Psalm 33:17
17 An horse [cuwc] is a vain
thing [sheqer] for safety [tashuw`ah]: neither shall he deliver [malat] any by his great [rob]
strength [chayil]. KJV-Interlinear
17
The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot
rescue. ESV
The word for vain, ‘sheqer,’
means an empty thing, a lie. The war
horse is used for speed, for mobility, for aggressiveness in battle, for
advantage, for confidence.
But it is all a lie.
Things in life are all
lies, when you place your trust in them, rather than God.
Whether your things are
horses, or real-estate or talent, or ability, or rank, or position, or whatever
it is that you have or rely on, to get you through life, they are all vain,
empty, lies.
The details of life, which
means all things in life, are nothing but temporary in this world. You should
never place your trust in things, while ignoring God.
For, if God wants to
promote you, then things are not necessary, and nothing can prevent your
promotion.
If God wants to demote
you, then things cannot prevent it. If
God demotes, then you will be demoted.
Regardless of who you are
or what you are, you are not promoted unless God promotes you, meaning you will
go nowhere, unless God allows it. And God
can allow something, or God can will it to be, and there is a huge difference
between the two.
Sin is here and God
allows it to run its course, so all can see that it will go nowhere. But if God wills something, then that is the
best of all worlds, because He proactively promotes something and it is done.
So, pursue your spiritual
life first, and then everything else will take care of itself, because God
directs it all.
