Psalm 73:27-28
Those who are far from you will perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds.
Those who are far from you will perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds.
Asaph finally realized that he envied the sinners because of his blurred vision. He concluded with these two verses to reaffirm his trust in God.
I seem to have fallen into that same situation as Asaph. In the last six months or so, I often fail to see the big picture. I lost sight of what God sees in and for me. My human vision caused me to loose my strength and faith. I complained. I gripped. I prayed in desperation.
Then I realize that unless and until I come before God to repent and realign my thoughts to His, no amount of prayer will work for me. It is not that God does not hear or withholds His answer, but my heart was not ready to hear and obey Him.
I was in desperation and instead of admitting to Him, I denied that I was desperate. I gave all the wrong reasons to myself as to why I was not desperate instead of declaring my trust in Him. At some point, I even reasoned to myself that I did not need the stress that my job was bringing to me because "I am not in debt and I don't need the money".
My only way out is to repent of my wrong thinking. I want to reaffirm that my trust in the Lord.
Just as Asaph did.
From this point forth, be my witness that I shall go forward by trusting in God. This ends my sharing on The Uncomfortable Psalms.
He is good all the time indeed. Praise the Lord!
Steven
I seem to have fallen into that same situation as Asaph. In the last six months or so, I often fail to see the big picture. I lost sight of what God sees in and for me. My human vision caused me to loose my strength and faith. I complained. I gripped. I prayed in desperation.
Then I realize that unless and until I come before God to repent and realign my thoughts to His, no amount of prayer will work for me. It is not that God does not hear or withholds His answer, but my heart was not ready to hear and obey Him.
I was in desperation and instead of admitting to Him, I denied that I was desperate. I gave all the wrong reasons to myself as to why I was not desperate instead of declaring my trust in Him. At some point, I even reasoned to myself that I did not need the stress that my job was bringing to me because "I am not in debt and I don't need the money".
My only way out is to repent of my wrong thinking. I want to reaffirm that my trust in the Lord.
Just as Asaph did.
From this point forth, be my witness that I shall go forward by trusting in God. This ends my sharing on The Uncomfortable Psalms.
He is good all the time indeed. Praise the Lord!
Steven
Consider what Paul told the Philippians in Chapter 2 verse 14 onwards....
ReplyDelete14Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe 16as you hold out[c] the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.
Can we do everything WITHOUT complaining or arguring?? Paul told the Philippians that they could! Because Jesus did....He did this in obedience, all the way to the Cross...for our sake.
Hi. I do agree with Kevin that we should do everything without complaining. But unless we possess all the 7 fruits of the spirit. We are imperfect and God is still moulding us to His image. Last Sunday, the worship leader sang the song breathe..... desperate for Him. Only when we are desperate for Christ that our faith increases. I need to constantly remind myself and to get back in line whenever I stray away. Thank you Steven for sharing your blog. It does bring me back in line with the Word.
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