4/4/2011 5:30:19 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: God honors faith
Bible reading
& Meditation Reference:
2Kings
2:13-18
Message of the verses: “13 ¶
He also took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and returned and
stood by the bank of the Jordan. 14 He
took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and struck the waters and said,
"Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?" And when he also had struck the
waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha crossed over. 15 Now when the sons of the prophets who were at
Jericho opposite him saw him, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on
Elisha." And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground
before him. 16 They said to him,
"Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men, please let
them go and search for your master; perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken
him up and cast him on some mountain or into some valley." And he said,
"You shall not send." 17 But
when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, "Send." They sent
therefore fifty men; and they searched three days but did not find him. 18 They returned to him while he was staying at
Jericho; and he said to them, "Did I not say to you, ’Do not go’?’”
Today’s
lesson begins the forth main point which is the last truth about the Lord that
Dr. Wiersbe teaches about in this first chapter of his book. Today’s SD’s sub-point is entitled “Crossing
the river.” Dr. Wiersbe writes these
words at the beginning of this last main point, “From now on, Elisha’s faith
would put him in touch with the power of God and enable him to accomplish God’s
work in Israel. Three miracles are
recorded here, each with spiritual messages that we need to understand today.”
Dr.
Wiersbe points out that there was a reason that Elijah was taken up to heaven
on the West side of the Jordan river and that reason was that that Elisha would
have to cross back over the river and he would do it by trusting the God of
Israel to open up the river just like He did for Elisha and also like He did
for Joshua. Both incidents showed the
people of Israel that God had appointed a new leader in Israel; Joshua who took
the place of Moses and now Elisha who took the place of Elijah. Elisha would have the faith in God in a
similar way that Elisha would have, but he would do more miracles through his
faith in the Lord.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I too would like to have the kind of faith
that both Elijah and Elisha had in the Lord so that I would be equipped to do
His work in His way for His glory.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
I must
remember that I am in a battle, and that the enemy is strong, but the Lord will
one day destroy him with the breath of His mouth. In the mean time I must demonstrate faith in
the Lord to protect me and to use the spiritual armor to do so as His Word
commands me to do. I must also remember
that the temptations by the enemy first come to my mind and so I must keep my
mind clean of sin.
4/4/2011 5:53:26
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