Psalm 37:34 continued

Psalm 37:34 continued

Inherit the land

Let us add together all that this Psalm says about the gaining and occupation of the inheritance of the land that the Lord has for us.


V9 tells us that those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land. This is not some kind of vague, distant anticipation of future glory that will one day come our way. This is the hope of Today, it is an immediate hand-over of all that we are and have to the capable control of our Lord. This is you and me standing back and giving the Lord His rightful place as our Sovereign King, now and forever. It is our surrendering everything to His command.

V11 takes this a step further. Only the meek can inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity. A lot of people get confused by the word meekness because it smacks of low -self-esteem and lacking confidence. In fact, in this context, it is better translated – humility. It is the humble who will inherit, those who lack pride but who can be incredibly confident. Why? Because they are humble before God but also confident in Him.  Our wills, our minds, our emotions, our aspirations and our ambitions are all laid at His feet, we relinquish control, and He becomes Lord of all. For that reason, we may be confident, that is the key to the door to the Promised Land of our inheritance. The sign that a believer is progressing in the Land is their humility before the Lord; their temper, their language, their aspirations, their devotion, their lifestyle are all evidence of the spiritual journey. That is why it is so hard for the rich and powerful to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. They are unable to be dependant. 

V22 reminds us that to live in this land of promise is to enjoy the blessings of the Lord. The wicked cannot enter and they will be cursed. V29 shows us that the Land is only for the righteous, that it is guaranteed by the Holy Spirit, that it is a spiritual possession and that the fulfilment and glory of that inheritance is heavenly and not of this earth. 

Now this verse 34 takes us a step further, as we have seen. The Lord Himself will equip us to inherit the Land, there is nothing for us to do but to trust and obey. In so doing we will be exalted and the wicked will be destroyed. Remember that the greatest sin of the wicked is to not believe in God, the greatest virtue of the righteous is to have absolute faith in Him. Sadly, we will witness the demise of those who do not believe; we see it all around us and we see it in the broken world that is being destroyed before our very eyes. Read Psalm 9 if you want to reflect on the justice of God against the wickedness of the nations of the world. 

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