Isaiah
26:7
7 The way ['orach] of the just [tsaddiyq] is uprightness [meyshar]:
thou, most upright [yashar], dost weigh [palac] the path [ma`gal] of the
just [tsaddiyq]. KJV-Interlinear
7 The path of the righteous is level; you
make level the way of the righteous. ESV
This verse does not
refer to the uprightness of the individual, but to the path that they should follow
in order to obtain uprightness.
The uprightness of
God is not the same as man perceives uprightness.
God is truth. God is communicated to us through the
scriptures. The scriptures are the
content of Bible doctrine.
We learn Bible doctrine
through instruction, which we call study.
Bible doctrine is
the food of the soul and food is eaten daily.
Therefore the way
to uprightness is through a daily study of Bible doctrine, and thus the
individual obtains Gods uprightness, or knowledge of doctrine, and through
study and learning and utilization of that doctrine, it is inculcated into and
throughout the soul, becoming an integral part of the essence of the
individual.
Whereas the world
offers only things that are external to the person, the spiritual life becomes
internal and an intimate part of the individual.
God makes level
the way, and this refers to the fairness of God, in that the spiritual life is
equally available to all, regardless of ones situation.
To make level,
means to clear all barriers, to make straight and level and smooth. An individual does not have to jump or climb over
obstacles or go over, under, or around them, does not have to climb uphill,
will not stumble downhill. The
individual believer in Christ, is given the easiest possible path to travel in
order to obtain the fullest spiritual life possible.
This includes
knowing where you are going, having a road map, having a compass, having all
that is necessary for one to know where they are, where they have come from,
and where their destination is, and how to get there.
The world offers
none of these things, and quite conversely, the world tires its best to confuse
and disorganize and disorient, and guide the individual in all of the wrong
directions.
