EPISODE 731 – WISDOM KEYS FROM PSALM 37 — DON’T ENVY THE WICKED 6 – You Have a Peaceful Prosperous Future 1

Thursday, 23rd January, 2025

WISDOM KEYS FROM PSALM 37 — DON’T ENVY THE WICKED 6 –

You Have a Peaceful Prosperous Future 1

“But you can tell who are the blameless and spiritually mature. What a different story with them! The godly ones will have a peaceful, prosperous future.”

Psalm 37:37 (TPT)

Psalm 37 is a refreshing song of wisdom.

Every believer must glean and feast on the virtues dispensed by the prophetic Psalmist.

He addressed critical issues and established the certainty of hope for the godly.

He emphasized that a child of God must not in any way envy the wicked.
The wicked plot and use evil means to attain momentary, short-lived success and happiness. All they gather withers away. Those who do evil have no value and their seeming glory fades away.

You will see them trending everywhere and celebrated by the ignorant, don’t envy them. These people when they don’t turn to God will be gone tomorrow. (See verse 20)

For this reason, “…don’t think for a moment that the wicked in their prosperity are better off than you” (Psalm 37:1)

Some believers invest time and energy desiring to have the success of the wicked. Interestingly, these people invest time in plotting against the godly with all their sneers and arrogant jeers. These people take advantage of the helpless and will go to any extent to slaughter those who do right. (Verse 12-14)

Don’t waste time admiring them. Your life is even a threat to their schemes. Deal with them according to knowledge. 

They admire and spy on the godly ones, stalking them to find something they could use to accuse them. They’re out for the kill! But God foils all their plots. (See verse 32,33)

The good news is, their evil deeds have an expiry date and their weapons of wickedness turn against them. Their own deeds pierce their pride-filled hearts and render them helpless. (See verse 15)

These wicked and ungodly men develop hatred for God and set themselves up as enemies of God. Definitely, they rather set themselves up to perish. For a fish to deny water is to set itself up for suicide. All these who make themselves enemies of God set themselves up for eternal destruction. 

No one rises against the Lord, and embarks on a journey to destroy God’s program on earth, ever lives to fulfill his evil worthless dreams (verse 20).

As a believer, you don’t have to envy these worldly and ungodly men. Follow God’s plan for your life, and labour in wisdom to create wealth. Yet, trust in the Lord as your source. Be content and patiently grow the blessings of the Lord in your life.

These wicked ones ride on deception to create wealth. They break their promises, borrow money but never pay it back. They have no sense of integrity and dignity. Don’t be like them. Be content, and as a godly man, it’s your duty of excellence to return what you owe, even with interest.  (Verse 21)

What David was sharing in this Psalm wasn’t a hypothesis. These are practical and proven wisdom.

Observe what he said in verses 35 – 38:

“I’ve already seen this happen. Once I saw a wicked and violent man overpower all who were around him, a domineering tyrant with his pride and oppressive ways. Then he died and was forgotten. Now no one cares that he is gone forever. But you can tell who are the blameless and spiritually mature. What a different story with them! The godly ones will have a peaceful, prosperous future with a happy ending. Every evil sinner will be destroyed, and obliterated. They’ll be utter failures with no future“

Beloved, don’t get distracted and discouraged by the challenges confronting you today. Don’t assume God has forsaken you. Don’t conclude that your present condition is the defining factor of your tomorrow. 

You have a beautiful future, just remain patient and faithful to the Lord.

Refuse to imitate the wicked. Their end is bitter and sad. Follow and imitate the Lord.

Selah.