I've still got my ribbon-marked marker from
Matthew 10, where Brother David Hevinson's first message is preached
from, probably. And he read from Matthew 10 on
How the Lord takes care of and feeds the sparrow. Are you not
worth more than many sparrows? And Brother David pointed out
to us when he says, cast your care on the Lord for he careth
you. It means much more than just he thinks about you and
he feels for you, but he's taking care of you. has and is and will
take care of you. He provides for you. That's what
providence means. He provides all things. I think
I'll just leave that marker right there from now on. We need to
remember that. Psalm 5, you know, sometimes
there's a It seems to be a little let down
after a Bible conference, but it doesn't need to be a let down,
does it? We've got more in here tonight than Noah had in the
ark. How blessed we are. Where two or three are gathered,
Christ promised a million. Midweek service is a very special
time to me. It's vital. Vital means just
necessary to life. We go through the week, two or
three days, and out in the world, dry and thirsty land, David called
it, and we get thirsty and hungry and thirsty. We come crawling
in here. We need this. I seek a message
from the Lord every time we meet together. And I am busy doing
some projects and things I do. I've got a house to take care
of and things to take care of. So I understand something of
your weariness, but I seek a message from the Lord from my heart,
something to bless me. It must touch my heart to be
preached from my heart to your heart. I want this to bless you.
So you always go to the Psalms, can't you? David was a man after
God's own heart, and I find David saying and expressing the very
thoughts of my heart, don't you? You can always turn to the Psalms.
They always speak to me, and you're like me. As soon as you
finish reading them, you go back and read them again. Psalms are
Psalms. That's what it means. And I keep
telling you, sing. If you get down, sing. I'm telling you. I'm telling
you from the Word. I'm telling you from experience.
Seriously, sing. It really does lift your spirit.
And, you know, we learn these... Most everybody in here knows
Psalm 121 by heart now. Why? Because you've heard Brother
Gabe sing it over and over again. That's a good way to remember
these scriptures, isn't it? So sing, sing. It's medicinal. It's good for your soul. Psalms are full of prayers, aren't
they? If not every psalm, if not most
psalms are just full of prayers for the cry of Moses and David
unto the Lord. Oh, my. Prayer. I thought of
bringing a message on prayer, and I just started reading, and
nearly every psalm is prayer. Psalm 3, Lord, how they increase
your trouble. Chapter 4, hear me when I call,
O God. Psalm 5, give ear to my words,
O Lord. Psalm 6, O Lord. Psalm 7, O Lord,
my God. On and on it goes. So this is
a prayer, and there are three things We're going to see in
this song prayer, worship, and joy. Joy. Remember, Nehemiah said, don't
weep because the joy of the Lord is your strength. And may we
get some joy and some comfort out of that. Verse 1, it begins
this way. Give ear to my words, O Lord. Consider my meditation. unto the voice of my cry. My
King, my God, through unto Thee will I pray. My voice shalt thou
hear in the morning, O Lord. In the morning will I direct
my prayer unto Thee, and will look up." David's praying to
God. He's praying to be heard by God. It's sad to say that so much of our
prayers are out of duty and lip service. We're all guilty of
this. We feel the need to pray and
the duty of prayer, and we sit down before we eat. Aren't you
ashamed of all the times you're more interested in eating than
you are praying? Say it. David's praying here from the
heart. He wants the Lord to hear him. He said, Lord, hear me.
Hear me. You know, the Lord is nigh unto
them that call upon Him. To all that call upon Him in
truth. Those that truly call upon Him. To all that cry. David said in
verse 2, I cry. And over and over throughout
the Psalms he says, I cry unto the Lord. I cry unto the Lord. Do you remember Brother Gay bringing
up the children crying in the nursery? Do you remember that? And the mother hears their cry.
Well, our Father hears every cry, real cry. of the broken
heart of a needy sinner that cries and he hears every single
one. And like a mother, those mothers distinguish the cry of
their children, they know. And you ladies that have had
children, you remember when your children were babes, they were
completely and totally dependent on you, weren't they? And you
heard every cry, didn't you? I remember, Mindy tells this
too, I remember waking up one morning, Hannah was just an infant,
and the next morning I said, boy, she slept all night, didn't
she? Mindy said, no, she woke up three times. I got up three times. The mother
hears her cry. Our Father hears every cry. David
even said our tears are in His mouth. Every tear we cry. He hears our cry. And He knows
the difference in our cry. Do you remember the times when
your children were babies or infants and they'd cry just fussing? Do you remember? He wouldn't
run to their side. They'd just fuss. They'd just
complain. Leave them alone. They'd go back to sleep. And
do you know the difference when they're fussing? And when they
really need you. If they really need you, what
are you going to do? And our God is a very present help in
time of trouble. Real trouble. So, David's in
trouble. He's crying. He's crying. He
said in verse 1, Give ear to my words, hearken unto the voice
of my cry. My voice shalt thou hear in the
morning. You know, prayer should be from
the heart. Someone once said, better to
have a heart without words than words without heart, which is
true. And most of the time, we pray
from the heart with groanings that cannot be uttered. We love
that Romans 8 poem, groanings that cannot be uttered. We just
don't know what to pray for and how to pray, so we just, oh.
You know, that's how we pray without ceasing it. You find
yourself, Lord, please, have mercy. Help, help, help. I pray
that all the time. Lord, help me, please. Give me prayer, spontaneous prayer. Lord, I need wisdom. Lord, help
me through this. Lord, I don't know what to do. I need your
help. But there are times when we've
got particular things on our mind, and you're thinking about
it. And he's trying to put it in
words, and this is what he says in verse 1. Lord, give ear to
my words, O Lord. Consider my meditation. My meditation. I'm thinking of something on
my mind, Lord. And don't you love Psalm 139? There's another glorious psalm
where he says, let me read to you. He says, you understand
my thoughts afar off. Every thought that we think,
you understand, good and bad, is not a word in my tongue, O
Lord. We know it all together, good and bad. We know. You know,
he said, such knowledge is too wonderful for me, but it is wonderful.
He knows us better than we know ourselves. But David says, there's something
on my mind, Lord, I'm trying to put it in words. And he speaks
this prayer. This is out loud. He says, hearken
unto the voice of my cry. My voice shouts out here in the
morning. And I've told you this before,
that there are times when you cannot pray out loud, but there
are times when you could and you should. Like reading the
Scriptures out loud. Do you ever do that? It helps. I'm telling you, it does. I'm
down here by myself. I do it all the time. And Ruth
is paying close attention. Talking to me. But, you know,
it helps you to concentrate on what you're reading. It really
does. Our minds are so prone to wandering,
aren't they? Prayer? Seriously. You know what
I'm saying? If you don't voice it, your mind's
going to wander. So, if it's serious, Lord, put it into words. It says, Harken
unto me. Look at verse 2. Harken unto
the voice of my cry, my King, my God. Will God hear us? Will God hear, harken unto our
cries? Why? Why would he? Why should he? David in Psalm
8 says, what is man without mind? Why should God hear us? You know, we went so long, most
in here, went so many years without giving God a thought, without
giving God one word of thanks, without asking God permission. You know, that's what trespassing
is. It's using someone else's property without giving them
thanks or asking their permission. We did that for years, didn't
we? Like we did to our parents. We took everything they did for
us for granted and never gave them a word of thanks until sometimes
it's too late and you wish you could go back and thank them
again. How long do we do that to our God? And how often do
we still do it? Why should He hear us? Why will
he here? Will he here? Why should he?
I'll tell you why he will. Because he's our God. He's God,
not a man. Is he your king? David said,
you're my king. One of the writers said kings are not subject to their subjects,
but they will answer their subjects who bow to them and call upon
them. I love the thought of Solomon being king. I would have liked
to have lived in the time of Solomon. Forty years of peace.
Every man under his own vine and fig tree. The wisest man
on earth. Better to have lived with Christ
for three days, though. The King of kings. Nevertheless,
I like to think about Solomon. I believe that anybody who wanted
his help could get it. He had a table so big, if anybody
was hungry, they could come and have it. But our Lord is infinitely
greater. Solomon didn't have the capacity
or the time to hear everybody. You would have had to wait a
while to get Solomon to hear your case. Yes, you would have.
Maybe a week, two weeks, a month, or whatever. Not our God. The
Scripture says He's a very present help. He's called. Why should He? Well, is He your
King? Is He your God? David said, this
God is our God. My God. Is He your sovereign? Is He your ruler? Most people
don't want a sovereign. Most people don't want God, do
they? The fool hath said there's no God. The heathen rage against
God. None more so than this generation
we live in, do they? Very few people who acknowledge
and bow to and believe the God who is God. Very few. Is this
God your God? Do you call this God your God?
Do you call Jesus Christ your King? Back when He was on the
earth, they said, We will not have this man reign over us.
Well, I got news for you. He does. What do you say? Do you say, Oh, come and reign
over us? Wasn't it good news? Brother David kept emphasizing
it, Thy God reigneth. Which one? Both. Isn't that good
news? This God is our God. He's my
King. Christ is our King. He's my God.
Unto Thee will I pray. He's going to hear His subjects
that call upon Him in truth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
who is the way to be heard, the truth and the life. He says in
verse 3, My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord.
In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee. This is
good. Early. They that seek me early
shall find me. Early. Firstfruits. Give unto God the firstfruits
before anyone or before anything. Call upon your God. One of the
old writers said this, he said, if you don't seek the Lord first,
first thing in the morning, you're going to scarcely find him the
rest of the day. In the morning. So satisfy us
early with that mercy. First fruits. First fruit. Verse
3, he said, my boy, I'll direct my prayer unto thee. and look up. I'm praying to thee. Who is it that you look to? Who is it that you depend upon? Who is it that you look to for
help, for hope, for wisdom, for understanding, for peace, for
comfort? Who? Who? Man? Oh no, we'll see that. I think
that's why you chose Psalm 118, wasn't it? At the end of this,
it descends with trust. Trust the Lord. David said, I'm
going to direct my prayer unto thee. It's a vain thing to look
to Washington, Egypt, Washington. Vain thing to trust the ruler.
Oh, our new president's going to fix it. Yeah, right. I will lift up mine eyes unto
the hill, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from
the Lord, which made heavens and earth, in whose hands our
breath is in all our way, and everything and everyone. Aren't
you glad? That ought to give us joy right
off the bat here. Oh, our God reigns. We lift up
our eyes to him. Now what is David praying unto
the Lord for? What is he crying unto the Lord
for? The same things we cry unto the Lord for. We're sinners living
in a sinful world and we need help. We need saving from this
sinful world, saving from our sinful selves. Don't we? That's all through the psalm. We need saving. If we're righteous,
if we're in Christ, if Christ is in you, a new creature, then
you're like a lot, you're a just man, and you're vexed. You're
vexed with all you see and hear around you. That's what 2 Peter
says, he vexed his righteous soul with all he heard around
him. David goes on to talk about their
throats are an open sepulcher. Isn't it true? And David's in
the middle of this. Even though he's king, yet he
hears it. He sees it. He's bombarded with
all the filth and the things of this world. Isn't this what
just vexes us? That's a good sign. Like I said,
Lot was called a just man, a righteous man. Why is that? Because Christ
was in it. There was a time when these things
did not vex us. We were right in the middle of
it. If they vex you now. Look at verse 4 through 6. He says, Thou art not a God that
hath pleasure in wickedness, neither shall evil dwell with
thee. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord our God. This God, our God
is holy. You don't hear that anymore do
you? You do, but you don't hear it
out there anymore do you? Our God is holy and righteous
and just, and I'm glad. He hath no pleasure in wickedness,
neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand
in thy sight. The foolish said, No, God. He
hates, look at verse 5, Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
When have you ever heard a modern preacher quote that? This is
the true God. There are some people and things
God hates. This is the true God, the God
who is God, the God of the Bible. Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. He will destroy them that speak
lies. In the Revelation it says all
liars have their place in a lake of fire. Workers of iniquity,
bloody and deceitful, are violent and deceitful men. Liars, violence,
deceit. That said, David lived in a The
same world we live in, just a little more, well, less people. Oh my, Scripture says things
like this, the wicked go astray from the womb speaking live.
This is mankind. This describes mankind by nature.
Earth is filled with violence. All the earth has corrupted His
way right before the flood. Paul wrote, evil men, seducers,
wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceitful. But God. But God. Look at chapter 4, verse 3. But know, but know that the Lord
hath set apart him that is godly for himself. The Lord will hear
when I call him. Who is righteous? These verses,
Spurgeon made it clear that these first five Psalms or more give
a glaring difference between God's people and the people of
this world. Like our Lord in John 17 said, they're not of
the world. Like me, they're not of the world.
Why? Why is someone righteous? Why
is someone godly and not ungodly? They were ungodly. How did they
become godly? They were unrighteous, had to become righteous. They
were wicked, had to become holy. They were bad, had to become
good people. In Christ, by Christ, through
Christ, because of Christ, because of the Spirit of God, they're
born of God. That which is born of God, sin it not. There's a new creature. Mysterious,
but true. Fact. There's an old man in us. He's evil. He's rotten to the
core. He's corrupt. He's a worker of
iniquity. He's a liar. He's a cheat. He's
a deceiver. There's a new man. That's Jacob.
There's a new man, Israel. He's holy. He's righteous. He's
godly. He loves righteous. Let me ask you this. Look at
verse 4. It says, God does not have pleasure in wickedness.
Do you? Do you have pleasure in wickedness? There was a time. There was a time when he did.
What about evil? Do you want to dwell in evil
and with evil? Do you want evil to dwell in
evil? No. Not anymore. Foolish. Are you a fool? Well,
we act foolish at times, but if Christ has made unto you wisdom,
you are no longer a fool. He is a fool that says there's
no God. He is a fool that doesn't know Christ. He is a fool that
doesn't worship Christ. He is a fool that doesn't come
to God through Christ. How do you come to God? Through
Christ. You're a wise man. You're no
fool. Workers of iniquity. We all do
works of iniquity. But this is a continual, habitual,
one desirous of iniquity. David said, I want iniquity gone. I want it out of me. Right? Scripture says he'll cleanse
us. All unrighteous. Iniquity. Oh, my. Iniquity. Those that speak lie. You know,
liars. They'll have their part in a
lake of fire. God, we lie when we don't tell the complete truth.
You know that? But do you not rejoice in the
truth? Huh? Do you not tell people the truth,
which is what? Who? Christ. Huh? You can't help
it. He got to. No, you're not a liar. You shouldn't
listen to me if you think I'm a liar. You know that? Don't
listen to me if you think I'm a liar. Think David's a liar?
Paul's a liar? Elijah? Elijah? Isaiah? Are we capable of lying? Yes.
Are we liars? No. Do you understand the difference? To deny that this is not true,
to deny that God's people are not holy and godly and righteous
and just, this is what God says about it. Even good. He called
Joseph of Arimathea a good man. He called Barnabas a good man.
He said of the Romans, I'm persuaded you're full of goodness. It says
none good, no not one. Where is that? Romans 3, and
it's in context. Evil, wicked, unregenerate. Gentiles,
evil, wicked, unregenerate. Religious. Jews, there's none
difference, there's none good, no, no, no. By nature. None to
understand. Do you understand? The way of
peace, they don't know. Do you know the way of peace?
No fear of God. Do you fear God? You see who
that's talking about? No, we're not good in ourselves.
No, we're not righteous in our sin. We have nothing to do with
it. This is God's work. To deny it
is to deny the new birth. It's to deny the scriptures.
It's to deny the work of the Holy Spirit. And David, so David says, that's
the wicked. But as for me, and David knows, David said, you
took me from father and sheep. I'm nobody from nowhere, less
than the least. But as for me, this sounds like
Ephesians 2, is what this sounds like. You walked according to the course
of this world, the prince of the higher air, like the children
of disobedience, or children of wrath, even as others. But
God. But as for me, Mercy said, I
will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy. It's
of the Lord's mercies that we're in this house. That we want to
come to this house. That we come to this house. No
man can come into this house except what? The Father, which
sent Christ, shall come. He said, I'll draw them. They'll
come. All that the Father giveth me, Christ said, shall come. Where? Under me. David's calling
unto the Lord. Who is the Lord? The Lord Jesus
Christ. David's Lord. My Lord. Same Lord. He says, as for me,
I will come into thy house. Do you consider God's church
God's house? Where God's people are? Would
you rather be a doorkeeper in this place than a midwailer in
the tents of the wicked? Would you really? I believe you
mean that. I see smiles on your face. There was a time when I
did not smile when I was brought in here, like I see some of our
young people. And it's sad. It's not funny.
It's not sad. I pray. These are times, I hear
you men down in that study, and I wish all the women could be
there too. We're calling on the Lord for our children. Aren't
we? Aren't we, Stephen? Every time. The Lord saves not just your
children, but all our children. And I told you before that every
man in there has lost children. Every one of them. Including
me. My granddaughter. We have a particular thing, a
particular need, a pressing need, a burden on our hearts. Didn't
you love Brother David's message? His last message, son, we have
a burden for our children. So we call on the Lord, hear
me. Please hear us. Would you please? We've got some
children. We've got some young people. If you don't do something for
them, they're going to perish with this world. So how blessed we are that by
the mercy of God we come into His house. In thy fear, verse
7, in thy fear will I worship. Worship, here it is, forgetting
to worship. How do you worship? Fear. You won't worship a God
you don't fear. When do you hear that word anymore
in modern Christian? You don't. Because there's no
fear of God before they're at it. Psalm 36. The transgression
of the wicked saith within my heart, there's no fear. And that's
not just open, outward, wicked people out in the world, but
religion. Those workers of iniquity, I
remind you, in Matthew 7, the Lord said of those that said,
we've prophesied and preached, we've done many, our works are
so wonderful. He said, you're workers of iniquity.
That's what God said. That's what Christ said. And
you say that today, they'll hate you for it. And they'll get up
and they'll leave. But it's so in them. Religion is the seat
of Satan. Read it. As Brother Bruce would
say, read your Bible. That's what it says in Revelation.
It's the seat of Satan. That's where his cheap work is
being done. Deceiving. He's a deceiver. And that's his
greatest deceit. The hearts of people have this
refuge of lies. The God that loves everybody,
the Jesus that died for everybody, it's up to you. The will of man
is deciding his salvation. That's a lie from hell. Bless God you're not deceived. If we get to the end of this,
we've been hedged about here for a long time now. We've been
hedged about. That's not going to come in here. Aren't you glad? That's for me. Turn over Psalm 26 real fast. I love this psalm. You know,
this is Christ speaking, and it's, as He is, so are we. Doesn't
it say that? Doesn't it say that, John? As
He is, so are we. When? Now, in this world. Christ
in you. David said, In verse 3, thy lovingkindness
is before my eyes. I have walked in thy truth. I
have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissimilars.
I have hated the congregation of evildoers. I won't sit with
them. I'm not going to join with modern religion. It's evil in
its saving. Down in verse 8, Lord, I have
loved the habitation of thy house, the place where thine otter dwelleth. Gather not my soul with sinners.
He's still talking about religion. My life a bloody man in whose
hands is mischief. But as for me, verse 11, I walk
in mine integrity, redeem me, be merciful unto me. My foot
standeth in an even, a straight, a plain, a solid place in the
congregations where I bless the Lord. Is that what you say? But
as for me, But as for me, this is not pride. This is not self-righteousness
on David's part. He's not glorying himself. He's
glorying in God to save him from himself. And such were some of you. But
God, you've been washed, justified, sanctified. Once never gave God a thought.
Now God, now you... Never came to God's house, and
now there's nothing you can do. But ask for me. Can you say that? What did Joshua say in Joshua
24? But ask for me in my house. This is what we're going to do.
This is where we're going to be. That's not pride. That's
just his heart. Where are you going to find Joshua?
Where are you going to find God's people? In God's house with God's
people. It wasn't their doing, it's God's
doing. But that's how you know it's God's doing. As His manner
was, so is our manner in the house of God. In fear, will I
worship toward thy holy temple? You know David wasn't worshiping
a building, was he? The holy temple. What was in
the holy temple? The Ark of the Covenant. The
ark of God, the shekinah glory of God, the place where the sacrifice,
where the blood, the mercy seat. David is talking about the Lord
Jesus Christ is what he's talking about, where Christ is, his hope
is the blood on the mercy seat, the lamb slain for the remission
of his sin. That's what he prayed in Psalm
51. Purge me with hyssop, wash me
and I'll be white with the blood of the lamb. The temple, and
I was going to turn to Revelation 21, says that there's no temple
up there. Why? It says the Lamb is the
temple. He always has been. In Him we
live and move and have our being. He that dwelleth in the secret
places of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty. That's Christ. He's our temple.
He tabernacled among us. And our eyes are toward Him.
Him. We call upon Him. Every type,
every shadow, every picture of the temple, every piece of furniture,
every socket under every post speaks of Christ. That's what
David is saying. Our eyes are toward thy holy
temple, not toward the Lord who is in this holy temple. Look
at verse 8. He keeps praying. He started preaching. Now he's
praying, Leave me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of
my envy. Make thy way straight before my face. Leave me. Leave
me. God's people want and need to
be led. Sheep need to be led. That's
the nature of the animal. Goats don't want to be led, do
they, Stephen? I'll get Steve to tell you that
story about that goat. Oh, I love it. Anyway, goats don't want to be
led. Goats don't need other goats.
Like going alone. Sheep need sheep. Sheep need
a shepherd. Sheep need to be led. Prone to
wander. That's why we love that song
so much, isn't it? Come Thou Fount. Prone to wander. That's the nature of sheep too.
So they need and want to be led. Leave me. This world we live
in, everybody's talking about freedom. I want my freedom. I
want my freedom. What they mean by that is I want
freedom to sin with unbridled love, with no restraint, no laws,
no fetters. Don't tell me what to do. Not
me. You? I want His yoke on me. Don't you, Brother Kelly? A bridle,
a bed, a halter, a lead glove, and a short one at that. Don't
you? Don't turn me loose. Isn't that
what you say? Lead me. Lead me not into temptation. Lead me in paths of righteousness,
for your name's sake. Make your way straight before
my face. Don't let me look to the right
or the left. Put some blinders on me. We're a sorry lot. We need blinders. We need a short Is that you? Don't turn me loose. Lord, don't turn me loose for
a minute. Lead me in thy righteousness to Christ. Let me look to him
at all times because of mine enemies. They're within and they're
without. And they're everywhere. And they're
mighty. They're lively. And he goes back
thinking about, he can't get rid of these thoughts of the
world he lives in. There's no faithfulness in their
mouth. Who can you believe? Huh? I love Psalm 12. Help, Lord, the godly man ceaseth.
The faithful fail from among the children of men. Who can
you trust? Who can you believe? Is there anybody? Anybody? Yes. Our Lord. There's no faithfulness in their
mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Verse 9, their throat
is an open sepulcher. Have you ever... You're not used to what you're
hearing, are you? It's so vile. You know, there's nothing worse than an
open grave. Have you ever smelled a rotting
human corpse? There's nothing worse. No dead
animal smells like a human being rotten. And buddy, the stuff that's coming
out of the mouths of men, women, and young people is just noxious. That's why God said in Psalm
19, He looked down on the children and He said, they're all together
stinking and filthy. Wow. Do you have any trouble
believing that the Lord's going to burn this thing? And such were some of you. But
God. They flatter. They flatter. Destroy them. He's going to.
Verse 10. Let them fall by their own counsels.
Cast them out in the mulch of their transgression. They rebelled
against thee. You see, David is not so much
concerned about his enemies as God's enemies. See that? They
rebelled against him. That's Psalm 30, 39. Do not I hate them that hate
thee. Yea, I hate them with a perfect hatred. I consider them mine
enemies. Now let's close. He says, now let's get to some joy. Verse
11. Let all those that put their
trust in thee rejoice. Let them shout for joy. All that
put their trust in this. Boy, you see this throughout
the psalm, don't you? Trust in the Lord. Trust in the
Lord. Look at Psalm 2, the last verse. Kiss the son lest he be angry.
He perished on the way when his wrath is kindled but a little.
That's talking about the Lord Jesus Christ. Man, he's so different
than the Jesus men believe in then. Verse 11 says, Serve the
Lord with fear. Rejoice with trembling. But he says, blessed, verse 12,
blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Brothers
and sisters, do you know the difference between putting your
trust in the Lord and trusting something? Listen to me. There's
a difference between trusting something or someone and putting
your trust in the Lord. You have to have a certain amount
of trust in whatever. I take these supplements. I take
pills. The doctors told me to take a
pill for this and a pill for that. For years I didn't take
any pills for anything. Now I'm taking pills for everything. Oh, I didn't take my pills. Well,
big deal. But anyway, I take these pills
and you're trusting a little bit, aren't you? But you're not
really. But you have to, to take it.
You understand what I'm saying? Is that making sense here? But you're not putting all your
hope and your help and your trust and your salvation and your health
and your well-being and your comfort and your peace and your
soul and your heart and spirit in that medicine. Or any man. Or anything. Or any person. Or
anything on the topside of God's earth. Don't put your trust in
anyone or anything but Him. Cast all your care, put all your
trust on the Lord. Why? He cares for you. You're so blessed if you do.
You're going to be disappointed if you put your trust in anyone
or anything. Anybody or anyone that you seek
some happiness, you're going to be disappointed. The world
that puts their trust in man and technology and riches is
going to be bitterly disappointed. Because they're going to lose
everything. Eventually, we're all going to
lose everything. But God's people, though we lose
all, we've lost nothing at all. Why? Because Christ is all. Is He? He is everything. Let's ask Job, though he's slave. I'll trust you. And Jane said,
do you remember the end of Job, don't you? Do you remember the
end of Job? He said, be patient. You're going
to lose it all. But you've lost nothing at all.
If you have Christ, you have it all. And you need nothing
else at all. He said, food and rain. Why not shelter? Because He's
our Savior. Look at verse, does this make
you joyful? Let them shout for joy. You remember
the story of Rahab? God sent two men. God sent two
men this week to us. To warn, to promise. That's what
these men did, didn't they? To show us the token, the scarlet
line, didn't they? To tell us that justice was coming
for us. Isn't it? And they said, just when you
hear the trumpet, when you hear the trumpet, shout! It's all
over but the shouting, brethren. I'm sounding the trumpet right
now. We just heard six messages. This is the seventh. Shout! Yay! Amen. Even so, come quickly,
Lord. Because thou defendest them. The margin says, cover
us over. Cover over. Protect us there. Hover us over. Satan said to
Job, Satan wanted Job and Satan wants you. As a roaring lion
seeketh whom he may devour. But I've got good news for you.
This is shouting grounds. He's put a hedge about us. The
Lord lets him have, and people like such were some of you, Prince
of the Power of the Air. Just like them. But God put a
hedge about you. What's that? The blood of Christ.
The Spirit of the Holy God. You can't have them. They're
mine. Oh my, let them that love thy
name be joyful in thee. The joy of the Lord is our strength.
Fear, doubt, unbelief make you weak. And it's contagious. We're here to build up one another
on this cross. Back when the Lord sent that
plague, someone wanted us to quit. I said, don't you call
anybody and tell them that. Don't you do that. I'm trying
to make people not fear, but believe. Well, the Lord brought
us through that, didn't he? It really wasn't much of a trial.
But thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous, those in Christ, with
favor. We're his favorites. I think
I'm going to preach Sunday on Mary. And in favor, which one
of the men brought that up? David, I think it was David. We're his favorites. We are. With favor that will
compass him as with a shield. The Lord, our God, is a sun and
a shield to them that trust him. There's none, and on and on it
goes, none that trust in him. That trusting in will be a shame. You'll be guilty. You'll be desolate.
You'll be disappointed. No. No. You say, I don't have
much trust. Do you have any? Good enough. Anything. I heard a dear sister recently
said, I don't even have a mustard seed faith. Or do you have half
a mustard seed faith? Do you believe, does God believe
on the Son of God? I do. Help my uncle. That's saving faith in all you
believe. Okay, stand with me.