Psalm 25:12
12 What man ['iysh] is he that
feareth [yare'] the LORD [Yahovah]? him shall he teach [yarah]
in the way [derek] that he shall choose. [bachar] KJV-Interlinear
12 Who
is the man who fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should
choose. NASB
The word for fear, ‘yare,’
means to fear morally, to revere, to frighten, to dread, to respect, to be
terrible or troubling.
Those who fear God know that
there is a phenomenal and vast difference between man and God.
We as mankind (all of
humanity), are composed of the chemicals of the earth. The bible describes us as dust. That is the physical aspect of our
existence. Into that dust God imputed
human life that is contained in a soul.
The soul and the human
life contained therein, are separate and apart from the physical body. The physical body contains biological life. When you believe in Christ, then God created
a human spirit, which is the third aspect of your existence, and into that
human spirit is inserted eternal life.
These then are the three vessels and three life components that make up
your life here in this world.
When you die, the
physical body and its biological life are discarded and left behind to cease
and rot. They will one day be replaced
with a better resurrection body that will never decay.
But as a person, you are
a simple life form inserted into dust.
And from mere dust, God has designed all manner of people that you see around
you in life. Some are beautiful and some
are not. Some have tremendous talent and
some do not. But whatever aspect you see
in people, these all were formed out of dust as their starting component, into
which God inserted talent and such.
This alone would be a
phenomenal achievement that no one can match, but God has done so much more.
He created an entire
universe for us to live in, to see, to discover, and as such we know that there
is a huge and vast knowledge base out there, of which we most probably have not
even touched the surface of discovery.
In addition, God did not
simply create a living zoo for us all to live in, God has a plan, and design,
for people to live with Him, forever.
But of course along the
way, Satan raised his head in defiance and challenged God and Gods plan. So we have to live through that challenge in
order that all may know that Satan is way off base, and out of touch with
reality, and that God is perfect and has the best outlook for us all.
So, God has taken us from
nothing, dust, and has prepared a plan to give us a completeness that is beyond
our understanding, and a destiny in heaven for all of eternity, which one day will
be free from turmoil and stress and the burdens of life, and possibly will include
phenomenal rewards and blessings.
But that possibility is
dependent on our compliance with Gods plan.
An achievement that very few will obtain because they put their own
plans ahead of Gods plan.
The unbeliever rejects
truth and so will receive the horrible eternity away from God in the Lake of
Fire.
The believer receives
eternal life and as such will have infinite blessings beyond what unbelievers will
have.
But too, the mature
believer, will receive rewards for eternity and those rewards will be infinitely
beyond what immature believers will have.
So there is a very good reason to advance in your spiritual life. Just as there is a huge difference between
the lifestyle of a person in poverty and the person who is a billionaire, so
too, there is a huge and similar difference between the immature believer versus
the mature believer for all of eternity.
Far better to be a trillionaire
in heaven than a poor man in heaven. Many
of the parables speak to this difference.
Now add to all of this,
the innumerable variables that exist during your life, of which God made
provision as far back as eternity past.
Things that none of us can even make provision for while we live our
life. And you find such a huge plan of
God that boggles the mind to the incomprehensible.
Without God, you would not
even exist. Without God you would not
have access to truth. Without God you
could not grow up. Without God you could
not become complete. Without God you would
not have a destiny.
And since it is very easy
to accomplish all that God wants for you, then it is difficult to understand
why people ignore the vast life that God has prepared for each one of us, in
exchange for something that each person invents for themselves, such inventions
that are totally detached from reality and will never be achieved.
So, who fears God? Those who know and understand all that God is
and does. Those who want to genuinely
learn about God and Gods ways. Those who
pursue that learning process in accordance with Gods procedure for learning. And that procedure is to pursue a daily study
under instruction, as you are doing right now.
And it is those, who God
teaches. It is those who learn what is
reality and what is false. It is those
who learn to choose the right direction for their life, as God would have them
choose. It is those who realize that
they can lose a huge reward package for eternity if they do not comply with
Gods plan for learning and growing up.
It is the possibility of that
loss of reward, loss of blessing, loss of completeness which should be enough
to strike fear into your life such that you will feverishly pursue your daily
study and learn and grow up and therefore attain what God intends for you,
rather than lose it forever.
Unbelievers lose eternal life
and that should be an extreme fear that should drive them to believe in Christ. One would think.
Immature believers can
lose infinite reward for all of eternity, and that loss should drive them to
pursue their daily bible study so that they do not lose such a great
blessing. One would think.
And do not limit the
characteristics of reward to just monetary things only. Reward includes ‘things’ for certain, but it
also includes talents, abilities, promotions, ranks, privileges, and so
forth. Whatever you can imagine as a
blessing, then it becomes a possible eternal blessing with greater attributes.
So, if you do not what
anything in eternity, then do not comply with Gods mandates, and you will get
nothing.
But, if you are wise, and
God expects you to be wise and not stupid, then you will pursue your daily
studies under instruction, while in fellowship, and your investment will reap
you a huge harvest for eternity.
What farmer wants to
plant nothing and get nothing?
