Don’t Lose Your Footing
“I was so foolish and ignorant—I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you. Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny.” Psalm 73:22-24
Do you ever question why God does not interfere with the comfort and prosperity of the wicked? Perhaps you have seen things that beg the question, “Does God even see me? Does He know I’m here?” You watch as the wicked flourish and you wonder, “Did I keep my heart pure for nothing?”
Welcome to Asaph’s world. Asaph served God in the glorious temple built by Solomon, but he saw his church work as menial and unnoticed. He envied the proud when he saw them prosper. He began to question his relationship with God. It wasn’t until Asaph entered the sanctuary that he understood the destiny of the wicked. “I almost lost my footing,” he says. It was in the sanctuary that Asaph realized the bitterness of his own heart. It was then that he confessed his foolishness and ignorance. He was so convicted that he said to God, “I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.”
But Asaph came to his senses. “Yet I still belong to you,“ he says. No matter how far we stray or how blind we become to the truth, God stands waiting to welcome our return. Even in our ignorance and foolishness, we still belong to Him.
Asaph reminds us God Himself will steady us when we become weak and unable to walk out our faith. “You hold my right hand,” he says. We never walk alone. God is with us, holding us by the hand.
“You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny,” he concludes. Like Asaph, sometimes we waiver in our faith because we fail to receive wise counsel. God has given us His Word, His promises, and His people to provide safe and sure counsel that will keep us on the right path. But if you and I are looking for hope in this life alone, we will never be fully satisfied. We have the Hope of eternal life in Christ.
Asaph reminds himself (and ultimately us) that in God we have: belonging, steadiness, guidance, and destiny. Even though the wicked may prosper, don’t lose your footing. Enter the sanctuary and you will understand the destiny of the wicked. Join Asaph as he bows in reverence proclaiming, “But as for me, how good it is to be near God!” (Ps. 73:28)