My Confidence

Hello everyone. I've seen quite a few new faces today, or faces I haven't seen before.

Just in case I'm from Peru, naturally I don't speak English as my native language, it's Spanish.

And I have a son who is going to be two years old in a month, less than a month now.

And I've been forcing him to be bilingual.

And I'm pushing for him to speak Spanish and English at the same time.

And that's causing a toll on me in so many ways, because I'm kind of speaking now Spanglish.

So, throughout my sermon, you feel I'm saying something you don't understand, it's probably Spanglish.

Just in case. But anyway, we are supposed to... that's my excuse anyway.

But we are here to dig into this song.

And what I want you to do now is to think there in your seat.

When was the last time that you felt in danger?

When was the last time that you felt that you, or someone you really care, was in danger, or were in danger?

A time in your life when you just felt that your life was being threatened.

And what I want you to do is just to remember, how was your attitude in that time?

How was your reaction in that time?

And how was your handling of that situation?

Perhaps you were lucky enough not to have any dangerous situations in your life.

You've never been in that situation where you really felt you were in danger.

That's great.

But personally for me, I had been in several situations where my life was in danger.

And it was tough and difficult sometimes.

I particularly remember one, this particular situation where we had been commissioned to go and reach and help the setting of the church.

And in the middle of the Amazon, to one of those villages.

And it was deep, deep inside the Amazon.

And they wouldn't speak Spanish at all.

They would speak the local dialect.

So communication was kind of difficult with them.

And they tend to be not really engaging with outsiders either.

So we were just a random bunch of guys just coming there, showing up, trying to be in touch with them and set up a church.

That's great, isn't it?

It's a great thing.

And so naturally, we had some people very good and very engaging and responding.

But we also have, in a village of 120 people, some people who were really not happy with us.

And they were always keeping us in check.

Everything we do, no matter where we go, they were always like, we always knew there was this bunch of guys who were this, always keeping us in check.

And I particularly remember this night, this particular night, middle of the night, just well past midnight probably.

Can't remember what time exactly.

Because generally, when you are in the Amazon, there's no power there.

So after 6 p.m., you just go to sleep.

And then you wake up before 5.

So that's kind of the way it works.

But just can you imagine, just in the middle of the Amazon, we get this nook on the door.

And I just come up to the place where we stay in.

And when I come up, I just find this, there were a bunch of villagers with machetes, arrows, and shotguns in their hands.

Matt yelling at me and broke in Spanish and saying, you must sleep now.

I was kind of like, remember, this is the middle of the night.

This is the Amazon.

It's not like you're just going to catch a bus, get a cool taxi, and things are going to be easy for you.

And you go, these guys, we're actually drunk.

So it's even worse.

You don't really know what to do.

So I was like, you know, I was trying to deal with it and say, you know what the situation?

We're in the middle of the Amazon.

We cannot leave now.

It's midnight.

I'll just give us a couple hours.

Then we can just leave when the day clears and we can do that.

After some just talking and talking, eventually they say, okay, first thing in the morning, you are 11.

And they were just really serious.

It's very scary.

And so they left.

I remember myself going back to my hammock.

Just scared, as you can imagine.

Grabbing a machete in one of my hands.

And singing a song in a quiet voice based on that Psalm 27, but it's not there anymore.

In the Spanish version of Psalm 27.

And singing very quietly in my mind while I was there.

I know.

I still have a machete in my hands.

I know.

That doesn't say much of the point.

Trust me.

But to make a story short, it was difficult for me to sleep that night.

But eventually, the next day, the Lord was great.

He did a miracle in that place.

And we were able to stay for another few months.

And after that, we were able to, after a low, hard effort, we were able to set up a church.

Now it's a vibrant church in that place.

Just to make a story short.

It was a great thing.

But it was that night, particularly.

I really felt scared.

I really felt that these guys wanted to do something.

They were just doing it.

And I remember not even telling the bunch of guys sitting next to me.

I was just the one holding on on myself and being so scared of it.

But why am I telling you this?

I'm telling you this because, as you can see, sometimes in life, waiting under difficult times is tough.

Sometimes in life, waiting when we have difficult situations where our life is in danger, it's really tough.

And we are not very good at it.

Doesn't matter how many years of a Christian you are.

Doesn't matter how much of the law you know.

Doesn't matter how much of the Bible you know.

Doesn't matter how tough you think you are.

And one of the things we can see in this psalm is that, precisely, this is a guy, the one who wrote this psalm, which is David.

Who is able to keep himself together in a difficult situation.

And so, in so many ways, I just want us to see that and see just slightly carefully what it says.

But, we are never encouraged to suppose that Christian life will be easy and smooth or free from pressure.

Actually, it's something we learn from the psalms is that, in general, that, even in the toughness and the difficulties of times, the psalms, in general, what the psalms teaches us,

is that we can pray and we can call upon God in any single situation in our lives.

No matter what it is.

And you're going to describe what can you learn from the whole psalms, the 150 psalms, is that, doesn't matter what your situation is,

that you can count on God and you can pray on Him.

You can name whatever situation you can see.

Times of despair, when you are overwhelmed by danger, or sometimes you are anger, or sometimes you are starving, or sometimes you feel like something is not right with you.

And even sometimes when you feel like you are sin, you have sinned.

The psalms always teach us that we can always be in touch with God and come close to Him.

Especially in those dangerous situations, as I described the one for myself, and as we're going to see the one from David.

Something to say before we get into this psalm, about Psalm 27, a few things.

Psalm 27, along with Psalm 26 and 28, are three psalms whose main topic talks about waiting in God, or waiting in the Lord with confidence.

They are like triplet psalms, that are all part of the same idea altogether.

That we can wait for the Lord's help, in hope and in confidence, under difficult circumstances.

Words like the house of the Lord, temple and tabernacle, are frequently mentioned there.

You'll see it throughout these three psalms particularly.

Always been mentioned and mentioned.

I'll tell you all the end why I think it's that.

And particularly about this psalm, no one can read this well-known Psalm 27,

without being struck by the contrast that exists between the first one to six verses,

from the second part of the psalm, from 7 to 14.

There is like a different contrast between both of them.

And it is so marked that some commentators suggest that we have been,

what we have here is probably two psalms who have been composed under different circumstances,

that probably have been merged together.

Again, this is what some commentators think.

We don't have certainty to say that.

But it's just the contrast between one to six, from 7 to 14,

that make us believe that, make us think that.

But overall, both sections, it has something in common,

is that throughout a psalm, we can see the reality of David's faith.

It is important, however, to realize that this is not a faith that is fair weather only.

This is not a faith that only behaves when God is good.

But rather, this is a faith, displaying in the psalms,

that behaves in a way that doesn't matter what the situation is,

that the psalmist, David, still trusts in God under all the circumstances,

and under all the difficult pressures.

This is the kind of faith that stuns the shocks and pressures of life,

and comes out stronger from all these pressures.

But, to be honest, we can never have or display this kind of faith,

this kind of confidence as David had,

if we try to trust in a God that we don't know.

One of the things we see throughout the psalms,

and throughout the psalms in general,

that whoever the writer of that particular psalm you're reading is,

he is speaking from a point of knowing who his maker is,

for knowing who his God is.

We cannot never develop a confidence in a God that we don't know.

And perhaps that is something to keep in our hearts as we dig in into the world.

If we want to know how we can face tough times in our lives,

get to know your maker.

Get to know your creator.

Get to know who God is.

Once you know who God is,

you can actually develop

the patience to deal with tough times.

I think that's what we see.

Again, I'm saying so many things in general about the psalms before we dig into it.

And I really like the way the psalm finishes.

In verses 13 and 14, I'll just read it to you.

And he finishes in this way.

After all the struggles from the chapter, he says,

David definitely had to know his maker

to be able to learn a psalm with those difficulties like this.

And that's such a faithful, trustworthy way.

Anyway, so I divided this psalm in three different things.

So I'm going to be speaking from these three things today.

The things that I think David did.

And we can see in these things that we can actually do it ourselves.

So there are three things I think he did.

From verses 1 to 3,

what David is doing is,

David is remembering,

or David remembers who God is.

That is the first thing we see in this psalm,

that he remembers who God is from verses 1 to 3.

From verses 4 to 6,

he not only remembers who God is,

but he, David, delights in the beauty of God.

So from 1 to 3, he remembers who God is.

From 4 to 6,

he decides to delight in the beauty of God.

And in the last part, from 7 to 12,

David not only remembers who God is,

not only delights in the beauty of God,

but also he resolves to walk in God's way.

So those three things we're going to be seeing today.

And you're saying,

why are you not mentioning 13 and 14?

I think 13 and 14 has a whole global effect on the psalm

that I will tell you at the end.

So, let's read for a moment 1 to 3.

David remembers who God is.

This is what he says,

The Lord is my light and my salvation.

Who shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life.

Of whom shall I be afraid?

When the wicked advance against me to dewar me,

it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.

Though an army beseech me,

my heart will not fear.

Though war break out against me,

even then,

I will be held confident.

If we are to wait with confidence in God,

we must remember who God is.

And if we're going to remember who God is,

it is so important that we see God rightly.

We see God on whom He is,

knowing the way we want Him to be.

So many times when we try to see about God,

we want to make God fit in our mind and our thinking

in the way we want God to be.

But it's something we see from David,

it's he sees God rightly.

David was being hunted down by enemies.

They were seeking Him with violence to take His life,

and they wanted Him dead.

Imagine yourself in that situation.

I can imagine myself,

I can relate to that.

Seeing all the things that were going on through His mind,

probably all the same things that would have been going through your mind

in a situation like that.

But perhaps not in David.

Because it seems to us that David knew who God was.

Look what he calls him.

God is my light.

He says, God was His light.

That light that shines in the darkness.

Even in His darkness,

God was shining His light upon him

and guiding him for the way to go.

God knew where to take him

because God knows everything.

He knows everything.

He doesn't need to Google for things to know where He's going.

God knows where to go and where to take us.

And I think David starts with that.

God is my light.

Why is it important?

Why is the light so important?

I'll tell you why it's important.

Just an example.

When you walk on the Amazon and it's so dark,

in the middle of the night,

and your flashlight is not working,

light is very important in that way.

So I think David says,

light is so important

because even when I'm struggling in this situation

and I don't know where to go,

God is my light.

And He can help me to see clearly.

He trusts that God is His life.

And He knows where to take Him.

But God wasn't only His light.

He was also His salvation.

It didn't matter who was surrounded David.

It didn't matter who his enemy was.

David knew that God was His salvation

and that whatever the enemy would be,

they couldn't even touch Him.

They couldn't even close to Him

because he knew that God was His salvation.

He also declared that God is His stronghold.

He also declared that God is His stronghold.

He's like fortress,

as a different version would say.

He wasn't alone.

God was with Him.

He was this impenetrable fortress

that no matter what the people around Him would do,

He would be able to keep Him safe.

I think this psalm talks about confidence

in a way that we can trust in God.

We can trust that God will protect us.

We can trust that whatever the situation may be,

God will be there to help us.

I know it's very easy to say it.

I know I can stand here as a preacher and say,

yeah, yeah, that's the easiest thing to say.

But I tell you, God can do it.

You could say, okay, we are not David.

David's been hunted down by his enemies.

We are not a king who is like running away.

So what can we learn from this song personally?

I want you to, for a moment,

to go for the verses 5,

this very instant.

And we're going to read just the first part,

where he says,

For in the day of trouble,

He will keep me safe in His dwelling.

What do you think David is referring

when he says this day of trouble?

What do you think is the day of trouble for him?

You would see in verses 2 and 3,

we can say that perhaps the day of trouble would be

evil men advancing against him,

enemies attacking him,

armies besieging him,

wars breaking out against him.

Perhaps that was his way,

or his day of trouble.

But I think it didn't end there.

Look down at verse 10 as well,

what he says.

Though my father and mother forsake me,

the Lord will receive me.

His day of trouble was not only

enemies besieging him,

but also I think it was that

friends and family

deserted him.

So basically, let's see what David is doing

throughout the song.

It's like he is expanding

the concept of day of trouble,

and apply it to any sort of suffering

that we could ever experience.

So,

whatever the day of trouble,

whatever your day of trouble could be,

someone attacking you,

or opposing you,

causing you sadness,

sickness,

or whatever it be,

we can all add to this song

and say,

even in those difficult times,

God is still good,

and God is still my fortress,

and God is still my salvation,

and God can still

keep me safe in the day of trouble.

I think it's a fascinating song.

But,

okay,

you're saying this,

but how do we,

generally the question is,

how do you really react

in the day of trouble?

One of the biggest temptations

we may face

when we are in these difficult

days of troubles

is to sing wrongly

about God.

Because why?

Because we come to God

in desperate need.

Trusting,

okay,

you're saying to trust in God,

we're going to trust in God,

I'm going to pray to Him,

I'm going to ask Him

to keep me free,

to set me free for this problem,

I'm going to ask Him

to do something for me,

but then we go,

we just go wait and see it.

And when you see it,

you realize God doesn't do anything.

And what do you think?

There's something wrong with this.

He may be not trustworthy,

because He's not doing

what I want Him to do.

And that's generally the danger

in these difficult situations

when it comes to trusting.

Because it's easy to trust

when we see God

doing what we want.

But what about when He doesn't?

What about when you're praying

for that cancer to go away?

What about when you're praying

for that family member

to come to faith?

What about when you're praying

for your partner not to leave you?

And he doesn't.

even in those difficult times,

David comes back to us and says,

I know that He will keep me safe.

Whatever safe may be.

This is a wonderful song

from David.

Because it opens up

the whole life.

Nobody promises

that a Christian life

is going to be great.

It's going to be fascinating.

It's going to pop up

once we want it.

Actually, no.

It's all the opposite.

It gets even harder

and harder and harder.

Why?

Because God has promised

something better at the end.

Something that is not accomplished

in this life,

but in the life to come.

We can't get foreshadows of that.

We can't get some wee pictures of it.

But that's not it at the end.

So you think sometimes

that God is good

because your bank account was great.

God's not good because of that.

If you think that God is good

because your life is great

and your family is doing well,

your children has got a job

and all that,

yeah, God is not good

because of that.

God is good because He is good.

Despite what you get

or what you don't.

And I think we can see

through this psalm

that it doesn't matter

what the situation is,

David still thinks

and still believes

and still proclaims

that God is good.

You see, brothers and sisters,

that one of the things

we can always keep in our minds

is that

our confidence

starts not

when we see

our deliverance,

but our confidence

starts

when we see

our deliverer.

Mighty,

sovereign,

powerful,

ruling for His throne,

lifted up high,

doing what He wants

when He wants

in the way He wants

it.

Perhaps I'll say it again.

Our confidence

doesn't start

when we see

our deliverance.

It starts

when we see

our deliverance

rightly

in power.

and I think

that's one of the

good things

that this psalm

does for us.

God is all those things

from 1 to 3

that David is saying.

He is light,

He is salvation,

He is stronghold.

But David

doesn't say

that the Lord

is light.

He doesn't say

that the Lord

is salvation,

salvation is strange

and far away

from Him.

Rather,

he says

that the Lord

is His life.

David says

the Lord

is my life,

the Lord

is my salvation.

He implies

a sense of belonging.

What can we say

about that?

How do we

consider God?

Is God

your life?

We all know

God is life.

Is God

your salvation?

We all know

God's salvation

but is God

you?

Do you have

this sense of belonging

that David has?

Is God

your life?

Is God

your salvation?

If the answer

is yes,

then

who shall we fear?

As David said.

But who shall I fear?

Am I going to be

scared of this?

David said,

no,

I won't.

So what he chooses

to do,

David first?

He chooses to

remember who God

is.

Who God is?

He is his light,

he is his salvation,

he is his stronghold,

he is the deliverer,

mighty,

he is the God

maker of the universe,

he is God

sovereign,

doing what he wants,

when he wants,

in the time he wants it.

Once David

sees that,

he can go on

to the next bit,

which is,

not only he's seeing

who God is,

he's remembering

who God is,

but now he decides

to delight

in the beauty

of God.

Verses 4-6,

this is what he says,

one thing

I ask from the Lord,

this only

do I seek,

that I may dwell

in the house

of the Lord

all the days

of my life,

to gaze on the beauty

of the Lord,

and to seek Him

in His temple,

for in His day,

for in the day

of trouble,

He will keep me safe

in His dwelling,

He will hide me

in the shelter

of His second tent,

and set me high

upon the rock.

Then my head

will be exalted

about my enemies

who surround me.

So,

at His second tent,

I will sacrifice

with shouts of joy.

Here we see David

delighting

on the beauty

of God.

To not lose heart,

to not give in

into temptation

while we wait

on God,

we must delight

ourselves

in the beauty

of God.

But the question is,

what is the beauty

of God

that He's talking

about here?

I think

the beauty of God

is the truth

of God.

He's a perfection

of God

in all His attributes,

His wisdom,

His power,

His love,

His justice,

and so many

more things

that we can

not name just now.

But you're saying,

like,

what is the difference

between

remembering

who God is

and delighting

in the beauty

of God?

What is the difference

between 4 to 6

compared to 1 to 3?

Well,

I think it's one thing

to remember

who God is.

I think it's one thing

to remember

the truth about God

and to be aware

of who God is.

But it's quite

another different thing

to delight

in that beauty

of who God is.

The word beauty

of verses 4

means delightful

or to be delightful

means to bring

pleasure,

something that brings

pleasure and satisfaction

to our lives.

So,

to be a Christian,

in other words,

it's more than

simply knowing

thoughts about God.

It's more than

just knowing

what the Bible says.

But to be a Christian,

it means

to taste

and see

that God is good.

And not only

to see that God is good,

but to choose

to delight

in His goodness,

to delight

in all the things

that He is.

So,

it is possible

to find pleasure

in God.

Pure,

exhilarating

pleasure

and joy.

When we do that,

when a believer

does that,

he finds himself.

He does not

escape from reality,

but actually

He conquers it

by discovering

a deeper

and greater reality

in which

and by which

He is able

to cope with life

and all its pressures.

He finds,

in fact,

something

larger than life.

And those effects

do not wear off.

Because what?

Because He finds

Himself

that God

is powerful

and majestic.

He chooses

to delight

in Him.

But what is,

if He chooses

to delight

in Him,

what is

delighting in Him

has to do

with confidence?

Why is it

important?

Okay,

yeah,

you're saying,

yeah,

we have to delight

in Him.

Why?

Why is it important

to delight in Him?

Well,

let's check again

verse 5.

Well,

verse 4 says that

why does He want

to delight in Him?

He wants to gauge

the beauty of God.

And then verse 5 says,

why?

Because He says

He wants to be safe

in the day of trouble.

He is delighting

in the beauty of God

even in the day of trouble.

Even where situations

arises

and situations get tough,

He chooses

to delight in Him.

And those times

when we feel

we don't belong,

those times

when we feel

like the situation

is out of control,

those times

when we feel

like seriously bad,

those times

when we are like

hopeless,

David chose

to delight in God

and so we must.

You will tell me,

yeah,

it's easy to say

from a pulpit,

put it into practice,

let's see what you get.

We just got to do it.

David himself

wasn't a perfect person

at all.

His life was always

in trouble.

He was always running away,

being hunted down.

Always doing

good things,

always doing bad things.

But yet still,

he knew

who his maker was.

And he still

decided to delight in Him.

And we see

in verse 6

where this

word is

all delight

and taken.

Verse 6 says that

then my head

would be exulting

about the enemies

who surround me

at his secret tent.

And I will sing.

I will sacrifice

with shout of joys

and I will sing

and make music

to the Lord.

He is able

to walk around

with his head

held high,

singing songs

to the Lord.

He has joy

and this joy

is rooted

in the satisfying

beauty

of God

that will never change.

Before we move

to the next one,

one of the things

I really like

about this part

is that

in verse 4

he asks

one thing

I ask

from the Lord.

The only one

the only one

I do seek

is just one thing

he is seeking

one thing

he is asking.

He is not asking

to be famous.

He is not asking

to be successful.

He is not asking

to be rich

or blessed.

But what he asks

is to dwell

in the house

of the Lord

to gain the beauty

of the Lord.

Because why?

Because his joy

was in God.

And because his joy

was in God

his enemies

couldn't touch him.

Failure

couldn't touch him.

God

kept and said

it is important

to keep in check

what we do desire.

In the case of David

he was deciding

to dwell with the Lord.

I wonder

what we really desire

in our hearts.

Generally

what we desire

in our hearts

reveals

where our confidence is.

Have you ever

heard a person

saying like

if I only get this

I will

finally be happy.

Oh I only

make millions.

Ah finally

I will just

rest and enjoy this.

Oh if I only

get married

I will

do this.

Have you ever

heard that?

I am just

filling the blanks.

But you know this

have you ever

heard this

if I only

so many times

what we seek

reveals

where our confidence is.

For David

he is not

seeking all these things.

The only thing

David is seeking

in verse 4

is like

I want to

dwell with the Lord.

Why?

Because I want

to rejoice

I want to delight

myself into this beauty.

And that's what I want.

He wanted one thing

to delight in the beauty

of God

and compared to

the beauty of God

everything else

is like

it's like

rubbish for him.

Just for a moment

think about it.

Think what your

desires are.

Are your desires

rooted in

satisfaction

to be with God?

Or are you just

rooted in your own

personal comfort?

Do not take me wrong

I'm not saying

personal comfort

is bad.

But what I'm saying

is like

when we replace

all personal comfort

as the goal

for satisfaction

rather than

me for satisfaction

and rejoicing

in God

that becomes

a problem.

But David

come back to David

doesn't only

resolve himself

to remember

who God is

he doesn't only

desire to

delight in God

he does also

resolve

verses 7 to 12

to walk in God

in God's way.

So if we do

want to

wait with confidence

and hope in God

we should

resolve to walk

in God's way.

David trusts

that the Lord

will be merciful

for it.

One of the

repeated ideas

of this section

from 7 to 12

is a constantly

mention of

he is deciding

to seek in God's

faith.

Basically

this is a

repeated idea

from verses 4

and verse 4

he mentioned

he wants

to seek the Lord

he wants to

dwell with the Lord

in verses 8

he says

I want to

seek you

Lord

I want to

seek your

presence

I want to

be in your

presence

so he trusts

that the

voice that

shouts and

sings in him

sings to him

and worships

in verse 6

can also be

confident that

the Lord

will hear him

when he

prays

in verse 7

praying is

one aspect

of seeking

the Lord

what David

is done

in verse 4

seeking him

in his temple

he is also

instructed to

do

in verse 8

okay we are

seeing all

of this

this is what

David is

doing

I know

you are

following my

life

thinking

I hope

you do

but we are

seeing all

the things

that David

is doing

we are

seeing all

this great

but yet

we see

from verses

to

7

till

12

actually

there seems

to be a

conflict

with David

in one

sense

he do

trust

in God

but in

another

sense

he is

like

Lord

please be

merciful to

me

hear me

oh

Lord

do not

hide your

face

from me

there is

this sense

of

fighting

and

wrestling

in his

mind

why

because

as I said

before

David was

still a

sinner

David was

a person

who was

a murderer

at some

point

an adulterer

a liar

so it's

so easy

to imagine

why David

would wrestle

in these

verses

with this

question

will God

really forsake

me

will God

have

hide

his

face

from

me

he

might

be

thinking

like

I

want

to

gaze

on

the

beauty

of

God

but

am I

a sinner

how

am I

going to

do

that

that's

why

in

verse 7

he says

please

Lord

I

plead

for

mercy

please

have

mercy

on

me

that

is

why

I

said

at

beginning

this

from

1 to

6

seems

to

be

something

going

on

and

from

7

to

14

there

seems

to

be

a

different

country

something

different

going

on

but

I

think

it's

all

just

matched

all

together

in

his

wrestling

he

remembers

what

God

has

asked

for

him

look

what

it

says

verse

8

my

heart

says

you

seek

his

face

your

face

Lord

I

will

seek

a

better

translation

from

verse 8

would

say

to

my

heart

he

has

said

seek

my

face

and

what

I

think

David

is

remembering

here

he

is

remembering

that

at

some

point

at

one

point

God

asked

him

asked

his

people

not

him

particularly

his

forefathers

to

seek

his

face

in

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 4 · chapter mention

chapter

4

and I

think

that

invitation

was

always

present

in

David's

mind

he

knew

that

what

God

really

wanted

from

his

people

was

to

seek

to

him

and I

think

that's

what

he

keeps

in

mind

in

this

situation

God

will

never

call

for

a

law

and

withhold

his

own

so

he

knows

if

God

always

wanted

to

be

seek

then

David

could

seek

for

every

person

and

this

is

what

produces

profound

confidence

to the

point

that

he

expresses

verse

10

where

he

says

even

when

my

father

my

mother

would

forsake

me

I

know

he

will

not

forsake

me

why

because

God

was

asking

me

to

seek

him

before

and

why

because

I

know

he

will

be

there

for

me

I

think

what

he

I

think

he

picks

the

image

of

parenthood

here

not

thinking

his

parents

were

very

bad

or

mean

people

but

I

think

he

just

used

it

as

a

reference

to

say

that

if

the

most

improbable

thing

ever

happened

even

if

the

most

improbable

thing

ever

happened

like

my

parents

that

changed

my

nappies

or

changed

my

diapers

nappies

or

whatever

you

want

to

call

them

ever

forsake

me

even

the

most

improbable

happens

David

knew

God

will

not

God

will

be

there

for

me

this

psalm

is

all

about

confidence

whether

you

are

in

the

first

section

one

to

six

or

whether

you

are

in

the

second

section

seven

to

fourteen

there

is

a

confidence

in

God

David

had

confidence

do

he

and

one

of the

things

about

verse

10

is

like

this

confidence

expressed

in

verse

10

leads

him

in

verses

11

to

obedience

teach

me

your

way

Lord

lead

me

to

straight

paths

because

of

my

oppressors

when we

have

seen

who

God

is

we

can

trust

him

when

we

trust

him

we

can

walk

in

his

ways

when

we

walk

in

his

ways

we

are

no

longer

afraid

of

where

he

would

take

us

and

we

are

no

longer

afraid

where

he

would

take

us

we

can

go

wherever

he

lead

us

we

just

decide

to

follow

him

perhaps

you

wonder

why

can

I

know

be

obedient

to

the

Lord

perhaps

you

don't

trust

him

properly

and

why

you

can

trust

him

properly

perhaps

you

don't

know

him

go

from

one

way

to

another

this

is

probably

the last

few

minutes

and

I'll

finish

and

all

the

issues

that

we

face

generally

and

the

troubles

is

that

rather

than

being

compelled

as I

said

to

amazing

the

beauty

of

God

and

to

be

fascinated

about

who

God

is

sometimes

in

this

day

of

troubles

we

do

self

focus

on

ourselves

and

we

do

think

oh

there's

something

in me

to

fix

it

we

always

want

to

fix

our

own

troubles

and

that's

something

common

always

happening

personally

than

me

like

you

remember

my

story

I

was

trusting

in

God

but

what

had

in

my

hand

beginning

of my

story

had a

machete

with me

right

so much

trusting

for me

I

was

trusting

that

the

Lord

will

keep

me

safe

but

in

one

of

my

hands

I

was

trying to

solve

the problem

on my

own

what

was

the way

to solve

the problem

on my

own

having

a

machete

next

to

me

and

in

so

many

ways

when it

comes

to

trusting

we

are

kind

of

like

that

in

one

way

we

do

want

to

wait

and

trust

in

God

but

in

the

other

way

this

is

a

better

way

to

solve

it

let's

do

it

that

way

and

it's

in

this

situation

when we

do

that

that

we

become

less

focused

on

God

and

more

focused

on

ourselves

and

we

lose

the

fourth

perspective

of the

situation

and God

become

so

small

for

us

and

the

situations

we

are

facing

because

even

bigger

so

what

has

David

done

in

order

to

wait

for

God

three

main

things

he

decided

to

remember

who

God

is

he

decided

to

delight

in

who

God

is

and

he

decided

to

follow

and

obey

God's

way

but

one

of

the

things

that

you

can

see

throughout

this

passage

as

well

is

that

there

is

a

constant

mention

of

the

word

temple

tabernacle

house

of

God

throughout

this

passage

it's

something