WHAT DID ASAPH LEARN FROM HIS STRUGGLES?
In the closing verses of Psalm 73, Asaph recounted what he learned from his struggle. As we examine verses 25-28, four profound principles emerge that can be applied to life under circumstances.
PRINCIPLE # 1:
GOD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE:
Asaph realized that God was ultimately all he had and all he needed. He could rest in God's care and have the confidence that nothing else deserved to be compared to his Lord.
PRINCIPLE #2.
GOD IS ALL THE STRENGTH WE NEED:
For those moments when Asaph would be temped to rely on his own strength or to produce his own solutions, he had discovered that only in God could he find the unending strength he needed now and forever.
PRINCIPLE # 3:
GOD WILL BE AS FAIR AS HE IS MERCIFUL:
Asaph had found himself envying the godless and their prosperity. He struggled with the apparent inequities of life. He even came to the point of feeling that he had lived for God in vain. But in the end, Asaph acknowledged that those matters must be entrusted to God. Yes -- and Asaph, had learned to trust that the Lord, in His own timing and wisdom, would deal mercifully but justly with all the inequities of life.
PRINCIPLE #4.
GOD DRAWS NEAR TO THOSE WHO DRAW NEAR TO HIM:
Asaph's responsibility was not to pass judgment on the world or try to manipulate justice out of injustice. Like James, Asaph learned that his responsibility in all of life was, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."
So, what was Asaph's conclusion? The biblical and theological reality that God, in goodness and omnipotence, is in control -- even when we suffer and don't know why. It is the confident assurance that, even when life seems unfair, God will always be fair.
By faith, Asaph finally understood and believed. He ended up with a deep, tested, personal conviction of the confession he alluded to as he began his story:
"The heart is the key. In fact, the word heart appears six times in this psalm verse 1, 7, 13,21, 26 twice). Repeatedly, Asaph described the condition of his heart -- not the circumstances of life -- as the key element of life with God.
In the closing verses of Psalm 73, Asaph recounted what he learned from his struggle. As we examine verses 25-28, four profound principles emerge that can be applied to life under circumstances.
PRINCIPLE # 1:
GOD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE:
Asaph realized that God was ultimately all he had and all he needed. He could rest in God's care and have the confidence that nothing else deserved to be compared to his Lord.
PRINCIPLE #2.
GOD IS ALL THE STRENGTH WE NEED:
For those moments when Asaph would be temped to rely on his own strength or to produce his own solutions, he had discovered that only in God could he find the unending strength he needed now and forever.
PRINCIPLE # 3:
GOD WILL BE AS FAIR AS HE IS MERCIFUL:
Asaph had found himself envying the godless and their prosperity. He struggled with the apparent inequities of life. He even came to the point of feeling that he had lived for God in vain. But in the end, Asaph acknowledged that those matters must be entrusted to God. Yes -- and Asaph, had learned to trust that the Lord, in His own timing and wisdom, would deal mercifully but justly with all the inequities of life.
PRINCIPLE #4.
GOD DRAWS NEAR TO THOSE WHO DRAW NEAR TO HIM:
Asaph's responsibility was not to pass judgment on the world or try to manipulate justice out of injustice. Like James, Asaph learned that his responsibility in all of life was, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."
So, what was Asaph's conclusion? The biblical and theological reality that God, in goodness and omnipotence, is in control -- even when we suffer and don't know why. It is the confident assurance that, even when life seems unfair, God will always be fair.
By faith, Asaph finally understood and believed. He ended up with a deep, tested, personal conviction of the confession he alluded to as he began his story:
"The heart is the key. In fact, the word heart appears six times in this psalm verse 1, 7, 13,21, 26 twice). Repeatedly, Asaph described the condition of his heart -- not the circumstances of life -- as the key element of life with God.
WHAT DID ASAPH LEARN FROM HIS STRUGGLES?
In the closing verses of Psalm 73, Asaph recounted what he learned from his struggle. As we examine verses 25-28, four profound principles emerge that can be applied to life under circumstances.
PRINCIPLE # 1:
GOD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE:
Asaph realized that God was ultimately all he had and all he needed. He could rest in God's care and have the confidence that nothing else deserved to be compared to his Lord.
PRINCIPLE #2.
GOD IS ALL THE STRENGTH WE NEED:
For those moments when Asaph would be temped to rely on his own strength or to produce his own solutions, he had discovered that only in God could he find the unending strength he needed now and forever.
PRINCIPLE # 3:
GOD WILL BE AS FAIR AS HE IS MERCIFUL:
Asaph had found himself envying the godless and their prosperity. He struggled with the apparent inequities of life. He even came to the point of feeling that he had lived for God in vain. But in the end, Asaph acknowledged that those matters must be entrusted to God. Yes -- and Asaph, had learned to trust that the Lord, in His own timing and wisdom, would deal mercifully but justly with all the inequities of life.
PRINCIPLE #4.
GOD DRAWS NEAR TO THOSE WHO DRAW NEAR TO HIM:
Asaph's responsibility was not to pass judgment on the world or try to manipulate justice out of injustice. Like James, Asaph learned that his responsibility in all of life was, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."
So, what was Asaph's conclusion? The biblical and theological reality that God, in goodness and omnipotence, is in control -- even when we suffer and don't know why. It is the confident assurance that, even when life seems unfair, God will always be fair.
By faith, Asaph finally understood and believed. He ended up with a deep, tested, personal conviction of the confession he alluded to as he began his story:
"The heart is the key. In fact, the word heart appears six times in this psalm verse 1, 7, 13,21, 26 twice). Repeatedly, Asaph described the condition of his heart -- not the circumstances of life -- as the key element of life with God.
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