“All right, now let’s look at this particular struggle. It’s an incredible story, this. It goes in four parts, and what’s so powerful about it is it goes in a circle.
So it’s a bit, in a sense, misleading if you read the psalm too quickly, because the beginning verse, look at your text, verse one. Truly God is good to Israel. That’s actually the end of the story.
And it doesn’t feel all that powerful because he’s beginning at the end. So what you need to realize is, if you go to the end of the psalm, verse 28, but for me, it is good to be near God. See, this is a song about the goodness of God.
He’s telling you at the beginning, that’s where he ends up. But what you need to realize is, the journey through which he gets there is absolutely crucial. And it’s a very, very hard one, and it’s a very, very important one for us to understand.
So I’m going to go through it under four headings just to give you a way to follow. So I want to talk about the ledge that he ends up on.
I want to talk about the lift that God gives him while he’s on the ledge so he doesn’t end up staying on the ledge.
I want to talk about the lesson that he learns. And then I want to talk about the liberation that God gives him as a result of this experience. So if you’re with me, ledge, lift, lesson, liberation.
All right, you all with me? Here we go. Verse two, it all starts.
This is very serious stuff, brothers and sisters. This is not some minor struggle. This is a member of the people of God.
He’s been at it for a while, and he’s going through a tough time. How do I know that? Well, look at your text.”
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“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Psalm 73:26 ESV) pic.twitter.com/Y6zKL1d5Y2
— Joel (@GuitarmanJoel) July 23, 2025