Saturday, January 22 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence.​—Ps. 73:13.

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Saturday, January 22

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence.—Ps. 73:13.

 

The Levite psalmist began to envy the wicked and arrogant, not because of their badness, but because of their evident prosperity. (Ps. 73:2-9, 11-14) They seemed to have it all—wealth, a good life, and no anxieties. The Levite needed to see things from Jehovah’s standpoint. On doing so, he was at peace once again, and he was happy. He said: “Besides [Jehovah] I desire nothing on earth.” (Ps. 73:25) Likewise, let us never envy wicked people who seem to prosper. Their happiness is superficial and temporary. (Eccl. 8:12, 13) To envy them is to invite discouragement as well as spiritual ruin. So if you find yourself envying the seeming success of the wicked, do what the Levite did. Heed God’s loving advice, and associate with others who do Jehovah’s will. When Jehovah is your greatest delight, you will find true happiness. And you will stay on the path to “the real life.”—1 Tim. 6:19. w20.12 19 ¶14-16

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In our happier moments, we may even say, “Now this is really living!” However, the Bible indicates that in an important sense, no human today is really living.1 Timothy 6:19) Those words indicate that “the real life” is something in the future,,But in the interim we definitely need to keep active in serving Jehovah and do what keeps us happy and healthy under the present circumstances we are all in.