256 Psalms 073 – 074; 2 Timothy 002
There are portions of Scripture where you think to yourself, "if this was not in Scripture, I'm not sure I would fully understand suffering or name another subject and how to get through it." In the case of Psalm 73 it is the subject of suffering of the saints and how the wicked seemingly slide right on by. David is the King of Israel and a man after God's heart, but he is suffering. He looks over and sees the wicked kings and other sinful people prospering while thumbing their noses at God. Hence, why David starts the Psalm with these words, "No doubt about it! God is good---good to good people, good to the good-hearted. But, I nearly missed it, missed seeing his goodness." What David had forgotten as he moaned about his lot in life is the end of the wicked is that they will totally fall apart, but not the followers of Yahweh. When we suffer here we must remember that our lot is in heaven and that is forever. Those that thumb their nose at God and have a "good time here" do not know that is all the good time they will ever have, for there will be none in eternity for them. We must take the long term perspective of life or we will crash in our blindness. Is it worth it--serving God with a whole heart? Yes--even when life does not turn out the way we want it to turn out. We may have broken dreams, but they are dreams built upon unbroken promises, delivered to us by our Loving Savior.
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