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Psalm chapter 17, verse 15.

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness.

When I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

This is a great last verse to a chapter that is filled with struggle in the psalmist,

which David here.

He's struggling because he's being opposed on different sides.

It looks like people around him are succeeding in their ungodliness,

that their sin and wickedness looks like it's causing things to go well for them,

and it's not going well for him.

And so he looks up and he says at the very end of this chapter as for me so yeah they seem to have all these blessings and this or that but as for me what my

anticipation my hope my my joy is,

is that one day I will behold God's face in righteousness,

that one day I'm going to wake up and be satisfied with his likeness.

In other words, David is taking an eternal view here. And he's realizing the

pleasures of this world, the fads of this world are fading. They may be good for a time,

but what is ultimately good for all time is seeing the face of God, beholding God's face and

righteousness. This is Revelation chapter 22, verse 4, where all of history is headed for those who've

trusted in Jesus. When I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. That's it. That's the goal

of all creation. For every one of us in Christ,

we want to be fully made in Christ, fully transformed into the image of Christ, free from sin in a resurrected

body. And this is what David is focused on that day when he will behold God's face and righteousness.

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