Copyright 2016 J. Neely
Psalm 39:11
11 When thou with rebukes [towkechah] dost correct [yacar] man ['iysh] for iniquity [`avon], thou makest his beauty [chamad] to consume away [macah] like a moth [`ash]: surely every man ['adam] is vanity [hebel]. Selah [celah]. KJV-Interlinear
11 When you discipline a man with rebukes
for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a
mere breath! Selah ESV
Nothing shows the
existence of a person as being nothing, like the discipline of God as it
reveals, that nothingness.
Throughout our
life, we adopt beliefs, we collect possessions, we develop attitudes, and all
of them are for not.
When a moth gains
access to beautiful clothing, it destroys that material slowly and quietly. A
moth cares nothing for the beauty of the clothing, and has no concern for its
value.
When confronted
with genuine truth, which only comes from God, then everything that we hold
near and dear, is revealed as having no value at all.
And until or
unless, we are faced with Gods discipline, then we ourselves don’t see the
worthlessness of our attitudes, of our non-truth beliefs, of the things that we
possess, and even the way we perceive ourselves within the environment of
society and this world.
Man is flesh and
blood, man has phenomenal limitations. And yet in our arrogance we are blind
and see nothing, until we are faced with the harsh realities of Gods reproof,
of Gods correction, of God’s punishment.
Were it not for
the corrections that God places before us, we would never see, nor even accept,
the false that lies within us.
Just as a simple
moth can make the most valuable and beautiful piece of material, useless, so
too Gods correction can reveal the worthlessness and the futility of any and
all things within this world.
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.
