SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 12-24-02
My
Worship Time Focus: Jesus Made Lower than the Angels
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 2:6 &7
1. Message of
the verse: “But one testified in
a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the
son of man that You take care of him?
You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him
with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. (NKJV) “For somewhere the Scriptures says, ‘What is
man that you should think of him, and the son of man that you should care for
him?’ For a little while you made him
lower than the angels, and you crowned him with glory and honor.’” (NLT)
The writer asks the question in this
verse why God ever bother with man. He
then quotes from Psalm 8:4-6 but does not identify where the quotation comes
from, he even make it vague as to where the quote comes from as if it did not
matter to much. The theme of this
section is still that Christ is superior to angels. Verse says that man was made a little lower
than angels and was crowned with glory and honor and then he was given
responsibility to care for creation that God had made. This verse is not speaking of Jesus Christ,
but man.
2.
Spiritual meaning for my life today:
To answer the question what is man that the writer brought up in this
section gives meaning to my life for not only today but each and every
day. Man is so important to God that He
became one to die on a cruel cross to take care of the sin problem for man and
bring him back in fellowship with Himself.
God demonstrated His love for us through the cross of Jesus Christ.
The
Word of God was refreshing to me today.
My
Steps of Faith Today: I want to say that Sandy is going
through a rough time, and as usual it spills over on to those around her,
including me. I did not understand that
she is beginning to either go to far up or slipping down because of any number
of things. She is upset over Tracy’s
divorce and over some things concerning Callie.
She also has some hard times around the fall of the year because of the
gloomy days which lack sunshine. I have
a very difficult time dealing with these mood swings as the cause me to fear,
fear what I am not quite sure, but fear something. I want to step out on faith that the Lord
will give both of us the grace to get through this difficult time and that we
will both be better off and also bring glory to the Lord thought this
experience.
Memory
verses for the week: Romans 12:5;
Philippians 2:5; 1Peter 4:10
…so in Christ
we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus…
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve
others…
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