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you sang it

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Yeah,

I don't know how I would s it. Try saying

Welcome back at this time, but sing it

like, welcome back Cotter.

No,

welcome back. Welcome back.

No. Just sing it that you are basically rapping. That was spoken word. Try singing

it. I don't want to, I don't know the tune. I don't know that song. I don't think it's a real song. Don't

A song may just make up a song. It doesn't have to be a real song. I don't wanna make up a song. We have. Why are you not wanting to say you sing at your small group? All the time.

All the time. All the, every time, the time. I feel like that's, everyone says I, who you're talking to because this is, these are false accusations.

Isn't that an accusation, isn't it a statement of fact?

I don't know. It's not a statement of fact.

Okay. You've led

worship at your small group. Yeah. I, okay, so I also led worship back at like for a job for a while too.

Alright, so then we know that you are willing to, so why not you? And you got me

coughing. Now all of a sudden I've got laryngitis too. I can't talk anymore 'cause I got laryngitis. Okay. Anyways, that's why I can't sing 'cause I've got laryngitis. That's why. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Perfect. Or something like that. Yeah. Hey, it's Tuesday. Hopefully Pastor Rod's voice is back to full strength at this point. God will, it's Saturday as we record this. So again, if not, keep praying for that. And if you're not unsure, keep praying for it. And then hopefully your prayers will show themselves to have been answered, even if it retroactively, even if he's already healed by now and you're still unaware. Keep praying that he would be healed. I'll take your prayers anytime day or night. Yeah. Do it well and even thinking about that I, as you're praying for pastor out on a regular basis, which hopefully you're praying for your pastors, myself included, on a regular basis, I would say praying for his voice to be strong and healthy and robust would be. A good prayer on a regular basis, whether he's sick or not. Amen. 'cause he's gotta use it on Wednesday nights for our students. He's gotta use it on the weekends as he leads worship and sings. He's gotta use it as he's here and counsels and meets with people throughout the week. So it's our bread and butter. It's our instrument. Yeah. Yeah it is for sure. So pray that for both of us because it's it's important for us that we maintain our health and maintain our voices. Please. And thank you. Hey, did you hear? Speaking of health the, the whole microplastics craze, right? Oh, yeah. Everybody's concerned about those. Oh, yeah. I saw a headline and I didn't click on it the other day, but it popped up on my newsfeed that they're discovering that gum has been releasing microplastics into people for ages.

Oh, I did hear about that. Yeah.

Yeah. So there you go. Everybody ruined gum for you. You're welcome. No more gum. Is it all gum or just some of that old gum that you used to get from the barber shop. Yeah. Or in like the cards of baseball bubble or double bubble. Baseball cards. Double bubble. That's what it is. Yeah. Is that what it's Yeah, it's made out of Bubble Guppies

Bubble. What? It's something like that. What is it? Bubble. Bubble. Guppies. It's oh man. Double bubble. Double bubble.

It's double bubble. Double bubble. Yes, it is. You're right. There's also licious, there's also fruit stripe which never tasted good for very long. Did you ever go to the barbershop or did you go to salons your whole life? I Yes. Salons my whole life. Yeah. Did

you get the double bubble from the barber?

I don't think I ever got the double bubble from the barber. I got the stick of cardboard gum outta the baseball card pack. Like that thing that I had been in there for like ages. Yeah. That I'm sure that. Has cancerous properties in it. There's no doubt. That's

great. It is worth it.

Those are fond

memories.

They, yeah, sure they are. Yeah. I agree. Uhhuh a hundred percent. Yeah.

I dunno you probably went to this salon where they gave you like brisket every time you came or something?

Yes, and a hundred dollars for actually showing up. They paid me to be there. They were like, wow, you hair is so amazing. We can't believe that we get to cut it. We're

paying you for the privilege of using your hair.

Yeah. The haircut itself was 200 bucks, but they paid me a hundred bucks. In the end it all washed ouT. And if you're sitting there outraged that your pastor did that, I didn't. So there you go. That was just, it was all a lie. So be outraged that I lied, but I only lied because Pastor Rod made me, so I, did

I not Thank you.

You fed me the lies and I just went

I was just talking about a scenario wherein I could see it being the truth. That I went to salons my whole life. Yeah, maybe. Yeah. Like you'd go to get your Mani PE and then go get your Yes. Yes, exactly. Just kidding. I don't see, I would be shocked if any of that was true. What? What?

Yeah. What about my Great Clips haircut that I'm rocking right now would give you the impression. She did a great job though. That place, man. It is. That is the most gambling I do in my entire life.

It basically is gambling, man. Yeah, you're paying for the privilege too, so it's just like gambling, right? A hundred percent

I go in there, I sit down, I tell 'em the same thing I want every single time. I want a two on the sides finger length on top. And it is amazing how many different interpretations of that there are.

It's art and science. That's my conclusion.

Yeah. And I love when they point out my cowlick every time. I haven't heard that since that like I was five years old getting her, you have a cowlick right there. I'm just gonna feign shock every time from no one will be like, wait a minute, nobody's ever told me that. What do you say when they say that? I say, yeah, I know. And then they're like, and then carry on. Just kinda like smile and they move on and keep cutting the rest of my hair.

Yeah. I wonder what they're expecting to have you say to that. What's the anticipated response? I

don't know. You can't fix it. Shock. Oh. I'm like, yeah. My parents, I grew up on a farm and my parents used to put me in the cow pen and they just went at it at all.

You should just go for it. Maybe that, that, that'd be humorous. At least dude. Oh

man. They would be so confused. They'd be like, what? What is happening? Yeah. No, she did a great job. She was kind and nice. So I've got a lot more grays in my hair though than I used to have,

yikes.

How do you feel about that? I'm okay with it. Crown of glory, right? As long as, not like Baldy, where the bear, she bear comes out and eats the children from mocking Baldy. Yeah.

Do you think maybe for one of the milestones that our church hits that you'll let us d your No, you didn't, lemme finish. I didn't let you finish. You're exactly right. You're a milestone that the church hits like a big one. Nope. We go to two services. Nope. You let us d Your hair with highlights.

Nope. I told my wife the other day, I was like, love highlights. I said, Hey, I think I want to get I think I want a buzz. And she looked at me and she goes, literally, she was like, you're 40. What's wrong with that? I think she thought I've passed the age where I can pull off a buzz.

I say give it a shot and we'll all give you some feedback,

okay? Yeah. Anyways. My daughter is not a fan of the buzz either. She's no, dad, you can't do that.

Don't buzz her hair. Yeah, let her keep her hair.

Yeah, hers for sure. Yeah. The buzz would not look good on Annie. That's a for sure. Alright, let's talk the Bible. Psalm seven, Psalm 27, Psalm 31, Psalm 34, Psalm 52. There's a lot. We're gonna have quite a few of these days, by the way. While Pastor OT is still somewhat unable to talk, I'm gonna go ahead and say what I think about how you should refer to these. And they're not, it's not Psalms seven Psalms. 27 Psalms 31. Contrary to what the grammar books out there might tell you they can do. The grammar books are written by people that are not commentary writers, and they are wrong because it is an individual psalm that makes up the book of Psalms. He's typing right now furiously. He's looking for justification to be able to say no. You can say Psalms seven, but it is. Incorrect. It is a compromise. It's postmodernism at work. It is a result of DEI, getting their hands on the Bible and telling us what we can and can't do. It's all of these things. In that above it is an individual Psalm in the book of Psalms. It is not Psalms seven. With that out of the way, let's talk about Psalm seven. I can argue with you. Okay. Alright. Hey, Psalm seven. This is Aon getting shaggy with it. I think as we referenced it last time we recorded this ion of David. That's just talking about what the melody was or the type of song was against so much is unknown here, but this is a situation where we have some specificity here. So it says, who sang to the Lord concerning the words of. Kush a Benjaminite. So we get some context provided for us. That tells us this is when this is all happening here. This psalm is broken down as a prayer, a plea and then really a call for God to respond. And so he, he opens up with his prayer for deliverance. And this happens so often in, in these psalms. This is a common familiar structure. David's in trouble. He's laying out his situation saying, God, I'm asking you to deliver me from. This. And then in verses three through five, he's gonna plead the foundation for that, which is his innocence in this matter. And that's important to note here. David is not pleading the fact that he's innocent across the board. He's not saying I'm, I've never committed a sin, but he's saying. I'm being chased and pursued for something that I didn't do, a wrong, that I didn't commit. And so in response, he calls for God to act. In verses six through nine says, God, I want you to deliver me and also defeat my enemies. And we see the theology of David emerged there in verses 10 through 13. He says, my shield is with God who saves the upright in heart. My God is a righteous judge, a God who feels indignation every day. If man does not repent, God will wet his sword. And so David is saying, this is who I know you to be God. And so that's why I'm asking these things. Verses 14 through 18, he's saying, I know that in the end, the wicked will be judged, the wrongs will be righted. And so as a result of that verse 19, I will worship you. He's gonna trust the Lord. He's going to worship God no matter what. And and rely upon that not verse 19, sorry. Verse 17, I will give thanks to the Lord thanks to his righteousness, so he's gonna praise God. But there's a lot here that, that is similar in a lot of the Psalms that we'll read.

Just a quick note here. We don't know who this cush is though, right? We don't know if it's a location. We know if it's a guy. It's more likely a person, obviously, but we just don't have any place in scripture. So if you're scratching your head saying, when did we read about this? We did it. And we don't know who this is. This could be a number of David's enemies that are in collaboration with Saul, who was a Benjamin Knight as well. That's where Saul was from. So that's maybe something that's happening here, but we don't have an exact story in scripture that tells us about this scenario.

Correct. Yep. Yeah, that's helpful clarification there. Psalm 27 this is a Psalm of confident joy. By contrast, this again, is of David and he's confident and he's rejoicing because the Lord is on our side. And this is the situation where he says, if that's true, whom shall we fear? Paul is gonna say something very similar to this in Romans eight. He's gonna say, if God is forced, who can be against us? And that's basically what David is saying here. The Lord is my light, my salvation. Whom shall I fear the stronghold of my life? Of whom shall I be afraid? I could see David writing something like this on the heels of his interaction with Saul and Getty. Where he was able to emerge from that. And Saul says, Hey, I, I know who you're gonna be. Remember my family? And Saul walks away and David's man, God is so good. God is so kind to, to do that. And I think this is kinda a good reminder that, pastor Rod, you often will bring up, hey, make these memorials of things that God has done in your life. And David's doing that through song. I think these are him reflecting back on God's actions and saying, God is good and He's done this, and so I'm gonna praise him for it.

Amen. This is why we sing songs as a church. We're commemorating God's good deeds, even though they're somewhat generic. They're not about a specific point or season in our lives, but sometimes we get those songs that are just like, that's the song that I was singing during that particular season of my life. And that's the power of music. We're meant to do this. This is evidence. All the evidence we need really to show that God designed us to be singers. God sings over us. And therefore we ought to sing as well. This is a good thing, and I'm so glad that God preserved these things in scripture because it reminds us how powerful and potent music is in the life of a believer.

Yeah. Yeah. Psalm 31 then is a psalm that was written by David as, again, in this time in a time of great distress. We don't have any. Other information about this, but we do know verses 11 and 12, because of all my adver adversaries, I've become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, an object of dread to my acquaintances. Those who see me in the street flee from me. I've been forgotten, like one who is dead. I've become like a broken vessel. So we see that this is a bad circumstance for David as he's writing this psalm. But still he's gonna recount the times in the Psalm that. The Lord had been faithful to him to deliver him and preserve him. God had been faithful. Verse eight, he says, you have you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a broad place. David's saying You've done that in the past, so you can do that again. So he resolves then to trust in the Lord. Verse 14, knowing that his life or his times as it's put there, where in the hands of God that, that God had it in control. Think Psalm 1 39, you've got every single one of my days written down before even one of them came to pass. And so David's not gonna add days. He's not gonna subtract days like Jesus said to his disciples, who have you by being anxious, can add a single hour to his life. So David is gonna resolve and trust in the Lord. And we get the contrast there from his circumstances in verse 19. How abundant is your goodness for those who fear you? And then. The flip side of that, for those that don't fear you verse 23 you abundantly repay the one who acts in pride. So, this is a significant chapter. In fact, as we approach the cross, some of Jesus's final words come from this very chapter in Psalm 31, 5 into your hand. I commit my spirit. You have redeemed me. Oh Lord, faithful God. Now, for David, that meant he was saying, I'm gonna trust my life to you as I'm on the run, but. But Jesus takes those words and applies those same words to himself on the cross before breathing his last in a final act of obedience and trust in the Father, ultimately in this act of self-sacrifice on our behalf. And so these words harken back to Psalm 31. I. Psalm 34. Then the title of Psalm 34 is gonna tell us that we are to taste and see that the Lord is good. And we see some context here when David changed his behavior before a Alek. Or a bilac, sorry, pr let's talk about that for a second. 'cause we said that we didn't think that this was a good thing that David did this. And yet he's going to praise God for delivering him. And so this is clearly in our Bibles. We're not gonna look at Psalm 34 and be like, we shouldn't have this. But is David drawing wrong conclusions from or right? Conclusions from a wrong. Act in in Psalm 34,

God uses sin sinlessly. And so it's not a farfetched thought to, to think that even if I did something wrong and I could acknowledge that I didn't act it in a way that was prudent or wise or good. The fact that God brings about good from these things ought to be reasoned for us to celebrate. So I would say, yeah, it's not. I am actually a little more unsure about his behavior before Aish, who he calls a bim. I don't know. And part of the reason I don't know is because of this passage here that leads me to say, okay is it? That, is David just. Praising God because God delivered him through this means. Or was this something that God, I don't wanna say endorsed, but tolerated and said, okay, this may not be the ideal, but this is a wartime situation. It's one of those things where in war deception is part of the practice and it's a part of a just war. No one expects the enemy to be forthright. You hide, you put camo on your tanks to hide your tanks. Yeah. You deliberately deceive your enemy to overcome them. So I don't know if David is using war time techniques or tactics and I'm unsure of whether or not that was a sinful move on his part. But I do think Psalm 34, regardless of whether it was a sinful tendency on his part or if it was something that God permitted either way, the fact that David celebrates this is always a good thing. If God uses sin in a righteous way in your life, not your sin necessarily, but maybe your sin. If he brings about good from it, it's always good to say, man, thank you God for doing that. Didn't have to. If God were to be just with us, he would always give us discipline every time we sin. And that would be exhausting, excruciating. And yet here God allows David to be successful in that, ultimately to bring himself glory to overcome the Philistines. But that would be my few thoughts on that. What about you?

Yeah I'm with you. I think there's enough of an opportunity to give us pause to say, okay, maybe we. The situation was more upright than we initially thought there because of, again this text, this passage where actually we talked about this past Sunday of this idea of compatible, of God's sovereignty, of man's responsibility and how he uses, as you, you put it, sinful things in a non sinful way. Then may, maybe that's what's going on here. And David's recognizing the good in spite of his own actions, which is good for us to do at times to say, okay, God, we messed up and yet you still brought good out of our sin, out of our wrongdoing there. So maybe that's what's happening here in Psalm 34.

Amen. And I love the fact that David calls us the tasting sea. There's a very real experiential element to our faith, and part of it is to say, this is what David is encouraging us to do, trust him. See for yourself. If you think I'm making up how God is good, try it for yourself. Test, test the Lord and see whether or not he's good. And this is his point. He's good. He's still, he's delivered me, he's taken care of me. God has been faithful. Every turn that I can come to God is good. I love that.

Psalm 52. Then as we move to our last Psalm in this title here tells us the context that this was for When do the mite had gone to a alek or told Saul that David had gone to a Alek. So this is an interesting psalm against the background of a very. NA horrific situation. And do's the one in view when it says in verse one, why do you boast of evil almighty man? And you think of, do remember Saul said, who's gonna kill these people for me? And these priests form me and do, has no fear of God and steps forward and does it no matter what. And so this psalm is a confident expression of the trust that David had, that God would punish dogue for his evil deeds. And by extension anyone who sets himself against God And in bows up against God, God is going to punish them for the evil and the wrongdoing that they. Commit. The response that the righteous should have is to see and fear less. They should find themselves in the same spot, in the same place. And this is something that we look at and it's, we talk about the L-shaped amen. Sometimes we listen to a sermon and we're like, oh, this is for that guy over there. I think that the healthy thing for us to do is to read this in fear that we should ever be. In a position to draw the same response from God. That do is gonna draw that, that we should say and pray along with David, Hey Lord, keep me from anything, grievous any evil way within me. So that I might not try you, that I might not sin against you. And I think that's Psalm 52 is a good reminder of that for us. Let's pray and then we'll be done with this episode. God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for the Psalms. I just pray that as we spend time with them, we would be able to truly do just that, that we would spend time with each one as I know sometimes it's gonna feel like there's a lot, there's five, there's six Psalms that we're reading in a day. But God help us to still draw things, principles, truth out of your word. The poetic sometimes is more difficult for us, but allow us to be able to understand even consult a good commentary, something like that, that we can read and track along with. But God, we we love your word and we love how your word speaks to real life situations. And the Psalms are such a good example of that as David Mourns. As David struggles. As David fears David, questions. It's such a good thing for us to read the Psalms and see this, and also see the answers that you provide through them as well. So we pray for just a rich time as we study these together. In Jesus' name, amen.

Amen.

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