Sunday Psalm Committing Everything To God
Sunday February 26, 2017
Commitment is asked of us in numerous areas throughout our lives: marriage vows, appointments, work, volunteer jobs, friendships, contracts, bill paying, promises made to parents or children, getting to work or school on time, etc. Commitment takes effort. God invites us to live a satisfying life by making and honoring healthy commitments.
Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. (Psalm 37:3-7a NLT)
These days, commitment seems to have become something to avoid, something that is likely to result only in inconvenience at some point. Commitment involves the hard work of honouring a choice when other possibilities, that seem more attractive in the moment, present themselves.
We live in a world that tells us to look out for ourselves, take the best deal when we can get it, and only worry about the next guy when it doesn't get in the road of our own progress. God asks something quite different of us. God asks us to be with each other in love through good times and bad. God invites us to wait patiently for things to work out.
Even when we don’t see it, God is working things together for our good in a variety of situations. Sometimes it means remaining in a job even though there are some relationship issues. Sometimes it’s sticking with a recovery program that currently doesn't make much sense to us. At other times it's doing what a trusted friend or sponsor suggests to us even though we don't feel like it.
Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. (Psalm 37:5 NLT)
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me to trust the plans You have for me and follow You with all my heart. Give me the humility to follow good advice and patience to wait patiently for you to act. AMEN
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