Psalm 22:26
26 The meek [`anav] shall eat ['akal] and be satisfied: [saba`]
they shall praise [halal] the LORD [Yahovah] that seek [darash] him:
your heart [lebab] shall live [chayah] for ever. [`ad] KJV-Interlinear
26 The
afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever! NASB
This is the devils
world. As such all who live in it are
the afflicted, the poor, the destitute, simply because of his opposition to all
of creation and his agenda of defeating God in whatever fashion he can.
However, among those who
have or will live in this world, not all will be blessed. Many will reject Gods plan and will choose
the Lake of Fire instead of heaven.
But, there will be those
who will choose for Gods plan, who will believe in Christ, and who will have a
good destiny in heaven.
The meek refers to
believers only. For it is the meek,
which refers to the afflicted, the poor, the destitute. And this is not a strict economic or personal
description, but a universal description of all believers, as they are all
enemies of Satan, and their (our) situation is such that Satan has invented a
world of sorrow, of burdens, or anti-truth philosophies. Our most obvious burden is a temporary
physical life. We will all die one day and
from that there is no escape. Physical
death is the ultimate affliction, rendering all things of this physical life,
destitute.
Just in this past week,
the events that have been unfolding in Boston should make it very clear that
evil can come from anywhere, and suffering can come upon anyone at
anytime. As I write this study for
tomorrow (each study is written the evening prior to the day of study), the
second suspect was taken into custody, thus ending that aspect of the crime
that unfolded in Boston.
And as we will likely
hear this news for several days as more and more information comes to light, we
can certainly look to our daily study which describes the suffering of Christ, which
was done in our behalf so that one day, no more of these burdens, or burdens of
any kind, will be a part of our life.
And here, the meek, all
believers, shall be satisfied, ‘saba,’ which means to be the recipient of an abundance
of blessing, to be filled, to be satisfied.
And this is used in conjunction with eternity, and therefore means an
abundance of blessing which is beyond calculation.
The heart, is typically
used as the thinking portion of the soul.
The aspect that pumps or circulates thought throughout your soul.
Praise of the Lord is
stated here in complete contrast to the mocking and insults that He received
while on the cross.
Forever, is a reference
to eternity. And in order to be
satisfied for all of eternity, you have to have life. And to have life for all of eternity you must
have eternal life. And since all people
die, and since this is a reference to believers past, present and future, then
resurrection is a must for everyone, sooner or later.
So, from the insults of
the cross, there will eventually be the vindication of eternity. From the affliction sought after by some,
there will be abundant blessing.
