Psalm 28:8
8 The LORD [Yahovah] is their strength
[`oz], and he is the saving [yashuw`ah] strength [ma`owz] of his
anointed [mashiyach]. KJV-Interlinear
8 The
Lord is their strength, And He is a saving defense to His anointed. NASB
The difference between
these two references for strength, is that ‘oz,’ and ‘ma owz,’ refer not to the
act of salvation, but to the process of developing power, through growth. The first reference for strength, which we
studied yesterday, is in reference to power, or inner power due to the
existence of bible doctrine within ones soul.
This second reference to
strength, is in reference to the power from the source of God, in Christ, who
resides within you as a result of the doctrine that you learn through your
daily study.
Remember that Jesus
Christ is God. He is also a very real
person of human design. He is human. But
also, Christ is the Word of God, and the Word of God is Christ.
So, by learning doctrine
through a daily study, we in effect take Christ into our soul, and make Him a
part of our inner self. He becomes an
integral part of us.
The Holy Spirit builds
within us a structure within our soul.
That structure is constructed of bible doctrine, and the inner strength,
‘ma owz,’ is a direct reference to that structure, or fortification, or rock,
or foundation upon which our life sets and is stabilized.
God does this with His
anointed. His anointed are those who
have already believed in Him. People who
are believers in Christ. This
distinguishes believers from unbelievers.
Therefore, only believers
have access to this inner strength. Unbelievers
do not.
The word for saving, ‘yashuwah,’
refers to help, prosperity, health, welfare.
So, when you learn
doctrine, which you learn only by means of pursuing a daily study, then that
doctrine is used within your soul, to construct a fortress of power and
stability. That in turn promotes your
health, your spiritual health, your prosperity, your spiritual prosperity, and
your welfare which is the completion process of yourself.
Without doctrine, you are
incomplete.
Without a daily study,
you learn nothing, and are in effect living a life separate and apart from Gods
design, which by default means that you reject God, by rejecting His plan and
design. You cannot say that you love God
but simultaneously do not follow His plan.
However, when you do comply
with Gods will, once you learn it, then you will be on a path for the ultimate
completion of meaning and purpose for your own personal life, as God intends
for you.
But that path requires
doctrine, and that doctrine has to be learned before you can know it and
benefit from it.
