Ernest Stellingwerff of our Elder Team makes his New Life preaching debut in Psalm 22. Ernest sets the tone for this thoroughly Messianic psalm with an opening illustration of a woman who suffered from debilitating migraines for many years. As her suffering intensified, she described her prayer through pain as “not a worshipful whisper but a cry of desperation.” That reflects Psalm 22 as written by King David and ultimately fulfilled by Jesus Christ in His passion on the cross. Ernest highlighted the structure of this psalm: alternating laments (vv. 1-2, 6-8, 12-18) and praises (vv. 3-5, 9-11, 22-31) with a plea for help in the middle (vv. 19-21). Ernest began and ended his sermon with this application: “Hope and encouragement for the forsaken is founded in the sovereignty of God.” The OT looks forward to the cross; the NT looks back to the cross. Jesus quoted/ fulfilled the very first and very last phrases of Ps. 22 while on the cross. By faith, we can agree with David about what Jesus accomplished for us: “HE HAS DONE IT!” (v. 31). And Jesus is coming again for us!