8/6/2009 9:33 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Confident Faith
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Joshua 2:8-11
Message of the verses: “8 ¶
Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof, 9 and said to the men, "I know that the
LORD has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and
that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you. 10 "For we have heard how the LORD dried up
the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you
did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and
Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11
"When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any
man any longer because of you;
for
the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.”
In
this brief statement above I can see the wonderful miracle of salvation that
was done in the heart of Rahab by the Lord, that this miracle was done by grace
through faith and not something that Rahab had done on her own, for she would
not have been able to understand all of this on her own, but only through a
miracle of God.
As
I read the statement outlined in yellow it was as if I had read it for the
first time in my life, which of course is not the case, but my reaction was
“How did she know all of these things?”
As read the commentary of Dr. Wiersbe he pointed out that she knew these
things because God has showed her these things and she feared the Lord, and
that is why the Lord led the two spies into this city to see her, for this was
a divine appointment set up by the Lord in order to save her and her family
from the destruction that was about to come upon this city from the Lord. She and her family would be the only ones
saved from this coming destruction and the Lord was the One who would keep her
from this coming judgment upon this people and this city.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Reading this section this morning had given
me a great reminder of how the Lord saved me and how He saves everyone who is
saved. Rahab was a remarkable woman of
faith as seen in both the OT and NT and an inspiration to me and to many
others.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
- Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
- Trust the Lord to guide my path today and perhaps there is a divine appointment for me today or in the days to come.
- 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.
- Trust the Lord to continue to teach me and for me to continue to learn contentment.
- Trust the Spirit of the Lord to search my heart for unconfessed sin in order to confess them to Him.
8/6/2009 10:18 AM
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