Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 37:24
24 Though he fall [naphal], he
shall not be utterly cast down [tuwl]: for the
LORD [Y@hovah] upholdeth [camak] him with his hand [yad]. KJV-Interlinear
24 though he fall, he shall not be cast
headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand.
ESV
The context of
these last few versus, is the ‘good’ man. The emphasis is on the word, good.
This is a reference to the spiritually mature individual, which most people
believe that they are, but really are not. Because the spiritually mature
individual is one who has grown up in their spiritual life by means of a daily
study of the word of God. The daily study comes through instruction and is
never self-taught.
This is something
that most people simply do not do.
And therefore the
principles of these last couple of verses do not apply to their fullest extent.
Though he fall, is
a reference to the many and inevitable misfortunes that will arise in a person’s
life. Everyone who has ever been born alive and has grown up in this world has
or will face disappointments, reverses, setbacks, misfortunes, calamities,
anything that can possibly go wrong in life.
And so we all face
disasters large and small. But all of these things are attributes of this
physical world. And remember that the physical world is only temporary, just as
your life in this world is temporary.
You were born, you
will live your life, and then you will die and leave this world. After that
your life will continue on, and if you are a Christian, then you will live your
life in heaven, forever and ever. So your life after this life is infinite, and
that makes this life very temporary.
And when something
is temporary, such as your life, then all aspects of the temporary, are
temporary.
So any misfortunes
or disappointments or reverses or calamities or whatever that occur in this
life, are only temporary.
And of course
these principles apply to believers in Christ only.
As far as
unbelievers go, the difficulties they face in this temporary life will only
become greater difficulties, which will be permanent difficulties in the lake
of fire.
But as far as
Christians are concerned, any and all difficulties that arise in this life will
go away and will be replaced with greater things in the next life.
And since all
Christians are in God’s hands, then all Christians are protected, within the
framework of God’s plan.
There will still
be a difference between immature believers and mature believers. And that
difference will of course be within the scope of the eternal rewards, or lack
of them, which Christ will provide at the resurrection.
And the only other
difference will be in the quality of life that the person will have within his
life. And that quality of life is completely dependent on whether you are
functioning within your spiritual life or not.
Blessings follow
the spiritually obedient believer. While problems typically follow the
spiritually disobedient believer.
And of course
everyone has their problems but the big difference is whether they are problems
for blessings, or problems for cursing’s.
Problems for
blessings are designed to advance the spiritual growth of the believer who is
already moving forward.
Problems for
cursing’s are designed to redirect the believer who has gone off track, and get
them back into their spiritual life.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever. To ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily
study means you will be incomplete, unfulfilled and you will lose out, big
time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
