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[2905.84 --> 2908.08] God's favor makes him feel secure. |
[2908.22 --> 2912.96] And I state that again because, and I'll do this quickly because it's not the main point for us, |
[2913.02 --> 2914.14] but it's a good reminder. |
[2915.08 --> 2915.18] Right? |
[2915.76 --> 2919.46] David rightly knows that God's favor makes him secure, |
[2920.40 --> 2924.74] but the inverse isn't necessarily true. |
[2926.36 --> 2927.30] You follow that? |
[2927.84 --> 2927.98] Right? |
[2927.98 --> 2928.02] Right? |
[2928.06 --> 2932.82] So, meaning just because you feel secure or just because you have a lot of stuff, |
[2933.04 --> 2936.68] that doesn't mean you have God's favor, at least not necessarily. |
[2938.44 --> 2938.60] Right? |
[2938.64 --> 2940.76] And in the extreme form of that way of thinking, |
[2941.10 --> 2944.36] we end up getting to the place where we don't need God's favor |
[2944.36 --> 2946.48] because you've already got it on your own. |
[2947.18 --> 2947.36] Right? |
[2947.36 --> 2948.40] You've already figured it out. |
[2948.64 --> 2949.42] You've already earned it. |
[2949.42 --> 2955.52] David, however, recognizes that when, |
[2955.76 --> 2959.36] that he is secure because of God's favor. |
[2960.04 --> 2960.80] So David says, |
[2960.80 --> 2963.66] When I felt secure, I thought it would be forever. |
[2964.30 --> 2964.60] Right? |
[2964.68 --> 2967.20] When God favored him, David was immovable. |
[2967.66 --> 2970.90] When things felt under control, he was all right. |
[2971.32 --> 2978.60] But now, he recalls a time when the secure ground beneath him shook. |
[2979.80 --> 2982.96] When the mountain trembled. |
[2983.68 --> 2985.80] Notice the end of verse 7. |
[2985.80 --> 2993.80] But when you hid your face from me, I was dismayed. |
[2995.56 --> 3002.82] Now, remember that God's turning his face toward you is a symbol for his presence, |
[3003.20 --> 3004.54] his grace, and his peace. |
[3004.88 --> 3008.86] And this comes from the priestly blessing in Numbers 6, 24 to 26. |
[3008.98 --> 3009.98] We've seen this a couple times. |
[3009.98 --> 3015.60] And so, when David says that God's face is hidden from him, |
[3015.80 --> 3019.14] what he means is God's presence, his grace, and his peace, |
[3019.26 --> 3023.14] his favor and security are no longer felt. |
[3023.98 --> 3027.48] It feels like God is in control, and neither is David. |
[3028.50 --> 3030.36] And so, what does the text say? |
[3031.12 --> 3033.08] I was dismayed. |
[3034.00 --> 3035.88] He feels dismayed. |
[3035.88 --> 3040.80] Now, dismay is one of those words that, I mean, I could ask you, |
[3040.84 --> 3042.70] when was the last time you used the word dismay? |
[3043.86 --> 3044.92] Probably not regularly. |
[3045.14 --> 3048.90] It's not a word we ordinarily use in our language anymore. |
[3049.10 --> 3051.12] And to be honest, even as I think about it, |
[3051.80 --> 3054.00] it sort of seems a little bit sanitized. |
[3054.52 --> 3056.32] Like, we're not sure what it means. |
[3056.38 --> 3059.20] But the word that David uses is anything but. |
[3059.20 --> 3064.04] The word that he uses means to tremble inwardly, |
[3064.20 --> 3066.78] to shake with fear, right? |
[3066.78 --> 3067.60] To be terrified. |
[3068.78 --> 3072.26] Have you ever had a moment like that where you just have no idea what's going on |
[3072.26 --> 3078.94] and you just can't seem to control your visceral physiological reaction? |
[3079.28 --> 3080.56] That's what David is feeling. |
[3082.16 --> 3083.84] He has no control. |
[3083.84 --> 3088.14] And it seems to him as though God has no control. |
[3088.66 --> 3090.40] And there's danger all around him. |
[3090.54 --> 3091.40] It's physical danger. |
[3091.52 --> 3092.48] There's relational danger. |
[3092.68 --> 3093.78] There's real danger. |
[3093.92 --> 3095.26] And there's perceived danger. |
[3095.60 --> 3097.14] And so, he is terrified. |
[3098.20 --> 3099.22] He is afraid. |
[3101.02 --> 3103.78] And this goes a level deeper for him, too. |
[3105.26 --> 3107.54] In recalling his prayer, |
[3108.56 --> 3110.72] in his recalling this circumstance, |
[3110.72 --> 3112.82] he remembers his prayer. |
[3113.84 --> 3114.84] In verse 8, |
[3114.94 --> 3116.48] To you, Lord, I called. |
[3116.88 --> 3119.62] To the Lord, I cried for mercy. |
[3119.94 --> 3121.46] And he prays and he pleads, |
[3122.04 --> 3124.62] What is gained if I am silenced? |
[3124.92 --> 3126.48] If I go down to the pit? |
[3127.00 --> 3128.64] Will the dust praise you? |
[3128.90 --> 3130.94] Will it proclaim your faithfulness? |
[3133.08 --> 3136.80] Do you remember that in Genesis 3, |
[3137.70 --> 3140.60] after the rebellion of Adam and Eve in the garden, |
[3140.60 --> 3142.88] The snake has deceived them? |
[3142.88 --> 3144.58] And they've rebelled against God. |
[3144.64 --> 3145.78] And God comes to Adam. |
[3146.78 --> 3147.84] And he says, |
[3148.66 --> 3150.02] In part, |
[3151.06 --> 3152.26] For dust you are, |
[3153.26 --> 3155.58] And to dust you will return. |
[3156.96 --> 3158.52] Even to this day, |
[3158.90 --> 3160.36] At a committal service, |
[3160.52 --> 3162.50] At a funeral or an interment, |
[3162.58 --> 3163.98] Where the casket or the urn |
[3163.98 --> 3165.98] Is being placed into the ground, |
[3165.98 --> 3168.24] The pastor might stand and pray, |
[3168.40 --> 3169.32] Something like, |
[3169.76 --> 3172.26] We commit this body to the ground. |
[3172.66 --> 3173.64] Earth to earth, |
[3174.30 --> 3175.18] Ashes to ashes, |
[3175.88 --> 3177.62] Dust to dust. |
[3179.92 --> 3183.36] David is recalling a fear of death. |
[3184.50 --> 3188.20] A fear of the experience of death. |
[3188.70 --> 3190.08] Looming before him, |
[3191.16 --> 3192.24] Happening around him. |
[3192.24 --> 3195.36] He feared death. |
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