“God, the Strength of My Heart “

 “God, the Strength of My Heart”

 

Whom have I in Heaven but you?  I desire you more than anything on earth.  My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; He is mine forever.   Psalm 73:25-26

 

The man who wrote this Psalm, is Asaph, and Asaph wrote many of the psalms.  This PARTICULAR one was dealing with the problem that a lot of us experience from time to time.   And that is ENVY, Asaph, confessed that he ENVIED the PROUD when he saw them prosper despite their wickedness. They seemed to live such painless lives; their bodies are so healthy and strong.  They don’t have troubles like other people; they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else.  (VV3-5).

 

After a period of time, Asaph realized that his HEART was BITTER, and it was causing him much DISTRESS.  He confessed that he was FOOLISH and IGNORANT—- he said to God, “I must have seemed like a senseless animal to You.”  So, he came to this conclusion: “Yet I STILL belong to YOU; You hold my right hand.  You guide me with Your Counsel, leading me to a GLORIOUS DESTINY.  Whom have I in Heaven but You?  I DESIRE YOU MORE than anything on this earth.  Asaph realized what his DESTINY would be and felt ashamed that he had ENVIED the PROUD, whose destiny was DISASTROUS.  

 

 In verse nineteen, Asaph comes to this realization:  That the WICKED would be on a SLIPPERY PATH and slide over a cliff to DESTRUCTION, which means that those who REMAIN in their sins and continue in their WICKEDNESS will slide right into the very pit of HELL with ALL its HORRORS and they will have NO WAY to ESCAPE, once they are there.  

 

Asaph, says: “My health may FAIL, and my SPIRIT may grow WEAK, but GOD REMAINS the STRENGTH of MY HEART; HE is MINE FOREVER.” When this life is over, GOD will take the RIGHTEOUS UP TO GLORY, and the WICKED will be swept away into their FINAL DESTINY of an ETERNITY in HELL.   Asaph realized that The ALMIGHTY GOD was the STRENGTH of his HEART and EVERYTHING to him.  REGARDLESS of the PLEASURES that the WICKED receive in this life, Asaph, along with ALL TRUE BELIEVERS, have the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, and an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Is this YOUR GLORIOUS DESTINY?  OR are you facing the DISASTROUS DESTINY with ALL its HORRORS?

 

If you are on that SLIPPERY SLOPE, headed for an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS.   You NEED to KNOW that GOD LOVES YOU, and He wants YOU to become a PART of His Family.  And for you to have a GLORIOUS DESTINY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  You are running out of time, so do this NOW:  ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE, to SAVE YOU FROM an ETERNITY in HELL.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to HIM and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and OPEN your HEART to Him and allow Him to become the STRENGTH of your HEART.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.   He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!“