Psalm 37:7-8 Trust God!

Psalm 37:11 

But the meek shall inherit the earth,

And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

God requires us to walk humbly with Him and to trust in Him alone. Jesus came to this world with shouts of “peace, peace to the people of earth”. His peace He gives us. not the peace that the world offers, His peace we can draw on in the good times and in the bad times. Carla

Psalm 37:7-8 

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him;

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,

Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;

Do not fret—it only causes harm.

Let us be satisfied that God will make all to work for good to us. Let us not discompose ourselves at what we see in this world. For, in all respects, the little which is allotted to the righteous, is more comfortable and more profitable than the ill-gotten and abused riches of ungodly men. It comes from a hand of special love. 

God provides plentifully and well, not only for his working servants, but for his waiting servants. They have that which is better than wealth, peace of mind, peace with God, and then peace in God; that peace which the world cannot give, and which the world cannot have. God knows the believer’s days. Their time on earth is reckoned by days, which will soon be numbered; but heavenly happiness shall be for ever. 

This will be a real support to believers in evil times. Those that rest on the Rock of ages, have no reason to envy the wicked the support of their broken reeds. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

These commands reemphasize the major point of the psalm, “do not fret” (verse 1). This is not a call to be inactive, but to depend actively on the living Lord. The psalm gives us a commandment to cease from worry. The NKJV Study Bible

Psalm 37:1

Do not fret because of evildoers,

Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You;

Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.

Why does the way of the wicked prosper?

Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?

Psalm40:1

I waited patiently for the LORD; 

And He inclined to me,

And heard my cry.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good that one should hope and wait quietly

For the salvation of the LORD.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

So. What do we do when our world feels upside down?
When our world feels unrecognizable and unsettled?
When we feel overwhelmed and alone?
I was schooled to know what to say. The “right” words, mostly for appearance. As if what I had to say, was more important than that I’m here. And I forget the power of simply being present.

When life is “quanked”—on tilt or overpowered by fatigue—where do our marching orders come from?
Let us start here: Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
I take heart when people stand up and say, “We get to say how the story ends.”
Which means that even in the darkness, we can be a place of light. Sabbath Moments

Paul wrote that believers live by faith in the Son of God, who loves us. For centuries, the Law of Moses had guided Israel in their covenant with God. But with the coming of Christ, a new covenant was established, one based on grace and Jesus' fulfillment of the law. Today's key verse comes from a letter Paul wrote to Galatia, where "Judaizers" were insisting that gentile Christian men had to follow the Law of Moses and be circumcised to be truly saved (Galatians 2:12; Galatians 5:2-3). But Paul corrected these false teachers, rejecting the idea that salvation can be earned. He emphasized that salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

In Galatians 2:20, Paul declared that identification with Jesus is the foundation of who believers are and how we live: "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." 

Let's look at this verse phrase by phrase:

1. We are crucified with Christ.

For believers, Christ's death on the cross paid our sin debt in full (Colossians 2:14), so by faith, we can say our old self "ha[s] been crucified with Christ" (Galatians 2:20). Like Paul, we continue living on earth, but a spiritual death has occurred; our sins are buried, and the Holy Spirit empowers us to keep putting to death our sinful nature to live for the glory of God.

We also identify with Jesus in His resurrection! We are now "a new creation" (2 Corinthians 5:17). We can rejoice in what Christ has done for us and stop our feeble attempts to earn His free gift of life.

2. Christ lives in us.

Alongside scriptures like Romans 8:9, Galatians 2:20 reminds us that the Spirit of Christ takes up residence within believers. Not only are we made new, but by the power of the Holy Spirit, we live our new lives surrendered to God's purposes. As we yield to Christ's work within us, we also become more outwardly Christlike in our words and actions. God's transforming power in us accomplishes far more than we can ask or think (Ephesians 3:20).

3. We live by faith.

Similar to believers in the early Church, we can be tempted to believe we must add something to our salvation. We struggle to understand that Jesus has done all the work required.

When we feel the need to prove ourselves based on law-following, may we instead rest in the truth that we are known and loved by the Creator of the world, who "gave himself for [us]" (Galatians 2:20). First5