Committed

DEVOTION

 PSALMS

COMMITTED

Ps 37:5-9

5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: 6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. 7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men 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 evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

NIV

In the Hebrew the word meanings are sort of different than commit your way to the Lord. Roll unto the Lord your road, or roll your road unto the Lord. It does mean to give the Lord authority over your travels, or your way of life. So then commit your way to the Lord. This implies giving up control of our way of life. We are not the captain of our own ship, he is. Because we turn over control of our life, our way and put our trust in him there is a result that is most pleasing. He will, not we will, but he will do this: He will make our righteousness shine like the dawn. How often do we see someone post a picture on social media of the dawn, the beginning of a new day, the sun breaking over the horizon shining on the clouds, making them all glowing shades of pink or orange? Their posts include exclamations of its beauty. This is how people should be seeing Jesus shining in our lives. Jesus is our righteousness and when we commit our life onto him, he will make Jesus shine through us so people might post pictures of us on social media exclaiming how beautiful we are, how our face shines. Because we commit our life unto him, he will make our justice or our cause, or our verdict, our declaration to follow him, shine so brightly, as the noonday sun. This implies because we have declared, we have rendered a verdict that we will follow Jesus, his light will shine so brightly within us, people will need sunglasses to look upon us, or we will need to wear a veil as Moses did. We cannot force this to happen, we have to be still and allow God to do it. Our responsibility is to commit our way unto him. He will do the rest. He is the one who started a good work in us and it is he who will bring it to completion. Waiting patiently is the key. When we see others succeed in their ways, which is they are not committing their ways unto the Lord, but they are living according to their own ways and succeeding, we need not fret, but keep trusting in the Lord. They are living according to their own schemes, which is wicked or evil, according to the Lord. This should not make us upset, angry, jealous, envious, but we should turn from those feelings of wrath and continue to trust in the Lord. If we allow ourselves to get caught up in their ways, it will only lead us to evil. All who do evil will be cut off, whatever that means, it is not good. Because we are steadfast in our trusting in the Lord, we will inherit the land. This implies we will enter into the new creation, the new city of Jerusalem, on the new earth covered by the new heavens. We will not allow the evil schemes of the wicked to influence our lifestyle. We have rendered that verdict. We have declared God is the way of our life. We are committed to it.