“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil,” Psalm 37:7-8.
The word “fret” is defined in Webster’s 1828 Dictionary as “to rub; to wear away by friction; to corrode; to gnaw; eat away; to agitate; disturb and vex.” Obviously, God warns us of fretting because of its dire consequences for us. Fretting always hurts you physically, spiritually and in every other way. Its corrosive effect eats away at your strength to seek the Lord because fretting turns your attention from him toward those who care nothing at all about Jesus.
If Jesus had surrendered himself to fretting, we would have no Savior. His steadfast refusal to fret, saved his energy for enduring the arrest, the trial, the physical and emotional torture and the hours on the cross. This conserved energy kept him faithfully focused on Father’s will to his last breath. Let’s follow Jesus with all our heart by refusing to fret!
