Wednesday... It is so easy to let others response control our response.

Psalm 37:3 (NLT), "Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper."

Wednesday... It is so easy to let others response control our response.

We so many times let others control our reactions, don't we?

I woke up this morning having a conversation in my mind with someone and then I started in my time in God's word and realized that I was letting someone else take control of my response instead of God. That is one of the main reasons why it is important spend time each morning in God's word. He keeps us on track.

Now David in Psalm 37 in verse 1 (AMP) starts this Psalm this way. He says, "Do not worry because of evil doers, nor be envious toward wrong doers." Satan wants to take control of our mind and our reactions and many times he uses other people and their responses and reactions. But David says in verse 2, "For they will wither quickly like grass, and fade like the green herb."

He then says what we are to do. Verse 3 (NLT) says, "Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper." I don't want to get off track, do you? It is not a good and wise thing to let others in their responses and reactions control our responses and reactions if we want to live safely and prosper. There are reasons why "they will wither quickly like grass, and fade like the green herb."

David continues. In verse 4 he tells us, "Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your hearts desire." Trust in the Lord, do good, delight in the Lord and then verses 5-6, "Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun."

Let that be our response and we will be rewarded. Thanks so much God for the Bible and showing us in it what our response is to be. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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