Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Psalm 37:3-6
In our study today, we have some key words that will strengthen our faith.
When we trust in the Lord, we will continue on His path and in His will for our lives. As we continue to trust, we will do good because we will be following Him. The sure path of obedience will lead to good. I find it interesting that we will plan a week or a day around the trust we put into a weather man or woman who really can’t guarantee for certain what a day might bring. We need to take heed of David’s words, and as we do, we will feed on God’s faithfulness. The good shepherd will look after us. Psalm 23:1 is a wonderful reminder of God’s faithfulness, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” The evildoer will trust in himself, and, in turn, they will find a hard way that resembles not the one who trusts and follows the Lord.
When the Lord becomes our delight, His delights will become our delights, and that is how we get the delights of our hearts. After I was saved, God began a powerful work in my life. There was a change in those things I once delighted in, and that change came through the Holy Spirit working in my heart, (John 16:7-8) and God’s word shaping and teaching me true delight. David says, “Delight thyself also in the Lord.” It starts with us and it is an action we must desire to initiate.
The word commit in our text literally means; roll of onto. Psalm 55:22 says, “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” We must roll off those things on to the Lord that are heavy and burdensome. We often times roll things over and over again in our minds, and those things will eventually make their way to our hearts, and they take hold of our lives. We trust to often in our own counsel, and that should not be. Please don’t misunderstand; we are not to fold ourselves up as a tent and check out of life. We continue life as we roll off those things onto the Lord, and we remember what David writes in verse five, “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him.” We commit our way to the Lord and then we trust in Him and watch Him work.
As we trust in the Lord, and as we delight in Him, and, yes, as we commit our way to Him, we find that if there is a season of reproach or doubt, or maybe our character is under scrutiny, we can count on His righteousness to shine through us. The fruit of a life fully dependent upon the Lord is that we will be more Christ like. That fruit will bring glory to God; it will bring stability to the life of a believer, and will bare a wonderful testimony for the saved and the lost.
Psalm 37:3-6
In our study today, we have some key words that will strengthen our faith.
When we trust in the Lord, we will continue on His path and in His will for our lives. As we continue to trust, we will do good because we will be following Him. The sure path of obedience will lead to good. I find it interesting that we will plan a week or a day around the trust we put into a weather man or woman who really can’t guarantee for certain what a day might bring. We need to take heed of David’s words, and as we do, we will feed on God’s faithfulness. The good shepherd will look after us. Psalm 23:1 is a wonderful reminder of God’s faithfulness, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” The evildoer will trust in himself, and, in turn, they will find a hard way that resembles not the one who trusts and follows the Lord.
When the Lord becomes our delight, His delights will become our delights, and that is how we get the delights of our hearts. After I was saved, God began a powerful work in my life. There was a change in those things I once delighted in, and that change came through the Holy Spirit working in my heart, (John 16:7-8) and God’s word shaping and teaching me true delight. David says, “Delight thyself also in the Lord.” It starts with us and it is an action we must desire to initiate.
The word commit in our text literally means; roll of onto. Psalm 55:22 says, “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” We must roll off those things on to the Lord that are heavy and burdensome. We often times roll things over and over again in our minds, and those things will eventually make their way to our hearts, and they take hold of our lives. We trust to often in our own counsel, and that should not be. Please don’t misunderstand; we are not to fold ourselves up as a tent and check out of life. We continue life as we roll off those things onto the Lord, and we remember what David writes in verse five, “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him.” We commit our way to the Lord and then we trust in Him and watch Him work.
As we trust in the Lord, and as we delight in Him, and, yes, as we commit our way to Him, we find that if there is a season of reproach or doubt, or maybe our character is under scrutiny, we can count on His righteousness to shine through us. The fruit of a life fully dependent upon the Lord is that we will be more Christ like. That fruit will bring glory to God; it will bring stability to the life of a believer, and will bare a wonderful testimony for the saved and the lost.
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