Good morning!
"Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory." Can you picture Psalm 73:23 & 24 in your mind? As I read those words, I think of a loving father, holding his little son's hand as they cross the street while Daddy teaches his son to stop and look both ways. I picture a loving father holding his daughter's hand as they walk through a park w/Daddy giving true words of life, of counsel, at such a teachable moment.
In Psalm 73, the Psalmist, caught up in wordliness, momentarily began to envy the ungodly and dwell upon the things he longed for in their lives. How many of us can relate? How many of us have momentarily lost our focus on Christ to look at the idols of this world and the ungodly who possess them and wish we were in their shoes? Money. Possessions. Beauty. Fame. Intellect to name a few.
Then, the Psalmist awakened from his envious state and repented. He didn't just say, "I'm sorry," and refocus his attention to some godlier thoughts. His heart swelled with adoration of the only one, true God! He remembered, "Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You." "My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever," declares the Psalmist.
May we be quick to repent when we stray from His Word, and may our hearts be filled with such adoration and worship of the only One who matters in heaven and earth, our Abba Father God!
Have a blessed weekend!
Rolanda Green
Hillcrest Children's Minister
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