1/24/2010 8:01 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Dishonesty
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Judges 9:6
Message of the verses: “6 All
the men of Shechem and all Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and
made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar which was in Shechem.”
Warren
Wiersbe describes still another commandment that Abimelech broke, and this time
it is the ninth commandment: “"You
shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Since Abimelech probably took and oath of
office to be a king he certainly would be breaking this commandment because he
was doing things that were for his agenda and not for the people of Israel
I can truly
see the work of Satan in this man for all he seems to do is ungodly and not for
the glory of the Lord. As far as him
being a king in Israel
Dr. Wiersbe
brings up a number of wonderful things that happened at the site where this all
took place, among them is when the Lord appeared to Abraham, and it was also
the place where Jacob had his family burry their idols and then take a step in
moving towards serving the Lord. Joshua
gave his last or farewell speech there so this place had a lot of wonderful
memories there and now this awful godless man comes to this place and stains it
with he being crowned as a king there.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Abimelech did not do things in his life that
brought glory to the Lord, but this has been something that recently has been
in my mind as I have been studying about it as I study a series about the love
of God, and it is my hearts desire to bring glory to my Lord.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Keep in step with the Spirit so that I can do the work that He has prepared me to do, and by doing this work bring glory to the Lord.
1/24/2010 8:18 AM
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