SPIRITUAL DIARY
FOR 03/13/2002
My
Worship Time Focus: Submission and modesty
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 1Timothy 2:9
Message of the Verse: I am following the outline in the book “Be
Faithful” by Warren Wiersbe, and in it a new section starts with verse nine of
chapter two. He entitles this section
“The Women—Submission.” In verse nine Paul starts a section that is not to
popular with the women of today because he uses the word submission, and that
is not to popular today. That word is
not in this verse but the idea of it is.
Submission means to rank under, in other words a general is a higher
rank than a sergeant. This does not mean
that the general is a better man than the sergeant, just that he has a higher
rank. Women are not to be treated as
less worthy than a man. In the
organization of the Church God has said that the man has a higher rank than the
woman. Paul speaks of the dress of women
in this verse and says that women should have an inter beauty that can only
come from the Lord and no amount of expensive clothing or jewelry will cause a
women to have this beauty without that blessing from the Lord. If she did not have it before the expensive
stuff she will not have it because of it.
Spiritual meaning for my life
today: I think that it is very
important for a man to have this same confidence from the Lord, the same as a
woman. I do not need to have fancy
“stuff” in order for me to have arrived.
If I do not have the confidence from the Lord working in my life the
“stuff” will mean nothing.
The
Word of God was conviction to me today.
My
Steps of Faith Today: The more that I
trust the Lord to the different parts of me the better off I will be, so I need
to give to Him all areas of my life and trust that He will do best for me.
Memory
verse for the week: Psalm 89:7
God
is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And
to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
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