The Difference Between An Unbeliever And A Believer In God Alone

Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. [Psalm 73.25-26] 

Two things are stated above: 1) God alone rules, and 2) nothing on earth is more important than God.

If we can see it, Psalm 73.25-26 defines the life of an unadulterated, non-idolatrous person. However, in defining the life of the true believer in God alone, Psalm 73.25-26 inadvertently uncovers what an unbeliever in God alone, an idolater, looks like.

Psalm 73.25-26 reveals the dividing factor between the unbeliever and the believer in God alone. 

The idols of this world all claim, in some way or another, to improve people's lives - to mitigate their fear of poverty, loss, sickness and discomfort. They all portray a 'strength of spirit' (if we will see it) for those who partake of their benefits. The idols of this world offer this strength (at a cost) in the areas of money, loss mitigation, health and comfort through the industries of debt, insurance, medicine and technology. The benefits provided by these worldly idols however are only temporal, worldly benefits that have no eternal ("heart," - heavenly) value whatsoever.

In contrast, the believer in God alone decidedly rejects the world's idols. Believers in God alone are firmly convinced that although their "spirit may grow weak" by not partaking of the benefits that the world's idols offer, they would rather suffer in those areas of "benefit" rather than forsake their trust in God alone. The believer in God alone uses his or her own life to prove they would rather die in faith than live in fear because only God can strengthen the "heart" of man.

An unbeliever cannot, in pure conscience, quote Psalm 73.25-26. He can try to "fake it 'till you make it" but as long as the idols of this world are his temporal "Plan B," he will never enjoy God alone as the eternal strength of his heart. In fact, man's idolatrous "Plan B" scripturally and effectively disqualifies him from every promise of God, including health and strength in every area of life.

Father in heaven, Your Word is true and does not lie. May You find those who trust in You alone rejecting any worldly thing that panders to the temporal health and strength of man, so that they might enjoy You alone as the strength of their heart. So be it.