In the last message, the first half of this Psalm, I pointed to you that this is one of the

later Psalms toward the end of David's life. And this all King David now giving us very wise

counsel in this Psalm. And he said, don't judge situations the way they appear to

be. Don't judge them as the way they appear to be. And that is why he said three times in those few

verses, fret not, fret not, fret not of evil-doers. Even when you see them appear to be having the upper hand, they really

don't. Why? Because of what you cannot see, and because of what you have, and because of what

is coming to you. And fourthly, because of the coming judgment on the same wicked evil people.

And so here in the second half of Psalm 37, he is saying,

learn from my experience.

Learn from my experience.

Learn from my hindsight.

Benefit from it. Benefit from the lessons of my past

failures. Take to heart my experience of sin and suffering and the consequences of my sin and the way

I repented of my sins. Learn from the consequences of my wrong decisions so that you might not

repeat them. Learn from me the futility of worrying and anxiousness and be encouraged.

The three encouraging lessons from hindsight here, and they are as follows.

First encouraging lessons is this, God will never, ever, ever forsake his faithful children.

Versus 23 to 26. Secondly, the second encouraging lesson, God's will for you and for me,

God's will is the best thing for you. It's the best thing for me. Versus 27 to 34. And the third

encouraging lessons from hindsight is that God is truly honored when you

trust him, when you fully trust him, when you completely trust him, when you trust him even

when you don't understand things. This is verse 35 to 40. So let's look at this very, very quickly.

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