Thursday, January 21, 2010

Psalm 73

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I loved this chapter. The faith struggle in the beginning was so raw and real to someone who has been there, who has held their faith in their hands, trembling and questioning "what if?" "What if.... it's all a story. a fairytale... an elaborate concoction by fanatical sages. "But I had almost lost my faith because I was jealous of proud people. I saw wicked people doing well. They are not suffering; they are healthy and strong. They don't have troubles like the rest of us. They dont have problems like other people." v3,4

I love; "It will be like waking from a dream" in reference to the time when the Lord will "rise up" and come with power. v20

"But I am close to God, and that is good." v28

'nuff said.

Denise said...

'nuff said!!!

I love: "My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever" (v.26).

My notes on v1-20:
"Two strong themes wind their way through these verses: (1) The wicked prosper, leaving godly people wondering why they bother to be good, and (2) the wealth of the wicked looks so inviting that faithful people may wish they could trade places. But these two themes come to unexpected ends, for the wealth of the wicked suddenly loses its power at death, and the rewards for the goldly suddenly take on eternal value. What seemed like wealth is now waste, and what seemed worthless now lasts forever. Don't wish you could trade places with evil people to get their wealth. One day they will wish they could trade places with you and have your eternal wealth."

Mac an Rothaich said...

"They are like a dream when one awakes; on awaking you despise their phantoms."

We are all tempted at times,by all the wicked seem to gain in this world but the fact is this here and now is the dream, the blink of an eye, in relation to eternity and when you awake you forget your dreams pretty quickly and the phantoms are a joke, so shall be their wicked lives when we all awake and are only spiritual beings and no longer in the flesh...

I appreciate the honest look at the world in this chapter... fact is I read some of the chapters about how the wicked suffer and such and can't relate that to the hear and now... but it is about perspective and we have to see things through the Spirit and then we will pity all their temporary gain that will aid their eternal destruction.

"When my soul was embittered,... I was like a brute beast toward you. Nevertheless I am continually with you; you hold my right hand."

Been in that place of feeling like a beast, that is exactly the word I have used to describe my behavior, toward my Savior, my God, my Jesus who only want to love me... and he loves me so much he continues to hold my hand while I grumble. Then he saves me from my bitter heart with freedom from the things of this world and their attempt to claw at my spirit.