Psalm 37

Cultivate Faithfulness.

This is actually Psalm 37:4-7 I’ve been going over and over for the past few weeks. It was a time of prayer in church and I felt the need to read a Psalm and this is the portion I came to. “Trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness”. (ESV) Those words have stuck with me. Looking at different versions I find beauty in this verse.

One version says “dwell in the land and feed on His faithfulness”. Another says “cultivate faithfulness”. King James says “verily thou shalt be fed”. This verse gives us so much comfort.

The first thing I see is Trust. this is not a silly, blind trust. It is a “I know WHO God is, and that He cares for me deeply” trust. It is a sincere, abiding reliance on God who holds His children in His hands. It isn’t a maybe God will protect and comfort me. It is I know who God is and I have a relationship with my Lord and He is mine, and I am His and I trust THAT. I trust HIM fully.

Secondly, in that trust is our action to DO. Do good. Continue in our ministry. Wherever God has seen fit to place us. Do good. Continue in that hard place in life where you are and where you may or may not want to stay right now, because you can trust God and continue to do good.

The next portion of the verse is dwell in the land and embrace faithfulness. Cultivate faithfulness. Live in HIS faithfulness. If you study all the different versions and look at the heart behind them collectively you see His faithfulness can be our fruit. One of the fruits of the Spirit is faithfulness. Our faithfulness in all that we do comes from God. It isn’t our own doing. It is from Gods righteousness. We have to cultivate, feed, water, weed and tend to our fruits, or we will end up with fruitless vines and plants.

Think of a situation in your life, where you need to cultivate this faithfulness. That is something God can help you with. I read this verse in prayer each day now since I’ve been led to it in prayer, asking God to cultivate that faithfulness in my life. You can do the same and when you pray scriptures with truth and spirit, God in turn will act. There is much more to this section. Delight yourself in the Lord. Rejoice in the Lord. Take Joy in Him. Be still before Him and wait patiently before Him.

Read these words each day and contemplate what you can do in your life to cultivate faithfulness in this way. To listen to the Spirit and delight yourself in the Lord. Take Joy today in that you can truly trust God and delight in Him.

God Bless you, stay in scriptures and encourage a friend to do the same. ❤