SPIRITUAL DAIRY FOR 06-11-03
My Worship Time Focus: Moses and
the first Passover
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Hebrews 11:28
1. Message of the
verse: “28 By faith he kept the
Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn
should not touch them.” (ASB) “It was by faith hat Moses commanded the
people of Israel to keep the Passover and to sprinkle blood on the doorposts so
that the angel of death would not kill their firstborn sons.” (NLT)
When you stop and think about all of the things that
happened in Egypt that Moses was a part of it seems to the human mind that they
were unbelievable, and if a person did not know about God all of this would
have seemed unexplainable. Now this
verse speaks of the Passover, and again if you did not know God you would think
that killing a perfect one-year old lamb, and then sprinkling its blood on the
doorposts of your house, that you would not be harmed when the death angel
comes to kill the first-born in all the houses who did not have the blood
applied upon their doorposts. John Gill,
whose notes are on the online Bible has this to say about all of this: “ lest he that
destroyed the firstborn should touch them; for the Lord, seeing the blood
sprinkled, as above, when he smote the firstborn of Egypt, passed by the houses
of the Israelites, so distinguished; and they were all safe within, and not one
of them touched: this was typical of the blood of Christ being sprinkled upon
the hearts and consciences of his people; whereby they are purified through
faith; which blood is looked upon by Jehovah, so that justice passes by them;
and they are all safe and secure, and will be, when others are destroyed; nor
can they be hurt by the second death.”
2. Spiritual
meaning for my life today: I think of
the concept that is taught about God in the Bible that says that His ways are
not our ways, and that who can know the mind of God as I look at this verse
that I am studying about today. As I
think of it in human terms I would think it silly or perhaps different to
believe that applying the blood of a lamb to the doorpost of my house would
save me from death, or that if I would accept the death of Christ a payment for
my sins that I would inherit heaven and miss hell, for when God looks down upon
me He can see that I have the blood of Jesus Christ sprinkled upon my heart and
that He will passover me and not judge me because He has already judged me when
He judged me in Christ’s suffering and death.
Now as I apply this to the storm that I we are in over
our investments with Andrew Leck, I can in a way think about it a purifying
storm sent by the Lord to make me more like the image of my Lord Jesus
Christ. I see this storm like Israel saw
the storms that God has sent upon the land of Egypt to set the people of Israel
free from the bonds of Egypt. They saw
this probably as fearful, yet necessary for their freedom to leave Egypt, even
though they probably did not like it. I
do not like the storm that I am in at this present time, but by faith I want to
hold tightly to the promises of the Word of God, for He will never leave me nor
forsake me.
The Word of God was again a
challenge to my heart, yet it was refreshing to me.
My Steps of Faith Today:
I want to trust the Lord to see me
through this storm that He has put me in, and not me alone, for there are many
others in this storm with me. He if
faithful, and He knows what it is that is good for me, and all of the others
who are in this with me. I pray that the
Lord will show me the reason that I am in this storm, and I can give thanks
that He is doing all of this because He loves me to much to leave me the way
that I was before I was in this storm He sent my way.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 40:15-17
15. Let those be appalled because of their shame who say
to me, “Aha, aha!”
16. Let all those who seek Thee rejoice and be glade in
Thee; Let those who love Thy salvation say continually, “The Lord be
magnified!”
17. Since I am afflicted and needy let the Lord be
mindful of me; Thou art my help and my deliverer, do not delay, O my God.
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