SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 06-27-04
My Worship Time Focus:
Walking in the Light
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: 1John 2:3-4
Message of the verse: “3
Here’s how we can be sure that we know God in the right way: Keep his
commandments. 4 If someone claims,
"I know him well!" but doesn’t keep his commandments, he’s obviously
a liar. His life doesn’t match his words.”
(Message) “3 And by this we know
that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 The one who says, "I have come to know
Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not
in him;” (NASB)
John is telling his readers that
there is one way to make sure that a person knows the Lord, and that is to do
what the Lord has told us to do, in other words to keep His commandments. There can be three motives as to why a person
keeps the commandments: 1) Because we
have too; 2) because we need to, and 3) because we want to. A person who obeys the Lord because he wants
to is doing it because He loves the Lord, and wants to please Him in everything
he does.
John goes one to write about people
who have no desire to follow God’s commandments, and says that they are liars,
because that person’s life does not match up with his words. There is a saying that if you talk the talk
you have to walk the walk.
Spiritual meaning for my life
today: As I am studying this section
of 1John, I cannot help but think about the differences between king Saul, and
king David. I have always been
interested in knowing the difference between these two men, because there are
many sins that they both have committed that are recorded in the Scriptures,
and in fact there are more of the sins of David mentioned in the Scriptures
than that of Saul, yet God makes the statement that David is a man after God’s
Own heart. As I study this passage I am
beginning to realize that the reason that David was a man after God’s own heart
is because he walked in the light, when ever he sinned he was willing to
confess his sins to the Lord, and whenever he did this David realized that his
sin was something that was not only wrong, but was something that broke God’s
heart. David also knew that God forgave
his sins because of the great love that God had for him.
The Word
of God was very refreshing to me as I read it this morning, and it was also a
very big challenge too.
My Steps of Faith Today: I believe that God is giving me a message to share with
others, and I trust the Lord to prepare me to give this message and to also
provide an audience of those He wants to hear it.
Memory
verses for the week: 1Cor. 13:4-6
Love is
patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not
arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in
unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth;
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