Day: June 9, 2026

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).

If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?

When determining the will of God for us, we must first and foremost make sure we understand that being Scriptural or Biblical is not enough. After all, remember, even Satan quotes verses (see Matthew 4:6 and Luke 4:10,11). Though Psalm 91:11,12 was true and the will of God for someone, Christ knew it was inapplicable to Him and His first coming, so He did not obey Psalm 91 like Satan pressured Him. Contexts are always important; therefore, we should never isolate verses or lift them from their settings.

As we read Scripture, we must take extreme care to note: (1) who is speaking/writing, (2) to whom are they speaking/writing, and (3) what are they speaking/writing. Christendom customarily skips the first two and goes straight to the third. “I want to follow this verse!” “But that verse is not to or about you!” “So what, I will take it anyway!” Tens of thousands of denominations, cults, and sects were thus created. How miserably they failed in differentiating between “time past,” “but now,” and “the ages to come!”

The only verse that tells us to “study” the Bible tells us how to study it: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). Paul’s method for “rightly dividing” the Scriptures included separating “time past,” “but now,” and “the ages to come” (Ephesians 2:7,11-13). Moreover, he wrote, “Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest,…” (Romans 16:25,26a). “Mystery” truth, what God kept secret since the world began but has now revealed to and through Paul, is not to be confounded with “prophecy,” what Peter defined as “which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began” (Acts 3:21).

If we have eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to believe, we are that much closer to discovering God’s will for us….