Psalm 16:1
1 Michtam [miktam] of David. [David]
Preserve [shamar] me, O God: ['el] for in thee do I put my trust. [chacah]KJV-Interlinear
1 A
Mikhtam of David.
Preserve
me, O God, for I take refuge in Thee. NASB
Michtam means a writing,
a poem, a song. Sometimes it is referred
as golden, or precious. The root of the
word means to stamp or engrave. And it
comes to mean a writing that is so important or valuable, that it is worthy of
being engraved in some form so as to preserve it forever.
Therefore, a psalm so
precious it should be stamped in gold.
O God, ‘el,’ means
strength or power, mighty or almighty.
Preserve, ‘shamar,’ to
hedge about as with thorns, to guard, to protect, to attend, to surround with a
protective and impenetrable barrier or fortress, to maintain.
Trust, ‘chacah,’ means to
flee for protection, to confide, to reside, to make refuge with confidence and
boldness.
Therefore, in God who is
so powerful in that there is no other source of power that is greater, we are
to run with speed and purpose, as though there is imminent danger, knowing with
confidence and certainty, that we will be protected by an impenetrable defense.
And so in your life, your
running is not geographical as from point A to point ‘B,’ for there is no place
on this earth that one can run in order to escape evil.
But your running is in
truth, or doctrine. You develop a want,
a desire, a yearning for knowledge, the knowledge of God, which is doctrine,
such that you learn it through study.
And you learn it because
you know deep down inside, that it is what it right. That God is the one and only place to whom
you can turn for anything worthy in life, regardless of the difficulties that
we all face in life. And we turn to God
through the content of the scriptures, which we learn, which we feed on, for it
is the daily meal that sustains us, just as all foods are designed to sustain
us. This food is for the soul, which is
the true person.
Doctrine provides us with
truth, with discernment, with orientation to life, with the sustaining power, ‘el,’
that has no equal.
Doctrine provides us with
the growth and structure of soul, that contributes to our productiveness in
life, which production is valuable and intrinsic as is gold.
Doctrine which provides
us with maturity and the ever certainty of eternal reward that will be above
and beyond our thoughts or imagination.
This then is the truth
that is worthy of being written in permanent form, so that all may read, and
understand, and come to the knowledge that doctrine is the single most valuable
possession that we can ever own.
And, therefore, should be
pursued as treasure would be pursued, as legitimate pleasure would be pursued,
as legitimate intimacy and love are pursued.
Only that, Bible doctrine
is far, far, far more valuable.
The question is, will you
recognize this and will you chase (through daily study) after doctrine as though
your very life depends on it? Because it
does.
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