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 --> 00:00:13.560 practical ways. Good morning everybody, And if you're watching, Jeff 4 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:15.400 and I decided to both wear gray today. 5 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:18.679 It's a uniform. Yeah, it's the Baba guy's uniform. We're 6 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:19.839 shooting from prison. 7 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:24.960 And this is our friend. That's terrible. People who are 8 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:27.320 not watching, which is what at least half of our listen. 9 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:29.199 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, they don't watch. 10 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:32.079 Yea more than half. Yeah. No, we're not in prison. 11 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:36.079 And are these actually uniforms lately? It just happened to 12 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:37.359 be two gray shirts. 13 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:37.560 That's right. 14 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:40.560 Have you ever been in prison? Have you ever been 15 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:41.039 in prison? 16 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:41.719 No? 17 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:44.399 I mean I've been in prison for ministry stuff, but 18 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:45.600 I've never gone to prison. 19 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:46.960 Okay, have you ever been to jail? 20 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:48.679 No, I've never gone to jail. 21 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:49.840 Have you ever been arrested? 22 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:51.119 No, I've never been arrested. 23 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.679 Oh so again, good for you, Good for you. I 24 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:57.560 haven't arrested twice. 25 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:01.799 Chris Once is a past, which says almost everything you 26 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:03.039 need to know if you're a new listener. 27 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:04.359 That's the differs between the two of us. 28 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:06.799 Ready, Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's not true. I've never been 29 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:07.640 kicked out of Bible cog. 30 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:10.319 Chris was on the show for color commentary. 31 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:12.480 Hey, you got kicked out of Bible college twice. 32 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:14.640 It's true. It's true, and I'm a Bible guy. 33 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:15.359 That's right. 34 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.200 Right, So you get to get up and talk about 35 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:22.159 redemption and mercy and you need to get up and 36 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:24.879 talk about I got Yeah, I got kicked out of 37 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:28.439 kicked out a Bible college twice. Well, hey, everybody, Hey, 38 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:30.480 now that I think about it, my first Bible college 39 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:31.159 felt like prison. 40 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:33.120 So maybe that come there you maybe that you. 41 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:37.120 That's right, I'm with you there. Okay, So today we're 42 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:42.159 talking about well, I mean, technically we're skipping over this chapter. 43 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:46.239 But let's read what Desiree wrote. She said, David in 44 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:50.560 this passage escapes into the wilderness. So let's pose this question. 45 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.359 If you were to choose one celebrity to be trapped 46 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:55.920 with you in the wilderness, who would it be? Bonus 47 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:58.040 points if they have survival skills, are just a great 48 00:01:58.079 --> 00:01:58.840 sense of humor? 49 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:01.280 Oh wow, yeah, so you want. 50 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:02.760 To do rock paper sciss those first? 51 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:05.680 Yes? And so we just do one one person, just one, 52 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:08.599 just one person. We're not picking like a draft or nothing? 53 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:12.960 Just one? Okay, but there's there's an obvious choice. Want 54 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:14.879 to do shoot? One? Two? 55 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:15.199 Three? 56 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:15.599 Shoot? 57 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:17.479 Oh? I had paper? 58 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:20.280 Of course it's bear grills. 59 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:23.879 Of course that's not that's a no brainer. 60 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:25.680 That's the reason why I accept. 61 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:26.599 I don't know. 62 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:28.599 I don't want to drink anything he hands me to drink, 63 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:29.960 and I don't want to eat anything he. 64 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:31.800 Wants me to drink. I think I made a bad choice. 65 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:34.159 I'd like to evoke that. Yeah, because I'm gonna be 66 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:37.960 able to find food and water. What was I thinking? 67 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:41.599 Yeah? I actually don't know another survival celebrity, which is 68 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:42.919 why I did rock paper scissors. 69 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:44.840 Oh yeah, yeah, Well the other one would be, uh 70 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:49.919 was it something man, wilderness man or something? I forgot 71 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:51.199 there was there was another guy. 72 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:53.319 That did this made up name. No, no, no, no, I 73 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:53.759 can't remember. 74 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:55.400 Their certificate doesn't say wilderness. 75 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:58.159 He doesn't I know, I know, but there's bear grills 76 00:02:58.199 --> 00:02:59.560 and something. 77 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:01.120 So there's another guy. 78 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:02.639 Yea, yeah, I forgot again. 79 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:03.560 This is not his run. 80 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:06.599 I forgot I got his name, all right, Okay, Well 81 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:07.280 who would you pick? 82 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:11.840 Well, I I mean apparently not grabbed mine. So bear girls, 83 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:14.199 I actually type this in just a second ago and 84 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:18.479 the only I've got kidding, the only person that's coming up, 85 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:20.840 and all of Google in the first page is all 86 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:21.639 bear girls. 87 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:23.080 Really, so there's. 88 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:26.479 Nobody else even suggested, isn't that funny? 89 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:26.919 Yes? 90 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:33.560 Okay, here, here you go. Ed Stafford is the guy 91 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:37.960 uh was which is on naked and marooned. So I'm 92 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:38.800 gonna choose that guy. 93 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.039 Really, yeah, a naked guy? 94 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:45.879 Well no really, no really, if he and I were 95 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:48.319 stranded together and he suggested I get naked, I would say. 96 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:50.479 No, okay, he will, good, thank you. 97 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:52.479 Okay, Well, there you go. I don't have to be 98 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:54.080 naked in order for that guy to know things. 99 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:57.360 Well, I know, but I just wouldn't want I wouldn't 100 00:03:57.360 --> 00:03:59.520 want to be with him, as what I'm saying. So, yeah, 101 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:04.240 well I mean less Stroud, that's the one survivor man. Yeah, 102 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:08.000 less Droud. Okay, i'll give you bear grills. My guy 103 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:09.960 came right up. Yeah, I'll give you bear grills, and 104 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:13.400 I'll take less Stroud. I think Less Droud's a touch crazier, 105 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:15.400 but he's not going to make me drink terrible stuff. 106 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.920 Oh really yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, you know what I'm 107 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:20.600 going to go ahead and. 108 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:22.720 Give you thanks bear grills. 109 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:24.639 Thanks, Jeff, you're going to need bells. 110 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:27.199 Let me just say that you're gonna need bear grills. 111 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:29.600 If you're stranded like that, you're gonna need somebody who 112 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:30.240 can help you. 113 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:31.240 Here's the thing. 114 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:33.600 I a normal special Forces guy. 115 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:35.759 I think I'm a little tougher than you, so I 116 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:36.519 could drink whatever. 117 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:39.040 Jeff, what tougher than me? Yeah? 118 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:42.920 Okay, well I'm pretty sure physically, I'm pretty sure I've 119 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:44.680 seen you gag way more than you've seen me. 120 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:45.040 Gay. 121 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.959 So so listen, listeners don't know. We probably have a minute. 122 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:50.319 I get sure this. Listeners don't know this. But last 123 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:54.879 October we filmed a really fun video where we were 124 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:56.519 supposed to get in a confrontation, right. 125 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:57.079 Right, that's right. 126 00:04:57.199 --> 00:04:59.759 So and so we were on roller skates, yes, and 127 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:01.839 uh no no, we both had. 128 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:05.240 Taken off taken off our and so we. 129 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:06.879 Were like, let's go, man, you want to go? And 130 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:09.079 you started like pushing each other like this, yeah, and 131 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.040 and all of a sudden I pushed you like boom. 132 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:13.839 You hit me hard. You shoved me hard, and you 133 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:16.079 didn't move and then and then. 134 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:18.720 You went boom and you hit me and you literally 135 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:24.759 threw me. I flew. I flew over the staff. The 136 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:27.800 staff was in booths and boots, and I literally flew 137 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:30.639 over the booths and everybody laughed, and I was like. 138 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:31.680 Oh my gosh. 139 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:32.800 I was like, I mean, I feel like I'm in 140 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:33.560 the eighth grade again. 141 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:37.000 I felt so. I didn't mean to do that. I 142 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:40.000 still feel bad about that. When we were driving home, 143 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.279 my wife was there. Yeah, my wife was like, the 144 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:44.759 whole thing was fun, that was fine, but what were 145 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:45.319 you thinking. 146 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:48.959 I was like, I wasn't thinking anything. He shoved me 147 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:50.959 and I shoved him back right right. 148 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:53.560 Well, it was it was what they told us to do. 149 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:55.439 Yeah, I know, but I shouldn't have thrown you into 150 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:56.160 the thing like that. 151 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:59.040 I didn't mean to it just it was really really funny. 152 00:05:59.360 --> 00:05:59.560 Yeah. 153 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:02.360 So Chris is a big tough guy sitting here on 154 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:06.279 the thing, Yeah, at the table, but uh yeah, in 155 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:07.199 that moment. 156 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:08.959 I was not very tough in that moment. 157 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:11.079 Yeah, in that moment I threw yet. But well, I 158 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:13.240 think you're tough guy. You took it like a champ. 159 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:19.560 I mad if I punch you in the face ten times, 160 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:22.399 you would be okay, exactly. 161 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:25.040 You take it like a champ. I felt really embarrassed 162 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:27.160 by it. But okay, so hey, there you go. Congratulations 163 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:30.000 you get bear grails even though you lost the rock 164 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:30.959 paper scissors I can get. 165 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:33.600 I'll go less and I'll take them drive a little 166 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:34.199 more nuts. 167 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:37.879 But okay, all right, Well you know what, either way, 168 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.360 I don't ever want to be in that situation. And 169 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:44.519 if I had no celebrity and I was stranded, I 170 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.199 would I would be in trouble because I don't really 171 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:49.560 know that many survival skills. I didn't do boy scouts, 172 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:50.560 I didn't do wilderness things. 173 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:52.800 But you'd figure out right away you needed water and shelter. 174 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:55.639 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean those things. Yeah, but sure, 175 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:58.199 but you know all those tricks of like compasses and 176 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.480 direction and all that, like like, oh, let's heat up 177 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:04.639 a needle. Let just put it on relief in a water. 178 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:11.279 Okay, well good, yeah, well that'd be hopefully that never happens, Chris, right, 179 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:14.199 I agree. So the reason why she had us do 180 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:16.879 that one, by the way, is you remember those of 181 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:21.279 the listeners with us last week David is running from Absolom. 182 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:24.720 Absolom is pulling off a coup, Absolom being David's son, 183 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:28.079 and the heir to the throne. And so David goes 184 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:32.120 out into the wilderness in outside of Jerusalem, heading down 185 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:34.800 towards the Jordan River, and so that's why she was 186 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:37.519 doing that. It's pretty crazy. He's running, he's hiding. And 187 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:42.279 during that time several things happened. Absolom gets terrible advice 188 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:46.279 from says, hey, go sleep with some of David's wives, 189 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:47.639 and so that was pretty horrible. 190 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:48.519 But then. 191 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:53.160 While Absolom is just misbehaving in such a horrible way, 192 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:56.560 suddenly God begins to leaning on David. David begins writing 193 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:59.160 more psalms, right, he's writing prayers. Every Psalm that you 194 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:01.279 read is a prayer to God, and it was always 195 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:03.959 set to music, so it was like a musical prayer, 196 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:05.800 which really, if you think about it, those of you 197 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:09.920 that are Christians, on when you're singing worship songs, a 198 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:12.480 real worship song is going to be a prayer to God. 199 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:14.959 So some of our testimonies you're just sing about how 200 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:17.319 good God is to you. That's one thing, but others 201 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:18.920 are they're like a prayer to God. 202 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:20.839 And you can tell the difference. So here we go 203 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:21.959 Psalm chapter three. 204 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:25.639 Today, it's a psalm of David regarding the time David 205 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:29.079 fled from some absolom. And it's not a very long chapter, 206 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:33.240 but it says, Oh Lord, I have so many enemies, 207 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:36.000 so many are against me, so many are saying God 208 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:39.159 will never rescue him. But you, o Lord, are a 209 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:41.120 shield around me. You are my glory, the one who 210 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.799 holds my head high. I cried out to the Lord, 211 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:46.360 and he answered me from his holy mountain. I lay 212 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:49.840 down and slept, and I woke up in safety, for 213 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.600 the Lord was watching over me. I am not afraid 214 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:56.080 of ten thousand enemies who surrounded me on every side. Arise, 215 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.519 O Lord, rescue me. My God, slap all my enemies 216 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:01.759 in the faith and shatter the teeth of the wicked. 217 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:07.519 Victory comes from you, Oh Lord, May you bless your people. Jeez, wow, 218 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:10.200 Well you can hear him. He's got fear and he's 219 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:12.639 reminding himself that he's trusting the Lord. Right, that's that's 220 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:13.240 where he's at. 221 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:17.159 There, and he probably has some pretty big flashbacks, yeah, 222 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:18.559 right of being. 223 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:19.960 In the caves, and he's been here before. 224 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:23.919 He's been here before, and he's written various similar psalms before. 225 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:27.879 So are we reading sixty three or we just. 226 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:29.840 Talking about for sixty three tomorrow. 227 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.799 Oh I see, okay, very good. So this is Psalm 228 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:37.879 three today, that's correct. So Psalm three basically is during 229 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:42.519 absence rebellion, and it's it's reminding us, you know, that 230 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:47.320 victory comes from the Lord, and and David's always been 231 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:50.519 that way. You know, think about this. David started off 232 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.240 with Goliath, and even before Goliath, what did he do? 233 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:58.720 He referenced that, you know, even when the bear came, 234 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.759 and even when the line came, I knew that God 235 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:03.720 was going to, you know, be with me. And so 236 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:06.440 he took care of the bear in the and the lion, 237 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:10.360 and then even during Goliath and then what else, he 238 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:13.679 was put in charge of the Commander's army, and he 239 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:17.559 always gave credit and honor to the Lord. And so 240 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:21.759 David has always believed that God's in control, even though 241 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:25.080 it seems like, oh, it's just that human versus that human, 242 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:28.840 it's their skills versus my skills. It's these circumstances and 243 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:32.600 they're cunning general versus you know, our strategies and things 244 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:35.879 like that. It seems that way, and it's very easy 245 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:38.840 to forget that God's overall in charge of everything. So 246 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:40.840 I would just say for our listeners, there's a sermon 247 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:44.080 in there somewhere. You know, it doesn't seem like God's 248 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:45.840 in control, but God's always in control. 249 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:49.279 Yeah, Well, here David lost his throne. He's losing so 250 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:51.799 much of his identity. At this point, you know, he 251 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:55.679 had he's had like a decade of relative peace and safety, 252 00:10:55.759 --> 00:11:00.320 some discord in his family, but other than that, it's 253 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:02.240 not like he's going to war all the time and stuff, 254 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:06.279 and he's settling into this idea that God has blessed 255 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:09.200 me and this is my new norm. And because of 256 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:11.799 all the struggles in my past, I paid my dues, 257 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:14.519 I did all my stuff. Now my job is to 258 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:17.000 sit on the throne and rule. And at this point, 259 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:18.919 now he's running and he's losing every he feels like 260 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:23.919 he's losing everything. And sometimes when we have bad circumstances 261 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:26.279 happen in our life, we can kind of feel like 262 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.960 when life turns against us, we can start to feel 263 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:32.080 like God is turning against us. And you know, in 264 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:34.440 that moment, you kind of have a choice. When you 265 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.840 are when the pressure's on, what's on the inside comes out. 266 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:40.240 It's like a tube of toothpaste. Right, or ketchup bottle 267 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:42.480 or whatever. When the pressure's on, whatever's on the inside 268 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:46.039 comes out. And in this situation, you either run to 269 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:49.519 God or from God. And it's interesting because in all 270 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:53.279 this time, it seems like David is relatively silent prior 271 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:56.120 to this, for like a decade, and I'm sure he 272 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:57.879 was writing things, but we just don't. We don't see 273 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:00.399 a lot. And then all of a sudden, here he is. 274 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:03.320 We're going to read a couple of these prayers where 275 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:06.519 he's just what's on the inside comes out. He's a 276 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:10.159 man after God's heart, and he immediately leans into and 277 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:13.840 trusts God even when he feels like everything's working against him. 278 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.039 And there is something about that that when you're in 279 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:18.000 your sane moments, you need to decide who are you 280 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:21.159 when the pressure comes? Because pressure's coming. There's gonna be 281 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:23.480 another hard day, there's going to be difficult things. Life 282 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:26.799 is difficult because we live under the curse, right, And 283 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:31.679 so when the pressure comes, who what are you gonna do? 284 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:32.960 Are you gonna run to God? Or are you gonna 285 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:35.879 blame God? And David once again decides to trust God. 286 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:39.679 So we don't often cross reference that much, but you know, 287 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:44.039 it reminds me what you just said, is Daniel. Remember 288 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:46.320 Daniel one eight, It says when Daniel purposed in his 289 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:48.120 heart that he would not defile himself with the portion 290 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:51.080 of the king's meat or the portion of the king's 291 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:53.440 wine which you drink. And I just thought to myself, 292 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.000 you know, one of the greatest lessons that I could 293 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.399 have learned. And I think I clung onto this even 294 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:03.559 as like sixteen or fifteen years old. Is the idea 295 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:06.559 that you should decide now to purpose in your heart? Yes, 296 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:09.279 so you know, so make a decision now, you know 297 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:12.159 when things are, you know, before the trial comes. And 298 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:14.600 so when it says in Daniel w Ate that Daniel 299 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:16.480 purposed in his heart and he says, hey, whatever's going 300 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:17.840 to happen, you know what, I'm not going to do. 301 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:20.320 These are the lines I'm not going to cross. And 302 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:23.519 in this case, you just to give some readers some context, 303 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:27.000 because I did bring it up. So, Daniel was captured 304 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:29.639 by the Babylonians, right, he was taken, and he was 305 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:32.159 taken captive, and he was chosen out of a group 306 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:38.360 of prisoners basically to represent people well, and they wanted him. 307 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:40.720 He was good looking and everything else. So they wanted 308 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:45.440 him to be this representative. So they basically said eat 309 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:49.559 this meat, but it was sacrificed to false idols, and 310 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:53.759 so it was this paganistic sort of a deal. And 311 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:56.399 and Daniel says, no way, I'm not going to eat meat, 312 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:58.399 sacrifice to false idles. I'm not going to do any 313 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:01.639 of those things. And so he used to prayed and said, 314 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:04.000 I bet you if you give us a vegan diet 315 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:06.320 and we don't even eat like the rest of the 316 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:09.039 people who are training. He said, you watch us after 317 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:12.080 what was it thirty days? Yeah, and he said watch 318 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:14.200 us after thirty days or forty days. It was one 319 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:17.240 of those two things. And he said, and then and 320 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:21.200 tell me if we don't look better, stronger, healthier, and 321 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:24.399 more good looking, and which, by the way, we know 322 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:29.120 is not necessarily you know, they took that challenge because 323 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:32.679 that wasn't normal, right, So that's not a you know, 324 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:35.279 I've heard people say, well, that's the reason for the 325 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.679 you know they call it. You ever heard of the 326 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:41.200 Daniel diet, right, and people say, people say Daniel looked better, Well, 327 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:43.480 that it was the reason why they took that challenge, 328 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:47.960 because it wasn't exactly common for that to happen, right, 329 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:50.360 for them to eat corn meal and then look better. 330 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:54.600 But anyway, but Daniel did. Anyway, all that to say, 331 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:59.879 this is David. David a long, long, long time ago 332 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.799 made a decision on what kind of man he was 333 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:07.080 going to be, so that when the pressure did come, 334 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.519 when the things did happen, he rides into town. What 335 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:13.440 does he get. He gets a messenger that says, your son, 336 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:17.320 Absolom has usurped you and he is claiming to be king. 337 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:20.759 And then David immediately goes into action. But he always 338 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:22.879 decides what kind of man he's going to be before 339 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.519 that kind of thing hits him. 340 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:27.840 Yeah, so this is where David's at, and he decides 341 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:30.159 he's going to run to God in this crisis. That's 342 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:31.919 what we're talking about, is either you run to him 343 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:34.360 or from him. You blame him or you trust him. 344 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:36.559 And Davids decided, Hey, even if I'm surrounded by ten 345 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:39.399 thousand men, if Absolom had ten thousand men, Now we 346 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:42.679 know David had hundreds of thousands of men, right, but 347 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.440 absolumly has ten thousand men. It's really striking when you 348 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:50.039 have this incredible warrior that even a guy like Joe 349 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:53.360 ab or a Masa would look at and follow David. 350 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:56.440 The mighty men would follow David. He is just an 351 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:59.159 incredible tactician, an incredible warrior. 352 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:01.480 He's very, very, very sharp. 353 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:03.840 But he's decided he's not going to fight his son, 354 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.559 and so he'd rather retreat than fight his son. That 355 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:09.559 that's pretty amazing. So here he is, he's surrounded by 356 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:12.039 ten thousand men, his son, Absolom. We have no evidence 357 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.759 that Absolom ever actually led any men in battle prior 358 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:19.120 to this, right, right, So it's David, this grizzled old 359 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:21.440 warrior who savvy and has every trick in the book 360 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:24.320 in his bag, and Absolom, who chiss is handsome and 361 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:29.000 has long hair, right and is a politician. David could 362 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:31.279 have wiped him out, but instead David says, it doesn't matter. 363 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:34.840 The im surrounded by ten thousand men. I'm trusting you, right, 364 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:36.799 And I think that there's kind of a hint here 365 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:39.120 that he's saying to God, I'm not fighting, I'm going 366 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:41.120 to trust it. You're my shield, You're the one that's 367 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:45.919 going to protect me. And then he says, I'm crying 368 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:47.399 out to the Lord, and he answered me from his 369 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:50.200 holy Mountain. His holy mountain is Mount Mariah, which is 370 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:53.919 the Temple mount in Jerusalem. That's the temple. Mount Mariah 371 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:56.440 peeks out right where the Temple mount saits today, where 372 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:59.879 Solomon built his temple. That's probably where the tabernacle was sitting. 373 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:02.720 It's interesting because he's not in Jerusalem, but he knows, 374 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:05.519 you know, the presence of God this holy place, and 375 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:08.000 he's still associating with that's the place. 376 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.799 That's the place. 377 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:10.480 Remember when he left, he said, I think God's going 378 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:12.279 to bring back here. He sent the Ark of the 379 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:15.799 Covenant back there, right, and he's saying, I believe God's 380 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:17.559 going to bring me back there. And then he says, 381 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:20.519 I laid down and slept. That's really rare when you're 382 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:24.359 in that kind of pressure, right when you're getting eaten alive. 383 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:26.519 You feel like many people have a hard time. Do 384 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:28.319 you have a hard time sleeping when you're worried? 385 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:32.799 Lately? I would say in the last three or four 386 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:36.359 years especially, I would say it's way more common than 387 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:36.880 it used to be. 388 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:39.960 Yeah, yeah, well, I think a lot of our listeners 389 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:43.240 probably have that, you know, the worries of life just 390 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:45.319 kind of weighing down and you're having a hard time sleeping. 391 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:48.000 So you know, if you're woking up in the middle 392 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.240 of the night, well, one of the things that the 393 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.880 best things you can do is just start praying and 394 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:53.920 telling God, hey, I trust you. Pour out your fears first. 395 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:55.559 I love it how he ends at the end, Hey, God, 396 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:57.400 bust their teeth, smack them. 397 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:58.000 Up a little bit. Y. 398 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:01.799 Hey, I don't want to kill him, but he's kind 399 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:05.279 of asking God to be like a mafia tough guy, right, 400 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:08.400 he just don't don't kill him, just break his legs, 401 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:13.240