Honoring God's Servants (Deut. 31:1-8, 23)

7/11/2009 8:42 AM

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY

 

My Worship Time                                        Focus:  Honoring God’s servants

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                        Reference:  Deut. 31:1-8,23

 

            Message of the verses:  “1 ¶  So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. 2  And he said to them, "I am a hundred and twenty years old today; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’ 3  "It is the LORD your God who will cross ahead of you; He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, just as the LORD has spoken. 4  "The LORD will do to them just as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when He destroyed them. 5  "The LORD will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you. 6  "Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you." 7  Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. 8  "The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’

            “23  Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them, and I will be with you.’”

            This SD begins a new chapter in Warren Wiersbe’s book “Be Equipped,” and he calls it “The Song of Moses.”  This is the first section in this chapter and it has to do with leaders and in this case Moses and Joshua.  It must be remembered that Joshua is the Hebrew name for Jesus and in an earlier chapter of his book Warren Wiersbe pointed out that Joshua was the one who had to lead Israel into conquering the Promised Land because of his name.

            Moses is in this process of leaving this job and transforming the position of leader over to Joshua who has already been involved in a roll of leadership, for he was the one who was the head of Israel’s army, and he was one of the twelve spies or which he and Caleb stood up with Moses against the other ten spies saying that they could conquer the people who lived in the land even though they were much larger and more powerful because the Lord was with Israel.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  The principle of raising godly leader in the Church today is similar to what Moses did with Joshua, for Jesus left his disciples in charge of building the Church and Paul left Timothy and Titus to carry on.  I am older now and want to help the younger generation to worship the Lord correctly and thus take part in carrying on the work of the Lord as best as I can help others.

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

 

1. Trust the Lord to give me opportunities to help lead the younger generation.
2. Give myself to the Lord today for worship and service.
3. Put on the spiritual armor:  the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, take up the shield of faith, put on the helmet of salvation, and take up the sword of the Spirit, and pray.
4. Continue to learn contentment.
5. Keep a short list with the Lord and seek the Holy Spirit to search my heart for unconfessed sins.
6. Seek the Lord to guide my path today.

 

Memory verses for the week:                                  Ephesians 3:14-21

 

 14 ¶  For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15  from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16  that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 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, 21  to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

 

7/11/2009 9:23 AM