Thursday 29 May 2014

May 29: Psalm 37:1-8

Key Verse: Psalm 37:3
Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

Devotion:
One of the things we should not be doing is to look at all the people around us who do evil things or work against God and wonder if we could get involved with things like that and get away with them too! Yes there are people around who do seem to get away with many things but they have to face holy justice just as we do. God is continually watching over every single one of us with loving but holy and just eyes; He cannot ignore evil and the people who choose that path will have to face the judgement themselves and not be able to hide behind any hot-shot lawyer!

On the other hand, we have Christ Jesus who willingly came forward and volunteered to be our Advocate. The difference between Him and all the hot-shot lawyers is that He is holy and just as well; so when He says that He has paid for our sin debts already by giving His own life, we can rest assured that we no longer have to face His judgement against our evil… so long as we have asked Him in faith to forgive us of those sins already.

God asks us to trust in Him and to delight in Him because when we do so He is able to guide us better as we listen to His instruction. It is more difficult for anyone to give us instruction when we are not listening or when we are so involved with the things that others around us are doing. God not only wants us to trust but to obey as well. If we are bold enough to say to God that He should be able to use us, then we must listen more intently and submit to His ways and His Word. Committing your ways to the Lord will allow you to see how much He can change your life!

But when we ask things from God, we expect answers quickly! God may not want to give us those answers and those desires when we want them because the timing may not be perfect when we ask. God does make us wait for the right time and not for our own wants and desires. God is not going to break the rules just so that we can get our own way. God wants things to be righteous and for us to understand those righteous ways. If we are able to then He will be able to use us when the time is right and not just when we say that He should!

Points to Ponder:
Do you ask God for things?

Do you expect things in your own time or God’s time?