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In Psalm 27.13 we read, I had

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fainted unless I had believed to see the

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goodness of the Lord in the land of

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the living.

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Here we find the psalmist reflecting back on

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a recent deliverance by God.

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Verse 5 tells us that David was in

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the midst of tremendous adversity, a time of

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trouble.

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He writes, for in the time of trouble

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he shall hide me in his pavilion.

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In the secret of his tabernacle shall he

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hide me.

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He shall set me up on a rock.

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David was in a jam.

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David was on the run.

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David was being hunted like a flea among

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the rocks by his enemies.

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And he was outnumbered.

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And he was plumb wore out.

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But David had hope.

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He had hope in his God.

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He had seen what God can do for

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a child of his.

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And he was resting and trusting in the

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attributes of God, which in this particular case

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was God's goodness.

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David knew God is good all the time.

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His word is true.

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And he is true to his word.

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God is good all the time, even in

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the midst of trial and trouble.

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David has penned this song of deliverance, this

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testimony to God's goodness, as a tribute to

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God and as a promise to all followers

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of God who come after him, that even

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when things look their bleakest and all human

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resources are gone, there are two truths a

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believer can hang on, a believer can count

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on.

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God is good.

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And God is good all the time.

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David knows that God is a deliverer.

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David tells us, I had fainted, meaning he

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never would have made it without God.

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He'd been killed by his enemies if it

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were not for God stepping in.

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David reminds himself that I had fainted unless

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I had believed to see.

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In other words, it was David's faith in

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God that got him through.

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His faith in God was not shaken, but

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his faith was the rock that he stood

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upon.

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David is telling us, I had fainted.

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Unless I had believed, his faith was his

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anchor that held him in the storm.

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He goes on to say, unless I had

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believed to see the goodness of the Lord.

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Here, David announces it was the goodness of

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God that delivered him.

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David is telling us about God's goodness from

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personal experience.

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David was near death in his trial, and

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death would have surely visited him at the

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hands of his enemies if God had not

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stepped in.

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David says he had believed to see the

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goodness of the Lord in the land of

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the living.

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He was saved from death, and he was

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penning this psalm while he was still in

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the land of the living.

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And that's what we should do as well,

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friends.

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We should be actively telling others about our

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testimony in Christ Jesus while we are still

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in the land of the living.

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When we are gone, our lips will be

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silent, but they shouldn't be silent now.

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We should be like David, praising our God

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for who God is, for his goodness toward

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us, his goodness and mercy of saving us,

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his goodness of Jesus going to Calvary to

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die for us, his goodness in bringing the

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gospel witness to us, his goodness of his

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Holy Spirit bringing conviction to us and regeneration

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to us.

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God is good all the time.

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David ends his psalm with the following exhortation,

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Wait on the Lord, be of good courage,

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and he shall strengthen thine heart.

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Wait, I say, on the Lord.

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Charles Spurgeon wrote of this psalm that it

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is a song of cheerful hope, well fitted

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for those in trial who have learned how

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to lean upon the almighty arm.

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And I have learned to lean on the

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almighty arm as well, friends, especially now as

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I face homelessness for not having the money

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to pay my landlord his back rent.

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But I know that my God is good,

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even when my personal situation is not.

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God is good all the time.

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The thought David leaves us is with this,

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that God is worth waiting for, because God

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is good all the time.

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Let us pray.