A Summer of Psalms - Part 3
Psalm 73:1-3 (NIV2011)
1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2 But
as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.
3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 73:13-14 (NIV2011)
13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands
in innocence. 14 All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning
brings new punishments.
Comparison is the enemy of contentment
Accept that God determines the content of your life
1 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV2011)
7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that
you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as
though you did not? Psalm 73:16-17 (NIV2011)
16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply 17 till
I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final
73:21-22 (NIV2011)
21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, 22 I was
senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.
Contentment depends on biblical thinking
Contentment requires an eternal mindset
Psalm 73:17 (NIV2011)
16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply 17 till
I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny
Psalm 73:23-26 (NIV2011)
23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. 24 You
guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire
besides you. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
John 11:25-26 (NIV2011)
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who
believes in me will live, even though they die;
26 and whoever lives by
believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
1 Corinthians 2:9 (NIV2011)
…it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what
no human mind has conceived” – the things God has prepared for those
who love him…