昨天我們看到，詩人雖然有疑惑和失敗，但神仍然接納他。不但如此，他也明白神掌控的手不斷地與他一起：「你攙著我的右手」（詩七十三23）。究竟是什麼阻止他陷進險境？是神那保護的手。神親自令他進入聖所，從而使他回轉。

在明白了這個關鍵以後，詩人想到將來。將來會怎樣？他的結論是，將來會同樣有保障，因為：「你要以你的訓言引導我，以後必接我到榮耀裡」（24節）。詩人在默想將來時所感到的保障，你也可以感受到嗎？他等於說：「您現在攙著我的右手，保護我，掌控我，恢復我，釋放我，我知道您會繼續這樣做，直到我在榮耀中與您相見。」

神怎樣引導我們？透過環境，透過理性，透過基督徒的團契，但主要是透過聖經。神的聖言在我們查考牠時揭示現實，驅走幻覺，引導我們安全地經過地上的網羅和困難，直到我們最終得到榮耀。詩人看到不敬虔人的結局，這樣有助改變他的看法。他現在看到敬虔人的結局了，因此他的視野更加清晰。而敬虔人的結局是什麼呢？那是榮耀！

We saw yesterday how the psalmist sensed that despite his doubts and failures he was still accepted by God. But there's more - he realises also that God's restraining hand has been constantly with him: "You hold me by my right hand" (Psa. 73:23). What was it, after all, that prevented him going over the brink? It was the protecting hand of God. God Himself had put it in his mind to go into the sanctuary and had thereby turned him round.

Realising that, he thinks of the future. What is the future going to be like? His conclusion is that the future is going to be just as secure, for: "You guide me with your counsel, and afterwards you will take me into glory" (v.24). Can you sense the psalmist's security as he contemplates the future? He is saying, in effect: "You are doing this now, holding me by my right hand, protecting me, restraining me, restoring me and delivering me, and I know You will keep on doing this right up to the time when I meet with you in glory."

How does God guide us? Through circumstances, through reason, through the fellowship of Christians, but mainly through the Scriptures. The Word of God, when we consult it, unfolds reality, dispels illusion and guides us safely through the snares and problems of this earthly way until we eventually arrive in glory. The psalmist had seen the end of the ungodly and it had helped to change his perspective. Now he sees the end of the godly and thus his perspective becomes even more clear. And what is the end of the godly? It is glory!