Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 38:14
14 Thus I was as a man ['iysh] that
heareth [shama`] not,
and in whose mouth [peh] are no
reproofs [towkechah]. KJV-Interlinear
14 I have become like a man who does not
hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. ESV
The description of
the lonely victim intensifies, as he has been describing his openness to Gods
inspection, and yet those who are closest to him as well as his friends and
companions, put him at a distance, which compounds his helplessness and
loneliness, and this leaves him vulnerable to those who would seek his life,
which further isolates him.
As a man who is
controlled by the sin nature, and has been indifferent toward the resources of
the spiritual life, he hears nothing, because he does not listen, and in his own
mouth there are no reproofs, because he refuses to see his own flaws and
vulnerabilities.
And such is the
nature of the individual who lives out of fellowship, and perceives himself as
innocent or righteous, and certainly not subject to reproof by anyone, while
refusing to acknowledge the isolation, that exists in his life.
Anyone who rejects
God’s plan, and God’s design, by indifference or antagonism or the presumption
that it does not apply to them, or they don’t need it, or what they already
know is more than sufficient, then they will fail to recognize the pit and the
isolation that they placed themselves in, and the intensification is not
necessarily an emotional intensification, as it is a factual intensification,
removing the individual further and further from the spiritual life, because of
the negative pattern of life that they have chosen for themselves.
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.
