Psalm 33:22b
22 Let thy mercy [checed], O LORD [Yahovah], be upon
us, according as we hope [yachal] in thee. KJV-Interlinear
22
Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you. ESV
Your expectations of
blessing, should be a reflection of your inner desire and hunger for truth. If your quest for doctrine is pretended or
superficial or non-compliant with Gods rules, then that is the real reflection
of your inner desire or lack of it, regardless of your outer performance in
front of people.
If you are reluctant to
comply with Gods mandates, then it would be unreasonable to expect much in the
way of blessing and you certainly should not be surprised when trouble visits
your life.
All of these things can
be easily dealt with on the personal level, simply by correcting your attitude
and changing your desire into a genuine one for learning and understanding
exactly what God wants and expects of you, and then pursuing that process as
God intends.
But when you don’t take
the hints that life gives you, with all of the little or big warnings that are
intended to get your attention, then that sort of stubbornness makes your change
of heart, just that much more difficult.
The longer you are
defiant or resistant or indifferent, the deeper the pit of trouble you are
digging for yourself.
On the world scale, look
at the many problems that exist or the threat of problems, that should be
enough to bring changes in people.
Recently there was the
ebola situation in Dallas, where one person arrived in Dallas, infected two
others and caused hundreds of others to be placed on a watch list. Was that enough to bring a change in your life?
Then there was another
man in New York, just a day or so ago, a doctor who was treating ebola patients
and then came home without going into any sort of quarantine. He has been back and working for two weeks,
and just what will be the repercussions of that incident still remains to be
seen? But yet another threat or warning
for society, that the really bad threats are out there and it takes but a
little irresponsibility, and simple mistakes to place huge numbers of people in
danger of actually dying.
Are those significant
enough to bring change in your life?
And going back just a few
years, when there was a tsunami in Indonesia or the major earthquake in Haiti
where in both instances many hundreds of thousands of people died. Was that major enough to bring changes in
anyone?
On the personal level we
have people that take a rather indifferent or belligerent attitude toward
authority.
Children disrespect
parents, wives disrespect husbands, workers disrespect employers or their jobs,
citizens disrespect their own country, politicians abuse the powers of their
office, and on and on and on.
And yet it was God who
placed authority into motion so as to provide order, not chaos, into the
functions of society. The issue is never
whether or not a supervisor is smarter than you, the issue is always the
respect required of the positions in view.
And when authority breaks down, then trouble is always very near.
The desired affect is
never achieved, when Gods design is ignored, and you think you know better, or
you simply do not like your role in life.
Likewise, the desired
blessings that one wants, are never received.
These are but a few
examples of how to fail and how to perpetuate your own misery, which by the way,
is caused by your own decisions and attitudes.
Resisting Gods mandates
overflows into all manner of life, wherein instead of complying with and
supporting the spirit of truth, you are in effect a participant in the
destruction of life itself, as well as yourself. Then you have only yourself to blame, never
someone else.
Who is destroying the
world? Who is destroying society? Who is destroying themselves? All who ignore the proper function and
application of their spiritual lives.
Life is not a game, but a
very serious thing. How you approach
life will determine what kind of quality of life you will or will not enjoy.
God placed you into this
world in order to prepare you for life with Him for all of eternity, not for
you to set up your own domain of sorts in spite of Him.
