David opens the 37th Psalm with
these words, fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither
be thou envious against the workers of iniquity, for they shall soon
be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb. Trust
in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land and verily
thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord,
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way
unto the Lord, trust also in him, and he shall bring it to
pass. and he shall bring forth thy
righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord and wait patiently
for him. Fret not thyself because of him
who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked
devices to pass. Cease from anger and forsake
wrath, Threat not thyself in any wise to do evil, for evildoers
shall be cut off, but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall
inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the
wicked shall not be. Yea, thou shalt diligently consider
his place, and it shall not be, but the meek shall inherit the
earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. verse 10 for yet a little while
and the wicked shall not be yea thou shalt diligently consider
his place and it shall not be yet a little while this is a
psalm which in many ways contrasts the righteous with the wicked
it opens with the words fret not thyselves because of evildoers
neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity for they
shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green
herb it contrasts the righteous with the wicked and the effect
that the wicked have upon the righteous that they hate the
righteous that they persecute the righteous there is this warfare
between evildoers and the righteous. David says, fret not thyself
because of evildoers. And in verse 10 he says, for
yet a little while and the wicked shall not be. Yea, thou shalt
diligently consider his place and it shall not be. And the
prospect of the meek and the righteous is set before us that
the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace. Verse 37, Mark the perfect man
and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace. But
the transgressors shall be destroyed together, the end of the wicked
shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous
is of the Lord. He is their strength in the time
of trouble. And the Lord shall help them
and deliver them. He shall deliver them from the
wicked and save them because they trust in Him. in the midst
of the psalm David out of his older age says I have been young
and now I'm old yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor
his seed begging bread So the end of the wicked and the end
of the righteous is presented to us and there's great hope
in this for those who love God for those who have been turned
from their wicked ways for those who have been shown their own
wicked heart shown the wrath of God which burns against their
iniquity shown the way of salvation and shown in the Gospel a Saviour
who has come to deliver them from their sins. There's great
hope for these who are delivered from their sins, who are brought
to love God and walk in His ways, but who know the warfare, the
hatred, the persecution that comes upon them because of the
wicked in this world. God's people are a hated people,
a despised people, a scattered people so often and a weak people
in themselves. They are not welcome in this
world. They journey through this world
as pilgrims and as strangers. They know that this world is
not theirs, it is not their final destination. They're passing
through and they seek another country, another city, a heavenly
city as we read in Hebrews. There are people of faith who
have their hopes set on high, whose hope is set upon the Lord. and upon the righteousness of
God which is theirs in Jesus Christ. Their hope is not in
this world. So when they see the wicked all
around them prospering, and when they see the ways of the wicked
prospering, and the thoughts and the ideals, and the wisdom
of the wicked being fervent and prospering on every side if their
attention was set upon this world they could be downcast because
they see their beliefs their wisdom, their knowledge trampled
underfoot and despised and rejected and they see the evil ways and
the evil ideals and wisdom of this world being lifted up and
prospering. And if their attention was upon
this world, it would cause them to fret. Because they love God's
ways, they love the righteousness of God, they love His word. And to see the evil and the workers
of iniquity despising that word, blaspheming it, trampling it
underfoot, and seeming to prosper despite their wicked ways, could
bring much concern to the child of God, and often does. Yet behind
it all, he knows as David knows, that the end of the wicked is
short, that this world is not theirs, it's not their final
resting place, and that though here the wicked may prosper,
the wicked will finally be judged and cast aside. There are multitudes
who seem to have a great voice, and seem to have much go in their
way and seem to speak with big swelling boastful words and seem
to prosper but really they have in their hand very little all
they have is a few years upon this earth and it doesn't matter
how much riches they may gain in those few years or how much
power or status And it doesn't matter how many ears may listen
to them, or how many may follow them, or how many may praise
them. They are like grass, they grow
up one moment and they cut down the next. And you can see this
throughout all history, you can see this in past history, and
you can see this in present history. You can see this with the greatest
names, the most vaunted names in history. The leaders of empires
and of empires. Empires come and empires go.
Great leaders come and great leaders go. Great people in business
come and go. They have their riches for a
moment and they're soon taken away. And it's the same today. There are those names, those
names that rise up in industry and in the media and in government. They're there one moment and
they're gone the next. They have, as it were, their
15 minutes of fame. It's brief. So though they may
seem to prosper, in reality they're prospering but for a moment. Blink and it's gone. And that's
all they've got. That's all they can seek after.
And if that's what you're seeking after, if you're seeking after
this world and its ways and its things, it will go from your
hands in a moment. But the righteous looks up. The Lord's people look up. yes
they're in this world yes we like others live here for a moment
yes we work and we live and we have our places of being but
we know we're passing through and we know it really doesn't
matter Whether we prosper, whether we are rich, whether we are poor,
whether we are followed by others, whether we're rejected by others,
whether we are many or whether we are few, it really doesn't
matter because our reward is not here, our reward is in the
world to come. Our reward is Christ in heaven
above. fret not thyself because of evildoers,
neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity, because
there's nothing to be envious of. When you see them prospering,
when you see them being spoken well of by others, when you see
them gaining in whatever realm, whether it's in riches in material
ways or just whether it's in their fame or their applause
or their recognition however it is whether they have the voice
of the people and you don't and the gospel isn't and people won't
hear our message even if they won't hear the message of the
righteous and they trample it underfoot and laugh but they
will hear these don't worry don't be envious because they have
nothing They have the attention of others for a moment and then
they're gone. And what they call wisdom, which
is foolishness, will lead them to destruction. They shall soon
be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb. They are as nothing. And you,
My friend, by nature, are just the same. You're as nothing.
You're born one day, you grow up like a blade of grass, and
soon you're old and cut down. You will prosper, you will flower,
you will have praise from this one or that one for a moment.
You will gain this or that for a moment. You will have your
day, perhaps. But soon you're gone, if you
know not God. This world is fleeting, it's
passing. David once again reminds us here of that fact in this
psalm. But in the next few verses, he directs the thoughts of the
people of God to another place, another way, another wisdom,
another hope. Trust in the Lord and do good. So shalt thou dwell in the land
and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord,
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way
unto the Lord, trust also in him, and he shall bring it to
pass. and he shall bring forth thy
righteousness as the light and thy judgment as the noonday.
Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him. Fret not thyself because
of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth
wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger and forsake
wrath. Fret not thyself in any wise
to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off,
but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the
earth. He directs our gaze upwards to
the Lord. In what and in whom do you hope? Evildoers, the wicked, Those
that the world follow, those that the world praise, those
that the world applaud, those that the world lift up, have
no hope. They are as grass, grows up one
day, cut down the next. Indeed in their own wisdom, They
can project no hope. They will tell you that there
is no God. They will tell you that this
world was not created, that it is not sustained or ruled by
that God. They will tell you that it came
into being by chance. They will tell you that they
evolved from monkeys and from fish. They will tell you that
life is just chance. They will tell you that the human
race is likely to be doomed as the so-called dinosaurs were
doomed. They will tell you that there
is no hope. Their wisdom, their message is
to tell us that we are randomly created, randomly here and there
is no true purpose other than to try to survive. Because they
do not know God, they have no hope, they have no wisdom. Their
wisdom is foolishness. But David directs the child of
God to He in whom they have every hope. Trust in the Lord. Delight thyself also in the Lord. Commit thy way unto the Lord. Rest in the Lord and wait patiently
for him because he is your hope and he will watch over you and
he will bring you into a great inheritance. He shall bring you
into a land in which you will dwell in peace forever. The contrast between the end
of the wicked and the end of the righteous could not be greater. The wicked will be destroyed
utterly, whereas the righteous will dwell with the Lord in a
land that lasts forever. He shall dwell in peace and safety. He shall be fed. The righteous
delights in the Lord, and the Lord gives him the desires of
his heart. The righteous commits his way
unto the Lord and trusts in him, and the Lord brings his desires
to pass. The righteous waits for the Lord,
who in the end rewards him. Those that wait upon the Lord,
they shall inherit the earth. They have every hope. Every hope. Where is your hope? Are you as the wicked, vainly
grasping to the sand that passes through your fingers? or are
you as David? Trusting, delighting in the Lord,
committing thy way unto the Lord, resting and waiting upon the
Lord. The contrast between the righteous
and the wicked is not just external. It's not just that David was
there as one who loved God, and he looked out and saw others
who hated God. But he knew the experience of
evil in his own heart. He knew what the warfare was,
not just outside, but inside. He knew the warfare not just
with others, but he knew the warfare within. For we know that
there is none righteous, no, not one by nature. That those
who love God, those who trust in the Lord, those who delight
in the Lord, those who commit their ways unto the Lord, those
who wait upon Him and rest in Him, were once just as the wicked. And they have in them the old
man, the old nature of Adam. which is wicked through and through.
David knew salvation because he knew what it was to be saved
from what he was by nature and what he had done by nature. He
was as wicked as anyone outside. He was as much a worker of evil
as any whom he came across. And even though he knew God,
he knew the working of evil. He knew the iniquity which flowed
forth from his flesh, which flowed forth from the old man Adam within
him on a daily basis. The trouble that the evil doers
brought upon him was not only external, it was internal. His own flesh warred against
the new man of grace. There was a warfare within. The
old man and the new man were at war. His flesh would have
him turn. His flesh would have him run
from God. His flesh would have him seek
ease. His flesh would have him fight against the ways of God.
His flesh would have him doubt and worry. His flesh would look
down upon the earth. When the new man knew to look
up towards heaven, his flesh would cause him to fret. And
this psalm and its pronouncement upon the end of the wicked is
as much to do with that inward warfare and the end of the old
man as it is to do with the end of the wicked around us. cease
from anger and forsake wrath for fret not thyself in any wise
to do evil for evil doers shall be cut off but those that wait
upon the lord they shall inherit the earth for yet a little while
and the wicked shall not be yea thou shalt diligently consider
his place and it shall not be yet a little while and the wicked
Shall not be. David had great trouble from
the wicked around him. From those who hated his God
and hated his ways. From those who mocked him and
persecuted him because he followed God. David had great trouble
from them. And you, if you seek to follow
God, may know the same. You will know the same. You will
be persecuted for righteousness sake. But you will also have
great trouble, as David had, from the old man Adam within,
from the old nature, from the wicked influences of the old
man that would have you turn from God, that would cause you
to doubt, that would cause you to complain, that would cause
you to turn away. You have a daily warfare And
to be promised that in a little while, that wicked heart, that
wicked man, that old man Adam, shall not be. That you shall
diligently consider his place and it shall not be, is the greatest
of hopes. Though in this world we may journey
with the flesh ever present, though we may feel let down by
ourselves, let down by the old man, though he may cause us to
doubt and to despair at times, we know that there is that time
coming when he shall not be, when he shall be gone, when we
shall stand before God as a perfect man, without the flesh, without
Adam, without our old man, our old nature, perfect in Christ
Jesus, and he shall be gone. And we shall look, and he will
not be found, yet a little while, a little while. This is David's
hope. Trust in the Lord, and do good,
so thou shalt dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
These things will come to pass. In what do you trust? Delight
thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart. In what do you delight? David
delighted in the Lord. The Lord was his delight. He
could not think of any greater joy, any greater pleasure, any
greater desire than his God and Saviour. He delighted in Jesus
Christ. He delighted in the Lord. He
delighted in his Saviour. All he wanted was to be with
God. and to know God, to know his
salvation, to know his grace. That was the desire of his heart,
to know his God, to be delivered from his old man and the sin
which did easily beset him, to be delivered from this world,
to be delivered from the wicked, and to be with God. In what do you delight? There
are many things in this world that you can find delight in.
God has given us many riches and things in this world which
can bring great pleasure to man. But there is nothing to compare
with the delight that is found in Jesus Christ. Of all the pleasures,
the natural pleasures in this world, the one that men and women
seek most is the love of another. The pleasure they take most pleasure
in ultimately is not material. It's not just food or drink or
a house over their head or material things. The pleasure that brings
man most pleasure in a natural sense is the love of another. A husband, a wife, a friend,
the love of others. But that's just a figure, a picture,
a sample of the love of Christ for his people, for his bride. If you know what it is to be
loved by another, that's just a little bit, a little insight. into the love of Christ for his
own. If Christ loves you, it's unconditional,
it's everlasting. He loved you before you were
ever born. He loved you before this world
was ever created. He loved you when you went astray
as a rebel before him. He loved you when you shook your
fist at him. He loved you when you hated him
and despised him and laughed at his gospel. He loved you in
all your darkest moments. He loved you when you indulged
in your sin. He loved you when you were in
despair. He loved you when he made known
your state before him. He loved you when you were cast
down because of your sin and thought that his judgment and
his wrath would surely damn you. He loved you when you thought
you were beyond hope. He loved you when he drew you
by his gospel to the foot of his cross. and took his blood
and sprinkled it upon your heart. He loved you when he suffered
and died in your place. He loved you when his own blood
was shed because of your sins. He loved you when he washed and
cleansed you. He loved you when he brought
the gospel to you by power through the Holy Spirit to quicken you
unto life. he loves you as you journey every
day through this world he loves you as he brings you before him
on your last day he will love you in eternity to come his love
has no beginning and no end and if you know that love you will
know that it is a delight to be loved by Him. And it is a
delight to love Him in return. It is a delight to know Him,
to know who He is, to know what He's done, to know His care and
concern for you. When all men may have abandoned
you, when all men may laugh at you and scoff you, if you're
His, you will delight in Him who has given all that you might
have all. Delight thyself also in the Lord,
and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. What do you desire? You desire this world and its
ways. And He gives you that, and He
doesn't save yourself. You'll wish you never had it.
But if your desire is for salvation, if your desire is to be cleansed
of your sin, if your desire is to be washed If your desire is
to be forgiven, if your desire is that the old man, the wicked
man that once was you, if your desire is that your wicked heart
should be blotted out and destroyed and judged and taken away, if
your desire is for righteousness, if your desire is for God, then
He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Delight thyself.
also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thy
heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord, trust also in Him, and
He shall bring it to pass. When you know not where to go,
when you know not what the next step is, when the way is not
clear, when you can't fathom it out, when you can't work it
out, when you don't know what the end from the beginning is,
commit thy way unto the Lord. trust also in him and he shall
bring it to pass. David often found himself in
situations where he did not know what the next day would bring,
where people were seeking his life where he was chased from
here to there. He didn't know what the future
would hold, but he knew that he had a God to whom he could
run. And he knew that that God would
watch over him. And he knew that that God knew
the way. He knew that God knew the right
way. He knew that God would order
his steps. He knew that God would open the
doors. He knew he would bring it to
pass. Commit thy way unto the Lord. Trust also in him and he shall
bring it to pass. He shall bring forth thy righteousness
as the light and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord
and wait patiently for him. Rest in the Lord, oh how hard
it is for us by nature to rest and to wait. We're forever doing,
we're forever working, especially in the matters of religion. When
we know that we're sinners, when we know the ways of God, when
we know how we should be, it's natural to us we will put ourselves
to making it right. We try to turn from our sin,
we try to walk right, we try to pray, we try to read the scriptures,
we try to make ourselves approvable unto a God who we know is angry
with us. When we know that, when we're
taught that we're a sinner, when we know that our sins will bring
us under judgment, we try to put it right. We try to sow fig
leaves as Adam and Eve did. We try to hide our sin. We try
to turn from it. We try to make Him happy with
us. We try to seek God's approval
through our own work. And yet we find, the Lord teaches
us, that the more we work, the worse we get. The more we strive,
the further we fall. Our works achieve nothing. Our fig leaves hide nothing. Before Him we're naked and exposed. He sees us inside and out. We
can make the outside look good before others but He looks in
the heart within. We're naked before God and nothing
we can do improves anything. David says, rest in the Lord. Cease to work. turn to God just
cry out unto God that I am penniless I am worthless I am naked I am
nothing this is what I am Lord and I can't do anything about
it help me Lord and rest in Him because He's done everything. He saves. Salvation is of the
Lord. He's done everything. Trust in
Him, not in yourself. Delight in Him, not in self. Commit thy way unto the Lord
and rest in Him and wait for Him. He will do it all. He will bring everything to pass. It doesn't matter how events
might appear. It doesn't matter how the wicked
might seem to prosper. It doesn't matter how frustrating
things might appear. He is working his purposes out. He will bring his salvation to
pass. He will bring his purposes to
pass. Rest. Cease from anger. Forsake wrath. Threaten not thyself
in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off,
but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the
earth. For yet a little while, and the
wicked shall not be. Thou shalt diligently consider
his place, and it shall not be. Yet a little while. Yet a little
while. This phrase, yet a little while,
reminds us of Jesus' usage of the phrase in John's Gospel,
several times in John's Gospel. He says, yet a little while.
Then said Jesus unto them, yet a little while I am with you,
and then I go unto him that sent me. Chapter 12, Jesus said unto
them, yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye
have the light, lest darkness come upon you. For he that walketh
in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. John 13, 33, little
children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek
me. And as I said unto the Jews,
whither I go ye cannot come. So now say I to you, yet a little
while I am with you. John 14, 19. Yet a little while,
and the world seeth me no more. But ye see me, because I live,
ye shall live also. Yet a little while, and the wicked
shall not be. Christ was on this earth for
a little while. And it was a little while until
that day should come when his disciples would see him no more.
It was a little while until that day should come when the Jews
would take Christ and take hands upon him and commit him into
the hands of the Romans and nail him to a cross and crucify him. Yet a little while and he was
slain. Yet a little while and he hung
above the earth. dividing the righteous from the
wicked. Yet a little while, and God judged
the wicked in his Son. Yet a little while, and God separated
his people from the wicked in his Son upon the tree. Yet a little while, and Christ's
body was laid in the grave. the head with the body, the Son
of God with his bride. All God's people were laid in
the grave. Yet a little while and their
old man was judged and slain upon the cross. As Paul said,
I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless I live, yet not
I, but Christ liveth in me. And the life which I now live
in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved
me and gave himself for me. Yet a little while, and Paul
was slain with Christ upon the cross. Yet a little while, and
the wicked man Adam was judged and buried in the ground. Yet
a little while, and all God's people rose again with Christ.
ever to live with him. Yet a little while and the wicked
shall not be. Thou shalt diligently consider
his place and it shall not be. Yet a little while and Paul Saul
was slain with Christ and the old man Saul was not found he
was laid in the grave judged under the wrath of God judged
under the righteousness of God destroyed and you might diligently
seek him and it shall not be found he shall not be found Yet
a little while, and the wicked shall not be. David's great hope
was that in a little while, his Saviour would come, and the wicked,
not just the others, but the wicked heart within him, would
not be. In a little while, Christ would
come, Messiah would come, the Saviour would come, and judgement
would come down. and in a little while the wicked
shall not be. The cross is in view in this
phrase. There is a little while from
David's day until the coming of Christ. A thousand years perhaps,
but a thousand years is as a day in the eyes of the Lord and a
day is a thousand years, it's just a little while. There was
a little while in which Christ walked upon this earth, the Son
of God. the son of man. There was a little
while in which Christ hung upon the tree for three hours in the
darkness as the old man Adam was judged and taken away, as
the wicked was cut off. Yet a little while and the wicked
shall not be. There was a little while while
Christ and his people lay in the grave. There is a little
while between Christ's ascending into glory and His coming again
at the end of this earth in victory. One day He will come. David lived
before the coming of Christ. You live after the coming of
Christ. 2,000 years now have passed but
in God's eyes that's but a couple of days. A little while. And at the end of that little
while, Christ will return in power. In power. And he will stand and all nations
and all people will be gathered before him. And the people will
be divided, the sheep from the goats, the righteous from the
wicked. And in a little while, the wicked
shall not be. Hebrews 10 we read, for yet a
little while. And he that shall come will come. and will not tarry yet a little
while. Yet a little while and then the
meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves
in the abundance of grace. Have you considered the little
while? Where are you in this little while? In a little while
will you as one who's wicked be taken away and out of sight.
Shall they search for you and not find you? Yet a little while
and the wicked shall not be. Thou shalt diligently consider
his place and it shall not be. Will people look for you and
you'll be gone? On that day when Christ returns
in a little while and the wicked are separated from the righteous,
will you be taken aside with the wicked? Will people search
for you and you'll not be found? You're gone. to spend eternity
under the wrath of God, because in this little while you shut
your ears, because you never trusted in the Lord, you never
delighted in the Lord, you never committed your way unto the Lord,
you never rested in the Lord, you never waited for the Lord,
you never sought for the Lord, you never cared for the Lord,
because you loved the ways of the wicked, which in a little
while shall not be. Through the rest of the psalm,
David contrasts the wicked and his end with the righteous and
his end. The wicked plot if against the
just and gnash if upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh
at him. for he seeth that his day is
coming. The wicked have drawn out the
sword and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy
and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall
enter into their own heart and their bows shall be broken. A little that a righteous man
have is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms
of the wicked shall be broken But the Lord upholdeth the righteous. The Lord knoweth the days of
the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever. They shall
not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they
shall be satisfied. But the wicked shall perish,
and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs. They
shall consume into smoke, shall they consume away. The wicked
borroweth and payeth not again, but the righteous showeth mercy
and giveth. For such as be blessed of him
shall inherit the earth, and they that be cursed of him shall
be cut off. The steps of a good man are ordered
by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he
shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholdeth him with
his hand. I have been young, and now am
old. Yet have I not seen the righteous
forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. Wait on the Lord and keep his
way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land. When the
wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. I have seen the wicked
in great power, and spread in himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and lo, he
was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could
not be found. David writes, not just of the
wicked in the world, but he saw his own heart, his old man. He
saw the old man Adam rising up in great power. There were those
days when he fell, when sin came to the fore and slew him. And the old man spread himself
like a green bay tree. and almost destroyed David, brought
him to his knees before his God. Yet, he says, he passed away,
and lo, he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could
not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold
the upright, for the end of that man is peace. Which man is this
but the Son of God? and his people in him, who are
righteous because he is righteous, who are perfect because he is
perfect. What man is this but Christ?
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that
man is peace. That man is the same man that
said, in a little while, in a little while, I am with you. And then I go unto him that sent
me. That man is the same man whom
John in his gospel sets before us as the Son of God. That man,
the only man who's perfect, is a divine man, the Son of God. which is why John, in his Gospel,
sets him forth, saying unto us, echoing David's words, yet a
little while I am with you. The Son of God, the perfect man,
Mark the perfect man, says unto thee, yet a little while I am
with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Yet a little
while I am with you, ye shall seek me. But you cannot go where
I go, except you're mine. Except I take you. Except I give
myself for you, that you should come where I go. Except your
old man be destroyed. Except you trust in me. delight in me, commit thy way
unto me, rest in me, wait on me, see me, know me by faith. Yet a little while. Have you
seen the perfect man? Do you know the perfect man? Do you know His salvation? The salvation of the righteous
is of the Lord. He is their strength in the time
of trouble and the Lord shall help them and deliver them. He
shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they trust
in Him. Where are you trusting? Where
are you looking? Where are you hoping? Upon whom
are you waiting? Yet a little while and the wicked
shall not be. Yea, thou shalt diligently consider
his place and it shall not be. If you remain in your wickedness,
with your eyes shut to Christ, your ears shut to Christ, and
your heart shut to Christ, then in a little while, you will be
with the wicked, cast out, set aside. But if you have had your
eyes opened by the Gospel, to see a Saviour, the perfect man,
the Son of God, suffering in your place, if you've heard His
voice in the Gospel, If you've had faith put in the heart to
look unto Him, and to trust and wait upon Him, then in a little
while you will see your old man, all the wicked ways of your heart
taken away, and you will come to know what resting in the Lord
forever truly is. Yet a little while, and the wicked
shall not be. Yea, thou shalt diligently consider
his place, and it shall not be.