Rolling On With the Lord
"Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it." Psalm 37:5
The word "commit" ("galal" Heb.) means to "roll with" or "roll on with". In this
case, we are to "roll on our way with the Lord". This implies a unity of action
between a man or woman of faith and his or her God as one travels through life.
As we choose our course, we do so with the Lord; our decisions are made out of
our determination to stay with the Lord. We are "rolling on" with Him as one
through whatever course of our lives take. It is an interesting figure
describing a real relationship between God and man.
There are very positive results of "rolling on with the Lord" suggested in the
context of the verse.
1. I am stronger than my enemies - if you gauge strength by the measure of who
will last longer (Psalm 37:1,2). This is the inevitable, eternal conclusion in
the King's universe. Victory is eternal.
2. "Rolling with the Lord" means living on the earth and spending my days doing
that which is good and right as I live by a higher standard, and hopefully
spread the seeds of faithfulness (Psalm 37:3). The Day will come when the
faithful will be vindicated and the justness and righteousness of their cause
will be obvious to all (Psalm 37:6).
3. But in the meantime, what do we do when the wicked seem to prosper as they
mock and ridicule? Well, the answer is that I wait patiently for the Lord,
confident of the final and abundant blessings He has in store (Psalm 37:7-11).
4. But also, sometimes the righteous have been severely persecuted even unto
death. What then? We maintain our confidence that the Lord will do the just
thing and that there will be an accounting for the evil done to the faithful
(Psalm 37:12-15)
And now listen the Psalmist's righteous conclusion:
Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked. (Psalm 37:16)
It is better to live righteously and, if need be, have a little for a short
time, taking refuge in the Rock and waiting for the victory to be brought by the
King. Those who "roll on with the Lord" will not be disappointed!
"The LORD knows the days of the blameless,
And their inheritance will be forever." (Psalm 37:18).
By Jon W. Quinn
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From Expository Files 17.2; January 2010
