You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth.
Job 29:3
3 When his candle [niyr] shined [halal] upon my head
[ro'sh], and when by his light ['owr] I walked [yalak] through
darkness [choshek]; KJV-Interlinear
3 When His lamp shone over my
head, And by His light I walked through darkness; NASB
This is the application for guidance and blessing from
God, into Jobs life. All blessing comes
from God and from no other source. All
guidance, legitimate guidance, comes from God and from no other source.
When God blesses, it is said that He lights the
candles in ones life. When God guides,
it is said that God lights the paths of ones travels through life.
It is notable that the first thing that Job recalls
and wishes for, is Gods active participation in his life. Not that God has left him while he is
suffering, but that living a life of prosperity is much more preferable. And, God is the source of all prosperity.
In order to have anything legitimate and meaningful in
your life, God must come first. Otherwise,
whatever you have, or think you have, will never be yours.
Psa. 18:28
28 For Thou dost light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness. NASB
Bible doctrine is the source of all
understanding. You have to learn it
before you can use it.
Understanding is the function of living a life in
accordance with Gods will. You have to apply what you know, in doctrine, to
your daily life, before you can be productive in your spiritual life. The combination of the two brings blessing in
many forms.
In either case, seeing life as it really is, and
receiving legitimate blessings in life, both come from the source of God
through doctrine.
It is not uncommon for people who seemingly have
blessings throughout their life, to presume that they have the good life as a
result of their own efforts, or because they presume that they deserve them.
But Job was never fooled by this false perception. He had been wealthy beyond imagination, and
well thought of by young and old alike, but he never let this popularity or
prosperity go to his head. Job kept his
priorities straight, understanding that it was through doctrine and his
spiritual life that he had all that he had, and for no other reason.
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
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