Psalm 20:4
4 Grant [nathan] thee according to
thine own heart, [lebab] and fulfil [male'] all thy counsel. [`etsah] KJV-Interlinear
4 May
He grant you your heart's desire, And fulfill all your counsel! NASB
Thus far in this psalm,
we have looked at the promises of God for each individual while we are in the
days of our trouble.
We live in this world and
since this is the devils world, all of our days are technically enveloped in
trouble. From the moment of your birth
to the moment of your death, you are living in a hostile environment, designed
by Satan, determined to lead you to ruin.
The world will give you
too much so that you will not need truth.
The world will make your life miserable so that you will live in
complaints and blame.
This prayer is addressed
to the God of Jacob, thus distinguishing the line of the Messiah, namely Jesus
Christ, from all other gods. Christ is
the one true God, all others are false.
God sends us help from
within the sanctuary of fellowship, wherein our spiritual life functions.
God strengthens us
through doctrine, the mountain of truth and power, often times called or
illustrated by the term, Zion.
God recognizes our
correct worship, namely our daily study and all that we learn, think and do,
within the scope of Bible doctrine, recognizing that it is the work of Christ
and not our work, that gains credit lest our arrogance overtake our views in
life.
And, now in our current
verse, the thoughts of our soul should be correlated with Gods thoughts, namely
Bible doctrine. If our thoughts are of a
sinful nature, then we would be out of sync with God.
Our counsel likewise,
needs to be in line with truth and the counsel of God, and not of our own
choosing or convenience.
Therefore, God grants us
all that is in accordance with our desires and fulfills all of our plans that
are in accordance with truth.
God has a plan for your
life. God has a plan for all of human
history. God has a plan for all of
history.
His plan over rides all
things of individual purpose, but simultaneously incorporates them into His
plan with perfect precision.
In eternity past, God
looked forward through the tunnel of time, and saw all of the possible options
for each and every individual who would ever live. He selected the one plan that gives everyone
the very best opportunity for their life and future.
And so you were placed in
history at the perfect moment in time such that you would grow up and be led by
either God or your environment depending on the choices you make in your
life. Good choices maximize your opportunities. Bad choices reduce your opportunities.
What you learn and retain
in your soul, drives your desires and plans.
If you learn worldly
lusts and selfishness, then your thoughts are of a sinful and self-centered
nature.
If you learn doctrine,
then your thoughts and intents are more compatible with Gods will.
And God backs up and
supports divine viewpoint, never evil purposes.
Sometimes sorting out your
thoughts and intentions gets mixed up within your own head. Self-righteousness can cut you off just as
easily as the many lusts and desires that will cross your path in life.
And the only way to keep
it all in line, is through a daily study of the scriptures, but not from your
own effort, you must learn through instruction until you have grown up sufficiently
to be able to discern truth from fiction.
And most folks can live to
be a hundred and never get it, simply because they presume too much by
overrating themselves. They live their
life picking and choosing and abiding only by what they choose to believe and
follow, rather than humbling themselves to truth and subordinating themselves
to the authority of doctrine.
Most folks do not like
their place in life, and that is a subtle resentment of what God has done for
you. And all the while, while you have
been dissatisfied with life, it has been your own fault for not learning truth,
for not complying with Gods mandates, for not stepping back and looking at
yourself objectively, for refusing to recognize the opportunities that God has
given you, and thus never making the most of them.
People often quote
scripture believing that the simple quote will somehow become a genie for their
wants in life. However, God blesses the foundation
of doctrine that resides in your soul, not the empty whims of your wishes.
Learn nothing, have
nothing.
Learn doctrine and build
up the solid structure and capacity for receiving everything.
A warehouse that is never
built cannot store the harvest. The
warehouse has to be built before it can be filled with production.
It is the same with your
life. God gives us so many simply
illustrations. Why are so many people
never able to figure it out?
