Psalm 28:1
1 A Psalm of David [David].
Unto thee will I cry [qara'], O LORD [Yahovah] my rock [tsuwr]; be not silent [chashah] to
me: lest, if thou be silent [charash] to me, I
become [mashal] like them that go down [yarad] into the pit [bowr]. KJV-Interlinear
1 A
Psalm of David.
To
Thee, O Lord, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, Lest, if Thou be silent to
me, I become like those who go down to the pit. NASB
We live in this world,
but the world is nothing more than a foundation built upon sand. It is temporary and unstable and will never
ever get any better than that. Even the
length of our life from birth to death is tentative, uncertain and limited in
many respects.
The quality of life for
most in this world hangs by a thread if even that.
This is the devils world, and as a world leader, he
is an utter failure.
God, on the other hand, maintains the lives of
people despite the evils, both Satan’s and man’s, in the world.
The rock of life is found
in God through Jesus Christ. Knowledge
of God is by means of bible doctrine.
Access to God is within the framework of fellowship which is attained
through confession.
Within that environment,
which we call the spiritual environment, is a stability that far exceeds
anything in this world and it exists in spite of this world.
However, if you choose to
ignore this, if you choose to disregard God and His framework, then you reject
the rock of stability in favor of a constantly settling and changing and
insecure world, which will always lead you to failure and disaster.
God never rejects anyone,
but God will not interact with those who reject Him. That is a mere courtesy of His grace in
respecting your wishes.
But the warning here is
very real. Reject truth, which is what
you are doing when you reject Gods plan and procedures and will, and you are
throwing away the only stability and security and promise that exists.
The pit, is an expression
for the place of despair, sorrow, loss, failure, and worse. That is the only place that is available to
those who lose their connection with God.
And people lose their connection to God, by means of their own decisions
to reject Him. You have only yourself to
blame if that is what you choose.
The alternative is for
choosing God, by choosing His plan and method for the spiritual life, and thus
choosing for happiness, contentment, prosperity, destiny, promise and far, far
more. The promise is much preferred to
the pit.
