1/8/2011 8:44:23 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Other natural calamities
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Ki. 8:37-40; 2Chron. 6:28-31
Message of the verses: “37
"If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there
is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the
land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, 38 whatever prayer or supplication is made by
any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own
heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; 39 then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and
forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You
know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men, 40 that they may fear You all the days that they
live in the land which You have given to our fathers.”
“28 "If there is famine in the land, if
there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, if there is locust or
grasshopper, if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities,
whatever plague or whatever sickness there is, 29 whatever prayer or supplication is made by
any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his
own pain, and spreading his hands toward this house, 30 then hear from heaven Your dwelling place,
and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know
for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men, 31 that they may fear You, to walk in Your ways
as long as they live in the land which You have given to our fathers.”
As
I mentioned in the last couple of SD’s that Solomon knew the OT Law, especially
from the book of Deuteronomy, which was supposed to be required reading for all
of the Kings of Israel. It can be seen
that Solomon knew the things that are written in the book of Deuteronomy for
they are all throughout his prayer to the Lord at the dedication of the
temple. The issue in this section is
about natural calamities, which did occur to Israel when they sinned against
the Lord latter on in their history. All
of the things that were written in the Law happened against Israel because they
failed to keep the Law, the parts of the Law that the Lord made conditional to
them. The unconditional covenants could
never be broken.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I must remember at all times to keep the
commandments that the Lord has given in His Word. To keep the commandments is to love the Lord
and to worship the Lord, which is what my desire is, even though at times I do
not fulfill that desire.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
I am thankful for the messages on joy that we have
been listening to by John MacArthur. Joy
is something that comes from the Holy Spirit of God and cannot be brought about
by my own effort.
2.
Trust the Lord to direct my path today.
3.
Continue to learn contentment.
4.
Remember that I am in a battle and in need of the
Spiritual Armor to be put on which is actually putting on the Lord Jesus
Christ. “Ro 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for
the flesh in regard to its lusts.”
1/8/2011 9:11:55 AM
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