“The Faithfulness of Our God”

“How I Got Over” series

You gave me verses / portions of Scripture that the Holy Spirit was using to help you get through this strange time we find ourselves in.

There is an overcoming power that is available to believers:

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

We have to tell / testify / talk about how the power of our God in order to continue to help us overcome, get thru, & operate in victory!

New Living Translation Psalm 37

18 Day by day the LORD takes care of the innocent,

and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever.

19 They will not be disgraced in hard times;

even in famine they will have more than enough.

The New Bible Commentary Psalm 37. An ABC for Personal Spiritual Conflict

The directive of this section is that we should practise living in the light of these insights rather than acquiesce in the outward appearances of life.

THESIS: The Lord’s faithfulness to the righteous is built for times like these.

1 Corinthians 1:9 NKJV

9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible Psalm 37

God, who knows His people’s changes, provides against evil and supplies all their need.

Psalms The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth (Psalm 37)

The LORD is faithful to his faithful

The New King James Version Psalm 37

The LORD knows the days of the upright,

Qualify “the upright” -

A Handbook on the Book of Psalms Psalm 37:18–19

Knows the days of means cares for, is concerned with; FRCL “takes an interest in.”

Psalms 1–72: An Introduction and Commentary The Hidden Help (37:12–26)

the intimate exactness of the Lord knows the days

“Day by day” (NLT), He seeks to take care of us.

The Lord knows/is acquainted with/is concerned about/intimately knowledgeable of our circumstances, challenges, obstacles, & situations of each one of our days

THESIS: The Lord’s faithfulness to the righteous is built for times like these.

He demonstrates His faithfulness by ensuring our Stability

The New King James Version Psalm 37

And their inheritance shall be forever.

A Handbook on the Book of Psalms Psalm 37:18–19

The Hebrew “inheritance” (verse 18b), as in 16:6, refers to the land of Israel; the promise is that it will belong to God’s people for all time.

Psalms The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth (Psalm 37)

The LORD is faithful to his faithful (vv. 28, 17, 18, 33)

THESIS: The Lord’s faithfulness to the righteous is built for times like these.

He demonstrates His faithfulness by ensuring our Stability

He flexes His faithfulness as He Saves us from embarrassment

The New King James Version Psalm 37

19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,

Enhanced Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon בּוֹשׁ

disconcerted, disappointed

“ashamed” = shame, guilt, embarrassment, humiliation, or remorse

Joel 2:27 NKJV

27 Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame.

trolls, TMZ, toxic people

“evil time” = disaster, misfortune, distress; an event resulting in great loss or misfortune

A Handbook on the Book of Psalms Psalm 37:18–19

The promise in verse 19 is that in bad times, in times of drought and famine, those who obey the Lord will not be put to shame, that is, suffer the humiliation of being in need

1 Corinthians 10:13 NKJV

13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

THESIS: The Lord’s faithfulness to the righteous is built for times like these.

He demonstrates His faithfulness by ensuring our stability

He devotes His faithfulness to saving us from embarrassment

Finally, He displays His faithfulness by making sure we won’t come up short

The New King James Version Psalm 37

And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

“famine” = hunger, lack of food, severe shortage

“satisfied” = full, satiated, had enough, no lack/no more hunger

A Handbook on the Book of Psalms Psalm 37:18–19

they will have more than enough.

A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms, Volume 1 Str. IV

they will be satisfied], have enough and to spare even when the times are so evil that they are days of hunger].

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible Psalm 37

God, who knows His people’s changes, provides against evil and supplies all their need

CLOSE:

1Th5:24 - the One who calls you is f, who will also do it

2Th3:3 - The Lord is f, who will establish you & guard you from the evil one

2Tim2:13 - if we are faithless, He remains f

2 Timothy 4:18 NKJV

18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!

“I call You faithful, Lord You are faithful! You are so faithful to me!

I call You faithful; Lord You’re so faithful! Faithful You are and Faithful You’ll be!

“How I Got Over” series

You gave me verses / portions of Scripture that the Holy Spirit was using to help you get through this strange time we find ourselves in.

There is an overcoming power that is available to believers:

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

We have to tell / testify / talk about how the power of our God in order to continue to help us overcome, get thru, & operate in victory!

vv23-24

Psalms The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth (Psalm 37)

It reaches out to offer nurture in a situation in which keeping the faith is difficult.

Psalms The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth (Psalm 37)

They are people who are in danger of falling into frustrated envious vexation and even destructive anger (vv. 1, 7, 8). They are bewildered by the incongruence between faith and experience. Their consciousness has been captured by the success of people who do not follow the way of the LORD. If they dwell on this provocation, their whole mood of life will become bitter and uncertain

The New King James Version Psalm 37

23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD,

And He delights in his way.

The New King James Version Psalm 37

24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;

For the LORD upholds him with His hand.

When we are His...

Footsteps are firm

Fear of rejection is a falsehood

Falls aren’t fatal

The Bible Knowledge Commentary C. The Lord Loves and Blesses the Just (37:23–31)

The Lord loves and blesses the just (37:23–31)

The New Bible Commentary Psalm 37. An ABC for Personal Spiritual Conflict

Behind all this ease of mind in life’s demands and threats lies the hidden factor of divine blessing

The New Bible Commentary Psalm 37. An ABC for Personal Spiritual Conflict

Though his steps have been made firm he is not immune from stumbling. The pathway still contains trip-wires and pitfalls, but the securing hand never relaxes its grip.

The Bible Knowledge Commentary 37:23–31

The LORD establishes and protects the ways of the righteous (vv. 23–24).

A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms, Volume 1 Str. V

the whole course of his life in which he walks, are established, made firm and secure. This is Yahweh’s own work, gives Him gratification, and He takes pleasure in it. In this walk, though he fall, as he may sometimes, owing to stumbling-blocks and impediments of various kinds, yet he shall not be cast headlong]. It shall not be a hurtful, dangerous, fatal fall,

Psalms 1–72: An Introduction and Commentary The Hidden Help (37:12–26)

The kind of fall envisaged in verse 24 is a material calamity rather than a moral plunge,

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible Psalm 37

as ordered by God, failures will not be permanent.