5/4/19 

Psalm 73:2

But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
    my steps had nearly slipped.

I have too many Psalms I love to say that this is my favorite Psalm.  But this is one of the first places I go when I need the comfort of God’s word.  It is worthy to note that the Psalmist begins with his conclusion.  Whether it needs to be said and when everything is said, God is truly, only, always good to Israel, those with a renewed heart.

Now that being cleared up he has a confession. He had almost by his reckoning fallen from his place of the Goodness of God.  But he didn’t.

Let us look at three reasons he didn’t fall.

1.       Vs 23-His companion in all places and at all times holds his hand so that he has the support he needs to continue upright.  He is never without the support he may need.

2.      Vs 24-His guide is ever there to see that he follows the direction and that his path is a safe one.  In Romans 8:14 Paul writes “as are led by the Spirit of God” to assure us our guide is ever with us.

3.      Vs 28-Though he may forget and fear, the fact remains the Lord God is his refuge.  He is never in a slippery place.

The Psalmist came to realize the very things he envied in the wicked were in reality the slippery places.  Psalm 73:18

¹⁸ Truly you set them in slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.