Nov. 29, 2020

Good morning Half. Moon Bay. I wish I could be there in person with you all that we miss and love you guys so much and I are so grateful for your faith in the Lord. As you all know we are living in a offended, but but but but people are afraid fear is abundant. It seems like it's everywhere you look there is a Feeding Frenzy on fear that people are afraid of what people think of people are afraid of people are afraid of government are afraid of the future people are afraid of death or Freddy and how should a Christian think through these issues when when when difficulty is around the way it is here and it'll be getting stronger. The Christian act differently than the unbelievers. Response beat go to their Roost though. They do not know where tomorrow's meal. Shall be found. The dairy cattle truck didn't even Steven Trimble, but it was left for Man Of All Creatures to mistrust is gone. This morning church. I want to remind us that we can trust the Lord that we do not have to be afraid of the fear of the government or persecution or whatever else you put in the beginning. The fear of the Lord is helpless with that and let's open our Bibles to Psalm 91. I want to know what God says about this to put myself in perspective to put you in perspective. Between trials and troubles plagues and predators and what are we do we do we fight? What are we to do? How do you deal with fears as we struggle with fear anxiety worry and doubt a good comfort for our souls and I hope after today you will go back and regular the creeping doughton and anxieties. Go back to Soul 91. What is God say that is always the best place to go look inside.

This song reminds us that we cannot trust Our God we can take him at his word he is faithful so as we go through Psalm 91, I want us to to think about this. I don't usually do things like this. But but I heard this in and I'm going to use it be because we all struggle with the sin of a fearing man and fury other things besides God we struggle with The Descent of anxiety like a GPS GPS gets his going in the right direction and in that is how we're going to look at this song. So so GPS, right? God is great. pee or externally distort

who wrote the song We're well, we're really not sure. It is something in this is the language. This is the language that the spirit of God.

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no bank accounts, but in the Triune God Athanasius he was a great defender of the faith who fought for the truth that Jesus was God. He he said this to a friend. He said if you desire to establish yourself and others in Devotion to know what confidence is to be proposing and what makes mind if you want to have a Fearless mind. He goes on you will praise God by reciting the 91st Psalm. This is kind of song.

Is the perspective of this because I took this song could be called the the anxiety song. Not causing but preventing the verses 1 and 2 at as we read this and see if you can spot the names of God or the titles of God He Who dwells in the shelter of the most high will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord my God in whom I trust you see what he's doing right there at the beginning. He is looking through the lens of who God is and how many do you count? whether there are several first of all, the most high, this is a Divine tied on it focuses in on on God as Sovereign he rules he he

He's not just high and exalted and he he is the most high. In win poetry is written in the Old Testament in the Psalms. This is a molecules and atoms to the solar system is Sovereign. He is most high. My fears aren't the most high the world isn't the most high he is. And you know, it's there is another word that describes who God is.

the Almighty

Jesus is Love this language does it have to do with strength they has to do with you think about lifting powerlifting ultimate power and strength. Do you have a problem if you're worried you stressing out? You are fearful by the way. The world is selling this. You ha ha ha, how do you make people do things to get people to do what you want is to make them afraid people sell fear. They make money off of fear into the first thing you need to do is is go I have to see things through God is most high God is the powerful one. It would be one thing if he was exalted, but does he care? Is he concerned about me personally? NEC inverse to that has Laurin in all caps the name Yahoo! The personal quiz the Sun. Not only is he powerful but he cares and you think the Ultimate Care.

Ulysses the Covenant name of God. This is seeing the world events through the lens of who God is.

And if you look there still another one. Elohim when you see the English word God in the Old Testament is Creator he he makes things out of nothing. So he's a creative beginning navigate to World. How do I say I need to go?

how to make sure I do it through the lens that God is great.

Problems aren't great. I am not great. God is a great one. She is the most high she is the powerful one. He is Lord and He is the Creator and you notice which witch is which is interesting. There are some other words used trust him. But you notice verse 1 he who dwells in the shelter of the most high will bide in the shadow who gives me and installment design. So we don't we trust our Lord and lean not on our own understanding.

So I you two to walk by faith not faith in face butt face.

And even though there are the gentlemen dangers. Image image image to make sure we get them.

Maybe the the versus summarizes the the the Book of Ruth Ruth chapter 2. It talks about how faithful God is.

You can say this. Upon that ground that is referring to is I will confidently commit myself and all my Affairs to go on. It doesn't that. Sound like what the Christian supposed to do my eternal life and my temporal life into the future into your care confidently do that.

I will take refuge I will seek safety and comfort.

Start off or all who take refuge in him. The church when your trials are great. You need a greater God to deal with.

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God is faithful.

Psalm 89 says he is to be greatly feared in the council the holy ones and awesome above all who are around him. YouTube the song the very beginning so I'm going to have to make sure that I understand that I see everything God is a GPS. God is great. Number two is a change. I will say I trust now it's you. He will deliver You Verse 3 he will cover you verse for you will not fear verse 5000. You will only look verse 9 because you have made the Lord. Verse 11. He will command his angels concerning you verse phone in you.

How do you say we've gone from one kind of pronoun? I will say this to another you will say that but some commentators say I don't know if it's true, but it would be a 3 to 13 and stung by this part and they're selling repeated.

He is my personal God.

These use inversus 313 I mean you should know they're there in the singular and he he he could be preaching to the choir visuals on the fire is a preaching to individuals so that they're not going to freak out when when when this world is it in the world?

Verse 3 God is Not only great, but he protects figurative language to increase your confidence in Huger Street for he will deliver You From The Snare of the Fowler and from the deadly pestilence Bible verse 3 deadly pestilence. U-verse 6th North at pestilence that starts socks in the darkness verse 10

for today Jiren versus 3. He is going to deliver You From The Snare of the Fowler? What are the Fowler? It is someone who catches Birds because when is that God will deliver you from the Fowler's friend? The deadly pestilence it's all these words of comfort with figurative language is committed to protecting his people. And here we have a figurative language bird can't protect itself. If we can't protect ourselves from many things, we're helpless in many many areas.

Look at this this language how how great is this under his wings? You will find Refuge will find refuge in his faithfulness.

This is so good. This is language to fortify my soul because when we're tempted to just go after anything that before you know it we we need it we need a reset is like my computer needs to be reboot. Reboot it or Fox News.

protection that verse that I mention from from Ruth to it says Boaz praise the Lord repay you for what you've done and a full reward be given to you by the Lord the god of Israel under whose wings you have come to take.

This is that exact kind of language. Do you see what's going on here? Hover with pinion under his wings, you will find Refuge. His faithfulness is a shield his faithfulness.

Wings of course is figurative. God doesn't have wings.

The whole song could have been you want to sing it to telling other people in this phrase under his wings and in this language Spurgeon.

Had this been invented by uninspired man on blasphemy. I see himself authorized dictated the language we have here a Transcendent condescension such that it becomes for us to admire and adore to the Lord speak of his feathers as though he likes himself to a bird who will not see in here in this love divine tenderness, which should both woo and win. our confidence so

I have these problems. I don't know about the future. Everyone is scouting for a living.

I need to make sure I understand these truths about who God is and in church. God is protecting you if he gave his son to die for you and the spirit of God Ephesians wanted feel you till the day of redemption like it like an engagement ring. And when the I Do's come in the regular I'm going to be faithful to you until the very end. So why are we so frightened? Why am I so frightened? Didn't Jesus say something similar similar kind of language? New Jerusalem Jerusalem the city that kills the prophets and Stones those who are sent to a how often I would have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her under her wing and you were not willing Satan is a roaring lion. God will protect you and God will protect you for those who have taken refuge in Christ.

Died on behalf of centered in the entrusted in him. You are fine safe and secure. Bridgeport against as a shield and a buckler has the idea of a wall. You have a shield to protect you, but then also in front of the shield to bring protection to protect you. from your enemies He is faithful. He Protec Pro tax. And wonder Paul says to the to the Christian shall bring a charge against who is at the right hand of God interceding for us. Christ is Satan going to do that. Then he gets to the what shall tribulation or distress.

government persecution and everything in between as it is written. Yes, we do suffer the text shows us that For your sake we're being killed all the day long.

I'm sure that neither death nor life nor will be able to separate us from the love of God.

It's for the Christian courts are our eyes are immediately thinking.

Why we look to the Lord Jesus ultimately in the shelter of the most high said to the father you are my refuge and my Fortress.

God the Father. Certainly delivered the Sun. from Death itself

Psalm 91 verses 5 and 6 there are some pretty bad things out there. And do you think that there might be

you will not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day. Did you know what he is saying? Do you see it? You will not fear. You know what? I expect you to obey this.

Running around afraid of everything.

In knowing who God is he's your Fortress. How do you know?

Expect you to obey.

uncertain The church that I passed her which is a small sturgeon in your church there there are many people who are paralyzed and I'm not saying isn't real affected by it.

In the real issue isn't the virus has to do with death?

until the author give some things here. He does this day. Take care.

And what do we do? What what is our response for seven a thousand may fall at your side, but it will not come near to you. Why? God protects only his God protects. In what is it? What is our response?

Receipt you only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. When it when it come to the enemies that are real that are. Letter people that are that are after God's people. What do we do as Christians? Well, we just sit back and in Washington Parish know this has nothing to do with the price of you. Take care of your enemies. You just look on it reminds me of Exodus 14. The Moses said to the people.

And see the salvation of the Lord would she will work for you today? the Egyptians whom you today you will never see again the Lord will fight for you you only have to be

verse 9 because you have made the Lord your Dwelling Place the most high who is my refuge do we get some reminders from verses 1 and 2 and let me stay in this way you trust in the Lord You've agreed that Jesus has risen savior you believe that trip truth and you can you put your trust in him

And therefore, you know when things go on in this world. I have things happened to you, but nothing to Providence of God and he has anything happened to you. That isn't for God's glory.

Route 11 and 12 some might say Israel was attempted and failed David on the rooftop was tempted in failed. How many times is there any going to be anybody who who's going to be tempted and went will not fail? and even when Satan tries to slip in these verses Jesus doesn't sale.

For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all of your ways on their hands. They will bear you up less. You strike your foot against a stone every bit of personal care Christian. God is faithful seat was not able to derail Jesus. Of course not there. There's some pretty bad things here back in those days. It was worse than the worst thing. You could run into Route 13. You will Tread On The Lion knew how would you like to to run into a lion in the street? in the adder

Give me these images use these are images that that can hurt people that can kill people. You will tread on them. I think about that for a second.

What makes?

Paralyzed, you know, I I don't know what I can do.

is the person who sees who God is great. God is protecting God. What what happens to this group one The Lion and the adder. This is the official language of Forget passiveness you can be aggressive. This is what what I would tell you are still called to evangelize while I'm too afraid of all this all this stuff.

Live with confidence live with trust use your spiritual gifts work surf evangelize live life because God is your Mighty God. He is your Steven god with confidence.

How do we get ourselves through life? God is great. God protects the god Secours versus 1415 16 to think big picture with me when you're tempted to fear to be worried to have doubt and it could be about your children's salvation could be something about your spouse about about your health your finances the future could reach it yourself Ryan. How can you be so stupid?

What is the negative side and then the positive side God is faithful Ryan. You can trust him Great Is Thy Faithfulness, his mercies are new every morning.

I'm afraid of everything.

If someone comes in for Council, I won't call him stupid like I told myself but that's going to be the same conversation for them. Preach to them or remind them who got is the whole thing about life in general. It is if it's a solution, who is God. and I am his 2 vs 1 + 2 I will I will versus 313 you are going to be protected you are protected and now we hear something else verses 14 through 16. Do you see a quotation mark number 16 and at the end of Sixteen. Yes. Is talking someone who hasn't talked before now we hear from God himself has great Assurance great security great great protection. This is a pledge of God. What does God himself say about it? The government says one thing I would like to know.

Verse 14 because he holds fast to me in love. I will deliver him know I will deliver him. I will protect him because he knows I will be with him in trouble. I will rescue him and honor him with long life. I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.

Is committed to you Christian it is son die for you. Does he now just go? Oh, well, you're on your home. I hope you make it I will deliver. I will pretend I will answer God promises. What would it would have text say here in verse 14 I like this. It's it's marriage language because he holds fast to me that that is.

Husbands and wives husbands are to leave and cleave in love. This is the language of the relationship of God and his people think of Ephesians chapter 5. We have Christ in the plants redeem his children and his son goes in the spirit of God walking here. guns protecting preaching to those who were worried and weary and fearful. first 15 what what kind of Great father has gone to his children. Those who are trusting Christ for their salvation. Who's the team when he calls to me? I might answer. I might be around. Wednesday or he or she is in trouble. Does it say that? When he calls to me, I will answer him.

My son started lifting a little bit of Weights used on if I'm a good dad and I'm sinful. How much more is it?

Here's here's what What God Says. Okay. I'm afraid gone. I don't know what to do God. I'm hurting God. I'm I'm standing please forgive me when you call him. Guess what he does. He answers. In what is probably even better than answered prayer? India assurance that that God hears Is that little phrase in in in verse 15? I will be with him. in trouble I don't have to to go about it alone. He is my spotter is too heavy for for me. I can't lift it.

think of the fiery furnace in Daniel chapter 3 it was one more person in those planes. The Great Commission lo I Am With You Always even to the end of the age. Woman freaking out and paralyzed with fear over this that or the other.

And then it says in verse 16. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation of this is probably talking about the the temporal Length of days back to the Covenant in Deuteronomy. Salvation show show him my salvation. What a great truth of God's Refuge of his Deliverance is not just temporal. Not just a covenant established in Deuteronomy. Keep these Commandments and live in the Lambert.

Can I ask? Listen to do these words watch over your soul.

Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to his great Mercy Living Hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance as imperishable undefiled unfading kept in heaven for you. Who by God's power being guarded for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time in this Rejoice though now for a little while if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials so that the tested genuineness of your faith more precious than gold in the praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

dim the Christian Life is we put off. one thing fear have anybody but who God is and we put on something else trust and confidence that gives way to pray.

I just wondered in my own life if if is my trust meter if it's my meters. Or good working or or or what's going on? What what is what is my heart? It is like the man who said you'll Lord Make My Heart sit down. I need my heart to be called. I need to be rebooted in my mind. Sometimes I get so focused on something that I need to be reminded. Hey. You stinky to temporal? YouTube focus on your feelings are not focus on the word. Why do we go to church on Sundays? Are there too many? reasons to live

he is faithful and we need to have a realization that we can confidently entrust our souls to the Living God.

So many people want to take away our servants Jesus.

You look to yourself. You're not going to get much asteroids. You look to Christ you look to this God. Who is the most high? Who is Almighty? Who is the Lord? Who is the god of the Refuge? Who is the Fortress? I wish I love Jesus more that's true. But my standing isn't based on do I love him?

We need to do all these things but in light of who God says. I will deliver you. I will protect you, you know my name when you call. I will answer I will be with you. I will rescue you I will honor you I will give you some guy because of Jesus.

What is my strategy for life? Well, I have to have a scratch that says in light of who God is. Maybe I can answer with with Romans 8. God is for us. To what degree would God be before me he who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us off. Will he not graciously give us all things with him?

Church God is great. To trust him. text you

are you? He gives you a pledge to trust him. The Lord Jesus new and proclaimed that God was great. He knew that God protect him. He knew that God would raise him from the dead.

Is there confidence? in the reason to fear too worried to frat when we do we open the psalm 91 and find a guy who is great. Who protects? Is it secure? Let me close with a quote from Robert Murray McShane. Be not Afraid nothing Show ever separate you. For the Love of Christ God bless you guys we miss you. Love you for praying for you.