#886 – How Firm a Foundation (Psalm 112:7)

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David Platt

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🗓️ 12 January 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Don't you want a life that rests on a sure foundation? This is what is afforded to us through the good news of Christ. Lord help us to trust in You.

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0:00.0	Psalm 112, verse 7. He is not afraid of bad news. His heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.
0:11.2	What a powerful verse.
0:13.0	It's talking about the righteous,
0:15.0	it's talking about the one who trusts in God,
0:19.0	trusting in the Lord, like,
0:22.0	when that is your posture of your life, my life on a daily basis,
0:28.3	like we wake up trusting in the Lord, we walk throughout the day, trusting in the Lord. We walk throughout the day trusting in the Lord. We go to bed trusting in the
0:38.8	Lord. What does that mean? That means our hearts will be firm. Like just think about it. Don't you want a heart
0:47.6	that is firm, a life that is resting on a sure foundation from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to
0:59.2	sleep and and really by extension every moment you are sleeping.
1:04.0	You are trusting in God, therefore your heart is firm.
1:09.0	You know that God has your life in his hands and that he is trustworthy, that the one who knows
1:20.3	everything that was and to happen in your life holds you in his love in his life
1:27.9	holds you in his loving hands like feel this rest in this take heart in this you have a firm place to stand you
1:38.0	don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow you don't know what's gonna happen a year from
1:40.9	now but you know this Your heart is in the hands of God, and you
1:46.7	can trust him with everything you have, everything around you. You can trust him. He is
1:52.1	trustworthy. Therefore, you can trust him he is trustworthy therefore you don't have to be
1:57.4	afraid of bad news like what a great way to live.
2:03.0	You don't have to be afraid of bad news.
2:06.0	Like I read this and I just start to think about
2:09.0	potential bad news that I could hear today.
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