Ps. 37 - A window of hope!!
Im just so grateful to God for speaking to me from this Psalm. One thing that really destroys our peace is fretting. Fretting is that constant nagging feeling at the back of your mind about a particular concern or an unresolved situation. Fretting is akin to a parasitic growth in two ways, in the sense that, firstly it depends on you - you are the one who frets and initiates the growth - and secondly it eats you up.
Well, to begin with, I like what verse 3 says, "Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness". You can hear God say, do not fear and run away or back off! Dont leave the battlefield that has been set. Dont run away from your situation which is actually the land that will bring you your inheritance. Your problem is the place where God is! IT is the place where you will experience His presence. So stay and feed on his faithfulness. Some versions say fix your mind on the truth. What is this truth? It is Jesus Himself! It is His word which we are to mediate on and think about.
Verse 4 says, "Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart."
Now what this verse says at first glance is to experience delight in the Lord and to find pleasure in Him. But again what the Hindi bible says is mind blowing!! It says, know the LORD (Jehovah) as your source of delight. WOW!!! Know God as my source of delight! The source of my pleasure, my joy, my happiness, my everything. Why...I can even know the Lord as the source of my intoxication and stimulation. After all Song of Solomon 1:2 says that His love is more intoxicating than wine and Eph 5:18 says to be stimulated by the Holy Spirit! No more cheap worldy pleasures, God Himself is my pleasure and the source of it all! He created these feelings, these emotions for us to experience from Him and not from other distortions.
Verse 5 says, "Commit your way to the Lord...."
I just wanted to bring in the insight that the Hindi bible gives again. It says...leave the worry of your ways to the LORD. Thats interesting again.
And finally verses 7 & 8, that talk about resting in the Lord, waiting patiently and more importantly - not fretting! Im sharing this because this is something I have personally gained victory over. In fact verse 8 so emphatically says, "...Do not fret - it only causes harm." Fretting becomes a habit with us. I have personally found it very beneficial to command yourself not to fret everytime you catch yourself fretting. And it works!! By the grace of God it works! Thank God for that.
Enjoy your victory over fretting...
Cheers,
Joeljc
Well, to begin with, I like what verse 3 says, "Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness". You can hear God say, do not fear and run away or back off! Dont leave the battlefield that has been set. Dont run away from your situation which is actually the land that will bring you your inheritance. Your problem is the place where God is! IT is the place where you will experience His presence. So stay and feed on his faithfulness. Some versions say fix your mind on the truth. What is this truth? It is Jesus Himself! It is His word which we are to mediate on and think about.
Verse 4 says, "Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart."
Now what this verse says at first glance is to experience delight in the Lord and to find pleasure in Him. But again what the Hindi bible says is mind blowing!! It says, know the LORD (Jehovah) as your source of delight. WOW!!! Know God as my source of delight! The source of my pleasure, my joy, my happiness, my everything. Why...I can even know the Lord as the source of my intoxication and stimulation. After all Song of Solomon 1:2 says that His love is more intoxicating than wine and Eph 5:18 says to be stimulated by the Holy Spirit! No more cheap worldy pleasures, God Himself is my pleasure and the source of it all! He created these feelings, these emotions for us to experience from Him and not from other distortions.
Verse 5 says, "Commit your way to the Lord...."
I just wanted to bring in the insight that the Hindi bible gives again. It says...leave the worry of your ways to the LORD. Thats interesting again.
And finally verses 7 & 8, that talk about resting in the Lord, waiting patiently and more importantly - not fretting! Im sharing this because this is something I have personally gained victory over. In fact verse 8 so emphatically says, "...Do not fret - it only causes harm." Fretting becomes a habit with us. I have personally found it very beneficial to command yourself not to fret everytime you catch yourself fretting. And it works!! By the grace of God it works! Thank God for that.
Enjoy your victory over fretting...
Cheers,
Joeljc
posted by Joel J. C. at 11:20 AM
6 Comments:
I like the waiting and resting part even though it is quite hard to sometimes.
Oh yeah...waiting when all the time the stimuli you receive screams at you to take control.
hey joel..I like this part-so true-
Fretting is akin to a parasitic growth in two ways, in the sense that, firstly it depends on you - you are the one who frets and initiates the growth - and secondly it eats you up.
are you going to post something new or not?
oh My 2006 was your last post ..lol
I winder if you actually know that you still have a blog..maybe you will not even received that message...lol
LOL.
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