Things To Do

 

              There were many times when I would leave the house for work with my “Daytimer” in my hand as it held the list of all the things I would need to do that day. It's probably not because I had a lot to do, but there seemed to be always one thing that got forgotten. The unexpected always seemed to pop in causing me to rearrange my proposed schedule for the day. A phone call would sometimes require immediate action or the news that someone just went into the hospital and you needed to be there. Changes would come quite often and tend to interrupt you intended accomplishments for the day. The Psalmist writes about how to keep your direction in daily life. The following verses probably would need to be at the head of every day's activities. Psalm 37:3-7 says, “Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 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.” 

          The passage is longer today because of the list of “action” verbs. He reminds us to trust, delight, commit to rest in the Lord and to fret not. The more things I had on my schedule made it even more important to incorporate the above list in my life. Knowing about this didn't make it happen. Granted, there were times when I did the above things but there seemed to be even more times when I would try to take it all on my shoulders which would undoubtedly lead to more frustration. We sometimes look at the above list as an “overall” type of thing but it sometimes lacks being personal for the day in which you live. We may question as to if it will work on the seemingly little things of life. The answer to that question is, “Of course it will work for today's problems no matter how big or how small they might be. We sometimes forget what God can do or is doing each and every day of our lives. The dead battery in your car on the day you need to do something important just causes you to be where God wants you to be at that moment. We never know about the situations that might arise had we been in a certain spot at a certain time. Five minutes can make a lot of difference and you and I didn't even know about it. I was once told that god is working a 7.3 billion piece puzzle every moment. Nothing is happening that He does not know about. He is not caught off guard nor is He running around frantically trying to keep everything in its proper place. Then, the best thing is to “trust” in Him no matter how messed up your day might be. Then, commit your day to Him. Then just rest in His decision and finally fret not, or don't even worry about it. At the end of the day, you will find “sweet sleep” which only God can grant. Praise God today for His comfort and guidance in our daily lives.