\nThen thou newest my path just a <\/p>\n

309
\n00:24:11,320 –> 00:24:17,080
\nlittle expression, but you see
\nthat indicated a way out. <\/p>\n

310
\n00:24:18,200 –> 00:24:24,600
\nGod knows my path.
\nGod is constant sang in or we we<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:24,600 –> 00:24:28,200
\nwe read together those
\nmeditating words. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:28,240 –> 00:24:32,840
\nGod is constant He changes not
\nthere is no variableness or <\/p>\n

313
\n00:24:32,840 –> 00:24:35,560
\nshadow of turning with our
\nheavenly Father. <\/p>\n

314
\n00:24:36,080 –> 00:24:40,080
\nHe knows our path.
\nHe said to Job through all the <\/p>\n

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\nthings that but Job went
\nthrough, not knowing what on <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:42,920 –> 00:24:47,360
\nearth it was all about.
\nGod said to Job, didn’t explain <\/p>\n

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\nwhy it happened to him or
\nanything else. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:50,440 –> 00:24:54,960
\nWhere were you, Job, when I laid
\nthe foundations of the earth? <\/p>\n

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\nMy purpose hasn’t changed.
\nI know the path of all my <\/p>\n

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\nchildren.
\nYou weren’t there in those <\/p>\n

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\ntimes.
\nBut Job, I have never changed. <\/p>\n

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\nI am constant.
\nI laid those foundations and I <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:10,560 –> 00:25:15,000
\nwill see them through through
\nthe end God said of Jeremiah <\/p>\n

324
\n00:25:15,000 –> 00:25:19,080
\nchapter 1 and verse 5.
\nBefore I formed thee in the <\/p>\n

325
\n00:25:19,080 –> 00:25:23,160
\nbelly, Jeremiah, I knew you.
\nI knew your path. <\/p>\n

326
\n00:25:23,840 –> 00:25:25,560
\nI knew the way that was mapped
\nout for you. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:25:26,280 –> 00:25:31,440
\nYou can have confidence,
\nsecurity, and certainty in that <\/p>\n

328
\n00:25:31,440 –> 00:25:35,000
\nknowledge.
\nThe angels of God encamp around <\/p>\n

329
\n00:25:35,600 –> 00:25:39,240
\nhis children.
\nAs David said in Psalm 34, the <\/p>\n

330
\n00:25:39,920 –> 00:25:47,200
\nthe parallel Psalm when we feel
\nlike David, just hang on to the <\/p>\n

331
\n00:25:47,200 –> 00:25:51,080
\ncertainty that God knows our
\npath. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:25:51,840 –> 00:25:57,160
\nHe said with Paul in Hebrews 13
\nverse five, I will never leave <\/p>\n

333
\n00:25:57,160 –> 00:26:01,840
\nyou or forsake you.
\nI know your path. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:26:02,760 –> 00:26:05,680
\nIt’s an anchor you can hang on
\nto. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:26:06,960 –> 00:26:11,600
\nVerse 5, he slips in this
\nexpression, thou art my refuge <\/p>\n

336
\n00:26:12,880 –> 00:26:16,120
\nand my portion.
\nThou art my refuge. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:26:17,560 –> 00:26:21,360
\nBut he said in the verse before,
\nthere’s no one that would know <\/p>\n

338
\n00:26:21,360 –> 00:26:23,280
\nme.
\nRefuge failed me. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:26:24,280 –> 00:26:30,760
\nBut in verse 5 he says I really
\ndo know that you are my refuge. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:26:31,640 –> 00:26:35,760
\nIt’s translated that word
\nrefuge, shelter, hope or trust. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:26:36,720 –> 00:26:40,320
\nJeremiah, whose life was one of
\nunrelenting despair, said in <\/p>\n

342
\n00:26:40,800 –> 00:26:46,720
\nJeremiah 17 and verse 17, You
\nare my hope, my refuge in the <\/p>\n

343
\n00:26:46,720 –> 00:26:50,200
\nday of evil.
\nThe wings of the Almighty, of <\/p>\n

344
\n00:26:50,200 –> 00:26:55,680
\ntheir brethren and sisters to
\nprovide refuge, protection and <\/p>\n

345
\n00:26:55,680 –> 00:26:58,440
\nhope.
\nThey’re symbolised in the <\/p>\n

346
\n00:26:58,440 –> 00:27:02,080
\nCaribbean above the mercy seat
\nin the Tabernacle, those wings <\/p>\n

347
\n00:27:02,080 –> 00:27:06,280
\nthat that touched each other and
\nwere joined to that mercy seat. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:27:06,760 –> 00:27:10,960
\nThe almighty power of God to
\nsupport, to forgive, to protect.<\/p>\n

349
\n00:27:11,800 –> 00:27:15,640
\nWe find that kind of expression
\nquite a number of times <\/p>\n

350
\n00:27:15,640 –> 00:27:19,000
\nthroughout the Scriptures.
\nGod said of Israel, He bore them<\/p>\n

351
\n00:27:19,000 –> 00:27:23,000
\non eagle’s wings.
\nHe said of Ruth in Ruth chapter <\/p>\n

352
\n00:27:23,000 –> 00:27:26,720
\n2 and verse 12.
\nYahweh has always said to her, <\/p>\n

353
\n00:27:26,720 –> 00:27:32,080
\nYahweh, recompense thy work.
\nYahweh, Elohim, under whose <\/p>\n

354
\n00:27:32,080 –> 00:27:38,400
\nwings Thou art come to trust,
\nThou art my refuge. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:27:39,240 –> 00:27:44,040
\nPsalm 17 and verse 8.
\nKeep me as the apple of the eye.<\/p>\n

356
\n00:27:44,680 –> 00:27:47,840
\nHide me under the shadow of Thy
\nwings. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:27:48,560 –> 00:27:52,280
\nPsalm 91 and verse four.
\nHe shall cover thee with His <\/p>\n

358
\n00:27:52,320 –> 00:27:55,880
\nfeathers.
\nUnder Thee His wings Thou such <\/p>\n

359
\n00:27:55,880 –> 00:27:59,080
\ntrust.
\nThou art my refuge. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:27:59,880 –> 00:28:03,800
\nOf that we can be assured, even
\nour Lord. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:28:03,880 –> 00:28:07,640
\nRemember He came to the city of
\nJerusalem, he wept over it <\/p>\n

362
\n00:28:07,640 –> 00:28:12,360
\nbecause he wanted that people to
\nbe gathered under the wings of <\/p>\n

363
\n00:28:12,360 –> 00:28:18,680
\nthe Almighty and they would not.
\nBut God is our refuge of that we<\/p>\n

364
\n00:28:18,680 –> 00:28:25,080
\ncan be assured under those wings
\nwe find another anchor in our <\/p>\n

365
\n00:28:25,080 –> 00:28:30,520
\npersonal storms.
\nIn verse 5, David said you are <\/p>\n

366
\n00:28:30,800 –> 00:28:35,600
\nmy portion.
\nYahweh is our portion. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:28:35,800 –> 00:28:39,920
\nThat word portion is used right
\nthroughout the book of Joshua to<\/p>\n

368
\n00:28:40,400 –> 00:28:43,200
\ndescribe the petitioning of the
\nland. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:28:43,200 –> 00:28:45,840
\nThe lots that they cast, That’s
\nthe word portion. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:28:46,560 –> 00:28:52,840
\nIt’s an inheritance or a lot.
\nYahweh is our portion of the <\/p>\n

371
\n00:28:52,880 –> 00:28:54,960
\nLord.
\nIt was said in Psalm 16 and <\/p>\n

372
\n00:28:54,960 –> 00:28:59,480
\nverse 5.
\nYahweh is the portion of mine <\/p>\n

373
\n00:28:59,480 –> 00:29:02,720
\ninheritance.
\nAnother little anchor, brethren <\/p>\n

374
\n00:29:02,720 –> 00:29:08,520
\nand sisters, God wants us to
\nshare his character. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:29:09,320 –> 00:29:15,120
\nHe is our inheritance.
\nHe wants us to reflect Him, to <\/p>\n

376
\n00:29:15,120 –> 00:29:17,400
\nbe His glory in the Kingdom of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:29:18,360 –> 00:29:25,000
\nHang on to that anchor.
\nIn verse 7, David says, For thou<\/p>\n

378
\n00:29:25,000 –> 00:29:31,560
\nshalt deal bountifully with me.
\nBountifully is translated to <\/p>\n

379
\n00:29:31,560 –> 00:29:36,640
\ngood, to reward, to recompense,
\nhe says in his last expression <\/p>\n

380
\n00:29:36,640 –> 00:29:41,760
\nThere I do.
\nI really know you shall deal <\/p>\n

381
\n00:29:41,920 –> 00:29:46,880
\nbountifully with me.
\nIn reflecting on these events, <\/p>\n

382
\n00:29:46,880 –> 00:29:53,200
\nhe himself said in Second Samuel
\n22, verses 2021, that he brought<\/p>\n

383
\n00:29:53,200 –> 00:29:59,720
\nme forth into a large place.
\nHe delivered me because He <\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:59,720 –> 00:30:03,880
\ndelighted in me.
\nYahweh rewarded me. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:30:04,560 –> 00:30:09,000
\nHe dealt bountifully with me.
\nHe was brought forth out of that<\/p>\n

386
\n00:30:09,640 –> 00:30:15,440
\nlonely cave, that mental prison
\nof His mind, into a large place <\/p>\n

387
\n00:30:15,440 –> 00:30:22,560
\nof sunshine and joy.
\nBrethren and sisters, God can <\/p>\n

388
\n00:30:22,560 –> 00:30:26,360
\ndeliver.
\nHe may do that now. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:30:27,600 –> 00:30:31,040
\nIt may not come until the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:30:32,160 –> 00:30:35,720
\nThose things are entirely in His
\nhands. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:30:36,800 –> 00:30:42,040
\nBut Paul says He will deal
\nbountifully with us if we are <\/p>\n

392
\n00:30:42,040 –> 00:30:45,520
\nexercised by those experiences
\nof life. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:30:46,440 –> 00:30:50,200
\nHebrews 12 and verse 11
\nafterward. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:30:51,400 –> 00:30:55,640
\nAfterward it yieldeth the
\npeaceable fruit of righteousness<\/p>\n

395
\n00:30:56,160 –> 00:31:00,160
\nto them that are exercised
\nthereby. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:31:00,960 –> 00:31:04,640
\nWe grow by that experience.
\nDistress might distort the <\/p>\n

397
\n00:31:04,640 –> 00:31:10,440
\nreality, but we can grow by that
\nexperience and it will yield <\/p>\n

398
\n00:31:11,280 –> 00:31:16,760
\npeaceable fruit, at least in the
\nKingdom of God, if not before. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:31:17,960 –> 00:31:24,360
\nDavid is in great despondency.
\nBut this was the centre of these<\/p>\n

400
\n00:31:24,360 –> 00:31:29,640
\nPsalms, the centre of a cluster
\nthat finished in Psalm 145. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:31:29,640 –> 00:31:34,000
\nLet’s look at those words as we
\nconclude our exhortation. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:31:34,920 –> 00:31:42,240
\nPsalm 145 and verses 18 and 19.
\nHere’s his conclusion. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:31:43,040 –> 00:31:49,800
\nDistortion may be the case at
\ntimes, but in verse 18 of 145, <\/p>\n

404
\n00:31:50,600 –> 00:31:57,800
\nYahweh is nigh to all them that
\ncall upon Him, to all that call <\/p>\n

405
\n00:31:57,800 –> 00:32:04,360
\nupon Him in truth.
\nHe will for fear fulfil the <\/p>\n

406
\n00:32:04,360 –> 00:32:09,280
\ndesire of them that fear Him.
\nHe also will will hear their <\/p>\n

407
\n00:32:09,280 –> 00:32:17,960
\ncry, and He will save them.
\nYahweh preserves all them that <\/p>\n

408
\n00:32:17,960 –> 00:32:21,600
\nlove Him.
\nBrothers and sisters, we come to<\/p>\n

409
\n00:32:21,600 –> 00:32:28,160
\nthe emblems, We come to our
\nLord, we come to the emblems of <\/p>\n

410
\n00:32:28,160 –> 00:32:33,680
\nHis victory.
\nHe was mistreated, He was <\/p>\n

411
\n00:32:33,680 –> 00:32:37,520
\nunjustly accused, but he opened
\nnot his mouth. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:32:38,680 –> 00:32:43,320
\nHe was misunderstood by his own
\ndisciples, who fled in confusion<\/p>\n

413
\n00:32:43,320 –> 00:32:48,720
\nat the very hour of his need.
\nHe said on one occasion, Now is <\/p>\n

414
\n00:32:48,720 –> 00:32:54,000
\nmy soul troubled?
\nWhat shall I say, Father, save <\/p>\n

415
\n00:32:54,000 –> 00:33:01,200
\nme from this hour for this cause
\ncame I unto this hour. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:33:02,040 –> 00:33:05,680
\nAnd we celebrate that victory
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:33:06,600 –> 00:33:10,120
\nPaul teaches us in Hebrews 6 and
\nverse 18. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:33:10,120 –> 00:33:14,720
\nHe says to each one of us we
\nhave a strong consolation. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:33:15,560 –> 00:33:20,920
\nWe who have fled for refuge to
\nhold heck, hold on the hope set <\/p>\n

420
\n00:33:20,920 –> 00:33:28,360
\nbefore us, which hope we have as
\nan anchor of the soul, sure and <\/p>\n

421
\n00:33:28,360 –> 00:33:33,000
\nsteadfast, which was entered
\ninto that which is within the <\/p>\n

422
\n00:33:33,000 –> 00:33:36,600
\nvile.
\nLet us take comfort in those <\/p>\n

423
\n00:33:36,600 –> 00:33:52,810
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