2/20/2011 8:08:06 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The distressing fulfillment
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Kings 14:17-20
Message of the verses: “17
Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. As she was
entering the threshold of the house, the child died. 18 All Israel buried him and mourned for him,
according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the
prophet. 19 Now the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the
Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. 20 The time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two
years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.”
When
Jeroboam’s wife stepped on the threshold of the house her son died. The prophet said that when she entered the
city her son would die, so the place must have been on the edge of the city,
and Jeroboam must have had a palace in the city of Tirzah. The paragraph ends with the death of Jeroboam
and his son Nadab taking over as the king of Israel. Soon he would be assassinated and soon after
that not a male would be alive in the family of Jeroboam. Jeroboam sinned like no other king in Israel,
for at the end of most of the king’s lives it is recorded in 1Kings that they
all sinned in the fashion of Jeroboam who is credited as leading Israel into
the great sin of adultery and eventually into captivity because of their sin. Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1781 these
words: “Indeed I tremble for my country
when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.” These words were true in Jeroboam’s lifetime
and also are true in my lifetime as I look at the country that I live in and
think also what Rev. Billy Graham said, “If God does not judge the United
States He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I have a great dislike and distrust of our
present President, but that does not mean that I should not pray for him, for
after all before it was the Apostle Paul he was known as Saul the persecutor of
the church. I wonder how many people
prayed for him before He meet the Lord on the Damascus road?
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Pray for those who have authority over me including
our President.
2.
Remember to pray for our country.
3.
Remember that I am in a battle and in need of the
spiritual armor.
4.
Continue to learn contentment.
5.
Give myself to the Lord for worship and for service.
6.
Trust the Lord to guide my path today to places
where He wants me to go.
2/20/2011 8:28:41 AM
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