Only an infinite God can promise His “eternality” … and as Christians our great God certainly qualifies!
Psalm 73:23 is a “new” verse to me. Yes, it has been in the Bible for centuries, but early this morning it came alive in my heart!
Here it is: “Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.” Now I need to point out … this is the Psalmist Asaph praying to the Lord.
A commitment to live “continually” with God!
But also … every time Asaph sought God, or every time he needed God, or every day as he communed with God … God indeed was “there.” Apparently “continually” so!
This speaks volumes about God’s faithfulness, unchangeableness, even His unfathomable love.
Asaph calls out to God (as he does through the whole 73rd Psalm) … and God is “by his side!”
Hebrews 13:15 … “For He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” What a promise!
Matthew 28:20 … “And, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Equally thrilling!
No doubt about the Lord’s tenacity, loyalty, power! (As in the last half of our verse … “Thou hast holden me in Thy Right Hand.”)
But look at our Text yet again, at Asaph’s faithfulness. Or at least by this point in the Psalm he is faithful. As I’ve said, He’s the one pledging … “Nevertheless I am continually with Thee.”
(So I can make a deduction. Seems that if I am determined to be “with Him, by His Side,” He immediately will “hold me in His Right Hand!
Wow!
Watch Asaph’s faith grow. He began the Psalm with doubts … but no more! Follow the progression …
“22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. 23 NEVERTHELESS I AM CONTINUALLY WITH THEE: thou hast holden me by my right hand. 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.” Psalm 73:22-28, from doubt to certainty! From ignorance to assurance!
Our being “continually” with the Lord might be compared to Jesus’ great “Abide in Me” Statements from the Gospel of John.
One example … “If ye ABIDE IN ME, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” John 15:7
God … continually with us!
Question is … will we (like Asaph) be/live/fellowship continually with Him?
Psalm 115:8 says that those who worship idols will eventually be just like them, just like the gods they serve!
Psalm 73:23 perhaps proves that.
God is faithful.
Asaph shall be faithful too.
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
Are YOU continually with Him?
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