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 29:19
19 My root [sheresh] was spread out [pathach] by the waters [mayim], and
the dew [tal] lay all night [luwn] upon my branch [qatsiyr]. KJV-Interlinear
19 'My root is spread out to the
waters, And dew lies all night on my branch. NASB
Roots spread out, is an expression of stability
against storms and floods and such.
Waters, is a reference to the flow of a river during the daylight hours. Dew is the moisture that typically
accumulates on things during the night.
Daytime is a reference to the blessings of life, and nighttime
is a reference to the troubles of life.
So now, Job has wrapped up all of these expressions
within this verse.
His life exists on a solid foundation of Bible
doctrine. Doctrine is what he has been
expressing throughout this entire conversation.
His roots extend deep and outward, giving him a rock-solid stable life.
His life is fed by a constant flow of water, blessing
in times of prosperity, flowing past him moment by moment. And during the difficult times of life,
nighttime, his life is still blessed by the heavy dew, blessing in times of
trouble, that accumulates during those difficult times.
Job, as he continue here, is describing a virtually
perfect life. Something that anyone of
us would love to have for ourselves.
But then you have to understand that God had a plan
for Jobs life. It included blessing,
tragedy, and blessings again. All of
which was to end up in a recorded book meant to benefit everyone who followed
him in history.
You and I do not have such a blessed life. At least not on the magnitude of Job. Probably no one in history ever has lived
anything that duplicates it.
But, like Job, both you and I, and everyone in
history, have a unique plan for our lives.
God inserted us into history now, because it was the perfect or best
place in history for us to live out our lives.
It is not what you accumulate in life that makes your
life, but what you think. And your thinking is influenced by what you
study, or don't study in life. Your goal in this life is to get prepared for
the next life.
Everything else in your life, is nothing more than
logistical support, and a learning environment, intended to help you live and
grow up in this life.
Whether you are talented or not, healthy or not, rich
or not, makes no difference. God
provides us all with the daily flowing waters and the nightly dews of provision
to help us along in life. Note that all
of this water comes externally from us all.
We do not cause the blessings or support, we are the recipient, never
the source.
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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