Commit Thy Way Unto the Lord
By
Dr. Dwight D. Garrett

Psalm 37:5
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

You cannot stop a baby’s cry by giving them a rattle when they are hungry.  They will simply keep on crying until their hunger is satisfied by the food their little body’s demand.  Neither can the soul of a mature person be satisfied apart from God.  In Psalm 42, David described this to us: 

1: As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2: My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3: My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is
    thy God?
4: When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude,
     I went with  them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude
    that kept holyday.
5: Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God:
    for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6: O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of
    Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7: Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are
    gone over me.
8: Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song
     shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9: I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of
    the oppression of the enemy?
10: As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me,
      Where is thy God?
11: Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in
      God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Two conflicting forces cannot exist in one human heart.  Where doubt reigns, faith cannot abide.  Where hatred rules, there love cannot dwell.  When worry is present, trust cannot move it’s way inward.

In the same way, God will not share His rightful place in our lives with anything or anyone less than Himself.  Is anything crowding God out of your heart today?  Don’t give first place to anything less than Christ, and instead:

“Commit Thy Way Unto the Lord.” 

God Bless!