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00:00Taking a census seems an innocent thing, a boring administrative task with little spiritual
00:13significance. A lot of modern nations conduct them to make sure funds and representation
00:19are distributed the way they should be. But when David called for a census of Israel,
00:24God wasn't happy about it. That's because behind David's census was a sinful aspiration.
00:32David was hoping to discover exactly how many fighting men he had. In other words,
00:38he wanted to know how many battle-ready soldiers he'd have if he were to call up the troops for
00:43battle. We might think this was a wise move. But in God's economy, it showed that David didn't trust
00:50God. That's because nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.
00:57The size of the army doesn't matter if God is with the troop. But David didn't want to trust God,
01:04at least not completely. That was too risky for him. So, he wanted numbers. We often do the same
01:11thing. We try to tally up our resources for whatever we're facing. It's why our brains decide,
01:18usually at the effective time of 3 a.m., to walk through all of the what-if that could happen in
01:24situations that we might face. We're looking to figure out what resources we have to face the
01:30situation that's before us. But God doesn't want us scampering. He wants us to rest, to depend on
01:37him. Like David, we don't need to tally what we see as our resources. We are the sons and daughters of
01:44the king. God values when we count him as our greatest resource. And our hearts will rest as we do.