‘Whom Have I…?’

‘Whom Have I…?’

Whom have I in heaven but thee?  and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

Psalm 73:25

There are particular texts of Scripture which summarize in a few words the experience of the believer.  Such a text lies before us today.  Here is a ‘well of salvation’ to which we happily return again and again.  After Asaph has come to his senses regarding the goodness of God and the rightness of His ways, he confesses, ‘Whom have I in heaven but thee?  and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.’  This is a conclusion to which we all must come.  We love and appreciate all the ones who in our life are near and dear to us.  We value them and enjoy their company.  We love them greatly and know that they love us.  Above all these earthly family members and friends,  however dear, there is Christ and our relationship with Him.  Christ is our Creator, our Sustainer, and our Friend.  We are, because He is.  ‘In Him we live and move and have our being.’  All of our other earthly connections exist because of Him.  Therefore, in order of importance we say, ‘Whom have I in heaven but thee?  and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.’  This brings us to speak with Him about matters great and small.  It causes us to seek His counsel and to enjoy the comfortable sense of His Presence.  This enables us to seek Him early and late.  No one else compares to the ‘Altogether Lovely One.’  He is ‘the Fairest of ten thousand…the Root and Offspring of David…and the Bright and Morning Star.’  He is ours and we are His forever.

Our Good and Gracious Savior,
we rejoice that You are our greatest possession.
We praise You that in having You, we have all things.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning