Psalm 31:17
17 Let me not be ashamed [buwsh], O LORD [Yahovah]; for I
have called [qara'] upon thee: let the wicked [rasha`] be ashamed [buwsh], and let
them be silent [damam] in the grave [sha'owl]. KJV-Interlinear
17 Let
me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon Thee; Let the wicked be put to
shame, let them be silent in Sheol. NASB
God always has the last
word. God always has the last laugh. Try as they may, anyone and everyone who
resists the mandates and truths from God and life, and try to pretend or impose
their invented beliefs onto life, will always face one inevitable event. That event is death.
Death is the great
equalizer and the great eye opener, so to speak.
People can go through
their entire life believing the wrong things, doing the wrong things, resisting
the wrong things, indifferent toward everything that is right and true, arguing
until they are blue in the face, intimidating, yelling, screaming, being
annoying and on and on, but in the end, death solves all arguments.
The believer in Christ,
who has been genuinely obedient, who has followed the mandates of God to learn
and to grow and to be a spiritually productive person, will have no shame when
life comes to an end.
The believer who has been
pretending and otherwise disobedient throughout life, will meet death with
unbelievable embarrassment.
Ashamed means embarrassment.
Being embarrassed is not
a sin, by the way, it is a discovery of ones stubborn bumbling in the face of a
lifetime of truth that was disregarded.
Too many people will resist
pursuing a daily study. Too many people
turn to excuses as to why they do not have to follow personal responsibility in
life. Too many people use past abuse or
past experiences as their excuse for not changing or not growing up. They simply never get over it or move
forward, but prefer to live in their past misery, and even expect sympathy from
others so that they can remain the victim.
Too many people pursue works or their own invented beliefs, rather than
Gods spiritual design.
The past is always used
as an excuse for avoiding growing up.
Current beliefs are always used as the excuse for not questioning ones
beliefs.
Who are the wicked? They are any and all who prefer to live apart
from doctrine. Wickedness is the activity
of evil. Evil is anything that is
outside of Gods will and design.
If you are not compliant
with Gods will, on a regular basis as a practical pattern of your life, then
you are wicked.
All unbelievers are
categorized as wicked. All believers that
are regularly out of fellowship are classified as wicked. Everything that is not spiritual is wicked.
And the great thing is
that everyone has the opportunity to discover their errors in life and make the
necessary changes in their life.
The unfortunate thing is
that most resist or refuse to discover it until after they die, when it is too
late to correct.
