Do you draw near to God? Psalm 72-74

Psalms 73:28 (NASBStr)

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;

I have made the Lord God my refuge,

That I may tell of all Your works.

They have discovered why the Koala bear hugs trees.    They have found that when the Australian forest gets hot (it can get into the low one-hundred degree mark) the Koala hugs the tree because the tree is cooler.   The tree trunk can be 10-15 degrees cooler than the forest.   So, in hugging the tree the Koala is creating its own air conditioning system.   In the above verse we see that the solution to an intensely hot day and hot life, where the heat of life is about to consume us, is to hug closer to God.   The "nearness" of God is "my good" Aspah, the writer, tells us.    Psalm 73 might be one of the most relatable Psalms we know.   Here you have a man-of-God who is suddenly "envious" of the wicked.   We all have been there.  We see the unbeliever's life and wonder why we have followed Christ?  They seem to have a life of ease and have little to worry about.  Of course, this is not true ... we only sense it.   At the end of the Psalm Aspah is getting his perspective back together.    He starts to realize that they end is bitter and his belief in God the very essence of his life.   In the above verse he tells us that the nearness of God always amounts to good.   God is there for us to be our refuge.   As we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us (James 4:8).   Being near to the one we love is of utmost importance.   Our sense of "refuge" in Him will allow us to tell of His works. Once Aspah had his perspective changed he no longer looked at the wicked in an envious manner, but rather saw that the telling of God works was his better end.   We ought to all have this metamorphous in our lives.  We need to quit looking at the wicked and their make-believe prosperity and we ought to draw near to God, make Him our refuge and then tell everyone the wonder of the works he has done for us.