3/17/2011 5:24:01 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The promise
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Kings 20:13-21
Message of the verses: “13
Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said,
"Thus says the LORD, ’Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I
will deliver them into your hand today, and you shall know that I am the
LORD.’" 14 Ahab said, "By
whom?" So he said, "Thus says the LORD, ’By the young men of the
rulers of the provinces.’" Then he said, "Who shall begin the
battle?" And he answered, "You." 15 Then he mustered the young men of the rulers
of the provinces, and there were 232; and after them he mustered all the
people, even all the sons of Israel, 7,000. 16
They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the
temporary shelters with the thirty-two kings who helped him. 17 The young men of the rulers of the provinces
went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out and they told him, saying, "Men
have come out from Samaria." 18
Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or
if they have come out for war, take them alive." 19 So these went out from the city, the young
men of the rulers of the provinces, and the army which followed them. 20 They killed each his man; and the Arameans
fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse
with horsemen. 21 The king of Israel
went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans with a
great slaughter.”
I
would suppose that you have to give credit where credit is due, and Ahab did
listen to the Word of the Lord that came to him through a prophet, and that
word was that the Lord would use Ahab and his army to defeat Ben-hadad and his
army. Ahab did what the prophet told him
to do, which was the Word of the Lord and he defeated Ben-hadad and so
Ben-hadad had to run for his life on his horse in order not to be killed. The Lord would use Ben-hadad latter on.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I believe that the Word of the God teaches
that what the Lord does he does for His glory, and in the case of Ahab
defeating the Syrian army for God used the awful king Ahab to do this because
of His great name and because of His promise to Israel.
The
Word of God is powerful, “For the word of God is living and active and sharper
than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and
spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and
intentions of the heart.” I surely need
to follow the Word of God.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Give myself to the Lord for worship and service
today.
2.
Continue to learn contentment.
3.
Trust the Lord to direct my path today.
4.
Put on the spiritual armor.
5.
Remember the Word of God, and follow it. 3/17/2011 5:41:47 AM
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