Psalm 13:5
5 But I have trusted [batach] in thy mercy; [checed] my
heart [leb] shall rejoice [giyl] in thy salvation. [yashuw`ah] KJV-Interlinear
5 But I
have trusted in Thy lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.
NASB
Risking not having God in
ones life. Risking turning to the world
and its flawed beliefs. Risking being
beaten by the enticements of the world and all who promote its tainted views.
Then but, gives us a
contrast between that which comes from God, versus that which comes from the
world.
Trust, means several
things, ‘batach,’ among them it means hope, but not hope based on luck or
chance, but hope based on the certainty of knowledge and confidence derived
therefrom.
Look around you and you
can see all of the world. You can see, hold, and hear this world. You can measure and compare and look over
your shoulder. You can see where you
have come from and where you are going.
But can you? Is what you experience in this world really
the truth of life? And the answer to
that is, no.
Because there is a life
after this world and anything and everything in this world will not be a part
of that future life, which by the way, will last forever. Your life now will last you but a few decades
at best. The next life will last you
billions and trillions of years and more.
You can see and hold
things now in this world, but they do not solve problems nor prepare you for
your real life coming up.
In contrast, you cannot
see or touch or detect in any way, shape or form, anything from the spiritual
side of life.
That, is connected to us
by faith and faith alone. And yet in
that life there is complete security, and prosperity, and much, much more than
this life will ever offer or provide.
And yet far too many
folks ignore that which they cannot detect, and choose that which they can see
and hold. And the former provides
everything, while the latter provides nothing, when you come right down to it.
They say that Gaddafi had
hidden away over 200 billions of dollars. And now where is he? What good is that money to him now? Recently another billionaire died and what
good is his money to him now? And that
answer is, it does him no good at all now.
One is probably looking
for his virgins in Torments, while waiting for the Lake of Fire. The other is probably in heaven, but we do
not know for sure on either man. In
either case, I am sure that both are beyond surprised at their present
circumstances. The latter is much happier than the former, of course. But in both cases, their billions do them no
good now.
Anyway, anyone who trusts
in their possessions, from this world, be they little or vast, then their
priorities are wrong and they will lose out in eternity.
Therefore, trust by means
of knowledge and certainty, in the things of the spiritual side of life, even
though you cannot see them.
And why?
Salvation, ‘yashuwah,’
does not refer to being saved for the next life, but is a reference to the
continued deliverance from the problems of this world. It refers to aid, deliverance, health, help.
It is in the feminine and refers to something saved by another. The feminine refers to the helpless state or
situation of the individual, thus requiring the aid of someone else, namely
God.
And so, the world is the
tyrant. And we are its helpless
victims. We can conform to the world and
lose, or we can trust in that which we cannot see, and win.
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