Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 37:17
17 For the arms [z@rowa`] of the
wicked [rasha`] shall be broken [shabar]: but the LORD [Y@hovah]
upholdeth [camak] the righteous [tsaddiyq]. KJV-Interlinear
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be
broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous. ESV
Different parts of
the body are used to describe different activities in ones life. For example the feet describe your walk or
path in life. Your hands describe your busy
little activities. The arms, as used
here, describe ones purpose or plans or intentions in life.
And the purposes
of the wicked, will never succeed.
Remember that the
wicked does not describe only the criminals or social outcasts of life, but
includes nearly everyone at one time or another in life.
Anyone who
functions outside of Gods will, is in the category of the wicked.
So, if you do not
pursue your daily studies, do not confess your sins regularly, do not comply
with Gods mandates, which by the way are very easy to comply with, then you are
a wicked person.
The obvious wicked
people, the bad politicians, or the little hitlers, or those who lie and cheat
and deceive, or the followers of bad religions and such, are all going to fail
in their pursuits.
But too, those who
are otherwise decent people, but they simply do not pursue Gods plan for their life,
or better yet, do not seek to find out what Gods plan is for them, or they are simply
indifferent, or they firmly believe that they are in compliance, even though
they do not follow Gods spiritual process, then they too, are wicked, and they
too, will fail in their life.
The righteous,
includes only believers who are proactive in their pursuit of their spiritual life,
as God has designed and defined it.
The righteous
includes all believers, from the standpoint of salvation. But there is more to righteousness than just
being saved. You have to grow up and
develop within your spiritual life.
When a baby is
born, it has not lived up to and accomplished its full potential and purpose in
life.
Likewise, when a
person believes in Christ, from that very first moment, they are spiritual
infants. They have to grow up. They have to learn. They have to develop within their spiritual
life. And that cannot be done on ones
own.
Sincerity does not
get you there. Good intentions do not
get you there.
Tradition does not
get you there. Pretending or trying to
do things your way, do not get you there.
Only when a person
knuckles down and learns, through instruction, will advance in their spiritual
life.
And it is that
person who is the completed righteous, and they are the ultimate recipients of
Gods phenomenal blessings.
