NaasPreacher (C4K)
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Monday, 29th March, 2004
It’s good to be back doing the devotional thought for today. I want to take a little break from the Pilgrim’s Progress devotion to look at a few thoughts from Psalm 37.
Psalm 37v1-5
(1) Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
(2) For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
(3) Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
(4) Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
(5) Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
What do you do when it seems like that all you do for the Lord is for nothing and all that the wicked do seems to prosper? Do you ever feel like saying, “It’s just not fair Lord!”? God knows that we are not beyond those kind of feelings. Habakkuk felt that way, so did Job, and so did David.
Here God gives the solution to those feelings. First if all we are to address our feelings towards those who seem to prosper. Don’t allow your anger towards the wicked to simmer, don’t envy them. There fate is determined. The will be cut down like grass and the they will wither away like a dead plant. In other words. Get your eyes off of them. What they have is fleeting and temporal.
In verses 3-5 we are given several clear instructions:
Trust in the Lord
Do good
Delight yourself in the Lord
Commit your way to the Lord
In this list of four instructions only one is something that we are told to “do”, and that is simply to “do good.” The others deal with our commitment to the Lord.
Trust in the Lord – trusting God is the basis for all else. We must first of all be willing to trust that what God does is always right. If I truly trust God I will not question what comes into my life for I will trust that He knows best.
Delight yourself in the Lord – take sheer delight in fellowship with Him. When we do this our delight comes not from comparing ourselves with others, but from resting in His refuge.
Commit your way to the Lord – literally rolling it all on Him.
Don’t we desire that our children do these same things? We ask them to trust us, want them to delight in our company, and tell them, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it.” Isn’t God more loving than we could hope to be?
If we do this there are some promises:
You will dwell in the land
You shall be fed
God will give you the right desires
His way will come to pass
O, that we could learn to trust in Him completely, to delight ourselves in His way, and commit it all to Him! “Casting all you cares on Him, for
He cares for you” we are told in 1 Peter 5v7.
How do we handle it when it seems like we just can’t handle any more? Trust God! He loves us and He always knows what is best for us!
It’s good to be back doing the devotional thought for today. I want to take a little break from the Pilgrim’s Progress devotion to look at a few thoughts from Psalm 37.
Psalm 37v1-5
(1) Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
(2) For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
(3) Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
(4) Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
(5) Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
What do you do when it seems like that all you do for the Lord is for nothing and all that the wicked do seems to prosper? Do you ever feel like saying, “It’s just not fair Lord!”? God knows that we are not beyond those kind of feelings. Habakkuk felt that way, so did Job, and so did David.
Here God gives the solution to those feelings. First if all we are to address our feelings towards those who seem to prosper. Don’t allow your anger towards the wicked to simmer, don’t envy them. There fate is determined. The will be cut down like grass and the they will wither away like a dead plant. In other words. Get your eyes off of them. What they have is fleeting and temporal.
In verses 3-5 we are given several clear instructions:
Trust in the Lord
Do good
Delight yourself in the Lord
Commit your way to the Lord
In this list of four instructions only one is something that we are told to “do”, and that is simply to “do good.” The others deal with our commitment to the Lord.
Trust in the Lord – trusting God is the basis for all else. We must first of all be willing to trust that what God does is always right. If I truly trust God I will not question what comes into my life for I will trust that He knows best.
Delight yourself in the Lord – take sheer delight in fellowship with Him. When we do this our delight comes not from comparing ourselves with others, but from resting in His refuge.
Commit your way to the Lord – literally rolling it all on Him.
Don’t we desire that our children do these same things? We ask them to trust us, want them to delight in our company, and tell them, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it.” Isn’t God more loving than we could hope to be?
If we do this there are some promises:
You will dwell in the land
You shall be fed
God will give you the right desires
His way will come to pass
O, that we could learn to trust in Him completely, to delight ourselves in His way, and commit it all to Him! “Casting all you cares on Him, for
He cares for you” we are told in 1 Peter 5v7.
How do we handle it when it seems like we just can’t handle any more? Trust God! He loves us and He always knows what is best for us!