1 00:00:00,290 --> 00:00:03,210 Could we read together, please, this morning in 2 00:00:03,210 --> 00:00:08,310 Psalm 73, Psalm 73. 3 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:15,500 Now, we all like testimony meetings. 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,800 When someone gives their testimony, well, this is 5 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:27,770 a testimony psalm, only it's a testimony of 6 00:00:27,770 --> 00:00:28,810 a recovered saint. 7 00:00:30,490 --> 00:00:33,150 And so I hope it will be encouraging, 8 00:00:33,630 --> 00:00:35,630 strengthening, maybe preserving. 9 00:00:36,850 --> 00:00:39,190 And I'm sure if we look at it 10 00:00:39,190 --> 00:00:41,610 carefully, we'll see that it's relevant to each 11 00:00:41,610 --> 00:00:42,130 one of us. 12 00:00:42,770 --> 00:00:45,210 So let's read down through Psalm 73. 13 00:00:46,270 --> 00:00:47,990 It's a psalm of Asaph. 14 00:00:49,250 --> 00:00:51,350 And it's interesting that there are a number 15 00:00:51,350 --> 00:00:54,870 of psalms given in order here, all by 16 00:00:54,870 --> 00:00:55,490 Asaph. 17 00:00:56,490 --> 00:01:01,290 He says, verse 1, Truly God is good 18 00:01:01,290 --> 00:01:06,650 to Israel, even to such as are of 19 00:01:06,650 --> 00:01:07,490 a clean heart. 20 00:01:08,610 --> 00:01:11,810 But as for me, my feet were almost 21 00:01:11,810 --> 00:01:16,110 gone, my steps had well nigh slipped. 22 00:01:16,730 --> 00:01:21,030 For I was envious at the foolish when 23 00:01:21,030 --> 00:01:23,750 I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 24 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:27,910 For there are no bands in their death, 25 00:01:28,610 --> 00:01:30,370 but their strength is firm. 26 00:01:31,090 --> 00:01:32,910 They are not in trouble as other men, 27 00:01:33,190 --> 00:01:35,470 neither are they plagued like other men. 28 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:39,990 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain. 29 00:01:40,650 --> 00:01:42,630 Violence covers them as a garment. 30 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:46,870 Their eyes stand out with fatness. 31 00:01:47,890 --> 00:01:50,470 They have more than heart could wish. 32 00:01:51,730 --> 00:01:55,530 They are corrupt and speak wickedly concerning oppression. 33 00:01:56,590 --> 00:01:57,750 They speak loftily. 34 00:01:58,350 --> 00:02:00,370 They set their mouth against the heavens and 35 00:02:00,370 --> 00:02:01,970 their tongue walketh through the earth. 36 00:02:02,890 --> 00:02:05,610 Therefore his people return hither, and waters of 37 00:02:05,610 --> 00:02:07,669 a full cup are wrung out to them. 38 00:02:08,570 --> 00:02:10,950 And they say, How doth God know? 39 00:02:11,890 --> 00:02:13,650 And is there knowledge in the Most High? 40 00:02:14,750 --> 00:02:18,470 Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in 41 00:02:18,470 --> 00:02:18,910 the world. 42 00:02:18,910 --> 00:02:21,890 They increase in riches. 43 00:02:23,210 --> 00:02:25,870 Verily, I have cleansed my heart in vain 44 00:02:25,870 --> 00:02:28,710 and washed my hands in innocency. 45 00:02:29,290 --> 00:02:30,910 For all the day long have I been 46 00:02:30,910 --> 00:02:32,550 plagued and chastened every morning. 47 00:02:33,550 --> 00:02:36,910 If I say I will speak thus, behold, 48 00:02:37,130 --> 00:02:40,010 I should offend against the generation of my 49 00:02:40,010 --> 00:02:40,330 children. 50 00:02:40,330 --> 00:02:44,490 When I thought to know this, it was 51 00:02:44,490 --> 00:02:49,470 too painful for me until I went into 52 00:02:49,470 --> 00:02:51,110 the sanctuary of God. 53 00:02:52,190 --> 00:02:55,210 Then understood I their end. 54 00:02:56,450 --> 00:02:59,150 Surely Thou did set them in slippery places. 55 00:03:00,010 --> 00:03:02,090 Thou castest them down into destruction. 56 00:03:02,910 --> 00:03:04,990 How are they brought into desolation is in 57 00:03:04,990 --> 00:03:05,370 a moment. 58 00:03:06,250 --> 00:03:08,910 They are utterly consumed with terrors. 59 00:03:09,770 --> 00:03:13,390 As a dream when one awaketh, so, O 60 00:03:13,390 --> 00:03:17,930 Lord, when Thou awakest, Thou shalt despise their 61 00:03:17,930 --> 00:03:18,370 image. 62 00:03:20,190 --> 00:03:22,690 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was 63 00:03:22,690 --> 00:03:23,870 pricked in my reins. 64 00:03:24,610 --> 00:03:27,030 So foolish was I and ignorant. 65 00:03:27,770 --> 00:03:29,910 I was as a beast before Thee. 66 00:03:30,790 --> 00:03:33,850 Nevertheless, I am continually with Thee. 67 00:03:34,670 --> 00:03:37,270 Thou hast holden me by my right hand. 68 00:03:37,270 --> 00:03:41,250 Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel and 69 00:03:41,250 --> 00:03:42,890 afterward receive me to glory. 70 00:03:44,750 --> 00:03:47,430 Whom have I in heaven but Thee? 71 00:03:48,110 --> 00:03:51,430 And there is none upon earth that I 72 00:03:51,430 --> 00:03:52,790 desire beside Thee. 73 00:03:53,550 --> 00:03:57,110 My flesh and my heart faileth, but God 74 00:03:57,110 --> 00:03:59,310 is the strength of my heart and my 75 00:03:59,310 --> 00:04:00,430 portion forever. 76 00:04:01,310 --> 00:04:03,030 For lo, they that are far from Thee 77 00:04:03,030 --> 00:04:03,670 shall perish. 78 00:04:03,670 --> 00:04:06,290 Thou hast destroyed all them that go a 79 00:04:06,290 --> 00:04:07,210 -whoring from Thee. 80 00:04:07,690 --> 00:04:10,610 But it is good for me to draw 81 00:04:10,610 --> 00:04:11,290 near to God. 82 00:04:11,830 --> 00:04:13,790 I have put my trust in the Lord 83 00:04:13,790 --> 00:04:17,510 God that I may declare all Thy works. 84 00:04:20,990 --> 00:04:24,330 So if you just took the first verse 85 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:28,850 and the last verse, like some people like 86 00:04:28,850 --> 00:04:30,810 to read books, they read the forward and 87 00:04:30,810 --> 00:04:33,310 they read the last couple of pages and 88 00:04:33,310 --> 00:04:34,450 they've got the book. 89 00:04:35,810 --> 00:04:37,410 Well, this is the psalm. 90 00:04:38,130 --> 00:04:38,890 God is good. 91 00:04:40,490 --> 00:04:42,690 God is good to His people. 92 00:04:44,270 --> 00:04:47,410 And then there's one important little qualification given 93 00:04:47,410 --> 00:04:48,170 in verse 1. 94 00:04:48,990 --> 00:04:52,630 Even to such as are of a clean 95 00:04:52,630 --> 00:04:53,170 heart. 96 00:04:54,030 --> 00:04:59,830 That's a very important condition in enjoying the 97 00:04:59,830 --> 00:05:01,230 presence of God. 98 00:05:02,310 --> 00:05:04,470 Enjoying the consciousness of God. 99 00:05:04,650 --> 00:05:07,530 Enjoying the blessing of God in our lives. 100 00:05:08,630 --> 00:05:10,070 When you come to the end of the 101 00:05:10,070 --> 00:05:14,170 psalm, he says, it is good for me 102 00:05:14,170 --> 00:05:15,430 to draw near to God. 103 00:05:17,030 --> 00:05:17,890 God is good. 104 00:05:19,010 --> 00:05:20,010 He's generous. 105 00:05:20,810 --> 00:05:21,510 He's gracious. 106 00:05:21,510 --> 00:05:22,590 He's faithful. 107 00:05:22,970 --> 00:05:23,470 He's loving. 108 00:05:24,890 --> 00:05:26,350 And it's good for me. 109 00:05:27,210 --> 00:05:28,670 It's beneficial for me. 110 00:05:29,510 --> 00:05:30,650 It's reality. 111 00:05:31,810 --> 00:05:34,430 It's wise for me to draw near to 112 00:05:34,430 --> 00:05:34,790 God. 113 00:05:35,290 --> 00:05:37,990 Now that's what we are looking for in 114 00:05:37,990 --> 00:05:41,510 coming together in the conference this weekend. 115 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:46,590 And we want to get to the center 116 00:05:46,590 --> 00:05:47,350 of this psalm. 117 00:05:48,390 --> 00:05:52,330 Because everything changed when he got into the 118 00:05:52,330 --> 00:05:53,850 sanctuary of God. 119 00:05:54,730 --> 00:05:57,150 And that's what our need is. 120 00:05:57,350 --> 00:06:01,330 To get into the presence of God and 121 00:06:01,330 --> 00:06:07,420 have everything brought into perspective based on His 122 00:06:07,420 --> 00:06:07,920 presence. 123 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,140 Now, looking at this psalm, I mentioned it's 124 00:06:12,140 --> 00:06:14,960 a testimony of a restored or a recovered 125 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:15,520 saint. 126 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,140 I think it would be fair to say 127 00:06:19,140 --> 00:06:23,920 that we are living in a very cynical 128 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:24,500 age. 129 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:33,100 And a certain level of cynicism is justified. 130 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,640 Because everything is not as it's supposed to 131 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:39,860 be. 132 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:43,460 And I would say one of the messages 133 00:06:43,460 --> 00:06:47,140 that this psalm gives us is that a 134 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:50,140 naive faith is going to be challenged. 135 00:06:51,020 --> 00:06:52,160 And could be shattered. 136 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,100 We are going to have to struggle in 137 00:06:56,100 --> 00:06:56,720 our faith. 138 00:06:58,260 --> 00:07:01,120 Wrestling with the reality that we see in 139 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:01,800 this world. 140 00:07:02,660 --> 00:07:07,040 The things that are not according to right 141 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:07,540 principles. 142 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,720 And they seem to be getting away with 143 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:10,940 it. 144 00:07:10,940 --> 00:07:14,600 And that's really the problem that has stressed 145 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:15,880 him in this psalm. 146 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:22,380 So his testimony now is, God is good. 147 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:28,600 Now that's easy to say when everything is 148 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:29,240 good with you. 149 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,000 When your health is good, your family is 150 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,980 well, finances are fine. 151 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,800 And there's even spiritual blessing to enjoy. 152 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,640 But this is given in the context of 153 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:43,880 a man who is suffering. 154 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:48,760 Who has entered into harsh circumstances. 155 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,060 And it's not just a momentary shock. 156 00:07:54,020 --> 00:07:56,020 It's something that has become chronic. 157 00:07:56,900 --> 00:07:59,320 Whatever the condition is, he's been afflicted. 158 00:08:00,580 --> 00:08:03,200 And in the same time, in the same 159 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:10,660 breath, his eyes are focusing upon the ungodly. 160 00:08:10,660 --> 00:08:13,380 And if you take notice of verse 12, 161 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:19,400 Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in 162 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:19,920 the world. 163 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:25,160 From verse 4 down to verse 12 are 164 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:26,120 his observations. 165 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:28,900 What he sees. 166 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,000 What is impressing him as he looks around 167 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:33,340 him. 168 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,280 And one of the things that strikes me 169 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,080 as I look at this psalm, I mean, 170 00:08:38,299 --> 00:08:39,480 how long ago was this written? 171 00:08:40,940 --> 00:08:43,700 Well, I don't know really when Asaph lived, 172 00:08:43,780 --> 00:08:45,920 whether he was a contemporary of David or 173 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:46,240 not. 174 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,820 That's a logical connection. 175 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,080 And yet some of the context of Asaph's 176 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:57,140 psalms would seem to suggest a time of 177 00:08:57,140 --> 00:08:58,600 devastation in Israel. 178 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,020 Jerusalem, the temple, and so on being spoken 179 00:09:02,020 --> 00:09:02,320 of. 180 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,860 And so I'm not sure if it's a 181 00:09:04,860 --> 00:09:08,400 different Asaph at a different time when God's 182 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:12,320 people are going through tremendous judgment and discipline 183 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:13,400 from the hand of God. 184 00:09:14,620 --> 00:09:17,320 And the nations around are prospering. 185 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:19,000 So you can look at it in a 186 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,420 wider scale as well. 187 00:09:21,540 --> 00:09:24,620 But here is a man who is a 188 00:09:24,620 --> 00:09:26,120 man who has tried to be holy. 189 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:28,680 He's tried to live righteously. 190 00:09:29,780 --> 00:09:30,640 And yet he's suffering. 191 00:09:31,420 --> 00:09:33,220 Things are tough in his life. 192 00:09:34,420 --> 00:09:36,620 And at the same time, he is observing 193 00:09:36,620 --> 00:09:40,620 the prosperity of the ungodly. 194 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,320 And so that really is the summary of 195 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:43,420 it. 196 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:46,940 Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in 197 00:09:46,940 --> 00:09:47,420 the world. 198 00:09:47,860 --> 00:09:50,520 They increase in riches. 199 00:09:53,850 --> 00:09:58,990 Now this is looking back at, you might 200 00:09:58,990 --> 00:10:01,430 say, a recent time frame in his own 201 00:10:01,430 --> 00:10:01,930 experience. 202 00:10:03,650 --> 00:10:07,210 And sometimes, I'm sure you've all seen somebody 203 00:10:07,210 --> 00:10:10,190 stumble and slip and you have a good 204 00:10:10,190 --> 00:10:12,710 chuckle because they look silly and then they 205 00:10:12,710 --> 00:10:14,610 recover themselves and no harm is done. 206 00:10:15,150 --> 00:10:16,610 But it isn't always like that. 207 00:10:17,110 --> 00:10:20,590 Sometimes people stumble and they hurt themselves badly. 208 00:10:21,610 --> 00:10:23,930 And spiritually, it's the same reality. 209 00:10:25,570 --> 00:10:28,670 He's looking back at a time when he 210 00:10:28,670 --> 00:10:30,250 was almost gone. 211 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,060 And I think we all have been sobered. 212 00:10:39,100 --> 00:10:43,500 As we look back, it may be our 213 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:45,760 own life, it may be someone close to 214 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:51,940 us who is not just almost gone, but 215 00:10:51,940 --> 00:10:52,700 they've given up. 216 00:10:53,540 --> 00:10:55,100 Their feet have slipped. 217 00:10:56,700 --> 00:10:57,920 They have let go. 218 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,980 They have abandoned their hold on God. 219 00:11:01,980 --> 00:11:06,160 And they have given up their confidence in 220 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:06,520 God. 221 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,020 That's what this psalm is wrestling with. 222 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:15,420 Hanging on to confidence in God when it 223 00:11:15,420 --> 00:11:17,920 seems like God is not paying any attention 224 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,240 and things are not right. 225 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,740 And so his confession is, as for me, 226 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:25,980 my feet were almost gone. 227 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,800 My steps had well nigh slept. 228 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,220 Now at least he's able to look back 229 00:11:33,220 --> 00:11:36,320 and analyze and recognize where he went wrong. 230 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,120 And where he went wrong was very simple. 231 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,160 He was looking at the wrong people. 232 00:11:45,940 --> 00:11:48,180 And he was placing a value on the 233 00:11:48,180 --> 00:11:49,080 wrong things. 234 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,820 His focus had become wrong. 235 00:11:53,740 --> 00:11:56,080 And nearly always, that's when we get into 236 00:11:56,080 --> 00:12:00,300 trouble, when our focus gets shifted to the 237 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:01,980 wrong people for the wrong reason. 238 00:12:01,980 --> 00:12:06,400 Now, how much does prosperity matter to us 239 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:06,720 today? 240 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,000 Isn't it amazing how this was written so 241 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,220 many years ago and yet it could be 242 00:12:13,220 --> 00:12:18,500 put right on our Truth and Tidings, April 243 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:19,040 edition. 244 00:12:22,570 --> 00:12:26,930 This is so relevant to what matters to 245 00:12:26,930 --> 00:12:27,590 our culture. 246 00:12:28,690 --> 00:12:29,510 Prosperity. 247 00:12:30,670 --> 00:12:32,370 Success in the now. 248 00:12:33,590 --> 00:12:36,690 Being able to have power. 249 00:12:37,210 --> 00:12:42,290 And we have been so exposed to the 250 00:12:42,290 --> 00:12:48,550 abuse of power in our cultures where those 251 00:12:48,550 --> 00:12:52,550 who have the riches, those who have the 252 00:12:52,550 --> 00:12:56,970 authority, have managed to, out of the chaos 253 00:12:56,970 --> 00:13:01,450 of the collapse of systems, protect themselves and 254 00:13:01,450 --> 00:13:02,590 let everybody else suffer. 255 00:13:03,370 --> 00:13:04,950 And everybody knows it's wrong. 256 00:13:06,110 --> 00:13:10,130 And it engenders a bitterness, a sense of 257 00:13:10,130 --> 00:13:14,190 injustice, and a cynicism towards everything that we 258 00:13:14,190 --> 00:13:14,430 know. 259 00:13:16,030 --> 00:13:19,310 And the problem is, ultimately, it gets directed 260 00:13:19,310 --> 00:13:19,830 at God. 261 00:13:20,750 --> 00:13:23,010 Somehow God always ends up getting blamed, doesn't 262 00:13:23,010 --> 00:13:23,170 He? 263 00:13:24,730 --> 00:13:28,990 When we become resentful, bitter, and cynical about 264 00:13:28,990 --> 00:13:29,450 life. 265 00:13:30,670 --> 00:13:32,310 And so, I'm not going to take the 266 00:13:32,310 --> 00:13:34,330 time to go down through all of these 267 00:13:34,330 --> 00:13:37,090 descriptions that we have, but as you see 268 00:13:37,090 --> 00:13:44,110 the descriptions of these ungodly people, pride and 269 00:13:44,110 --> 00:13:51,910 prosperity, arrogance against God, insolent attitude, contempt for 270 00:13:51,910 --> 00:13:57,370 what is of God, and oppression of other 271 00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:57,710 people. 272 00:14:00,550 --> 00:14:05,070 And as He is observing this, it's disturbing 273 00:14:05,070 --> 00:14:07,110 Him more and more and more. 274 00:14:10,860 --> 00:14:11,800 What's His conclusion? 275 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,820 Well, you'd have to say His observations may 276 00:14:14,820 --> 00:14:15,560 have been accurate. 277 00:14:16,740 --> 00:14:18,900 Just as if you have eyes to see, 278 00:14:18,980 --> 00:14:20,420 you can see it so clearly today. 279 00:14:21,420 --> 00:14:25,940 His observations were accurate, but His conclusion was 280 00:14:25,940 --> 00:14:26,660 completely wrong. 281 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,080 Here's what His conclusion is in verse 13. 282 00:14:30,780 --> 00:14:34,780 Verily, I have cleansed My heart in vain. 283 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:39,360 I have washed My hands in innocency. 284 00:14:39,580 --> 00:14:40,320 What is He saying? 285 00:14:42,530 --> 00:14:43,790 I've been too naive. 286 00:14:46,110 --> 00:14:48,590 I've assumed that the good guys win. 287 00:14:48,930 --> 00:14:50,290 The bad guys get punished. 288 00:14:51,230 --> 00:14:54,750 God always blesses those who are righteous and 289 00:14:54,750 --> 00:14:56,190 He punishes those who are wicked. 290 00:14:57,170 --> 00:15:00,310 And here I've been cleansing My heart. 291 00:15:01,210 --> 00:15:03,690 I've been judging sin in My heart. 292 00:15:04,510 --> 00:15:07,570 I have been restraining Myself from My own 293 00:15:07,570 --> 00:15:08,030 desires. 294 00:15:08,630 --> 00:15:10,350 I have been behaving Myself. 295 00:15:10,830 --> 00:15:11,890 And what do I get for it? 296 00:15:12,750 --> 00:15:13,630 That's the attitude. 297 00:15:14,190 --> 00:15:15,090 That's the bitterness. 298 00:15:16,810 --> 00:15:20,050 That's the breaking down of integrity that's happening 299 00:15:20,050 --> 00:15:20,830 within His heart. 300 00:15:24,670 --> 00:15:28,650 And the thing that has triggered this is 301 00:15:28,650 --> 00:15:31,390 not only what He sees in the world 302 00:15:31,390 --> 00:15:34,650 around Him, but it is because of His 303 00:15:34,650 --> 00:15:36,050 own life experience. 304 00:15:37,290 --> 00:15:40,950 And we can look at life around us, 305 00:15:41,670 --> 00:15:43,510 and as I say, as long as we 306 00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:46,730 are sort of in a normal range where 307 00:15:46,730 --> 00:15:49,750 things are relatively comfortable and decent, we can 308 00:15:49,750 --> 00:15:53,190 analyze it in a detached way. 309 00:15:56,540 --> 00:16:00,440 But when we are suffering hardship, and it's 310 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:05,750 day by day by day, it seems so 311 00:16:05,750 --> 00:16:09,750 unfair, so unjust. 312 00:16:11,070 --> 00:16:13,230 And you notice the language that He uses 313 00:16:13,230 --> 00:16:14,390 all day long? 314 00:16:15,390 --> 00:16:16,790 And every morning? 315 00:16:17,570 --> 00:16:19,350 Well, I'm not even sure if that was 316 00:16:19,350 --> 00:16:19,870 realistic. 317 00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:21,890 Because you know what happens? 318 00:16:22,330 --> 00:16:25,970 When we start feeling sorry for ourselves, we 319 00:16:25,970 --> 00:16:28,950 start getting absolute inner declarations. 320 00:16:30,810 --> 00:16:31,910 It's every day. 321 00:16:32,350 --> 00:16:33,310 It's all day. 322 00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:34,850 Every morning. 323 00:16:36,290 --> 00:16:37,290 It's always. 324 00:16:37,570 --> 00:16:40,130 And you sometimes hear language like, you know, 325 00:16:40,170 --> 00:16:41,630 things never turn out for us. 326 00:16:42,430 --> 00:16:43,850 It just never turns out. 327 00:16:44,310 --> 00:16:45,810 And this always goes wrong. 328 00:16:45,810 --> 00:16:47,830 And so we get into this kind of 329 00:16:47,830 --> 00:16:51,010 self-pitying frame. 330 00:16:53,900 --> 00:16:55,340 Then He comes to a point in verse 331 00:16:55,340 --> 00:16:55,860 15. 332 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:01,140 If I say, I will speak thus, behold, 333 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:06,780 I should offend, I will stumble the generation 334 00:17:06,780 --> 00:17:07,400 of Thy children. 335 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:15,150 I have to thank God when at least 336 00:17:15,150 --> 00:17:18,470 this restraint is upon our lips. 337 00:17:19,849 --> 00:17:23,530 You know, sometimes we have this attitude, if 338 00:17:23,530 --> 00:17:25,569 this is the way I really feel, I 339 00:17:25,569 --> 00:17:27,650 might as well be honest and say it. 340 00:17:28,770 --> 00:17:29,310 Don't. 341 00:17:31,670 --> 00:17:34,050 What you say in a moment of bitterness 342 00:17:36,260 --> 00:17:38,440 may never be able to be recovered. 343 00:17:39,940 --> 00:17:43,800 And you may influence others and stumble others 344 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,840 to give up on God, to give up 345 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:51,080 on God's people, and to turn away in 346 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:51,420 despair. 347 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,420 And you may eventually get recovered. 348 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,980 And so, even though he's feeling this inside, 349 00:18:00,420 --> 00:18:04,400 he restrains himself because he doesn't want to 350 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:04,960 harm. 351 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,680 At least he has this desire. 352 00:18:08,940 --> 00:18:12,360 But as he internalizes it, verse 16, when 353 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:15,440 I thought to know this, it was too 354 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,100 painful for me. 355 00:18:17,940 --> 00:18:26,420 Now we're getting into this overstressed agony of 356 00:18:26,420 --> 00:18:31,400 inner turmoil that can bring you down to 357 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:37,200 a complete breakdown where you can't handle this 358 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,560 inner turmoil that's going on. 359 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,280 He says, it was too painful for me. 360 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,000 It was too much for me to cope 361 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:45,320 with. 362 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:49,820 It was destroying me until... 363 00:18:49,820 --> 00:18:50,680 Until what? 364 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:53,340 Until God changed all the circumstances? 365 00:18:54,580 --> 00:18:58,300 Until God judged the world around Him and 366 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:01,260 He could finally see that, yes, things are 367 00:19:01,260 --> 00:19:02,220 right after all? 368 00:19:02,900 --> 00:19:03,180 No. 369 00:19:05,590 --> 00:19:09,510 He says, until I went into the sanctuary 370 00:19:09,510 --> 00:19:10,930 of God. 371 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:16,100 And if there's one thing that I sense 372 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:21,660 I need more than anything else, it's the 373 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:28,110 renewed sense of God's presence and of consciously 374 00:19:28,110 --> 00:19:31,390 enjoying God speaking to me. 375 00:19:34,860 --> 00:19:38,100 It's too easy to let our spiritual life 376 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:44,060 become a form, something that we keep going 377 00:19:44,060 --> 00:19:47,520 on with, and yet we're losing our inner 378 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:52,020 strength, our inner resolve, and our stability. 379 00:19:52,860 --> 00:19:56,420 We must be in communion with God. 380 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,400 We must draw near to God. 381 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,800 We must have conscious dealings with God within 382 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:04,560 our own souls. 383 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:08,900 Now, the local assembly is intended to be 384 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:10,800 a place of sanctuary. 385 00:20:11,980 --> 00:20:12,960 What is a sanctuary? 386 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,920 Well, in the natural sense, a sanctuary is 387 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:17,860 a safe place. 388 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,200 It's a place where you come to rest. 389 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:24,840 But this is God's sanctuary. 390 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,440 And there's more than just natural relief from 391 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:31,360 natural danger. 392 00:20:32,220 --> 00:20:34,740 This is where we come to terms with 393 00:20:34,740 --> 00:20:35,380 everything. 394 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,180 Where everything comes into perspective. 395 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:43,280 Because it is where the living God draws 396 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:44,280 us to Himself. 397 00:20:45,660 --> 00:20:47,680 And as we get a glimpse of something 398 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,540 of God, it enables us to look at 399 00:20:51,540 --> 00:20:52,680 everything differently. 400 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:55,000 Because that's the key to this psalm. 401 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,300 Nothing has changed. 402 00:20:57,420 --> 00:20:58,480 When you come to the end of the 403 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,640 psalm, none of His circumstances have changed. 404 00:21:02,300 --> 00:21:04,480 None of His afflictions have changed. 405 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,560 The people haven't changed. 406 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:09,580 But He's realized something. 407 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,180 He has gained an insight. 408 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,480 And that insight relates to the future as 409 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,100 you'll see in the end of verse 17, 410 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:20,980 the beginning of verse 18-20. 411 00:21:21,260 --> 00:21:24,900 Then understood I their end. 412 00:21:26,220 --> 00:21:30,180 And if you've ever had trouble being envious 413 00:21:30,180 --> 00:21:36,680 of somebody or being intimidated by somebody or 414 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,260 by the world in general with their insolence, 415 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:46,060 their adamant disregard of God, their open contempt, 416 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,460 their boldness to speak against God, and it 417 00:21:50,460 --> 00:21:52,700 kind of makes you shut down. 418 00:21:55,260 --> 00:21:57,860 Well, you need this exact message. 419 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,900 You need to see their end. 420 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:04,740 And if you think of any person who 421 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:07,460 is not saved, no matter what they've got, 422 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,940 if they've got all that prosperity that maybe 423 00:22:10,940 --> 00:22:15,840 you sort of secretly wish you had, just 424 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,140 visualize them. 425 00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:23,000 Visualize them two minutes into eternity. 426 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:27,740 Two minutes into hell and the lake of 427 00:22:27,740 --> 00:22:28,060 fire. 428 00:22:28,780 --> 00:22:34,840 To see that pride, that arrogance dissolve into 429 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,880 abject terror as they come into the judgment 430 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:39,440 of God. 431 00:22:40,420 --> 00:22:44,080 And all that they have achieved and all 432 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,720 the power and authority that they have gathered 433 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,720 to themselves, torn from them, and they're a 434 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,380 helpless prisoner of God's judgment. 435 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,180 In the despair of eternal judgment. 436 00:22:59,140 --> 00:23:00,500 Why would you envy them? 437 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,040 Why would you envy them? 438 00:23:03,980 --> 00:23:05,680 Now, it may be that your trouble is 439 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,360 not envying the ungodly. 440 00:23:08,460 --> 00:23:14,760 Maybe it's envying other Christians and you still 441 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:15,900 feel sorry for yourself. 442 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:17,580 Well, that's just as foolish. 443 00:23:18,700 --> 00:23:22,640 Because every Christian and all that they are 444 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:23,760 is for your good. 445 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,740 1 Corinthians 3 at the end of the 446 00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:29,500 chapter says whether it's Paul, whether it's Cephas, 447 00:23:30,340 --> 00:23:32,680 whether it's the world, whether it's life, whether 448 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,060 it's death, it's all yours. 449 00:23:36,420 --> 00:23:39,400 Because God has decreed blessing. 450 00:23:40,340 --> 00:23:43,080 God has decreed your eternal blessing. 451 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:48,000 And He is making everything move towards your 452 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,280 ultimate good. 453 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,260 Now, if you look at this little section 454 00:23:53,260 --> 00:23:57,280 from verse 18 to verse 20, there's some 455 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,600 very striking imagery here. 456 00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:03,140 It says in verse 20, it says, As 457 00:24:03,140 --> 00:24:05,640 a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, 458 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,760 when Thou awakest, Thou shalt despise their image. 459 00:24:10,620 --> 00:24:14,020 You know, today, everything is image, isn't it? 460 00:24:17,530 --> 00:24:18,630 Everything is image. 461 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,360 We need to be able to see through 462 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:26,460 that image of the world. 463 00:24:27,540 --> 00:24:29,060 To see its sham. 464 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,400 To see its shallowness. 465 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,860 And to recognize God will deal with all 466 00:24:35,860 --> 00:24:36,340 of that. 467 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:38,760 And it's all for nothing. 468 00:24:39,860 --> 00:24:41,100 All for emptiness. 469 00:24:42,220 --> 00:24:46,520 But, I don't want to be irreverent, but 470 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:47,840 it's Asaph that said it. 471 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,720 He said, Lord, you've been asleep. 472 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,740 He said, It's just like the Lord is 473 00:24:54,740 --> 00:24:56,220 just gently dozing. 474 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,640 And then He's going to awaken. 475 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,220 And then He's going to deal with it. 476 00:25:04,550 --> 00:25:06,530 This is really talking with the forbearance of 477 00:25:06,530 --> 00:25:06,870 God. 478 00:25:08,350 --> 00:25:09,670 God hates sin. 479 00:25:11,090 --> 00:25:12,470 God hates injustice. 480 00:25:13,490 --> 00:25:14,770 He hates wickedness. 481 00:25:15,730 --> 00:25:20,770 But today, He is acting in forbearance. 482 00:25:21,990 --> 00:25:24,010 He is long-suffering. 483 00:25:24,990 --> 00:25:27,550 And it's important that we do not misunderstand 484 00:25:28,430 --> 00:25:33,190 that forbearance for apathy and indifference. 485 00:25:34,030 --> 00:25:37,070 Because, just as somebody wakes up and then 486 00:25:37,070 --> 00:25:40,230 gets into action, so the moment will come 487 00:25:40,230 --> 00:25:43,510 when God will judge the world. 488 00:25:45,350 --> 00:25:47,550 And so verse 21 down, you have His 489 00:25:47,550 --> 00:25:52,150 recovery as He grasps this reality. 490 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,230 All this that is so impressing Me. 491 00:25:56,030 --> 00:25:59,590 All this that seems so desirable that others 492 00:25:59,590 --> 00:26:01,530 are getting without God. 493 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:04,490 And I'm being left out. 494 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:08,640 It's just temporary. 495 00:26:09,220 --> 00:26:09,860 Fleeting. 496 00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:14,180 And He says, Thus My heart was grieved. 497 00:26:14,660 --> 00:26:16,160 I was pricked in My reins. 498 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,740 So foolish was I and ignorant. 499 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,360 I was just like an animal that doesn't 500 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:22,840 understand. 501 00:26:24,460 --> 00:26:27,960 But then from verse 23 down, I want 502 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,200 to just draw attention quickly to these principles 503 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,400 that are given to us here. 504 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:40,220 He says, Nevertheless, I am continually with Thee. 505 00:26:41,140 --> 00:26:44,560 Now, He could have said, Nevertheless, you are 506 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:45,600 continually with Me. 507 00:26:46,340 --> 00:26:50,880 Because He's really getting a renewed sense of 508 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:51,980 the presence of God. 509 00:26:52,820 --> 00:26:54,880 But He has just been confessing. 510 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:00,280 He says, I've been like a senseless animal. 511 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,520 Like someone without a brain in my head. 512 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,660 I've been like a fool. 513 00:27:10,580 --> 00:27:13,720 Yet, I'm continually with You. 514 00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:17,380 And Your right hand is holding me. 515 00:27:18,020 --> 00:27:18,960 What an understanding! 516 00:27:20,460 --> 00:27:23,280 You know, I don't know how you are, 517 00:27:24,380 --> 00:27:28,580 but sometimes when I look back and think 518 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:30,660 of some of the thoughts, some of the 519 00:27:30,660 --> 00:27:34,800 attitudes, some of the things that I have 520 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:41,030 let wear me down, I've been acting as 521 00:27:41,030 --> 00:27:42,350 if God hasn't been there. 522 00:27:44,290 --> 00:27:48,330 I've been acting as if God doesn't exist. 523 00:27:50,130 --> 00:27:52,910 And all the while, He's been continually with 524 00:27:52,910 --> 00:27:53,230 me. 525 00:27:54,510 --> 00:27:58,130 And not only just with me, but His 526 00:27:58,130 --> 00:27:58,970 right hand. 527 00:27:59,050 --> 00:28:01,050 He's been holding me by my right hand. 528 00:28:01,150 --> 00:28:04,110 Well, that's a beautiful picture of a father 529 00:28:04,110 --> 00:28:04,870 with his child. 530 00:28:06,030 --> 00:28:07,850 And all the while that he's been sort 531 00:28:07,850 --> 00:28:11,530 of stumbling and grumbling and feeling sorry for 532 00:28:11,530 --> 00:28:16,550 himself, the eternal God has been tenderly holding 533 00:28:16,550 --> 00:28:19,710 on, protecting him, preserving him. 534 00:28:20,270 --> 00:28:24,390 What a beautiful picture to grasp of the 535 00:28:24,390 --> 00:28:26,750 care of our God to us. 536 00:28:27,350 --> 00:28:31,090 And this leads to a renewal of his 537 00:28:31,090 --> 00:28:32,630 desire for God. 538 00:28:32,770 --> 00:28:34,530 So I want to just give you a 539 00:28:34,530 --> 00:28:38,130 series of expressions here of just what has 540 00:28:38,130 --> 00:28:38,550 renewed. 541 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:42,670 First of all, renewed consciousness of God's presence 542 00:28:42,670 --> 00:28:45,630 and His preservation. 543 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:52,870 Verse 24, Thou shalt guide me with Thy 544 00:28:52,870 --> 00:28:57,750 counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 545 00:28:58,910 --> 00:28:59,590 And do you know what? 546 00:29:00,270 --> 00:29:01,230 That's enough. 547 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,500 This is what he is coming to realize. 548 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,200 This is enough. 549 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,100 You will guide me with Your counsel. 550 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:18,780 And afterward, receive me to glory, to perfection, 551 00:29:19,340 --> 00:29:25,120 to eternal blessedness, to richness that nobody in 552 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,700 this world has ever experienced, to a quality 553 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:31,420 of life that no one has ever achieved 554 00:29:31,420 --> 00:29:33,380 here in this world, in this age. 555 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,380 Afterward, receive me to glory. 556 00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:43,700 A renewed confidence of God's help for the 557 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:48,150 present and the wonderful hope for the future. 558 00:29:49,590 --> 00:29:54,430 Then, verse 25, as he thinks about the 559 00:29:54,430 --> 00:29:56,610 future, he comes back to the present. 560 00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:00,430 He says, Whom have I in heaven but 561 00:30:00,430 --> 00:30:01,010 Thee? 562 00:30:01,250 --> 00:30:04,590 And there is none upon earth that I 563 00:30:04,590 --> 00:30:05,910 desire beside Thee. 564 00:30:06,690 --> 00:30:09,030 You know, it has been well said that 565 00:30:09,030 --> 00:30:12,970 a restored saint is just like a newly 566 00:30:12,970 --> 00:30:13,710 saved saint. 567 00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:19,690 It might be worth getting restored. 568 00:30:21,410 --> 00:30:27,810 Do you remember the joy, that thrill of 569 00:30:27,810 --> 00:30:31,710 God's salvation, of the consciousness of God, of 570 00:30:31,710 --> 00:30:33,310 just reveling in God? 571 00:30:34,910 --> 00:30:38,050 And then somehow, we begin to let it 572 00:30:38,050 --> 00:30:42,110 grow stale, and we let the presence of 573 00:30:42,110 --> 00:30:46,030 the eternal God become commonplace, and we lose 574 00:30:46,030 --> 00:30:47,350 our consciousness of God. 575 00:30:48,450 --> 00:30:50,470 But he says, Whom have I in heaven 576 00:30:50,470 --> 00:30:50,990 but Thee? 577 00:30:51,630 --> 00:30:54,410 Even in the realm of the eternal and 578 00:30:54,410 --> 00:30:58,710 the perfect, it's only God that really matters 579 00:30:58,710 --> 00:30:59,330 to him now. 580 00:31:00,610 --> 00:31:02,370 And there is none upon earth that I 581 00:31:02,370 --> 00:31:03,610 desire beside Thee. 582 00:31:04,610 --> 00:31:06,190 Now I wonder if we can honestly say 583 00:31:06,190 --> 00:31:06,670 that today. 584 00:31:08,350 --> 00:31:10,730 Maybe you can look at this latter part 585 00:31:10,730 --> 00:31:12,870 of the psalm and just use it to 586 00:31:12,870 --> 00:31:15,750 measure, am I really close to God? 587 00:31:16,870 --> 00:31:20,950 Does He really matter supremely to me? 588 00:31:21,570 --> 00:31:25,610 Or is my desire completely distracted from God? 589 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:34,340 There's actually nobody else that is worthy of 590 00:31:34,340 --> 00:31:39,080 the place of supreme desire and affection in 591 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:39,600 our hearts. 592 00:31:40,380 --> 00:31:42,180 That's what belongs to God. 593 00:31:43,060 --> 00:31:45,900 My heart supremely. 594 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,340 There is none upon earth that I desire 595 00:31:50,340 --> 00:31:51,360 beside Thee. 596 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,060 My flesh and my heart faileth. 597 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:57,340 Nothing has changed in His infirmities, in His 598 00:31:57,340 --> 00:31:57,820 hardships. 599 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:05,280 But now He's recognizing a strength, a resource. 600 00:32:06,260 --> 00:32:09,400 God is the strength of my heart. 601 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,120 And then He looks again briefly at those 602 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:13,760 around Him. 603 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,660 And He says, Lo, they that are far 604 00:32:16,660 --> 00:32:17,820 from Thee shall perish. 605 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,540 Thou hast destroyed all them that go a 606 00:32:20,540 --> 00:32:24,020 -whoring from Thee, but it is good for 607 00:32:24,020 --> 00:32:25,560 Me to draw near to God. 608 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,000 I have put My trust in the Lord 609 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,660 God that I may declare all Thy works. 610 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,160 So we have a renewed desire for God, 611 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,020 love's devotion. 612 00:32:36,460 --> 00:32:37,540 Nothing else really matters. 613 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,000 A renewed strength in God for present affliction. 614 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:44,660 A renewed fear of sin. 615 00:32:46,020 --> 00:32:52,220 One of the things that I sense that 616 00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:55,140 we are struggling with, and I'm including myself 617 00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:59,380 in this, we are losing our fear of 618 00:32:59,380 --> 00:32:59,660 sin. 619 00:33:00,980 --> 00:33:04,140 We are losing our abhorrence of sin. 620 00:33:05,140 --> 00:33:09,660 It is being paraded and pushed into our 621 00:33:09,660 --> 00:33:13,220 consciousness from the world around us so powerfully 622 00:33:13,220 --> 00:33:13,620 today. 623 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:20,880 And all of the media just presents this 624 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:25,900 immoral, corrupted atmosphere around us. 625 00:33:26,580 --> 00:33:30,400 It's easy to lose our fear and abhorrence 626 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:31,040 of sin. 627 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:36,480 But a renewed closeness to God will in 628 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:41,320 turn create again a sensitivity to the horror, 629 00:33:42,980 --> 00:33:47,520 the terribleness of evil in all its forms. 630 00:33:51,150 --> 00:33:55,610 A renewed confidence in God and a renewed 631 00:33:55,610 --> 00:33:58,090 commitment to declare Him. 632 00:33:59,490 --> 00:34:03,350 May God grant to us that this conference 633 00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:06,730 will be a true experience of the sanctuary 634 00:34:06,730 --> 00:34:08,070 of God. 635 00:34:09,449 --> 00:34:12,949 That we will hear the voice of God. 636 00:34:13,650 --> 00:34:15,670 Our eyes will be opened once again. 637 00:34:16,370 --> 00:34:18,469 We will be able to put things in 638 00:34:18,469 --> 00:34:18,850 perspective. 639 00:34:19,850 --> 00:34:22,010 And we will love Him as He is 640 00:34:22,010 --> 00:34:22,530 worthy of.