The Meaning of Life: Guidance from Psalms 73:24
All of life is captured in one profound verse. “While I am here on this earth,” the Psalmist prays to the Lord, “You will guide me. You will provide the guidance in life that I need for each step of the way. You will never leave me or forsake me. You will help me when I stumble and steer me when I lose my way. Moreover, you will guide me with thy counsel. This is no mere human, fallible leader. You are an all-knowing, all-wise escort who offers true spiritual direction. You will never give me wrong advice or lead me in the wrong direction. I will never face a problem for which you do not know the solution, and I will never get so off course that you cannot guide me back to safety. However, that is all just life on earth! Afterward, you will receive me to glory. After you have carefully and lovingly directed my way here, you will usher me into your glorious presence in heaven. There is no intermediary state – death is not a tunnel, it is a door. When you release my hand in this world, you will receive me into the next. There is no “sending”; there is only guiding and then receiving – no time apart from you. Death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your victory? Devil, where is your terror? "My God will guide me with His counsel and then receive me to His glory, Psalms 73:24."