April 8, 2024

Psalm 37.5, 6 (NIV)
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noon day sun.

Trusting God completely means having faith that he knows what is best for your life.*

In another translation of the Bible, verse five begins with “reveal your way to the Lord.” This implies the need for confession. A literal translation of the entire verse reads: “Roll your way onto Jehovah and trust upon him, and he works.” This suggests the transferring of a heavy load onto much stronger shoulders.

Whether we commit, reveal, confess, or roll our burden over to the Lord, he goes to work on it. 

When does he work? When we trust in him. And what is he working on? Vindication – which is not the same as revenge. In I Peter 2.12, we are admonished to live such good lives that even when we are accused of doing wrong, the world will be glorifying God as they proclaim our good deeds. If we commit our ways to the Lord and do the right thing, some day we will be proven to be right. This is not a promise of instant gratification – doing the right thing is usually its own reward and that’s all you get for it. But our day will come - in spite of our feelings and evidence to the contrary.

What does trust in God look like? Sometimes it looks like crazy busyness. More often it looks like nothing because to trust God is to learn to wait.  

If we are open to God’s transforming influence, he’s faithful to gently lead us to a new place on the journey of spiritual growth that results in finding and living in the favor of God and others.*