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.—Psalm 73:24
Beloved…what could be better than the beautiful truths found in these verses. I am CONTINUALLY with my God and He is continually with me. The God of the Universe takes my hand and walks with me. As we walk He guides me with His counsel and then afterward receive me to glory. I can’t ask for anything better. The Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything I need.
Spurgeon wrote the following about another set of verses, but I think it works here as well. Our heritage is joy and peace in our God and in our Savior, Jesus Christ. Rejoice!
How large our obligations! How boundless our privileges! How brilliant our hopes!
What should make us miserable? Sin? That is forgiven. Affliction? That is working our good. Inward corruptions? They are doomed to die. Satanic temptations? We wear an armor which they cannot penetrate. We have every reason for delight, and we have moreover this command for it: “Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4). May God bring us into that blessed condition and keep us there!—Spurgeon
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”—Philippians 1:6,
Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I will go through them,
And I will praise the LORD.
This is the gate of the LORD,
Through which the righteous shall enter.
I will praise You,
For You have answered me,
And have become my salvation.
The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the LORD's doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day the LORD has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.—Psalm 118:19-24
