WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:07.719 Welcome Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon podcast. 2 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:11.599 Your daily Joseph inspiring from heartfelt tagalog. 3 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:14.519 Sermons from different characters and speakers all over the Philippines. 4 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.320 We hope that this podcast finds you in good shape. 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:24.480 And now here's your message. 6 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:28.839 You were listening to a message from Victory. We hope 7 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:31.519 it inspires you to honor God and make disciples in 8 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:35.159 your humanity. 9 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:40.280 We are starting a new series today at the start 10 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:40.799 of the year. 11 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:43.960 The title of this series is Knowing God. 12 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:47.840 And I'm not sure what you wrote in your faith goals, 13 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:53.359 but the fasting Normally we have four categories that we 14 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:58.520 are praying for personal, professional, family, and your ministry, and 15 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:02.159 so I don't know what you wrote, but I hope 16 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:06.239 that this one will make it to your list. And 17 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:10.200 if if nothing happens this year, if you don't get 18 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:14.120 all of that that you wrote in your faith goal, 19 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:19.400 then this year will be one of your best years ever. 20 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:21.560 This is going to be one of the best years 21 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:23.920 of your life if you only get this one, which 22 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:27.799 is to know God better. If you know God better, 23 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:34.519 then your life will change one hundred eighty degree. 24 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:36.840 And really complete turning points. 25 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.480 So for the next three weeks, that's what we're going 26 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:40.120 to talk about. 27 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:44.280 And our prayer is that as we go through the Word, that. 28 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:47.359 All of us will go deeper in our understanding of God, 29 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:51.879 and it will not only result for us getting more knowledge. 30 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:54.879 That's the last thing we want to happen, to put 31 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:56.920 more information in. 32 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:01.959 Our over you know, over informed head already. 33 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:04.359 But what we want to happen is that the more 34 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.959 we know God, the more we will trust Him, the 35 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.879 more we will worship Him, and the more that our 36 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.879 relationship with Him will become real. So if you have 37 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:17.120 your Bible with you, we're going to read from Psal 38 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:22.319 thirty four, starting in verse one, and today we're going 39 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:26.120 to talk about the goodness of God, the goodness of 40 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:31.599 God some thirty four, verse one, and we're going to 41 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:33.319 read through eight. 42 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:34.439 Verse one. 43 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:37.280 It says I will bless the Lord at all times. 44 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:41.479 His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul 45 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:44.960 makes its boast in the Lord. Let the humble hear 46 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.560 and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and 47 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:52.199 let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, 48 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.639 and he answered me and delivered. 49 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:55.800 Me from all my fears. 50 00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:59.280 Those who look to him are radiant and their faces 51 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:00.879 shall be ashamed. 52 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:02.520 How many of you want that promise? 53 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:06.039 Those who look to him will never be put to shame? 54 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.840 And in verse seven, this poor man cried, and the 55 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:13.719 Lord heard him and saved them out of all his troubles. 56 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:17.039 The Angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear 57 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:21.080 him and delivers them all. Taste and see that the 58 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:25.599 Lord is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge 59 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:26.759 in him. 60 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:28.719 Lord, We thank you for your word. 61 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:31.280 I pray that we would learn to bless you at 62 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:34.319 all times. We pray that your praise will always be 63 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:37.319 on our lips. And I pray Lord, that we will 64 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.360 seek you this year and everything that we do, and 65 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:42.800 like what you promise. We pray that you would deliver 66 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:46.080 us from all our fears. Lord, and I pray that 67 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:48.439 we will be able to taste and see that the 68 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:49.199 Lord is good. 69 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:53.759 Amen. Again, we're going to talk about God's goodness. 70 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:56.800 And in verse eight it says, taste and see that 71 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:58.080 the Lord is good. 72 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.319 How many of you here you love to eat? 73 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:08.560 Okay, you put your sporting event, you know, hobby. If 74 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:16.560 you're stress, that's your way of escape. When you're victorious, 75 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.439 when something good happens that's your way of celebration. 76 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:26.759 It's part of your life. You know. Some people they 77 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:28.600 eat just for the sake of eating. 78 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:36.879 A workaholic, Uh, just so they will function and stay alive. 79 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:41.360 But if given a choice, then they don't really look 80 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:43.839 for it. So some people eat just for the sake 81 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:48.800 of eating. But some people uh took it as an art. 82 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:55.040 You but come on, anion grabbium pepper did young mala la. 83 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:02.680 Young ingredients? Now you distinct taste? You know. My wife 84 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:03.199 is like that. 85 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:09.519 For me, I don't sometimes I don't know the distinction. 86 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:10.199 I just eat. 87 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.519 I don't ask how it was cool. I don't ask 88 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:15.879 the ingredients they used. 89 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:16.680 I just eat. 90 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:21.839 Some people, what they are concerned about is their quantity, right, 91 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:28.399 But lima raisiana ulam quantity. Some people are after for equality. 92 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:32.000 Now verse eight says, taste and see that the Lord 93 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:33.959 is good. You know, when it comes to our relationship 94 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:40.399 with God, some people go to church. Some people pray 95 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:43.759 and read the Bible just for the sake of fulfilling 96 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:48.639 religious obligation. While some people, when it comes to God, 97 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:53.439 they are very particular with the quality of relationship. 98 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:54.879 They are not just. 99 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:00.399 They're not just contented with going to church every week. No, 100 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:03.399 they want to know that they are going deeper in 101 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:07.040 their relationship with God. And that's the invitation that's being 102 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:09.920 given to all of us this year, as we start 103 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:13.160 a new year, God is inviting all of us to 104 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.480 taste and see that the Lord is good. 105 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:18.079 Taste and see that the Lord is good. 106 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:19.720 Can you please turn to the person say the next 107 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:21.839 you tell that person taste and see. 108 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:22.560 That the Lord is good. 109 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:28.240 God wants you to experience him personally. You know if 110 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:31.839 you are if you are here today, because every Sunday 111 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:36.439 your parents are dragging you here, you have no choice. 112 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:39.879 Or maybe you're the husband, you have no choice because 113 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:44.199 your wife is dragging you here. I hope that your 114 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:49.480 faith is not just something that your parents own. I 115 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:54.000 hope that this year your faith will become personal. That 116 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:56.240 you are here not just because your friends are here. 117 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:00.600 You are here because you have a personal relations with God. 118 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:04.160 Our faith in God is rooted in what we know intellectually. 119 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:08.560 This December, during the Christmas break, I was reading this 120 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:13.759 book Man Myth Messiah by one of our very own pastor, 121 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:19.879 Rice Brooks, And this book is about proving the reality 122 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:24.800 of Jesus that he is a real historical figure, and 123 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:29.439 everything he did and everything he thought are well documented 124 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:34.720 and verifiable. Amazing because some people are saying he's just 125 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:39.199 a product of imagination, he never really existed. How can 126 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:41.879 we know if he's real? In all of that, it's 127 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:46.480 amazing if you read this book, how much evidence and 128 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:54.720 documents and people, not even Christians, are giving this evidence 129 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:57.759 that there is really a man who walked on earth 130 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:01.560 named Jesus, who lived in who was born in Bethlehem 131 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:04.480 and did all these things, who died on the cross, 132 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.519 and all of these things are verifiable. 133 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:08.680 It's documented. 134 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:13.560 So the question of whether Jesus did exist is not 135 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:14.399 a question at all. 136 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:19.120 He did exist. So that's what this book is all about. 137 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.639 So it's just encouraging to know that our faith is 138 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:29.839 something that can be proven intellectually, proven historically, geographically, biblically, 139 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:34.559 we can. But our faith in God is not just 140 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:37.600 rooted in what we know intellectually. It is also rooted 141 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:40.799 in what we know experientially. It's not that I know 142 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:45.080 indeed Basa all a sel is a Bible. But you know, 143 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:49.960 the reason I'm convinced is because I just don't. It's 144 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.440 not only intellectually, but because I experienced it. I know 145 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:58.399 that God is my redeemer because not only that he 146 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:02.399 saved me and cleansed me from all my sins, but 147 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:05.480 he took away my shame and my guilt and gave 148 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:09.240 me a fresh start. I was a college student when 149 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:12.200 I surrendered my life to Jesus, and I was wondering, 150 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:16.519 Lord kaya Babah, of all the things I've done and 151 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.200 how messed up my life is, can you really give 152 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:21.200 me a fresh start? 153 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:24.759 And now I know God is really our redeemer. 154 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:29.960 Not only he forgave me of my sins, he redeemed 155 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:34.320 my life. I know that God is my deliverer because 156 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:37.879 I've been in trouble so many times, yet God delivered 157 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:38.759 me from them all. 158 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:41.720 I know that God is my deliverer. 159 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:45.600 I know that God is my provider because God has 160 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:49.279 provided for me, and God has been providing for us, 161 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:52.639 me and my family until today. Every time we have 162 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:56.039 a need, we will pray to God, and every time. 163 00:09:55.840 --> 00:10:00.000 We have a need, God come through. So I know my. 164 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.519 My faith is not something that can only be proven intellectually, 165 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:05.000 but also experientially. 166 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:08.279 We know that God is. 167 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:12.159 Good because all of us experience the goodness of God. 168 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:15.200 How many of you hear you experience the goodness of 169 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.240 God in your life. How many of you can testify 170 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:22.240 that God is good? So this is not something that 171 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:26.440 we just read. It is something that we're experiencing every 172 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:27.120 single day. 173 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:28.600 Every day. 174 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:32.039 I experience the grace of God. Every day, experience the 175 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:32.960 mercy of God. 176 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:33.639 Every day. 177 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:38.919 I experience the goodness of God so many times. You know, 178 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:42.559 I will pray in the morning and I'll just I'll 179 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:43.360 just thank God. 180 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:45.759 You know. My practice is that. 181 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:47.720 In the morning, I will thank God for everything that 182 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:51.360 happened the day before, and I would try to be 183 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:54.519 as specific as possible. I'll thank God for the clothes. 184 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:57.200 I'll thank God for the food. I'll thank God for 185 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:00.720 the means of transportation. I'll thank God for the safety 186 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:03.480 and protection of our family. I'll thank God for our pillow, 187 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:07.360 our blanket, and I would thank God every single day. 188 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:11.279 And I'm just a mazing God below heid, It's overwhelming. 189 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:17.679 Twenty four hours is not enough for me to go 190 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:19.960 through the list of the things I need to thank 191 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:26.120 You for. The air I breathed, the strength in my body, 192 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:30.799 the ideas, the ability, the talent, the friends, the mentors, 193 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:34.679 the family, the children, the marriage, on and on and on. 194 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:37.240 I have so many things I need to thank God for. 195 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.600 How many of you are grateful to God for your life? So, 196 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:46.039 and here's one more thing about God, God's goodness. God 197 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:50.279 is not only the ultimate embodiment of goodness. 198 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:54.600 He is also a God who is obsessed with good. 199 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:59.000 You know, in Genesis, in the book of Creation, after 200 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:03.720 create I think everything that he created, God looked at 201 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:08.080 his creation and he said it is good. And then 202 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:12.240 day two, day three, day four, day five, after creating 203 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:16.519 the world, he paused and then looked at his creation 204 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:18.240 and said it is good. 205 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:21.559 God is obsessed with good. 206 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:25.480 The only time, the first time that he said it 207 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:29.759 is not good is when he saw Adam alone. How 208 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:32.200 many single people do we have in this room? How 209 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:36.919 many of you are encouraged today? In the good Tuma 210 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:40.759 is Adam. So he formed a woman and gave it 211 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:46.480 to Adam. Because not good is not good. God is 212 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:49.559 obsessed with good. That's why we can know. You know, 213 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:51.799 some people are saying, ad bussy, if you're like the 214 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:57.240 Lenham trouble, that's there. That's another preaching for another time. 215 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:01.120 But God is not only the embOS audiment of good. 216 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:04.480 He's obsessed with good. That's why we can be assured 217 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:10.200 that whatever He is doing in your life, it is good. 218 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:16.440 Whatever He is allowing in our life, it is good. 219 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:20.840 When he closes a door, it is good when he 220 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:24.480 opens a door. It is good when he says yes, 221 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:27.879 It is good when he says no. It is good 222 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:31.720 when he says wait, it is good. Everything that God 223 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.080 is doing in our life it is good. Tell the 224 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:39.600 person said next to you, it is good, my trialka, 225 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:45.240 it is good. You're believing for something this year, no major, impossibly, 226 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:47.919 but you know in your heart there's a witness of 227 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:52.759 the spirit KaiA nilrd do. If you are facing a mountain, tell. 228 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:54.559 That person said next to you, it is good. 229 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:59.200 But in my mountains Amo you know why, because once 230 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:03.080 God wants to give you a mountain, moving faith or else, 231 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.679 every time you face a mountain you will be stuck. 232 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:10.919 But I'm also aware that maybe for some of us 233 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:14.679 here you are here today and you're hearing God is good, 234 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:19.360 but you're struggling deep inside. You want to believe that, 235 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:21.960 but you can't believe it with all your heart, maybe 236 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.519 because of something that happened to you in the past, 237 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.639 or maybe because of something that's happening in your life 238 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:31.600 right now, And maybe you're thinking, Okay, I've been hearing. 239 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:33.440 This that God is good, but every time. 240 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:36.679 I look at my situation, it seems like it's inconsistent 241 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:39.399 with the goodness of God. It seems like there is 242 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:43.240 a disconnect. It seems like it's ironic that we're saying 243 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:48.039 God is good, But then why did I went through 244 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:49.240 that experience. 245 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:53.399 We're saying God is good, Yet when I look. 246 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.759 At my situation, why is it that God is not 247 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:59.639 doing anything about my situation? So I want to believe 248 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:05.159 God good, but it seems like where I am today, 249 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:08.519 what I'm going through, is inconsistent with the goodness of God. 250 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:12.840 You know, one of the favorite arguments of skeptics people 251 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:16.960 want to discredit God is that one of their favorite 252 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:21.159 arguments is this, If God is good, if God is 253 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:24.960 all good and all powerful, then why is there evil 254 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:27.679 and suffering in the world. How many have you heard 255 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:32.200 that argument before? If God is all good and all powerful, 256 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:33.840 then why is there. 257 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:35.440 Evil and suffering in the world. 258 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.360 If He is good and wants to do something about it, 259 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:42.159 but he can't do anything about it, then he is good, 260 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:45.320 but he's not all powerful. If he is all powerful, 261 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:49.240 he can do something about it. But he's not doing 262 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:51.799 anything about it. Then he's all powerful then, but he's 263 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:54.799 not good. If God is good, why is there so 264 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:59.600 much evil and suffering in the world? Now, It's that 265 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:06.159 sounds very logical and intimidating question. Explain you as a Christian? 266 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:10.639 How do I explain? That sounds intimidating? But God is 267 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:14.320 not intimidated by our questions. I came across this code 268 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:16.679 that I want to show you, and I like it. 269 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:21.360 It says God is able to handle our questions. The 270 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:25.639 question is are we able to handle his answers. We 271 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:28.879 can throw all kinds of questions to God, Lord, Why Lord? 272 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:32.399 Why? Lord? Why? And I tell you God is an answer. 273 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:35.960 But the question is can you handle God's answer to 274 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:40.279 your question? Going back in Some thirty four as we 275 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:43.519 as we look at the context of the chapter that 276 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:49.320 we read, Son thirty four was written by David when 277 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:54.879 he was a fugitive hiding in caves, not because of 278 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:59.440 anything wrong he did. In fact, when he was serving 279 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:03.639 under King Saul as one of the soldiers of King Saul. 280 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:09.839 He served excellently. He was very loyal, he worked with integrity, 281 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:15.599 yet instead of being rewarded for his excellent service. When 282 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:22.160 his popularity started to spread, they started making writing songs 283 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:28.680 about David Musa spotify in Nomatau song about David. David 284 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:33.880 killed these thousands and Saul killed this hundred. So King solon, 285 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:38.799 why are they giving more credit than my subordinate David, 286 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:43.200 more than me the king. So King Saul became jealous 287 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:48.920 of David. And since then Latna going to David guith 288 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:52.440 magandha pang, it's a putting any King Saul. So he 289 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:57.680 started making a plan of killing David instead of rewarding 290 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:03.079 him for his good service. King Saul tried killing David. 291 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:05.720 So because of that he was forced to run away. 292 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:10.480 So for so for a long time he was. He 293 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:13.000 went through lots of difficulties. 294 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.559 And challenges, and he was. 295 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:22.519 To the point he needed to cross the enemy territory 296 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:27.559 because in his mind Atani King Saul, the problem was 297 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:31.160 when he went to the enemy territory, even there he 298 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:42.119 was famous. Sobs David Spotify Inmataik Goliath. So they took him, 299 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:47.359 captured him and brought him to Akish. You can see 300 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:50.240 that in Ps. Thirty four at the heading before verse one. 301 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:53.039 It gave us the context of the som So they 302 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:57.519 brought him to Akish and Sabiah, we captured David, the 303 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:02.880 the this famous warrior of Israel. Now the Bible said, 304 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:19.559 he changes behavior. He he pretended to be insane, so 305 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:33.440 sucking up king or sab indeed, buta palasa. So why 306 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:39.079 are you bringing this guy to me, sab you famous Dio. 307 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:42.440 So they let him go, and that's how he was 308 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:46.720 able to escape. And then he went back, got got 309 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:49.960 out of the enemy territory, went back to the cave 310 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:54.599 of Adelam, and that's where I believe David. 311 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:57.079 Penned this song. And here's what he said. 312 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:00.720 Amazing, I mean talking talk about in just this talk 313 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:04.400 about evil and hardship in life. He was not doing 314 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:08.319 anything wrong. He's a man after God's own heart. Yet 315 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:15.880 he experienced injustice, he experienced evil, he experienced. 316 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.279 Hardship and life. 317 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:21.440 But rather than complaining, rather than turning his back from God, 318 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:25.319 rather than raising his fist and said God beca lord, 319 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:28.160 sying him particil because of the Lord, put not God 320 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:33.200 worship and a manas church tastas Lord, my lucky Lord. 321 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:38.119 You know, instead of complaining to God, instead of being 322 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.640 bitter toward God. 323 00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:42.359 Here's what he said. Here's what he wrote. 324 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:45.559 In verse one, he said, I will bless the Lord 325 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:47.319 at all times. 326 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.279 Wow. 327 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:55.920 Good times, praise God. Bad times, praise God. Time of abundance, 328 00:20:56.359 --> 00:21:01.759 praise God. Time of lack, praise God. Time of health, 329 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:07.440 praise God. Time of sickness, Praise God. He said, I 330 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:10.240 will bless the Lord at all times? How can you 331 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:13.839 do that? Sometimes? How many of you here would be 332 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:18.119 honest to admit that sometimes you don't feel like praising God. 333 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:21.920 You don't feel like praying to God? The will im 334 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.319 TiO bro. 335 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:25.839 How many of years sometimes you don't feel like reading 336 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.400 the Bible? 337 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.319 How many of years? 338 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:34.359 Sometimes you don't feel like going to church. It's okay 339 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:39.480 as long as you don't do it. So I will 340 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:42.519 bless the Lord at all times. How can you do that? 341 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:45.480 You can only do that if you believe that God 342 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:49.759 is good. You can only bless the Lord at all 343 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:53.960 times and praise God. If you believe that God is good, 344 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:56.319 then you will see his goodness in your life and 345 00:21:56.400 --> 00:22:00.880 your situation maybe indeed good just it suation to my own. 346 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:03.400 But I can praise God today. You know why, because 347 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:07.720 I'm convinced God is good. And God will do good 348 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:12.240 in my situation. If you have that confidence, even if 349 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:15.160 the answer is not yet coming, you will be able 350 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.839 to praise God. I mean, have you here, you want 351 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:24.519 to be able to praise God at all times? Pero 352 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:28.000 we can pray, we can praise God. 353 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:38.880 Is as well. You know. 354 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:41.680 I like what David said and Son twenty seven, verse 355 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:43.880 thirteen to fourteen, New King James version. 356 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:47.039 I like how he said it. 357 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:55.839 I would have lost heart Upindan, no, gabiive up. I 358 00:22:55.880 --> 00:23:00.160 would have lost heart unless I had believed that I 359 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:02.400 would see the goodness of the Lord in the land 360 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:10.400 of the living. Wow, Inde, No, I'm convinced. I will 361 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:12.599 see the goodness of the Lord in the land of 362 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:16.799 the living in my lifetime. We will see the goodness 363 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:19.400 of the Lord. I will see the promises of God fulfilled. 364 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:24.839 That's why, but give up shindition to give up because 365 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:27.680 he's convinced. So here's what he said in verse fourteen. 366 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:31.720 Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he 367 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:37.880 shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord. 368 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:40.519 Just because you don't see the good yet doesn't mean 369 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:44.319 there is no good in it. You know, I saw 370 00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:49.559 this picture one time of a cop showing two angles. 371 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:55.240 One is front view, one is aerial view top. And 372 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:59.400 when I saw that, I realize, every time you look 373 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:05.440 at the SIXU, there's really a different, different angles perspective. 374 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:10.160 And many times, you know when every many times when 375 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:13.039 we look at our situation, we only see the here 376 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:18.039 and now, the front view, anraqita along your present, anraquito 377 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:20.680 along young current, anraquita along young. 378 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:23.480 Today front view. This is a good reminder for me 379 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.839 that there's another way to. 380 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:29.799 Look at my situation, that God actually have a higher view. 381 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:34.559 There is an aerial view, There is a bigger story, 382 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:37.680 and there is a bigger plan and purpose for my life. 383 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:43.680 That is why, you know, I know that God's purpose 384 00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:47.759 is not always make me happy, to make sure I'm happy. No, 385 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:51.079 we don't even do that to our own children. Sometimes 386 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:55.680 we allow our children to go through some difficulties because 387 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:58.759 we know it's good for them. There's a bigger picture. 388 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:01.960 I'm not just looking at my kids right now. I 389 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:04.240 have a seven year old. I'm not just looking at 390 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:08.400 her now as a seven year old. I'm considering what 391 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:13.519 shall become when she's eighteen, twenty thirty, or the years 392 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:17.559 to come. So what we're doing now is connected to 393 00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:21.599 the bigger story? Are you iman of your following? There 394 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:24.720 is a bigger story. There is another way to look 395 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:28.759 at our situation. First Corinthians, Chapter two, verse nine, it 396 00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:33.400 says no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and 397 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:36.960 no mind has imagined what God is prepared for. 398 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:40.039 Those who love him. Wow. 399 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:44.200 I like that verse. No eye has seen, no ear 400 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:48.880 has heard, and no mind has imagined. You have no 401 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:53.240