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July 14 - Psalm 73 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it is Sean here and it is a happy Friday to you.
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  Here we are at the end. Of another week.
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  That is our first week in Isaiah.
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  And it wasn't too scary, was it? No, I'm not going to leave you
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  all on your lonesome floundering through this enormous profit.
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  We will try to get a little bit of context each day as we read
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  through it, so that we can make sense of the enormity and where
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  we are in the midst of it all but today.
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  Today we get to put down Isaiah and come back to the Psalms, and
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  we begin the third book of the Psalms today.
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  And this is a Psalm, A Psalm of Asaf.
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  This is one of the few wisdom psalms.
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  So it's a bit like the Proverbs. This is going to be full of Asaf
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  and his observations about the things that he has seen to be
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  true in life. This is not a prescription.
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  You can't take these to the bank and say ha ha, Psalm 73, Sean
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  said. It's like the proverbs, and I
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  know the proverbs of God's truth.
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  I know this must be the way it's going to be.
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  No, this is, this is an observation about what the
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  author has noted about the way they see the world being.
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  So join me as we read through this wonderful Psalm Psalm 73.
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  Truly, God is good to Israel, to those whose hearts are pure.
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  But As for me, I almost lost my footing.
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  My feet were slipping and I was almost gone, For I envied the
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  proud when I saw them prosper. Despite their wickedness, they
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  seemed to live such painless lives.
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  Their bodies are so healthy and strong, they don't have troubles
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  like other people. They're not plagued with
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  problems like everyone else. They wear pride like a jeweled
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  necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty.
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  These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish
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  for. They scoff and speak only evil.
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  In their pride, they seek to crush others.
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  They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut
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  throughout the earth. And so the people are dismayed
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  and confused, drinking in all their words.
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  What does God know, they ask. Does the Most High even know
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  what's happening? Look at these wicked people,
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  enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.
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  Did I keep my heart pure for nothing?
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  Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?
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  I get nothing but trouble all day long, every morning.
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  Brings me pain. If I had really spoken this way
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  to others, I would have been a traitor to your people.
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  So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper, but what a
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  difficult task it is. Then I went into your sanctuary,
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  oh God. And I finally understood the
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  destiny of the wicked. Truly, you put them on a
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  slippery path and send them sliding over the Cliff to
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  destruction. In an instant they are destroyed
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  completely, swept away by terrors.
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  When you arise, oh Lord, you will laugh at their silly ideas
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  as a person laughs at dreams in the morning.
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  Then I realized that my heart was bitter and I was all torn up
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  inside. I was so foolish and ignorant.
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  I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
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  Yet I still belong to you. You hold my right hand.
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  You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious
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  destiny. Whom have I in heaven but you?
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  I desire you more than anything on earth.
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  My health may fail and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains
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  the strength of my heart. He is mine forever, those who
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  desert him. Will perish for you, destroy
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  those who abandon you. But As for me, how good it is to
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  be near God. I have made the sovereign Lord
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  my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful
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  things you do. Oh,
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  Jesus, thank you that you love us even when we are clueless and
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  ridiculous. I love how this song talks about
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  us being like senseless animals when we go on and on as foolish
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  and ignorant people. Still you love us, and still you
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  hold us close and you wait. You wait for wisdom to come.
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  Thank you that you're so patient with us.
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  Thank you that you forgive us again and again and again
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  because boy, do we need it. And when it seems like people
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  turn their back on you and just win at the game of life, just
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  draw our hearts back to you. We don't need to compare
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  ourselves with them. We don't need to compete with
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  them. We can just lean into you and
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  trust in you as the sovereign Lord of the universe who loves
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  us. And holds us close.
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  And our reward in you is just so much greater than anything we
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  see other people enjoying now. We love you, Jesus, and we're so
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  grateful for you. And it's in your namely, pray.
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  Amen.