This week unlike many of the weeks over the past year I have heard the voice of so many struggling with the things they see around them in this world. The horizontal will always drag us down. Yes, we live in this world but never forget we are sojourner's in this world. It is not our home. Takes some time to read these word from Psalms 37.
He Will Not Forsake His Saints
1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not
envious of wrongdoers!
2 For they will soon fade like the grass
and wither
like the green herb.
3 Trust in the Lord,
and do good;
dwell in
the land and befriend faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will
give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in
him, and he will act.
6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the
light,
and your
justice as the noonday.
7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
fret not
yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
over the
man who carries out evil devices!
8 Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
Fret not
yourself; it tends only to evil.
9 For the evildoers shall be cut off,
but those
who wait for the Lord shall
inherit the land.
10 In just a little while, the wicked will be no
more;
though you
look carefully at his place, he will not be there.
11 But the meek shall inherit the land
and delight
themselves in abundant peace.
12 The wicked plots against the righteous
and gnashes
his teeth at him,
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees
that his day is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring
down the poor and needy,
to slay
those whose way is upright;
15 their sword shall enter their own heart,
and their
bows shall be broken.
16 Better is the little that the righteous has
than the
abundance of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.
18 The Lord
knows the days of the blameless,
and their
heritage will remain forever;
19 they are not put to shame in evil times;
in the days
of famine they have abundance.
20 But the wicked will perish;
the enemies
of the Lord are like the glory of
the pastures;
they
vanish—like smoke they vanish away.
21 The wicked borrows but does not pay back,
but the
righteous is generous and gives;
22 for those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land,
but those
cursed by him shall be cut off.
23 The steps of a man are established by the Lord,
when he
delights in his way;
24 though he fall, he shall not be cast
headlong,
for the Lord upholds his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old,
yet I have
not seen the righteous forsaken
or his
children begging for bread.
26 He is ever lending generously,
and his
children become a blessing.
27 Turn away from evil and do good;
so shall
you dwell forever.
28 For the Lord
loves justice;
he will not
forsake his saints.
They are preserved
forever,
but the
children of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land
and dwell
upon it forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
and his
tongue speaks justice.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
his steps
do not slip.
32 The wicked watches for the righteous
and seeks
to put him to death.
33 The Lord
will not abandon him to his power
or let him
be condemned when he is brought to trial.
34 Wait for the Lord
and keep his way,
and he will
exalt you to inherit the land;
you will
look on when the wicked are cut off.
35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
spreading
himself like a green laurel tree.
36 But he passed away, and behold, he was no
more;
though I
sought him, he could not be found.
37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
for there
is a future for the man of peace.
38 But transgressors shall be altogether
destroyed;
the future
of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
he is their
stronghold in the time of trouble.
40 The Lord
helps them and delivers them;
he delivers
them from the wicked and saves them,
because
they take refuge in him.
His, Vickie