Renewing Our Strength #4

In Psalm 37 David is making a contrast between the way of the righteous and the way of wicked. Whereas in some psalms we can see the struggle to ask the question: "does it really matter?", in this one it is very clear.  Let's look as just three couplets of verses to see how. First:

16 Better is the little that the righteous has

    than the abundance of many wicked.

17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,

    but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Next:

23 The steps of a man are established by the Lord,
    when he delights in his way;
24 though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
    for the Lord upholds his hand.

And last of all the following couplet.
25 I have been young, and now am old,
    yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
    or his children begging for bread.
26 He is ever lending generously,
    and his children become a blessing.

Sometimes it seems like the wicked have greater resources, including greater strength, but when it comes down to it, the Lord supplies. He supplies food for His people not only for themselves for others; He uses HIs people to bless others financially; and when His people do not have the strength they need He upholds them; He holds them by the hand and pulls them up again.  God reaches down to renew our strength with His.