Psalm 21:12
12 Therefore shalt thou make [shiyth] them turn their back, [shakem] when thou shalt make ready [kuwn] thine arrows upon thy strings [meythar] against the face [paniym]
of them. KJV-Interlinear
12 For
Thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt aim with Thy bowstrings at their
faces. NASB
Back, ‘shakem,’ means the
shoulder blades or that which you see when a person is moving, or in this case,
running away, fleeing as it were.
Arrows against the face,
is God meeting their charge, head on.
In many conflicts in
history, the aggressor is met with side attacks or surprise ambushes and such,
but in Gods case, the attacks of aggressors are always met head on, face to
face.
Truth never has to hide
from the false. Truth will always send
the false into retreat. And as we
studied in the previous verse, truth will always totally defeat the false.
Even though people pursue
the lies of life, their own opinions rather than Gods, time is always on Gods
side and never on the side of any created thing.
God transcends time and
space. He is not confined by time or
space. He invented them both. Thus He is omnipresent. But man is trapped in time and space and is
confined within its boundaries. The only
way we will have access to whatever exists beyond that, will not come until the
next life.
The vastness of God is so
far beyond our comprehension, that we cannot even begin to imagine the possibilities.
Man spends most of his
time, trying to do what God has already done. And that in itself seems very
bizarre and illogical. The components of salvation and eternal life and the
spiritual life and the completion of oneself are already in place, yet people
keep trying to build something better, with no clue as to what they are doing
or how to do it.
Most folks spend their time,
marking time, or walking in place, going nowhere, while recruiting others to do
the same, rather than spending their time following the very simple path that
God has already laid out, and then recruiting others to join them in that
wonderful quest.
The crowns study should
have taught you the many benefits of introducing others to the studies and
things that you are learning, wherein you benefit as well by bringing or
introducing them into their spiritual potential. But then most folks don’t invite others let
alone mention it.
With people, truth is something
that they hide or keep their involvement secret due to embarrassment. With God, truth is something put out in the forefront
to meet evil head-on.
Today evil cheers at its perceived
victories. Tomorrow it will be silent
and nowhere to be found.
As for you, where will
your credentials of Christian support and courage, be found.
