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11-27-24: What To Remember When It Looks Like The Wicked Are Winning

“Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them downto destruction. Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.As a dream when one awakes, So, Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image.” Psalm 73:18-20 Asaph goes to the temple where God dwells. We don’t… Continue reading 11-27-24: What To Remember When It Looks Like The Wicked Are Winning

11-26-24: What To Do When You Don’t Understand What God Is Doing

“Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end.” Psalm 73:17 We are not told how long Asaph struggled. When you are going through a dark time it can seem like it forever. But God promises that He never allows us to go into a test without making a way of… Continue reading 11-26-24: What To Do When You Don’t Understand What God Is Doing

11-24-25: It Looks Like The Wicked Have It Made!

“Behold, these are the ungodly, who are always at ease; they increase in riches. Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. For all day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.“ Psalm 73:12-14 Before we study Psalm 73 further we need to revisit a point that… Continue reading 11-24-25: It Looks Like The Wicked Have It Made!

11-23-24: The Wicked Scoff

“They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression; they speak loftily. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full cup are drained by them. And they say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?” Psalm 73:… Continue reading 11-23-24: The Wicked Scoff

11-22-24: The Wicked Prosper and Flaunt Their Gain

“Therefore pride serves as their necklace; Violence covers them like a garment. Their eyes bulge with abundance; They have more than heart could wish.” Psalm 73:6-8 Asaph continues describing what he sees to God. In verses 4-5 Asaph talked of the difficulties the wicked seem to avoid in this life. In verses 6-9 he turns… Continue reading 11-22-24: The Wicked Prosper and Flaunt Their Gain

11-21-24: But The Wicked Are Prospering!

For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies. They scoff and… Continue reading 11-21-24: But The Wicked Are Prospering!

11-20-24: Psalm 73 – When Godly People Struggle

“Truly God  is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the boastful, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.” Psalm 73:1-3 Asaph wrote 12 of the Psalms in the Bible. Yet even in his “special” role of… Continue reading 11-20-24: Psalm 73 – When Godly People Struggle

11-19-24: Asaph

“He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to extol, thank, and praise the Lord, the God of Israel: Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel.” I Chronicles 16:4-5 In my grandson’s senior year… Continue reading 11-19-24: Asaph