In Psalm 37 I have seen where God is in the current circumstances of my life. In this passage God assures His true children He will never forsake (abandon, reject, ignore, neglect, give up on, forget) them. With that assurance He calls His own to trust Him when things are not going well, even when things are very difficult and painful.
Fret not (vs. 1)
The word means to burn, be agitated. The writer is tempted to envy those who have it better than he does at the moment. His thoughts are on them. His heart is burning with the desire to change his situation to be like theirs.
What is your heart burning for right now?
Trust in the Lord (vs. 3)
It is definitely easier to obey God than to trust Him. But here God calls us to trust and then to obey.
Are you focused on trying to obey or believe God?
Dwell in the land (vs. 3)
That is, stay where God has put you right now. This immediately reveals whether we trust our loving heavenly Father.
Would you rather be somewhere else right now than where you are?
Feed on His faithfulness (vs. 3)
Keep reading in the Bible how God always keeps His promises. Keep reading how He promises to care for His own. Let those truths occupy your thoughts instead of verse 1.
Do you really believe He will be faithful in spite of how things look?
Delight yourself in the Lord (vs. 4)
Find Him to be the most eternally satisfying reason to live. Discover how richly rewarding are those things He delights in.
What do you think about most that you think would make your life better?
Commit your way to the Lord…trust in Him (vs. 5)
Fully surrender to what He is doing right now and trust Him. This is the second time I am encouraged to trust the Lord in what I am going through.
Do you believe His ways really are best and He really can be trusted right now?
Be still and wait patiently for Him (vs. 7)
Let Him change the situation in His time.
Are you working at trying to change the situation yourself? Or are you letting God change you?
There are rich promised results in this psalm if we will trust the Lord, if we will see His ways are best. We will discover the Lord to be the best reason to be alive, to go through this difficult time because He walks through it with us. He promises true purpose and fulfillment as we trust Him in our life.
Fret not (vs. 1)
The word means to burn, be agitated. The writer is tempted to envy those who have it better than he does at the moment. His thoughts are on them. His heart is burning with the desire to change his situation to be like theirs.
What is your heart burning for right now?
Trust in the Lord (vs. 3)
It is definitely easier to obey God than to trust Him. But here God calls us to trust and then to obey.
Are you focused on trying to obey or believe God?
Dwell in the land (vs. 3)
That is, stay where God has put you right now. This immediately reveals whether we trust our loving heavenly Father.
Would you rather be somewhere else right now than where you are?
Feed on His faithfulness (vs. 3)
Keep reading in the Bible how God always keeps His promises. Keep reading how He promises to care for His own. Let those truths occupy your thoughts instead of verse 1.
Do you really believe He will be faithful in spite of how things look?
Delight yourself in the Lord (vs. 4)
Find Him to be the most eternally satisfying reason to live. Discover how richly rewarding are those things He delights in.
What do you think about most that you think would make your life better?
Commit your way to the Lord…trust in Him (vs. 5)
Fully surrender to what He is doing right now and trust Him. This is the second time I am encouraged to trust the Lord in what I am going through.
Do you believe His ways really are best and He really can be trusted right now?
Be still and wait patiently for Him (vs. 7)
Let Him change the situation in His time.
Are you working at trying to change the situation yourself? Or are you letting God change you?
There are rich promised results in this psalm if we will trust the Lord, if we will see His ways are best. We will discover the Lord to be the best reason to be alive, to go through this difficult time because He walks through it with us. He promises true purpose and fulfillment as we trust Him in our life.
▌白加恩牧師（Pastor Rick Beard ）
在詩篇37篇中，我看見神在我的生活現況裡。在這首詩篇中，上帝向祂的孩子保證，祂永遠都不會離棄(拋棄、拒絕、忽視、無視、放棄、忘記)他們。在這樣的保證下，上帝要屬乎祂的人信靠祂，特別是事情不是很順遂的時候，即使是面對那些很困難和沉痛的事情。
擔心不公(第一節)
這句話是很激動、情緒很激昂，心裡頭很在乎公義。作者當下羨慕有些人，可以擁有著多於他們行為上付出的一切。他的想法一直停留在那些人身上，他的心燃著一份渴望，想要改變自己的處境，然後變得像那些人一樣。
而你的心又是渴望著什麼呢？
相信上帝(第三節)
順服神絕對比相信祂來的容易，但是這裡上帝要我們先相信祂然後再順服祂。
你都專注在試著順從祂還是相信祂呢？
按主的旨意而活(第三節)
這是說待在上帝把你擺的地方，這很快就會顯示是否我們相信這位充滿愛的天父。
你情願待在別的地方，而不是現在所處的環境嗎？
以祂的信實為糧(第三節)
你去讀讀聖經裡，哪些是上帝信守祂承諾的經文，你去讀讀聖經裡，哪些是上帝承諾會照顧屬祂的人。讓這些真理充滿在你的腦海裡，而不是第一節裡的想法。儘管事情看起來不是那麼一回事，你真的會相信祂是信實的神。
以神為樂(第四節)
讓祂成為你永遠都能很滿足地過生活的原因，看看人們若作著祂所喜悅的事，是會有何等豐富的獎賞。
「你的心思意念會使你的生活更好」，你是怎麼看這句話的？
倚靠上帝，祂必成全(第五節)
完全地降伏於祂並信靠祂，在我正經歷的事上，是我第二次受到鼓勵要去信靠上帝。
你真的相信祂的方法是最好的，而且祂是我們所能去信靠的？
默然倚靠神，耐性等候祂(第七節)
讓神在所定的時間裡改變我們的景況。
你是否想靠自己來改變你的處境呢？還是你想讓神來改變你呢？
這首詩告訴我們，如果我們相信上帝就會有豐盛應許。如果我們認為祂的方法才是最好的話，我們將發現，上帝是我們過活的主因，是我們在困苦時的最佳動力，因為祂都與我們同在。當我們信靠祂的時候，祂會按著祂的旨意應允我們。
▌Achilles Chu (OMS ) 翻譯
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