Psalm 37

1

• Psalm 37 1-6
•  1 Do not fret because of evil men        or be
  envious of those who do wrong
•  2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
         like green plants they will soon die
  away.
•  3 Trust in the LORD and do good        dwell
  in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
•  4 Delight yourself in the LORD        and he
  will give you the desires of your heart.
•  5 Commit your way to the LORD        trust in
  him and he will do this
•  6 He will make your righteousness shine like
  the dawn,        the justice of your cause like
  the noonday sun.
• This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of
  which begin with the successive letters of the
  Hebrew alphabet.

2
A matter of attitude

• 1 Do not fret because of evil men        or be
  envious of those who do wrong
• 3 Trust in the LORD and do good
• 5 Commit your way to the LORD        trust in
  him and he will do this
• 4 Delight yourself in the LORD        and he
  will give you the desires of your heart.
• Having the right attitude in times of trouble.

3
Who do you serve?

• 6 He will make your righteousness shine like the
  dawn,        the justice of your cause like the
  noonday sun.
• 16 Better the little that the righteous have
         than the wealth of many wicked
• Make sure you have a righteous cause
• The choice who do you serve?
•  Matthew 624
• "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will
  hate the one and love the other, or he will be
  devoted to the one and despise the other. You
  cannot serve both God and Money.
• Choose!!

4
Not the right question!

• What in the worldis going to happen with us?!
• This is not the right question!
• The effects of a recession or even a depression
  is perhaps painful for our purse, but it is
  disastrous for the poor and the suffering of this
  world.
• What will happen to them!
• Greed is the selfish desire for or pursuit of
  money, wealth, power, food, or other possessions,
  especially when this denies the same goods to
  others.

5
The greed game

• James 51-5  Warning to Rich Oppressors
•  1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail
  because of the misery that is coming upon you.
• 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten
  your clothes.
• 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their
  corrosion will testify against you and eat your
  flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the
  last days.
• 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen
  who mowed your fields are crying out against you.
  The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears
  of the Lord Almighty.
• 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and
  self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in
  the day of slaughter

6
Parable of the rich fool (Luke 12)

• Luke 1215 
• Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your
  guard against all kinds of greed a man's life
  does not consist in the abundance of his
  possessions.
• Watch out. All kinds of greed Global greed
  game.
• Rich fool Good business strategy?
• 18 "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will
  tear down my barns and build bigger ones,
•  20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very
  night your life will be demanded from you

7
Contentment

• Proverbs 1516 
• Better a little with the fear of the LORD
• than great wealth with turmoil.
• 1 Timothy 66-8 
• 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
• 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we
  can take nothing out of it.
• 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be
  content with that.

8
Are we keeping our lives free?

• Hebrews 135 
• Keep your lives free from the love of money and
  be content with what
• you have, because God has said, "Never will I
  leave you never will I
• forsake you.
• Be content with what you have.
• "Never will I leave you never will I forsake
  you.