Psalm 31:20
20 Thou shalt hide [cathar] them in the secret [cether]
of thy presence [paniym] from the pride [rokec] of man ['iysh]: thou shalt
keep them secretly [tsaphan] in a pavilion [cukkah] from the strife [riyb] of
tongues [lashown]. KJV-Interlinear
20 Thou
dost hide them in the secret place of Thy presence from the conspiracies of
man; Thou dost keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues. NASB
Do you know the secret of
Gods presence, or the secret pavilion being referred to here? Most folks will blabber about this or that,
but then most folks do not read their daily studies and simply are clueless as
to what these are. You should know, however if you have been with this study
for even just a short time.
The spiritual life is
proprietary, and is available only to believers in Jesus Christ.
Spiritual maturity is
proprietary, and is available only to believers who advance in their spiritual
life to spiritual maturity.
The function of the
spiritual life is proprietary, and is available only to believers who are in fellowship.
But what was the subject
of the previous verse? Blessings that
have been set up, pre-assembled, stored up for the believers use.
And where are these
blessings found?
They are found and
available to the believer who is in the secret place of God, namely in fellowship,
and advancing to spiritual maturity.
Fellowship is acquired
when you confess your sins. When you commit
a sin, then you are immediately out of fellowship and must confess again, in
order to get back into fellowship.
Fellowship is the environment,
or the secret place, in which the spiritual life functions. It is the pavilion, or the environment
wherein you stand, positionally, not literally, in front of God.
The secret place is the
spiritual life of the advancing believer.
Secret means information
that belongs to only those to whom it is revealed. Doctrine is revealed to
believers who are in fellowship. The
spiritual environment is the only place where the benefits and resources of the
spiritual life function.
To unbelievers, all
things of a spiritual nature are foolishness.
To believers who are
continually out of fellowship, as a matter of the pattern of their life, then
most things are foolishness or simply uninteresting.
The only way to access
that which is hidden, to discover that which is secret, is to enter into the
spiritual environment which we call fellowship, and then study and learn, and
thus gain an understanding of Gods wisdom.
The pride of men, the
strife of tongues, are broad references to sin which prevents access to these
secret places and the substance which is unique to the spiritual life.
