Ben INTRO last week my son 15th bday received iTunes gift card, download songs he wants. Series recap, we've been downloading playlist of great psalms
Psalm 73 Ben's favorite
testimony "I want to tell you my story" from someone taken life's hits
Reasons to love this Psalm:
1=> YOU CAN ASK HARD QUESTIONS TO REAL PROBLEMS
73:1 I know (heard) the right answers
73:2 slipping
73:3 envied arrogant; made mistake of seeing shalom = "good life" as prosperity, but shalom means more than material prosperiy
VIDEO rich & famous but things are not always as they seem, appearances are deceiving
the devil asks is it worth it?
ILLUSTRATION good people who have hardships, die young USMC serviceman KIA last week, MCS mom battling cancer
ILLUSTRATION someone saying "I was better off before became a Christian"
2=> YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE 73:17
HUMOR PICS man w face drawn back head
drawing horse frog
73:18-19 the godless
73:20 can't keep it
3=> YOU CAN ANCHOR YOUR LIFE TO THE PROMISE OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS
73:23 God always w us
73:26 real shalom not material but being w God
HUMOR PICS & STORY Cachiaras dogs mostly Karla; loyal to her, want be near her
TAKEAWAY - that's how we should be towards God.