俗話說：「天助自助者。」但上帝更樂意幫助那些相信並倚靠祂的人。在2018年5月，美國演員喬納森·魯米（Jonathan Roumie）便體會了這個道理。他在《上帝所揀選的人》這部電視劇裡扮演耶穌的角色，其內容根據四福音改編而成，播出後廣受好評。此前，魯米在洛杉磯居住了八年，一貧如洗，三餐不繼，工作也沒有著落。他不知該如何解決困境，於是向上帝傾心吐意，將自己的事業交託給祂。魯米說：「我只是向上帝禱告『我交託！我交託！』」當天稍晚時，他發現郵箱裡有四張支票。三個月後，他被選中扮演《上帝所揀選的人》中耶穌的角色。魯米發覺到上帝幫助那些相信祂的人。

詩人鼓勵我們將萬事都交託給上帝，而不是對「作惡的」人產生嫉妒和心懷不平（詩篇37篇1節）。當我們的日常生活都以上帝為中心，「倚靠[祂]而行善」又「以[祂]為樂」（3-4節），並將我們所有的願望、困難、憂慮，以及生活中的一切都交託給上帝時，祂必會帶領並賜我們平安（5-6節）。身為基督徒，讓上帝決定我們應如何生活，至關重要！

讓我們全然交託且信靠上帝。當我們如此行，上帝會親自動工，為你我成就那必要且最美好的事。

God doesn’t help those who help themselves; He helps those who trust in and rely on Him. Jonathan Roumie—the actor who plays Jesus in the successful TV series The Chosen, which is based on the Gospels—realized this in May 2018. Roumie had been living in Los Angeles for eight years, was nearly broke, had enough food just for the day, and had no work in sight. Not knowing how he would make it, the actor poured out his heart and surrendered his career to God. “I literally [prayed] the words, ‘I surrender. I surrender.’ ” Later that day, he found four checks in the mail and three months later, he was cast for the role of Jesus in The Chosen. Roumie found that God will help those who trust in Him.

Rather than being envious of and fretting over those “who are evil” (Psalm 37:1), the psalmist invites us to surrender everything to God. When we center our daily activities on Him, “trust in [Him] and do good,” “take delight in [Him]” (vv. 3–4), and surrender to Him all our desires, problems, anxieties, and the daily events of our lives, God will direct us and give us peace (vv. 5–6). As believers in Jesus, it’s vital for us to let Him determine what our lives should be.

Let’s surrender and trust God. As we do, He’ll take action and do what’s necessary and best.