SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date
02-09-04
My Worship Time Focus: Trails will come
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 1Peter 4:12
Message
of the verse:
“12 ¶ Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which
comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to
you;” (NASB95) “12 ¶ Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the
fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to
you.” (NLT)
Trials
will come upon believers because we are in a war with the unbelieving
world. People can get away with being
“religious,” but not with being righteous.
When I use the word religious, I am speaking of coming to God on your
own terms, or the terms of a false teaching, and not the true way of coming to
God through Jesus Christ alone. Cain was
a religious man, but Able was a righteous man, and that is why Cain killed him.
Peter
writes in this verse that fiery trials will come upon those who are righteous,
not if they come. He also says that they
will come for our testings, so that means that God is in control of these
testings, and if we submit to Him in these trials He will work them out for our
good and His glory.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: These trials that come upon my
family and me, have all been due to sin in believers lives, for they have not
been due to being persecuted because of being righteous, like what Peter is
writing about here. With that said, they
are still trials that God has brought into my life, and my families to make us
better.
The Word of God was challenging
to my heart as I read it this morning.
My
Steps of Faith Today: To trust the Lord with the events that took place
yesterday. To thank Him and praise Him
for answering our prayers, and to trust Him to use us to do the work of Grace
Baptist Church that He will guide us to do for His glory.
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