Think over Psalm 73 with me.
Have you ever had someone come up to you and say: "Oh my goodness, I'm engaged! Look at my ring, look at my HUGE ring! Oh my goodness, my fiance is amazing, he is everything to me. I am SO in love! Did you happen to see my ring?!"
and you though to yourself: "Her. Why her Lord? Lord, seriously I have tried to do everything you have told me. I have been faithful to honor You in my relationships. Stayed pure, and it hasn't paid off. Why God? Why haven't You given me what I seem to deserve? I have tried so hard! and now I am so disappointed."
I was listening to a sermon online by Joshua Harris the other day. These are the thoughts from that sermon.
The writer of the Psalm begins writing about all the things that others have, he begins by being envious of the world. He is focussing on all the "wonderful" things that people are getting. They are rich, they have no worry, they are fat(in a good way), and they mock people for following God. They seem to have everything that I don't. What is up with that?
Have you ever felt that way?
Then the Psalmist realizes his place before the Almighty God. He begins to switch his focus to the sanctuary of God, and cries out. "My strength and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." "The nearness of God is my good, I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works."
I realized that I thought I deserved something from God, when I really didn't. He has given me Himself and that is enough for me. and it is not enough in a sense of 'just to get by.' But EVERYTHING I need.
Are we living like God is enough for us? or are we envious of the wicked? Do we realize that He is our portion? Or do we think we deserve more from this world?
"All of You, is more than enough for all of me, for every thirst and every need, You satisfy me, with Your love, and all I have in You, is more than enough."-chris tomlin
I can only think of the words to the old hymn:
Jesus, Jesus precious Jesus. How I've proved Him o'er and o'er. Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus. Oh for Grace, to trust Him more!
3 comments:
hey merea, its (chappy, coop, kim's friend) dawn...
thank you so much for sharing your reflections on Psalm 73. this is exactly what i needed to be reminded of today. i had been wrestling with "is God enough?" and He came through with a resounding "yes" as i've entrusted corners of my heart that had previously beeen "mine".
thanks again. you have wisdom beyond your years.
Hey Dawn. Thank you so much. This is probably my most heartfelt post and I just felt like I didn't explain myself clearly. I am so glad it made sense to you. and am so glad that it encouraged you.
but...
because you are God's...you deserve everything!!!
yes, God should fullfill us but he also put a longing in adam for whom adam didn't yet know would be eve. God created us to desire and long for a mate and i don't think we should ever feel guilty for that. i think the problem comes when our longing for a mate trumps our longing for God's best for us and our longing to worship him no matter what.
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