Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 38:16
16 For I said ['amar], Hear
me, lest otherwise they should rejoice [samach] over me: when my foot [regel] slippeth [mowt], they magnify [gadal] themselves against me. KJV-Interlinear
16 For I said, “Only let them not rejoice
over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!” ESV
People are at
their worst when they pretend or refuse to forgive, and people are certainly at
their very worst when they refuse to let you forget your mistakes, and prefer
to remind you so that you won’t forget your mistakes. All the while ignoring their
own flaws.
But such is the
way of the world.
Within the realm
of the sin nature, there is always the drive of inordinate competition, and the
drive to control. And what better way to control someone else, than to remind
them of their flaws and mistakes.
Everyone who has
ever lived in this world, has made mistakes.
No one has the
right to judge anyone else, unless they themselves are perfect, which no one
is.
And the plea or
prayer here, is that those who would superimpose themselves over us, and even
try to rejoice over our failures or flaws, and even try to elevate themselves
because of our flaws, will themselves not have the advantage or benefit from
their judgmental and controlling attitude against us.
And the answer to the
prayer, is that God is the ultimate and sovereign judge, and people are not.
People who judge
others, in effect judge themselves.
People who attempt
to elevate themselves as the better, will always lose, will always fail, and
will themselves be guilty of far worse than any flaw or mistake that you have
committed or that they remind you of.
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.
