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 37:3-7
Three very simple words are, in my opinion of course, sometimes the hardest for us to do; trust (rely on, depend on, have confidence and faith in), delight (savor, bask or take pleasure in) and commit (entrust, give, hand over, place). When paraphrased, it sounds something like this: Depend on and put your confidence in the Lord, and always do good, no matter what is going on around you so that you will be able to dwell peaceably, calmly and with the full assurance that the Lord will take care of you. Also, take pleasure in the Lord and whatever your heart has desired; the Lord will see that it is given to you because of your faithfulness. And lastly, hand over your life’s direction to the Lord, give everything to Him in the manner in which you live and He will fulfill all that we have need of and many shall see you prosper and will know that it was God that has done these wonderful things on your behalf. Sounds good doesn’t it, sounds like something that should be easy for us to do. Unfortunately, that is not always the case and we find it difficult to follow the three steps to contentment.
In the 80’s, a phrase was rekindled, “Don’t worry, be happy"; this too sometimes, is easier said than done. Especially, in the midst of the world’s circumstances; there is so much going on, even on a personal level; our homes, our finances, our jobs or the lack thereof, our children, and our families. We have to trust, delight and commit ourselves to the Lord completely or we find ourselves in a state of uncertainty. The Lord is saying that we must make it our business to keep our mind on Him (Phil 2:5). We must keep our hearts and minds stayed on things above. When we allow our mind to wander on the how, the why, or the what could or what should, we leave ourselves open for anxiety and then we began to fret and worry about things we have no control over. As hard as it may seem, we must leave everything in His hands. If we find ourselves busy at doing the good that God has placed in us to do, it helps to keep the mind from going into the dark places, and we leave no room for complaining or murmuring. We can’t worry about what is going on around us because He knows our future; He knows what we have need of. Regardless of what we see or hear, we are to stay focused, believe God at His word, and stand still until He gives us the unction to move.Then we gotta move!
Even though we don’t see or understand what He’s doing, know that He is working it all out for our good. There are so many scriptures that confirm His love for us. If we could just trust God and stand firmly on those promises, we can without fail, expect His blessings because He is faithful; He will do just what He said. The Lord will uphold the righteous, His peculiar and precious ones. David tells us in verse 25, “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread”, I can personally testify to that fact on both accounts.
I'll leave you with this. David said, "and he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday... my words, "He will bring forth your righteousness as the light; His justice, His fair-dealing, His integrity for your life will be as the noonday light… noon is the brightest time of the day when the sun shines"… I’m just saying.
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
Three very simple words are, in my opinion of course, sometimes the hardest for us to do; trust (rely on, depend on, have confidence and faith in), delight (savor, bask or take pleasure in) and commit (entrust, give, hand over, place). When paraphrased, it sounds something like this: Depend on and put your confidence in the Lord, and always do good, no matter what is going on around you so that you will be able to dwell peaceably, calmly and with the full assurance that the Lord will take care of you. Also, take pleasure in the Lord and whatever your heart has desired; the Lord will see that it is given to you because of your faithfulness. And lastly, hand over your life’s direction to the Lord, give everything to Him in the manner in which you live and He will fulfill all that we have need of and many shall see you prosper and will know that it was God that has done these wonderful things on your behalf. Sounds good doesn’t it, sounds like something that should be easy for us to do. Unfortunately, that is not always the case and we find it difficult to follow the three steps to contentment.
In the 80’s, a phrase was rekindled, “Don’t worry, be happy"; this too sometimes, is easier said than done. Especially, in the midst of the world’s circumstances; there is so much going on, even on a personal level; our homes, our finances, our jobs or the lack thereof, our children, and our families. We have to trust, delight and commit ourselves to the Lord completely or we find ourselves in a state of uncertainty. The Lord is saying that we must make it our business to keep our mind on Him (Phil 2:5). We must keep our hearts and minds stayed on things above. When we allow our mind to wander on the how, the why, or the what could or what should, we leave ourselves open for anxiety and then we began to fret and worry about things we have no control over. As hard as it may seem, we must leave everything in His hands. If we find ourselves busy at doing the good that God has placed in us to do, it helps to keep the mind from going into the dark places, and we leave no room for complaining or murmuring. We can’t worry about what is going on around us because He knows our future; He knows what we have need of. Regardless of what we see or hear, we are to stay focused, believe God at His word, and stand still until He gives us the unction to move.Then we gotta move!
Even though we don’t see or understand what He’s doing, know that He is working it all out for our good. There are so many scriptures that confirm His love for us. If we could just trust God and stand firmly on those promises, we can without fail, expect His blessings because He is faithful; He will do just what He said. The Lord will uphold the righteous, His peculiar and precious ones. David tells us in verse 25, “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread”, I can personally testify to that fact on both accounts.
I'll leave you with this. David said, "and he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday... my words, "He will bring forth your righteousness as the light; His justice, His fair-dealing, His integrity for your life will be as the noonday light… noon is the brightest time of the day when the sun shines"… I’m just saying.
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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