3/27/2009 8:34 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The God of the Law
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Deuteronomy 5:22-33
Message of the verses: “22
"These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly at the mountain
from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick gloom, with a great
voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave
them to me.
23 ¶ "And when you heard the voice from the
midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near
to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. 24 "You said, ‘Behold, the LORD our God has
shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the
midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he lives.
25 ‘Now then why should we die? For this
great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any
longer, then we will die. 26 ‘For who is
there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the
midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27
‘Go near and hear all that the LORD our God says; then speak to us all
that the LORD our God speaks to you, and we will hear and do it.’ 28 "The LORD heard the voice of your words
when you spoke to me, and the LORD said to me, ‘I have heard the voice of the
words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all
that they have spoken. 29 ‘Oh that they
had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me and keep all My commandments
always, that it may be well with them and with their sons forever! 30 ‘Go, say to them, "Return to your
tents." 31 ‘But as for you, stand
here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and the statutes and
the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may observe them in the
land which I give them to possess.’ 32
"So you shall observe to do just as the LORD your God has commanded
you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left. 33 "You shall walk in all the way which the
LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with
you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I believe that one of the great lessons to
learn as a believer in Jesus Christ is to have the right idea about the Law of
God, for there are verses in the Bible that tell us that we are no longer under
the Law, but we are under grace, grace given through Jesus Christ. So what does the Law have to do with the NT
believer? For one thing “The purpose of
the law of God is to reveal the God of the law, and when you focus on Him, you
find it a delight to obey His commands, ‘I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your Law is within my heart.’” (Psalm
40:8) Next: “Even though God’s children live under grace
and not under the Mosaic Law (Rom. 6:14; Gal. 5:1), it’s important for us to
know the Law of God so that we might better know the God of the Law and please
Him. Christ fulfilled the types of the
symbols found in the Law, so we no longer practice the Old Testament rituals as
Israel Ga. 3:10-13) so that we need not
fear judgment (Rom. Mount Sinai . In fact, it’s worse, because we have today
the full revelation of God’s will through Jesus Christ, and we sin against a
flood of light.”
These were
a couple of the statement s written by Warren Wiersbe in his commentary on
these verses. He also added a couple of
quotes from A. W. Tozer’s book “The
Knowledge of the Holy.” This book by
Tozer is written about some of the attributes of God and so this quote from him
is understandability seen in this section.
“No religion has ever been greater than its idea of God”, and “The
essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are
unworthy of Him.” I think that this last
statement could be said by saying that it is wrong to put God in a box.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I believe that it is so very important for me
to study and to know the Law of God, for as I know more and more about the Law
of God I will know more and more about the God of the Law, for in the Law of
God, His character and attributes can be seen, therefore I will learn more
about God by studying His Law. The 119th
Psalm is written about the Law of God and it is no accident that it is the
longest chapter in all of Scripture.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Learn more about the Law of God so I can learn more about the God of the Law.
- Continue to learn contentment.
- Trust the Lord to guide my path today.
- Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
3/27/2009 9:20 AM
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