Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. I. THE BELIEVER'S PRESENT STATE. It is one of — 1. Acceptance in the Beloved (Psalm 89:33). He may distress, but He will not disown. 2. Imperfection. He is, indeed, under the Holy Spirit's transforming hand. While justification is complete, sanctification is progressive, and therefore at every stage but the last, imperfect. 3. Sorrow (Romans 7:21; Galatians 5:17). The time for unmingled joy is not yet. Besides this, the refinement of the feelings which the Gospel produces frequently prepares the heart to feel, more acutely than many others, the usual crosses, losses, trials or bereavements which are the common lot of all. 4. Obscurity. The same unbelief which rejected the Saviour, with all the evidence He produced of His divine mission, serves the disciples as it served their Lord. Besides, the Christian is a mixture of opposites, and therefore we wonder not that he should appear in a doubtful light even to himself and his fellow-believers. 5. Eager expectancy (Hebrews 9:28; 2 Peter 3:12; Luke 21:28; Philippians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 5:2-4; Romans 8:28). II. THE EXPECTATION OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. We live between the two advents of our Lord, and the Bible teaches us to look back to the first to know how salvation was wrought, and forward to the second to know what salvation is. The first gives the title to it, the second will give possession of it. Faith looks back to the one, hope looks forward to the other. The Church of Christ will appear in its — 1. Unity. 2. Holiness. 3. Resurrection glory. (R. J. Rowton, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.WEB: Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: |
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