Author: Joe
Last saved by: PJD
Company: GDC

99-01-17-A.JSH-081 / 

©℗ 1999  Joe Griffin	Joshua

Review: Joshua 1:8a  & Psalm 119:41-42; Psalm 119:43, Faith-Rest under Pressure; Application at Stage 3

v 43 -		[NAS] And do not take the Word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I wait for Your ordinances.
1-	As in verse 42, the word for “word” is dabar and makes reference to the eternal Logos.
2-	The prayer stated here asks that God not take the “Word of truth out of my mouth.”
3-	This is a statement of humility in the face of maximum pressure.  He asks God not to allow him to live if doing so would enable him to reach a point where he would no longer utter principles of divine truth.
4-	He then states that at the moment he writes he “waits for His ordinances.”  The word for “waits” is:
yahal  -	Confident expectation; trust; when applied as a part of the third stage of the faith-rest drill it refers to patient waiting on the Lord.
5-	Again we see the expression of the spiritual life of Israel.  Yahal  refers to a confident conclusion based on one’s unshakable belief in the Word of God.
6-	 Our warrior claimed a promise in verse 41.   Stage three is implied in the statement of verse 42, “I have confidence in your word.”
7-	Here we see the concept of confidence repeated.  But they are two different words.
8-	The word in verse 42 is batach and is slightly different from yahal.  We need to observe expanded definitions of these two words.  
9-	First of all we will take a look at batach as it is defined by:

Botterwick, G. Johannes and Helmer Ringgren.  Vol. 2 of Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, rev. ed.,  trans. by John T. Willis.  Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977; p. 89-92:
1)	This verb means to feel secure to the point of being unconcerned due to a confident reliance upon something or someone else.
2)	When that confident reliance is directed toward the Word of God or in God Himself it results in the third stage of the faith-rest drill, confident expectation in the doctrinal conclusion reached.
3)	According to the Scripture there are only two objects of assurance that produce absolute confidence toward man and circumstances and that is God and His Word.
4)	Thus we find in the Bible the use of the word batach to describe both a positive and negative sense of security.