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Psalm chapter 73 verse 28 but for me it is good to be near God I've made the Lord God my refuge that I may tell of all your

works." I love this verse. At the end of this chapter I distinctly remember when I heard a sermon on this song in

college as a university student surrounded by all kinds of alluring pleasures and pursuits in the world as I'm out of my own in a sense for the first time and seeing people around me doing all sorts of things and wondering am I missing out?

Which is part of the picture in Psalm 73.

From the very beginning, the Psalmists here

is saying, my steps were about to slip because I was looking around at people in the world and seeing

their prosperity and thinking I need to live like they're living. The whole Psalm is about this wrestling in him and he

gets to the end. This is not a great verse. He concludes, but for me it is good to be near God. He is my strength, my satisfaction, my inheritance, my joy, he is my pleasure.

That's the whole conclusion of Psalm Chapter 73, and I'm so thankful for God's grace in my own life for reminding me

in Psalm 73 that day is a college university student that what matters most that the way to life is to be near God to walk

closely with God to have him Psalm 7326 as the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

I just want to encourage you today surrounded by all kinds of temptations in this world.

Hear the word of God. It's good for you to be near God. Here God, speaking to you today saying,

Life, joy, peace, satisfaction, sustenance, strength, everything you need, and ultimately desire is found in nearness to God today, so walk with him, humbly, closely fix your mind on him, your heart on him, all your heart on him, and say all throughout the day, Psalm 73 verse 28,

for me it is good to be near God.

I have made the Lord God my refuge that I may tell of all your works.

Oh God we say with the Psalmist in Psalm 73 today, it is good to be near you. We praise you for the privilege of

being near you. The fact that we're talking to you right now, the creator of all the sovereign ruler and

sustainer of all and the only one who can satisfy our souls and Jesus you've

made it possible for us to be near you, to walk with you today.

So we pray that over our lives.

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