‘I Have Put My Trust in the Lord’

‘I Have Put My Trust in the Lord’

But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works.

Psalm 73:28

As Asaph arrives at the conclusion of his contemplations about the prosperity of the wicked and the ways of God, he arrives at some firm conclusions. We explored one of these conclusions yesterday. Today, we take up the second conclusion. Asaph says, ‘I have put my trust in the Lord God.’ Given the context, we can easily see that Asaph had put his trust in the Lord God in more than one way. At the outset of the Psalm, Asaph could not reconcile what he knew to be right versus what he was seeing of the prosperity of the wicked.  He had to learn to put his ‘trust in the Lord God,’ to correct this inequity. He also had to put his trust in the Lord God not to cast him off for what he himself admits was foolishness and ignorance. Instead of cutting him off, we see, ‘Thus my heart was grieved, And I was vexed in my mind. I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.’  How much is this our experience of how Christ deals with us. We fret and fume over the inequities that we observe. We have put our trust in Christ, yet we struggle in what we see going on around us. We are at times, ‘foolish’ and ignorant,’ yet instead of Christ casting us aside for our failures, He allows us to be continually with Him. He holds us by our right hand and guides us with His counsel. He will afterward receive us to glory. This is our experience of Christ. This is why it is no mistake to put our trust in Him. Today, Child of God, understand that Christ is utterly trustworthy. You have put your trust in Him. He will not fail you.

Our Good and Kind God, we praise You,
that You do not cast us off for our foolishness and our ignorance.
We rejoice that we may trust You forever,
and that You will never fail us.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning