6/5/2009 7:38 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The priest’s encouragement
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Deut. 20:2-4
Message of the verses: “2
"When you are approaching the battle, the priest shall come near
and speak to the people. 3 "He
shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel, you are approaching the battle against your
enemies today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble
before them, 4 for the LORD your God is
the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’”
There
are a couple of things here to write about in this section of Scripture. First the priest, and this was not the high
priest would give encouragement to the soldiers as they went out to do battle
for the Lord. A priest could become a
solider so this was not uncommon work for a priest to do. The captain of David’s might men was a priest
and later became the head of Israel
Do
not be afraid or fear not is rather a common thing to be found in the
Scriptures, and as stated in earlier SD’s the only thing that a believer is to
fear is the Lord and when a believer fears the Lord he can accomplish many
things for the Lord.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: There are many spiritual battles that I face
and they are just as important or even more important than any physical battle,
and it is the Lord who is the One who must fight for me in these battles and I
am to trust Him to do battle for me as I live life on planet earth.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
- Trust the Lord to guide my path today and fight for me as verse four of the text says.
Memory verses for the week: Ephesians
4:14-16
14. For
this reason I bow my knees to 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,
6/5/2009 7:53 AM
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