The precious promises of our Lord.

The devotional booklet "our daily bread", has as title for the devotion of May 25,'frustrating promises". It starts with the question,
"do any bible promises frustrate you?"
I must admit that in the past I was many times frustrated and probably, there are many Christians today who are frustrated,asking themselves, "why don't I have what want? I believe that our main problem is the fact that we do not ask according to God's will and are ignoring the conditions for the fulfillment of the promises.
In the first place, most promises are for " the righteous man"
Therefore we must know what it means to be a righteous man.
According to the New Covenant, a Righteous person is some one, who is washed clean from his sin by the blood of Jesus, confessing by faith that Jesus died and has risen as our Lord and Savior. James 2:20 tells us also that our faith has to be a living faith , manifested by good works.
Psalm 37 has indeed many precious promises, however it gives us also 17 conditions and instructions how to be doing "good works" .
I will list them here verse by verse:
verse 1 "Fret not thy self"[also in verses 7 and 8]
verse 3 "Trust in the Lord and do good"[also verse 5]
verse 4 "delight thyself in the Lord "
verse 5 "commit thine way into the Lord"
verse 7 "rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him"
verse 8 "cease from anger and forsake wrath"
verse 9 "The meek shall inherit the earth "
verse 21"the righteous show mercy and give"
verse 23 "A good man"
verse 26 "He is ever merciful and lendeth"
verse 27 "Depart from evil"
verse 30 "Their mouth speaks wisdom,his tongue talketh of judgment"
verse 31 "The law of his God is in his heart"
verse 34 "Wait on the Lord and keep His Way"
I count 17 conditions for the promises of psalm 37. They form the Lord's definition of a righteous person and " good works "
In verse 39 He again tells us that it is for " the righteous'
When we do not see the promises of the Lord happening in our lives, we should examine and asking ourselves, "where do I fall short and how can it be corrected? If you know the answer, ask the LORD for Help in this matter.That is certainly a prayer according to His will and He will answer that. [1John 5:14]
Your and Christ+'s servant, Johannes Weiss
verse 27 "depart from evil