3/15/2011 5:23:49 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The Lord’s message of hope
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Kings 19:15-21
Message of the verses: “15
The LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of
Damascus, and when you have arrived, you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram;
16 and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall
anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you
shall anoint as prophet in your place. 17
"It shall come about, the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael,
Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha
shall put to death. 18 "Yet I will
leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every
mouth that has not kissed him."
“19 ¶ So he departed from there
and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of
oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and
threw his mantle on him. 20 He left the
oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my
mother, then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again,
for what have I done to you?" 21 So
he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them
and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the
people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.”
The
Lord forgave Elijah for his pity party and then told him to go back to where he
started and gave him three jobs to do.
The first two jobs would be done by his successor, Elisha, and this
would be as if Elijah had done them.
Elijah was worried about the past, and felt sorry for himself over the
past and the Lord told him to take care of the future, for the Lord had 7000
who had not bowed the knee to Baal, and thus the Lord always has a remnant, so
Elijah was not to be concerned over that, but only to obey the Word of the
Lord.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It seems to me that the things that have been
happening in the life of Elijah are similar to what is happening to me. Yesterdays was a terrible day for me and now
I am ready to quit this job and return home, but I still sense that the Lord
has work for me to do here and therefore I want to trust him accomplish this
work through me.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Continue to trust the Lord to accomplish what He
wants to accomplish through me.
2.
Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
3.
Trust the Lord to direct my path this day.
4.
Continue to learn contentment.
5.
Put on the spiritual armor.
3/15/2011 5:58:49 AM
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