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Job 29:19
19 My root [sheresh] was spread out [pathach] by the waters [mayim], and the dew [tal] lay all night [luwn] upon my branch [qatsiyr]. KJV-Interlinear
19 'My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies all night on my branch. NASB
Roots spread out, is an expression of stability against storms and floods and such. Waters, is a reference to the flow of a river during the daylight hours. Dew is the moisture that typically accumulates on things during the night.
Daytime is a reference to the blessings of life, and nighttime is a reference to the troubles of life.
So now, Job has wrapped up all of these expressions within this verse.
His life exists on a solid foundation of Bible doctrine. Doctrine is what he has been expressing throughout this entire conversation. His roots extend deep and outward, giving him a rock-solid stable life.
His life is fed by a constant flow of water, blessing in times of prosperity, flowing past him moment by moment. And during the difficult times of life, nighttime, his life is still blessed by the heavy dew, blessing in times of trouble, that accumulates during those difficult times.
Job, as he continue here, is describing a virtually perfect life. Something that anyone of us would love to have for ourselves.
But then you have to understand that God had a plan for Jobs life. It included blessing, tragedy, and blessings again. All of which was to end up in a recorded book meant to benefit everyone who followed him in history.
You and I do not have such a blessed life. At least not on the magnitude of Job. Probably no one in history ever has lived anything that duplicates it.
But, like Job, both you and I, and everyone in history, have a unique plan for our lives. God inserted us into history now, because it was the perfect or best place in history for us to live out our lives.
It is not what you accumulate in life that makes your life, but what you think. And your thinking is influenced by what you study, or don't study in life. Your goal in this life is to get prepared for the next life.
Everything else in your life, is nothing more than logistical support, and a learning environment, intended to help you live and grow up in this life.
Whether you are talented or not, healthy or not, rich or not, makes no difference. God provides us all with the daily flowing waters and the nightly dews of provision to help us along in life. Note that all of this water comes externally from us all. We do not cause the blessings or support, we are the recipient, never the source.
