SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/18/2017
8:46 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-1 Be Humble
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 1 Peter
5:5-7
Message of the
verses: “5 You younger men,
likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another,
for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE. 6 Therefore
humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7
casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”
As we look back to
previous chapters and verses in 1 Peter we have seen that Peter admonished all
the believers to be submissive to government authorities in 1 Peter 2:13-17,
and then slaves to their masters in 1 Peter 2:18-25, next wives to their
husbands in 1 Peter 3:1-7, an now finally in our verses for today Peter
commands all of the believers to submit to God and to each other.
Peter first speaks to the younger men to be subject to their
elders, and as we look at this we cannot assume that all senior saints are
spiritually mature, but younger men should have the respect for the older men
as the older men have lived longer and experienced more life than the
younger. In the church that we left
seven years ago the pastor was attempting to pit the younger against the older
and this caused a church split, something that should have never happened if
this passage was followed. Many times
the younger people think that they are wiser than the older people and for the
most part this is not true. Older people
have gone through life and have made mistakes, mistakes that they can pass on
to the younger people so that they can avoid those mistakes in their lives. Dr. Wiersbe writes “Too often there is a
generation war in the church, with the older people resisting change, and the
younger people resisting the older people!
“The solution is twofold: (1) all believers, young and
old, should submit to each other (2) all should submit to God. ‘Be clothed with
humility’ is the answer to the problem.
Just as Jesus laid aside His outer garments and put on the towel to
become a servant, so each of us should have a servant’s attitude and minister
to each other. True humility is
described in Philippians 2:1-11.
Humility is not demeaning ourselves and thinking poorly of ourselves. It takes grace to submit to another believer,
but God can give that grace if we humble ourselves before Him.
7/18/2017 9:03 AM
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