100:00:00,660 –> 00:00:05,400The person who is justified, that is200:00:05,400 –> 00:00:07,820made right with God on the basis of the300:00:07,820 –> 00:00:09,780finished work of Jesus Christ, is400:00:09,780 –> 00:00:12,360liberated because it means you have500:00:12,360 –> 00:00:16,440nothing to prove to God and when you600:00:16,440 –> 00:00:18,139know that you have nothing to prove to700:00:18,139 –> 00:00:21,500God you are set free to do your work800:00:21,500 –> 00:00:26,320with a new spirit of gratitude and out900:00:27,240 –> 00:00:31,000funcmental rest. Welcome to open the1000:00:31,000 –> 00:00:33,160Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I’m David1100:00:33,160 –> 00:00:34,880Pick and Colin some people may not have1200:00:34,880 –> 00:00:36,840fully grasped that idea and1300:00:36,840 –> 00:00:39,259understanding it can be completely1400:00:39,259 –> 00:00:41,520liberating. Yeah and it’s central truth in1500:00:41,520 –> 00:00:43,060the New Testament, it’s also in the Old1600:00:43,060 –> 00:00:45,160Testament as well and we’re in Psalm 1321700:00:45,160 –> 00:00:47,880It’s a marvelous Psalm1800:00:47,880 –> 00:00:51,160that speaks about two promises, one that1900:00:51,160 –> 00:00:53,759David makes to God. David swore an2000:00:53,759 –> 00:00:56,099oath to God he said God here’s what I’m2100:00:56,200 –> 00:00:57,959gonna do for you and guess what? He2200:00:57,959 –> 00:01:00,020wasn’t able to do what he promised. He2300:01:00,020 –> 00:01:02,299didn’t deliver on his promises, just a2400:01:02,299 –> 00:01:04,480matter of history, just didn’t. But2500:01:04,480 –> 00:01:05,800there’s another promise2600:01:05,800 –> 00:01:08,580God swore an oath to David with regards2700:01:08,580 –> 00:01:11,300to David’s greater son God’s Son Jesus2800:01:11,300 –> 00:01:13,940Christ who would be the Savior of all of2900:01:13,940 –> 00:01:16,500us who don’t fulfill our best3000:01:16,500 –> 00:01:18,720intentions let alone fulfill all that3100:01:18,720 –> 00:01:21,480God requires of us in his law. It’s so3200:01:21,480 –> 00:01:23,580marvelous that we’re not resting on our3300:01:23,580 –> 00:01:25,599promises to God, we’re resting on God’s3400:01:25,599 –> 00:01:28,000promises to us. That is a liberating3500:01:28,000 –> 00:01:31,199idea. So join us if you can in Psalm 1323600:01:31,199 –> 00:01:33,639as we continue the message from trying3700:01:33,639 –> 00:01:36,699to trusting. Here is Colin. Most of us set3800:01:36,699 –> 00:01:39,180out on life with a dream of what we want3900:01:39,180 –> 00:01:43,959to accomplish. That’s a good thing. You4000:01:43,959 –> 00:01:46,839have a dream about marriage. You have a4100:01:46,839 –> 00:01:48,800dream about family. You have a dream about4200:01:48,800 –> 00:01:50,500how it will be with your children. You4300:01:50,500 –> 00:01:52,660have a dream of your career, of travel,4400:01:52,660 –> 00:01:54,620of financial independence. You have a4500:01:54,620 –> 00:01:58,239dream of creating something. You have a4600:01:58,239 –> 00:01:59,680dream of building a business. You have a4700:01:59,680 –> 00:02:01,239dream of having an impact for Christ.4800:02:01,239 –> 00:02:03,480You have a dream of touching the life of4900:02:03,480 –> 00:02:05,680some person who is in desperate need and5000:02:05,680 –> 00:02:08,179pouring yourself into changing their5100:02:08,179 –> 00:02:14,279experience. But in every life, there comes5200:02:14,279 –> 00:02:18,960a moment where we realize that you will5300:02:18,960 –> 00:02:22,179not achieve everything that you want to5400:02:22,440 –> 00:02:27,639accomplish. Now I have a name for this. We5500:02:27,639 –> 00:02:35,199call it the midlife crisis, right?5600:02:35,199 –> 00:02:39,559Actually, all the midlife crisis is the5700:02:39,559 –> 00:02:44,600first intimation of our mortality. It’s5800:02:44,600 –> 00:02:47,639the first sneaking suspicion that I may5900:02:47,639 –> 00:02:51,119not fulfill all of my dreams after all. I6000:02:51,119 –> 00:02:53,660may not become everything that I’d hoped6100:02:53,660 –> 00:02:57,300after all. That I may run out of time,6200:02:57,300 –> 00:02:59,899that I may run out of opportunity, that I6300:02:59,899 –> 00:03:04,679may run out of resource. And that for all6400:03:04,679 –> 00:03:06,080that I may achieve and become and6500:03:06,080 –> 00:03:09,399accomplish, it’s not going to be6600:03:09,399 –> 00:03:15,899everything that’s there in the dream. The6700:03:15,899 –> 00:03:18,500projects that you were not able to6800:03:18,500 –> 00:03:20,839accomplish. The relationship that did not6900:03:20,979 –> 00:03:23,179work out as you had hoped. The children7000:03:23,179 –> 00:03:25,179who are not following in the path you7100:03:25,179 –> 00:03:28,220had led them in. The ministry that did7200:03:28,220 –> 00:03:31,679not fulfill its early purpose. The work7300:03:31,679 –> 00:03:33,800into which you poured yourself and then7400:03:33,800 –> 00:03:35,740it turned and moved in a different7500:03:35,740 –> 00:03:41,240direction. And however much you may have7600:03:41,240 –> 00:03:43,860been able to achieve of your initial7700:03:43,860 –> 00:03:47,479vision, there will always be that part7800:03:47,479 –> 00:03:50,419of you that will say I would have liked7900:03:50,419 –> 00:03:54,300to have… and then you’ll complete that8000:03:54,300 –> 00:03:56,580sentence. For David it would have been you8100:03:56,580 –> 00:03:59,580know for all that God enabled me to do I8200:03:59,580 –> 00:04:00,860really would have liked to have built8300:04:00,860 –> 00:04:05,139the temple. I really would. I really would.8400:04:05,979 –> 00:04:11,399Thinking about David’s vow, it made me8500:04:11,399 –> 00:04:14,940think about my vows again.8600:04:15,500 –> 00:04:18,380Vows are a wonderful thing when you make8700:04:18,380 –> 00:04:21,220them you identify the central navigating8800:04:21,220 –> 00:04:24,299points of your life. You should only ever8900:04:24,299 –> 00:04:27,380have a few. You sure need to remember9000:04:27,380 –> 00:04:31,880what they are. I’ve only made four vows9100:04:31,880 –> 00:04:34,940I don’t expect to make any others. I’ll9200:04:34,940 –> 00:04:37,059give you them in the chronological order9300:04:37,059 –> 00:04:41,239in which they were made in my life. The9400:04:41,239 –> 00:04:45,059first was a vow to follow Christ. I made9500:04:45,059 –> 00:04:49,579that on the day that I was baptized. The9600:04:49,579 –> 00:04:53,059second was a vow of love and of loyalty9700:04:53,059 –> 00:04:56,420to Carne, made on the day that we were9800:04:56,420 –> 00:05:01,779married. The third was a vow to be9900:05:01,779 –> 00:05:04,679faithful to the Scriptures, made on the10000:05:04,679 –> 00:05:09,000day that I was ordained as a pastor. The10100:05:09,000 –> 00:05:10,820fourth was made on two occasions and10200:05:10,820 –> 00:05:13,700that was a vow to raise our children10300:05:13,820 –> 00:05:16,640Andrew and David in the ways of Christ10400:05:16,640 –> 00:05:19,079made of course on the occasions when10500:05:19,079 –> 00:05:23,040our two boys were dedicated. Now these10600:05:23,040 –> 00:05:25,920four vows are very simply the sacred10700:05:25,920 –> 00:05:30,839navigating points of my life. They define10800:05:30,839 –> 00:05:36,600who I am. I’m a Christian. I’m a husband.10900:05:36,600 –> 00:05:43,440I’m a father. And I’m a pastor. Four vows.11000:05:44,239 –> 00:05:49,260I’ve got to tell you I am still working11100:05:49,260 –> 00:05:50,839on every one of them.11200:05:50,839 –> 00:05:54,959I’m still working on being a better11300:05:54,959 –> 00:05:59,320Christian. I’m still working on being a11400:05:59,320 –> 00:06:03,040better husband. I’m still working on11500:06:03,040 –> 00:06:06,399being a better father. And I’m still11600:06:06,399 –> 00:06:11,279working on being a better pastor.11700:06:11,279 –> 00:06:14,239And the truth is that these things will11800:06:14,239 –> 00:06:19,440never be complete. I will never come to a11900:06:19,440 –> 00:06:22,899point where I have done everything that12000:06:22,899 –> 00:06:25,359I wanted to do, I will never come to a12100:06:25,359 –> 00:06:28,019point where I have become everything12200:06:28,019 –> 00:06:33,519that I wanted to be. And so the question12300:06:33,519 –> 00:06:37,459is, how can I find rest?12400:06:37,459 –> 00:06:41,540See that’s the problem for David isn’t it?12500:06:41,540 –> 00:06:43,660Look back at verses 3 & 4 again.12600:06:43,660 –> 00:06:46,359Look at his vow. I will not enter my12700:06:46,359 –> 00:06:49,519house or go to my bed I will not allow12800:06:49,519 –> 00:06:51,440sleep to my eyes nor slumber to my12900:06:51,440 –> 00:06:55,420eyelids till I find a place for the Lord13000:06:55,420 –> 00:06:58,380a dwelling for the mighty one of Jacob13100:06:58,380 –> 00:07:00,359that’s until I’ve built the temple to13200:07:00,359 –> 00:07:01,720house the Ark. That’s what he’s referring13300:07:01,720 –> 00:07:04,720to. Well, that’s not a lot of sleep is it?13400:07:04,880 –> 00:07:08,420Considered you never got it done.13500:07:09,519 –> 00:07:11,660See you can’t get a much stronger13600:07:11,660 –> 00:07:16,380commitment than David’s. Obviously, he’s13700:07:16,399 –> 00:07:18,519not saying to us that he never slept for13800:07:18,519 –> 00:07:20,899the rest of his life. What he’s saying is13900:07:20,899 –> 00:07:23,700that he poured himself into his life’s14000:07:23,700 –> 00:07:27,399work. Here is a man who is driving14100:07:27,399 –> 00:07:30,420relentlessly after the pursuit of his14200:07:30,420 –> 00:07:34,140vision. He’s made a marvellous promise14300:07:34,140 –> 00:07:36,540and he says I can’t ever give up on it.14400:07:36,540 –> 00:07:38,760I’m pursuing it with everything that is14500:07:38,760 –> 00:07:43,579within me. The question of course is how14600:07:43,579 –> 00:07:47,700then do we avoid destroying ourselves in14700:07:47,700 –> 00:07:50,519the relentless pursuit of what we can14800:07:50,519 –> 00:07:54,839never ultimately achieve. And isn’t that14900:07:54,839 –> 00:07:57,779the story of so many lives? The15000:07:57,779 –> 00:08:02,940driven-ness of trying to achieve15100:08:03,040 –> 00:08:05,399something you can never quite complete,15200:08:05,399 –> 00:08:10,040the relentless-ness of trying to15300:08:10,040 –> 00:08:12,079become something that is just beyond15400:08:12,079 –> 00:08:16,760your grasp. You experience that?15500:08:16,760 –> 00:08:19,000You’re listening to Open the Bible with15600:08:19,000 –> 00:08:20,140pastor Colin Smith and a message called15700:08:20,140 –> 00:08:22,679From Trying to Trusting part of our15800:08:22,679 –> 00:08:24,559series moving in the right direction15900:08:24,559 –> 00:08:27,040based on the psalms of ascents psalms16000:08:27,040 –> 00:08:30,040120 to 134. If you’ve missed16100:08:30,040 –> 00:08:31,980any of the series so far or if you want16200:08:31,980 –> 00:08:34,020to go back to listen again, you can do16300:08:34,020 –> 00:08:35,859that by come on line to our website16400:08:35,859 –> 00:08:40,179openthebible.org.uk. Back to the16500:08:40,179 –> 00:08:43,020message now, we’re in psalm 132, here16600:08:43,020 –> 00:08:45,380again is Colin. So now let’s look at the16700:08:45,380 –> 00:08:48,119second half of the psalm because if the16800:08:48,119 –> 00:08:50,179first half raises the question as surely16900:08:50,179 –> 00:08:52,780as it does the second half brings us17000:08:52,780 –> 00:08:56,380to the answer. We’ve looked at David’s17100:08:56,380 –> 00:08:59,099wonderful promise to God though he was17200:08:59,099 –> 00:09:01,280never quite able to fulfill all of it.17300:09:01,280 –> 00:09:04,179Let’s look now at God’s promise to David.17400:09:04,179 –> 00:09:07,520Notice the parallel verse 2, David swore17500:09:07,520 –> 00:09:10,820an oath to the Lord verse 11 the Lord17600:09:10,820 –> 00:09:12,760swore an oath to David. You can see that17700:09:12,760 –> 00:09:15,119that’s quite clearly the central thrust17800:09:15,119 –> 00:09:19,539of the psalm, verse 2 and verse 11. Now17900:09:19,539 –> 00:09:22,500you see what’s happening here, God turned18000:09:22,500 –> 00:09:28,619the tables on David. David, you are living18100:09:28,619 –> 00:09:32,700on what you are trying to do for me.18200:09:32,700 –> 00:09:37,400That’s your whole life. Let me now shift18300:09:37,400 –> 00:09:40,179the focus and talk to you David about18400:09:40,179 –> 00:09:47,260what I will do for you. Now Solomon is18500:09:47,260 –> 00:09:48,760referring here of course to the18600:09:48,760 –> 00:09:51,859marvelous promise that God gave to David18700:09:51,859 –> 00:09:53,739which is recorded in second Samuel in18800:09:53,739 –> 00:09:55,739chapter 7, of you to pick out one18900:09:55,739 –> 00:09:57,619promise that God made to David, this is19000:09:57,619 –> 00:10:01,340it. The Davidic promise and it’s worth19100:10:01,340 –> 00:10:03,960knowing 2nd Samuel 7 verses 13 and 1419200:10:03,960 –> 00:10:06,340when David is talking about what he’s19300:10:06,340 –> 00:10:08,539going to do for God, God then comes back19400:10:08,539 –> 00:10:10,599and speaks about a descendant of David19500:10:10,599 –> 00:10:14,559and he says this, he is the one who will19600:10:14,559 –> 00:10:18,159build a house for my name and I will19700:10:18,159 –> 00:10:21,780establish his Kingdom forever. I will be19800:10:21,780 –> 00:10:25,960his father and he will be my son. This is19900:10:25,960 –> 00:10:28,159God’s promise to David that is being20000:10:28,159 –> 00:10:32,679referred to here in Psalm 132. Now it’s20100:10:32,679 –> 00:10:34,380an amazing promise. I think it must have20200:10:34,380 –> 00:10:36,119left David scratching his head in20300:10:36,119 –> 00:10:42,260confusion. Lord what did you say? How can20400:10:42,260 –> 00:10:46,359any king reign forever? Every man has his20500:10:46,359 –> 00:10:51,020life and then he dies. How can any son of20600:10:51,020 –> 00:10:56,039mine reign forever? And more than that20700:10:56,039 –> 00:10:58,640Lord, what can you possibly mean when you20800:10:58,640 –> 00:11:01,219say of my son that you will be his20900:11:01,219 –> 00:11:04,419father and he will be your son? How can21000:11:04,419 –> 00:11:08,380any son of mine be a son of God? I21100:11:08,380 –> 00:11:11,299suppose for a moment that David had a21200:11:11,299 –> 00:11:12,820clue as to how to answer these questions21300:11:12,820 –> 00:11:17,359but the one thing that must have been21400:11:17,359 –> 00:11:19,599clear to him was that the hope for the21500:11:19,599 –> 00:11:22,659future lay not in what he hoped to do21600:11:22,659 –> 00:11:26,859for God but in what God was promising he21700:11:26,859 –> 00:11:31,380would one day do for David. Now looking21800:11:31,380 –> 00:11:34,179back of course we can see how all of21900:11:34,179 –> 00:11:36,460this immediately points us to the Lord22000:11:36,460 –> 00:11:39,080Jesus Christ who was born into the line22100:11:39,080 –> 00:11:44,940of David born of the Virgin Mary and he22200:11:44,940 –> 00:11:47,440is the King who reigns forever and ever22300:11:47,640 –> 00:11:50,000and he is not only the son of David the22400:11:50,000 –> 00:11:55,640son of man but he is the Son of God.22500:11:56,140 –> 00:11:57,960Now I want you to notice then the22600:11:57,960 –> 00:12:00,039contrast that there is between David’s22700:12:00,039 –> 00:12:01,719promise to God and God’s promise to22800:12:01,719 –> 00:12:06,479David. David’s promise to God leaves you22900:12:06,479 –> 00:12:09,979exhausted. Look at it. I’m not gonna23000:12:09,979 –> 00:12:13,440sleep till I’ve done all this stuff.23100:12:13,440 –> 00:12:16,080Look at God’s promise to David in verse23200:12:16,080 –> 00:12:21,00014 where it ends up God says this is My23300:12:21,000 –> 00:12:23,940resting place for ever and ever here I23400:12:23,940 –> 00:12:28,460sit enthroned or I have desired it.23500:12:28,460 –> 00:12:31,719There’s a drivenness, a relentlessness23600:12:31,719 –> 00:12:38,359in David’s promise to God there’s a rest23700:12:38,359 –> 00:12:42,700that is at the very heart of God’s23800:12:42,840 –> 00:12:46,159promise to David. The reason for this is23900:12:46,159 –> 00:12:48,419very simple and very obvious – that what24000:12:48,419 –> 00:12:52,880David wants to do for God is never done.24100:12:52,880 –> 00:12:56,059What God has promised to do for David24200:12:56,059 –> 00:13:00,020and for you and for me is complete in24300:13:00,020 –> 00:13:03,599Jesus Christ. He uniquely in all human24400:13:03,599 –> 00:13:05,559history is the one who was able to say24500:13:05,559 –> 00:13:11,859from the cross, it is finished. God is not24600:13:11,859 –> 00:13:14,679up there in heaven trying to scratch his24700:13:14,679 –> 00:13:16,840head as it were to figure out a way as24800:13:16,840 –> 00:13:19,020to how to save you.24900:13:19,020 –> 00:13:22,059He’s already done it in the cross of25000:13:22,059 –> 00:13:25,539Jesus Christ. That is why Christ is25100:13:25,539 –> 00:13:27,979ascended and seated in heaven, because25200:13:27,979 –> 00:13:30,179nothing more needs to be added to what25300:13:30,179 –> 00:13:35,179he has already done. No one has put this25400:13:35,179 –> 00:13:38,260better than Jonathan Edwards, great25500:13:38,260 –> 00:13:41,780American preacher. He talks about the25600:13:41,780 –> 00:13:43,780animal sacrifices of the Old Testament25700:13:43,780 –> 00:13:46,500and how they didn’t really contribute25800:13:46,500 –> 00:13:49,700anything to purchasing our salvation but25900:13:49,700 –> 00:13:52,119merely foreshadowed what God would do26000:13:52,119 –> 00:13:54,580definitively, decisively and finally in26100:13:54,580 –> 00:13:58,659Jesus Christ. And then he says this,26200:13:58,659 –> 00:14:02,700as soon as Christ was incarnate, the26300:14:02,700 –> 00:14:06,539purchase began and the whole time of26400:14:06,539 –> 00:14:08,940Christ’s humiliation until the morning he26500:14:08,940 –> 00:14:11,260rose from the dead was taken up in this26600:14:11,260 –> 00:14:15,419purchase. Then the purchase was entirely26700:14:15,419 –> 00:14:19,340and completely finished. As nothing was26800:14:19,340 –> 00:14:21,539done before Christ’s incarnation so26900:14:21,539 –> 00:14:23,179nothing was done after his resurrection27000:14:23,179 –> 00:14:26,659to purchase redemption for men nor will27100:14:26,659 –> 00:14:29,780there ever be anything more done to all27200:14:29,780 –> 00:14:35,020eternity. Boy doesn’t your heart say amen27300:14:35,020 –> 00:14:39,719to that. What God has done for you in27400:14:39,739 –> 00:14:42,840Christ is not a work in process. It is27500:14:42,840 –> 00:14:45,479done, it is accomplished. There is27600:14:45,479 –> 00:14:47,320nothing that needs to be added to the27700:14:47,320 –> 00:14:49,000death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ27800:14:49,000 –> 00:14:51,539to bring his people fully, finally,27900:14:51,539 –> 00:14:57,200completely triumphantly to glory. Now28000:14:57,200 –> 00:14:58,760when you read this psalm in the light28100:14:58,760 –> 00:15:01,479of Jesus the whole thing takes on a new28200:15:01,479 –> 00:15:05,780depth of meaning. Think about the ark.28300:15:05,820 –> 00:15:09,599Think about it being given into the28400:15:09,599 –> 00:15:13,580hands of enemies and then placed in the28500:15:13,580 –> 00:15:20,400darkness of Dagen’s Temple. Now think of28600:15:20,400 –> 00:15:23,059Jesus being given into the hands of his28700:15:23,059 –> 00:15:27,979enemies and nailed to a cross.28800:15:28,179 –> 00:15:30,219Think of how even in the darkness of28900:15:30,219 –> 00:15:32,739Dagen’s Temple the power of God overcame29000:15:32,739 –> 00:15:35,460the dark powers of evil forces and think29100:15:35,460 –> 00:15:37,140of how the New Testament tells us that29200:15:37,140 –> 00:15:40,460even on the cross he defeated and broke29300:15:40,460 –> 00:15:44,380the powers of evil. Think of that Ark, the29400:15:44,380 –> 00:15:47,239place of meeting between man and God in29500:15:47,239 –> 00:15:49,700the Old Testament being trundled off and29600:15:49,700 –> 00:15:53,679then left in some no place forgotten and29700:15:53,679 –> 00:15:59,099lying in silence. And think of Jesus, his29800:15:59,099 –> 00:16:01,619body being taken from the cross and laid29900:16:02,340 –> 00:16:08,260in a rich man’s tomb. But then the day30000:16:08,260 –> 00:16:10,700comes for Jesus in which the words of30100:16:10,700 –> 00:16:13,700Psalm 132 and verse 8 sound out from30200:16:13,700 –> 00:16:18,659heaven. Arise, O LORD, and come to your30300:16:18,659 –> 00:16:22,159resting place. And on the third day he30400:16:22,159 –> 00:16:24,679rises from the dead he ascends into30500:16:24,679 –> 00:16:28,179heaven. But he takes his power and he30600:16:28,179 –> 00:16:30,280reigns and He is able to say in the30700:16:30,280 –> 00:16:33,539words of Verse 14 here this heaven is my30800:16:33,539 –> 00:16:36,340resting place forever and forever. Here30900:16:36,340 –> 00:16:39,979I sit in throne for I have desired. And31000:16:39,979 –> 00:16:43,260you see from heaven this Lord Jesus31100:16:43,260 –> 00:16:45,979Christ is able to answer the Prayer of31200:16:45,979 –> 00:16:48,280David. Look at verse 9 and see what31300:16:48,280 –> 00:16:51,219David longs for. May your priests be31400:16:51,219 –> 00:16:53,460clothed with righteousness and your31500:16:53,460 –> 00:16:55,719saint sing for joy. And the answer to31600:16:55,719 –> 00:16:58,140that comes in Verse 16 where Christ says31700:16:58,299 –> 00:17:01,400I will clothe her priests with 살�vation31800:17:01,400 –> 00:17:04,199and her saints with everlasting joy. And31900:17:04,199 –> 00:17:06,819it is from Christ that comes the32000:17:06,819 –> 00:17:09,959strength of the horn at the end of the32100:17:09,959 –> 00:17:12,219psalm and the light of hope and the32200:17:12,219 –> 00:17:17,280crown of glory. Now that’s the Psalm32300:17:17,280 –> 00:17:19,479it’s a wonderful one.32400:17:19,479 –> 00:17:23,959David’s promise to God. God’s promise to32500:17:23,959 –> 00:17:26,900David what does it mean for us?32600:17:29,640 –> 00:17:33,680Very simply. if you’re looking to find32700:17:33,680 –> 00:17:36,939rest through what you’re trying to do32800:17:36,939 –> 00:17:39,719for God, you will never be finished.32900:17:39,719 –> 00:17:46,699You’ll never get there and it seems to33000:17:46,699 –> 00:17:48,400me that that is the root of many of our33100:17:48,400 –> 00:17:53,239struggles. You want to do something great33200:17:54,160 –> 00:17:58,060you are relentless in your pursuit of it33300:17:58,060 –> 00:18:05,839but somehow it’s never done and God33400:18:05,839 –> 00:18:08,119through his word and by his Holy Spirit33500:18:08,119 –> 00:18:11,699graciously wants to turn the tables on33600:18:11,699 –> 00:18:14,739you today just like he turned the tables33700:18:14,739 –> 00:18:17,359on David.33800:18:17,359 –> 00:18:19,680And he comes to you in the gospel and he33900:18:19,680 –> 00:18:23,199would say to you today, look you’re so34000:18:23,239 –> 00:18:26,939consumed with what you want to do for me34100:18:26,939 –> 00:18:31,780let’s shift the focus. Take a look at34200:18:31,780 –> 00:18:37,000what I have done for you. I have sent my34300:18:37,000 –> 00:18:41,439Son into the world for you. He went to a34400:18:41,439 –> 00:18:46,800cross for you. He rose from the dead for34500:18:46,800 –> 00:18:51,439you, he has ascended into heaven for you.34600:18:51,900 –> 00:18:56,680He is the one who will clothe you with a34700:18:56,680 –> 00:19:00,020perfect righteousness that you cannot34800:19:00,020 –> 00:19:04,920manufacture for yourself. He is the one34900:19:04,920 –> 00:19:07,040who will be the source of your joy, your35000:19:07,040 –> 00:19:09,959song, that will not come as a result of35100:19:09,959 –> 00:19:12,280what you have achieved for him, but will35200:19:12,280 –> 00:19:14,979come as a response to what he has done35300:19:14,979 –> 00:19:20,260for you. See this is why Jesus said in35400:19:20,260 –> 00:19:24,140the gospels, come to me, all you who are35500:19:24,140 –> 00:19:26,400weary, you who are burdened, you who are35600:19:26,400 –> 00:19:30,400heavy laden, come to me and I will give35700:19:30,400 –> 00:19:36,599you rest, there is no rest in your35800:19:36,599 –> 00:19:42,619promise to God. Rest is found in God’s35900:19:42,619 –> 00:19:47,000promise to you. Do you know the Bible has36000:19:47,000 –> 00:19:52,819a phrase for this? It’s called36100:19:53,020 –> 00:19:58,160Justification by Faith, which simply means36200:19:58,160 –> 00:20:01,640that I find rest not in what I am trying36300:20:01,640 –> 00:20:04,560to do for God but in what He has done36400:20:04,560 –> 00:20:09,020through Jesus Christ for me. And a person36500:20:09,020 –> 00:20:11,160who is justified that is made right with36600:20:11,160 –> 00:20:13,500God on the basis of the finished work of36700:20:13,500 –> 00:20:16,160Jesus Christ is liberated because it36800:20:16,160 –> 00:20:19,420means you have nothing to prove to God36900:20:19,420 –> 00:20:22,420and therefore nothing to prove to37000:20:22,420 –> 00:20:26,000yourself or to anyone else either. And37100:20:26,000 –> 00:20:28,400when you know that you have nothing to37200:20:28,400 –> 00:20:32,219prove to God you are set free to do your37300:20:32,219 –> 00:20:35,839work with a new spirit of gratitude and37400:20:35,839 –> 00:20:43,560out of a fundamental Rest and you know37500:20:43,819 –> 00:20:47,520about this? David’s been in the presence37600:20:47,520 –> 00:20:49,319of Jesus for about two thousand years37700:20:49,319 –> 00:20:54,099now right? And I don’t think that David37800:20:54,099 –> 00:20:56,579is up there saying you know I had a37900:20:56,579 –> 00:21:00,079good life I just wish I’d managed to38000:21:00,079 –> 00:21:02,140build that temple, I don’t think he’s38100:21:02,140 –> 00:21:06,839saying that do you? I think he’s clothed38200:21:06,839 –> 00:21:11,079in righteousness. I think he’s among the38300:21:11,079 –> 00:21:12,520Saints singing the song of everlasting38400:21:12,920 –> 00:21:18,859joy. And whatever the disappointments of38500:21:18,859 –> 00:21:24,660your life, if you are in Jesus Christ by38600:21:24,660 –> 00:21:27,780faith that will be the ultimate outcome38700:21:27,780 –> 00:21:29,140for you.38800:21:33,219 –> 00:21:37,479So here’s the question, are you trying to38900:21:37,479 –> 00:21:41,459find rest from what you’re doing for God?39000:21:41,780 –> 00:21:46,760Or are you finding rest in what he has39100:21:46,760 –> 00:21:49,920done for you? It’s a challenging question39200:21:49,920 –> 00:21:53,819both to ask and to answer honestly, are39300:21:53,819 –> 00:21:55,880you trying to find rest from what you’re39400:21:55,880 –> 00:21:58,979doing for God, or are you finding rest in39500:21:58,979 –> 00:22:02,040what he’s done for you? 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