SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 06-07-03
My
Worship Time Focus: Moses refusing the
pleasures of sin
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 11:24, 25
Message
of the verse: “24 By faith Moses,
when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter 25
choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season;” (NASB) “It was by faith that Moses, when he
grew up, refused to be treated as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to share the oppression of God’s
people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin.” (NLT)
I am not
sure as to how Moses knew of the promises that God had given to Abraham, but he
may have learned them from his mother who came to the Egyptian palace where
Moses was living to nurse him, and during that time women nursed their children
for a long period of time. He also may
have had contact with some of the Hebrews while growing up. At any rate Moses knew the promises of God,
and God worked within his heart to give him the kind of faith to be able to say
good-bye to a “successful career” as it were at the palace in Egypt and to go
and live with the Hebrews who were in slavery.
Dr. Wiersbe says, “True
faith causes a believer to hold the right values and make the right decisions.” This was surely true in the life of
Moses. The passage speaks of “pleasures
of sin.” Dr. Wiersbe comments on this
phrase this way, “The phrase describes a way of life that we today would call
‘successful’—position, prestige, power, wealth, and freedom from problems.”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: I get out
of this passage what it is to be a man of faith in terms of how the Bible would
describe it. Moses had the faith to see
past the “stuff” of this world, the pleasures of this world and live a life
that, though it may seem stupid to many people, it was exactly the life that
God wanted him to live. He gave up an
earthly palace for the hope of a heavenly palace, and he gave up a lot more to
receive by faith a building whose builder, and designer was God Himself. I hope that as I read and study more about
the people of faith that my faith will increase and that I would be willing to
do what ever it is that God would want me to do for the cause of Jesus Christ!
The Word of God has surely brought a challenge to my heart
as I read it this morning.
My
Steps of Faith Today: To
love my wife as Christ loves the Church and gave Himself for it. I do not want to be in competition with my
wife today, nor seek to argue with her today about the things that are going on
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