ters is not goods, but God; not success, but the Saviour; not the prosperity of the world, but the presence of the Lord. The saved have none of these things. They are without God's presence and protection. If you have been shar ing the Psalmist's struggle, feeling perhaps useless and fruitles on the basis of the authority of God's Word here in Psalm 73, we can affirm it is true that Cod is good! It IS better to trust Cod! You ARE better off! God is NOT a friend of the wicked! He does NOT favor them! God does NOT give all the breaks to the unsaved! It DOES pay to live for Cod!
animal looks like the very essence of colossal unwieldiness. Consider his ugly face with its dumb expres sionless look. What a comparison for Asaph to make! That is the pic ture of one who would envy the wicked! In the Hebrew "nevertheless" is a strong word of contrast (vs. 22). It is as though Asaph is saying, "I may be stupid in God's presence, but still I am in His presence." God did not dismiss him becaue of his questioning. This is His grace! He encourages us to come to Him re gardless of our problems (James 1:5). We have much more, too. For example, there is protection, as indicated in the last part of verse 23. Your feet may be slipping, but the Lord holds your hand. What reassuring confidence that should bring us! We have both guidance and glory (vs. 24). Is it not won derful to know that the day is com ing when we will personally share in the glory of our Lord? Then in the closing two verses Asaph contrasts the wicked and the godly. The only thing that mat
The Apostle Paul testified, "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory" (II Corinthians 4:17). Draw near to God and you will never envy the wicked again. Enter the sanctuary, and with Asaph the Psalmist, you can say, "Truly God is good!" Dr. Zuck is Executive Vice President of Scripture Press Ministries, Wheaton, Illinois
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