SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 1/8/2012 8:36:08 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm 19 Pt. 3
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: Psalm 19: 12-14
Message
of the verses: In today’s SD we will
look at the last three verses of this wonderful psalm, a psalm that has blessed
the hearts of many people for many years.
The
Witness Within Us—God the Redeemer (vv. 12-14): “12 Who can discern his
errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. 13 Also keep back Your servant from
presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be blameless, And I
shall be acquitted of great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my
Redeemer.”
As I began to study Psalm 19 I read in
different places that it was a psalm that was to be read during the Christmas
season. As we look back at what happened
to the Magi that is recorded in Matthew’s gospel we see that they started their
journey by looking up at God’s creation and saw God’s special star that would
lead them to where the new King was.
Then next consulted with the Scriptures to find out where He was to be
born, and then they went to Bethlehem and worshiped the King. I know that when we look at a nativity set we
often see the Magi there, but they probably did not get there until the baby
was older perhaps even two years old, but the story of them seems to always be
around the birth of Jesus.
I want to quote a section from Dr.
Wiersbe’s commentary to show that when we study creation with the Bible open
you will see Jesus Christ: “He is seen
in the vine (John 15), the sun (John 8:12; Mal. 4:2), the stars (Num. 24:17),
the lambs (John 1:29), the apple trees and lilies (Song of Solomon 2:3, 16;
6:3), the seed planted in the ground (John 12:23-24), and the bread on the
table (John 6:35). The Word in the hand
is fine; the Word in the head is better; but the Word in the heart is what
transforms us and matures us in Christ (Ps. 119:11; Col. 3:16-17).” We can look at Hebrews 4:12 to understand how
the Word of God works in a person’s life:
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and
of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart.” (KJV) James 1:22-25 shows us that the Word of God
is mirror: “22 But prove yourselves
doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. 23 For if
anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at
his natural face in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone
away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. 25 But one who
looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not
having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be
blessed in what he does.”
As we look at these different verses
from the Scriptures that show us about the functions of the Word of God and how
we are suppose to study the Word, we are to read the Word, and we are to hide
it in our hearts so we can meditate upon it then that is a big part of me
taking time every day to put onto my computer things that I have learned from
the study of God’s Word. I then desire
to share these thoughts with other so that they can see how very important it
is to stay in God’s Word and then they too can pass it on to others and so on
so.
Psalm 139:23-24 are verses that I
often quote or write down in my Spiritual Diary to remind me that I need to
have the Holy Spirit convict me of any unconfessed sin. We see in Psalm 19:12-13 that David asks who
can “can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. 13 Also keep back Your
servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me.” I believe that the answer to that question is
actually in two parts, for we have seen the power of God’s word to do this in
Hebrews 4:12 and we know that it is the Holy Spirit who uses the Word of God to
do this in our lives: “23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know
my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the
way everlasting.” This is a wonderful
prayer to pray when we are concerned that there is some sin in our lives that
we may have committed and do not remember and so we ask the Holy Spirit to show
that to us so we can then again get back into a wonderful fellowship with the
Lord.
We see the word acceptable in the last
verse of Psalm 19 and Dr. Wiersbe writes the following about that word: “The word translated ‘acceptable’ refers to
the priest’s examination of the sacrifices to make sure they were without
blemish. If the sacrifice wasn’t
acceptable to the Lord, the worshipper was not accepted by the Lord (Lev.
1:1-9; 22:17-25; Mal. 1:6-8). The words
we speak begin with the thoughts in our heart (Matt. 12:33-37), so it’s
important that we meditate on God’s Word and God’s works, the first two themes
of Psalm 19. If we delight in God’s
Words, we will naturally meditate on it and give expression of His truth with
our lips, and this will help to keep us from sin. The usage here refers to the ‘kinsman
redeemer’ (goel= ‘one who has the
right to redeem’) who could rescue a relative from difficult situations as seen
in the book of Ruth. Jesus is our
Redeemer and He became our ‘kinsman’ when He came in sinless human flesh to die
for us on the cross. He is both Rock and
Redeemer, for He not only paid the price to set us free, but He also keeps us
free.”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: As I read
these words from Dr. Wiersbe I am convicted that perhaps I do not praise the
Lord as much as I should for the fact that He is my kinsman redeemer who took
my sin upon Himself and then gave me His righteousness so that I can one day
stand before God clothed in the righteousness of my Savior.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
As I prepare to go and worship the Lord at church
this morning I pray that the Holy Spirit has already empowered our Pastor with
the words that He wants him to speak and that the Spirit will use these words
from our Pastor to equip me to do the work that God has called me to do.
2.
Continue to learn contentment.
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