Fret Not!?
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Psalm 37: 5-9
5. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass. 6. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 8. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
Resting in the Lord is the instruction that presents one of the greatest challenges in my life. I am not a naturally ‘still’ person. My mind goes a million miles an hour! My life goes a million miles an hour sometimes! And so to just stop, breathe, sit, breathe again, and then clear my mind . . . Well, it’s a challenge! I’ve been forcing myself to be still lately though. Even at this time when some really big things are changing in my life – my inner life, my faith life. And I want to run on ahead, at a million miles and hour and “get on with it!”
Fret not. Do you understand how challenging that instruction is? I’m one of the world’s best fretters! Even when everything in my life on any given day, at any given moment is perfect . . . I fret. That old, “what if” scenario seeps in. Or I begin to analyze and evaluate and plan for the next activity, event, or worry about all the ways all this perfection could turn around at any given moment – so I better hurry up and worry!
Oh, my goodness! I’m exhausted just reading this, typing it! Maybe you’re exhausted reading it. I apologize if you visited today for some calm and comfort and peace. So let’s go there. Let’s breathe in the healing, soothing, cleansing, refreshing breath of God. Now let’s breathe out the stressful, anxious, worrisome, life-depleting what-ifs and if-onlies. Breathe again. Deeply. Fill your lungs. Cease from anger, forsake wrath, fret not.
There. I feel better.
My prayer today is that you intentionally, deliberately wait on the Lord. And that you fret not, knowing that He is charge of everything.
Mary
