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[3922.94 --> 3923.78] and turn to him
[3923.78 --> 3925.26] with gratitude and praise,
[3925.60 --> 3926.60] you will be,
[3926.68 --> 3927.56] or so it feels,
[3927.90 --> 3929.26] welcomed with open arms.
[3929.26 --> 3931.36] But go to him
[3931.36 --> 3932.56] when your need is desperate,
[3932.94 --> 3934.12] when all other help
[3934.12 --> 3934.76] is vain,
[3934.86 --> 3936.06] and what do you find?
[3936.56 --> 3938.62] A door slammed in your face
[3938.62 --> 3940.34] and a sound of a bolting
[3940.34 --> 3941.36] and double bolting
[3941.36 --> 3942.56] on the inside.
[3943.48 --> 3944.42] After that,
[3945.42 --> 3945.78] silence.
[3947.78 --> 3949.04] You may as well turn away.
[3950.30 --> 3951.60] The longer you wait,
[3951.60 --> 3952.84] the more emphatic
[3952.84 --> 3953.92] the silence becomes.
[3955.12 --> 3956.28] There are no lights
[3956.28 --> 3956.94] in the windows.
[3958.02 --> 3959.42] It might be an empty house.
[3960.56 --> 3961.92] Was it ever inhabited?
[3963.56 --> 3965.50] It seemed so once,
[3966.20 --> 3967.50] and that seeming
[3967.50 --> 3969.00] was as strong as this.
[3969.20 --> 3970.04] What can this mean?
[3970.24 --> 3971.56] Why is he so present,
[3971.64 --> 3972.78] a commander in our time
[3972.78 --> 3973.48] of prosperity,
[3973.86 --> 3975.34] and so very absent,
[3975.50 --> 3976.60] a help in a time
[3976.60 --> 3977.22] of trouble?
[3977.22 --> 3980.40] Not that I am,
[3980.70 --> 3981.64] I think,
[3982.14 --> 3983.04] in much danger
[3983.04 --> 3984.52] of ceasing to believe
[3984.52 --> 3985.18] in God.
[3985.74 --> 3987.06] The real danger
[3987.06 --> 3987.92] is of coming
[3987.92 --> 3988.66] to believe
[3988.66 --> 3990.30] such dreadful things
[3990.30 --> 3991.20] about him.
[3992.06 --> 3993.40] The conclusion I dread
[3993.40 --> 3994.00] is not,
[3994.34 --> 3995.18] so there's no God
[3995.18 --> 3995.94] after all,
[3996.28 --> 3996.58] but,
[3997.34 --> 3998.62] so this is what
[3998.62 --> 4000.14] God's really like.
[4001.10 --> 4002.22] Deceive yourself
[4002.22 --> 4003.58] no longer.
[4003.58 --> 4003.68] No longer.
[4007.22 --> 4009.30] some people
[4009.30 --> 4009.88] just have a way
[4009.88 --> 4010.42] with words.
[4014.34 --> 4015.94] But if you've mourned
[4015.94 --> 4019.38] a deeply loved person,
[4020.38 --> 4022.62] maybe you know this feeling.
[4025.74 --> 4026.30] Right?
[4026.34 --> 4027.50] That's what I'm talking about
[4027.50 --> 4028.34] when I say
[4028.34 --> 4029.20] that we have our own
[4029.20 --> 4030.26] internal challenges
[4030.26 --> 4031.22] to remembering
[4031.22 --> 4032.40] meanwhile.
[4032.40 --> 4036.06] And this is exactly
[4036.06 --> 4036.42] why,
[4036.56 --> 4037.46] in this moment,
[4037.60 --> 4038.92] in these feelings,
[4039.20 --> 4040.98] in these experienced
[4040.98 --> 4041.44] realities,
[4041.52 --> 4042.64] this is exactly why
[4042.64 --> 4043.78] it's so important
[4043.78 --> 4045.56] to surround ourselves
[4045.56 --> 4047.02] with gospel visions
[4047.02 --> 4048.36] and promises of God
[4048.36 --> 4049.56] when things are good.
[4050.38 --> 4050.60] Right?
[4050.60 --> 4051.40] Because the deeper
[4051.40 --> 4052.82] the well of experience
[4052.82 --> 4054.06] and knowledge of God,
[4054.40 --> 4056.22] the longer we can draw
[4056.22 --> 4057.70] strength from him
[4057.70 --> 4059.02] and from his spirit
[4059.02 --> 4059.78] within us
[4059.78 --> 4061.20] when things outside
[4061.20 --> 4062.28] are pure chaos.
[4063.40 --> 4064.72] And this is another reason
[4064.72 --> 4065.64] why it's so important
[4065.64 --> 4066.64] for us to wrestle
[4066.64 --> 4068.02] with God's sovereignty
[4068.02 --> 4069.00] and human suffering
[4069.00 --> 4069.74] right now
[4069.74 --> 4070.84] because the truth is
[4070.84 --> 4072.08] we can't put it off
[4072.08 --> 4073.00] because who knows
[4073.00 --> 4074.30] what tomorrow's going to bring.
[4074.72 --> 4075.50] Who knows if you