SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 03/11/2005
My Worship Time Focus: The complacent Church
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Revelations 3:3
Message of the verse: “So remember what you have received and
heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come
like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.” (NAS95)
Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly and
turn to me again. Unless you do, I will come upon you suddenly, as unexpected
as a thief. (NLT)
I would
suppose that this church was the hardest one to understand of all of the seven
churches. This letter does not contain
the things that the others do, as there are no words concerning what they were
doing right or wrong, but there are words that explain what they should be
doing. The church seemed to be standing
on its past reputation and had little effect on the people around them so
Christ tells them to remember where they came from, to go back to what happened
when they first began, and to repent for falling into the place that they were
in right now. I guess the best word to
describe this church is complacent.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: It is not
a good thing to be complacent with my faith, for if I am not moving forward
then I am moving backwards, for there is no neutral in my walk with the
Lord. The enemy would like me to think
that there is a neutral, but there is not.
Each day brings new challenges and new opportunities to do the work of
the Lord and I need to have my eyes open to see them and my ears open to hear
what they are.
The Word of God was convicting and challenging to my heart
as I read them this morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: Trust in the Lord with all of
my heart and lean not upon my own understanding, in all of my ways acknowledge
Him and He shall direct my path.
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