"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.
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him:
fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass."
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.
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him:
fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass."
Psalm 37: 1-7
Trust in the Lord
Delight thyself in the Lord
Commit thy way unto the Lord
Rest in the Lord
Fret not.
This Psalm appears to be laid out in degrees....
As we learn to trust in the Lord, He will become our delight. It will be natural to commit our way to Him which will cause us to rest in Him. Then we will not fret when it seems that the evil are prospering because we are trusting in God.
It all begins in trust.
Trust - a firm reliance and confidence in; to depend and rely on.
We are never asked to blindly trust. We are expected to put our trust in the person and character of a God that can be depended on.
We make the determination that God is who He says He is and we choose to put our trust in Him.
We trust -
His love
His mercy
His goodness
His faithfulness
His dependability
His grace
His peace
and so much more.......
Once we have made that decision - to trust in all things at all times - we don't need to visit this decision again. When we are buffeted about, we go back to the decision we made, based on who He said He was and is - and we take action based on that previous decision.
"Faith is the deliberate confidence in the character of a God whose ways you may not understand at the time." Oswald Chambers
Satan doesn't just send his "minions" to tempt us to sin. His ultimate goal is to destroy our faith. He wants to crack the foundation of our trust in a God who loves us. He whispers lies about who God is and how He will let us down. He wants us to doubt in God's goodness and His love. Once we start to doubt, we begin the descent of the slippery slope. Once we start questioning God's sovereignity and His faithfulness to us, the cracks grow wider and it becomes easier to doubt and the vicious cycle has begun.
Hold fast to the profession of your faith. Your faith is in the God who is faithful and good and true.
He is worthy to be trusted.
Trust
Delight
Commit
Rest
Fret Not!
Trust in the Lord
Delight thyself in the Lord
Commit thy way unto the Lord
Rest in the Lord
Fret not.
This Psalm appears to be laid out in degrees....
As we learn to trust in the Lord, He will become our delight. It will be natural to commit our way to Him which will cause us to rest in Him. Then we will not fret when it seems that the evil are prospering because we are trusting in God.
It all begins in trust.
Trust - a firm reliance and confidence in; to depend and rely on.
We are never asked to blindly trust. We are expected to put our trust in the person and character of a God that can be depended on.
We make the determination that God is who He says He is and we choose to put our trust in Him.
We trust -
His love
His mercy
His goodness
His faithfulness
His dependability
His grace
His peace
and so much more.......
Once we have made that decision - to trust in all things at all times - we don't need to visit this decision again. When we are buffeted about, we go back to the decision we made, based on who He said He was and is - and we take action based on that previous decision.
"Faith is the deliberate confidence in the character of a God whose ways you may not understand at the time." Oswald Chambers
Satan doesn't just send his "minions" to tempt us to sin. His ultimate goal is to destroy our faith. He wants to crack the foundation of our trust in a God who loves us. He whispers lies about who God is and how He will let us down. He wants us to doubt in God's goodness and His love. Once we start to doubt, we begin the descent of the slippery slope. Once we start questioning God's sovereignity and His faithfulness to us, the cracks grow wider and it becomes easier to doubt and the vicious cycle has begun.
Hold fast to the profession of your faith. Your faith is in the God who is faithful and good and true.
He is worthy to be trusted.
Trust
Delight
Commit
Rest
Fret Not!
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