all right we will be uh looking at Psalm<\/p>\n
86 today so if you have your Bibles uh<\/p>\n
you can turn to to Psalm<\/p>\n
86 before we look at God's word let's uh<\/p>\n
go to him and ask him to to be our help<\/p>\n
in our time of need<\/p>\n
uh dear Lord we come to you it is uh<\/p>\n
good to to come together brothers and<\/p>\n
sisters to sing praises to your holy<\/p>\n
name it is good to to read your word it<\/p>\n
is good to be in fellowship and so we<\/p>\n
thank you for all the many ways that you<\/p>\n
have already blessed us and we pray that<\/p>\n
you'll continue to to bless us<\/p>\n
throughout the service be with uh me as<\/p>\n
I preach your word I pray that uh you<\/p>\n
will speak through me uh dear Lord I am<\/p>\n
your servant uh<\/p>\n
I pray that you will use me dear Lord<\/p>\n
help me to to step back and I just pray<\/p>\n
that you will speak to us um pray that<\/p>\n
uh you will just um Use Me toar Lord um<\/p>\n
to to bring your word this afternoon<\/p>\n
pray that you'll bless us to Lord draw<\/p>\n
our hearts affections to you I pray that<\/p>\n
you will be with our our minds help us<\/p>\n
to to pay attention I pray that your<\/p>\n
Holy Spirit Will illuminate your word so<\/p>\n
that we understand it rightly<\/p>\n
and we pray all this in Jesus name amen<\/p>\n
so the the psalm that we'll be looking<\/p>\n
at today Psalm 86 is a a prayer of of<\/p>\n
King David during a very difficult time<\/p>\n
in his life his life is threatened by<\/p>\n
people who want to destroy him David's<\/p>\n
prayer shows us that those who trust in<\/p>\n
him they know him and there they depend<\/p>\n
upon him they call upon him and they<\/p>\n
seek to glorify him during times of<\/p>\n
adversity so let's look at our text<\/p>\n
today Psalm<\/p>\n
86 incline your ear oh Lord and answer<\/p>\n
me and by the Lord and in verse 17 show<\/p>\n
me a sign of your favor and so in all of<\/p>\n
these ways David is depending upon the<\/p>\n
Lord to provide what he<\/p>\n
needs nothing in this world is more<\/p>\n
capable or more willing to be helped to<\/p>\n
US during our times of of adversity than<\/p>\n
our covenant<\/p>\n
God when adversity comes our way we need<\/p>\n
to depend upon the Lord to meet all of<\/p>\n
our needs that are a result of the ad<\/p>\n
adversity that we<\/p>\n
experience each adversity is different<\/p>\n
and we're require us to depend on the<\/p>\n
Lord in different<\/p>\n
ways but he is able to handle whatever<\/p>\n
it is that we<\/p>\n
face one of Ford's slogans is built for<\/p>\n
tough<\/p>\n
they they often have uh commercials uh<\/p>\n
and billboards to advertise their<\/p>\n
vehicles the truck commercials are are<\/p>\n
usually some type of of rugged guy who's<\/p>\n
in a car heart and he's driving a truck<\/p>\n
through some harsh terrain like a desert<\/p>\n
or snow or rain or or up a mountain and<\/p>\n
the point the producers are trying to<\/p>\n
communicate to us is that nothing can<\/p>\n
stop this truck from getting you through<\/p>\n
whatever conditions you need to go<\/p>\n
through it can handle whatever is in its<\/p>\n
way so when adversity arises what is<\/p>\n
your<\/p>\n
tendency do you look to yourself and say<\/p>\n
I've gotten through cancer and I can do<\/p>\n
it<\/p>\n
again do you tell yourself I have an<\/p>\n
appointment next week with a specialist<\/p>\n
at a nearby hospital who is the best in<\/p>\n
the world who says he can stop this<\/p>\n
cancer do you go on chat GPT to find out<\/p>\n
if AI if AI can give you an instant<\/p>\n
cure or do you depend upon the Lord for<\/p>\n
help our text today encourages us to<\/p>\n
look to the Lord for our help the Lord<\/p>\n
May provide a great specialist for you<\/p>\n
to see he may use chap GPT to give you<\/p>\n
knowledge but our help is ultimately<\/p>\n
found in the Lord don't depend on these<\/p>\n
other things in and of themselves they<\/p>\n
are like the false gods of David's time<\/p>\n
that don't compare to God<\/p>\n
god let's look now at our third Point<\/p>\n
pray to the Lord during times of<\/p>\n
adversity David's dependency on and<\/p>\n
trust in the Lord moves him to call upon<\/p>\n
the Lord and pray to him during his time<\/p>\n
in verses 6 through 7 David says give<\/p>\n
ear O Lord to my prayer listen to my<\/p>\n
plea for grace in the day of my trouble<\/p>\n
I call upon you for you answer<\/p>\n
me David calls upon the Lord because of<\/p>\n
past experience he has called upon the<\/p>\n
Lord before and ask the Lord something<\/p>\n
and the Lord has answered the Lord has<\/p>\n
provided and so this experience has<\/p>\n
given David great confidence that the<\/p>\n
Lord will help him in his time of need<\/p>\n
now and answer the other prayers that he<\/p>\n
prays for<\/p>\n
help Hebrews 4:16 tells us let us then<\/p>\n
with Cal confidence draw near to the<\/p>\n
throne of grace that we may receive<\/p>\n
mercy and find Grace to help in time of<\/p>\n
need and so God invites us to come to<\/p>\n
him during our time of need he uses our<\/p>\n
prayers to bless us during times of<\/p>\n
adversity remember the character of God<\/p>\n
when you pray he is gracious trust that<\/p>\n
the Lord answers the prayers of his<\/p>\n
people and call upon<\/p>\n
him Psalm 86 reminds us of another<\/p>\n
servant King who like David would face a<\/p>\n
band of Godless men that would seek to<\/p>\n
take his<\/p>\n
life like David he would intense uh he<\/p>\n
would experience intense suffering and<\/p>\n
sorrow because of them and he would rely<\/p>\n
upon the strength of the Lord and cry<\/p>\n
out to the Lord for<\/p>\n
help right before Jesus went to die on<\/p>\n
the cross he<\/p>\n
prayed his prayer gives us additional<\/p>\n
instructions how to pray during times of<\/p>\n
adversity let's take take a look at this<\/p>\n
prayer and see what it has to teach<\/p>\n
us we find an account of this Prayer in<\/p>\n
Luke<\/p>\n
22:<\/p>\n
39-47 and it says and he came out and<\/p>\n
went as was his custom to the Mount of<\/p>\n
Olives and the disciples followed him<\/p>\n
and when he came to the place he said to<\/p>\n
them pray that you may not enter into<\/p>\n
temptation and he withdrew from them<\/p>\n
about a stone throw and knelt down and<\/p>\n
prayed saying father if you are willing<\/p>\n
remove this cup from me<\/p>\n
nevertheless not my will but yours be<\/p>\n
done and there appeared to him an angel<\/p>\n
from heaven strengthening him and being<\/p>\n
in agony he prayed more earnestly and<\/p>\n
his sweat became like great drops of<\/p>\n
blood falling down to the ground and<\/p>\n
when he rose from prayer he came to the<\/p>\n
disciples and found them sleeping for<\/p>\n
sorrow and he said to them why are you<\/p>\n
sleeping rise and pray that you may not<\/p>\n
enter into<\/p>\n
temptation while he was still speaking<\/p>\n
there came a crowd and the man called<\/p>\n
Judas one of the 12 was leading<\/p>\n
them so Jesus is stricken with sorrow<\/p>\n
because he knows his time to go to the<\/p>\n
Cross was<\/p>\n
approaching the Godless band of men who<\/p>\n
wanted to take his life was on his front<\/p>\n
doorstep and how does Jesus<\/p>\n
pray he says father if you are willing<\/p>\n
remove this cup from me nevertheless not<\/p>\n
my will but yours be<\/p>\n
done Jesus knows that the pain and the<\/p>\n
agony that he will soon face at the<\/p>\n
cross when the father looks upon him as<\/p>\n
having committed all of the sins of us<\/p>\n
of all the sins of all of his Covenant<\/p>\n
people the Wrath and the fury of God for<\/p>\n
this amount of sin would be intense and<\/p>\n
Jesus would experience the full force of<\/p>\n
it Jesus wanted to avoid experiencing<\/p>\n
this if it was possible if there was any<\/p>\n
way other way possible for him to for<\/p>\n
God the Father to accomplish what he<\/p>\n
wanted to accomplish Jesus wanted to<\/p>\n
know let's do that father but if there<\/p>\n
wasn't then Jesus wanted to do the<\/p>\n
father's will he knows and trusts in the<\/p>\n
character of our father and he is<\/p>\n
therefore willing to subject himself and<\/p>\n
his plans to the father's plans<\/p>\n
Isaiah 55 8-9 it tells us for my<\/p>\n
thoughts are not your thoughts neither<\/p>\n
are my ways declares neither are my ways<\/p>\n
your ways declares the Lord for as the<\/p>\n
heavens are higher than the earth so are<\/p>\n
my ways higher than your ways and my<\/p>\n
thoughts than your<\/p>\n
thoughts God has this wonderful<\/p>\n
overarching plan for all of<\/p>\n
creation and we need to take this into<\/p>\n
account when we pray PR to him during<\/p>\n
times of<\/p>\n
adversity we can boldly approach him and<\/p>\n
boldly ask our gracious and loving God<\/p>\n
for help during times of adversity with<\/p>\n
the expectation that he hears us and he<\/p>\n
does answer our prayers that he does<\/p>\n
give us good things but at the same time<\/p>\n
we need to remember that our ways our<\/p>\n
plans our desires are not always the<\/p>\n
same as<\/p>\n
his we need to subject our prayer<\/p>\n
request to his will<\/p>\n
and we need to acknowledge this in our<\/p>\n
prayers and the way that we formulate<\/p>\n
our<\/p>\n
prayers our prayers should communicate<\/p>\n
to God that he knows best and that we<\/p>\n
are subject to his will and desires all<\/p>\n
the same all all while at the same time<\/p>\n
making those requests that we have known<\/p>\n
to<\/p>\n
him Romans 8:28 it tells us that God has<\/p>\n
a plan and a purpose for all things in<\/p>\n
our lives even<\/p>\n
adversity and we know that for those who<\/p>\n
love God all things work together for<\/p>\n
good for those who are called according<\/p>\n
to his<\/p>\n
purpose so even in those times when it's<\/p>\n
God's plan for us to experience great<\/p>\n
adversity and hardship and not to remove<\/p>\n
it we can take comfort knowing that our<\/p>\n
good gracious merciful and steadfast<\/p>\n
loving God is in charge<\/p>\n
and has good in mind for<\/p>\n
us and let's look now at our last Point<\/p>\n
seek the glory of the Lord during times<\/p>\n
of<\/p>\n
adversity we see David's passion for for<\/p>\n
God's glory throughout this Psalm he<\/p>\n
shows concern for God's glory in three<\/p>\n
ways in<\/p>\n
particular in the first way we see<\/p>\n
David's passion for God's glory is in<\/p>\n
his desire for God to be glorified among<\/p>\n
the Nations<\/p>\n
in verses 7-10 we read in the day of my<\/p>\n
trouble I call upon you for you answer<\/p>\n
me there is none like you among the gods<\/p>\n
oh Lord nor are there any works like<\/p>\n
yours all the nations you have made<\/p>\n
shall come in worship before you oh Lord<\/p>\n
and shall glorify your name for you are<\/p>\n
great and do wondrous things you alone<\/p>\n
stop worshiping their false gods until<\/p>\n
worship the true God David compares the<\/p>\n
one true God with these false gods and<\/p>\n
says that they cannot<\/p>\n
compare the Lord does great and wondrous<\/p>\n
things and these false gods do not God<\/p>\n
Alone is mighty and wonderful but the<\/p>\n
people of these other nations do not<\/p>\n
admit this and they continue to worship<\/p>\n
FAL God false gods they continue to to<\/p>\n
praise and to give honor that should be<\/p>\n
given to the Lord to these false gods we<\/p>\n
see David's concern here and he<\/p>\n
especially talks about this in verses<\/p>\n
14-1 17 he has a concern for God to get<\/p>\n
the glory that he so rightly<\/p>\n
deserves all the peoples of the nations<\/p>\n
of the world will one day come and<\/p>\n
worship the Lord and honor him for his<\/p>\n
greatness and his wonderful works we<\/p>\n
just continue to teach us more about you<\/p>\n
dear Lord I pray not only that you will<\/p>\n
fill our minds with the knowledge of who<\/p>\n
you are but I pray that you will Unite<\/p>\n
our hearts still Lord so that we fear<\/p>\n
you I pray that as we we see David's<\/p>\n
heart in this this prayer of just<\/p>\n
wanting his heart to be motivated and to<\/p>\n
be focused upon you dear Lord I pray<\/p>\n
that you will give us that same desire<\/p>\n
dur during<\/p>\n
adversity I pray that you will help us<\/p>\n
to know your character and to to trust<\/p>\n
you I pray that during times of<\/p>\n
adversity because we know you and we<\/p>\n
trust you I pray that we will depend<\/p>\n
upon you dear Lord I pray that we will<\/p>\n
call upon you and I pray that we will<\/p>\n
glorify you and we ask all this in Jesus<\/p>\n
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