Vantage Point: The View From The Pew

  • Eric Mounts
  • May 18, 2008
  • Series: Over the Rivers and Through The Providence -- The Psalms: Songs We Sing Along the Way

Vantage Point: The View From The Pew
Psalm  73

I. We Must Be Careful With Our Vantage Point In Affliction. 
      Psalm  73:14

     A. We can fixate on the prosperity and ease of the
          godless.      Psalm 73:3-12 

     B. We can doubt the value of pursuing Christ.
            Psalm 73:13; Malachi 3:16

     C. Envy, grief, and bitterness are real threats in the 
         midst of struggles.  Psalm 73:3, 21

     D. We can begin to fall away from former resolutions.
            Psalm 73:2

II. What Is That Needed Vantage Point From The Worship
      Pew ?   Psalm 73:17

     A. God is good!     Psalm 73:1

     B. The triumph of the wicked is short lived.

      C. This life is but the first act in a wider and eternal
         drama.   1 Corinthians 15:19

     D. God is just.

      E. The fulfillment of our destiny is yet future.
          Psalm 73:17,24

     F. My highest good is held out in my nearness to God! 
          Psalm 73:28; James 4:8