SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 08-28-03
My
Worship Time Focus: The goodness of God
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: James 1:17
1. Message of the verse: “17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is
from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no
variation or shadow of turning.”
(NKJV) “Whatever is good and
perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven’s lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts
shifting shadows.” (NLT)
If I
understand what Dr. Wiersbe says about this verse it could start out something
like this: Every gift that God gives us
is perfect, and the way that He gives it to us is perfect, and He keeps on
giving us gifts all of the time, even when we do not realize that HE is giving
them to us, and God is not like the moving of the planets and stars, for He
never changes because He cannot change for worse because He is holy, and He
cannot change for better because He is perfect.
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: When I am tempted I believe this verse
teaches me that I should meditate on the goodness of God. I can also think about the judgment of God,
which is something I do not like to do, and realize that by falling to the
temptation I then can experience the judgment of God, or the discipline of
God. Trials can come by the Lord, and
even those trials are good for me because of what they will produce in my life,
and they are also good because they come from God. This can be seen in the life of David, but at
one point he did fall to temptation and then experienced the chastisement of
the Lord.
Moses
wrote about not forgetting the goodness of the Lord when things were going good
for us. This is what he said in Deu.
6: “10
‘Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the
land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you,
great and splendid cities which you did not build, 11 and houses full of all
good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards
and olive trees which you did not plant, and you shall eat and be satisfied, 12
then watch yourself, lest you forget the LORD who brought you from the land of
Egypt, out of the house of slavery.13
‘You shall fear only the LORD your God; and you shall worship Him, and
swear by His name. 14 ‘You shall not follow other gods, any of the
gods of the peoples who surround you, 15 for the LORD your God in the midst of
you is a jealous God; otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled
against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.’” These are some sobering verses to think on.
The Word of God has given me instruction, it has also
challenged me, and it has given refreshment to my heart as I read it this
morning.
My
Steps of Faith Today: To
remember the goodness of the Lord, and to fear the Lord as He has explained in
His Word to do.
Memory verse for the week:
James 1:1
James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad, greetings.
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