Doubt and Comparison (Psalm 73:1-9)

For many of us, doubt is a persistent part of our spiritual lives. It is for me. And there are few passages of Scripture that I've found to be more helpful when it comes to doubt than Psalm 73.

Over the next few weeks, we'll work slowly through this beautiful and incisive passage of Scripture. It looks at doubt from a variety of angles - why doubt takes hold, how doubt impacts us, and what to do with doubt.

This week at Grace, we'll begin in Psalm 73:1-9, when the Psalmist (a worship leader named Asaph) describes how doubt almost wrecked him because of the envy he felt toward those who ignored God and yet still seemed to get everything they wanted in life.

Looking forward to seeing you this Sunday at Grace!

In Christ,
Pastor Bob

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Truly God is good to Israel,
    to those who are pure in heart.
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
    my steps had nearly slipped.
For I was envious of the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For they have no pangs until death;
    their bodies are fat and sleek.
They are not in trouble as others are;
    they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
Therefore pride is their necklace;
    violence covers them as a garment.
Their eyes swell out through fatness;
    their hearts overflow with follies.
They scoff and speak with malice;
    loftily they threaten oppression.
They set their mouths against the heavens,
    and their tongue struts through the earth.

- Psalm 73:1-9