This week our news headlines read: “Teen killed as series of package bombs rattle Texas capital” (WLWT Cincinnati). The awful actions of the wicked can cause even the strongest Christian to doubt God.

When we start looking at our world in terms of fear instead of faith we have shifted – the paradigm shift is from faith in God to fear-filled victims of terrorists.

One day Asaph woke – filled with doubt. This is the same Asaph who wrote Psalms 50 & 73-83 and was known as a prophet. Yet one day he looked at the prosperity of the wicked and doubt filled his soul.

Psalm 73:1–3 (ESV) — 1 Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Secondary to this original lie Asaph added his constant pain and rebuke (Ps.73:13-14).

How did Asaph dig himself out of his own stinking thinking pit? He simply asked – are the wicked better off? He concluded that they will be cast down in ruin and suddenly destroyed.

Christian, fear can be a healthy response to imminent danger. But constant fear is not from God. Why not exchange Satan’s lies for this truth: Psalm 73:26 (ESV) My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.