Scripture Meditation - Psalm 37:23-25

Psalm 37:23-26
23 The steps of a man are established by the LORD,
when he delights in his way;
24 though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
for the LORD upholds his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
or his children begging for bread.

v.23 - When we, as believers, truly delight in obedience (that is, using our capacity for responsibility to live according to God's moral will that He has already revealed, not taking cues from Him like divine "Simon Says"), we can rest assured that our decisions are being established by God.

v.24 - Even when we stumble in sin, His grace convicts us to repentance (a gift that the unregenerate do not experience), and teaches us how to increasingly avoid temptation and discipline ourselves spiritually. His discipline is evidence in itself of our blessings (Hebrews 12)

v.25 - God desires for us to look to the past as evidence of His foreknowledge, not worry about the future. When we look back, we remember times that we made bad decisions or had no idea what was going on, but God was working and weaving it all together. His faithfulness is seen as we remember with thanksgiving.