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 --> 00:00:15.199 practical ways. Well, good morning, good morning. We talked the 4 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:18.879 whole net through good morning, good morning to you and 5 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:19.600 you and you. 6 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:21.879 That is two times in one week. 7 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:24.519 It is two times. And guess what. There's a reason 8 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:29.039 why I did that. Actually, because somebody approached me and 9 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:33.079 actually came to me and said, Chris, and I can't 10 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:35.880 remember it was Tuesday or Thursday. I'm pretty sure. They said, hey, 11 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:38.320 you've been singing good morning on Tuesdays and it's ruined 12 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:42.159 my Thursday mornings. So could you please sing good Morning 13 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:45.159 on Thursdays just so that I can have it on 14 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.960 Thursdays on my way to work. And so I just laughed. 15 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:49.640 I thought that was so funny. I'm like, I'm like, 16 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:52.200 I don't even I don't even really think about when 17 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:54.240 I sing it, just usually do it once a week. 18 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:57.039 But so this week I sang it already on Tuesday. 19 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:59.600 I thought, you know what, why not give because I 20 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:00.840 can't remember Tuesday Thursday. 21 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:03.000 Whoever that person was, this was for you. 22 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:07.000 Yes, well I know who it was. But she asked 23 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:09.079 me to and by the way she was in her twenties. Yeah, 24 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:11.599 so she you know, she was a younger person who 25 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:13.359 obviously listened to the Bibble guys on the way to 26 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.359 work and said that she needed I'm pretty certain she 27 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:20.079 said Thursdays. Yeah, so she says, can you please go 28 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:22.959 back to sing on Thursdays? And I just laughed. 29 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:25.640 It just helps her get through the rest of the week. 30 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:28.439 I think, so yeah yeah yeah. So anyway, so there 31 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:31.280 you go. Good morning, and welcome to the Bible guys. 32 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:34.200 We are Chris and Wesley and today we are your 33 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:38.120 Bible guys because Jeff is out of pocket. Yeah yeah, so, 34 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:39.840 so hey, it's been great to have you so far. 35 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:41.120 It's been good being here. 36 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:42.959 Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was always good to have you 37 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:45.719 because I feel platinum, yes when you're here. 38 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:46.319 Not gold. 39 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:50.959 Yeah, that's right, platinum, that's right. So hey, so today 40 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:55.239 we are diving into Psalm chapter one, nineteen and there's 41 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:57.799 a bit of trity about someone nineteen. You know what 42 00:01:57.840 --> 00:01:58.239 it is. 43 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:02.439 After someone n teake Oh as far as it yes, yes, 44 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:04.400 I do. It is the longest chapter. 45 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:07.920 It is the longest chapter in the Bible. You know 46 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:08.560 how many verses? 47 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:14.719 It has one hundred and I'm going to get it wrong. 48 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.159 Yeah, believe or not. I was going to say that too, 49 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:20.319 one hundred and fifty it's one hundred and seventy six verses. 50 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:20.960 I was off. 51 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:25.639 Yeah, well, I mean it's it's still it's a mammoth right, 52 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:28.240 And we're focusing on verse one oh five today. Yes, 53 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:31.680 but before we get into that, Desiree has written that 54 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:34.280 today is Thanksgiving. 55 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:35.120 Yes. 56 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:37.159 How did I not say that right out of the gates? 57 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:39.000 Yeah, Happy Thanksgiving, David. 58 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:40.960 I said my little song. I sing my little song. 59 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:42.919 But yeah, Happy Thanksgiving y'all. 60 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.000 Yeah, and we hope that you're having sweet potato and 61 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:47.840 not pumpkin pie today, it. 62 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:53.159 Says, says Wesley. I for one hope for pumpkin and 63 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:53.800 for cherry. 64 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:57.080 Okay, we'll go neutral apple. Oh, I can't go wrong 65 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:57.599 with apple. 66 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:03.599 It's American. Yeah, sure, But Desiree says, Happy Thanksgiving. Let's 67 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:06.240 take some time this morning to share some of our 68 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:11.680 favorite Thanksgiving traditions or funny stories. Now, do you have 69 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:13.080 a funny Thanksgiving story? 70 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:17.639 Oh? Man, a funny one. I just remember lots of family. 71 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:20.840 You know, we used to do Thanksgiving and Christmas big. 72 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:24.000 We would all meet at my grandmother's house. So I 73 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:26.479 just remember just as a kid. I mean you could 74 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:30.319 have I'm not joking, like forty fifty people, and she 75 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:34.080 had like a finish basement, you know, the main level, 76 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:38.240 and like a finished upstairs. So there were people everywhere, 77 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:41.039 and that's the thing I remember most as a kid, 78 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:42.280 just lots of family. 79 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:44.759 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I would say, I don't think that 80 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:49.319 there's been any major zar bak havoc stories that have 81 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:52.560 happened on Thanksgiving. Certainly on Christmas. I have my share 82 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:56.000 of Christmas stories, but I don't think on Thanksgiving, at 83 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.919 least not that I can remember. But yeah, we used 84 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:02.520 to do Thanksgiving because my mom and dad get divorced. 85 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:07.159 We would actually Thanksgiving would be the holiday that would 86 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:10.599 be for my dad's side of the family, So my 87 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:13.080 mom's side of the family was always Christmas. And so 88 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:16.000 growing up as a kid, I remember going to like 89 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:20.079 my grandfather and grandmother's house, spending it with my dad's 90 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:23.879 side of the family. And the one thing that stuck 91 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:30.120 out to me was my grandmother would always have frozen corn. Okay, 92 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:33.439 but my mom would always have corn out of the can, 93 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:38.040 and I liked frozen corn better, and so I just 94 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:40.399 remember thinking to myself, I like Grandma's corn better than 95 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:42.879 my mom's corn. That's about the only things. 96 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:47.560 Oh wait a minute, it just hit him. Wait a minute, 97 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:48.839 who burned? 98 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:48.959 What? 99 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:50.800 Okay, No, I have a scar? 100 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:53.639 Do you see is there a scar somewhere here? 101 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:56.399 It's kind of hot. Your beard is growing in so 102 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.720 it's kind of hard to see it. But I had 103 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:00.800 twelve stitches on Thanksgiving. 104 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:06.720 On Thanksgiving Day because uh my, my uncle John and 105 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:10.160 Aunt Kay brought this big sheep dog uh to my 106 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:13.480 grandmother's house. And I remember I'm leaning down in front 107 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:15.839 of it. It was very scary, like the dog was 108 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:18.519 very scared of it was so big. I was only 109 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.800 six years old. And I remember going up to it 110 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:24.480 and and and and just just uh, you know, reaching 111 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:27.399 out my hand and and at the same exact time, 112 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.959 my cousin Dustin ran around the corner and jumped on 113 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:34.120 the back of the dog's back. And it was already 114 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:37.480 like like skeptic. It's like a skeptic dog, right, It 115 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:41.480 was like really sheepish, no pun intent, right, And it 116 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:43.519 was like, you know, worried, and and all of a sudden, 117 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:47.600 Dustin jumped on its back. No, maybe it was Eric. 118 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.160 It was Eric. It was Eric who did it. He 119 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.560 jumped on his back and the dog freaked out and 120 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:56.959 literally launched and bit me and like my face, he 121 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.399 bit my face. I had to go to the hospital 122 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:02.000 and Thanksgiving Day, Yeah, and got twelve stitches. 123 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:06.000 Wow. Yeah, yeah, that is not a good Thanksgiving. 124 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:07.639 I'm still bitter. Actually. 125 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:08.040 Yeah. 126 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:10.040 Even as I'm saying that, I'm thinking, who would jump 127 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:11.240 on the back of a sheep dogs? 128 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:11.959 Right? 129 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:14.240 And he was like, oh, it seemed like a big horse. 130 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:15.920 I just thought I wanted to jump on it. And 131 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:18.839 I got I got stitches because of Eric. 132 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:22.040 And ladies and gentlemen. That's why women live longer than men. 133 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:24.680 Yes, yeah, in fact, that could be. That could be 134 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:28.839 a made Chris mad Yeah. Yeah, here it is, you know, Thanksgiving, 135 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:31.279 all these years later, forty nine years later, I'm still 136 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:31.879 upset about it. 137 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:32.240 Yeah. 138 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:34.680 Yeah, she just thought it was a good idea. You 139 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:36.399 know what, I'm just gonna jump on the back of 140 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:37.160 the big dogs. 141 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:39.560 Yep, that's what he did. So there, there it is. 142 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.800 There's my there's my Thanksgiving moment. That was good, all right? 143 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:50.920 So you know what that story ends in ruin and pain? 144 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:52.439 Yes it does. 145 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:56.399 But the story of Some one nineteen does not end 146 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:57.240 in ruin and pain. 147 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:01.319 I thought you were going to rhyme or something. 148 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:06.879 No, So the story of song chapter one nineteen ends 149 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:12.879 in a lighted path, and and wisdom and fulfillment is 150 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:15.839 the opposite of going to the hospital and getting twelve stitches. 151 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:19.240 There is truth in that statement. I can I deny. 152 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:21.480 I would say, out of the whole week, that was 153 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:24.600 my worst t Yes, I think you're right. I think 154 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:25.720 they're getting worse and worse. 155 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:29.879 But people live for these They wait for these transitions. 156 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:31.319 They they do. 157 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:34.319 I think transitions are slipping in the in the Bible guys, tradition. 158 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:38.439 So oh, anyway, so we're doing some how about this, 159 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:41.720 how about this. I'm going to assign you the transition 160 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:42.680 for tomorrow. 161 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:45.360 Okay, all right, so I have no idea what it is, 162 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:46.480 but yeah, yeah, yeah. 163 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:48.399 So so before the podcast starts, you have to think 164 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:48.680 through it. 165 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:49.040 Okay. 166 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.360 I have not thought through a single transition this week. 167 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:53.519 I've made them up on the spot. Okay, but we're 168 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:55.480 going to give you a good transition. 169 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:58.600 On the spot. Okay, all right, come up with something. 170 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:00.560 Okay, good, good, all right, that'd be good. 171 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.279 And then Desiree is gonna ban us both from transitions. 172 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:06.560 All right, all right, so PalmOne nineteen today, but we're not. 173 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:08.480 We're not reading all one hundred and seventy six verses. 174 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:09.240 I think we should. 175 00:08:10.439 --> 00:08:13.000 It'll be forty minutes, said, We will be here for forty. 176 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:16.399 Minutes just reading, all right, So we're gonna do just 177 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:21.120 from verse ninety seven yep. And we're gonna go down 178 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:23.279 to one twelve yep. 179 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:23.639 Uh. 180 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:25.920 And one oh five is kind of in the middle 181 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:29.360 of that. So this gives some good context. So Psalm 182 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:32.960 chapter one, nineteen, verse ninety seven, out of the New 183 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:37.120 Living Translation, it says, Oh, how I love your instructions. 184 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:40.879 I think about them all day long. Your commands make 185 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:45.240 me wiser than my enemies, for they are my constant guide. Yes, 186 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.840 I have more insight than my teachers, for I am 187 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:52.440 always thinking of your laws. I am even wiser than 188 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:55.639 my elders, for I have kept your commandments. I have 189 00:08:55.759 --> 00:08:58.919 refused to walk on any evil path so that I 190 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:02.519 may remain obi to your word. I haven't turned away 191 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:06.559 from your regulations, for you have taught me well, how 192 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:10.279 sweet your words taste to me. They are sweeter than honey. 193 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:14.720 Your commandments give me understanding, no wonder. I hate every 194 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:17.879 false way of life. Your word is a lamp to 195 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:21.159 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and 196 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:25.320 a light for my path. I've promised it once, and 197 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:29.200 I'll promise it again. I will obey your righteous regulations. 198 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:32.840 I have suffered much, Oh Lord, restore my life again 199 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:37.080 as you promised. Lord, accept my offering of praise and 200 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:41.399 teach me your regulations. My life constantly hangs in the balance, 201 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:45.080 but I will not stop obeying your instructions. The wicked 202 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.240 have set their traps for me, but I will not 203 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:51.480 turn from your commandments. Your laws are my treasure, They 204 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:54.720 are my heart's delight. I am determined to keep your 205 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:58.840 decrees to the very end, and I wanted to do 206 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:00.519 it again. Switch to King James. 207 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:03.120 Yes you did. You said You're like, the word is 208 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:06.240 a lamp to it. Yeah, you had to stop. Yep, 209 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:09.960 So we learned is thy word is a lamp unto 210 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:12.879 my feet and the light unto my path. 211 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:15.799 Like wait a minute. It doesn't read yeah, yeah. 212 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:18.679 Yeah, but it says in this new Living translation, your 213 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:21.879 word is a lamp to guide my feet and a 214 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:26.559 light for my path. So it talks about the guidance, right, 215 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:29.960 because we're talking about God's wisdom and God's guidance, and 216 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:32.840 all the way through just this one section of the 217 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:38.000 chapter he talks about following instructions. In verse number ninety seven, 218 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:41.639 he says, your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, 219 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:45.440 and they are my constant guide. Right. So the psawmist 220 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:48.039 and we don't know who the sawmist actually is. We 221 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:49.720 don't know if it's David, we don't know who it is. 222 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:54.679 But the psawmist is talking about how it's God's word 223 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:58.639 which is the guide, right, which is pretty cool because 224 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:02.559 we know that, you know, you know, God can like 225 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.200 just like you said yesterday, you can pray about something 226 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:10.360 and God can give you supernatural insight. But just always 227 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:15.360 know that God's word is reliable today just as it 228 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:18.480 was you know, thousands of years ago. It's just as 229 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.559 relevant for our lives. It's just as practical, it's just 230 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:27.279 as clear, and it's just as powerful. Right. So God's promises, 231 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:31.000 his word, his advice, they are the things that should 232 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:32.360 guide us more than anything else. 233 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:37.039 Yeah. Now, what's interesting though about this verse is it 234 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:40.759 kind of breaks it up. It says, your word, the 235 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:46.120 Bible is a lamp to guide my feet and a 236 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:51.320 light for my path. It almost seems redundant at first, like, Okay, 237 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:54.240 if it was a light for my path, it would 238 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:57.399 also be a light for my feet. But God distinguishes 239 00:11:57.440 --> 00:12:00.279 those two. Your word is a lamp to God my 240 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:03.279 feet and a light for my path. When I read that, 241 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:07.080 I think about what could happen to your feet. So like, 242 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:10.159 if you've ever walked along the trail or something like that, 243 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:12.960 you can kind of step on a rock or something 244 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:15.879 like that, and you can kind of twist an ankle 245 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:19.159 or something. So it's kind of like this is saying 246 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:23.240 God's word will be a lamp to guide your feet 247 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:26.720 so you can avoid those potholes in life that you 248 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:30.200 might come up against. But not just that, it will 249 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:32.919 also guide you as it relates to your future, what's 250 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:35.639 ahead of you, the path that's down the road and 251 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.360 around the corner. So not only will God's word help 252 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:44.240 you navigate the immediate potholes in your life, it will 253 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:47.519 also help with the guidance for the road ahead. 254 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:51.080 Right, which means the trajectory of your life. Yes, right, 255 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:55.159 So you may make a small adjustment in your life. 256 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:58.320 You may step slightly to the right slightly to the left. 257 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.120 That's the trajectory over time and distance is going to 258 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:03.679 put you exactly where God wants you. And you know, 259 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:08.480 it's interesting because again this was written, you know, thousands 260 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:13.240 of years ago, and back then in ancient Israel, a 261 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:19.080 lamp was only a clay bowl or a clay structure 262 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.200 with a hole in it with a tiny flame which 263 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:25.320 was just enough to take the next step, which again 264 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:29.120 is a word picture that God uses, which is symbolic 265 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:32.440 of you know, sometimes we don't see anything beyond just 266 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:35.960 the next step, right, Like I remember going whitewater rafting 267 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:39.639 one time, and I remember being in a river with 268 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:43.240 cliffs on either side, and it was so windy and 269 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.360 and so it's like you could almost you know, you 270 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:50.240 could almost only see what was coming up, and you 271 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:52.120 didn't know what was around the bend. So you can 272 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:55.440 see the rapids, but you only knew the rapids were 273 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:58.799 there once you turned a corner. You know, you turn 274 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:00.600 this corner and you're like, oh, no, there's a rapid, 275 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:02.679 and then you've prepared for it, and then you're like, 276 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:06.120 what's around the next band, Oh it's a calm, smooth yeah, 277 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:07.799 you know, and then you turn around the next band. 278 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.879 Oh no, there's another rapid, you know, and it's it's 279 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:12.399 just the way it is. You know, you get these 280 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:16.120 long cliffs, this winding river. But guess what if you're 281 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:19.440 in a helicopter, Yeah, you're able to see where all 282 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:22.200 the rapids are. Yeah, You're able to see every twist 283 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.919 and turn, every you know, you're able to see every 284 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:28.320 danger and everything else. Unfortunately, life isn't that way. But 285 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:30.799 God sees it that way. Yeah, God sees our life 286 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:31.559 from the helicopter. 287 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:35.120 But here's the thing, Chris, I appreciate the fact that 288 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:38.799 we can't see everything. Just think about your own life, 289 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:40.600 and I could say this the same for me. 290 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:45.879 If God had told you what you would go through 291 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:50.440 to get to where you are now, the trauma, the tragedy, 292 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:52.519 the people that would lie on you, people that would 293 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:55.159 stab you in the back, just the ups and downs 294 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:57.240 of life, you may have said. 295 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:59.240 You know what, God, this ministry thing, you know what, 296 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:01.720 I'm just gonna be ass on that one. So I 297 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:04.639 thank God that he doesn't show us all the pieces. 298 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.840 Now we think, we we think that we want to 299 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:12.320 know the the helicopter view of everything, But if we 300 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:16.240 really saw the helicopter view of what was ahead of us. 301 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:21.240 We might say, God, I'm good, I'll pass on that one, right, yeah. 302 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:23.720 Right, yeah, I agree with that. Actually, it's it's it's 303 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:25.799 a relief in that way. Is Yeah, you're like, you know, 304 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:28.480 I don't even want to know. I can only handle 305 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:30.240 one one of the time. 306 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.919 I don't need to see the next eight calamities. 307 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:35.679 You know, right right, yeah, And then you get exhausted, 308 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.600 You're like, I don't want to do it. 309 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:38.879 Yeah, I don't want to do it. You know. 310 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:41.679 It's so funny. Is have you ever gone whitewater rafting? 311 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:42.600 No? I've never had. 312 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:46.279 Yeah, so I remember one time this this this guide 313 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:49.360 that we had. He was just a crazy guy and 314 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:51.000 he goes, hey, who wants to ride on the front 315 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:53.159 of the raft? He goes, he goes, yeah, this is 316 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:55.679 like a class four rapid. But he goes, if you're 317 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:57.159 really brave enough, you can sit on the front of 318 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:59.799 the raft and just hang on. And I was like, yeah, 319 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:02.639 I was young and stupid enough to say, yeah, do it. 320 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:06.039 But anybody who's been here's class four rapid and they're thinking, 321 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:09.559 are you crazy? Plus four rapid is like dangerous? But 322 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:11.120 sure enough I got on the front of the raft 323 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:14.679 and we hit this rappid and I just flew. I 324 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:17.639 could not hang on. I just flew. And then I 325 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:22.519 landed in the uh water and and I actually was. 326 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:26.399 Caught in a like one of the whirlpools. 327 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:28.919 Yeah, I just kept on spinning and spinning and spinning, 328 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:30.519 and I thought, oh no, And then I had to 329 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:32.720 remember my training where they said if you if you're 330 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.639 in the water, you got you just just curl up 331 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:37.120 in a ball and eventually it'll spit you out. But 332 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:38.960 it took so long for it to spit me out 333 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.480 that almost ran out of breath. And so and so 334 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:45.519 I I am lucky I survived, right, And and uh, yeah, 335 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:47.440 had you had you told me that that was coming, 336 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:50.360 I would have opted perhaps maybe not even to God 337 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:52.639 going on the trip. Yeah, I would have been like, 338 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:54.440 you know what, I'm gonna sit this one out. I'm 339 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:56.559 gonna take my car, I'm gonna take the road. I'm 340 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:58.919 gonna drive and meet you all there, right, because that 341 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:02.000 because that's uh, that's the easy way. But but yeah, 342 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:04.319 you're right. I think that sometimes if we knew it 343 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:07.400 was coming, well, you know, it's a blessing not to know, right, 344 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:11.720 So it says. It says that God guides us and 345 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:15.599 he illuminates the path by the way, I have to 346 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.599 throw this in you do you know the song about 347 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:22.359 this verse, thy word is a lamp onto my feet? 348 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.480 Now, I know that one. 349 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:25.359 You didn't grow up listening to Amy Grant. 350 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:27.720 I did not grow up listening to Amy Grant. I 351 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:29.079 did not really know. 352 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:32.720 So so Amy Grant's thy Word is a lamp into 353 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:35.839 my feet and a light and to my path. 354 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:38.400 Okay, nothing will I fear. 355 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:41.599 As long as you are near anyway. So the point is, 356 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.240 so the point is is that I have to mention this. 357 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:48.279 So here it is this this song, Thy Word is 358 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:51.680 a lamp into my feet. I bought tickets to go 359 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:54.759 see Amy Grant. I think it's in a week and 360 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:58.519 a half. Yeah. So she she's in down downtown at 361 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:01.400 the Detroit Opera House with a Michael W. Smith and 362 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:05.000 c Wow. Yeah. So yeah, and I got like really 363 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:07.880 good seats too. So anyway, it's the music we grew 364 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:09.680 up on. Yeah, but I'm going to look forward to 365 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.839 this verse, this song. 366 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:13.880 Yeah, right, So now what if she doesn't sing that song, 367 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:15.400 Well she might not. 368 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:18.599 She might not since there's three artists and it is 369 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:20.960 a Christmas special. She might not get to it, but 370 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:23.200 it was one of the main songs of my youth. 371 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:26.680 Many I listened to this sucker all the time. So 372 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:29.440 I you know, when you put versus the music, it's 373 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:33.240 just another way to always remind ourselves of what is true. 374 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:36.400 So you can either put versus the music, or you 375 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:40.000 can memorize scripture. Right, so Psalm one nineteen one five 376 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:44.039 is a phenomenal verse to memorize. Your word is a 377 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:47.480 lamp to my guide, guide to my feet, and a 378 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:50.200 light to my path. I've promised it once, and I'll 379 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:54.160 promise it again. I will obey your righteous regulations. Yeah, yeah, 380 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.799 it's really good. 381 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:57.559 Yeah. I want to swing back really quick to verse 382 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:00.720 ninety seven, and it kind of tie into what we're 383 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:04.039 talking about. It says, oh, how I love your instructions. 384 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:08.240 I think about them all day long. Just meditating on 385 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:13.480 God's word. I think that is probably a great prescription 386 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:18.599 for everyone, to just meditate on the positivity of God's 387 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:21.400 word versus the problem that's right in front of you. 388 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:24.680 If we could spend more time just focused on Him 389 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:28.319 in his word, that would leave us less time to 390 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:30.759 focus on the issues and the problems that we have. 391 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:35.039 So I think that's just an important tip for everyone 392 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:39.680 to just spend more time meditating, thinking about rolling God's 393 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:42.160 word around your mind. How does this word apply to me? 394 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:45.519 How can I use this word in every aspect of 395 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:48.079 my life? I think that's just a healthy way to live. 396 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:52.240 Yeah. Hey, another thing that just a random thought that 397 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:57.559 I had was when the Psalma says your word is 398 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:01.079 a lamp to my feet. That indicates that it's dark, right, 399 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:05.680 and so light is only needed in the darkness. Right, 400 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:10.200 So if the sun is you know, if the sun 401 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:12.240