6/4/2008 9:22 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The suggestion
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Exodus 18:19-27
Message of the verses: “19
"Now listen to me: I will give you counsel, and God be with you.
You be the people’s representative before God, and you bring the disputes to
God, 20 then teach them the statutes and
the laws, and make known to them the way in which they are to walk and the work
they are to do. 21 "Furthermore, you shall select out of
all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest
gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds,
of fifties and of tens. 22 "Let them judge the people at all times;
and let it be that every major dispute they will bring to you, but every minor
dispute they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will
bear the burden with you. 23 "If you do this thing and God so commands
you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their
place in peace." 24 So Moses listened to his father-in-law and
did all that he had said. 25 Moses chose able men out of all Israel
As I read
some of the commentary on this section it says that some people believe that if
God wanted Moses to get this message He would have given it to Moses in the
first place. I have stated on different
SD’s before that my favorite character in the Scriptures is Balham’s donkey,
and the reason that she is my favorite is that she was available to do the work
that God had for her to do and did it without complaining about it. I believe that if God can use a donkey to get
done what He wants to get done that He can use Jethro even if Jethro is not a true
believer, which is up in the air to me.
God is a God of order and the plan that Jethro gave to Moses is a plan
of order that was used by Moses to take some of the burden off of him and it
also gave others who were qualified to work for the Lord too.
Luke 16:8
has this to say: “And his master praised
the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age
are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.” Dr. Wiersbe comments this way about this
verse: “Of course we never adopt a
practice or policy until we understand the principle behind it and make sure
it’s in agreement with Scripture (James 3:13-18). There are times when unbelievers are shrewder
that believers, especially if believers are depending on their own wisdom and
not relying on the wisdom from above as James writes about, and so the
shrewdness of an un-believe can be used by a believer with out a problem as
long as it agrees with Scripture.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I know that being a male has caused me to not
listen to advice from others, especially from women, and the Lord has shown me
the error of my ways on different occasions.
I have to learn to weigh the advice that I take with Scripture and trust
the Holy Spirit to guide me in making good decisions, especially with the funds
that God has given to me.
My Steps of Faith for
Today: Trust the Lord to guide my
path as seen in Proverbs 3:5-7; trust the Lord to keep me from falling into
temptation as seen in 1 Cor. 10:13; trust the Lord to have a better prayer life
as seen in Col. 4:12; learn contentment through the difficult trials and test
that the Lord has me go through for my spiritual growth as Paul writes about in
Philippians 4:11; and yoke up with the Lord Jesus Christ as He speaks of in
Matthew 11:28-30.
Memory verse for the week: Colossians
4:12
12.
Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave
of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in
his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of
God.
6/4/2008 10:19 AM
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