Psalm 30:5
5 For his anger ['aph] endureth but
a moment [rega`]; in his favour [ratsown] is life [chay]: weeping [Bakiy] may endure [luwn] for a
night [`ereb], but joy [rinnah] cometh in the morning [boqer]. KJV-Interlinear
5 For
His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last
for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning. NASB
Anger, ‘aph,’ represents
the nose or nostrils that are enhanced due to the heavy breathing of elevated
emotions of irritation or annoyance, and hence represents the controlled emotions
of discipline that occur and then subside quickly.
And, unlike people who
hold grudges forever, or want huge punishments for insignificant errors, God
holds no grudges and makes the penalty fit the transgression, and furthermore,
when the discipline is over, then the whole matter ends.
You are never punished
for your errors of years or decades ago.
Unless of course you continue day after day and year after year in those
same bad habits. But then, the discipline
is not for old errors but the pattern of errors that don’t seem to change. If you have errors from long ago and have
changed your ways, then those errors are irrelevant as far as God is concerned.
But realize that some
errors do follow you all of your life, such as cancer that is developed from
smoking or drinking and such examples.
But again, these are errors of the world, and not of the spiritual
life. You can still have blessings even
when you have cancer and so forth. Your
spiritual status determines your blessings.
Gods favor is life, or the
blessings that result from your adherence to life, and specifically your
spiritual life. Blessings come to you as
a result of the proper function of your spiritual life. More residence within the fellowship sphere,
means more blessings. Residence out of
fellowship means no blessing function.
The night is typically associated
with darkness, sorrow, pain, evil and such.
Light or morning is
typically associated with a new beginning, or the cessation of pain and suffering.
And so even though
suffering may come along in the life, it will come to an end. There is always a light at the end of the
tunnel, so to speak.
But of course, all of
this depends entirely on your spiritual life. If you pursue God, Christ, and doctrine
correctly, then all of these things will fall into place as God deems best for
you.
None of us are exempt
from problems. This is the devils world,
but doctrine and the spiritual life help to elevate us up, out of, and separate
us from, the problems of the world, especially their permanent aspects.
