Put your trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and feed on its riches. Take delight in the Lord, and he shall give you your heart's desire. Commit your way to the Lord and put your trust in him, and he will bring it to pass. He will make your righteousness as clear as the light and your just dealing as the noonday. The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and their tongue speaks what is right. The law of their God is in their heart, and their footsteps shall not falter.

-Psalm 37:3-6, 32-33 NIV

Do you want to see God working in your life? Because if God is working in your life that can mean only one thing; you have a relationship with Him. Can anything be more wonderful than being in a relationship with the creator God who made the Universe and all that we see with our eyes?

This is a very simple yet interesting Psalm. There are so many wonderful promises in this passage from God that make me like it. It is pretty clear cut and nothing hidden and no guess work. If you put your trust in and delight in the Lord and commit your way to Him, He will do the following: prove your righteousness, make you wise and keep you from straying to evil. Before going on convoys Soldiers would want me to go with them or if I did go with them, they would tell me it made them feel better. They were thinking, “If the Chaplain, Our Spiritual Rabbit’s foot, comes along with us then we will be safe because God delights in him.”

That is not a very good insurance plan. Wouldn’t anybody like to know that God delights in them and wants a relationship with them? But how do we get that? First, we need to understand that our relationship with God cannot be based on our own righteousness. We cannot bank on our own goodness to bring us into an eternal relationship with God.

In Isaiah 53:5 the prophet wrote, “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.”

Who was the prophet Isaiah referring to that was crushed? The prophet Isaiah was referring to our Lord Jesus Christ. On the cross Jesus was crushed for our sins. He was crushed for our transgressions and iniquities against God. It was for everyone who believes.

In Isaiah 53:10 it goes on to say, “Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.”

God’s plan and purpose before the creation of the world was to allow Jesus to be a guilt offering to God and to be crushed for our iniquities so that you and I would live with God for eternity. That is God’s plan and God’s purpose for Jesus’ life so that you and I could have an eternal life with God. Isn’t that good news? You and I have a problem and instead of us having to do something about it, God did something about it. Do you want to see God working in your life? Then trust His goodness. Delight yourself in the knowledge of what He has done for you in Christ Jesus and He will establish you and keep you from falling.