husband is no longer interested in me or in spiritual things? How come my daughter ran off and mar ried an unsaved man? How come a loved one was taken by an untimely death?" Yes, life is full of questions! In verse six of this Psalm, Asaph suggests that the unsaved seem to imagine they are better than oth ers. This causes them to be filled with pride. For this reason some of them will treat others violently or unfairly. Their obesity reflects their carnal living (vs. 7). The Living Bible refers to these people as "fat cats." "They have more than heart could wish." The literal rendering of the Hebrew means, "They pass beyond the imagination of the heart." They can acquire whatever they want without difficulty. It ap pears to them as though they are on pedestals, standing above oth ers, oppressing those who are be low them (vs. 8). Because of their claimed super iority they blaspheme God (vs. 9). I was in a barber shop a few hair cuts back only to hear the man, sitting in the barber chair next to me, swearing with every phrase he spoke. By the way he was dressed it was obvious that he was well-to- do. He did not feel he had a need for Cod . After all, he had made it all on his own. They dictate to men as if the earth belonged to them (vs. 9). Verse ten seems a little more difficult to understand, "Therefore his people return hither, and wat ers of a full cup are wrung out to them." The meaning of the verse can better be ascertained if the word "his" is changed to "God's." This intimates that believers some times tend to forsake God and be gin taking part with the unsaved.
trust Cod? The wicked do not have problems like I do." Do you ever envy the wicked? Look at all the fun they have! Do you ever wish you were not a Christian so that you could become involved in more of the things the world considers exciting? It seemed to Asaph that the sinners do not suffer. Even in death there ap peared to be no pangs or remorse. "Their strength is firm" (vs. 4). Straight from the Hebrew this lit erally means, "Their belly is fat." There was no lack of food among the unrighteousness. The Psalmist is confused because he has noth ing but trouble! Jim Could, a friend of mine with whom I attended seminary, went to the Ivory Coast as a missionary. On Christmas day several years ago he died in an unusual car ac cident, leaving his widow and two children. Those who knew him, and the way in which the Lord used his life, have frequently won dered, "Cod, how come?" Last summer, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Raescher, TEAM missionaries in West Irian, were in a boat heading out of the mouth of one river into the ocean so that they could enter another stream. They had three of their four children with them. Sud denly an unexpected storm arose and drove them out to sea. Their boat capsized and in the turmoil of that frightening experience they wrestled against the waves. The angry elements seemed to be un leashed against them, and two of their little children were snatched right out of their hands! Many have wondered, "Cod, how come?" Perhaps you have a similar ques tion, only for different reasons. You may be saying, "How come my
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