“Nevertheless I am continually with you: you have held me by my right hand. 24. You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 25. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides you. 26. My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.”
It is interesting how I can read something in the Bible over and over again, and the beauty and value of it does not appear, and then one day, like this morning, I read it and it shouts out to me. This has been the case this morning with Psalm 73:23-26. It reminded me that God is always near and that I do not need to fear that He will ever be absent from my life. I hope that as you read this you will catch the spirit of it and feel God’s closeness to you. This is especially true for today, because we have the Holy Spirit, which Jesus promised to give us, to be with us and to remind of God’s presence at all times. The text tells us that God is present in our lives: “Nevertheless I am continually with you.” Asaph acknowledged that he is always with God and God is always with him. Notice the word “continually.” This means that God’s presence is an ongoing reality in our lives. (Let’s stop here and praise Him.) It is wonderful that this came after Asaph’s confession of his own faults and foibles. We see this in verse 22, “So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you.” It reminds me that I when I am at my worst, God is still at His best, and that He still loves me and has promised to never forsake me. Whatever you are dealing with today, just remember what I wrote above and seek Him, because He can surely be found. The text tells us about God’s guidance: “You have held me by my right hand. 24. You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.” God personally holds us by the “right hand,” and guides us in life. We just need to feel His touch and know that He is there. But God also leads us with His counsel. I see His counsel in two ways. One is the counsel of the Holy Spirit in our lives. The other is the counsel of scripture. The Holy Spirit who inspired the scriptures is the same Holy Spirit that is with us on a daily basis. Jesus promised in John 16:13 that this would be true: “Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth…” We are not on our own, even when we read the scriptures. There is nothing like having the author present to guide us into biblical truth. Notice that it doesn’t end here, “and afterward receive me to glory.” He will guide us here, and will ultimately guide us into eternity with Him. As Jesus promised in John 14:3, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” The text tells us that God is our greatest resource for everything, and every day, in our lives: “Whom have I in heaven but you: and there is none upon earth that I desire besides you. 26. My flesh and my heart fail: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.” (I used the word “resource” for lack of a better word.) The Lord wants to touch every aspect of our lives. Sometimes we find ourselves trying to go it alone, and we discover that this will not work. We have the great promise that the Lord will be available to us at all times, and we can depend on His presence and His help. Like Asaph, our “flesh and hearts fail, but God is the strength of our hearts and is our portion forever.” This is a good thing to remember in the trials of life. Claim the promise of it for yourself! Bro. Joe
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