EPISODE 728 – DON’T ENVY NOR BE INTIMIDATED BY THE WORLD 3 – Wisdom Keys from Psalm 37:3

DON’T ENVY NOR BE INTIMIDATED BY THE WORLD 3 – Wisdom Keys from Psalm 37. 3

“Don’t follow after the wicked ones or be jealous of their wealth. Don’t think for a moment they’re better off than you.”

Psalm 37:1 (TPT)

How you live is governed by the training you have received through the word, which is the wisdom of God. Instead of living a life controlled by envy and intimidation of the wealth, prosperity, and success of the ungodly, David provided godly keys to God-kind results in his Wisdom Psalm.

It is necessary to lay hold unto these keys because they set your feet on the right path. In the previous episode, I outlined about seven (7) practical items of wisdom from Psalm 37.
(Read the part one and two of this series for these keys of wisdom).

Within this Song of Wisdom, David also addressed the end of the wicked. Definitely the wicked will not have a glorious end as long as they reject the ways and wisdom of God. This discussion focuses on how the godly must operate.

Note: Through this series, every verse of scripture quotation in Psalm 37, is taken from the Passion Translation, unless otherwise stated.

As part of the wisdom keys from Psalm 37, David touched on a sensitive key which every believer must possess.

– Humility “But the humble of heart will inherit every promise and enjoy abundant peace.” Psalm 37:11

Take a look a the example of Jesus:

“He existed in the form of God, yet he gave no thought to seizing equality with God as his supreme prize. Instead he emptied himself of his outward glory by reducing himself to the form of a lowly servant. He became human! He humbled himself and became vulnerable, choosing to be revealed as a man and was obedient. He was a perfect example, even in his death—a criminal’s death by crucifixion! Because of that obedience, God exalted him and multiplied his greatness! He has now been given the greatest of all names” Philippians 2:6-9 (TPT)

It took a lot of humility for Jesus to become a man. To take on a human form means, He became vulnerable and reduced Himself to the limitations of the physical body. By His humility, he’s obedient even when He has to die a criminal’s death of crucifixion. Now He has been given all authority, that now the authority of His name causes every knee to bow in reverence.

Pride limits you from enjoying grace. The humble attracts an abundance of grace and peace.

– (Verse 16) “It is much better to have little combined with much of God than to have the fabulous wealth of the wicked and nothing else.”

This part of Psalm 37 touched my heart. This verse uprooted every form of greed and covetousness in my heart. Why become fabulously wealthy and be without God?

The equation is simple;
All wealth minus God is equal to zero.
Little combined with much God is equal to everything.

Read the verse 16 in the Amplified Bible:
“Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God] Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).”

Message Translation:

“Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked”

Did you get it?

The Less a righteous man with God possesses is MORE. While the more the godless possess without God is Less.

God multiplies the little in the hands of the righteous.

Don’t compromise your faith to make money. Follow the path of the Lord.
It is unwise for the righteous to esteem their pursuit for more wealth above their relationship with God.

Don’t behave like those who despise and forsake God.
These are people who mock the things of the Spirit, and disregard the gathering of the saints and Kingdom service. They profane and slander the sacrificial giving of believers.

Get this: “God-despisers have had it; God’s enemies are finished— Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air.” Psalm 37:20 (Message Translation)

These God-despisers are disadvantaged not because God punishes them. But are disadvantaged because they have made themselves enemies of God and rejected the goodness of God.

The godly enjoy the goodness of God.

“For the Lord takes care of all His forgiven ones while the strength of the evil will surely slip away. Day by day the Lord watches the good deeds of the godly and he prepares for them his forever-reward. Even in a time of disaster he will watch over them, and they will always have more than enough no matter what happens.” Psalm 37:17-19 (TPT)

Beloved make the Lord your satisfaction.

Selah.