6/11/2009 7:08 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The firstborn son
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Deut. 21:15-17
Message of the verses: “15 ¶
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have
born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be
hers that was hated: 16 Then it shall
be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make
the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed
the firstborn: 17 But he shall
acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double
portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right
of the firstborn is his.”
This SD
begins a new chapter in Warren Wiersbe’s commentary on Deuteronomy, and he has
entitled the chapter “Disputes and Decisions.”
Here is what he has written at the beginning of this chapter: “The major emphasis in these chapters is on
how the law of the Lord governed relationships in the nation of Israel
The Lord
has always meant for marriage to between one man and one woman and to last for
a lifetime. Two things have stopped
this from happening and they are having more than one wife and divorce, neither
did God desire to happen. Jacob had more
than one wife and because of this it caused a lot of trouble for his family;
however God accomplished what He desired to happen through Jacob’s family
troubles.
Dr. Wiersbe
has pointed out in a number of his writings that the second born was usually
the one who was blessed, and this is a picture of the second birth of a person
who is a child of God, for the first birth was into this world, while the
second birth was the one that a person receives eternal life.
In these
verses the law is that if a man has more than one wife and he loves one and
does not love the other, however his firstborn son comes from the wife that he
does not love then that son will receive a double blessing.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I can seen in my own life that God has worked
through mistakes that I have made to bring about good in my life and the life
of my family. A divorce early in my life
was very difficult on me, and yet God brought Sandy and me together before we
were believers and after marriage we were saved and have had two wonderful
children through our union together.
This is just one of the examples where God has overruled in my life
because of mistakes that I made. I am
very thankful for God overruling in my life through His love and grace.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Put on the spiritual armor: the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
- Keep a short list with the Lord.
- Trust the Lord to continue to teach me contentment.
- Trust the Lord to see me through this x-ray test this morning and that it will not reveal anything that will threaten my life.
Memory verses for the week: Ephesians
3:14-17
14. For
this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
15. from
whom every family on earth and in heaven 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,
6/11/2009 7:40 AM
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