Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. 

Psalm 73:25 

‘I only have eyes for you,’ are the words of an old song.  They summarize our text for this morning. The Psalmist was struggling greatly. He saw the prosperity of the wicked and fretted over the seeming unfairness of it all. Eventually, when he saw how they would fall under the judgment and wrath of God, he came good in his thinking. As he worships his God, ‘in spirit and in truth,’ he utters the words of our text today; ‘Whom have I in heaven but You? There is none upon the earth that I desire besides You.’ Put in Christological terms, the Church, the Bride of Christ, has eyes for Christ Alone, in heaven and earth. In the morning, when I arise, show me Christ in the Scriptures. On line after line, and page after page, let me behold the Root and the Offspring of David, and the Bright and Morning Star. When I come to the place of prayer, show me Christ. Let our communion be sweet. Let me inhale the Perfume of the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the Valley. When I go about my daily duties, show me Christ. Let me see Him going before me, and leading me in the way of His steps.  When I arrive at the end of my earthly journey, let Him hold my head and hand and bear me up into His everlasting dwelling. Fill all my sight, for all eternity, with Christ for, ‘so shall we ever be with the Lord.’  Yes, for us, it is Christ, Christ Alone, for time and for eternity. 

O Living, Loving Savior, 
all our love is toward You, 
and our desire is for You, alone. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. 

Psalm 73:25 

‘I only have eyes for you,’ are the words of an old song.  They summarize our text for this morning. The Psalmist was struggling greatly. He saw the prosperity of the wicked and fretted over the seeming unfairness of it all. Eventually, when he saw how they would fall under the judgment and wrath of God, he came good in his thinking. As he worships his God, ‘in spirit and in truth,’ he utters the words of our text today; ‘Whom have I in heaven but You? There is none upon the earth that I desire besides You.’ Put in Christological terms, the Church, the Bride of Christ, has eyes for Christ Alone, in heaven and earth. In the morning, when I arise, show me Christ in the Scriptures. On line after line, and page after page, let me behold the Root and the Offspring of David, and the Bright and Morning Star. When I come to the place of prayer, show me Christ. Let our communion be sweet. Let me inhale the Perfume of the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the Valley. When I go about my daily duties, show me Christ. Let me see Him going before me, and leading me in the way of His steps.  When I arrive at the end of my earthly journey, let Him hold my head and hand and bear me up into His everlasting dwelling. Fill all my sight, for all eternity, with Christ for, ‘so shall we ever be with the Lord.’  Yes, for us, it is Christ, Christ Alone, for time and for eternity. 

O Living, Loving Savior, 
all our love is toward You, 
and our desire is for You, alone. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. 

Psalm 73:25 

‘I only have eyes for you,’ are the words of an old song.  They summarize our text for this morning. The Psalmist was struggling greatly. He saw the prosperity of the wicked and fretted over the seeming unfairness of it all. Eventually, when he saw how they would fall under the judgment and wrath of God, he came good in his thinking. As he worships his God, ‘in spirit and in truth,’ he utters the words of our text today; ‘Whom have I in heaven but You? There is none upon the earth that I desire besides You.’ Put in Christological terms, the Church, the Bride of Christ, has eyes for Christ Alone, in heaven and earth. In the morning, when I arise, show me Christ in the Scriptures. On line after line, and page after page, let me behold the Root and the Offspring of David, and the Bright and Morning Star. When I come to the place of prayer, show me Christ. Let our communion be sweet. Let me inhale the Perfume of the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the Valley. When I go about my daily duties, show me Christ. Let me see Him going before me, and leading me in the way of His steps.  When I arrive at the end of my earthly journey, let Him hold my head and hand and bear me up into His everlasting dwelling. Fill all my sight, for all eternity, with Christ for, ‘so shall we ever be with the Lord.’  Yes, for us, it is Christ, Christ Alone, for time and for eternity. 

O Living, Loving Savior, 
all our love is toward You, 
and our desire is for You, alone. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.

Psalm 73:25

‘I only have eyes for you,’ are the words of an old song.  They summarize our text for this morning. The Psalmist was struggling greatly. He saw the prosperity of the wicked and fretted over the seeming unfairness of it all. Eventually, when he saw how they would fall under the judgment and wrath of God, he came good in his thinking. As he worships his God, ‘in spirit and in truth,’ he utters the words of our text today; ‘Whom have I in heaven but You? There is none upon the earth that I desire besides You.’ Put in Christological terms, the Church, the Bride of Christ, has eyes for Christ Alone, in heaven and earth. In the morning, when I arise, show me Christ in the Scriptures. On line after line, and page after page, let me behold the Root and the Offspring of David, and the Bright and Morning Star. When I come to the place of prayer, show me Christ. Let our communion be sweet. Let me inhale the perfume of the Rose of Sharon, and behold the beauty of the Lily of the Valley. When I go about my daily duties, show me Christ. Let me see Him going before me, and leading me in the way of His steps.  When I arrive at the end of my earthly journey, let Him hold my head and hand and bear me up into His everlasting dwelling. Fill all my sight, for all eternity, with Christ for, ‘so shall we ever be with the Lord.’  Yes, for us, it is Christ, Christ Alone, for time and for eternity.

O Living, Loving Savior,
all our love is toward You,
and our desire is for You, alone.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

Declaring All His Works

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 thy works.

Psalm 73:28

God is very capable of displaying His works.  ‘The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.  Day unto day utterest speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.’ Beyond the creation, God has chronicled His works in the sacred history of the Scriptures.  There He reveals Himself, His Character, and records His ways of dealing in the course of human history.  Because of the limitations of human understanding, we often miss, or fail to recognize what God is doing.  As we have previously considered, Asaph had struggled greatly with God’s dispensations of providence.  After he began to understand more fully, he confessed his murmuring spirit and demonstrated spiritual maturity.  As he finishes the psalm, he declares that he knows what is good for him.  It has been good for him to draw near to God.  It has been good for him to put his trust in the Lord.  Now it is good for him to declare all God’s works.  It is even so for us.  We have tasted and seen that the Lord is good.  By the work of the Holy Spirit, we have drawn near to God.  We have put our trust in Christ.  He has revealed to us, and daily reveals to us, His works.  We have the grand privilege of declaring all His works.  In a world that is trying desperately to ignore God, we are the declarers of His Goodness, His Justice, His Mercy, and His Truth.  We hold up before the eyes of all, the Person and work of Christ.  ‘To God be the glory; great things He has done.’

Our Wonder-Working God,
we rejoice that You do all things well.
We praise You that You have granted unto us
the high and holy privilege of declaring all Your Works.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning