Trusting God For Real--(with the words!) New definition of success

 Ps 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
 Ps 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
 Ps 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

I am such a "to -do" list type of person.  I like to take control of a problem and solve it and move on to the next.  I get such a rush from accomplishment and achievement. 

But this pro-active tendency of mine can really let me down.  What happens when I fail? When a problem seems unsolvable or I don't know where to start?  What if something really isn't my problem, even though I want to help and make it all better?

That is where Psalm 37 really sets me back on my heals.  The whole thing is great--you should read it.  In Psalm 37, God says, "Don't worry, I have your back."  In fact, as I let the whole Psalm soak into me this morning, I realized that the only real thing a believer can actually "DO" on their list is to really Trust God!

In this Psalm, God describes the righteous person not as a powerful, super smart, capable individual that manages to work harder than everyone else and pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Just the opposite!
The righteous person in this Psalm is someone who doggedly trusts God every time something goes wrong--and a lot goes wrong!
The righteous person seems to have a knack for finding trouble, and seems to have little control over their destiny.  And God seems to like it that way.
God seems determined to bless the person who KNOWS that life is beyond his control, and is determined to let God sort it all out.   This Psalm is full of promises and blessings to the person who has no clue, and admits it freely to the Lord.
What struck me the most about this Psalm is the stark contrast between our strong will to be self-determined, the captain of our fate (even as Christians!) and that true believing is EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE!.  
So much of my life is about getting myself in a better place, when God is saying, "Only I can get you in a better place--stop working on that and start working on trusting me.  Get your focus off your plans and plan to focus on me!"
Then my success or failure is determined not by what I have done in a day, but how close to the Lord I was. 
That is the type of success God can bless.