Psalm 37:7-9

Have you ever been angry? Like really really angry. How about angry when you are trying so hard to do the right thing and everyone else around you is doing the opposite, yet still succeeding and being rewarded? Our world, our culture, rewards those who succeed, no matter how they do it. It is discouraging, right? Disheartening? Frustrating? All of the above? 


A few days ago, one of my friends reminded me of Psalm 37:7-9...

 ⁷ Be still before the LORD
   and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
   when they carry out their wicked schemes.
 ⁸ Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
   do not fret—it leads only to evil. ⁹ For those who are evil will be destroyed,
   but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Dang... See, I so easily forgot that God is in control. We seem to easily forget that too much and too often. Fretting, worrying, obsessing over the actions of others is exactly what Satan wants for us in our lives. Because if we are doing that, we are unable to fulfill the very life that God has planned for us. And that life He has planned is more than we could ever imagine. (Ephesians 3:20)

 I am so thankful that I serve a God who is in control and will deal with all things in the right time, according to His perfect will.