Psalm 21:6
6 For thou hast made [shiyth] him most blessed [Barakah]
for ever: [`ad] thou hast made [chadah] him exceeding glad [simchah]
with thy countenance. [paniym] KJV-Interlinear
6 For
Thou dost make him most blessed forever; Thou dost make him joyful with
gladness in Thy presence. NASB
Made, ‘shiyth,’ means to
appoint, set to be, to place, to make, to complete.
Blessed, ‘barakah,’ means
to be prospered, sanctified, to collect in a pool, to present through.
Exceedingly glad, ‘simchah,’
means extensive blithesomeness, happy, glee, pleasure, rejoice.
Countenance, ‘paniym,’
means face, presentation, favor, forefront.
God sets or appoints the
believer.
God blesses the believer,
and causes blessings to come to others through the pool of blessings of the believer.
God is the source of
happiness. Things are never the source
of happiness.
And all these are
available to the believer in the presence and favor of God, never in the
presence of self or others.
We can only be in Gods presence
while we are on this earth, by means of the fellowship concept, which is
obtained through confession.
Blessings do not come to
you because of who you are, or because of what you do.
Blessings come to you
only by means of Gods efforts, by means of Gods plan, by means of Gods rules
for the spiritual life. And then and only
then, does God appoint blessings to you based on your adherence to His plan,
His mandates, His expectations of you.
You really have nothing to
do in the spiritual life but to listen, learn, and do what God teaches. In everything else in life, God provides the
means, the method, the opportunity, and the results.
And as a result of
obedience to His will, then happiness, genuine happiness comes into the soul
and life of the believer.
