“TRUST and PROSPER

 “TRUST and PROSPER”

 

Trust in the LORD and do good.  Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.  Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you your heart’s desires.   Psalm 37:3-4

 

David is ENCOURAGING the RIGHTEOUS of the ALMIGHTY GOD and is instructing them to TRUST in the LORD and DO GOOD.  Now, most of us KNOW that SALVATION comes by FAITH and NOT by WORKS.  But David SURELY didn’t want them to WORRY about the WICKED or to ENVY those who seem to PROSPER even when they are doing WRONG. 

 

David tells them NOT to WORRY about the WICKED, because they were like the grass, they soon FADE away.  And like the Spring flowers, they SOON wither. (V2). But, if they, the RIGHTEOUS, will TRUST in the LORD and DO GOOD, and STAY AWAY from the WICKED and their FOLLY, they will be able to LIVE SAFELY in the land and PROSPER.  Now, this part of the scripture, about “DOING GOOD” is exemplified by your FAITH.  In James 2:17, we see that James says: “FAITH by itself isn’t enough.  Unless it PRODUCES GOOD DEEDS, it is DEAD and USELESS. 

 

David goes on to say, “if you take DELIGHT in the LORD, He will give you your HEART’S DESIRES.”  This does NOT mean that you can give Him a LONG LIST of YOUR DESIRES, like a BRAND-NEW CAR, all DECKED OUT, or a couple of MILLION DOLLARS would be GOOD.  The DESIRES that David is talking about is; when YOUR THINKING and DESIRES MATCH GOD’S THINKING and DESIRES.  Then He will start making THINGS HAPPEN in YOUR LIFE. He wants to BLESS you MORE than you want to be BLESSED.  

 

That is just the WAY He is.  He ALREADY has GIVEN US MORE than we DESERVE, when He GAVE us JESUS CHRIST, His ONE and ONLY SON, to GIVE HIS LIFE to SAVE our SOULS, that we might be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  And to be able to have an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  IF you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to JESUS, then your ETERNITY will be spent in HELL, UNLESS you are WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  To do that you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS.  And you MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS SUFFERED, BLED, and DIED for YOUR sins and has been RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE.  HE DIED in YOUR and MY PLACE.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to HIM and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  Then you MUST ACCEPT HIS Gift of SALVATION and TRUST IN HIM and PROSPER in the land.  DO this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!