Psalm 31:19
19 Oh how great [rab] is thy
goodness [tuwb], which thou hast laid up [tsaphan] for them that fear [yare']
thee; which thou hast wrought [pa`al] for them
that trust [chacah] in thee before the sons [ben] of men ['adam]! KJV-Interlinear
19 How
great is Thy goodness, Which Thou hast stored up for those who fear Thee, Which
Thou hast wrought for those who take refuge in Thee, Before the sons of men! NASB
Who would throw away a
mind boggling treasure by simply not engaging in a daily study, that is so easy
to pursue? Advancing believers, or
Christians who are studying, and learning and advancing in their spiritual
life, have benefits that non-advancing or pretending believers do not
have. This verse gives us the details of
how this is.
Gods goodness is laid up,
‘tsaphan,’ meaning stored up, treasured up, in reserve, hoarded up as one puts
aside food and resources in the fall for use in the winter. And so, God has stored up resources,
blessings, things that advancing believers, not pretenders, will, and do, need
throughout their life.
For them that fear,
‘yare,’ meaning reverent, or respect.
Trust, ‘chacah,’ means to
rely on, to look to, to have confidence, a place of refuge.
Wrought, ‘pa al,’ to have
made, planned out, made arrangements before hand.
And so, even before you
existed, God made provisions of many things for you and your life. But those blessings and provisions only
become active for you, when and after you have advanced or are advancing in
your spiritual life.
Too many people live a
life of works or pretense or stubborn resistance, and needless to say, never
gain the benefits of the many things that God has pre-arranged for them. They are left on the table, so to speak.
Before the sons of men,
simply means, during your life.
After you were born, the
only question before you was, whether you would believe in Christ. A simple thought that remarkably many refuse
to do for years and years and years.
Likewise, after many do
believe in Christ, the only question is whether or not they will commit
themselves to a daily study, and then learn and advance in their spiritual
life. This is the aspect of your life
where you actually complete yourself as a person, as God has intended.
Again, remarkably many
will resist committing to a daily study, fully convinced that they can be
approved by God, by not having to comply with Gods mandate, and by doing
whatever it is that they do, on their own.
They do this for years and years and years.
Then there are the few,
the only true minority among humanity, who want more, who want to learn, who
will seek out, who will inquire, who will leave no rock unturned, to discover
what it is that God wants of us, and will commit to a daily study, will learn,
will comply with Gods mandates, and will grow up.
And it is to these
advancing believers, that Gods provisions will be utilized, and they will reap
the benefits of Gods blessings.
Blessings that are available to us right now, not later in eternity, but
right now, during this life in this world.
But too, this provision
also applies to eternity.
It is one thing to lose
out on the blessings of this life, but it is quite another to lose out on the
blessings for all of eternity. Those
blessings are infinite just as eternity is infinite, therefore the potential
loss is infinite.
Again, who would throw
away such a mind boggling treasure by simply not engaging in a daily study,
that really is not a burden for anyone?
Many people dream dreams
and that is all they will ever be, just dreams.
Spiritually mature
believers have dreams that become formulated by the doctrine in their soul and
eventually they will achieve those dreams.
What are your
dreams? Will you ever achieve them and
more? Why?
