Fri, Sep 28, 2007
Anchored in a Sea of Doubt
Asaph has some serious, life-threatening doubts about God here. He says it himself--"my feet had almost stumbled." But his anchor is the transcendant goodness of God.
His doubts arise out of observing a seeming paradox: the wicked prosper. Asaph wonders how an all-powerful and just God could allow wicked people pleasure and good people suffering. Tangled up in these doubts, he almost gave up on God and nearly turned instead to sin.
However, one day he was in the sanctuary, worshiping, meditating, and he realized the sobering truth of his seeming paradox. The wicked prosper now but in the end they perish before God like a nightmare is forgotten when someone awakes from it.
After finally realizing how stupid he was--like a "brutish and ignorant...beast," Asaph draws near t God in humble worship, declaring the glory of the One who will draw him near.
His doubts arise out of observing a seeming paradox: the wicked prosper. Asaph wonders how an all-powerful and just God could allow wicked people pleasure and good people suffering. Tangled up in these doubts, he almost gave up on God and nearly turned instead to sin.
However, one day he was in the sanctuary, worshiping, meditating, and he realized the sobering truth of his seeming paradox. The wicked prosper now but in the end they perish before God like a nightmare is forgotten when someone awakes from it.
After finally realizing how stupid he was--like a "brutish and ignorant...beast," Asaph draws near t God in humble worship, declaring the glory of the One who will draw him near.
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