Famine (Rev. 6:5-6)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR

05/06/2005

 

My Worship Time                  Focus:  Famine

 

Bible Reading & Meditation             Reference:  Revelations 6:5 & 6

 

            Message of the verse:  “5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, ‘Come.’ I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.  6 And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, ‘A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.’”

            The Lord Jesus Christ breaks the third seal and then the third living creature yells out the word “come,” and this seems to me that he is calling out for this judgment to begin upon the earth.  This judgment is famine, for the verse says that it will take a whole days wage to buy enough food for one person to live on.  The wheat is the superior grain and you can get one quart for a day’s wage, but the barley is the less superior grain so you can get three quarts for a day’s wage.  I am not sure exactly what the phrase “and do not damage the oil and the wine” means, but this could be something that only the rich people have and the poor are told not to harm it.  At this point the Antichrist will have more control over the people because of this food shortage.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  As I look at the events that are described in this verse that will take place in the future it causes me to give thanks for the things that I have been entrusted with while I am alive at this time in history.  Even though we have had a setback with our investments, the Lord has continually blessed us with very many material things and I am indeed thankful to the Lord for His great provisions for my family and myself.

 

The Word of God was convicting to my heart as I read it this morning.

 

 

 

Memory verse for the week:  Ephesians 6:10, 11

 

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.  Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the Devil.