Thursday, August 14, 2014

"Stability"

"God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early." (Psalms 46:5) I actually had one more thought on "Visibility", that being the fact that our eyes must be fixed upon heaven, where the river runs through the streets of gold; how easily the things of this earth can cloud our vision of that holy place, and delay our yearning for that which we desire most. Reading the NLT version of this verse, I find it over simplifies the meaning, taking away some of the thought-provoking aspects, such as, "she shall not be moved" is changed to "it cannot be destroyed". If God is the source of our strength, and if God is our refuge in times of trouble, then our strength and refuge is endless, because our God is a very big God. Now consider the Holy Spirit which is living within us and is a very present help in our times of need; how can we be moved if our very big God is so close? I fear that we do not totally submit to the power of the Holy Spirit; at least not until we are being pressed upon. They say that the average human only uses 10% of their brain, but that myth has been restated; we mechanically use 100% of our brain, it's maximizing the usage which comes into question. Typically, you could say the same thing about how Christian utilize the power of the Holy Spirit; something very similar to what Jesus was talking about with "the mustard seed of faith", a little bit of a very big God can perform mighty things. Another point about the NLT version that I am not that impressed with, is the second part of this verse changes "help" to "protect", which is not really that big of deal, except for the comforting part that I get from "help". Then again, I just love the KJV, and I am trying to adapt my thinking, but I still like to think about the meaning, not be told what to think. Thirdly, when to comes to the "and that right early" part of the text, sure we could assume this is speaking about daybreak, or we could say "From the very break of day", as the NLT puts it; but what about before you are moved? I say this only because the KJV has a colon between these two sections, verses breaking them up into two separate lines of thought. Before we actually sin, we have a change of heart about why we should not sin, thus, we stop trusting God's loving and caring commands are really what is the best thing for our lives; taking desire for something that is not good for us, and placing that in the middle of God's love and our immediate needs or lusts. That's the time when we need the help, early on, before we actually sin; that's when we need the power of the Holy Spirit to remind us about His love, and how much He loves us... "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commands are not grievous." (1 John 5:3)

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