4/6/2011 5:28:35 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: God honors faith PT-3
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 2Kings 2:23-25
Message of the verses: “23
Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way,
young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, "Go up,
you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!" 24
When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of
the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two
lads of their number. 25 He went from
there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.”
The
KJV translates “little children” and the NASB translates “young lads” when describing
the boys who were mocking Elisha. In the
Hebrew it means young men from the age of twelve to thirty, people who knew the
difference from right and wrong. The
term “go up” refers to Elijah going up to heaven and these young men wanted to
see Elisha go up too so he would be out of their hair. The term “baldhead” was not something that
the Jews liked to hear for they liked having hair and it was a disgrace to have
their hair fall out. In the Bible God
spoke of having wild animals come after those who did not follow the Law, and
so these bears came and mauled these young men leaving scars for all to see
what happens when they did broke the Law of God.
Elisha’s
ministry was a turning point in Israel and there were other times when this
happened and special judgment from the Lord came upon people. When the tabernacle was built two of Aaron’s
sons died for disobeying the Lord. When
Israel began to conquer the Promised Land the Lord judged Achan for hiding
things he has stolen from the Lord, and at the beginning of the Church age
Ananias and Sapphira lied to the Holy Spirit and the apostles and were killed.
Elisha
now leaves to where Elijah had his great victory and then on to the capital of
Israel when he continues his ministry for the Lord.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It is good to be reminded of the things that
have been blessings in my life from the Lord so that my faith is increased, but
after that I need to move on to what the Lord has from me to accomplish for Him
at this present time. Aruba was a
wonderful experience spiritually, but now we are in Kauai and need to follow
what the Lord has for us to do at this time.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Remember each day is a new experience that has new
challenges and new blessings from the Lord.
2.
Remember that the battle rages on and it starts in
the mind, and I am in great need of the spiritual armor.
3.
Continue to learn contentment.
4.
Give myself to the Lord for worship and service this
day.
5.
Seek the Holy Spirit to search my heart and see if
there are any unconfessed sin in it.
4/6/2011 5:47:38 AM
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