4/8/2011 5:27:05 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: A needy army
Bible Reading
& Meditation
Reference: 2Kings 3:9-14
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Message of the verses: “9 So
the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days’ journey, and
there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them. 10 Then
the king of Israel said, "Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings
to give them into the hand of Moab." 11 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not a
prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" And one
of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, "Elisha the son of
Shaphat is here, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah." 12 Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD
is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom
went down to him. 13 Now Elisha said to
the king of Israel, "What do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of
your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel
said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to
give them into the hand of Moab." 14
Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were
it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not
look at you nor see you.”
As
I begun to study the section of Scripture that speaks about Elijah and about
Elisha the commentary from Dr. Wiersbe was enlightening to my heart as he
described Elijah like John the Baptist and Elisha more like the Lord Jesus
Christ. Christ would get into the face
of those who opposed when the time came to do it and He did it fearlessly; the
same way that Elisha got in the face of the king of Israel, for the king of
Israel was blaming the God of heaven for the fix they were in.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: If there
is one thing in my walk with the Lord that I need to improve on, and I am sure
that there are many things that I need to improve on, it is having the courage
to speak up when the situation warrants it, and relying on the Lord to give me
strength to do it. I want to be more
like Elisha, more like my Lord.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Fear the Lord and Him alone and depend
upon Him so I don’t fear others whom I should not fear.
2.
Continue to learn contentment.
3.
Remember that the battle rages on, and I am in need
of the spiritual armor.
4.
Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
4/8/2011 5:50:35 AM
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