3/3/2011 5:38:20 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: From food to unclean birds
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Kings 17:2-7
Message of the verses: “2 The
word of the LORD came to him, saying, 3
"Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the
brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 4
"It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded
the ravens to provide for you there." 5
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD, for he went and
lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the
morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
7 It happened after a while that the
brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.”
This
is a rich lesson this morning as I have just read some gems from Warren
Wiersbe’s commentary on this section of Scripture.
Ahab
and Jezebel must have been looking for Elijah because the Lord told him to go
hide himself and He would feed him with the unclean ravens as the brook Cherith
where he could drink from the brook and eat the food the ravens brought to
him. Latter on the Lord would tell him
to go show yourself, but this process was a step at a time and it had to be
done by faith. It also took patience on
the part of Elijah.
Dr.
Wiersbe writes the following: “The Lord
usually leads His faithful people a step at a time as they tune their hearts to
His Word. God didn’t give Elijah a
three-year schedule to follow. Instead,
He directed his servant at each critical juncture in his journey, and Elijah
obeyed by faith.” Now when the brook
dried up Elijah waited for the Lord to tell him where he was to go next and he
did not leave until the Lord told him where to go.
“It
has well been said that the will of God will never lead us where the grace of
God cannot keep us and care for us, and Elijah knew this from experience.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I can’t help but think about the situation
that we are in at this time. We did not
ask to come to Kauai, as a matter of fact we prayed that the Lord stop this
whole process if it was not His will for our lives, but He only delayed it for
a while as He gave me the great opportunity of telling two special people about
the grace of God, and how to be saved.
There
have been a few times in the last almost couple of months that I have wanted to
go back home because of things and circumstances that have happened to me, but
what has kept me going is the belief that this trip is all of the Lord, and now
I believe this SD has reassured me of that.
I pray that God will show me His purpose of us being here and that He
will lead us to the church He wants us to be a part of, and that we will
continue to trust in the Lord to show us His way and His purpose for our being
here.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Continue to trust the Lord to show us His purpose
for being here and for the church to attend while here.
2.
Remember that we are in a spiritual battle and in
need of the spiritual armor.
3.
Trust the Lord to direct my path today.
4.
Trust the Lord as I continue to learn contentment.
5.
Give myself to the Lord for worship and service this
day.
6.
Praise the Lord for a break from the hard work today
and the grace to accomplish this task.
3/3/2011 6:01:39 AM
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