You guys can have a seat.
Well, let me say happy Father's Day. And Pastor David did a great job just recognizing each one of you. And I do mean this: that we appreciate every single one of you. And I think, truthfully, Health of a church a lot of times is determined by the health of the dads and the families that are being led here in this place. And so, dads, show up, continue to be that godly influence that your family needs in your life, and our church needs it as well.
But I hope that you spoil your dad a little bit here today. I do have to say this before we jump in: that this is not my usual attire that I wear on Sunday. I feel like I have to say that because I've been talking to people as I walk around, and I'm just wondering if, like, you're a newer person or something, or you're brand new today. You're like, is he dressed with his kids on his shirt every week? I do not.
And but if you attend our midweek Bible study here in the auditorium a few weeks ago, or this has been about a month ago, one of our dads that attends on Wednesday had a shirt like this with his son all over it. And I made a comment on it in our service, and then they gifted me that. And I was like, when on earth am I going to wear this? And I was like, I'll wear it on Father's Day. That'd be a good time to do it.
And my son cheered me on every step of the way. He loves it. And my middle school 13-year-old daughter is hating today because of this shirt, okay? And anything you can do as a dad to embarrass your kids, I'm all in, 100% in. And but my son, he loves it.
And he's all my son would have his picture up throughout this place, probably. If he could. But that is not like my daughter. But it is good to see you in Happy Father's Day. And if you're wondering, I mean, I could make all sorts of jokes about this if you get bored.
Just remember, my kids are watching you and along with the Holy Spirit here today. And they're always looking at us. But I hope it's not too distracting for you as we dive in to God's Word. Dads, we got some fun things after the service for you.
So I encourage you either now or after Bible fellowship or after the second service, whichever fits your schedule here today. We got axe throwing, which will be fun. We figured, hey, we can give you a keychain on your way out, and you might not ever use it. And so we figured, let's do something fun for the guys after the service. I'd encourage you to stay for a couple of minutes if you can, and we'll give you some instructions on that as the service ends.
Here today, but I do want to make before we dive into God's word, if you are a guest, I do want to say thank you for being here. I know many of you might have brought your dad here today. Thank you for taking the time to be here. I hope your experience with us is fun, and I hope you're welcomed here today. And we are so glad that you are here today.
If you have your Bible today, I want you to join me in the Old Testament and 2 Samuel chapter number 22. 2 Samuel chapter number 22. We are continuing a series that we have entitled Sinners Like Us. Sinners Like Us. Can we all say that together?
Sinners like us. If you have a dad near you, say sinners like you, Dad. Look at him and say that. And here's what I'll tell you: is what's amazing to me about Scripture, as you follow scripture from cover to cover, is that God chooses to use some very unlikely. And very dysfunctional people, doesn't he?
I mean, if you look throughout scripture, I mean, there's some people that God used in miraculous ways that would make our church feel very uncomfortable if they came in here. Like, we would alert the security team on a few of them. Like, hey, that guy got to watch out for, right? But throughout scripture, God uses sinners and God uses dysfunctional people just like you. And just like me.
And so over the course of the summer, we've been looking at different Bible characters with problems and with sins and with flaws that God still was able to use. And so we've looked in our series so far. We've looked at Abraham, who we know doubted God throughout his life. He also lied multiple times. Then we looked at Moses, who had a little bit of an anger issue and he didn't trust God.
He didn't follow and obey what God told him to do. And because of his anger, he lost control, smote the rock in the way that God did not intend for him to do. Last week, we looked at Rahab, who was a prostitute. And what's amazing about that is Rahab would have been the most unlikely person, but yet she finds her way into the New Testament in the lineage of our Messiah, as well as in the hall of faith in Hebrews chapter number 11. And so today, we are going to look at our next center that we're going to look at, and that's the life of David, the life of David.
Um in 2 Samuel chapter number 22. This is written towards the end of David's life. Towards the end of his life. In fact, you can parallel this, what's written in 2 Samuel chapter 22 with Psalm chapter number 18. In fact, if you looked at both of those together, they're almost identical.
They're nearly identical to what he's saying in 2 Samuel chapter 22. But the point is, this was written towards the end of David's life. And he's kind of, you know, giving, if you would, his last. words and and last words are important. Last words are important.
I mean, many of you have lost a loved one, and you perhaps remember what they said to you, their final words to you, or their final challenge to you. And anytime at the end of somebody's life, where somebody's about to pass on from this life to the next, a lot of times when they're speaking, you kind of. You lean in because last words are important.
Well, here David is giving his last words, and he's reflecting. about his whole life.
So, literally, in 2 Samuel 22, he's going to make reference and mention of so much that has happened in his life throughout his journey. And I'm going to give you a few things and then we'll dive in here today. But I want to talk briefly before we get started about his bio. I get it that for many of you, King David, you know his life so well. You've been a part of the church for maybe perhaps your whole life, so you know his story.
If you're newer to church, you might not be as familiar with some of the things that David is known for.
So, I want to give you a few things that he's going to reference here in 2 Samuel chapter 22, but a couple of things about him. First, David was a warrior. We know that because one of the most famous stories in scripture is when David fought Goliath, the giant, right? And so, we know he was a warrior. He fought Goliath, but even before that, you remember that he fought a lion and a bear, right?
Isn't that wild? I can't wait to talk to him, possibly, in heaven, and just ask him, How in the world? Did that happen? I want to hear how you destroyed those animals and things like that. But he was a warrior in a lot of ways.
Not only that, we know David as a king. The greatest king that Israel ever saw. He was a phenomenal king, but not only that, we know David was called a man. After God's own heart. In other words, he pursued and loved God.
At the core of who he was, he loved God and he wanted to serve. God. But in the midst of all these incredible attributes, like what a warrior, what a king, what a man, to be able to say by God that he's a man after God's own. On heart, but here's what I'll tell you: is although those things are all true of him, David also had struggles. David also had flaws.
David was a sinner like you and a sinner like me. We know that not only David had the highs, but David also was an adulterer. David was an adulterer. We know his most weakest moment in his whole story is his sin with Bathsheba. But not only that, it led to more after that.
It was a path in his life that I'm sure if he could erase it, he would. But we know that that's not how life works. You can't erase what you have done. You can't go back and undo some of the things that you've done. And so David had to live through this, but he was an adulterer.
But not only that, it led him to be a liar because he ended up lying to cover up. His sin. When he was confronted about his sin of adultery, he lied. He was trying to get rid of it. He was trying to save face.
He was trying to change his or save his reputation and things like that. And so he became a liar. And then ultimately, it ended up where David was a murderer. David ended up putting Bathsheba's husband Uriah right on the front lines of the battle in order to get him killed. He connived his way through that, all to try to save his pride and save his reputation.
But in the midst of all of that, Now, that's a pretty crazy bio. The highs of the highs and the lows of the lows in his life. David still was a man after God's own heart. And as he's writing here in 2 Samuel chapter 22, I wanted to give you all of that stuff about his life because he's going to reference certain aspects. Of what he has found as he looked back at the time that he was the king.
He looked back at the times that he was a warrior, and people would make songs about him, singing, you know, that David has slain the 10,000s and all this kind of stuff. And people were singing and kind of that. He looks back at all these moments in his life, and no doubt he's looking back and saying, Man, the sin of adultery, the sin of lying, the sin of being a murderer and complicit in a murder. He's looking back, and here's what I'll tell you in 2 Samuel 22. He's remembering all that, and he notices some things.
about our God That has been true throughout every course of his life. He reminds us here in 2 Samuel 22 about some things about our God that was true in the highs. And also true. In the lows. And what's amazing about this is that what he found to be true of our God and his character all along.
They're also true. In our lives here today. You see, God was faithful with David throughout his life. And what you're going to see is some aspects of that here in our text.
So, the big idea that I want to talk to you about is this. And this is so important, especially if you're in here today and this series has resonated with you. Perhaps you're in here and you say things like, Man, I'm just. I'm just not where I need to be. I've ran from God.
I'm making mistakes. Perhaps nobody in this room even knows some of the things that you are involved in. Nobody knows some of the mistakes and sins that you're involved in. Here's the message that I want you to hear, because this is going to ring true in David's story here today: is this: that God's Faithfulness. God's faithfulness is not dependent.
upon our behavior. It's dependent upon his character.
So, God's faithfulness is not dependent upon your behavior. Because if it was, David would not have experienced God's faithfulness. 'Cause his behavior was not good. And if you put all the pressure on yourself. And you think that, man, if God's going to be loving to me, if God's going to be faithful to me, if God is going to be kind to me, then it's going to, I got to muster up everything in my being to behave the right way.
You're going to miss it altogether because what you're going to see. Is David at the end of his life looking back in the highs and in the lows, God was always faithful. God was always faithful. And so let's dive in today. The first thing you're going to see is this: here's what David noticed in verses 1 through 7.
He noticed that all along. God had been with God. David. All along, through the highs and the lows, God had been with David.
Now, if you take notes, I'd encourage you to underline the word with, because that's the main point, if you would, here today. All along, God had been with David. Look at what he says in verses 1 through 7 of 2 Samuel 22. It says, And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all of his enemies. and out of the hand of Saul.
And he said, The Lord is my rock and my fortress. My deliver. The God of my rock, in him will I trust. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou savest me from violence.
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised.
So shall I be saved from mine enemies. When the waves of death come past me about the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about. The snares of death prevented me. Look at this, what he says in verse 7, because we're going to zero in on this verse.
In my distress, I called upon the Lord. And cried to my God. And he did hear my voice. out of his temple. And my cry did enter into his ears.
David, as he's remembering, he's at the end of his life, he's looking back at everything. He just talked about his run-ins with Saul, where Saul almost killed him. He talks about all of these different things, and no doubt he's remembering the highs and the lows of his life. And he says, in his distress, He called upon God.
Now, the word distress, if you look in the Hebrew here, it carries on the idea of extreme sorrow. Or pain. Have you ever been there? Have you ever been at a low point in your life? Just think about it.
I mean, and here's what I'll say: I know that question is so generic. Have you ever been there? We all have probably been there. You all have experienced the low. You all have experienced the low of the lows.
So had David, the sinner that we're looking at, the man after God's own heart. He also experienced some lows of the lows. And that's what that word distress means. In my distress, in my lowest of lows, My deepest pain. I cried out to God.
And he was there. I cried out to God, and he was there. What David is reminding us here in verse number seven is this: he's reminding us that we cannot escape the presence. If you're a child of God here today and you know Jesus as your Savior, And you have a relationship with him that even if you wander. You can't outrun the presence of God.
If you're a child of God, you cannot outrun the presence of God. He is with you. In your highs, he is with you in your lows. And what we learn here is that in the mountain and in the valley, He is with us. And David is reminding us of that as he sings this song to God.
He's reminding that all along God had been with David, which tells us a couple of really practical things about our relationship with God. And I hope that this will encourage you. This is about as practical of a sermon as you're going to hear. Is this a couple of things? God is always available.
When we think about how David's looking and he's looking at his life and he says that God's always been with him, it's a reminder that God is always available. God is always available, regardless of what you have in your life. You don't have to wait till Sunday to get into his presence. God is always available. You don't have to wait until the gathering or the midweek Bible study to get into the presence of God.
No, God is always present. available. And when you need him, he's always there. And that's important because we all have people that, let me ask you this: do you know?
Someone with that has a phone and maybe somebody in your household and they have a phone, but every time you call it, they don't pick up. How many of you have somebody like that in your life?
Okay. We do, and it's like, you know, I have somebody, I'm not going to say who this is, but I have somebody in my household who has a phone, and I feel like every time I call her, okay, I just gave a little bit away, every time I call her. It's like I get the voicemail, and I'm just like, What in the world, right? And that kind of thing. And here's what's amazing to me.
I will tell you, it's my wife. It's no secret. She knows this, okay? I'm not telling you something she doesn't realize and fully understand, okay? But when I call her, I'm just like, man, what in the world?
But you know what's amazing to me about marriage? This is marriage in a nutshell.
So if you're not married in here and you're looking to get married, here's your life.
Okay. Here's what it's going to look like.
Okay. Is that you're going to call your spouse and they're not going to pick up the phone most of the time.
Okay. But the minute they call you and you don't pick up the phone? It's like, what in the world? It's like the worst thing in the world. And so here's what I'll tell you: like, we have that, you know, and it's one of those things.
And I say that jokingly because that's just life and stuff here. But here's what I want you to know: is that when you reach out to God, like at your lowest point in your life or your highest point in your life, there is never a moment where you call him and he is not there. There's never a moment where you reach out to him where he's not there. I don't even know if the busy signal is still a thing, but do you remember that when you'd call people and be like, and it's like, man, who are they talking to, right? If you're young in here, you have no idea what a busy signal is.
But you remember those days? I want you to know that when you call him, you're never going to get that. That your words are always going to go into his ears. And he is always available to you, which brings us to the second reminder about God: this: God is always listening. The end of verse number seven, when he talks about the idea that my words went into the ears of God.
Think about that. God's always listening. He always hears Us. My cry entered into his ears. In the midst of his distress, in the midst of his pain, in the midst of his sorrow, he cried out, and his words went into the ears of Almighty God, your Creator listens to you.
Think about that. You know, when you think about this idea of him being with us, you know, I always think back, seriously, one of my favorite names of God. I have several of them, but one of my absolute favorite, it's one that we look at all the time around Christmastime because it's the name Emmanuel. And the reason I love that name so much is because of its meaning. I think that's one of the most important names of God that we ever learned because it's really the gospel in a name.
It's the gospel in a name because you did not have anything worthy enough to have a relationship with a creator, to have a relationship with a holy, righteous God. And so God sent Jesus, God in the flesh, to come to us. And the reason he did that is so that he could dwell with you.
So that he could be with you.
So that he could have a relationship with you.
So that we don't have to go to temples. We don't have to go to a church building to experience the presence of God. The reason why Jesus came is so that he could be with you and reside in you. And you can have 100% 24-7 access into the throne room, into the presence of God. That is Emmanuel, God with us.
Matthew chapter 1 talks about that. And thou shalt call his name Emmanuel, God with us. us. And because of that, David's looking at his life and we can look in our life of your relationship with God. And you can see that all along.
God has been with you. In the highs, the mountain experiences, and in the lows, God is there. But not only that, we see here that all along. God had been protecting David. We see that throughout his life.
The highs and lows. God had been protecting him. Look at what he says in verses 2 through 4. He gives like, in these verses, this is like. an overwhelming amount of adjectives describing who our God is.
And he looks at the it's like it's wild, but I want you to hear this. And as he's lifting, because this was the song that he sung to God, and he's praising God for all of these things as he looked back at his life. And here's what he said in verses 2 through 4. He said, the Lord. Is my rock.
My rock. That's foundational. In other words, that when you build your life, the New Testament would say, if you build your life on the rock, That when the storms of life come You'll be stable. You'll be on a firm foundation. But if you build your life on sand, you say, What is sand?
That means money, that means your career, that means on relationships, that means on all these different things. If you build it on things that are going to change from time to time and adjust from time to time and eventually will go away, it says that when the storms of life come, the winds and the waves that life throws at you come, what's going to happen is that you're going to be unstable. Because of what your house is built upon. And here, David is saying that even through the highs and lows of his life, he was able to remain somewhat stable at the end of his life. Why?
Because he knew who his rock was. He says that the Lord is my rock, but not only that, he's my fortress in verse number two. He's our fork. He's our protector. But not only that, he's our deliverer.
He delivers us. In other words, we praise, David was praising him for his deliverance over. Goliath, his deliverance from Saul, his deliverance from all of his enemies throughout his day.
Now, David could have just taken all the glory, couldn't he? David could have said, Man, I'm a great warrior. I'm a great warrior and I can do all of this. But he recognized that his deliverance and life was not up to him and depended upon him, it was always dependent upon who God is. His character.
And by the way, that's true of your life. You're not delivered from the power of sin in your life because of something you have done. You're delivered from the power of sin because of everything that he did on your behalf. And anything in your life that happens, it is a gift. From God, he's your deliverer.
But he goes on in verse number three, and he says, Once again, the God of my rock, in him will I trust, because he is my shield. A shield protects you from the enemy's stuff that they're throwing at you. A shield is put in front of you. A shield behind you is not going to protect you. A shield is in front of you.
And so when he says, The Lord is my shield, he's saying that God goes before him and he is protecting him from the things that the enemy is trying to throw at us. Here's what I want you to know: I don't know how all this works or whatever, but I'm telling you that there's probably a lot of things that could be happening to you that God is shielding from you. That we're not even aware of. There's some things that you think you hope happen in your life, and it ends up not happening. And perhaps maybe your perspective needs to change, and you realize that God was shielding you from something about that that you didn't realize.
you didn't need in your life. See, he's shielding us from different things. Not only that, he says. He's the horn of my salvation. Verse 3, he's the horn of my salvation.
The horn is a reminder of his authority. It's a reminder of our authority. In other words, that our salvation and our life is under the authority of God. He has the final word in my life. Not only that, he is my high table.
Power. He's my high tower. He is my refuge. In other words, that when you feel so lonely or you feel like nobody's watching you and nobody cares about you and nobody loves you and you're at the lowest point in your life, let me tell you this: that you can run to him and find love and grace. and acceptance in a relationship with God.
That's the point, he's our refuge. We run to him when we are experiencing problems. But not only that, he is our savior. Because he saves us. From violence.
You see, what David is saying, he's saying in these two verses, he's reminding us that God's been protecting him all along. He's my authority. He's my rock. He's my protector. He's my deliverer.
He's my savior. He's the horn of my salvation. All of these different things is a reminder that God is protecting us. And as he looked back at his life, he's realizing that God was the one fighting for him. God was the one protecting him.
Which brings us to some real practical things about our God that I hope will encourage you. Number one is this: because we got to be reminded of these things: God knows. Everything. Like, I think David, at the end of his life, here, he finally just gave up and realized: man. Even those moments of life where I felt like I knew better than God.
Even those moments of life where I thought that I knew the answers more than God, he's finally looking back and he's like, man. God knows everything. Why in the world Would I have not not trusted him sooner? And by the way, you know, I'm not as old as some people in here, but as I get older. That's not a joke.
As I get older. I'm realizing that, man, there's moments in my younger life where I'm like, man, why didn't I trust God sooner? If I had known then what I know now. Why wouldn't I have trusted God sooner? And anybody that's lived life for any length of time would tell you the same thing.
As they're looking back at their life, they're like, man, if I'd have known what I know now. Then I would have trusted God sooner because God knows everything. God knows what is best. And sometimes we go through life. And we think that it's like almost like, what's God doing?
But God's not aware. of of what I'm going through. And let me tell you, he is aware and he knows what's best for you. Like what you don't realize is that he knows what is best for you. He knows how much you can handle with his strength.
So God knows everything, but also this: this is a good reminder for you: God reveals everything that you need to know. God reveals everything that you need to know. For me, I love to know everything. I'm just, I love to have answers. And I love to find the answers.
Okay. And here's what I will tell you. Is that your journey with Christ? There's going to be moments where God is going to lead you in areas of your life where you are not going to have all the answers. And that's frustrating.
And that's hard. But if we're looking back and we say, listen, these fundamental truths about who we serve. God knows everything, and because God knows everything, it also means that God will reveal everything that you need to know about your life right now. If you're going through a real low valley right now and you're like, what in the world is God doing? Maybe about your career, maybe about your family, or maybe about your personal life, whatever, let me just remind you and give this to you: is this, is that God will give you everything you need to know.
Do what you have and what you have knowledge of now. Trust in what you know now. Trust in him, knowing that he knows everything and that he will reveal what you need to know. You don't have to have all of the. All of the answers.
Which leads us to this. God is working in secret even when we don't see it. David, there were points of his life that I referenced earlier that, like, he probably felt like God had forgotten him. I mean, read some of the Psalms and you will find out that God, in those moments, it looked like, man, God, have you forgotten me? Have you forsaken me?
Have you just left me out there? It's like the Israelite people in the Old Testament. Remember every time they would go to Moses and then they'd be like, of course, just like our God, he's going to bring us out into the wilderness and let us die here, right?
Sometimes we have moments like that, and you might be going through a season of your life now where you feel like God's not there, or God's not listening, or God's not working, or God's not leading, or God doesn't have a clue what you're going through. And let me remind you of this, is at the end of David's life, looking back, here's what he came to the conclusion. God has always been working in secret, even when we don't see it. You see, sometimes that we mistake when we reach out to God and we feel that God has not answered our problem in the way that we want, we just assume that that means He's not there. It's not true.
Just because God is maybe silent on your situation and making you wait, it doesn't mean that he's absent. You see, here in his distress, David's distress, he calls out to God, and everything he's saying is going into his ears, and he's reminding us that he's our protector. And that he is with us. You know, I think David would tell us this, because this is what I've learned about life in general: this, is that sometimes God's protection. It's not always from storms.
Sometimes God's protection is through the storm. I think David would would agree to that. Because sometimes we think when we hear the word protecting, we think that we're going to keep. Our God's going to keep us from every problem. Right.
That's, I know that's how some of us think from time to time that God's just going to keep us like your children. When we protect them from things, we're going to keep them from it, right? Don't touch this, don't do that, don't go there, don't talk to that person, whatever. You know, it's like we keep them from everything. And we think, you know what God does?
Sometimes He puts you through seasons of life that are hard. And he's going to show you that he is still your protector in the midst of the storm, and that protection is always, it's not always from things, sometimes it's through things. And we got to trust him, even going through the storm, that he is still our protector.
So, all along, God had been. With David, God had been protecting David. And then the last one, all along God had been providing. For David. God had been providing.
For David, throughout the highs and the lows. If you drop to the end of our text, I wish we could take the time to read the entire chapter here in 22. We can't, but about a third of the way down in verses 31 through 33, here's what he says in the middle of this song that he's singing to God: As for God, his way is perfect. Aren't you thankful for that? The word of the Lord is tried.
He is a buckler. That's another word for a shield that you put in front of you, protecting you from things. He is a buckler to all them that trust in him. For who is God save the Lord, and who is a rock, save or except our God? He's saying, hey, who in the world is a rock except for God?
Relationships change. That's not our rot. Careers change. That's not our rot. The only rock worth building your life upon Is God.
Verse 33: God is my strength and power, and he maketh my way. Perfect. He's talking here about his way, like David's life. In other words, David's looking back at the highs of his life and the lows of his life. And here's his conclusion: is that throughout it, God was still providing the way for him.
God was still guiding the way for him. And some of you have gone through some difficult seasons. And difficult moments in your life. And here's all I'm going to tell you. God's still providing a way for you.
God is still leading you. God is still shepherding you. God is still guiding you. God is still moving you forward, but what we have to understand: this is a theme of Scripture, Isaiah 55 talks about this, in fact. He says this: that his ways are not our ways.
And that's what's hard because we're cool with God leading us as long as He goes the direction we want Him to go. Isn't that true? Like, I know that's how I like when God, hey, God, as long as you're going to take me down a real easygoing, straight. Road without any traffic. I'm good.
'Kay. But the minute you take me down a bumpy road with a lot of moving pieces, God, I don't get that one, right? But what we have to understand about a relationship with God is that His ways are higher than our ways, His ways are better. Than your ways. And so you have to be willing to trust God and realize that He knows what's best for you.
And sometimes what you think is best is not. Best. For you. Which reminds us of a couple of practical reminders about God. God's the designer.
of your life. God's the designer of your life. And you got to remember this. Like, you don't design your life. You don't choose what direction you go.
Sometimes life comes at you and you have no control over it. God is the guider of your life. He's the driver. You're the passenger. And you just are supposed to trust him and follow him wherever he leads.
And what David is saying is this: at the end of his life, yeah, my life took some turns and it was a windy, bumpy road that we took. But what I've learned at the end of my life, what I know now is looking back over the highs and lows, I realized that all along. God was providing a way. All along, God was leading me down the path. All along, yes, it was hard, but God was navigating my life in the direction that He wanted me to be.
To go. And then we have to remember that God has a specific plan for your life. Not only is He the designer of your life. God has a specific plan for your life. He has a purpose.
For your life, he has a plan and he has a purpose. And what David realized at the end of his life. is that God was leading him, that all along God was with him. All along, God was protecting him, and all along, God was providing for him. And what's amazing to me is that all of these attributes that we know about our God, all of these things that we sing about God, I mean, we lifted our voices and declared some of these same truths here today.
As we sing those things, as we look in our life, you might not feel it right now. And I bet you, David, in the midst of some of his struggles, he probably didn't feel the same way all the time. Just like you. And just like me, but as he looks back at his life, he finds that the things that rang true about his life is that God's with us. God's always providing, and that God is always protecting.
Which brings us back to the big idea, and I hope that this will encourage you today: is this, is that God's father. Faithfulness. Like if he's going to be faithful to you, it is not dependent. upon your behavior. David, if we summarize 2 Samuel 22.
In Psalm 18, that parallel together, he would say, you know what? If God's been faithful in my life, it wasn't dependent upon my behavior, because my behavior wasn't good a lot of times, and your behavior's not either a lot of times. And so what happens is, is if we put the weight on us, we're going to fall short and God's faithfulness will be unstable. But we know that not to be true because God's faithfulness is always stable, and God's faithfulness is always constant. that it has to be dependent upon his character and not your behavior.
And that's what we learn about life. And so, as we go through life, the highs and the lows of life. I want to remind you that God will remain faithful to you because. It's up to his character and who he is. It doesn't, it's not dependent upon you.
and your actions or your reactions or your Behavior. Can we bow our heads for prayer?
Okay.
