SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date: 01-08-04
My
Worship Time Focus: Consideration
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 1Peter 3:7
Message
of the verse:
“7 You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an
understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her
honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be
hindered. (NASB95) “7 In the same way, you husbands must give
honor to your wives. Treat her with understanding as you live together. She may
be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new
life. If you don’t treat her as you should, your prayers will not be
heard.” (NLT)
Peter
finishes this section with this verse by writing to husbands about how they are
to treat their wives, and for some incentive to do a good job he says that your
prayers can be hindered if you don’t follow these instructions. Husbands are to live with their wives in and
understanding way. They are not just to
dwell with them, but understand them; they are to know them, to study them so
that they do know them better. Husbands
are to realize that their wives are fragile, Peter is writing about their
physical strength, not their mental or physical strength. Showing honor to the wife is speaking about
their emotional needs, and when Peter is speaking about not having your prayers
hindered he is writing about their spiritual life and needs.
Dr.
Wiersbe makes a good statement in his commentary on 1Peter where he writes,
“Speaking the truth in love is a solution to the communications problem (Eph
4:15). It has well been said that love
without truth is hypocrisy, and truth without love is brutality. We need both truth and love if we are to grow
in our understanding of one another.”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: I must admit that I have fallen
in many of these things that Peter has written about, and I must also admit
that I have pretty much lost hope that any of these things will ever be done. I have prayed about them and asked God to
make me a better husband, yet it does not seem to ever happen.
The Word of God is convicting to
my heart as I read it this morning.
My
Steps of Faith Today: It would be good to say that I trust the Lord to
make this a happier and better home, but I must be doing something wrong, for
that prayer has never seemed to be answered in a continual way.
Memory verses for the week: Psalm 119:18, and 105
Open my eyes, that I may behold
wonderful things from Your law.
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet,
and a light unto my path.
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