SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 07-30-03
My
Worship Time Focus: Remember your
Christian leaders
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 13:7
1. Message of the verse: “7 Remember those who led you, who spoke the
word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their
faith.” (NASB) “Remember your leaders who first taught you
the word of God. Think of all the good
that has come from their lives, and trust the Lord as they do.” (NLT)
This verse
is speaking of those who had rule over these early Hebrew believer, and it
could mean that some of them had already been killed for their faith in Jesus
Christ. These leaders were possibly the
ones who led these people to faith in Christ, as he says those who spoke the
Word of God to them. In application for
today this would refer to the Pastors of a NT Church who rightly divides the
Word of God for his flock. The writer
says that these believers are to consider the results of their conduct, and
also to imitate their faith. If they
were already martyrs for the cause of Christ these people should think about
that in relationship with their conduct and honor them, as well as imitate
their faith. If they were not martyrs
then they should imitate their faith as well as think of the good that has come
from their lives.
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: This is a good verse to describe the way that
a spiritual leader is to be treated today.
Pastors go through many difficult times if they are doing the job that
the Bible describes for them to do. I
certainly have had some wonderful Christian leaders that God has provided for
me to follow, even from the very earliest days of my walk with the Lord when I
as not attending a Church the Lord provided men of wonderful example for me to
learn and grow from. I can think back at
how Fred Yetka took time to teach me many truths of the Scriptures and how Bob
Fredrick was another wonderful example for me to follow. Yes the Lord has blessed my life with some
wonderful Pastors to follow, from Pastor Burns to Pastor Jacobs, God has used
these and others to teach me how I should walk in my Christian faith.
The Word of God was both refreshing and challenging to my
heart as I read it this morning.
My
Steps of Faith Today: I
want to continue to trust the Lord to have His perfect will in choosing our
next Senior Pastor. I would pray that
the Lord would use me to vote for the man who is in the perfect will of God to
lead our Church family.
Memory verses for the week:
Psalm 121:1-6
1.
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From whence shall
my help come?
2.
My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
3.
He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will
not slumber.
4.
Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5.
The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade on your
right hand.
6.
The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night.
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