When Asaph started to compare himself with the people around him, he ended up in a pretty low place. While he was doing his best to live a godly life, the people around him were doing their own evil things without regard for God at all.
This is what he thought to himself: “All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.” (Psalm 73 v 13 ESV). But then Asaph realised what would happen if he spoke his thoughts aloud: “If I had said, ‘I will speak thus’, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.” (v 15).
If Asaph had voiced his comparisons and dissatisfaction out loud in the hearing of his family and children, he would have shaken their faith in God. He would have betrayed them by leading them away from God.
We all have doubts and fears occasionally, but let’s stand firm in our faith of the goodness of God and never betray our children by giving them reason to turn away from God.
May God guide our hearts and lips this week.
