Psalm 73:2
"But as for me, my feet were almost gone;
my steps had well nigh slipped."
Here is the beginning of a narrative of a great soul-battle, a spiritual battle hard and well-fought, in which the half-defeated became in the end wholly victorious. "But as for me," Here He contrasts himself with his God who is forever good; he displays his personal want of good, and then also compares himself with the clean in heart, and goes on to confess his defilement. We know the Lord is good to His saints.
We as Asaph may have at sometime or several times have ask these two questions “but as for me,” am I one of them? Can I expect to share his grace? The answer is Yes, we do share it; even if one has acted an unworthy part, which is very unlike one who is truly pure in heart.
“My feet were almost gone.” Errors of heart and head soon affect the conduct. There is an intimate connection between the heart and the feet. Asaph could barely stand, his uprightness was going, his knees were bowing like a falling wall. When men doubt the righteousness of God, their own integrity begins to waver. “My steps had well nigh slipped.”
My Friends, I'm sure many of us have been at the same point in life that Asaph was. He could make no progress in walking on his road of faith, his feet ran away from under him like those of a man on a sheet of ice. He was weakened for all practical action, and in great danger of actual sin, and a disgraceful fall. How much more should we to watch the inner man, since it has so forcible an effect upon the outward character.
Amen!
Reading: Ps. 73:1-28
Ref. HGSB
We as Asaph may have at sometime or several times have ask these two questions “but as for me,” am I one of them? Can I expect to share his grace? The answer is Yes, we do share it; even if one has acted an unworthy part, which is very unlike one who is truly pure in heart.
“My feet were almost gone.” Errors of heart and head soon affect the conduct. There is an intimate connection between the heart and the feet. Asaph could barely stand, his uprightness was going, his knees were bowing like a falling wall. When men doubt the righteousness of God, their own integrity begins to waver. “My steps had well nigh slipped.”
My Friends, I'm sure many of us have been at the same point in life that Asaph was. He could make no progress in walking on his road of faith, his feet ran away from under him like those of a man on a sheet of ice. He was weakened for all practical action, and in great danger of actual sin, and a disgraceful fall. How much more should we to watch the inner man, since it has so forcible an effect upon the outward character.
Amen!
Reading: Ps. 73:1-28
Ref. HGSB
May God Bless You
And Your Family
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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