4/13/2010 8:46 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The majesty of the Lord
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: 1 Sam. 2:2-3
Message of the verses: “2
"There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one
besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God. 3 "Boast no more so very proudly, Do not
let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And
with Him actions are weighed.”
(NASB) “2 No one is holy like the LORD! There is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. 3 “Stop acting so proud and haughty! Don’t speak with such arrogance! For the LORD
is a God who knows what you have done;
he will judge your actions.”
(NLT)
I really
love the way that Dr. Wiersbe breaks down this prayer that Hannah had prayed to
the Lord, for in this prayer there are some very deep things, things that need
to be seen in order to understand what this prayer is all about. So I will try and break this prayer down with
the help of the commentary that Warren Wiersbe has written.
Hannah
begins by saying that there is no one like the Lord and the word for Lord is
Yahweh, which is the word that is translated Jehovah and means self-existing
one.
Hannah
begins her prayer by praising the Lord, which is a good way to begin a prayer
to the Lord unless one would want to confess their sins first in order to be in
good fellowship with the Lord, and then begin to praise Him, for when you
praise Him it helps the focus on the glory of the Lord and then our needs do
not seem as great.
Hannah then
speaks of God’s holiness and the holiness of God is speaking of his otherness,
or His uniqueness as holiness and uniqueness are all about God. She then moves on to use the word rock, and
this depicts the strength of the Lord and is used in many different prayers
that are found in the Scriptures. I will
look at one of the places that this word is use that is found in 2Samuel 22:32
which is a part of David’s song, “For who is God, besides the LORD? And who is
a rock, besides our God?”
Next we see
the Lord as the God of knowledge and this fits right into one of the attributes
of the Lord, that of His omniscient, God knowing everything. God knew the words that Peninnah had said
about Hannah, for example, and God knows the words that I speak of wrongly
about others when I am mad too.
Next God
speaks of God being judge, and when God judges it will be fair, even when I
stand before Him at the judgment seat of Christ to judge the things that I have
done while in this body. God is equitable
and will always judge righteously.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: When I understands the things about God that
are spoken of in this section of Scripture then it causes me to think about
some of the things that I have done that are sinful and hopefully I will be
thinking about them in the future and not repeat these things.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Psalm 139:23-24 are verses that I want to remember each day as they are verses that I need to think about each and everyday. “23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.”
- I want to remember the holiness of God and that He knows all things and is all powerful and by remembering these things then I will live my life in a way that will be more pleasing to Him.
4/13/2010 11:42 AM (I
did have some delays in finishing this SD, thus the long time period).
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