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When Waters Rise: Trusting God's Timing
July 22, 2026 · 15 min
Cling to God in the floods, wait on the 'acceptable time,' and find hope in Christ's deliverance and mercy.
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Waters Rising: Cries of Despair and Deliverance 0:10 Good morning, and welcome to our Oasis of Praise. Today, our journey takes us to the 2nd most quoted Psalm in the New Testament. We're gonna be reading Psalm 69 and 70. Verse 30 of0:21 chapter 69, I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69 is a lament by David, but its0:33 real application is messianic, as Jesus quoted from it, applying it to himself. Now, some Bible scholars point to the Psalm as a description of the life of Jesus in his early years that are not covered in the0:45 New Testament, as well as his agony on the cross, so kind of the bookends of his life. There are 3 dimensions though of this Psalm. 1st, there are David's real and emotional0:56 cries to the lord that describe what was happening to him. But David as was kind of a Christ like figure as we see in, in the Old Testament, and we're given a glimpse,1:09 I believe, into the emotions and the feelings of Jesus himself. Finally, the 3rd dimension is that there's implications for the church. The church should1:21 not be surprised. When I say the church, I'm talking about you and me, followers of Christ. If you know the lord Jesus Christ as your lord and savior, you are a part of the church. And we should not be1:33 surprised by unjustified hatred, mockery, and rejection that frankly have been a part of the church from the beginning. Now1:44 in the same passage, in John, where Jesus quoted this psalm about being hated without a cause, he also said this, the1:56 servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. In other words, these Psalms could not be more relevant to us today2:08 as followers of Christ. But not only do they describe the challenges. Alright? Hold on to this. They reveal the proper response that honors god,2:21 which is our purpose. Our purpose is to glorify god and to enjoy him forever. Alright. With that, let's jump into Psalm 69 verse 1. Save me, oh2:33 god, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I have come into deep waters where the2:44 floods overflow me. I can't stand up. It is, I mean, have you ever been in that position? You're up to your neck and the water is rising. It's a hopeless feeling. Verse 3, I am weary with2:56 my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail me while I wait for my god. Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. They are mighty who3:08 would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully. Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it. Now this, according to some biblical scholars, is the impute3:20 the imputation of our sin upon Jesus. I have stolen nothing. I still must restore it. Now borrowing from those scholars, they point to this3:31 passage as descriptive of Jesus' youth. It paints a picture of ridicule and rejection for from almost the beginning. I mean, of course, I mean, you think about the wagging tongues that may have seized upon the3:43 reality that Joseph was not his father in the things that were said. Verse 6, let not those who wait for you, oh lord of hosts, be ashamed because of me. Let not those who seek you3:55 be confounded because of me, oh god of Israel. Because for your sake, I have born reproach. Shame has covered my face. I have become4:07 a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children, because zeal for your house has eaten me up and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen4:19 on me. Now verse 9 is quoted in John chapter 2 after Jesus cleanses the temple for the 1st time shortly after his public ministry began. Let me read that. Verse,4:31 16 of chapter 2 of the book of John. And he said to those who sold doves, take these things away. Do not make my father's house a house of merchandise. Then the disciples remembered that it4:42 was written, zeal for your house has eaten me up. That's interesting that it was Jesus's disciples that applied this Psalm to him. Verse 10, when I4:54 wept and chastened my soul with fasting, that became my reproach. I also made sackcloth my garment. I became a byword to them. Those who sit in the gate speak5:06 against me, that's the leaders, and I am the song of the drunkards. I mean, from top to bottom of society. This was a, a striking similarity to what was recorded5:18 in Matthew chapter 11 regarding John the Baptist, which supports this psalm as having application beyond the Messiah to those who are called by and follow God. Matthew 11 verse 18,5:30 for John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say he has a demon. The son of man came eating and drinking. And they say, look, a glutton and a wine bibber, a friend of tax collectors and a5:41 sinner. But wisdom is justified by her children. Verse 13, Psalm 69. But as for me, my prayer is to you, oh lord, in5:53 the acceptable time. Oh god, in the multitude of your mercy, hear me in the truth of your salvation. Note this in the acceptable time.6:05 What's the acceptable time? It's god's time. Now we move to, his time on the cross as reflected in the Psalm verse 14. Deliver me out of the6:17 mire and let me not sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me and out of the deep waters. Let not the flood water overflow me. Let not the deep swallow me up and let not the pit6:29 shut its mouth on me. Hear me, oh lord, for your loving kindness is good. Turn to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies and do not hide your face from your servant. For I am in trouble.6:41 Hear me speedily. Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Deliver me because of my enemies. You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before6:53 you. Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for someone to take pity, and there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. They also gave me7:05 gall for my food, and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. Now in the remaining portion of this Psalm, there is a transition into a,7:17 the imprecatory Psalms, the imprecatory prayer. For those who reject the redemption provided on the cross, judgment will ultimately come. Verse 22. Let their7:29 table become a snare before them, and their well-being a trap. Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and make their loins shake continually. Pour out your indignation upon them, and letFrom Mire to Praise: The Power of Thanksgiving 7:41 your wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their dwelling place be desolate. Let no 1 live in their tents, for they persecute the ones you have struck and talk7:53 of the grief of those you have wounded. Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into your righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be written with the righteous.8:05 But I am poor and sorrowful. Let your salvation, oh god, set me up on high. I will praise the name of god with a song and will magnify him with thanksgiving.8:17 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull, which has horns and hooves. Now this is 1 of those for those that have been on this journey for a while, I as I I8:29 don't think I've mentioned this a while, but I'm just your trail guide. The Holy Spirit is the teacher. But I like to point out those, as as if we were on a, a hike, on a trail,8:41 those vistas, those those scenes that are so inspiring. And and we just if you don't if you don't stop and look at them, you're gonna miss them. And this is 1 of those that 1 of these truths I want us to see on8:53 this journey, we gotta pause and I wanna point it out. I will magnify him with thanksgiving. This also shall please the lord better than an ox or bull, meaning a physical sacrifice.9:06 You know, we've seen this before, but I want to, to look at this in light of this being a messianic Psalm, and then consider the life of Jesus. I'm gonna go back to Matthew chapter9:17 11 verse 25. At that time, Jesus answered and said, I thank you, father, lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them9:29 to babes. Now Jesus, he thanks the father. This is at the beginning of toward the beginning of his ministries. He thanks the father not for the ease of his mission. I mean, think what was9:41 ahead of him. He knew what was gonna be ahead of him. There was going to be difficulties. There was going to be rejection. There was even going to be death on the cross. But this9:53 was the this was how god was going to reveal his salvation and how his salvation was gonna come about. So Jesus is thanking the father not for the ease10:05 of his mission, but for the wisdom of God and his sovereign purposes being accomplished in a way that would confound the world. Jesus Jesus shows that10:17 gratitude is rooted in the wisdom and will of the father, not success by human standards. Even his own disciples, as he came10:29 the Messiah, they thought he would rule the world, that he was going to come in and conquer. That was not the wisdom of God. Jesus chose to operate in the wisdom of God, And10:41 we should follow Jesus' example, because it is more pleasing than physical sacrifices or offerings that we can make with our hands, and that is to have10:53 gratitude toward God for his wisdom and his will that we walk in. And and that's again, as Jesus points out, as David points out, as scripture points out, as11:05 Paul pointed out. I mean, you look at Paul's life, shipwrecked, beaten, left for dead, but he thanked god for how god was using him and god's purposes.11:18 But take note here back to Psalm 69. If we do this, if we offer this offering of thanksgiving for god's purposes, for his will and11:30 his wisdom being revealed, look at how this impacts others. Look at verse 32. The humble shall see this and be glad. And you who seek God, your heart shall live.11:42 For the Lord hears the poor and does not despise his prisoners. Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them. For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, that they mayUrgent Prayer and Faithful Response 11:54 dwell there and possess it. Also, the descendants of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it. What a great Psalm. Alright. Psalm 70Prayer for Strength in Trials 12:05 is a is a short but urgent prayer for help, almost identical in many ways to Psalm 40, which we've already looked at. Verse 1, to the chief musician, a Psalm12:17 of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, oh god, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, oh lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded confounded who seek my12:29 life. Let them be turned back and confused who desire my hurt. Father, thank you for your word, and I I thank you for this, lord, this12:41 this truth that we've seen today in this psalm that, lord, reflected not only the time of David and David's heart and his emotions as he wrote it, but lord is is was prophetic12:53 of Jesus, the Messiah. But lord is also applicable to us as followers of Christ that, lord, there there's going to be difficulties in this life. We're going to be13:05 falsely accused. We're gonna be rejected. We're we're gonna face difficulties. That's just the reality. But, father, bring us to that place of thanking you, of13:16 offering you The only thing we can give you is praise and thanksgiving for the difficulty that we face because in that, your wisdom and will13:28 is being revealed so that others might see it in their lives impacted through our response of gratitude and thanksgiving.13:40 Lord, we can't do that on our own. That has to be the Holy Spirit within us. So help us, father, even this day. And I know there's some that are on this journey because I I hear from them, and I'm grateful, and I13:52 pray for those that are suffering that are they're wrestling through relationship issues, employment issues, wrongfully accused, having children taken from them.Join the Bible Reading Plan 14:04 Lord, there's so many issues that we're dealing with in this world. Lord, bring us to that poor place, Lord, of unlocking your blessings by thanking you14:17 for your will being accomplished in our lives. Give us the strength to do that. We thank you for it in Jesus' name. Amen. Thanks for joining me this14:28 morning, and until next time, keep standing on the word.14:33 Today's study comes from the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you14:45 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at f r c dot o r g slash bible.In this video 0:00 Waters Rising: Cries of Despair and Deliverance7:30 From Mire to Praise: The Power of Thanksgiving11:50 Urgent Prayer and Faithful Response12:00 Prayer for Strength in Trials14:02 Join the Bible Reading Plan
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