The All-Sufficiency of God
“Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand. With Your counsel You will guide me, and afterward receive me to glory”                                             (Psalm 73:23-24)

Entering the sanctuary allowed Asaph to recapture a high view of God, and gratefulness and confidence overflowed from his heart. With bolstered enthusiasm he declared that God is with us continually. As Asaph reflected on his dark days, he saw that he was never alone. With the knowledge that God would never leave nor forsake him, Asaph emerged from the sanctuary with renewed courage. This is the same assurance that Christ later gave His disciples when He said, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
Asaph could depend on God’s presence, and he could also rest in the confidence that the Lord would strengthen him — a comforting truth when life feels overwhelming. This is the same confidence the apostle Paul later expressed when he wrote, “Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God” (2 Corinthians 3:5).
Not only did Asaph have the assurance of God’s presence and strength, he could also count on the Spirit of God and the Word of God to lead him all the way home. “With Your counsel You will guide me, and afterward receive me to glory” (Psalm 73:24). Perhaps Asaph’s most wonderful discovery was that God’s presence, strength, and wisdom would never end. He knew that when life had run its course, God would fulfill His promise of a home with Him forever.
Does that sound like a God who has forgotten and abandoned us? Absolutely not! That is a God who will never leave us nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6, 8; Hebrews 13:5).
In the closing verse of Psalm 73, Asaph recounted what he learned from his struggle:

1.)     God Is More Important Than Anything Else In Life.
“Who have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.”
(vs. 25)
God was ultimately all Asaph had and all he needed. He could rest in God’s care and have the confidence that nothing else compared to his Lord.

2.)     God Is All the Strength We Need.
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”                                     (vs. 26)
In those moments when Asaph would be tempted to rely on his own strength, he had discovered that only in God could he find the unending strength he needed. The apostle Paul knew what it was like to be in difficult circumstances. But he also knew that it was God who gave him strength to endure. From prison he wrote: “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13).

3.)     God Will Be as Fair as He Is Merciful.

“For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.”     (vs. 27)

Asaph had found himself envying the godless and their prosperity (vs.3). He struggled with the apparent inequities of life (vs. 4-12). He even came to the point of feeling that he had lived for God in vain (vs. 13). But in the end, Asaph acknowledged that those matters must be entrusted to God. As Abraham said, “Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?” (Genesis 18:25). Yes, and Asaph had learned to trust that the Lord, in His own timing and wisdom, would deal mercifully but justly with all the wrongs of life.

4.)     God Draws Near to Those Who Draw Near to Him.

“But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works (vs. 28).

Asaph’s responsibility was not to pass judgment on the world or try to bring about justice on his own. This does not mean that followers of God should ignore suffering and injustice. The Bible is full of exhortations to put the needs of others ahead of our own. Micah 6:8 tells us to “do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” And James 1:27 reminds us that “pure and undefiled religion . . .is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstaffed by the world.”
Asaph’s ultimate conclusion was that God, in His infinite goodness and wisdom, is in control even when we suffer and don’t know why. Although life in this fallen world is hard, God will always be just. By faith, Asaph arrived at a deep, personal conviction of the confession he alluded to as he began his story: “Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart!” (Psalm 73:1)

Overwhelming stresses in life can sometimes lead you to the point of walking away from your faith, especially when it seems as though those who don’t trust God are prospering. But when life doesn’t make sense; when it just doesn’t seem fair, TRUST GOD, by focusing on His goodness rather than your circumstances.