Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret—it only causes harm.
The author is telling us here not to fret, not to worry. He is telling us that for all of our worries to rest in Him, not to fret. He is in control of all things.
When the Psalmist tells us here to "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him", I don't believe we are just supposed to prop our feet up and just relax, no I believe that He is asking us to rest our worries in him, hand our fears, worries, and fretting over to Him and let Him take care of them. It is difficult sometimes to hand things to God, a lot of times we like to hold on to things, control or at least attempt to control things in our lives. A lot of times though when we attempt to control things it seems like the more we try to control it the more chaotic the situation becomes. We have to learn to open up and hand things over to God, say a prayer and and just put the given situation in God's hands.
The next line in the passage, "Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way" I think speaks to those feelings that we all have sometimes. When we look at others and all that they have and wonder why we can't have everything that they have. I think the word here would be envy. There are many things we are envious of, the list can go from possessions to a person's abilities. I think that God blesses us with unique talents and provides for everyone differently. The reason for this comes back to God's perfect will, in that God provides specific things for specific purposes. For example, he may bless one person with an amazing singing voice, but another with the ability to witness to young people. The singer will have the ability to connect with young people through music, while the other person has the ability to connect with the young people because of the different experiences that they've had in their live. Both people would be able to connect to young people and minister to them, but in two completely different ways.
You also see the line: "Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass." I think this is again looking at our lives and the people who maybe commits crimes against us or it may be as simple as someone spreading rumors which are untrue. On the heals of these lines we read
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret—it only causes harm
I can speak from my own experiences when I am worried about something... or fretting over something, that other things in my life tend to drop to the back-burner. Which a lot of times does end up causing harm. In a lot of cases when I come back to those things that were dropped to the back-burner they have gotten out of control and it takes much longer to take care of the task. An example that pops in my mind is that if you are worrying about other things and wait a while to cut your grass, you end up with weeds everywhere, the grass is tall and takes much longer to cut.
If you are struggling with situations right now, try to slow it down, take time out to talk to God about the situation, ask him to come into the situation and guide you so that you are within His will. You may not understand why what it is, is happening to you, but we don't have to understand. Our God is all knowing, all powerful and all loving. He controls everything that occurs in our lives. Our challenge is to rest in the fact that He is in control, that he does have a perfect plan for our lives, and that we don't have to worry because He is with us.
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