Trust, Delight, Commit, Rest, Wait Patiently

I was reading Psalm 37 this morning and a little last night. It says to trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness, Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in Him and He will do it. Then it says to Rest in the Lord and wait Patiently for Him. How many times have I wanted things now. I just wanted to have things "my way." My complete trust has been more in how I can get things done than in waiting and believing that God in His complete love and complete goodness will take care of all my needs.

Sometimes I think that God needs a little help from me and if I've been good enough and if He is pleased with me then maybe He will bless me. Performance driven. Yesterday Paul talked at the pier amphitheater about God's complete love for us and how we distort it to something else. Psalm 37:11 says that the humble will inherit the land ( I have wanted a home of my own and some land, so I can dig in the dirt, really dirt relaxes me, so I am claiming these promises) and will delight themselves in abundant prosperity. Verse 17 says that the LORD sustains the righteous (I am righteous because of what Jesus did for me), verse 18 says our inheritance is forever and verse 19 says that we will not be ashamed in the days of evil, and in the days of famine we will have abundance. I am placing my life on this.

Yesterday at the BBQ we ran out of food, well, we ran out of meat. Everyone was supposed to bring something but we did not all get the memo. Moi included. Joey and Kendra and maybe others ran out to get more. Then when we left, (our little group was the last to leave), we found hamburgers not eaten, 4 huge plates of donuts and cakes, a salad and dressing, a big bag of trail mix and soda and more. Cathy started giving it away to people nearby and they were more than happy. A homeless man took the soda and some other things. It was then I realized, even when we mess up, even when I don't read the memo, He still provides. We had more than enough.

So today as I travel away from my home I want to take the rest of the chapter with me. Verses 23-24, "The steps of a man are established by the LORD, and He delights in his way (wow, God delights in me!) When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, because the LORD is the One who holds his hand (Yay, yay, yay! He is holding my hand!) There is more, of course there is because God is so good and gracious, there is always more with Him, but I must head out to work.

                                                        Have a blessed day.