1/9/18
Psalm 73:25-28
Whom have I in heaven but You?
26 My flesh and my heart
may fail,
27 For, behold, those who
are far from You will perish;
28 But as for me, the
nearness of God is my good;
That I may tell of all Your works.
I still remember at one of the ACF retreats, I was reading
through all of the Psalms, and I got to some of Asaph’s Psalms. I don’t
remember if it was this one or one that was similar, as there were a few that
had similar themes before Moses’s Psalm. I also think I had similar feelings
reading this Psalm as I do now, but now those feelings are amplified a
thousand-fold.
Well I should probably do the devotion on the entire Psalm, but
the main point I should take away, always, is from v25-28.
I really like this Psalm because of its raw honesty. I feel this
guy. When he talks about being jealous of people who have it all in the world,
those who are rich and successful (or at least what it seems on Facebook), I
just sometimes can’t help but ask God “why does my life suck compared to
theirs?” "Why can’t I have prosperity?" Especially when I look at people in the
church who have gotten success because they have compromised their faith and
their time for their own passions and plans. They don’t sit at the feet of the Cross. They
aren’t humble. They have not denied themselves and give everything to follow
after Christ. They still put their Self and their success as their chief
purpose of life. They do not really know the Gospel, and yet they are there in
church with me, and their behavior is considered “okay.” No one can encounter
the Living God and still live like the World.
But then the turning point comes when Asaph enters the Sanctuary
of God. He saw truth. He saw that their love of Self will lead to their
destruction. Their mockery of God will lead them to death. It will be just like
what Jesus said. Some people won’t truly die until they see the Kingdom of God
for the first time. But still, Asaph’s heart was still hurting. Using words
like “pierced” and “bitter” he keeps on walking forward. I don’t know if I
would use the word “beast” to describe myself, but maybe I just don’t know how
animalistic I truly am. Guess I need more Gospel pumped into me. To be guided
by the Holy Spirit. To walk toward God because Christ has taken my hand. To be
received into Glory as Christ has been glorified.
Now we get to the utterance of absolute reality. Just pure
unadulterated truth coming out of Asaph’s mouth.
We have no one but God, and He is good to me. He is enough. He
is my portion and my prize. Everything else is going to fail, like our flesh,
but inwardly I am being regenerated and renewed. Everything in this World will
perish as Satan will be thrown into the Lake of Fire along with all the sons of destruction. But I who has made Christ
my Lord and Savior, I will be able to draw near to God, be able to draw near to
the unapproachable light because I have been bought and made a Son. No longer
is God unreachable to me, but I can sit at His feet as a child sits at his
Father’s feet. God is my refuge, and I will forever speak of His love and glory
forever and ever. Praise and Honor be to His Wonderful and Glorious Name!
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