SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 8/17/2012 9:44:57 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm
114 PT-3
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Psalm
114:2b-8
Message
of the verses: In Today’s SD we will
try and finish this short, but very meaningful psalm by looking at the last two
sections, God Is over Us, and God Is before Us.
God
Is over Us (v. 2b): “2 Judah became
His sanctuary, Israel,
His dominion.”
We must remember what Dr. Wiersbe
writes about the names Judah and Israel in this psalm: “’Judah’ and ‘Israel’
refer to the whole nation and not to the two kingdoms that formed after the
death of Solomon.”
When we talk about God being over us
we are talking about the covenant that He had with King David, for this
covenant between God and David assured that the descendants of David would rule
over Israel, and eventually over the entire world from Jerusalem through the
Lord Jesus Christ. Even though Judah
went into exile the descendants of David continued all the way to when the Lord
Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem for both Joseph and Mary were descended from
David and we can see Joseph’s line in the book of Matthew and Mary’s line in
the book of Luke.
Israel did not do a great job in
being a witness to the Gentile nations around her but actually began to worship
the gods of the Gentile nations and thus the Lord had to punish all of Israel
because of the idols that they worshiped.
God
Is before Us (vv. 3-8): 3 The sea
looked and fled; The Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, The
hills, like lambs. 5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you
turn back? 6 O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs? 7
Tremble, O earth, before the Lord, Before the God of Jacob, 8 Who turned the
rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of water.”
This larger section of Psalm 114
speaks of Israel’s Exodus from Egypt as the psalmist writes about how both the
Red Sea and the Jordan River were dried up so that Israel could pass through on
dry land. God provided water from the
rock and manna from heaven for food and water as Israel marched for forty years
in the wilderness. In doing all of this
we can see that God went before His people in order to care for them and
provide for them. Dr. Wiersbe writes
that there are two different words for rock (KJV) in verse eight, in the NASB
one is translated rock and one flint. He
writes, “The first refers to Exodus 17:1-7 and the second (flint cliff) refers
to Numbers 20:1-13, one at the beginning of their journey and the other near
the end.” He goes on to write, “It is
likely that the mountains and hills mentioned in verses 4 and 6 were in Canaan,
and the picture is that of God removing all obstacles from before Joshua and
the victorious Jewish army.”
“If God be for us—and with us—and
over us—and before us—who can be against us?”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: There are
times in my life when I think that there are things that are against me, but
after being reminded in this psalm that “who can be against us” it has renewed
my faith.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
Continue to abide (remain) in the Vine so that I can receive my marching
orders from the Lord as I go through life living for the Lord.
Memory
verses for the week: 2Peter 1:8-10
8
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you
neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For he who lacks these qualities is
blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
10 Therefore, brethren, be all the more
diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you
practice these things, you will never stumble;
8/17/2012
10:35:49 AM
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