7/8/2009 9:06 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Calling for obedience
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Deut. 29:9-15
Message of the verses: “9
"So keep the words of this covenant to do them, that you may
prosper in all that you do.
10 ¶ "You stand today, all of you, before the
LORD your God: your chiefs, your tribes, your elders and your officers, even
all the men of Israel, 11 your little
ones, your wives, and the alien who is within your camps, from the one who
chops your wood to the one who draws your water, 12 that you may enter into the covenant with the
LORD your God, and into His oath which the LORD your God is making with you
today, 13 in order that He may establish
you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you
and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14 "Now not with you alone am I making this
covenant and this oath, 15 but both with
those who stand here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God and with
those who are not with us here today-“
Moses is
now is renewing the covenant with the people that their fathers made at Mt. Sinai and just as the covenant affected them now
so would the renewing of this covenant affect their sons and daughters
throughout the history of Israel.
Message of the verses: “16
(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through
the midst of the nations through which you passed; 17 moreover, you have seen their abominations
and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which they had with them);
18 so that there will not be among you a
man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD
our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations; that there will not be
among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood. 19 "It shall be when he hears the words of
this curse, that he will boast, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the
stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.’
20 "The LORD shall never be willing
to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and His jealousy will burn
against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on
him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven. 21 "Then the LORD will single him out for
adversity from all the tribes of Israel land
of Egypt
In this
section of verses there is the famous Deut. 29:29, at least it is famous to me
for this verse means a lot to me in that in this verse God is saying, not only
to the children of Israel, but to me too, that I am not to be concerned with
the secret things that the Lord has not revealed to me, but I am to obey what
He already has shown me to do.
There are
curses involved for those who did not follow the words of this covenant and
they were laid out in the 28th chapter of Deut. If the children of Israel did not follow this
covenant and go off and worship idols, idols that they saw the people of Egypt
worship and also the people along their journey to where they are now worship
then the same thing that was done to those nations would be done to Israel,
even worse for they new the truth and they new the Living God and had Him in
their midst so they would not be forgiven for this sin and would be taken out
of their land and the land would be left desolate so that people would look
upon their land and think that because they disobeyed the Lord this was what
happened to them. As far as not being
forgiven for their sin Moses goes over this in verses 18-21.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Dr. Wiersbe in his commentary on Deut. “Be
Equipped” has written something that I wish to claim as my spiritual meaning
for my life today from these two sections in Deut. “If they witnessed it with hearts devoted to
the Lord they couldn’t help but be repulsed by what they saw, and they surely
wouldn’t want to participate in it.” He
is writing about Israel
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Not watch as much TV, and read more.
- Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
- Put on the Spiritual Armor: The belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of truth, take up the shield of faith, put on the helmet of salvation, and take the sword of the Spirit in my hand.
- Learn to be content.
- Trust the Lord to guide my path.
- Keep a short list with the Lord and seek the Holy Spirit to search my heart for hidden sin that I may confess them to the Lord.
Memory verses for the week: Ephesians
3:17-20
17. so
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted
and grounded in love,
18. may
be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and
height and depth,
19. and
to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up
to all the fullness of God.
20. Now
to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works within us,
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