Trust in the LORD

"Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness."   

                                                                                                    Psalm 37:3   NKJV

Whenever I feel that we have exhausted our thoughts on worry and fretfulness, God shows me that there is an ocean more to decipher. So let's continue with this. Let us commence by firstly looking at verse 1 of this Psalm. It reads: Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.' A fretful heart is not a trusting heart because it lacks joy and peace. 

It can be easy to feel jealousy and envy when other people seem to prosper and not you. Probably you may have been praying for a certain something and yet, nothing has happened yet. However, you see someone else prosper in what you are asking for. This can be anything, perhaps a house, a new car or perhaps someone is promoted at work and they may have taken the position that you have been praying and working towards. It hurts and this can be quite difficult to handle. You may also have been passed over in your ministry and feel just like a substitute on the bench and feel so left out of things.

When others prosper, especially the unbelievers around you, David encourages you to be patient and work to develop a renewed sense of dependance on God, along with a new sense of pleasure in knowing Him. Is this easy? You bet it isn't, it can mean losing your pride, jealousy and bad feeling. Jealousy of other people's success, Christian or not, when you have been praying and waiting for a similar thing can be hard to swallow, but it needs to be done.

Trust grows when a believer's life and soul feed on God's faithfulness in times past. Remember the victories you have had and build a praise theme on these until you have replenished the joy that only comes from the Lord. There is a need to believe and trust in God's promises, that's right, believe not worry and fret. The latter never serves any purpose except to bring upset, anger and frustration to your life.

So, establish your faithfulness in Jesus, live for Him and spread His love around and develop a healthy trust in Him.

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