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!!! “God’s Call of the Righteous”

*(Part 5)*

*COMMIT YOUR WAY TO THE LORD*

*PSALM 37:5*

 

We are sharing the message “God’s Call of the Righteous” as brought forth in Psalm 37.

 

*If you recall, Psalm literally means “plucking the strings of a harp.”

They convey in words the inner most feelings of our hearts expression.

It is our heart “playing” to the Lord our prayers, our concerns, our faith, and our praise.*

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*Psalm 37 is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

(Aleph, Bet, Gimmel, etc.)*

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*We stated it is:  **The ABC’s of God’s promise to the righteous.*

That there are six elements that are found if followed give peace to the believer regarding God’s promises and they are;

 

Do not FRET.

TRUST in the LORD.

DELIGHT yourself in the LORD.

COMMIT our WAY to the LORD.

REST in the LORD.

And WAIT on the LORD.

We’ve shared the message “Do not Fret,” concluding that we have peace when we understand God is in control and we do not “fret.”

Then we share knowing that God is in control our part is to “Trust in the Lord.”

Last week, God’s call to the righteous is for us to “Delight ourselves in the Lord.”

Today we want to share the fourth element of God’s ABC’s of His promise to the righteous, “Commit your way to the Lord.”

*Psalm 37:5 (NKJV) * 

 

*/Ghimel /*(Gimmel)

5Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring /it/ to pass.

*Commit - galal,* to /roll/ (literal or figurative):- commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow.

In this passage literally – “to roll your way.”

Term used of a bedouin rolling their pack load onto the back of a camel.

*Used when Amasa was captain of the army and Joab killed him – he wallowed in his blood.*

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*2 Samuel 20:12 (NKJV) * 

But Amasa (ah-ma-saw) wallowed in /his/ blood in the middle of the highway.

And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came upon him halted.

Thus “commit your way” means to roll your way, to wallow your way completely to the Lord.

 

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*“Commit your way to the Lord” means PUTTING your MAP of LIFE into God’s hands.*

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Have you ever gone on a journey to an unfamiliar place?

What do you need to find your way around?

You need a map.

Something that will show you how to get there and how to get to the locations you want to see once you’ve gotten there.

A couple years ago I purchased a Garmin.

It was the best investment I have made in going from point A to point B.  I just type in my destination, the places I want to go to and this global positioning system does all the rest.

Now sometimes it’s wrong because fallible people have programmed it.

But 99% of the time it will get me to where I’m going, if I follow its instructions.

I realized that this is what this scripture is talking about.

“Commit your way to the Lord and He will get you there.”

The Hebrew word “way” refers to a road, or course from the Hebrew word “derek” meaning to tread, or walk.

Way simply refers to the map of your life, your journey on getting from Point A the day of your birth, to point B the day or your death and where you will spend eternity.

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*The Hebrew word translated “way” means: a ROAD, a COURSE of LIFE, a MODE of action, a JOURNEY, or a LIFE  STYLE.*

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The Israelites journey:

*Exodus 13:17-18 (NKJV) * 

Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them /by/ *way* of the land of the Philistines, although that /was/ near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt." 18So God led the people around /by/ *way* of the wilderness of the Red Sea.

And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.

*Exodus 13:20-22 (NKJV) * 

So they took their journey from Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness.

21And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the *way*, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night.

22He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night /from/ before the people.

*Exodus 23:20 (NKJV) * 

"Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the *way* and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

*Exodus 32:8 (NKJV) * 

They have turned aside quickly out of the *way* which I commanded them.

They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, 'This /is/ your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!' "

*Exodus 33:13 (NKJV) * 

Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your *way*, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight.

And consider that this nation /is/ Your people."

God was mapping their journey.

He didn’t always take them the quickest route but He had promised to lead them to the promise land.

But they like us get off the *way* and end up lost and messed up.

*Psalm 25:4 (NKJV) * Show me Your *ways*, O Lord; Teach me Your paths.

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*Matthew 7:13-14 (NKJV) *"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide /is/ the gate and broad /is/ the *way* that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

14Because narrow /is/ the gate and difficult /is/ the *way* which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

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The *KEY* is whom have you given control of your life.

Psalm 37:5 “commit your way  *TO THE LORD*.”

If to the Lord then – “bring it to pass.”

The fulfillment of your life will come to pass if your road map of life is committed to the Lord.

If it is not then good luck on your journey.

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*God’s PLAN for your LIFE is to GIVE you a FUTURE and a HOPE.*

Joshua understood this principle.

*Joshua 1:8-9 (NKJV) * 

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it.

*For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

**9**Have I not commanded you?

Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God /is/ with you wherever you go." *

*Joshua 3:4 (NKJV) * 

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure.

Do not come near it, *that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed /this/ way before."

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The ultimate destination in our journey is on the day we die and where we will spend eternity.

*Proverbs 14:12 (NKJV) * 

There is a way /that seems/ right to a man, but its end /is/ the way of death.

Joshua and David both understood this truth.

*Joshua 23:14 (NKJV) * 

"Behold, this day I /am/ going the way of all the earth.

And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you.

All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed.

*1 Kings 2:1-4 (NKJV) * 

Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: 2"I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man.

3And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; 4that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,' He said, 'you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'

Are you following your own map?

It leads the way of destruction.

*Isaiah 53:6 (NKJV) * 

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

*Isaiah 55:6-13 (NKJV) *