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Whenever we look around and think that the wicked are prospering, don’t start fretting and don’t do anything foolish. The Lord is on our side, and “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31) In Psalm 37:16 – 20 God gives us all the assurance we need to have peace in our hearts. “A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked.” (v-16).

Here’s our first assurance: God knows how much we need, and all of His wealth is available to each of us. What good is it to have a million-dollar house if it’s not a home? What good is it to have a huge bank account if our values are not right? David was telling us that it’s better to have a little and have God (because then we have everything) than to have much and not have God. Look at verse 17: “For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.”

The second assurance is that God knows how much we can take, He knows how great a burden we can bear, how fierce a battle we can fight. When God puts us in the furnace, He always keeps His eye on the clock and His hand on the thermostat, like what He did to Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego.  (Daniel 3 – 26) “Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.”

Third, God knows the days that we will live. “The Lord knoweth the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever” (v-18). God has a plan for our life. That sounds like a Christian cliché, doesn’t it? But it’s true. Whenever we’ve gone on trips it has always assured me to know that the tour guide knows where he’s going and what he’s doing. I can just sit back and let him do the driving and the worrying. That’s how God wants us to live.

He wants us to leave everything with Him; because we’re assured that He knows how much we need, how much we can take and what will happen each day we live. Don’t worry, just live a day at a time. God’s Word says very clearly, “As thy days, so shall thy strength be” (Deut. 33:25). Trust God today. AMEN!