Psalm 30:6
6 And in my prosperity [shelev] I said ['amar], I shall
never [`owlam] be moved [mowt]. KJV-Interlinear
6 Now
as for me, I said in my prosperity, "I will never be moved." NASB
One of the greatest
mistakes that anyone can make, is in getting comfortable in their way of
life. And that is what the word for
prosperity, ‘shelev,’ means here. It
stands for security, comfort, contentment, at ease with ones beliefs, all of
which are false, and therefore lull one into a false sense of complacency.
And when you become
content with your beliefs, then you become less alert to your errors and then
more rigid in your thinking.
And the phrase, ‘I shall
never be moved,’ is that rigidity of attitude that almost always prevents you
from discovering your errors.
When you come from a
background of culture, or religion, or a belief system that you have been
brought up with and have come to know, then it is often times difficult to
break out of that mold. Culture and
familiarity are powerful traps that can prevent your eyes form seeing the
truth, or even questioning your own beliefs, and making a change to leave
behind that which you are used to, is likewise nearly impossible.
But, only truth and the
repeated exposure of learning truth, can give you the discernment and understanding
and wisdom to make that change, in confidence, and without the stress or
worries of leaving the old habits behind while avoiding the guilt of somehow
betraying family and such.
Being comfortable with
ones attitude, too, is a trap that prevents learning. If you believe that you already know
something, then you are not likely to question your own beliefs. And therefore, you do not pursue learning or
objectivity.
And that is probably the
single biggest trap of false confidence, which leads to spiritual failure due
to not pursuing knowledge.
Failure to question,
failure to ask, at least within your own mind, leads to failure to study daily
the scriptures, and that disables the advancement of your spiritual life. And that leads to a false sense of
contentment and accomplishment. You think
you have arrived, when you haven’t even begun.
The daily studies of
bible doctrine should always be pursued with questions, pondering, asking,
wondering, measuring, and especially comparing all that is true against all
that is false. And the more that you learn
and come to know, then the more you are able to ask and compare and therefore
understand. And of course then to be
able to escape the traps of false beliefs, of cultural constraints, of not even
asking the right questions, or not even asking questions at all.
