11/6/2008 9:00 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Determining God’s will
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Leviticus 24:12-16
Message of the verses: “12
They put him in custody so that the command of the LORD might be made
clear to them. 13 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 14 "Bring the one who has cursed outside
the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all
the congregation stone him. 15 "You shall speak to the sons of Israel
Moses
did not have the correct answer in this situation in order to give the correct
decision as to whether or not this person should be sentenced to death because
he was not totally a child of Abraham since his father was Egyptian and his
mother an Israelite, from the tribe of Dan.
God had given Moses both civil and religious laws and the answer was not
in either so that is why Moses had this man “locked up” until he spoke with the
Lord to get the correct answer. There
are precepts and also precedents in the Word of God to follow and this was not
in either up to this point, but now it is in there because Moses was humble and
sought the Lord to find the correct answer.
The
man was stoned and the witness had to be the ones to lay their hands on him and
then throw the first stone.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: There is a decision for me to make as to
whether or not I should go to Hawaii to work or to stay at home and go back to
work at the church on a full time basis.
In the commentary on this section Dr. Wiersbe said that immature
Christians want to have an answer for all of their decisions spelled out in the
Bible and then they do not have to dig into the Bible for study or do not have
to go to their believing friends to pray about the problem and in the process
grow in their faith. I have been praying
about this decision and have asked others to pray about it and I have not found
any true answers in the Scriptures except what I have been looking at this
morning and that is to talk to the Lord about this just as Moses talked to Him
about this situation found in the verses above.
If I had my way about this I would go and live most any place that I
have visited in my lifetime rather than stay here in North East Ohio where I
have lived for sixty-one plus years. I
realize that this is a lack of contentment on my part and have prayed that I
learn contentment through all of the things that the Lord has brought or
allowed to come into my life, but have not really found it when it comes to
living here. I must say that some of
this could be selfish on my part because there is a ministry here with my
family and also with our church and this is part of the problem or the
conflict. I will continue to pray about
this situation and asks others to pray about it too and hope that the Lord will
not only give me clear direction, but also contentment in all of this.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
- Trust the Lord with this decision that the answer might bring honor and glory to the name of the Lord.
Memory verses for the week: Romans
6:1-4
- What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?
- May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
- Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death?
- Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
11/6/2008 9:45 AM
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