我們今天的討論已經來到──詩人在進入神的聖所後，開始攀登梯子的最高一級。在這裡，詩人回想自己的經歷時隻能頌贊神說：「除你以外，在天上我有誰呢？除你以外，在地上我也沒有所愛慕的」（詩七十三25）。

當我們在神的同在下處理問題，無可避免的結果是我們必定會敬拜神。我經常看到一些人在得到有效的心理輔導後雙膝跪下來敬拜神。事實上，這是基督教輔導的一個最大的目的，就是讓人們知道他們的屬靈資源，幫助他們獲得釋放並且親近神。詩人發覺天地間沒有任何人可以為他做神所做的事情。他明白當他逃避全能者的時候就根本沒有辦法明白生命；正如奧賽羅（Othello）說：「混沌又來了。」（奧賽羅是沙士比亞作品裡的人物）

你的生命有沒有來到同樣的境地？你能否說你已經看透生命，並得出一個結論──除了神以外，一切都不能令你滿足？如果是這樣的話，那你就是身處快樂的境況中；正如門徒停下來思考誰能取代耶穌時說：「主啊，你有永生之道，我們還歸從誰呢？」他們是那麼清楚的明白。真盼望你也明白，世上並沒有什麼可以取代那讓我們如此滿足的主耶穌基督。

We come now to what is without question the topmost rung of the ladder which the psalmist began to ascend when he entered the sanctuary of God. Here, in view of his experience, he can do nothing but give himself to the adoration of God. This is what he says: "Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you" (Psa. 73:25).

The inevitable consequence of working through our problems in the presence of God is that we worship Him. Countless times I have seen people fall upon their knees at the end of a profitable counselling session and worship God. In fact, this is one of the great purposes of Christian counselling - to enlighten people about their spiritual resources and help free them to draw closer to God. The psalmist has found that there is no one in earth or heaven who can do for him what God has done. He has come to realise that when he plays truant with the Almighty there is simply no way in which he can make sense of life; that, as Othello put it: "Chaos is come again."

Have you come to this same place in your own life? Can you say that you have seen through everything in this life and have come to the conclusion that nothing can satisfy you but God? Then you are in the happy position of the disciples who, pausing to consider how they could replace Jesus, said "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." They saw, as hopefully you have seen, that there is no satisfying substitute for Jesus.