Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 38:17
17 For I am ready [kuwn] to
halt [tsela`], and
my sorrow [mak'ob] is
continually [tamiyd] before
me. KJV-Interlinear
17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is
ever before me. ESV
Ready to halt, is
an expression of exhaustion. Things are so difficult and so burdensome, that in
order to keep from falling down or stumbling a person has to lean on something,
coming to a complete stop in order to catch his breath, but is unable to
continue on.
Sorrow, is a
reference to the anguish, affliction, grief, pain, and sorrow that accompanies
the sin nature.
And without God,
or Christ, or Bible doctrine, or a functioning spiritual life, then the only
thing that person has is the environment of the sin nature, which is
overwhelming and far beyond the ability of any individual, to handle.
There are only two
environments in which you can live your life. The first is the spiritual life,
and the second is the sin nature life.
And without the
spiritual life, then the sin nature life is always before you, always present,
and never goes away.
It places constant
and continual and around-the-clock pressures on ones life, and never lets up.
Life brings the difficulties
and stresses into your day-to-day activities, by means of illness or injury, or
simply the worries and anxieties that are so common in the human experience.
And these are examples or symbols of the bigger picture of what the reality of
real life, really is, when the spiritual life is absent.
And of course,
everyday life, or experience as we call it, should be one of the better
teachers of how weak we really are, and therefore the need for something
greater.
And of course
since life is a day-to-day experience, so also Bible doctrine and learning it
and growing up, should be a part of our day-to-day experience as well.
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.
