'Blessed is that man that make the the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies' (Psalm 40:4).
Happiness comes from the Lord. When we are happy in the Lord we will trust and obey him. Trust in God brought great happiness for David, who knew he could rely on God. It is the same for each of us who puts our trust in God. We must refrain from taking advice from those who are arrogant nor those who follow lies or foolishness. We must never spread lies against one another, this is clearly of the Devil, the father of all lies. He tempted Eve to sin in the Garden of Eden by lying to her, that she would die from eating the forbidden fruit. We ought to commit ourselves to the Lord and do His will. You might be going through your own storms, fiery furnaces, the cares of the world may be getting you down; but when we trust God and wait patiently upon him, he will deliver you. We must seek not to honour those who are proud, or bow down and do them reverence or to imitate them. We must be sure not to trust in ourselves or our own righteousness, but the righteousness of Christ. We are told in this passage, not to respect those who are proud or such as to turn aside to lies. That is, those who depart from the straight path, being false and deceitful. Let us abhor them and have confidence in the Lord as we seek more and more to trust in the Lord.
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'But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you' (Matthew 6:33). The Lord is our Provider and knows all that we are in need of before we even ask. We do not need to worry or fret ourselves about what we shall eat or drink. Our Father in heaven will take care of these things we need. We are told by Jesus, 'To seek first the kingdom of God.' What does that mean? It means we should lean on, and trust in the grace of Jesus Christ. We should repent of our sins and have a desire to turn away from it. We should seek to put God first in our praise to Him, in our worship of Him, to put our total trust in Him and to rely on Him rather than ourselves or others. We need to seek Him first in our reassurance and acknowledging who He is and what He can do. We also need to seek God's righteousness by loving our neighbors and feeding the poor and destitute, seek justice for the vulnerable. We should put God's plan and
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