SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 01-02-04
My
Worship Time Focus: Submit to the Shepherd
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 1Peter 2:25
Message
of the verse:
“25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the
Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”
(NKJV) “25 Once you were
wandering like lost sheep. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the
Guardian of your souls.” (NLT)
Peter
continues in this verse to write about what Isaiah was writing about in Isaiah
53, where he said “all we like sheep have gone astray.” Luke also wrote about this in quoting a
parable that Jesus gave about the lost sheep.
In the OT the sheep died for the shepherd, but Peter says that Jesus who
is our Great Shepherd has died for His sheep.
Not only has He died for His sheep, but also He goes out and searches
for them until He finds them. Jesus is
not only our Great Shepherd, but also He is also our Overseer or our Guardian,
or our Bishop as Peter says in this verse.
The meaning of the Greek is as follows: “1) an overseer
1a) a man charged with the duty
of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator,
guardian or superintendent
1b) the superintendent, elder, or
overseer of a Christian church”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: I again see love involved in this verse, the
love of God for me through what Jesus Christ has done for me at the cross and
is now doing for me each day as He is my Overseer. Because of this great love that has been
shown to me, I now owe Him my all each and every day. “Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe, sin had
left a crimson stain He washed it white as snow.”
The Word of God had a humbling
affect on me today as I read it. It also
brought rejoicing to my soul.
My
Steps of Faith Today: Remember who is in charge of my life, the Lord Jesus
Christ, and not go before Him, and not be to hastily, but wait upon the Lord to
show His perfect plan to me in the midst of these trials.
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