My feet had almost stumbled.
Psalm 73:2
Asaph was a godly man. He was a spiritual leader. This is the kind of man we would all look up to with great respect.
Asaph didn’t just read the Scriptures, he was chosen to write some of the Scriptures under the direct inspiration of the Spirit of God. Perhaps there is not a deeper experience of the Spirit than that. This was a man who walked with God.
But in Psalm 73, Asaph tells us that there was a time in his life when he almost lost it: “I looked at what was happening in the world, and I could make no sense of it. I looked at what was happening in my life, and that made no sense either. I could no longer see the point in pursuing a godly life. I almost gave up!”
All of us go through times like this. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been a Christian, or how mature you are in your faith. Circumstances will arise in your life that will take you by surprise.
Suddenly you may find yourself where Asaph was, struggling with thoughts you never imagined you would be thinking. Maybe you have been plunged into an Asaph experience this week.
The good news is that God knows how to bring you through an Asaph experience. That’s why we have Psalm 73. Asaph tells us how God brought him through the crisis.
Have you been plunged into an Asaph experience? If so, aren’t you glad that God knows how to bring you through it?
