Ps. 37

Ps. 37

Ps. 37 has some beautiful words of encouragement for the believer. Verses 3-9 are as follows:

Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.

It all comes down to trust in this relationship between God and man. Those who are His must trust Him the One who redeemed them and the One who paid the price for their souls. Our new nature dictates that we must do good delighting in Him. Faithfulness must be our friend and the watchword of our lives. As we are still before the Lord, waiting for Him and not fretting then He will work out His perfect will in our lives. He will bring forth our righteousness that is the righteousness of Christ that covers us completely. We will be in His mainstream which always leads to our good. 

Verses23-28 are as follows:

The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way;

though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.

Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.

For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

These verses are especially meaningful to me since I was once young and now am old. The Lord has taken care of us, and it is true that we have never begged for bed. Not to say that times weren't hard. It is enough to rest in the fact that our steps are ordered by the Lord, and if we fall, we will not be down and out. The Lord upholds our hand! He is ever generous to us. Once again, our only recourse is to live out the life that the Lord has transformed. We are new creatures that must turn away from evil. It must be abhorrent to us, and then we must choose to do good, His good. In this life lived out for Him has as its reward eternal life. Life forever in the presence of the Father and the Lamb. We will spend eternity singing the praises of the God who sent His Son, the Lamb to take my place on the cross.

Father,

Thank You for Your encouraging and life-giving words. Saturate me in them and their life-giving flow. Build my trust moment by moment.

In the name of the Lamb who died and rose again for me,

Amen