Copyright 2016 J. Neely
Psalm 40:2
2 He brought me up [`alah] also
out of an horrible [sha'own] pit [bowr], out of the miry [yaven] clay [tiyt], and set [quwm] my feet [regel] upon a rock [cela`], and established [kuwn] my goings ['ashur]. KJV-Interlinear
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. ESV
The word for
horrible, means noise, uproar, tumult, as the waters of a stormy ocean, as
people at war. It refers to noise as no rhyme or reason, an uproar that is
impossible to sort out the various components of that roar.
The word for pit,
refers to a prison, a dungeon, a grave. It typically refers to any calamity or
trouble where a person my say that he has gotten himself into a fix, or trapped
in a pit.
Miry clay is a
reference to the bottom of the pit. It means no solid ground. You are standing
in muck that has no stability, and virtually no substance.
And this is the
description of the world, and especially the world without truth, without God,
without Christ, and without Bible doctrine. There is no clarity, there is no
stability, and there is certainly no certainty and no proper orientation to
anything around you.
People cannot pick
themselves up within the pit of the world, and they cannot climb out of the pit
of the world.
The only way out
is when Christ lifts you out of pit. And this is done by salvation, when you
believe in Christ. That is the ladder so to speak. And then Bible doctrine when
it is learned, is the climb up the ladder, and out of the pit.
When a person
sticks with their spiritual life, then they are forever out of the pit. Even though
we live in this world, the pit, then the world, has no claim over us. At least
no claim that would stick.
When a person does
not stick with their spiritual life, because for whatever reason, they simply
don’t believe in it, or don’t believe they need it, but for whatever reason, no
spiritual life means entrapment in the pit.
All unbelievers
are permanently stuck in the pit and have no way out on their own.
The only way out
of the pit is through Christ.
Christ is salvation,
and Christ is Bible doctrine.
Faith results in
salvation, and learning Bible doctrine results in spiritual growth.
In Christ, through
doctrine is the rock, the solid surface, the secure foundation, which provides
security and stability and certainty in life.
Study [by instruction],
to show thyself
approved [spiritually mature]
unto God,
a workman [student]
that need not be
ashamed [ignorant],
rightly dividing [learning, understanding, discerning]
the word of truth [Bible doctrine].
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.
