www.moseszee.com

“Commit thy unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and he shall bring it to pass.”—Psa 37:5.

THIS PSALM from which our text is taken breathes the spirit of optimism. The Psalmist says: “do not fret. Evil is transient, evil-doers shall be cut off in a little way, while the wicked shall not be. “You will not remove the evils of the world by all your anxiety, or by wrath. It is not worth while to lose your peace of mind. Be quiet in your heart, full of prayer, looking up to God that He would interpose to deliver.

In this Psalm there are excellent preservatives of the inward tranquility of the soul when face to face with anxiety, or with high-handed wrong. Trust in the Lord (Psa 37:3). Reckon on Him. Expect great things from your Almighty Guide and Friend. He cannot fail you.

Delight in the Lord (Psa 37:4). If your life twines about earthly things, of course you will be at the mercy of externals. Familiarize yourself with God’s way of thinking and looking at things. If this is the bent of your life, you will lose your taste for things of the earth, while you will have great desires for the thing dog eternity, and God will give you perfect satisfaction in these, because He will give you Himself! The petitions of the heart (R.V margin) are very sacred to God, and He never, never forgets them. “He shall give thee the petitions of thine heart.

Commit thy way unto the Lord (Psa 37:5). The margin suggests “Roll thy way upon the Lord.” It is not enough to roll the responsibility of selecting our way on God in the great crises of our life. we must do so in the small decisions of every hour. Our lives are made up of trifles. To neglect these is to leave it to drift at haphazard. We need perpetually to look up to our Heavenly Friends, saying, “I cannot see over the hedge, I must leave with Thee the decision whether I should go this way or that.”.

Rest in the Lord (Psa 37:7). There is so much clamour in the world, and often our heart becomes filled with its noise, so much so that we cannot hear His still small voice. But when every sound has died down into silence, we shall hear the voice of God telling us of things which will answer our questionings and still our doubts. Let your requests be made known unto God, and His peace shall sentinel your heart against all intruders.

PRAYER
My God and Father, enable me to roll my way upon Thee, to trust Thee, and to believe that when I stand with Thee in the perfect daylight I shall understand what now I take on trust. AMEN.
  courtsey - St. James Cathedral Church, IBADAN - Nigeria.
 

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God. . . [We] have no confidence in the flesh. . .  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (2 Co. 3:5-6; Phi 3:3; and Phi 4:13)

Where are believers in Jesus Christ supposed to find adequate resources for living godly lives? The scriptures answer this question in a two-fold manner. First, God wants us to realize that we are not the source of anything that is needed. Second, God wants us to understand that He is the source of everything that is needed.

Our inadequacy is the first matter the Lord desires to clarify for us. “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves. “our own personal inadequacy is so comprehensive that we cannot expect that anything godly or eternal will source from us. We do not have any resources that can save a soul, transform a life, or cause the Lord’s church to be edified. This is a drastically different perspective on life than what we initially held. Man’s natural mind assumes that we must be the source of all that is needed for daily living. God’s word repeatedly warns us not to adopt this viewpoint. The Psalmists proclaimed such. “ Vain is the help of man. . . Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help” (Psa 108:12; Psa 146:3). Jesus elaborated on this theme. “without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Paul taught the same. “[We] have no confidence in the flesh (that is in human resources).”

God’s adequacy is the second matter that He wants to clarify for us. “Our sufficiency is from God.” As surely as we are totally inadequate to supply what we need for life, God is fully adequate to be our comprehensive source for living. The Psalmist understood this corollary truth as well. “Through God we will do valiantly, for it is He who shall tread down our enemies. . . Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them” (Psa 108:13; Psa 146:5-6). Jesus offered the same sufficient provisions. “He who abides in Me. . . bears much fruit” (John 15:5). Paul testified of the same reality. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. “ God is the source of our sufficiency in all that pertains to developing godly characteristics.

PRAYER
Dear Lord, my sufficiency, I repent of my frequent tendency to look to myself to find personal adequacy. How vain and hopeless that is. Lord, teach me to hope in you for everything I need for godly living, in Jesus name, AMEN..
     courtsey - St, James Cathedral Church, IBADAN - Nigeria.