Psalms 73:23

"Nevertheless, I am continually with thee:

Thou hast holden my right hand.

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,

And afterward receive me to glory.

Whom have I in heaven but thee?

And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

My flesh and my heart faileth;

But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

What a marvelous affirmation of faith in God is made here. The answer to all of earth's inequities, maladjustments, injustices, and wretchedness is not to be expected in this life. Over against all of the misfortunes and sorrows of the redeemed there is written the glorious words of the Son of God, "Great is your reward in heaven."

"And afterward receive me to glory"! (Psalms 73:24). Here is another glorious Old Testament text promising the resurrection of the dead and the entry of the saints of God into everlasting blessedness. As an apostle has stated it:

"For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:17-18).

"Whom have I in heaven but thee" (Psalms 73:25). These beautiful words were utilized by Fanny J. Crosby:

"Thou the spring of all my comfort,

More than life to me.

Whom have I on earth beside thee,

Whom in heav'n but thee."[6]