Copyright 2016 J. Neely
Psalm 39:6
6 Surely every man ['iysh]
walketh [halak] in a
vain shew [tselem]:
surely they are disquieted [hamah] in
vain [hebel]: he
heapeth up [tsabar]
riches, and knoweth [yada`] not
who shall gather ['acaph] them. KJV-Interlinear
6 Surely a man goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know
who will gather! ESV
The complaining continues.
The phrase vain shew, means shadow, or something that has an appearance, but
has no substance.
And therefore life
is compared to a shadow, where a person hustles through life, accumulating the
things of this world, perhaps success, perhaps prosperity, perhaps wealth. But,
all of that is nothing more than a shadow, or things that have no real
substance, as far as eternity is concerned.
And just as a
shadow goes away, when the light goes away, so also the things a person
accumulates in life, disappear to them, when their light of life comes to an
end.
And yet people
hustle through life, knowing all the while that life will come to an end, and
eternity will begin, and yet they ignore their own preparation for eternity.
And so they
accumulate the things of this life and of this world, which things amount to
nothing, instead of accumulating spiritual preparation, which is Bible
doctrine, which has a value greater than everything in the world combined. And
in so doing end up with nothing to show for their life.
And at the end of
the person’s life, all that they have from this world, will go to someone else.
Your possessions go to family, or perhaps to the government. But where they end
up, and perhaps even squandered, the deceased will never know.
And when it all
comes down to the end of life, the person who ignores Bible doctrine and their
spiritual life, and pursues the things of this world, will have nothing at the
end of their life, just as they have nothing during their life.
All things in this
world are temporary, and therefore amount to nothing, because they do not
continue beyond this life.
Only Bible
doctrine in the soul, which means you have to learn it, has intrinsic value,
which goes beyond this life, and into all of eternity.
Better to invest
in eternal possessions, than in temporary possessions.
It’s
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.
