Dear Friends,
Commit your way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” (Psa. 37:5)
This very meaningful portion of Scripture is very familiar to most of us, probably having been memorized at one time or another. But a poem in one of our recent devotional readings made a point which spoke to me quite loudly:
“Commit your way unto the Lord – and trust!”
Ah, it is here we fail! We give the wheel
Of our small bark to Him; but then we trust
Our hand upon His hand,
And dare to stand
Beside our Master, lest He wreck our keel.
“Commit your way unto the Lord – and trust!”
Leave all to Him; believe He knows your course,
Your dangers, and your safety – all – then just
Abandon all to Him:
So shall you skim,
Borne briskly on before the Spirit’s force.
“Commit your way unto the Lord – and trust!”
There is an “also” we too oft forget,
And so are plagued and worried. Oh, we must
“Trust also,” then our soul
Shall cease to roll
In restlessness and reason and regret!
Commit! And then, committed, – trust His Word!
Has He not said that He will bring you through?
Trust His strong arm; and when wild storms are heard,
Believe He holds them still
By His strong will.
Trust Him, the Wise, the Faithful, and the True.
Trust Him to manage all that you do now
Commit to Him – the ship – the sails – the sea –
The sailors, your strange crew. And ask not how He will do all for you,
But trustful be.
Lie down and rest from anxious worry free.
- Unknown
It is generally not so difficult to commit to the Lord our ways, our concerns, our needs, or our burdens. But then it is a little more difficult to “trust also!” We too often tend to commit to Him and then continue to doubt and worry.
I am reminded of an old hymn we used to sing:
“Leave your burden at the place of prayer;
Take to Jesus all your want and care;
For He is a Friend indeed, and supplies our ev’ry need;
Leave your burden at the place of prayer.”
Jesus reminded us of the carefree sparrows. They were actually sold for food in the markets. Matthew tells us they were so cheap that two of them were sold for the paltry price of a farthing (a half cent!) Luke tells us that five of them were sold for two farthings; so insignificant the vendor threw in an extra one. Our modern ads would say, “Buy four, get one free!” Yet, Jesus assured us that not one of them is forgotten before God, or falls on the ground without Father’s notice! To Him we are of much greater value than many sparrows: the value of the blood of Jesus paid for our redemption at Calvary! (Matt. 10:29-31; Luke 12:6,7))
So Jesus tells us very pointedly, “Do not fear! But trust!” Is not this a wonderful assurance as we enter upon another new year? May 2011 be a blest year crowned with the Goodness of God. (Psa. 65:11)
“May God, the giver of HOPE,
fill you with continual JOY and PEACE
because you trust in Him—
so that you may have abundant HOPE
through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
(Romans 15:13 Weymouth)
In Agape,
Eulene
