"Saints Trusting God," Psalm 37:25

SAINTS TRUSTING GOD HI HA VE BEEN YOUNG, AND NOW AM OLD: YET HA VE I NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS SEED BEGGING BREAD. (Psalm 37: 25) " penned by the master Hebrew song writer. He wrote hymn after hymn people adopted as the expression of glory to their God. He captured all of the human emotions is response to their interactions with the True and Living Just God. In this particular Psalm, David calls upon the people of God not to fret or worry about the actions of others although they are evil and will soon be cut off. He is aware of the wrong that so many do with seeming immunity. Yet, he is also fully aware that vengeance belongs to not to us limited and infinite humans but to the all see, all-knowing, ever-present God. So hear this section of Psalm 37 one more time as we think and sing about "Saints Trusting God." First, we sing of the glory of God. "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he deligheth in his way. (Psalm 37: 23) God is in control of those who put Him first and claim Him as their Lord and Savior. I know primarily salvation is a New Testament concept, but This Psalm was that the " the God of and Father of Jesus cared about those who turned to Him in the Old Testament as well. In fact, I like the way Hebrews 11 puts it, God gave the patriots and fathers credit for faith because of their obedience even when they did not fully understand what God was doing in their lives. Qr'der-'" rlJI / this land strangers knowing where rvvt We journey fhrough not as e we are './ going but trusting III much about us that He guides and directs our every step. in this land, God allows us to rise and fall in this old world. Job sums Although pilgrims it us, "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1: 21) We walk by faith and God keeps us along the way. He rejoices as we walk not by sight but God. For He loves and cares so we are by faith. For we are indeed "Saints Trusting God." we sing as we fall down and get back up again. "Though he fall, he shall not down: For the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. (Psalm 37: 24) Life consists of Second, utterly hills and valleys. There will be low places and high mountains. We stumble and fall only to with God's helps get back up again. One of our modem song writes declares, "We fall down but we get back up again. My father's generation used to say, nothing wrong with falling down as as don't wallow. God is and has long you strong promised that when we walk with Him, He will always be with us. The image of "his hand" is that of one strong with care, one mighty to deliver, one ready to help. I tell you, God sees the stumbling block and makes ready to catch us when we almost slip. We do fall down. We do slip in slippery places. Pal told the Corinthians saints, "We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed: we are perplexed, but not in despair: Persecuted, but not forsaken: cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also ofJesus might be made manifest in our body. (2 Corinthians 4: 7-10) For again, I tell you, we are "Saints Trusting God." Ultimately, time passes and we keep on keeping on with the help of God. "I have been young, and now am old: yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, not his seed begging bread" (Psalm 3 7: 25) Here it is, my sisters and my brothers, the Ecclesiastical preacher be cast " " announces, "I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am gotten they great experience of wisdom and knowledge more wisdom than all that have been ... come to great estate, and have in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had before For in much wisdom is much grief and he that me knowledge increaseth sorrow. (Ecclesiastes 1: 12 & 18) God is planting seeds that will sprout and pop through the fallow ground into spiritual production. He helps us to grow up, to mature, and to become more and more like Him. With that experience, "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. "(psalm 92: 12) Not only they that are saints but their seed shall become righteous. "The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. (Psalm 69: 36) The apostle Paul sums it up, "When J was a child, J spake as a child, J understood as a child, J thought as a child, but when J became a man, Jput away childish things. Fo now we see through a glass darkly: but thenface to face: now J know in part: but then shall J know even as also J am known. (1 Corinthians 13: 12) increaseth " " " SAINTS TRUSTING GOD HI HA VE BEEN YOUNG, AND NOW AM OLD: YET HAVE I NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS SEED BEGGING BREAD. 25) " (Psalm 37: penned by the master Hebrew song writer. He wrote hymn after hymn that the people adopted as the expression of glory to their God. He captured all of the human emotions is This Psalm was response to their interactions with the True and Living Just God. In this particular Psalm, David calls upon the people of God not to fret or worry about the actions of others although they are evil and will soon of the wrong that be cut off. He is so many do with 1 aware seeming immunity. Yet, he is also fully aware that vengeance belongs. not to us limited and infinite humans but to the all see, all-knowing, ever-present hear this section of Psalm 37 time as we Trusting sing think and God." God. So one more about "Saints sing of the glory of God. "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he deligheth in his way. (Psalm 37: 23) God is in control of those First, we " who put Him first and claim Him as their Lord and Savior. I know primarily salvation is New Testament concept, but the God of and Father of Jesus cared a about those who turned to Him in the Old well. In fact, I like the way Hebrews 11 puts it, God gave the patriots Testament as and fathers credit for faith because of 2 their obedience they did not God was doing in when even fully understand what their lives. through this land as strangers not knowing where we are going but trusting in God. For He loves We journey and cares so much about us that He guides and directs our every step. Although we are pilgrims in this land, God allows us to rise and fall in this old it us, "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be world. Job sums of the Lord." (Job 1: 21) We walk by faith and God keeps us along the way. He rejoices as we walk not by sight but by faith. For we are indeed "Saints Trusting God." Second, we sing as we fall down and get back up again. "Though hefall, he the name 3 utterly cast down: For the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. (Psalm 37: 24) Life consists of hills and valleys. There will be low places and high mountains. We stumble and fall only to with God's helps get back up again. One of our modem song writes shall not be " declares, "We fall down but we get back up again. My father's generation used to say, nothing wrong with falling down as long as you don't wallow. God is strong and has promised that when we walk with Him, He will always be with us. The image of "his hand" is that of one strong with care, one mighty to deliver, ready to help. I tell you, God sees the stumbling block and makes ready to catch us when we almost slip. We do fall down. We do slip in slippery places. 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