Psalm 31:22
22 For I said ['amar] in my haste [chaphaz], I am cut off [garaz] from
before [neged] thine eyes [`ayin]: nevertheless ['aken] thou
heardest [shama`] the voice [qowl] of my supplications [tachanuwn] when I cried [shava`] unto
thee. KJV-Interlinear
22 As
for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before Thine eyes"; Nevertheless
Thou didst hear the voice of my supplications When I cried to Thee. NASB
God is always present,
regardless of the circumstances that you face from day to day in your
life. Even when you fall apart as
suggested here in this verse, God is only a prayer away. However, when you have some form of sudden distress,
then realize that even though you may have sinned as a result, that can be
corrected just as quickly with a confession to God the Father.
God the Father is the
only one authorized to receive confessions.
Not priests, not family, not strangers or friends, not even grandma.
Haste, ‘chaphaz,’ means
fear as in being startled, sudden reaction as in without thought, spontaneous.
And no matter who you are, we are all subject to sudden fear, especially when
something comes along and catches us off guard.
When sin strikes, you are
instantly out of fellowship, and therefore no longer before Gods eyes, so to
speak.
That does not instantly
throw you defenseless into the mire of the world.
God is pretty smart and
knows the pattern of your life. Often
times an unexpected event sends us into anxiety or panic, and it takes a bit of
time to stabilize yourself emotionally.
Training with doctrine
helps you to recover your poise, to confess and recover your spiritual
status. But more important, when you
have established a pattern of bible study and advancement in your spiritual life,
then your mind works quickly, and keeps on working. You keep thinking, and searching and
considering your options under the circumstances.
If, you do not have an established
pattern of a spiritual life, then your mind can become dulled with age and your
reactions can fall into the mire of the world without recovery.
In either case, God knows
you. He will either be there immediately
to help, or to help you figure out your situation, by means of your thinking,
or perhaps something else will be provided.
Remember, God gave you a
brain and expects you to use it. God has
likewise provided for all of the resources that exist in this world and expects
you to use those as well.
Spiritual growth
reinforces your thinking and discernment and objectivity. You search for a solution, and you keep
searching for a solution.
The lack of a spiritual
life, makes things a bit more difficult, needless to say. If your spiritual life is dysfunctional or
more or less non-existent, then when trouble strikes suddenly and you panic,
then you are not thinking of solutions. You are thinking of flight or running, and
that can lead to even more trouble for you, especially when fear or hysteria have
seized control of you.
There are many benefits to
having a functional spiritual life.
Besides clarity of thought and discernment, there is the God backed
support that will make the trouble more tolerable and even a blessing.
