SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date: 01-16-03
My Worship Time Focus: The heart of every problem is the problem
with the heart.
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 3:12
1.
Message of the verse: “Beware,
brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing
from the living God” (NKJV) “Be careful then, dear brothers and
sisters. Make sure that your own hearts
are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.” (NLT)
I do not think that the writer is
talking to unbelievers, because of using the term brothers when he starts this
verse. The picture of not entering into
the rest spoken of in verse eleven, was a picture of that generation that came
out of Egypt and never entered into the rest of Canaan. There are others who would say that the
writer was speaking of unbelievers. I
think that what Paul said in one of his letters about checking and making sure
that you are in the faith would go along with this verse. One of the reasons for this letter was to
encourage these believers to continue in the faith and not go back into
Judaism, as some of them were thinking about doing. It kind of describes the generation that came
out of Egypt and saw all of the miracles that God did and then when some
hardships came up did not believe that God would continue to take care of them
and thus they decided that they wanted to go back to Egypt. If the did that they certainly would never
have entered the rest of Canaan, and as it turned out they were not permitted
to go into the promise land because of their unbelief thus missing the rest of
Canaan.
2.
Spiritual meaning for my life today:
The writer talks about the sin that so easily ensnares us in chapter
twelve and verse one, and I believe that sin is unbelief, or lack of faith in
believing that God knows what is the best for you even though it does not seem
so at the time. This is what the writer
is speaking about in this verse that I have looked at today and that is what is
important for me to remember that I need to continue to have faith in God that
He knows what is best for me and thus trust Him completely with my life. I must say that I fail doing that many, many
times.
The Word of
God did bring conviction to my life today.
My Steps of Faith Today: To know that God
always things in my life that are for my best interest, and that will conform
me to the image of His Son. To act on
this faith and believe it in all of life’s events both good and bad. (Romans 8:28)
Memory verses
for the week: Ephesians 2:10 & Mark
12:20
For we are
God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared
in advance for us to do.
Love the Lord
your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind and
with all your strength.
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