Psalms 37, The Steps of the Godly

23. The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord.
He delights in every detail of their lives.
24 Though they stumble, they will not fall,
for the Lord hold them by the hand.

Verses 10-22 talk about the wicked and what will happen to them. Then King David talks again about the godly. My theme for this blog is Drawing Close to God and therefore, skimmed to this verse because this verse describes our relationship with God.

I am trying to move into a job promotion in the education world. It is a very political world and I am not one who plays the political games very well. As I journey through my life, I see how God has directed my paths whenever I have come to a crossroad. One time, I wanted to move to another school, but I couldn't get the interviews I wanted. Looking back, I see how God closed that door for me because the year I ended up staying, was the most gratifying year I have ever had in education and was nominated for Teacher of the Year. Although I didn't get T.O.Y., the fact that I was honored for the work I had accomplished would have never happened if I left that school when I wanted to. Instead, God allowed me to stay and become the EETT grant coach for the math teachers, which meant I was to train the teachers on how to use the new technology in the classroom. It was an exciting year. Now that I have moved to the new school, I'm having to start over a little. It's hard to start over, especially coming off of my best year ever.

Looking at this verse, I am reminded that it is God who will direct my path. Even though I am discouraged about the jobs I have interviewed for and did not get, I can read this and know God is directing me where HE wants me to go. I have to trust him enough to know where that might be.

I like the part that says, "He delights in every detail of their lives." Wow. He "delights" in me. I had to look up the word delights. biblecrosswalk.com is a great place to find this kind of information. According to this site, delights means 1. to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with. Basically this means that God takes pleasure in me, has the desire to know me, wants to be pleased with my life. That is humbling to me as sometimes my life isn't that great. It sure makes me want to be a better person so God will want to be near me.

The best part of this verse is 24 because I know that when I mess up and stumble, God holds my hand. When I go off of God's path and got hurt or stuck, he cared about that and held my hand and brought me to where I'm supposed to be. I know that God doesn't expect perfection, but I certainly want to please him, which helps me to stay on his path. Don't get me wrong, I have strayed from the road God wants me on and gone done a path that was full of thistles and thorns and potholes. However, God didn't let me stay there long. I stumbled big time, but I got up and came back to where God wanted me.