Read Psalms 37:4-6  When my daughter Rebekah was very young, I had an old pick-up truck.   It was a 1953 GMC and it was blue and white.  I liked to stand her up on the tail-gate and hold out my hands and say, "Jump!"  At first she was kind of fearful.  She was nervous to jump.  She knew that her daddy would not let her fall, but still she was scared.  She would stand there for a few moments, nervously laughing, trying to gather up the courage to jump.  I kept holding out my hands saying, "Come on Becky, jump to me.  I won't drop you.  You can trust me."  Finally, she would jump.  She would squeal with joy as she flew through the air.  Then, I would catch her and swing her around and we both would laugh.  She enjoyed the thrill and I enjoyed her trusting me.  The word, delight in verse 4 means to thrill with joy.  We should love to be with God in His Word, the Bible and in prayer.  We can talk to God anytime in prayer!  Verse 5 says to trust in the Lord.  We need to let God decide the path that we will take in our life!  We need to trust in the Lord.  Verse 6 says that God will make everything beautiful if we trust in him.  Has God ever failed you?  Will He ever fail you?  Can you trust God?  Will you let God decide what you are going to do with your life?

Read Psalms 34:15  Today I was in Chick fil-A reading a book and drinking coffee.  Do you like coffee?  My Granny Whitely used to let me drink some of her coffee when I was a boy.  In Chick fil-A, I noticed 3 mothers talking at a table.  But there were several trays and kids' meal bags around them.  The ladies were talking while their kids were playing on the playground.  As the ladies talked among themselves, I noticed that they kept looking out of the corner of their eyes watching the playground.  Although these mothers were enjoying their conversation, they still kept an eye out for their kids.  They loved their children and didn't let their children out of their sight.  Verse 15 reminds us that our heavenly father is also watching over us making sure we are OK.  This verse also says that he listens for our cry.  If we are in trouble, we can cry out to the Lord and He will be right there to help.  We are never very far away from the Lord.  He is looking out for us and listening in case we need His help.  Isn't it wonderful to be able to depend upon God and to rest in His love?

Read Psalms 34:6-8  Do you ever have a bad day.  I mean a really, awful bad day?  Do you have days when it seems like everything is going wrong?  I do.  On these bad days, you get into trouble all the time, and it isn't even your fault.  Your brother hits you and you hit him back just when your mother walks in.  Or you put out some water for your dog and she knocks over the bowl just as your father comes home.  You get into trouble for not giving the dog water - but you did!  In verse 6 David said he felt like a poor man; he felt like he was having a horrible day.  But the second part of the verse says that the Lord came to his rescue and saved him out of all of his troubles.  Isn't it good to know that God watches over us?  Verse 7 goes on to say that the angel of the Lord camps all around us.  The angel that God sends to protect us stays up all night and camps around us to protect us.  We don't have to stay up all night and worry,  God's protecting angel will stay up all night for us.  We can just curl up under our warm blankets and sleep and let God's protecting angel stay up and take care of us while we sleep!  I feel like David in verse 8.  David says to taste and see that the Lord is what?  Yes He is.  God is very good!  Sleep good tonight!

Read Psalms 28:7  In the first part of this verse, David says that the Lord is two things to him.  What are they?  A couple of days ago we talked about offense and defense.  When David went out against Goliath, what offensive weapon did he use?  When he chopped Goliath's head off, what offensive weapon did he use?  But to fight against Satan and his great power, we also need a defensive weapon.  David says in this verse that God is his shield.  Soldiers in David's time used a shield to defend themselves against their enemy's sword blows.  When a soldier saw a sword blow coming from his enemy, the wise soldier would hold onto his shield strongly and let the shield take the force of the blow.  But then immediately after the enemy's blow hit the shield, the soldier would strike at the enemy with his sword before the enemy could get his shield up in defense.  David goes on to say that his heart trusted in God and that he was helped because he was trusting in God.  It is a blessing to know that God is helping us.  Because David knew that God was helping him, he went on to say that his heart greatly rejoiced.  Rejoiced means to be happy.  David was so happy that he began to sing.  When we are sad, we go around all grumpy and frowny.  But when we are happy, when we rejoice, we have a song in our hearts and on our lips!  Isn't it much better to be happy and to rejoice in the Lord than to be afraid and upset and grumpy all day long?

Read Psalms 27:14  Sometimes it is very hard to wait.  Didn't it seem like it took forever for Christmas to come?  Sometimes when we have to wait a long time we begin to think.  We wonder if we should be doing something different or if we are waiting in the wrong place.  Your mother may tell you to go get into the van and buckle up and she'll be there in a minute.  But after you are in the van and all buckled up, you wait, and wait, and wait . . .  Then you begin to wonder where she is.  Is she all right?  Are you sure she told you to get into the van just now?  Could she be inside the house looking for you?  David says in this verse not to be discouraged, but to be of good courage.  When you read in the Bible that God wants you to do something, you can do it and then know that you have done the right thing.  Then you can wait for everything to turn out just right because you have obeyed what God has said to do.  You can know in your heart that you are doing the right thing because God said it in his Word.  You can trust what God has said and feel good that you obeyed God's Words!

Read Psalms 25:4  In this verse, King David is asking the Lord to show him the right way to go.  When your dad is going on a trip, he uses a GPS or a map.  The GPS is a computer device that your dad puts up on the dash in front of him to show him which way to go.  It is like a video game where you are going through a maze looking for treasure or looking to shoot the bad guy.  A map is the same thing only on paper.  If you know where you are going, or if you have been there before, you just remember the right way to go.  If you are not sure of where you are going, or you have never been there before, it is a good idea to use a GPS or a map so you won't get lost.  That is the way it is in life.  We haven't been to tomorrow yet.  You haven't been a teenager yet.  You haven't been a grown-up or you haven't been married or worked a job or many other things.  We don't know about the future, but Someone does.  Who knows what is going to happen tomorrow?  David is asking God to show him the way or the path.  Since there are many different ways to go in life, we need to know the best way so that we will be happy.  The best person to show us the right path in life is God because He knows exactly the best way that will make us happy.  God's way is always best!

Read Psalms 25:1&2  In this Psalm King David says that he is trusting in God.  The most important thing about trust is not how much trust we have in someone, the most important thing is how trustworthy they are.  We may trust that someone is going to do something for us that they said that they would.  They may say that they are going to take us to Sonic for a Cookies 'n Cream Blast.  We may really believe that they are going to do it.  But they may disappoint us and not do what they said that they would do.  They may give us an excuse, but they were not trustworthy.  They let us down.  David says in verse 2 that he is trusting in God.  God never let David down. God never failed to keep His word to David.  Will God let you down?  Will God ever fail you?  God has promised to take away our sins and to give us a home in heaven when we die.  And you can depend upon God to do it!  He will never fail!