Friday, September 21, 2012

God Guides the Ones Who Obey


 

 

“Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.” Psalm 73:23, 24 (NIV)

This is a psalm of Asaph, a Gershonite Levite choir leader. Twelve of the Psalms have been assigned to him. Gershon was a son of Levi. Asaph had gotten discouraged by the wicked people always prospering. As he enters God’s sanctuary, he repents of his ‘attitude’ and makes the statement that is our focus passage.

“. . . I am always with you. . . “Asaph was truly committed to God. Can we say the same thing?

” . . . you hold me by my right hand.” When young people are dating, they sometimes hold hands. When an older person is unsteady on their feet, a companion will hold their hand while walking. God holds us by our hand as we go through difficult circumstances of life. When we follow God’s direction through the valleys of life, we gain wisdom and strength.

. . . afterward you will take me into glory.” This is Asaph’s statement of faith. He knows God will do as He has said.  As 21st Century disciples, we need to remember that our final destination is with God in heaven.

You guide me with your counsel. . .” God speaks to Asaph and imparts wisdom to him. With Asaph being a worker in the house of the Lord, I believe he and God had many occasions in which God talked and Asaph listened. Even today, we have times where we seek his counsel and, in order to hear what God tells us, we have to listen.

11 comments:

  1. I like this breakdown, thank you. I need to review and meditate on these ideas.

    Blessings to you,
    Karen

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    1. Karen; I find I need to review scripture on a regular basis, just to be sure I am where I am supposed to be. I understand and I thank you for stopping in.

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  2. I love the knowledge that I am guided by Him. So comforting, and it gives me such hope!

    Happy Wednesday. :)

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    1. Rhonda:
      Thank you for stopping in.
      God guides us because He loves us. He comforts us because He cares for us. He gives us hope because it is His nature.

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  3. Thank you for sharing such an encouraging post! Blessings.

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  4. This is something God has been teaching me a lot about lately. I'm slowly learning to be less stubborn. :)

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    1. Sarah: God teaches me, also. God is very long- suffering since he has to wait for me to learn the lessons He wants me to learn.

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