Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! . . . I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand. With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever . . . But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works. (Psalm 73:1, 23-26, 28, NASB)
Psalm 73 is “The End of the Wicked Contrasted with That of the Righteous.” The author is Asaph, a chief among the Levites, who had charge of musicians and singers during the days of King David, and who wrote many of the psalms. (1 Chronicles 16:4-7) In accordance with the title, this psalm deals with the wicked, but the portion above is from my highlights.
Sometimes it’s just best to let the psalm speak for itself.
“Surely God is good” to His people, to those who have put their trust and hope in the Lord Jesus Christ. God has surely “taken hold of my right hand.” I look forward to heaven, and seeing the Lord, because of His good promises. “This world has nothing for me (words from a song).” Though I may come up short, and my time on this earth will soon come to an end, yet my God will never fail me, nor forsake me. He is “the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” God is my refuge and my strength, “that I may tell of all [His] works.” God IS the strength of my heart!