Look Straight!

“Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do no fret because of him who prospers in his way,  Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.  Cease from anger and forsake wrath, Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.  For evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.”

Psalm 37: 7 – 10

There is nothing worse than going through a hard time and seeing other people around you prosper.  You are doing what you feel the Lord wants and you are  following His ways but when you look around, there are people who are not following God and yet they are doing just great and there life couldn’t be better.

We are warned in this verse not to look around us and to the people around us because we ought to know, as true Godly sons and daughters, that we will see the LORD in our circumstance.  On a quick side note, we should know and even realize that God may not show up the way we want Him to but don’t you trust in Him enough to say, “Whatever you want God”?  If we do look at others around us and see them prospering it will cause us to become angry.  We should reframe from this because the end result will cause evildoing, it may not be evildoing as in something in the physical realm but our hearts and mind can conquer up some pretty nasty things, so let’s do what the scripture says and stop ourselves from comparing our lives to others.

Ultimately lets be patient and wait for our God to move in our favor.  He will not forget you and not let you go through trials and tribulations for nothing.  He loves you with an everlasting love, he doesn’t love you with a pampering love but with a love that is for your own good.  He urges to make us holy like He is, He looks to change our hearts.  If you are resisting His discipline and you’re in a trial, wake up!  Learn the lesson, be open to what He wants to show you, do not resist Him.  In 1 Peter 1:6 it says “In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials..”  The key word is “if necessary”.  Proverbs 3:11 ” My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord, or loathe His reproof.”  Take the time to ask the Lord what he wants to show you, be ready for the answer!

-Scott