100:00:01,000 –> 00:00:02,000Holy Bible Transcript200:00:03,200 –> 00:00:07,160But in every life there comes a moment where we realize300:00:08,500 –> 00:00:13,060that you will not achieve everything that you want to accomplish400:00:14,100 –> 00:00:16,100Now we have a name for this500:00:16,440 –> 00:00:18,440We call it600:00:18,959 –> 00:00:20,959The Midlife Crisis700:00:22,120 –> 00:00:29,879Welcome to open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith. I’m David pick and Colin. I’ve got to ask have you had your midlife crisis yet great800:00:30,959 –> 00:00:36,799There are more books in my library than I will be able to read in their entirety in my life time. I900:00:37,680 –> 00:00:42,200Think everyone comes to a point at some point in life where you realize1000:00:42,599 –> 00:00:47,660That you will not be able to fulfill all of your dreams and we’re looking at a place in1100:00:47,799 –> 00:00:50,380The Bible where that is the case King David1200:00:50,740 –> 00:00:55,459wanted to build a temple for God has to come to realize that although he makes all the1300:00:55,900 –> 00:01:00,340Preparations it will be his son Solomon. Who’s able to bring that to completion?1400:01:00,340 –> 00:01:05,739Now navigating the awareness that I will not be able to do everything1500:01:05,820 –> 00:01:10,239That I at one stage may have thought that I would do that’s really significant1600:01:10,239 –> 00:01:15,480The only person who was ever truly able to say it is finished was Jesus Christ, our Lord1700:01:15,559 –> 00:01:21,699We live with the unfinished with the incomplete and the scriptures is going to speak to us about how to do that today1800:01:21,879 –> 00:01:26,440I’m glad about that because many of us are right in the middle of that at the moment1900:01:26,440 –> 00:01:32,559So join us if you can in psalm 132 as we begin the message from trying to trusting2000:01:32,599 –> 00:01:35,320Here is Colin. I want you to imagine the scene2100:01:36,400 –> 00:01:43,720Saul has been the king among God’s people for 20 years and the whole thing has been an absolute disaster2200:01:44,839 –> 00:01:49,120It’s always the kind of man who promised much but delivered little2300:01:49,699 –> 00:01:52,440looked magnificent, but lacks substance2400:01:53,459 –> 00:01:59,279At the end of his life, you find him defeated in battles surrounded by his enemies the Philistines2500:01:59,300 –> 00:02:03,260He gives up. Hope falls on his sword takes his own life2600:02:03,580 –> 00:02:05,900It is a low point for God’s people2700:02:06,120 –> 00:02:11,139but as so often it is really the beginning of better things and2800:02:11,679 –> 00:02:13,679you King came to the throne and2900:02:14,039 –> 00:02:16,039His name was David3000:02:16,220 –> 00:02:18,399Augustine says that the name David means3100:02:19,199 –> 00:02:22,899Strong hand and David sure was a strong leader3200:02:23,600 –> 00:02:28,779He also had a heart after God. The Bible tells us that and3300:02:29,380 –> 00:02:31,399when David comes on the scene, he is3400:02:32,039 –> 00:02:34,039determined to make a difference3500:02:34,779 –> 00:02:40,619Spiritual life in the nation is in a desperate state and he wants to change the spiritual climate3600:02:40,960 –> 00:02:45,660He wants the world to look different when he goes out from the way that it looked when he came in3700:02:45,699 –> 00:02:52,639He’s saying as it were to God at the beginning of his reign Lord. I’m your man or this time for this generation3800:02:53,100 –> 00:02:56,779David was a man with a big vision3900:02:57,940 –> 00:02:59,940Now that’s a marvelous thing4000:03:00,660 –> 00:03:04,419Because nothing happens in this life without vision4100:03:05,160 –> 00:03:07,160without energy4200:03:07,259 –> 00:03:09,259without drive4300:03:09,300 –> 00:03:11,139without direction4400:03:11,139 –> 00:03:15,160Without passion and David had all of that in abundance4500:03:15,919 –> 00:03:23,779And in Psalm 132 now we have his son Solomon looking back on his father’s life and of all of the4600:03:23,800 –> 00:03:27,559things that he could write from David’s life he picks out just two4700:03:28,279 –> 00:03:31,679You want to know about my father David? I’ll tell you two things number one4800:03:33,179 –> 00:03:35,179He made a promise to God4900:03:36,440 –> 00:03:38,139Number two5000:03:38,139 –> 00:03:44,119God made a promise to him and that’s really what some 132 is all about5100:03:44,600 –> 00:03:48,139David’s promise to God verse two God’s promise to David5200:03:48,460 –> 00:03:49,220verse 115300:03:49,220 –> 00:03:55,199Now let’s look at these two together and then I think we’re going to see that they speak very very powerfully to our lives5400:03:55,300 –> 00:03:59,679Today first than David’s promise to God, please follow in your Bible as you have it open5500:04:00,059 –> 00:04:05,539Notice what his promise was verse 3. I will not enter my house or go to my bed5600:04:05,539 –> 00:04:12,300I will allow no sleep to my eyes nor slumber to my eyelids till I find a place for the Lord a5700:04:12,800 –> 00:04:14,839dwelling for the mighty one of5800:04:15,679 –> 00:04:17,079Jacob5900:04:17,079 –> 00:04:23,140Now this is referring to the great story in the Old Testament of the Ark of the Covenant6000:04:23,279 –> 00:04:28,339I think this is one of the most fascinating stories in the Old Testament. If you don’t know it6100:04:28,359 –> 00:04:34,140It’s a great Bible story to know if you do know it. I think you’ll probably enjoy hearing it again6200:04:34,839 –> 00:04:41,519The Ark of the Covenant was a wooden box. It was about four feet long two feet wide two feet high6300:04:41,779 –> 00:04:47,700It was carried on poles by the Levites when God’s people were traveling through the desert6400:04:48,500 –> 00:04:52,140Inside the box, you know, what was inside the Ark three things inside the Ark6500:04:52,420 –> 00:04:58,320There was a golden pot that contained manna that spoke of God’s provision for his people. God provides for us6600:04:59,100 –> 00:05:02,880there was Aaron’s rod that budded which reminds us of6700:05:03,579 –> 00:05:08,799The miracle by which our life is sustained and then beyond that6800:05:08,880 –> 00:05:14,160There were the copies of the Ten Commandments engraved on the tablets of stone6900:05:15,359 –> 00:05:16,720Now on top of the box7000:05:16,720 –> 00:05:24,380There was a lid or a cover and on this lid or cover there were two statues of Cherubim7100:05:24,720 –> 00:05:31,179The Cherubim were angelic figures who first come across them in the Bible guarding the entrance to the Garden of Eden7200:05:31,579 –> 00:05:33,820Remember after Adam and Eve were sent out?7300:05:34,140 –> 00:05:41,859Expelled on account of their sin there was no way back and it was cherubim that made sure that they didn’t attempt to come back7400:05:42,459 –> 00:05:45,980So cherubim and the Bible always speak of the judgment of God7500:05:46,059 –> 00:05:53,079that is what they represent and there were these two statues of cherubim on top of the lid or cover of7600:05:53,320 –> 00:05:56,899The Ark now the most important thing about the Ark was this7700:05:57,619 –> 00:06:00,540That God said specifically I will meet7800:06:01,380 –> 00:06:03,160you there7900:06:03,160 –> 00:06:08,380Exodus 25 in verse 22. In fact, God’s very specific. He says there8000:06:09,420 –> 00:06:11,339above the cover8100:06:11,339 –> 00:06:15,820Between the two cherubim that are over the Ark of the testimony8200:06:15,820 –> 00:06:17,839I will meet with you8300:06:17,859 –> 00:06:25,059In fact that the area between these two curved statues was sometimes referred to as God’s8400:06:25,579 –> 00:06:26,500footstool8500:06:26,540 –> 00:06:33,260The picture you see was of God in all his glory and majesty and his feet resting on this area8600:06:33,619 –> 00:06:40,839This was the meeting point in which God would come down and draw near in his presence to these Old Testament8700:06:42,059 –> 00:06:44,059believers and8800:06:44,459 –> 00:06:47,940Here is what happened on one special day in the year8900:06:48,700 –> 00:06:50,700That was called the Day of Atonement9000:06:51,040 –> 00:06:54,079The high priest would go into a tent area that9100:06:54,540 –> 00:06:56,200surrounded this Ark of the Covenant9200:06:56,200 –> 00:07:02,320And he would take blood of a sacrificed animal and he would sprinkle that blood on9300:07:02,859 –> 00:07:06,220The area of the lid between the two cherubim9400:07:06,579 –> 00:07:13,660Was also known as the mercy seat and this is full of symbolism in the Bible you see because God’s grace9500:07:13,980 –> 00:07:19,700God’s mercy God’s forgiveness was released in the place of judgment9600:07:20,179 –> 00:07:21,500by the9700:07:21,500 –> 00:07:23,500application of the blood of a9800:07:23,679 –> 00:07:30,140sacrifice all of which is teaching us what Jesus would do and why we needed that9900:07:30,640 –> 00:07:34,420To be done so the ark was obviously of immense10000:07:34,959 –> 00:07:38,480importance the meeting place of God and His people in the Old Testament10100:07:38,940 –> 00:07:41,839It was the heart of the spiritual life of the nation10200:07:42,720 –> 00:07:46,459Now it was with God’s people throughout the time when they traveled in the desert10300:07:46,799 –> 00:07:49,019But when they got into the land of Canaan10400:07:49,380 –> 00:07:56,339They began to neglect spiritual things and that was true pretty much throughout the years of King Saul on10500:07:56,899 –> 00:07:58,220one occasion10600:07:58,220 –> 00:08:00,220When they were defeated in battle10700:08:00,660 –> 00:08:02,299Someone came up with the suggestion10800:08:02,299 –> 00:08:05,700maybe we should take the ark into our next fight with us and10900:08:06,059 –> 00:08:08,480so they took it into their next battle and11000:08:08,700 –> 00:08:11,339Of course, you could predict that’s never going to work11100:08:11,339 –> 00:08:16,839You can’t be resisting God and then try and use him to make things work out right for you11200:08:17,279 –> 00:08:21,899And so what happened was that Israel was defeated and not only defeated11300:08:21,899 –> 00:08:30,200But the Ark was captured by the Philistines who took it off and placed it in the temple of their God an idol11400:08:30,279 –> 00:08:31,980called Dagon11500:08:31,980 –> 00:08:34,140So the Ark was in Dagon’s temple11600:08:34,140 –> 00:08:39,419They locked the temple up for the night and when the priests of Dagon came back the next morning, you know what had happened11700:08:40,559 –> 00:08:46,239in the night Dagon the idol had fallen off his stand and11800:08:46,320 –> 00:08:50,880And was lying smashed on the floor in front of the Ark of the Covenant11900:08:51,880 –> 00:08:54,239While the philistines of course didn’t like this one bit12000:08:54,880 –> 00:09:00,840they decided that they didn’t want things that go bump in the night in their temple of Dagon and so they decided the very best12100:09:00,840 –> 00:09:07,820Thing they could do is get rid of the Ark and what followed after that was a long long story of the Ark being moved12200:09:07,820 –> 00:09:14,400From one town to another one place to another and whatever the Ark came trouble seemed to follow12300:09:15,200 –> 00:09:17,400and so in the end the philistines said hey12400:09:17,400 –> 00:09:21,280We’ve had enough of this we’ll give the Ark back to the Israelites12500:09:21,280 –> 00:09:23,440And maybe it’ll do trouble for them instead of us12600:09:23,440 –> 00:09:31,580And so it comes back into Israel and to cut a long story short it ends up in a little known town called12700:09:31,840 –> 00:09:33,840Kyriath Jerum12800:09:34,020 –> 00:09:39,520Where it was put into storage in a barn on a farm12900:09:40,159 –> 00:09:43,080owned by a man by the name of Abinadab and13000:09:43,520 –> 00:09:45,520There it was forgotten13100:09:45,919 –> 00:09:48,799Throughout the entire period of the reign of Saul13200:09:49,500 –> 00:09:51,500for twenty years13300:09:51,960 –> 00:09:55,760Imagine it the central point of the spiritual life of a nation13400:09:56,299 –> 00:09:59,760wrapped up and lost somewhere in a rural farmyard13500:10:00,719 –> 00:10:02,719for 20 years13600:10:04,080 –> 00:10:05,979Until David came to the throne13700:10:06,200 –> 00:10:07,979He, instead, wanted something distaries13800:10:08,099 –> 00:10:11,719As to the fundamental nature of the work of the covenant13900:10:11,719 –> 00:10:14,340would offer rise to the throne14000:10:15,640 –> 00:10:17,179And when David came to the throne14100:10:17,179 –> 00:10:20,679He was determined that things were going to change bigtime in the nation14200:10:20,700 –> 00:10:24,599He wanted first, then, to bring the symbol of the presence of God14300:10:24,820 –> 00:10:26,380the ark of the Covenant14400:10:26,380 –> 00:10:28,500to the very centre of national life14500:10:28,539 –> 00:10:30,820which was, of course, the city of Jerusalem14600:10:30,859 –> 00:10:31,960And so he says here14700:10:32,020 –> 00:10:33,359This is what his vow is about14800:10:33,400 –> 00:10:34,940He’s not going to rest14900:10:34,960 –> 00:10:36,859this mighty one of Jacob15000:10:37,859 –> 00:10:39,880Well, of course the first problem was15100:10:39,880 –> 00:10:42,039that nobody knew where the Ark was15200:10:43,179 –> 00:10:47,219I mean, what do you do when you’re going searching for a lost Ark after 20 years?15300:10:47,460 –> 00:10:49,140You can’t search the internet15400:10:49,820 –> 00:10:52,320You can’t put an advert on television15500:10:52,859 –> 00:10:57,000So what David did, evidently, was he went back to his own hometown15600:10:57,000 –> 00:10:58,880David came from Bethlehem15700:10:59,900 –> 00:11:04,119And the thing to do if you’re trying to find out something that went missing 20 years ago15800:11:04,260 –> 00:11:05,599you have to look up some old guys15900:11:06,280 –> 00:11:08,200And I guess he found some older people there16000:11:08,200 –> 00:11:11,000and in Bethlehem he got a tip-off as to where it might be16100:11:11,020 –> 00:11:13,919Someone remembered a story, a rumor that16200:11:14,140 –> 00:11:17,840it had ended up in the little known rural town of Kiriath Jeram16300:11:18,559 –> 00:11:21,479Now if you look at verse six, that is what it’s all about16400:11:21,719 –> 00:11:25,739You see it says that we heard about it in Ephrata16500:11:26,619 –> 00:11:29,739Now Ephrata, of course, was the ancient name for Bethlehem16600:11:30,479 –> 00:11:31,859Remember Micah the prophet.16700:11:31,880 –> 00:11:33,380It gets read every year at Christmas time16800:11:33,380 –> 00:11:36,380out of you Bethlehem Ephratah16900:11:36,679 –> 00:11:38,280They say that was the old name for Bethlehem17000:11:38,440 –> 00:11:42,460will come a ruler who will shepherd his people Israel17100:11:43,559 –> 00:11:45,239So David comes to Bethlehem17200:11:46,000 –> 00:11:47,719And he hears the story17300:11:48,219 –> 00:11:51,760That, it’s evidently in Kiriath Jeram17400:11:52,679 –> 00:11:56,099and so he says we heard of it in Ephrata17500:11:56,960 –> 00:11:59,440we came upon it verse 617600:11:59,460 –> 00:12:01,940In the fields of Jarr17700:12:02,479 –> 00:12:04,320now if you have a New International Version17800:12:04,320 –> 00:12:07,200and extremely good eye sight17900:12:08,080 –> 00:12:09,719you will see that there is a footnote there18000:12:09,719 –> 00:12:10,780in the page on your Bible18100:12:10,780 –> 00:12:12,260if you look right down the bottom18200:12:12,460 –> 00:12:13,400and it will tell you there that18300:12:13,400 –> 00:12:14,760the fields of Jarr18400:12:14,760 –> 00:12:17,239Are of course a reference to none other then18500:12:17,239 –> 00:12:18,440Kiriath Jeram18600:12:18,679 –> 00:12:20,900Where the ark had been lying18700:12:20,900 –> 00:12:23,020forgotten in the house of Abinadab18800:12:23,020 –> 00:12:24,219for twenty years18900:12:25,039 –> 00:12:25,619So19000:12:26,320 –> 00:12:28,719David and his mighty men go to Kiriath Jeram19100:12:28,820 –> 00:12:29,320The..19200:12:29,539 –> 00:12:31,440Bring the ark back to Jerusalem19300:12:31,619 –> 00:12:33,960where David had already pitched a tent19400:12:33,960 –> 00:12:34,900to house it19500:12:35,580 –> 00:12:37,820But of course that was only a temporary measure19600:12:37,820 –> 00:12:39,280His long term plan19700:12:39,280 –> 00:12:40,960was for something far grander19800:12:41,080 –> 00:12:43,260it was that he should build the temple19900:12:43,599 –> 00:12:46,140which would be the magnificent housing20000:12:46,619 –> 00:12:49,239for the centerpiece of the spiritual life20100:12:49,239 –> 00:12:50,039of the nation20200:12:50,280 –> 00:12:50,859The ARK20300:12:51,280 –> 00:12:51,780of20400:12:52,619 –> 00:12:53,280The Covenant20500:12:53,280 –> 00:12:53,780So20600:12:53,780 –> 00:12:54,760I think of this20700:12:54,760 –> 00:12:55,619You know it really must be20800:12:55,619 –> 00:12:56,679rather like finding20900:12:56,700 –> 00:12:58,739a magnificent piece of American history21000:12:58,739 –> 00:13:00,020on a farm in Idaho21100:13:00,020 –> 00:13:02,260and bringing it to the Senate in Washington21200:13:02,260 –> 00:13:03,760you see its that kind of significance21300:13:04,239 –> 00:13:05,219in national life21400:13:06,539 –> 00:13:08,940Now that brings us to the main point of the psalm21500:13:10,419 –> 00:13:11,580David brought21600:13:11,580 –> 00:13:13,200the ark to Jerusalem21700:13:15,020 –> 00:13:18,580but he was not able to complete his dream21800:13:18,580 –> 00:13:20,880of building the temple21900:13:21,979 –> 00:13:25,119His big dream was to create this place22000:13:25,119 –> 00:13:26,619for the presence of God22100:13:26,640 –> 00:13:28,320this housing for the ark22200:13:28,320 –> 00:13:30,320this temple of God22300:13:31,940 –> 00:13:33,500But he couldn’t complete22400:13:33,500 –> 00:13:34,320what he had planned22500:13:35,919 –> 00:13:37,500He couldn’t deliver22600:13:37,500 –> 00:13:39,500what he had promised22700:13:39,500 –> 00:13:41,159You are listening to Open the Bible22800:13:41,159 –> 00:13:42,500with Pastor Colm Smith22900:13:42,500 –> 00:13:43,520and a message called23000:13:43,520 –> 00:13:44,880From Trying to Trusting23100:13:44,880 –> 00:13:46,460part of our series23200:13:46,460 –> 00:13:48,020moving in the right direction23300:13:48,020 –> 00:13:49,840all about the Psalms of Assent23400:13:49,840 –> 00:13:51,760and if you missed any of the series23500:13:51,760 –> 00:13:53,119or if you tuned in late today23600:13:53,119 –> 00:13:54,580or if you have to leave early23700:13:54,580 –> 00:13:55,739you can always catch up23800:13:55,780 –> 00:13:57,179or go back and listen again online23900:13:57,179 –> 00:13:58,760at our website24000:13:58,760 –> 00:14:01,179www.openthebible.org.uk24100:14:01,179 –> 00:14:02,979Back to the message now24200:14:02,979 –> 00:14:04,780We are in Psalm 13224300:14:04,799 –> 00:14:06,000here again is Colm24400:14:06,380 –> 00:14:07,719Now, David was, of course,24500:14:07,719 –> 00:14:08,979one of the three great heroes24600:14:08,979 –> 00:14:10,320of the Old Testament24700:14:10,320 –> 00:14:11,760If you are to pick any three24800:14:11,760 –> 00:14:13,059from the Old Testament as the greats24900:14:13,059 –> 00:14:14,679you are surely going to go25000:14:14,679 –> 00:14:17,380with Abraham, Moses, and David25100:14:18,580 –> 00:14:20,500Magnificent achievements25200:14:21,700 –> 00:14:22,419But, you see,25300:14:22,419 –> 00:14:25,820even David was not able25400:14:25,820 –> 00:14:28,900to do everything that was in his heart25500:14:30,500 –> 00:14:31,859and, you see, that is the pattern25600:14:31,880 –> 00:14:34,020of all of our lives. Isn’t it?25700:14:35,260 –> 00:14:37,760If David wasn’t able to do everything25800:14:37,760 –> 00:14:39,919in his heart with all his resources25900:14:39,919 –> 00:14:41,599and all his opportunities26000:14:41,599 –> 00:14:42,719you are not going to be able26100:14:42,719 –> 00:14:44,479to do everything that is in your heart26200:14:44,479 –> 00:14:45,700and I’m not going to be able26300:14:45,700 –> 00:14:48,500to do everything that is in my heart26400:14:50,200 –> 00:14:51,940Most of us set out on life26500:14:51,940 –> 00:14:55,320with a dream of what we want to accomplish26600:14:55,320 –> 00:14:57,260and that’s a good thing26700:14:57,960 –> 00:14:59,960You have a dream about marriage26800:15:00,700 –> 00:15:02,200you have a dream about family26900:15:02,200 –> 00:15:03,400you have a dream about how27000:15:03,400 –> 00:15:04,580it will be with your children27100:15:04,580 –> 00:15:06,179you have a dream of your career27200:15:06,179 –> 00:15:08,500of travel, of financial independence27300:15:08,500 –> 00:15:11,140you have a dream of creating something27400:15:12,000 –> 00:15:13,640you have a dream of building a business27500:15:13,640 –> 00:15:14,479you have a dream of having27600:15:14,479 –> 00:15:15,539an impact for Christ27700:15:15,539 –> 00:15:17,080you have a dream of touching27800:15:17,080 –> 00:15:18,580the life of some person27900:15:18,580 –> 00:15:19,919who is in desperate need28000:15:20,020 –> 00:15:21,200and pouring yourself28100:15:21,200 –> 00:15:23,500into changing their experience28200:15:26,859 –> 00:15:28,039but in every life28300:15:30,039 –> 00:15:31,479there comes a moment28400:15:31,479 –> 00:15:32,739where we realise28500:15:35,140 –> 00:15:36,979that you will not achieve28600:15:36,979 –> 00:15:38,700everything that you want28700:15:38,700 –> 00:15:39,760to accomplish28800:15:41,739 –> 00:15:43,099we have a name for this28900:15:44,359 –> 00:15:45,140we call it29000:15:46,820 –> 00:15:49,099the midlife crisis29100:15:49,700 –> 00:15:50,400Right?29200:15:52,280 –> 00:15:54,919actually, all the midlife crisis is29300:15:54,919 –> 00:15:55,419is29400:15:56,059 –> 00:15:57,979the first intimation29500:15:57,979 –> 00:15:59,479of our mortality29600:16:00,960 –> 00:16:03,659it is the first sneaking suspicion29700:16:03,659 –> 00:16:05,179that I may not fulfill29800:16:05,179 –> 00:16:06,659all my dreams after all29900:16:08,179 –> 00:16:09,840I may not become everything30000:16:09,840 –> 00:16:11,340that I hoped after all30100:16:12,880 –> 00:16:14,500that I may run out of time30200:16:14,500 –> 00:16:16,419that I may run out of opportunity30300:16:16,419 –> 00:16:18,599that I may run out of resource30400:16:19,859 –> 00:16:20,859and30500:16:20,859 –> 00:16:22,200that for all that I may achieve30600:16:22,200 –> 00:16:22,719and become30700:16:22,719 –> 00:16:23,760and accomplish30800:16:25,080 –> 00:16:26,820it’s not going to be everything30900:16:27,799 –> 00:16:29,619that’s there31000:16:29,619 –> 00:16:31,080in the dream31100:16:32,020 –> 00:16:34,099the projects31200:16:34,099 –> 00:16:35,739that you were not able to accomplish31300:16:35,739 –> 00:16:38,219the relationship that did not work out31400:16:38,219 –> 00:16:39,080as you had hoped31500:16:39,080 –> 00:16:41,359the children who are not following in the path31600:16:41,359 –> 00:16:43,159you had led them in31700:16:43,159 –> 00:16:45,960the ministry that did not fulfill31800:16:45,960 –> 00:16:47,200its early purpose31900:16:47,260 –> 00:16:50,140the work into which you poured yourself32000:16:50,140 –> 00:16:51,020and then it turned32100:16:51,020 –> 00:16:53,179and moved in a different direction32200:16:56,140 –> 00:16:59,260and however much you may have been able to achieve32300:16:59,260 –> 00:17:00,900of your initial vision32400:17:02,400 –> 00:17:04,540there will always be that part of you32500:17:04,540 –> 00:17:05,260that will say32600:17:05,260 –> 00:17:08,260I would have liked to have32700:17:09,839 –> 00:17:11,420and then you’ll complete that sentence32800:17:11,420 –> 00:17:12,319for David it would have been32900:17:12,319 –> 00:17:13,380you know33000:17:14,219 –> 00:17:16,060for all that God enabled me to do33100:17:16,079 –> 00:17:17,119I really would have liked33200:17:17,119 –> 00:17:18,099to have built the temple33300:17:18,099 –> 00:17:20,199I really would33400:17:23,119 –> 00:17:25,619thinking about David’s vow33500:17:27,300 –> 00:17:30,119has made me think about my vows again33600:17:32,439 –> 00:17:34,280vows are a wonderful thing33700:17:34,280 –> 00:17:35,339when you make them33800:17:35,339 –> 00:17:38,060you identify the central navigating points33900:17:38,060 –> 00:17:39,000of your life34000:17:40,060 –> 00:17:41,920you should only ever have a few34100:17:42,920 –> 00:17:45,119you sure need to remember what they are34200:17:47,060 –> 00:17:48,520I have only made four vows34300:17:48,520 –> 00:17:50,119I don’t expect to make any others34400:17:51,380 –> 00:17:53,619I’ll give you them in the chronological order34500:17:53,619 –> 00:17:55,380in which they were made in my life34600:17:57,239 –> 00:18:00,260The first was a vow to follow Christ34700:18:01,339 –> 00:18:04,060I made that on the day that I was baptised34800:18:06,079 –> 00:18:10,420The second was a vow of love and loyalty to Karan34900:18:12,020 –> 00:18:13,800made on the day that we were married35000:18:14,780 –> 00:18:19,640The third was a vow to be faithful to the scriptures35100:18:20,680 –> 00:18:23,300made on the day that I was ordained as a pastor35200:18:25,380 –> 00:18:27,260The fourth was made on two occasions35300:18:27,260 –> 00:18:31,060and that was a vow to raise our children, Andrew and David35400:18:31,060 –> 00:18:33,260in the ways of Christ35500:18:33,260 –> 00:18:37,680made, of course, on the occasions when our two boys were dedicated35600:18:38,660 –> 00:18:44,739Now these four vows are very simply the sacred navigating points of my life35700:18:47,599 –> 00:18:49,599They define who I am35800:18:50,739 –> 00:18:54,020I’m a Christian. I’m a husband35900:18:55,219 –> 00:18:58,599I’m a father and I’m a pastor36000:19:00,459 –> 00:19:02,459Four vows36100:19:03,260 –> 00:19:08,420I’ve got to tell you I am still working on every one of them36200:19:10,380 –> 00:19:12,920I’m still working on being a better Christian36300:19:15,140 –> 00:19:17,900I’m still working on being a better husband36400:19:19,339 –> 00:19:21,420I’m still working on being a better father36500:19:23,260 –> 00:19:26,660I’m still working on being a better pastor36600:19:26,660 –> 00:19:33,959And the truth is that these things will never be complete36700:19:35,959 –> 00:19:41,939i will never come to a point where I have done everything that i wanted to do36800:19:41,939 –> 00:19:47,180I will never come to a point where I have become everything that I wanted to be36900:19:50,079 –> 00:19:52,000And so the question is37000:19:53,400 –> 00:19:55,079How can I find rest?37100:19:57,420 –> 00:19:59,420See that’s the problem for David isn’t it?37200:19:59,420 –> 00:20:01,640Look back at verses 3 and 4 again37300:20:01,640 –> 00:20:02,819Look at his vow37400:20:02,819 –> 00:20:05,020I will not enter my house37500:20:05,020 –> 00:20:06,300Or go to my bed37600:20:06,300 –> 00:20:08,400I will not allow sleep to my eyes37700:20:08,400 –> 00:20:10,020Nor slumber to my eyelids37800:20:10,020 –> 00:20:13,459Till I find a place for the Lord37900:20:13,459 –> 00:20:16,260A dwelling for the mighty one of Jacob38000:20:16,260 –> 00:20:19,140That’s until I’ve built the temple to house the ark38100:20:19,140 –> 00:20:20,300That’s what he’s referring to38200:20:20,300 –> 00:20:22,760Well that’s not a lot of sleep is it?38300:20:23,359 –> 00:20:25,239Considering he never got it done38400:20:27,479 –> 00:20:32,119See, you can’t get much stronger commitment than David’s38500:20:32,119 –> 00:20:37,560obviously he’s not saying to us that he never slept for the rest of his life38600:20:37,560 –> 00:20:42,760what he’s saying is that he poured himself into his life’s work38700:20:42,760 –> 00:20:49,160Here is a man who is driving relentlessly after the pursuit of his vision38800:20:49,160 –> 00:20:54,540He’s made a marvellous promise and he says I can’t ever give up on it38900:20:54,719 –> 00:21:01,439I’m pursuing it with everything that is within me39000:21:01,439 –> 00:21:07,839The question of course is how then do we avoid destroying ourselves39100:21:07,839 –> 00:21:14,260in the relentless pursuit of what we can never ultimately achieve39200:21:14,260 –> 00:21:17,520And isn’t that the story of so many lives?39300:21:17,520 –> 00:21:26,439The drivenness of trying to achieve something you can never quite complete39400:21:26,439 –> 00:21:32,599The relentlessness to becoming something that is just beyond your grasp39500:21:32,599 –> 00:21:37,079Do you experience that?39600:21:37,079 –> 00:21:40,079I think we can all relate to that and that’s possibly39700:21:40,079 –> 00:21:43,199why you might want to listen to this message 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time50000:25:15,800 –> 00:25:17,040Do you ever feel as if50100:25:17,040 –> 00:25:19,160you’re on a spiritual treadmill50200:25:19,160 –> 00:25:21,719that you can’t quite do enough50300:25:21,719 –> 00:25:22,920to make God happy?50400:25:22,920 –> 00:25:24,439If so, you should move50500:25:24,439 –> 00:25:26,400from trying to trusting50600:25:26,400 –> 00:25:27,880Find out how50700:25:27,880 –> 00:25:29,520next time on Open the Bible