Psalm 34:10
10 The young lions [kaphiyr] do lack [ruwsh], and suffer
hunger [ra`eb]: but they that seek [darash] the LORD [Yahovah] shall
not want [chacer] any good [towb] thing. KJV-Interlinear
10
The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no
good thing. ESV
Do you know the three
levels of grace provision? Young lions
are not only young but full of energy and speed and strength and should for all
intents and purposes have an easy life as far as obtaining their needs. But often times, they are unable to furnish
for themselves and they go hungry.
Young lions also refers
to the very young who are dependent on the older lions to provide the food and
resources that the young ones require. And
too, even the older lions are unable to provide for themselves let alone the
young ones, so hunger is always near.
Young lions also refers
to the animal kingdom, which is dependent on the laws of nature. The young rule, the old fade away. The victims are always at the mercy of the
predator and so forth.
And then we get to the
principle of this verse as far as it relates to us as people.
God in the older and is
always able to provide for anyone and everyone.
If something is lacking, then it is for some other reason, but never
related to Gods ability, for God has infinite ability and infinite
resources. God is never lacking in
provisions.
We as people can choose to
follow the rules of nature and live as nature lives, dependent on the natural
laws that govern nature, meaning that we depend on our luck or our abilities or
our talents and so forth. And that
always leads to some degree of success, as well as always resulting in our
ultimate final failure.
Or, we can choose to seek
God. And here is the key to this verse
and passage.
Seeking God does not mean
simply being alive and here. It means an
active pursuit of truth and knowledge and understanding and growth as God has
defined our purpose in life, not as we desire and certainly not at our
convenience. Seeking requires
instruction and learning, which most people do not pursue, unfortunately.
For those who seek, then
there is always provision, and never lacking.
God offers three levels
of grace provision for humanity.
The first is common grace,
which applies to all of humanity, believer as well as unbeliever. God provides us all with an environment, air to
breathe, economies, relationships as in marriage, divine establishment
principles that hold this worlds social order together, and so forth. He also
provides for salvation to everyone.
The second is spiritual
grace where God provides more grace for believers only. The spiritual world applies to the saved and
not to the unsaved. This primarily makes
doctrine available to believers for their spiritual edification and growth to
maturity. Most believers remain at this
level simply because the lack the desire to advance through legitimate learning.
Then there is greater
grace which applies to spiritually mature believers only. Much if not all of Gods blessings fall into
this category of people. Few in number
to say the least, but for are those who ‘seek’ God for all of the right reasons
and who persevere through the thick and thin of life in order to remain in Gods
eyes, never lack.
