We often can measure things using worldly measures instead of Godly measures. The Bible says to not store up our treasures on earth because they will all rust and fade with time. Storing up treasures in heaven will never fade. Do not compare your plight to anyone else. That is just the enemy trying to drive a wedge into your faith and your condition.
Next from the key verses are warnings from God. Stop being angry! Turn from rage! Losing your temper leads only to harm. God is recognizing here the very human reactive nature to be angry in the face of injustice, pain, or suffering. But you must remember beloved that we are ultimately in control of what we feel. We choose to be angry or we choose to be happy. No one can make us feel anything we do not choose to feel. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness." That is so true. Life is fleeting enough without wasting it on negativity, bitterness and anger. It resolves nothing and is destructive by nature. It does not provide a way out of the problem, just a way to wallow in it. One of the most famous Bible quotes is Paul saying that he can do all things through Christ who strengthens him. That is often misunderstood and misapplied however. Here are the preceding verses to that verse to provide context:
Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4: 11-13 (NKJV)
Paul is talking about endurance,
perseverance, and how to be content in every situation he finds himself in.
This is someone who traveled the known world. He survived being stoned, riots,
shipwrecks and prisons. Paul had his share of trials and tribulations yet in
all circumstances he had God and God was enough. God strengthened him to endure
all situations and circumstances; no matter how unfair they may have been. Paul
also wrote about anger in his letter to the Church at
"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Ephesians 4: 26-27
And that is what anger does beloved. It provides a foothold for the devil in your emotions and in your thinking. Once he has secured a foothold he will seek to expand it in your life. Anger becomes rage and long term it leads to bitterness and unforgiveness. All things that distance you from God. Perhaps that anger or bitterness will even be manifest toward God. Turn from anger as the Psalmist advises here.
The last point from the key verses is the assurance that the wicked will ultimately be destroyed and that those who trust in the Lord will inherit the land. The dictionary defines trust as:
Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
