Psalm 30:9 English Standard Version (ESV) “What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

Recently an author said that writers know the end of the story before they begin.

That might be true for that author but not in every writer’s case. All I had to work with was the Word dust and how it fit in scriptures to related meaning. I found some passages, I found some definitions, but my search went piece by piece to discover the ending, not to satisfy my conclusions.

Some people begin with a conclusion and then search for supporting scripture. I pray that God should frustrate anyone who does so to bolster their own ego, as He has done to me in the past.

My accountability partner will attest to my counsels with him on how many times I have destroyed my writings because God didn’t take the lead. When it comes to helping others, God should always take the lead. He knows who needs help and just what they need to attain that help for Him.

Confessions are good and helpful because we all make mistakes and oftentimes we might not see them ourselves until someone else confesses their own failings.

This passage I ended with yesterday, Psalm 30:9 was not found until I sought a summary passage of the Lord. I had not overlooked it so much as I had not sought it with the right attitude. Intent means everything when it comes to serving God. Do we want to help others or do we want God to help others by obedience of faith? The first glorifies man and the second glorifies God.

Another lesson by confession is this: Sometimes it is someone else’s turn to be used by God because they need to know that God will use them.

It feels good to be used by God. Sometimes that looks like waiting patiently while others go first.

Genesis 3:19 English Standard Version (ESV) By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

There is no direct scripture that supports the last line of yesterday’s offering.

“Sojourners of the earth, do not breathe the dust our feet kick up. “

Genesis 3:19 tells us that dust is connected with death. Dust in our houses is composed of dead skin cells. That and a man without God is considered spiritually dead.

As we journeyed this earth we were dead in our sins and that produced nothing but death, dust. To breathe that in again could be considered taking pride in our own efforts.

2 Peter 1:5 English Standard Version (ESV) For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,

Habakkuk 2:4 English Standard Version (ESV) Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Since we live by faith then our efforts should be to supplement faith. Virtue and knowledge should be supplements to faith, building us up, making us stronger. They cannot be supplements to faith if taken from the dust of our feet. 

Our nature says to take pride in our accomplishments. God for the gold. Second place is first loser. Strive to achieve first place, people love winners. And just to top off this reasoning the Super Bowl is coming up soon.

Does pointing a finger in the air after a touchdown glorify God? I am not sure God cares about how many points we score, how much money we make, or where we live. I am sure He cares about the lost soul He is calling home.

Is it possible that glory to God is in being used by God by obedience of faith in what God cares about? To do His will glorifies God even if no one is looking.

Psalm 30:9 English Standard Version (ESV) “What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?