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Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Devotional: March 27th

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Psalms 37:23-40

"The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD" (v. 23). By nature we are characterised by independence. Our need of God for each step of our daily life is a reality that we do not willingly accept. Let us not wait until we have fallen down many times before we are convinced of that need and accept the Lord’s help.

This psalm is concerned with the righteous. This is the name given to the faithful Jewish remnant, those that will possess the land (vv. 9, 11, 22, 29, 34) after the overthrow of the wicked, affirmed to them also five times over (vv. 9, 22, 28, 34, 38). The child of God today has the right to bear the same title (Romans 5:19). How can a righteous man be recognised? He "sheweth mercy and giveth" (v. 21). His mouth "speaketh wisdom and his tongue talketh of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart" (vv. 30, 31). Love, wisdom, truth, attachment to the Word, can all these features be found in our everyday walk? Let us count on God’s power, His help and His deliverance that they may be so (vv. 39, 40). That the righteous should be forsaken is certainly inconceivable (v. 25; 2 Corinthians 4:9). And yet we know that it had to be so for Him "that is most just" (Job 34:17; Psalms 22:1).

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