My steps had well nigh slipped

Bible Reading: Psalms 73, 77 & 78

Psalms 73:2-3 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

David was struggling. He looked around him and saw how well the ungodly were doing and he became envious. Have you ever done that? When you look around at some of the people who don't want anything to do with Jesus or his word and yet, they are healthy and wealthy. They live in big houses and take extravagant vacations.

It is a slippery slope! David was about to slip and he wondered why he was serving God and yet still struggling and persecuted.

Psalms 73:4-9 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

It seemed to David that they were doing good until, he went into the sanctuary of the Lord and got his perspective right. When he got back to the Word of God, he realized that they might be doing good now, but their end would be very different than the end for believers.

Psalms 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

This life is not all there is. As a believer, you must remember this. A person who lives for themselves and does not believe in Christ, will die one day. If they do not trust in Christ, they will experience ultimate separation from God and be cast into the lake of fire.

With this perspective, we can guard our hearts and not be envious of the foolish and wicked. They may look like they are prospering, but really they are only storing up wrath. This perspective will also help us to have compassion for them and desire to see them saved. They need Jesus!

In Christ,
Rody