8/11/2009 9:32 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The officers’ message to the people
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Joshua 3:1-4
Message of the verses: “1 ¶ Then Joshua rose early in the morning;
and he and all the sons of Israel
set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they lodged there
before they crossed. 2 At the end of
three days the officers went through the midst of the camp; 3 and they commanded the people, saying, ‘When
you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God with the Levitical priests
carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it. 4 ‘However,
there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000 cubits by measure.
Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have
not passed this way before.’”
Israel was on the move again and they now are
poised to cross the Jordan River, but before they cross they waited for three
days in order to give the children of Israel some time to rest and also
some time to receive their marching orders for as the officers told them, “For
you have not passed this way before.”
In
his book “Be Strong” Dr. Warren Wiersbe points out that the “Ark of the
Covenant” is mentioned sixteen times in chapters three and four of Joshua, and
as I have learned before the Ark of the Covenant was a very important to the
nation of Israel, for it was there that the Lord’s presence was and it was
there that the blood would be sprinkled on the day of Atonement. It was there that the Book of the Law was
found, and the rod of Aaron that budded.
The
message to the people was when they saw the Ark moving, being carried by the
Levites that they were suppose to follow them, but to stay back about a half
mile from it. This is the first sub-section
in the first section of this chapter entitled “The Word of Faith” that Warren
Wiersbe has in this the forth chapter of his commentary on Joshua.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I want to focus in on the portion of verse
four that reads, “For you have not this way before.” The Christian life is a series of new
beginnings as noted in many of Warren Wiersbe’s books and this small section of
verse four of chapter three of Joshua reinforces this saying. Each day seems to be a new beginning for me
as I walk with the Lord, I know that some things are the same, but there is an
opportunity to do something different for the cause of Christ each and every
day of my walk with the Lord on this earth and for this I am thankful.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
- Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
- Trust the Lord to guide my path today.
- Continue to learn contentment.
- Trust the Lord to have His Spirit to search my heart for unconfessed sin so that I may confess it to Him.
- 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.
8/11/2009 10:23 AM
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