A common problem for righteous people like Asaph is the unexplained success of the wicked. If God is good and does what is good for His righteous followers, then why is it that so often the bad guys with no morals end up successful, with money, security, and everything they ever wanted? Why doesn't God smite the wicked for their evils and bless the righteous?
Why is it that the best people in life are beaten down by tyrants? Doesn't God see it? Doesn't God act on it? It would seem, in this psalm 73, that no, He doesn't. Wouldn't that then suggest that God is not good?
Actually, it just reflects that God allows all men to have a free will, and to choose whether or not they follow Him. In God, the righteous have confidence and security for all times, but those who don't follow God have no such thing. If that's you, Satan can, at any moment, sweep you away in a wave of terrors. With God, however, you can weather any storm.
You as His child don't need to fear what the wicked have to fear - a lake of fire, the loss of all of your acquired goods, etc. Besides, as v25 proclaims, "Earth has nothing I desire except for God." There's nothing here except for time to get to know God to the extent of your limited human mind.
You're not wicked. You, then, will not fall to their terrors, and better yet, you can pray for them and have God create a clean heart in you to reach out in His love and snatch them from disaster. Which is pretty awesome.
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