Psalm 21:3
3 For thou preventest [qadam] him with the blessings [Barakah] of goodness: [towb] thou
settest [shiyth] a crown [`atarah] of pure gold [paz] on his
head. [ro'sh] KJV-Interlinear
3 For
Thou dost meet him with the blessings of good things; Thou dost set a crown of
fine gold on his head. NASB
Prevent, ‘qadam,’ means
to prevent by use of good, or to anticipate, to project, to hasten, to meet,
before disappointment, before or prevent, to hinder, to intercept.
The meaning here, is that
God knew of the problems that David would have, and thus made arrangements and
provisions such that blessing would already be available for David, even before
David would ask, or even know to ask for help.
In eternity past, God
looked down through the tunnel of time and saw your life in all of its
detail. God made provision for every
possible thing that you would need during your entire life. He intercepted your
timeline, He anticipated your timeline, He made all possible arrangements that
you would need, according to His plan for you (not necessarily according to
what your own plans or wants might be).
With blessings of good,
means that God brings good and only good into your life.
This is the devils world
and all bad originates from Satan, never from God.
When Adam and Eve were in
the garden, all was perfect. Nothing bad
could possibly come into their lives.
But then there was Satan,
and temptation, and finally sin, and sin is the big problem which brings all manner
of problems into the human arena. Life
now ends in death, health now ends in deterioration, physical and mental
wellness drifts toward handicaps and defects and all sorts of difficulties. Fruitful gardens turned to weeds. Perfect weather turned to storms, and so on
and on goes the list of problems that hamper this world and life.
None of which were caused
by God.
And yet in spite of our
problems and circumstances, God has provided us with crowns of gold. Not just
crowns of royalty, but of victory.
Whatever happens in this
world and in this life, which by the way is only going to last but a few
decades at best for you, and after that, your life will continue forever. And that is the time of your vindication from
all that is bad and sad in this world.
So, as much as you
probably hate this world or your life or whatever it is that has given you
grief, God saw it all in eternity past and God made provision for it.
Even if you are living
high on the hog, don’t get your nose up too high, because that nose can be
chopped down a few notches, if God needs to get your attention.
In any case, God has
already seen your life, has already made provision, and it remains for you to
comprehend this and understand it, and then perhaps you will have a bit less
bitterness or arrogance, as the case may be, and have a different outlook on
life.
If you have lived for a reasonable
amount of time, can you not look back on your life and see how things should
have gone, but did not, how your life could have taken a very different turn,
but did not? Isn’t it possible that you
shouldn’t even be here now, but you are?
There is a verse that you
should know, should have already memorized, of which I will let you look up for
yourself, if you are even interested.
And it goes like this, ‘Before
I call, You will answer. While I speak, You will hear.’
Do you see the significance
of this verse in the provision from eternity past and the action of today?
