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Psalm 37 2 says, and go back to Psalm 37, for they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb. So we get to the end a lot faster in Psalm 37, not to be envious at the wicked, but Psalm 73 really goes into a lot more depth as to how people become envious at them. Let's keep reading here in Psalm 37, verse number three. The Bible says, Trust in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. So basically God's saying, do right, do good, and I'll take care of you, you'll be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Delight thyself, love God, love the Lord, love the ways of God. When you read his word, don't let it be a drudgery, embrace it, love it, knowing that, hey, the more I love God, the more I love his word, the more I can change my heart to just love the things of God, I understand that he's also then gonna give me the desires of my heart. He's gonna bless me more, and the more you get in the word of God, the more you understand truth and wisdom, the more your desires are gonna change to the right things instead of the wrong things. You say, right now, I desire to have a bunch of riches up, so you mean if I get in the Bible and God's gonna give me a bunch of riches? No, I'm telling you that if you get your heart right and you get in the Bible more, you're gonna understand the end of those things and go, I really don't want that. I thought I wanted that and I really don't because now I understand more, and then you're gonna start to see the things you really want that'll really bring you joy, that's really gonna bring you peace, that's really gonna bring you happiness, and say, that's what I want. And those are the good things that God's gonna see and give you those desires of your heart because they're good and they're good for you. And again, we could continually go back to understanding the relationship between a father and a child, how much, if my children were growing up and they're asking me for things like, oh man, dad, I need money to go get some beer, I wanna go, I'm not gonna give you any of that because it's bad for you, I'm not gonna withhold that from you, but then if they start asking me for things that are good for them and I know it's good and they're going the right direction, dad, I need some tools, I'm working on this job and they're building a trade or whatever, be like, great, that's good, keep going that direction or whatever. Whatever it may be, that's just a good, right path of righteousness, integrity, honesty, godly living, I'm gonna help them in that endeavor when they're trying to do what's right, God's gonna do the same thing for us. Delight thyself in the Lord and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Verse five, commit thy way unto the Lord, trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass. Delight yourself, commit your way, say, you know what, I'm gonna commit my way to the Lord, I'm gonna follow the Bible, I'm gonna follow God, I'm gonna trust in him and trust his word and trust the things that I see here and you know what, he will 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. And now we're gonna see these phrases again, fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. So he'll go back, the psalmist goes back and forth here about the evildoers and then doing what's right and kinda confirming and solid up the doing what's right and here's why, you're gonna have all these benefits of it. What does it mean to fret? Fret means you're worrying, right? If you're fretting about something like, oh man, I gotta do this and you're just worried and anxious and nervous and the Bible's saying, don't fret yourself, it's the very first phrase, fret not thyself because of evildoers. And then here we come back to this concept, fret not thyself because of him that prospereth in his way. Don't be worried about these wicked people who seem to have it all. Don't let that distress you, don't let that bother you, don't let that worry you, they have an end. You keep doing what's right and that's why that previous verse was talking about having, in the same verse, verse seven, rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him. Have patience. See, with the Lord, it's gonna take a little bit of time. With the world, you need that instant gratification. People wanna just have it all and have it now and not care about tomorrow, not care about consequences, not care about the end but the Christian mindset, the way that the Bible teaches is, it's not all about right now. You do what's right right now and God will reward thee in the end. It is coming, just wait patiently. Trust, faith, exhibit that faith knowing that, hey, I may not get it at all in this lifetime and that's fine and I could invest an entire life not receiving anything and God will bless me with that many more rewards because I was able to go and wait patiently and show that I do believe this to be true and I am trusting in the Lord and I know that this is right and you know what, when you do that, you also gain just the inherent blessing of not going down the path of destruction, of having the other just inherent blessings of doing what's right, of having a clear conscience, of having integrity and just being able to stand on that and the peace that comes along with that already. Like that in itself is a blessing that doesn't even have to just come from God, it's just something by doing right is automatically there. Let alone the rewards and the blessings that God will give you at the judgment seat of Christ because of your faith and your patience and your waiting and your working for the Lord.