Psalm 32:8–9 (ESV) —
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
9 Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
which must be curbed with bit and bridle,
or it will not stay near you.
NOTE: For a child of
God (and not everyone is a child of God -- only those born of God by new
birth), this verse is a warning from our Father. You can learn one of two ways
-- the easy way where you listen to God's instruction and counsel, and follow
his commands. Or, the hard way, where you fight God, and he must continually
curb you in a painful manner (bit and bridle). If a person is not a child of
God, that is he has not put his faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of
sins, God allows that person to experience the world without him.
Unfortunately, people refuse to view it that way, and instead rant and rave
about how unfair and cruel the world is and how that proves God does not exist.
But in the garden, we made it clear that we did not want God to rule us. We
rebelled. God gave us what we wanted--life without him ruling; life with
ourselves acting as gods. We have it, but we don't like that either. The
believer is a person who has repented and accepted the free gift of salvation.
God is at work in that person's life. God is using all things for good in that
person's life, although they may not feel good at the time. How are we going to
learn? The hard way or the easier way.
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