12/19/20 ALIGN YOUR MIND WITH THE DIVINE

12/19/20 ALIGN YOUR MIND WITH THE DIVINE

Understanding God's perspective requires trust and submission to God and His will. The temporal, earthly, human view is always askew until it is aligned with God.

This passage introduces the subject of trusting God and His word. Notice the words I have designated with an asterisk *.

Proverbs 3:5-7
5 *Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and *lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 *In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 *Be not wise in thine own eyes: *fear the LORD, and *depart from evil.
This passage examines the meaning of trusting and following God and His word. Notice the words I have designated with an asterisk *.

Psalms 37:1-18
1 A Psalm of David. *Fret not thyself because of evildoers, *neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
3 *Trust in the LORD, and *do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 *Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
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.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the *meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.