4/14/2009 7:51 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Rejecting God’s authority
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Deuteronomy 8:19-20
Message of the verses: “19
"It shall come about if you ever forget the LORD your God and go
after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today
that you will surely perish. 20 "Like the nations that the LORD makes to
perish before you, so you shall perish; because you would not listen to the
voice of the LORD your God.”
Moses ends
his speech with the children of Israel by warning them what the Lord would do
if Israel began to worship idols, and what He would do is exactly what He was
about to do through Israel to the other nations who worshiped idols. However the one thing different is that Israel
“Idolatry
begins in the heart when gratitude to the Giver is replaced by greediness for
the gifts.
Prosperity—ingratitude—idolatry:
three steps towards ruin.”
(Quoted for Dr. Wiersbe’s book on Deuteronomy, “Be Equipped”)
Spiritual meaning for my life today:
The
Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team has done some very amazing things as far as
setting records for most wins, becoming Central division champs very early in
the season, and now just last night have won the best record in the league this
year clinching home field advantage throughout al of the time they are in the
playoff’s this year and yet they have not celebrated these things a whole lot
because their goal is to win an NBA championship this year and so they are
keeping their eye on the goal. With this
said I should have the same mind set in my walk with the Lord. There will be ups and downs as I walk with
the Lord and their will be wonderful answers to prayers, such as Kim being with
child, or perhaps someday having our retirement funds returned to us, yet the
goal is to live a life pleasing to the Lord and finish the course that He has
laid out for me to travel on making sure that I finish strong so one day I can
hear my Lord say to me “Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful
with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy
of your master.” Paul spoke of this in 2
Timothy 2:7 “I have fought the good
fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; 8. in the future there is laid up for me the
crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me
on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.”
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- To be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man.
- To give myself to the Lord for worship and service today.
- To continue to learn contentment.
- To fight the good fight and to finish strong.
Memory verses for the week: Ephesians
1:5-9
- He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,
- to the praise and glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
- In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight
- He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him
4/14/2009 8:30 AM
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