Hearing God's Word (Deut. 31:9-13; 24-29)

7/14/2009 8:33 AM

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY

 

My Worship Time                                        Focus:  Hearing God’s Word

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                        Reference:  Deut. 31:9-13, 24-29

 

            Message of the verses:  “9 ¶  So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. 10  Then Moses commanded them, saying, "At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of remission of debts, at the Feast of Booths, 11  when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing. 12 ‘Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and the alien who is in your town, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this law. 13  "Their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live on the land which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.’

            “24  It came about, when Moses finished writing the words of this law in a book until they were complete, 25  that Moses commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, 26  ‘Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may remain there as a witness against you. 27  ‘For I know your rebellion and your stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the LORD; how much more, then, after my death? 28  ‘Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them. 29  ‘For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.’”

            In his book “Be Equipped” Warren Wiersbe writes, “God rules His world through His Word and God’s people must respect His Word and obey it.”

            In this section of Scripture Moses tells the nation of Israel the importance of God’s Word and how they are suppose to have a copy of God’s Word put in the Holy of Holies and it was to be read to all the people every seven years.  He also tells of the importance of having the Word taught to the younger generation so that latter on they too can pass it on to their children so that they would know what God would have them to do and how to live.  Moses also tells the children of Israel that they would fall away from the Lord and from His Word and worship dump idols and this is a great tragedy. 

            The Church today is always one generation from becoming instinct and all one has to do is look at the country of England who in the years past was the ones sending out missionaries and now they need to have missionaries sent to them because they stopped teaching the Word of God in their churches.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I have always had a strong desire to read and study the Word of God and for most of my Christian life have had a systematic way of studying the Word of God.  I realize that the Lord has put this desire in my heart and I am thankful for it and want to always study God’s Word and when the time is given to me by the Lord to teach it too.

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

 

1. Give myself to the Lord for worship and service today.
2. Trust the Lord to guide my path today.
3. Keep a short list with the Lord and seek the Holy Spirit to search my heart for unconfessed sin in order to confess it to Him and be cleansed.
4. Continue to learn contentment.
5. Put on the spiritual armor:  The belt of truth, and the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, take up the shield of faith, and put on the helmet of salvation, and take up the sword of the Spirit.

 

Memory verses for the week:                                  Ephesians 3:18-21

 

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,

21.  to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

 

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