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Guys, welcome back to the podcast. Izzy is really giggly today. Do you want to introduce yourself, Izzy?

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I'm Izzy. I'm really giggly today. Who are you? Shout out. I'm Zach. I'm also feeling pretty giggly. But I'm more just happy because we get to jump into Psalm 16, which is on the DL one of my favorite psalms. Interesting. And 16, I think it's 16 verse 5 and 6 are two of my favorite verses in the Bible. Oh.

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So viewers, listeners, if you've got your Bible at hand, open it up and flip to Psalm 16. We're going to jump in. As you know, our vision here at The Way is to reach every young person with the good news of Jesus Christ. We just can't do that alone. We can't do that alone.

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Let's get into the episode. Yes, we will. Okay. Okay, so let's jump into Psalm 16. But I just want to acknowledge for the viewers, it is very warm in here. It's very warm. I'm feeling a little bit uncomfortable. So if you see just beads of sweat falling from my forehead, it's like 32 degrees. New series.

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sauna psalms let's go oh that was kind of fire thanks sauna psalms welcome back to sauna psalms sauna psalm 16 let's go wow okay you're gonna read it i'm gonna i'm gonna read psalm 16 yeah thanks um and i'm gonna read from the esv otherwise known as the vip wait

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Wait, sorry, I meant MVP. It's the key. All right, that was my bad. The MVP, the most valuable translation. Here we go, Psalm 16, verse one to the end. Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, you are my Lord. I have no good apart from you. As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

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The sorrows of those who run after another God shall multiply. Their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup.

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You hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. I bless the Lord who gives me counsel. In the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me because he is at my right hand. I shall not be shaken.

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Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices. My flesh also dwells secure, for you will not abandon my soul to shield or let your Holy One see corruption. You make known to me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy. At your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Amen. This is very humbling for me to say this. Oh boy.

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I actually feel like I prefer your version to mine. Wow. Yeah, I'm such an NIV girl, but that was lovely. It felt really poetic for you. This is what church unity looks like. Boom. Okay, let's go back to verse one. Okay. And chat about verse one and two. Yeah. Okay.

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Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. You are my Lord. I have no good apart from you. I think it's kind of interesting because like in my translation, this psalm is titled, You Will Not Abandon My Soul, which kind of makes me think there must have been some sort of circumstances

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that the person who wrote this, probably David, was going through where he thought maybe either his soul or his life or maybe some people around him or himself was actually at jeopardy. Yeah. But the tone of it is not,

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complaining as you might as you might think or even necessarily fearful it's more he proclaims that he is safe because of lord for in you i take refuge yeah he asks the lord preserve me and then he trusts in that which i think is kind of interesting because i'm i usually go to the complain or become afraid and i'll be saying to god like

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God, I can't believe you've done this to me. Or I can't believe I'm in this situation. But David has a different response. I think it's really beautiful. His tone is that of trust. I had a very similar note, actually, saying, wrote in a time of trouble, yet the tone of this psalm is settled joy and appraising confidence. That's what I wrote. Because I think it feels like, yeah, he's so confident throughout it of how...

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He is God's and God's with him. Yet it's obviously written in a time of trouble, which is, yeah, I was just saying like quite inspiring. I don't know if that's necessarily always the posture I held. Can I ask a difficult question? Okay. Okay.

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I feel like it's easy to say that we can trust in God, but I actually know a lot of Christians who have gone through some difficult things. How does that in your mind, like, do you think God is still trustworthy, even though bad things might happen?

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Yeah. I think the verse that comes to mind immediately is the verse that haunts my life. What? Literally. Do I know this? Yeah, yeah, you do. Like whenever someone gives me a verse, it's like always the Proverbs, whatever it actually is, three, five, six, whatever it is. Trust the Lord in all your heart and like lean not on your own understanding. And I think that's,

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that's the true part of it is that we're not promised an easy life. We're not promised one that has no difficulties, but is through that we have to trust God beyond our understanding, beyond what we can see, um, beyond what we know. And so I think, yeah, as, as you were saying that I was just reminded of that verse. Cause it's like, how, how we do, how do we trust? What does that look like? Especially when everything around us seems to be shaken. And it's like, well, it's probably, again, we, we hold this posture, trusting that God is doing something.

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and that's beyond what we know and let's try not get caught up in that like he he's a god of compassion and that's the one the first words he used to describe himself right and like x to 34 and like the the order is important and like when you talk about names and stuff like that it's like tangent but the first word he used to describe himself is compassionate and compassionate is like love in action right so it's like it's god is moving he is love in action so even through

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And I think I just want to, before we move on to the next couple of verses, just to add a little nuance as well. Like there is actually time for just pouring out your complaints actually to the Lord and your fears. And that happens elsewhere in the Psalms. Like David actually pours out a whole range of emotions.

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is maybe not needed or what's best for us. Sometimes to just proclaim the promises of the Lord is actually what we need in difficult situations. Yeah, because that's what renews our mind and that kind of stuff, where it's like, well, we can choose what we want to focus on, and we can either focus on what's happening around us, or we can focus on these truths of God, and they can be our foundation instead.

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Verse 3 and 4 is pretty interesting because he goes from trusting in the Lord to talking about kind of like the company that he likes to surround himself with, which is kind of interesting. Mine says, as for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight. And then that's contrasted with verse 4. The sorrows of those who run after another God shall multiply. Their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.

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Why do you think that's included here? Or what do you think it's like he's trying to say? Well, I'm going to focus on verse 3 first. As I wrote a little note on that. And it's like David is like delighting in God's people despite all their failures. And I'm not quite sure what time this was written, but he was a king and saw lots of bad and people doing bad things. And it's actually he's still delighted in those that love God.

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And I think that's, I was thinking about that. And like, as Christians, we probably should also delight in those that love God. We should be delighted and we see God blessing people. We see God working in people. And because we love God, therefore, this heat is a lot, man. Therefore...

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we should also delight in those that love him. And it's not saying we can't be friends with those that don't believe in him, but it is different because it's like we've got this joint unity of this confidence of,

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of why we're living our purpose and all of that. And then maybe that then ties on to, um, my translation said, those that run after other gods will suffer more and more. Whereas like those that don't live with, with God, um, um,

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It's like, well, it's again, it's like, it's not that their life is going to be necessarily more easy or more difficult than ours because we can't really control what life looks like. However, it's like life with God is better because we have our trust and insurance in him. And therefore, I would rather a life with God than not with him.

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Because a life not with him, I don't know how you do that. I don't know how you navigate stuff. I don't know how you have hope. I don't know how you love people when things, I don't know how people do it. Yeah, that's super interesting. Yeah.

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I think it's interesting because when I was reading this, I was thinking of like my closest friends, whenever I meet their other friends who I don't know, I just seem to really love them and get along with them because they're just really like quite stand up people. And I know that doesn't 100% like translate, but I sometimes think it's like that with God.

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if I really love God, chances are I'm going to love the people that he loves to spend time with, that he loves to be with. That's lovely. You know what I mean? It's like mutual friends. It's like, oh, you're friends with God. I'm also friends with God.

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That's so cute. What the heck? I love that. And that's basically a really short explanation of church. But no, I like what you're saying about, yeah, it's interesting how it says, it doesn't infer that like whoever walks with the Lord is going to have an easy life, but that those who chase after something else, the sorrows just multiply. Just kind of interesting. I don't want my sorrows to multiply. No. Doesn't sound very fun. No. No.

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And verse 5 and 6 kind of then flow right out of that. It's kind of like a contrast between this person who or these people that pour out drink offerings to other gods, which is essentially just a form of sacrifice and worship to other gods other than the Lord.

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um in contrast david's like i'm not gonna partake in that and instead i'm gonna choose the lord who is my portion and my cup which is kind of interesting it's like the exact same language like the cup and the drink offering from the cup kind of does that feel better yeah she's put the hair up it's a lot guys five and six yeah

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Can you read your version of five and six? I can. Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup. You make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Surely I have a delightful inheritance. It's a bit different to yours. A little bit. Don't read yours. Remind me.

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The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup. You hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. I can't read. Indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. Can I tell you why I love these two verses a lot?

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Basically, I read a while back that because David was the youngest son of his father, that he would essentially not get much of the family inheritance, if anything, because he was so far down the line. And I think it's just so fascinating because here he's talking about how he does have a beautiful inheritance, even though he obviously doesn't, which tells me he must be telling me about something different. And you might recall...

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Earlier in the Bible, basically all of the land of the – like the promised land of Israel is being divided up in the Old Testament to the 12 tribes of Israel. Yeah. And it actually gets – it kind of gets divided up really weird and you can do some research on all that history. But it comes to the Levite family –

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the tribe, and they are the priests. And so they don't actually get their own land. But it is said that the Lord is their inheritance rather than a piece of land. And so all of that to be said—

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I think David might be doing like a callback to that verse by saying, I have a beautiful inheritance, not because of what my father has given me physically, but because of what my heavenly father has given me spiritually, which is a relationship with him. Which what better inheritance could you receive than a relationship with the Lord Most High?

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That's beautiful. That is. No matter what I have in life that comes at me, a lot of difficult things could come at me. A lot of difficult things have come at me. I'm sure a lot of difficult things have come after pretty much everyone. But actually, you can say this throughout anything because the Lord walks beside us in all of those things. He is our beautiful inheritance.

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And it's almost like David is saying that he's content with what he has, which I think, again, is such like a challenge where it's always easy to want more or look what other people have or blessings you think you deserve. And it's like actually his attitude here is actually being content with what God's given him. That's super real, especially today. Why today?

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Think about all the advertisements that are trying to tell you that you need to live a better life. All right. All the people talking about the behind. I was talking about like physically today and I was like, what's happened today? Not exactly. I really just felt like a fan. I felt like a cool fan. Yeah, it's warm. I don't know if you guys can see who are watching. I can see the drips of. Can you? Yeah. But you know, we're content with what we have. Wow. Yeah. She brought it back. I did. She brought it back. I did.

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Okay, I'll be real. I don't really have a transition to verse 7 and 8 because I don't really understand how 7 and 8 kind of almost fit into the whole thing. Do you have anything on verse 7 and 8? So, well, very little notes. But it's basically speaking, so it's saying it's the Lord that cancels him. Even at night his heart instructs him. And then I keep my eyes always on the Lord. So I think it's talking about the instructions that God gives and like how...

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God guides him. And that's how he chooses to live his life. Oh, interesting. Verse eight for me feels like that's a clear decision. It's like, I keep my eyes on, like we could look anywhere, but it's his decision to keep his eyes on God. And it's David's heart was first instructed by God. And so when he's saying, and that's his word. And so when he- What do you mean that's his word? Like his spoken word? Or like the- Or the Bible. I think it's like the Bible. Like that's our main instruction. Which, right, in the Old Testament for David would have been the first five books. Yeah. Yeah.

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And so that would have been his first instruction and he knew it so well that his heart knew it. So my interpretation of like, even at night, his heart instructs him. It's because his heart knew it so well. Dang. That was kind of my interpretation of it. So did. Yeah. Wow. And then it's his decision in verse eight to look at that. And that's his active choice. Yeah.

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Dude, like how beautiful is it to have become acquainted with God in such a way that in every situation your desire is lined with his? Sounds incredible.

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Yeah, I don't feel like, because that's the verse, isn't it? That God gives you the desires of your heart. And I've done a lot of reading around that. And it's like, well, actually, the closer you get with God, your desires are more aligned with his. And so it's about how when you know God so deeply, your heart actually gets reshaped. Wow.

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to then desire what he desires, which is normally less about us and more about him and others and glory. I mean, it's kind of funny because I feel like I'm really far off to my heart being shaped sometimes. And I'm like, I don't know if I, I guess our hope is that one day we will get there fully in the next life with the Lord, which whole nother topic, like something to look into if you're interested in, but not something we're going to touch on today. But,

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The reason I'm saying that is because like obviously David actually didn't act right 100% of the time. Made some boo-boos. Right. It's a process. It's a process. It's like if I'm trying to get better at – I'm a basketball player. If I'm trying to get better at shooting, I might be progressing to get better but I'm still going to miss shots. I'm still going to miss shots along the way. But it doesn't mean I shouldn't make effort.

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Yeah. Or don't rely on your own feelings and stuff. Like it's still being rooted in the word and God is your main source. Clock it. Actually, I got taught clock is not this. It's now this. Yeah, that's like an applause and that's clock. Yeah, I don't know. It made me feel like I was an unk, bro. Yeah, you are.

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Yeah, let's talk about these last three verses. Verse 9, 10, 11. And then we can step outside out of this heat. Therefore, my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices. My flesh also dwells secure, for you will not abandon my soul to shield or let your Holy One see corruption. Shoe, bro. Therefore. One of your favorite words in the Bible. It's true. What's it there for? What is it there for?

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Then I may. No, it's in response from what it's speaking. We've just gone off verse seven and eight. It's talking about how the Lord counsels him. Sorry, it sounds like counsels him. Counsel. I'm decaying. And he will keep his eyes on the Lord. So therefore his heart will be glad and his tongue rejoices. Yeah.

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It's like verse eight is saying this is his decision. Like his decision is to keep his eyes on the Lord. And therefore, like, even though he knew the costs, but he also knew the benefits, like he will sing praises about his decision. Dang. That's what I think it's there for.

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Yeah, you're 100% right. And, okay, this is kind of a cool note on verse 10 that I read. You're crazy. It's actually a verse that Peter quotes in Acts chapter 2. That's a fun fact. So you fast forward basically from this point. David's written this psalm. The kingdom's gone through all loads of stuff, the Israelites.

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They've been kicked out of their land now. This is like well after David's died. And like lots of different kings have come, generations, generations, generations, and suddenly they're under Roman rule essentially. Jesus comes. He dies. He rises again. Great gasps. And then gasp again. He rises to heaven.

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Crazy twists, but the Holy Spirit gets sent. And to explain, essentially, what you could argue is the first public gospel message. Peter uses this verse, You will not abandon my soul to Sheol or let your Holy One see corruption. He uses that to describe the fact that Jesus...

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was not dead for longer than three days. Interesting. So essentially he's saying, even though David wrote this, probably not with Jesus in mind. Like I don't think he wrote it as a prophecy, although we can't fully know. Mm-hmm.

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He says it applies to Jesus because Jesus was not abandoned in the realm of the dead. That's what sheil means. It's the realm of the dead. Jesus was not abandoned to the realm of the dead. And he did not see corruption even though he died. He bore our corruption. Dude, fascinating. That is interesting. And then he came back to life.

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I also love what you said that way. You don't know if that's what David intended. So I feel like that's kind of like how God uses a lot of us as well. Like he uses our ordinary moments, our prayers, our actions towards others. Again, if it's like rooted in love or whatever, but also a lot of the time he just uses our ordinary moments and then that actually speaks forward to what he's doing and he works alongside humans to point to Jesus. That felt maybe a bit...

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You know when you're like in an English exam and you like point out like this means this. But like also it could be. Yeah. And then the last verse in this psalm. Talk to me. This is a really nice verse. And I had in my translation, the NIV, I have a post-it note of another translation. NLT. Oh. Which I normally do not read. Which stands for?

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New Living Translation. Good work. Thank you. That's why I grew up, like when I was in youth, I had a New Living Translation Bible. Anyway, fun fact. Shout out. So, and the translation that says, I really like it. It says, you will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasure of living with you forever. Wholesome ending. So that was just so lovely. Can you read it again? That was really wholesome. Okay.

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You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasure of living with you forever. Hey, that's my prayer for you. That's my prayer for you. Thank you. I accept the prayer. Hey, that's my prayer for everyone listening to this as well, that the Lord would make known to you. Mine says that he would make known to you the path of life, the fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore. Come on. Mm-hmm.

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Man, oh man, guys, if you walk with the Lord, like I can guarantee that you might only see shades of this in this lifetime, but that this promise will be fulfilled to you in the next. I think that's a promise I can make. You know what I mean?

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I think that while you might only see a taste of it now, you will know the path of life in the next lifetime. You will know fullness of joy. You will know pleasures forevermore. God's faithful, man. Yeah. He'd be promising that sort of stuff. Shout out. Big up. Big up. I feel like that's a really good place to end. Big up the big man. Do you want to sign us off?

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I was actually thinking about an emoji. I zoned out a little bit as you were talking just then because I was thinking so hard about an emoji. And then I was thinking, all I could think about was me sweating. And I was like, we could do the, you know, when it's like the smile with like the bead of sweat, which normally means like, ah, but this time it means we're smiling and there's sweat down our head. Fair. So that's the emoji I came across. Lally face, bead of sweat. Yeah. I love that.

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um that's all for now everyone thank you for joining us check out our other videos about the psalms we've done a few they've been a bit less sauna um but yeah check out other videos and we'll see you next time bye