WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:14.320 practical ways. Hey, good morning, everybody. We're back. We are 4 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:19.760 back better than ever. Hopefully. My brain always goes to 5 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:24.039 than ever. Yeah, the movie in a world where two 6 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:27.920 Bible guys are sitting in the studio. Okay, that's that's 7 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:30.320 just a weird way to start there. Better than ever, 8 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:35.159 that's right, Okay and improved. Hey, well, we have a great, uh, 9 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:37.960 we have a great Bible Guys session. And actually we're 10 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:41.039 in the middle of a series called the Milestones of 11 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:43.719 the Old Testament, where we're walking through the Old Testament chronologically, 12 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:46.520 and we're at the place where David is running from 13 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.880 King Saul and he feels lonely, right, and he's writing 14 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.799 a bunch of songs. That's correct. But before we do that, 15 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:56.240 we have a male segment that Desiree has picked out 16 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:01.880 for us from Marisa L. In this segments called well, oh, 17 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.319 it's called mail bags. You know what. I was actually 18 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:09.079 pausing because you always say when I say it's from 19 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:14.200 Melissa Marissa L, I would say, yes, yes, we skip 20 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:15.680 mail bags. Yes, my bad. 21 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:18.319 I mean this is their only it's our only segment 22 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:21.840 that has its own right, that's right. Yeah, so I 23 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:23.079 was feeling like we were missing it. 24 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.079 Yeah, well, maybe I'm off my game because I started 25 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:29.280 weird too. So with the whole movie thing, I liked it. 26 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:31.519 And speaking of movies, how about that segment. 27 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:32.200 Oh there you go. 28 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:38.280 Here's great segue. Here here's the mail bag question. Or actually, yes, 29 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:40.760 it is a question. I love when you guys recommend 30 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:44.319 new books for me to read. What's a movie or 31 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:47.719 a book that you think everyone should see or read 32 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:49.959 at least once? Okay? 33 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:51.760 Uh, you want to do like three? 34 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:56.439 Oh yeah, sure, three each? Yeah I do. So if 35 00:01:56.439 --> 00:01:58.439 I'm going to do three, then I definitely have to 36 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:01.680 throw in my favorite movie because I because I rarely 37 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:03.719 get to tell why it's my favorite movie. 38 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:06.920 So if I say favorite movie is The Count of 39 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:10.479 Monte Cristo, but here's the reason why, Because you have 40 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:11.840 a man crushed on Jim Caviezel. 41 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:16.599 Oh no, no, no, wrong, no, no, okay, wrong, okay, 42 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:22.919 the the uh it contains everything. It's like remember at 43 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:24.800 the beginning of Princess Bride when he says it has 44 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:28.240 everything it has fans in fighting Romance, Remember it's sort 45 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:33.439 of that way. It's Colombo describing this is a kissing book. 46 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:37.280 So it's me saying like this movie has everything and 47 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.879 and and almost most of all. I say almost because 48 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:45.759 it's a thread that that is, it starts and begins 49 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:48.280 with God, and so it's a it's a it's really 50 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:52.680 a book about faith, but it's like I want to say, 51 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:54.400 it's almost all about it, but it's really not. It's 52 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:57.560 like this undertow right, and then it has everything else. 53 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.280 It has all the advents of everything else. I think 54 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:03.520 it is unbelievable. The story is beautiful, and it has 55 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:06.280 everything that a guy wants, which is like adventure, and 56 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:08.319 it's got like you know, like he gets all this 57 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.039 money and then revenge and battling and all these kind 58 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:13.960 of things plots and intelligent twists and all this kind 59 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.960 of stuff. But I would also say, I'm going to 60 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.319 give you two more answers. I guess I got two more. Okay, 61 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:21.039 I'm going to do this. 62 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:22.120 We can go every other one? 63 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:23.120 Oh yeah, go ahead? 64 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:24.479 Does that sound good? 65 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:25.439 I'm off my game today. 66 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:26.960 Does every other one sound good? 67 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:30.919 I'm off my game? Go ahead. 68 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:33.039 Now you're not off your game? It no, you are 69 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:35.800 on it. You are so excited to pass on this, Yes, 70 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:40.560 go ahead, wisdom. I was going to say, so, if 71 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:45.919 you're doing favorites, my favorite books novels of any kind 72 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:48.240 would be The Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit of 73 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.439 all those things. But I think maybe more approachable if 74 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.120 you haven't read that kind of stuff, because those are 75 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:56.280 real slogs. You got to really work through them. So 76 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:59.199 maybe more approachable would be I really loved the Chronicles 77 00:03:59.240 --> 00:03:59.639 and Ournia. 78 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:02.560 I knew you gonna say bye bye. C. S. 79 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:04.560 Less which, by the way, they were writing at the 80 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:07.280 same time. They were inventing that whole genre, and they 81 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:09.479 were buddies. They met in a pub every week in 82 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:12.400 a writer's group to talk about how to invent this 83 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.680 this kind of thing. And that's a C. S. Lewis, 84 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:18.120 I think, is one who led. 85 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:20.480 J. R. R. 86 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.720 Tolkien to Christ. It's one or the other, whichever one 87 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:25.759 was Christian first, led the other one to Christ while 88 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:26.800 they were writing their books. 89 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:30.000 That awes Okay, all right, here's my second one, and 90 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:30.879 I'm going had. 91 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:32.399 A heavy influence on coming to faith. 92 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:36.120 Yeah, I'm going on a limb on this one. But 93 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:39.800 she said a movie or book that everyone should see 94 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:42.680 or read at least once once. Yes, And I'm going 95 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:48.279 to actually say that everybody should see a classic war movie. 96 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:50.480 I can't decide whether it should be like Pearl Harbor 97 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:54.040 or or it should be like Saving Private Ryan. But 98 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:56.600 I'm gonna go with Saving Private Ryan. And here's the 99 00:04:56.600 --> 00:05:02.120 reason why. Because it seems to me that people have 100 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:06.319 forgotten the price paid for the American flag. Oh wow, 101 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:09.519 it seems it seems to me like the value of 102 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:16.000 patriot patriotisms is almost like somehow something to be embarrassed of. 103 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:18.800 You know, it seems like on social media in some cases. 104 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:22.279 And I think this next generation especially, And I'm not 105 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:24.720 going to get into politics here, but i just want 106 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:30.839 to say that America is a great country, and if 107 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:35.240 everybody were to take a moment and watch a movie 108 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:38.920 like Saving Private Ryan, you could at least walk away 109 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:42.040 appreciating what has been handed to you, the sacrifice, the 110 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:42.959 sacrifice may for you. 111 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:47.800 Wow, that's great, really really good. Okay, I was going 112 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:51.040 to say the next one. I think of all of 113 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:56.199 the leadership or business books or self help books or 114 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:59.600 you know, make yourself better, grab life by the horns 115 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:02.279 kind of books, I think Stephen Covey's book Seven Habits 116 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:06.160 of Highly Effective People probably is the one that's had 117 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:11.759 the biggest impact on me. The seven habits are be proactive, 118 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:19.439 So do something, man have a predisposition towards action. Don't wait, 119 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:22.279 you know, do something. Begin with the end in mind. 120 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:23.920 You always have to try to figure out if I 121 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:26.680 do this, what's going to happen. That's really important. Not 122 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:29.319 what you're dreaming would happen, but really knowing what's going 123 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:32.480 to happen. There's some work involved with that. Putting the 124 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:35.680 first things first. It's all about priorities, duties, and never conflict. 125 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:39.040 I think that that's incredibly important and difficult to really master. 126 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.079 And then think win win. Most people are always thinking, 127 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.279 especially in our culture today, that if somebody wins, somebody 128 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:52.519 else has to lose. Right. I was in a conversation 129 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:55.519 not long ago with some young young adults and they 130 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:58.079 were complaining that Elon Musk had just made sixteen billion 131 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.959 dollars that week, and I was like, why is that 132 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:05.759 a problem, right, right? And they were like, you know, 133 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:07.879 nobody needs sixty so it don't matter. I said, did 134 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:10.439 his ability to make sixteen billion dollars affect your ability 135 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:14.839 to make a thousand right. What he did has no 136 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:17.519 effect on your ability to do a thing. But we 137 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.800 tend to think zero sum. Somebody wins, somebody else has 138 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:23.560 to lose, as opposed to or in a negotiation, I 139 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:26.560 have to dominate you and win, as opposed to working 140 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:28.800 for a win win. I think that's incredibly important. And 141 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:32.040 then seek first to understand, then to be understood. Oh 142 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:34.480 that's great, I think is incredibly important. And then the 143 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:38.279 idea of synergy combining strengths for teamwork I think is 144 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:40.839 really important. And then sharpening the saw that means just 145 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:44.560 keep getting better and better. Those seven habits. I think 146 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:48.000 if you never read another self helper leadership book, those 147 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:51.160 seven things could help you just launch you into success. 148 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:55.160 Agreed. Yeah, And then I'm going to say my last 149 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:57.759 book is or my last movie. I'm gonna choose a 150 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:02.639 movie surprise, and it's extremely underrated. But have you ever 151 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:05.240 seen Castaway with Tom Hanks? Oh? Yeah, yeah, Okay, So 152 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:08.319 people somehow think that that's a movie about survival on 153 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:12.600 an island. It's not. It's a movie about somebody. 154 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:13.920 Who spends his volleyball. 155 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:24.199 He was, I'm sorry, isn't that what it is? Nosot 156 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:29.040 it's a movie about someone who needs to take advantage 157 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.240 of the moments that are right in front of him. 158 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:34.159 It's a movie about time, taking advantage of time because 159 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:36.600 you know, before you know, he like he couldn't bring 160 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:39.200 himself to actually say the words to the guy about 161 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:41.519 his dying wife. And at the end he looks right 162 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.200 in the eye and he's like, I'm so sorry for 163 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:46.000 the passing of your wife Mary. You can see that 164 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.879 like he's now learned after being on the island for 165 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.120 four years to uh, you know, actually take advantage of 166 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:54.240 every moment that's in front of him. And then the 167 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:58.399 end is so unbelievably artistic because it's like the Crossroads. 168 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:00.279 It ends with him standing there and there's like this 169 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.960 woman that interacts when she drives away, and he looks 170 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:05.000 and he has and he's faced with a choice, and 171 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:08.120 so that it fades away and then you realize, wait 172 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:11.799 a minute, this whole movie is about that. It's so beautiful, 173 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:14.559 but actually it's just a reminder for you and I 174 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:16.720 to take advantage of every moment that we've been given. 175 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.720 Okay, wow, And then I would say I have I 176 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:24.519 have two It depends. I would say, if you only 177 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:28.000 had one apart from the Bible, one book to really 178 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:29.519 help you wrap your head around what does it mean 179 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:31.759 to be a follower of Jesus? Right, I'm not saying 180 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:34.440 preparing for ministry or whatever, but just what does it 181 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:35.759 mean to be a follower of Jesus. I think one 182 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:38.720 of the best books for me personally was Rick Warren's 183 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:41.840 purpose driven life book. Oh sure, I think it's it's 184 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:44.759 just a it's a forty day opus on what it 185 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:46.399 means to be a follower of Jesus. And it starts 186 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:48.320 off the very first sentence says it's not about you. 187 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:50.919 So there's that if on the other side you're trying 188 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:52.960 to figure out, you know, you're struggling with the ideas 189 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.639 of faith. I think Lee Strobel's books, the whole series, 190 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:58.120 The Case for the Case for Christ, the Case for 191 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:01.519 the Resurrection, the Case for Creator, they create, Case for 192 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:04.960 the Real Jesus, all of the least Strobels books, the 193 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.559 Case for They just had a huge impact on me too. 194 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:10.720 So I slipped in two answers there at the end. 195 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:12.559 Oh yeah you did, Yeah, great? Where to go? 196 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:14.759 Well, really good question, Marissa. 197 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:18.399 That's great And thank you Marsa for even caring about 198 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:21.960 our opinions and for writing in and we encourage everybody 199 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.960 to give us an email, shoot us a text, a 200 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:29.480 comment on YouTube, do something where you can interact or 201 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:32.559 correspond with us so that we can consider perhaps putting 202 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:35.639 your comment answer questions on future segments. 203 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:41.120 So King David, well, yeah, he's not King yet. He's 204 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.519 still running from Saul as far as we know. So 205 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:48.440 the provenance for Psalm twenty seven, what are the exact 206 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:52.600 circumstances that was written around. We're not exactly sure, nope, 207 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:55.519 but these are the kinds of psalms. He wrote a 208 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:58.919 bunch of psalms during the time when he was running 209 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:02.240 from Saul. That sounds similar to this one, right, and 210 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:02.799 so so. 211 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:05.240 This sort of represents a category of psalms. 212 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:09.000 Yes, because he wrote different. David was really an amazing guy. 213 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:10.879 So he's a warrior. I mean, he cuts the head 214 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:14.679 off of the giant. So there's that and the other side, 215 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:20.200 he's this incredible musician and he writes these psalms. They're 216 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:23.919 really there's songs that are prayers, the prayers that are 217 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:27.399 then put to music, and he writes over a hundred 218 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:32.000 of them, and so he's this artistic warrior he's kind 219 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:33.799 of this warrior poet kind of a guy. 220 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:35.559 Do you hear the phrase I'm a lover not a fighter? 221 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:36.919 Y David was both. 222 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:40.840 He was both yea, he was both yes and sort 223 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:42.639 of what we would think of today maybe as a 224 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:45.960 renaissance man, right, like a da Vinci kind of guy. 225 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:47.879 He was into science and art and all these kinds 226 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:51.279 of things. Well, for him it was it was war leadership. 227 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:53.240 He was a great leader when he finally became king 228 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:57.519 and then an artist. And so here he is a 229 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:00.240 teenager pouring out yeah, pouring out his heart to go God, 230 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:04.000 and really really a beautiful writing. He says this in 231 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:07.200 Psalm twenty seven. The Lord is my light and my salvation, 232 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:10.720 So why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, 233 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:13.600 protecting me from danger? So why should I tremble when 234 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:15.879 evil people come to devour me? When my enemies and 235 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:19.120 foes attack me, they will stumble and fall though a 236 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:21.879 mighty army surrounds me. My heart will not be afraid. 237 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:24.759 Even if I am attacked, I will remain confident. The 238 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:27.039 one thing I ask of the Lord, the thing I 239 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.840 seek most, is to live in the House of the 240 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:32.480 Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the 241 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:35.639 Lord's perfections and meditating in his temple, For he will 242 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:38.000 conceal me there when troubles come, and he will hide 243 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:41.159 me in his sanctuary. He will place me out of 244 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:44.120 reach on a high rock. Then I will hold my 245 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:47.360 head high above my enemies who surround me. At his sanctuary. 246 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:50.279 I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy, singing and 247 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:53.600 praising Lord with music. Hear me as I pray, O, Lord, 248 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:56.559 be merciful and answer me. My heart has heard you say, 249 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.559 come and talk with me, and my heart responds, Lord, 250 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:01.240 I'm coming. Do not turn your back on me. Do 251 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:04.679 not reject your servant anger. You've always been my helper. 252 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.679 Don't leave me now. Don't abandon me, Oh God of 253 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:10.519 my salvation. Even if my father and mother abandoned me. 254 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:13.320 The Lord will hold me close. Teach me how to live, 255 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:15.960 Oh Lord, lead me along the right path from my 256 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:18.000 enemies are waiting for me. Do not let me fall 257 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.120 into their hands, for they accuse me of things I've 258 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:23.440 never done. With every breath, they've threatened me with violence. 259 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:26.240 Yet I'm confident I will see the Lord's goodness while 260 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:28.799 I'm here in the land of the living, wait patiently 261 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:32.519 for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently 262 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:38.840 for the Lord. That last part he's writing to himself, right, 263 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:40.559 it's right the of verse fourteen. 264 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:43.759 Well, it seems like he starts with a pep talk 265 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:47.519 to himself, and then he shifts to prayer, a prayer 266 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:50.039 to the Lord, and then goes back to the pep 267 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.720 talk right at the very end. And you know what, 268 00:13:54.879 --> 00:14:00.279 the pep talk is incredibly inspiring because we need to 269 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:04.279 remind ourselves of the promises of God. So how can 270 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:08.440 David be able to say, even though my enemies attack me, 271 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:10.840 I will not be afraid because the Lord is with me. 272 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.639 And then and he says, you know, even even when 273 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:15.639 they attack, I'm still going to remain confident. I'm going 274 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:19.879 to remain strong. The Lord is my fortress. Why should 275 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:23.279 I be afraid because he's with me? And so, you know, 276 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:26.000 a mighty army surrounds me. Well, you and I may 277 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:32.200 never be the what is that the main object of 278 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:33.960 hunting of an army and a whole army is looking 279 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.240 for him. So I'm trying to say, is like you 280 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:38.840 may not be the focus of an entire army. Right, 281 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:41.000 a man hunt a manhunt. Yeah, the focus of a 282 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:44.799 man hunt. However, you know, you can compare that to 283 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.399 almost anything. It seems like, you know, if you ever 284 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:51.480 felt like you're at work and it seems like because 285 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:53.919 the leadership has turned against you all of a sudden, 286 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.559 you know, you've got a bad rap, and all of 287 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:57.399 a sudden, it's like me against the world at work 288 00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:59.799 for some reason, until you finally nestle your way out 289 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:02.360 of it, hopefully, or you know, or maybe perhaps a 290 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:04.720 friend group. Have you ever been on the receiving end 291 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:06.440 of all of a sudden, like how did how the 292 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.320 world did all these friends turn against me? Or my 293 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:12.519 reputation at school for students, or you know, perhaps like 294 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:15.279 an adult friend group, whatever it is. You know, the 295 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:18.440 army can represent anything from big to small. But you know, 296 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:21.279 here he is saying, Hey, I'm an island. I'm a 297 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:24.600 one man band, but I'm not because God is with me. 298 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:26.960 And if God's with me, I need to pep talk 299 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:29.600 myself by saying I won't be afraid of anything. 300 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:33.559 Yeah, yeah, it's great, that's so good. You know. One 301 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:36.960 thing just really strikes me is and there's a note 302 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:41.080 for verse seven. But in the Life Application study, Bible 303 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:44.879 that kind of spurred this thought. This isn't the first 304 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:49.879 psalm David wrote. Right, So he's not just suddenly going, 305 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:52.960 oh man, I've got troubles. God help me, help me, 306 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:56.600 help me. Right, He's he's not suddenly starting a relationship 307 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:58.960 with God because he's in trouble. He's leaning into a 308 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:02.120 relationship he's been in in for a long time. So 309 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:05.559 when he says there in verse four, the one thing 310 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:07.200 I ask the Lord, the thing I seek the mostes 311 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:08.559 live in the House of the Lord all the days 312 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:12.000 of my life, he's not saying to start living in 313 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.559 the house alone. 314 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:14.919 Oh. He's not about ending, right, He's about faithful n Yeah. 315 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.200 And he's saying, I want every day of my life 316 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:20.759 to be centered on God in God's ways. I'm not 317 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:23.360 just suddenly looking for God to be my good luck 318 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:25.480 charm to get me out of this trouble. I'm not 319 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:28.960 suddenly looking for somebody to bail me out. He's saying, 320 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:32.000 when the struggles of life happened, which, by the way, 321 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:35.279 for every one of us, we have struggles, right, every 322 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:39.720 one of us. We get bad news, we have hurts happen, 323 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:43.080 we have betrayals happen. Every one of us have those 324 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:46.320 things happen. But David's not saying I'm looking for an 325 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:49.600 answer now. David's leaning into the answer he already found, right, 326 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:52.080 He's leaning into this relationship that he has with God. 327 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:54.000 And this is one of the reasons why it's so 328 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:56.480 important for you to spend time every day in God's Word. 329 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.039 It's why it's so important for you to choose to 330 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:02.519 share what you're learning in God's Word with other people. 331 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:05.440 That's why it's so important to invest in godly relationships 332 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:07.720 and to spend daily time in God's Word like you 333 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:11.599 are right now with the podcast and and and all 334 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:13.559 these things. Is that you grow day by day to 335 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:15.960 day and you just keep filling that reservoir. You just 336 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:18.680 keep filling that reservoir, and then when the troubles come, 337 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:21.440 you have something substantial to lean into, right. 338 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:23.880 Yeah, And so I just told you before that we 339 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:26.839 started shooting that. By the way, let me let me 340 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:28.880 say this before I forget Yeah, let me let me 341 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:31.440 say that in verse number eight. The reason why we 342 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:35.240 know that David has not just begun his relationship is 343 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:37.279 because when he prays to the Lord, he says, you 344 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:40.839 have always been my helper. Yes, You've always been my helper, 345 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:44.200 That's what he tells gotten right. So there's there's the indicator, right. 346 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:49.200 There was that verse number nine, verse nine, I've always 347 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:52.119 been my helper, yep, and so don't leave me. 348 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:55.160 Now, right. So what I was going to say is 349 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:57.519 I told you before we started shooting the podcast that 350 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:02.400 I ran into a couple last night at a restaurant 351 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:06.279 who just went through a major tragedy, a loss of 352 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:10.599 a newborn baby, and one of the most difficult things 353 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:13.039 to ever go through, right in terms of a funeral. 354 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:21.480 And had they not had a grounded faith before this 355 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:26.920 tragedy came upon them, how do you think you know 356 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:29.599 they would react. So I was with a guy, a 357 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:32.440 friend of mine, and he had met them for the 358 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:34.319 first time. They had walked, you know, he'd well it 359 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:36.759 was him. He walked over and he said hi and 360 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:39.519 recognize both of us and said, hey, you're my pastor. 361 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:42.920 I was telling my cousin you're my pastor. And so anyway, 362 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:46.000 we talked for you know, fifteen minutes or so. Anyway, 363 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:48.759 he leaves and the guy with me looks at me 364 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:53.559 and says, you do realize the statistic that eighty percent 365 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.200 of marriages do not make it after a tragedy like 366 00:18:56.240 --> 00:19:01.000 that eighty percent. And and yet never in my mind 367 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:04.319 did I ever doubt that they would make it because 368 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:07.720 of their faith. Yeah, right, so so you know their 369 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:09.880 faith is strong. So even when I went in there 370 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:12.400 and prayed with them at the hospital after right after 371 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:15.160 it happened, you know, he says, no, he said, we don't. 372 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:17.480 We don't doubt God. We don't. We don't question him, 373 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:21.160 We don't. You know, it's more about facing like I 374 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:23.079 can't believe this has happened to us, and how are 375 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:25.480 we going to deal with it? But it was just 376 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:27.880 amazing to me, and that's what that's what sort. 377 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:30.240 Of came to They have a real anchor. David talks 378 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:33.319 about this refuge. Right, that's one of the ways you 379 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:35.880 think of a refuge is is like a fortress on 380 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:39.480 top of a hill, or a safe harbor that's outside 381 00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:42.319 of the prevailing winds of the storm, those kinds of things. 382 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:45.440 David uses many of those kind of analogies to talk 383 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:48.920 about his relationship with God. Right, you're my shield, you're 384 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:53.279 my refuge, you're my safe harbor, you're my protection, and 385 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:56.359 it's you know, he like you pointed out there, You've 386 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:59.960 always been my helper. This is a long term relationshi. 387 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:02.519 A lot of times people feel like, you know, oh man, 388 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:05.160 me reading my Bible today, it's just I don't even 389 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:06.880 want to take in. I don't even want to listen 390 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:08.160 to what God has to say to I don't want 391 00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:11.039 any of those words. I'm too depressed, I'm struggling or whatever. 392 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:14.440 But you need to have filled that reservoir every single day. 393 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:16.640 It matters. You just keep pouring in and pouring in 394 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:19.440 and pouring in, and then when the storms of life come, 395 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:22.880 you have a strong refuge, you have a strong anchor. 396 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:25.960 You've got this rock to high behind. And then I 397 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:28.680 think it's amazing. So he on the front end, he's saying, God, 398 00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:31.319 it needs to protect me, right. So in verse one, 399 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:33.400 the Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger. 400 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:34.039 Right. 401 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:37.519