Be careful with you Selections (1 Tim. 5:22)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6-12-02

 

My Worship Time                                                      Focus:  Be careful with your selections

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                     Reference:  1Timothy 5:22

 

            Message of the verse:  “22  Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other people's sins; keep yourself pure.”   Paul is warning Timothy to make sure that when he goes through the process of choosing spiritual leaders to do it very thoroughly.  This is what he means when he writes “do not lay hands on anyone hastily.”  If a person is either a new believer or a believer that has just moved into the local church, he can have unconfused sin in his life or even a sin problem that he does not want to deal with.  I think if a person was chosen to be a spiritual leader who has this problem the one who choose him will be guilty because they did not look into his background thoroughly enough.  Paul then goes on to say to Timothy to keep himself pure and this is something that is difficult to do and impossible without the aid of the Holy Spirit.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I can learn from this verse to be patience and also participate in the sins of those around me.  I can also learn that my life as a believer in Jesus Christ needs to be pure, as Peter said that the believers should “be holy, for the Lord God Almighty is holy.”

The Word of God brought conviction and good teaching to me today.

 

My Step of Faith Today:  I must trust the Lord to get me over to Lorain this morning without being fearful.  Fear has had to large on an impact on me for far too long.

 

Memory verse for the week:  Roman 5:20,21

Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound.  But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, ever so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.