Monday, October 1, 2012

Wisdom for the King (Deu. 17:18-20)


5/19/2009 9:03 AM

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY

 

My Worship Time                                        Focus:  Wisdom for the king

 

Bible Reading & Meditation               Reference:  Deuteronomy 17:18-20

 

            Message of the verses:  “18  "Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. 19  "It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes, 20  that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.”

            Dr. Wiersbe writes that the most important thing that the king could do was to follow the Lord’s law, as he was to make a copy for himself and read from it so that he would know all that the Lord commanded and then follow these commands.  By doing this he would then be humble and follow all that the Lord had commanded him so that he would not be lifted up above his countrymen.  If he did not do this, and many of their kings did not, then he would think himself better than his countrymen and would do things that were against the Law of the Lord.

 

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I think that since the Lord has made me a king and a priest that I should read His Word each and everyday and I also am to be humble remembering that all that I have has come from the Lord and so I am to praise the Lord for all that He has given me, which most of all are the wonderful spiritual blessings that I have because I am in Christ.

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

 

  1. Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
  2. Trust the Lord to guide my path today.
  3. Continue to learn contentment.
  4. Be filled with the Holy Spirit.

 

Memory verses for the week:                                  1John 2:15-17; 1 Cor. 1:30-31

 

1 John Verses:

 

15.    Do not love the world nor the things in the world.  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16.    For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

17.    The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.

 

1 Cor. Verses:

 

30.     But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

31.     so that, just as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

 

5/19/2009 9:25 AM

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