A Reason For Hope

📖 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
-Psalm 37:7

🙏 Dear Lord,
The matters over which I have no control really bother me. When I hear in the news that a godless agenda is being shoved down our throats, I get very anxious.

At work, I can tell that someone is selfishly scheming for their own advantage and not honestly trying to do good, and my blood boils. It makes me wonder where you are or if you are listening when you tolerate the schemes of sinners, but this verse redirects my heart.

I can be still before you and wait for you to work out your good and righteous plan, even by allowing the selfish schemes of others.

I will calm down and wait because you tell me that you are in control, even when I cannot see the immediate effects of it.

I'm glad you are God, and I'm not.
Amen.