"Our Dwelling Place"

"Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed." (Psalms 37:3) What exactly does it mean to "do good"? If you get right to it, trusting in the Lord is the key ingredient of doing good; as a mater of fact, without trusting in the Lord, our life is really very bad, and in most cases, it's just down right miserable. But, as far as doing good, I believe David has not left off from his opening statement regarding envy and discontent; and in that case, doing good would be much like living as if you are being cared for and watched over by the Lord. The word "good" is easy enough to put into our understanding, it really speaks of things pleasant and agreeable; therefore, if we are truly trusting in the Lord, then those things that we "do" will be displayed in the actions of our hearts; actions which shall be good unto the Lord, and will be pleasant in His sight. Much like the whole point made in Galatians 5:18 through 5:25, because if we are abiding in Christ, then there is no work required for those things of the Spirit to be manifested, there is only the fruit of the Spirit; much like those "lilies of the field" that Jesus was speaking of in Matthew 6:28, they neither toil nor spin, but look how they grow. When we are abiding in Christ, then as a branch attached to the vine, we bear fruit; not from doing anything at all, but just because we are in Christ, He does the work in us. When I think about the first public miracle that Jesus did, where He changed the water into wine; this miracle reminds me of the Nile River being turned to blood; the whole concept of God performing a complete transformation really doesn't need to be explained, because we cannot explain it, but it must instead be lived in order to understand it; period! If someone says, I just can't understand how to put all of my trust in the Lord; then it's not more understanding that they need, it's more of Jesus that is required and less of them! Complete transformation requires complete surrender; much like those molecules of H2O in those water pots required complete surrender to be transformed into wine; wine that was not only grape like, but that was really good wine which was pleasant and agreeable; not from anything but Jesus changing the contents of those water pots, so too, we are to be changed inside, not of our own doing, but of God's... "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it adideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it: and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honour. Now is My soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify Thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." (John 12:24-28)