Psalm 32:8
8 I will instruct [sakal] thee and teach [yarah] thee
in the way [derek] which [zuw] thou shalt go [yalak]: I
will guide [ya`ats] thee with mine eye [`ayin]. KJV-Interlinear
8 I
will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel
you with My eye upon you. NASB
Why do people fail in
life? Because they pretend to be
Christian, but refuse the mandatory requirements of learning doctrine through
instruction. You cannot know unless you
learn and you cannot learn if you reject instruction. And one day, we will all stand before Christ
and those who learned nothing, will be embarrassed beyond belief.
I have been writing this
daily study for many, many years. There
are now over 8000 individual daily studies on the Daily Bible Study web site. I do this for the love of doctrine, but also
so you can have an opportunity to improve and enhance and complete your life.
Far too many people are
simply indifferent toward studying and learning. And that is a sad thing, to have such a
phenomenal opportunity to advance in life, but because of simple laziness, they
spend their whole life going nowhere.
That leaves a very small
number that actually do take God and doctrine seriously and see its extreme value
for their life.
I will instruct, ‘sakal,’
God teaches, He trains, He provides the
nuts and bolt details of learning by means of the written word. But that learning does not come automatically
or by wishes. It comes through the
academic process of daily instruction.
Bible doctrine is the
food of the soul and food is to be eaten daily.
And teach, ‘yarah,’ means
to teach repetitively as in the constant flowing of water. Learning is an ongoing never ending process.
There is no graduation, no end to the process, we are to learn and keep on
learning throughout our entire life.
In the way, is a phrase
that establishes the fundamental pattern of our daily life. Our habit of dedicating some time, not much,
but certainly some time each and everyday, so that we can learn the most
important information that exists in all of creation, and then learning and
living by what we learn throughout our entire life, are the most important of
repetitive decisions that we can make in all of our life.
In life we will all fail
from time to time, but it is ultimately the pattern of life that we pursue and
demonstrate that decides our true dedication to faith, or lack of it. Most people fail in this regard. Their pattern is not daily study, but daily
apathy toward learning, true and genuine learning.
And when confronted, the
excuses come spinning out like they were in a tornado.
The teaching is
here. You just have to really want it. And
when you want something bad enough then you figure out a way to get it. Learning of God is no different.
And, it is God who
evaluates you, not me, not people, so the excuses really fall on deaf ears when
directed toward man. Actually the
excuses only serve to publicize ones failure.
Once you complain then everyone knows.
I will guide you, is the
phrase that demonstrates Gods guidance for you in life, through that which you
learn, namely Bible doctrine.
With my eye, means simply
that, just as God watches over everything, so too doctrine in your soul,
watches over your entire life.
And we need to add one
more thing.
This verse is a part of
the entire passage regarding fellowship.
Your spiritual life functions within the fellowship sphere. That is where you learn. That is where you grow. That is where you live your life.
I post charts constantly
and there are innumerable special studies, also, on the topic of confession and
fellowship and the spiritual life. To learn
you have to want to learn. And you have
to want to avoid and actually stop, all of the pretending nonsense that so many
people follow in life.
God has given phenomenal
opportunity to everyone, to have a phenomenal life, both now and in eternity.
If you fail, then you
have only your laziness to blame.
