All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. Psalm 73:13 - The psalmist found himself in a tough, low spot, and sadly it’s a spot many believers can find themselves in as well. The psalmist wrote about how he saw the wicked of this world thriving in this life, finding even more success and blessing than those seeking to live righteously for the Lord. It didn’t make sense to Him, if God saw all this and if God’s word was true, why would the wicked be finding themselves in such success in this life? Likely you too have had similar thoughts. You see people, who clearly are not seeking to live for Jesus, having wild success in this life. Far more success than you who are trying to live rightly. After seeing this unfold before him over and over, our psalmist got the the point in our verse above. He felt it was pointless that he’d sought to have a clean heart in this life and hands free of guilt. If sinners found more success, why would anyone not turn to sin? Thankfully we see the Lord open the eyes of our psalmist to the eternal side of life. That while there is an appearance of success for the wicked, it is only a distraction to the reality of death coming their way along their path. Our takeaway then is we ought to never be jealous of the wicked around us who are finding more success in this life than we are. Sure their bank account is bigger and they have more followers than we do, but our inheritance is Heaven. They have success, we have the Savior. Maybe for the next 70-80 years they’ll enjoy this world more than you, but in 1000 years the one swimming in blessing will be the righteous. Remain faithful, your clean heart and innocent hands are exactly what God is after. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3486
Question To Ponder: What is a blessing the faithful have that the wicked don’t?
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