Read Psalms 73:2,3,17,18,26  Wow!  We have a bunch of verses we have to read today!  Psalm 73 tells a story.  When you have a story, you can't leave much of it out and still have the story to make sense.  That is true of our story in Psalm 73.  In verses 2 and 3 David said that he was discouraged.  Have you ever had a bad day when everything seemed to go wrong?  Verse 2 even says that David was so discouraged that he was almost ready to give up.  He said that his "feet were almost gone and his steps had almost slipped."  Have you ever been in a slippery place?  May be in some ice or mud?  It makes you nervous, doesn't it?  David said that he was discouraged because it seemed to him that the wicked people were getting away with their evil ways and that he was serving God for nothing.  It didn't seem fair to David.  But in verse 17, when David went into the house of God, God explained to him why the wicked seemed to be getting away with their wickedness.  When The Wicked person dies, they face eternity and hell.  But when the Righteous person dies, they go to heaven.  Then that is fair.  The wicked person might as well enjoy life now because they will certainly not be happy when they die.  When the Righteous person lives according to God's Word and God's ways, he has to obey God now, but when he dies, he will be happy for all eternity!  David finally said in verse 26 that although his heart failed, although he was discouraged, God was his strength.  We can trust in God and know that He will lead us through life and safely into heaven!  I am glad that I have chosen God's way, aren't you?