Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil. – Psalm 37:7-8
Verse 25 of this psalm tells us that David wrote this in his older years.| WATCH ON YOUTUBE
For many of us, to fret or worry is a given. “To fret is to worry, to have the heart-burn, to fume, to become vexed. Nature is very apt to kindle a fire of jealousy when it sees law-breakers riding on horses, and obedient subjects walking in the mire.” (Spurgeon).
David begins this psalm with the counsel not to fret or be envious. He has arrived at the understanding that prosperity experienced by the wicked was only temporary (v2). Instead he says, trust in the Lord and continue to do good. To replace worry with conscious delight in the Lord by consciously choosing to consider by faith the multiple blessings of God. To be confident that the Lord would give us the desires of our heart (v3-4).
And then David moves on to calling the child of God to be still, to rest before the Lord. To choose to swim against the tide. Not to react but to respond, in faith. He says trust and rest, wait patiently for Him, because God has promised to faithfully take care of those who put their trust in Him.
When life is tough and what we see around us makes us fearful and uncomfortable, our normal reaction is to worry and fret. But we children of God, are called instead to choose to respond by trusting and resting in our loving and sovereign Lord. And that often, is like swimming upstream.
How would you swim against the flow today?
Lord help me trust and rest in you, when all I feel like doing is to fret and fume, I pray.
Extended Reading — 1 Kings 1-2; Psalm 37, 71, 94
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