Today’s reading is Psalm 37.
Psalm 37 is not a foretelling of Jesus. We don’t read Psalm 37 and start looking for someone who fulfills certain verses so we can know that person is the ultimate Messiah.
However, when you have a man on trial as a criminal and you can’t actually get real testimony against Him…
When you bring a man before the magistrate, governor, or king and they have to say, “I find no wrong in Him”…
When the governor’s wife is sending him messages to leave this innocent man alone…
You might want to remember the psalm that says:
Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
Psalm 37:37-38
for there is a future for the man of peace.
But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
Certainly, it looks like there is no future for that innocent Man up there on that cross. But understand, things aren’t always what they seem. Just as the sprawling green tree isn’t actually as blessed as it appears, the Man hanging on the tree is not what He appears either.
He isn’t going to perish. He isn’t going to vanish away. Even if you kill Him, He has a future. But you will be cut off. You will be judged. You will be destroyed.
As we look back at Jesus, we should see how He lived this psalm. We should see His example in the face of enemies. He didn’t fret. Rather, He committed Himself and His way to the Father. He trusted God and waited on Him. He didn’t wait on Him until the very last second, see that He was going to die, and decide to take things into His own hands. He waited on the Father until time ran out. Then on the third day, we all discovered time doesn’t run out for God.
Do we ever look around at the wicked who appear blessed in this modern world and fret? Do we get all bent out of shape because if somebody doesn’t do something, they might start taking away our political rights and they might even start to imprison and kill us? How did Jesus handle it when that happened? Perhaps we should take a page out of His book. You know, a page out of the psalms. Maybe specifically we should take out page 37.
Really, it’s going to be okay. God’s got this. Even if you die, you win. That’s the way it worked for our King. That’s the way it will work for us.
Today’s reading is Psalm 38.
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Discuss the Following Questions with Your Family
- What are your initial reactions to the psalm and the written devo above?
- Read through the psalm again. Now that you are thinking about the blameless and upright man of peace, Jesus, what else do you see in the psalm that makes you think of Him?
- How did Jesus live by this psalm for His whole life including His death?
- What will our lives look like when we follow His example and this psalm?
- What do you think we should pray for and about in light of this psalm and our discussion today?
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