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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Psalms 73:15-28
The psalmist pursues his painful meditation (v. 16). Then suddenly light breaks in! By bringing him into the sanctuary where He has communion with him, God makes him understand the end to which the way of the wicked is leading (cf. Psalms 37:38). The downward slope on which they pursue their course is a slippery one, and leads to certain ruin; their journey down here will be seen by them only to have been an empty dream (vv. 18, 20). Proverbs 23:17-18 which also exhorts us not to envy the wicked, teaches us that for the one who fears the LORD "surely there is an end" – but how different! (Romans 6:22).
Yes, indeed! how could the believer ever have been able to forget it? He accuses himself of having been foolish and ignorant. What a contrast between the lot of the ungodly and his, even though he may have been so tried! Does he not have the honour of the presence of the Lord with him? "I am continually with thee" (v. 23). He knows Him, as we see in the precious expressions of v. 26. And it is in heaven that he has his part (Christ Himself: v. 25). We might well quote the remark which has been made by people of the world to Christians who busy themselves in politics – "You have heaven; leave the earth to us!" A somewhat ironical reflection, but worthy of consideration! May our life be summed up in these words which find their full expression only in the Lord Jesus: "There is none upon earth that I desire beside thee" (v. 25).
