Psalm 37 is a wisdom psalm that points to a remarkable possibility: we can live without worry. We can live without frustration. And we can live without fear. Of course, it is inevitable, due to our faltering faith and partial obedience, that we will experience these things. The point, however, is that we need not experience these things. It is our choice to worry. Worry arises from our propensity to want to control our fate. But it is not our role to exercise this level of control. That is God’s prerogative and when we try to take this role we live in uncertainty and we worry as a result. When we make our own way and live by our own agenda, we will also end up frustrated. We were created to live God’s way and for his agenda. God’s purpose can never be frustrated, and neither will we, if we live for that purpose. If our highest priority is God’s invulnerable purpose, and if our lives are in his hands, what could we possibly fear? What could really be a threat to us? Worry, frustration and fear must therefore be understood as symptoms of a deeper problem. They are symptoms of us taking God’s role. This is a serious problem because it denies God his prerogative as God over our lives. But, in this, we also deprive ourselves of the peace and joy that comes when we yield our lives over to God as we should.
Entrust yourself and your concerns to God. [Dr. Matthew Jacoby - Sons of Korah]
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