1/7/2011 7:15:15 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Military defeat
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Ki. 8:33-34; 2Chron. 6:24-25
Message of the verses: “33 "When Your people Israel are defeated
before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, if they turn to You
again and confess Your name and pray and make supplication to You in this
house, 34 then hear in heaven, and
forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which
You gave to their fathers.
“24
"If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they
have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, and pray
and make supplication before You in this house, 25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of
Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to
them and to their fathers.”
In reading this
prayer one realizes that Solomon knew the OT Law, for the things that he is
praying about are contained in the Law.
In this section about military victory the Lord made it plain that when
the children of Israel sinned they would be punished by having other nations
defeat them in battle. If they would
confess their sins to the Lord then the Lord would allow them to defeat their
enemies and bring peace back to the Land.
Solomon is praying that the people would come to the temple to pray to
the Lord about these things.
Drought in the land (1Ki. 8:35-36; 2Chron. 6:26-27) “35
"When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they
have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name
and turn from their sin when You afflict them, 36 then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of
Your servants and of Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in
which they should walk. And send rain on Your land, which You have given Your
people for an inheritance.”
“26 "When the heavens are shut up and there
is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this
place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them;
27 then hear in heaven and forgive the
sin of Your servants and Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in
which they should walk. And send rain on Your land which You have given to Your
people for an inheritance.”
This section is
about drought and this was a very severe punishment from the Lord and it came
to the children of Israel whenever they had sinned. Deut. 11:10-14 says the following: “10
"For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not
like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and
water it with your foot like a vegetable garden. 11 "But the land into which you are about
to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain
of heaven, 12 a land for which the LORD
your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the
beginning even to the end of the year. 13
"It shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments
which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him
with all your heart and all your soul, 14
that He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and
late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your
oil.” Now it must be remembered that
this portion of the covenant with Israel that the Lord made with them is called
a conditional covenant, if Israel obeyed then God would bless them, if not, in
this case He would hold back the rain.
This happened in a big way in 1Kings chapter 18 where for over three
years the Lord stopped the rain in Israel because of great sin.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: As in the case of Solomon I need to know the
Scriptures for they are the Word of God in which I receive my direction, where
wisdom is found, where salvation is found, where the story of my Lord is
found. I am to obey the commandants of
the Lord, for Jesus said that if you love Me then keep my commandants.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Continue to trust the Lord to direct my path.
2.
To rely on the Lord at all times, for the Lord will
bring things into my life in order for me to begin to rely on Him, such as a
new job that I face at this time.
3.
I need to remember that I am in a Spiritual battle
and in need of the Spiritual armor, putting on the Lord Jesus Christ each and
every day.
1/7/2011 7:41:40 AM
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