Psalm 16:5
5 The LORD [Yahovah] is the portion [manah] of mine inheritance [cheleq]
and of my cup: [kowc] thou maintainest [tamak] my lot. [gowral] KJV-Interlinear
5 The
Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; Thou dost support my lot. NASB
Portion of my
inheritance, ‘manah cheleq,’ refers to a distribution, or portion or lot, or
share as when something is divided up between the victors of a difficult conflict.
The booty goes to the victor. The spoils
go to the victor.
From the prior verse,
where idols are the confidence of the spiritually naïve, from which idols or
preferences of the world which cannot provide anything, so then the Lord, who
is very real and powerful and able, can provide an inheritance, or share not of
just things in this world, but of an entirely new universe. One far, far better
than this one.
The world around you
provides nothing for you but a temporary dwelling between the time before you
existed (the time of your birth), and the time when you leave this world (your
death).
You did nothing for this
world before you were born, and the world did nothing for you, did not even
know you, prior to your birth. And when
you die, you leave it all behind you, no matter what you have or don’t
have. Nothing goes with you.
The Pharaohs tried to
take their possessions with them into their tombs, but grave robbers go those
things. The Pharaohs left only dust and
bones in the tombs, and their souls went elsewhere, but without their things. All of their idols, all of their harem's, all
of their gold and possessions, could do nothing for them after death.
Neither can the things of
your hearts delight, whatever it or they may be.
Of my cup, is a reference
to the refreshment of the day. It could
be a drink or an activity or possession or occupation or pursuit, of which you
pursue day in and day out during your life.
Your daily activities,
whether productive in your eyes or unproductive because they are a waste of
time in repetitious activities, these things of ones daily life do not provide
that which is expected or presumed in ones life. They are neither fulfillment nor permanent.
But the Lord, the written
word, which one must have in order to possess the Lord, is the single and only permanent
possession that exists anywhere.
Maintenance of ones lot,
refers to the ongoing and daily looking after of ones affairs and possessions.
The world cannot maintain
ones possessions. Wealth and prosperity
have come and gone throughout the ages.
The wealth of the Pharaohs have long ago disappeared. The wealth of kings have long ago disappeared
or diminished. The wealth of successful
business men of ages past, have vanished.
And they certainly do not support the dead who are no longer among us.
God on the other hand,
looks after all that you have, all that is valuable and permanent, all that
will be with you in the next life.
Your next life is
certain. You cannot avoid it. You cannot
skip it. You will have only that which
God brings with you, and nothing else.
You will have your soul,
your spirit (if you have believed in Christ), and your doctrine (if you have learned
anything during your life).
And along with that
doctrine, your spiritual production if you have grown up at all in your
spiritual life. Your production is the
basis for your eternal reward. Something
that you will receive (or not receive) when you stand before Christ, at the
Judgment Seat of Christ.
That is your lot, your
portion, your distribution, your share. That
is, if you are smart enough to look to God, Christ, doctrine and the
obligations placed on you for your spiritual life, now.
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