Psalm 73

Wisdom / Trust (individual) / God and the Nations (Asaph)

            I Have Nothing But God

            25 Whom have I in heaven but You?

            And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

·         When one’s heart is not right in the sight of God, any seeming rectitude of life is delusive; and when outward behavior is wicked, it is idle to plead that the heart is right.

·         Even good men, though gifted and inspired, are in danger of sad lapses into sin and sinful errors. Nothing but divine grace can preserve them.

·         “The faith of even strong believers may sometimes be sorely shaken, and ready to fail them. There are storms that will try the firmest anchors. Those that shall never be quite undone, are sometimes very near it.” (Henry)

·         Let the believer wait and all will come right, although now all is dark and disheartening. Let him not yield to the seducer.

·         The chief design of some trials doubtless is to shut our mouths.

·         We often gain our greatest victories by sinking into utter self-disesteem, and confessing our own nothingness and folly.