God does not expect you to live in your own strength. He knows you need His Strength.

Psalm 37 offers a Practical Manual for Life Discover to help you align your life with God's plan and live joyfully.

Psalm 37 is a powerful and practical manual for life. Within its first eight verses are rich insights for finding joy and ridding yourself of negative thinking.

Psalms 37:1 – Don’t worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.

Psalms 37:2 – for like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.

The Bible states: But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:8-9)

“For all flesh (mankind) is like grass, and all its glory (honor) like [the] flower of grass. The grass withers and the flower drops off, But the Word of the Lord (divine instruction, the Gospel) endures forever. And this Word is the good news which was preached to you. [Isa. 40:6-9, 1 Peter 1:24-25

Trust in the Lord rely on, and be confident in Him and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed. (Psalm 37:3)

Rather than becoming incensed because of the wicked, it is far better to look beyond the present circumstances by trusting in God and continuing to do good. By this means the righteous are assured security and sustenance. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name . . . ” (Heb. 6:10). When you trust in the Lord, His promise is to give what one longs for-the desires of the heart. Elsewhere we are admonished: “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding” (Prov. 3:5). Trusting in our own understanding can lead to irreparable damage to ourselves and others.

Trusting in the Lord is emphasized in Jeremiah 17:7-8:
Most blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit. (Jeremiah 17:7-8)

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires and secret petitions of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)

Commit everything you do to the Lord, roll each care of your load on Him, Trust him, and he will help you. and He will bring it to pass. (Psalm 37:5)

The counsel here is that one should rely on God to carry life’s burdens, as the word “way” means to “roll your way upon the Lord.” The meaning is to remove the burdens from our shoulders and place them upon the shoulders of God. God should be relied upon for whatever one undertakes in life. “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (1 Pet. 5:6-7). What is the promise if one does this? “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved” (Ps. 55:22). “And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday” (Ps. 37:6).

He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. He will make your uprightness and right standing with God go forth as the light, and your justice and right as the shining sun of the noonday. (Psalm 37:6)

Be still in the Presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.

Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. (Psalm 37:7)

Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm. Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself–it (Psalm 37:8 )

For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land. (Psalms 37:1-9)

To summarize

1. Trust in the Lord (verse 3).
Whatever bothers you, trust God to be able to handle it better than you can.

2. Do good (verse 3).
Life is about choices. Know that God will honor you when you do the right thing.

3. Delight yourself in the Lord (verse 4).

Fall in love with Jesus. Take time every day to sit quietly in his presence. Learn to delight in him.

4. Commit your way to the Lord (verse 5).
Trust all you do, every day, all your life, to God; he is able to handle it best.

5. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him (verse 7). This does not mean to do nothing. Rather, it means that after you have done all you can, you should relax in the knowledge that God will take care of the rest.