SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
8/5/2012 8:27:36 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm
111 PT-2)
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Psalm
111:2-6
Message
of the verse: In Today’s SD we will
continue to look at the 111th Psalm.
Remember
God’s Great Works (vv. 2-6): 2 Great
are the works of the LORD; They are studied by all who delight in them. 3
Splendid and majestic is His work, And His righteousness endures forever. 4 He
has made His wonders to be remembered; The LORD is gracious and compassionate. 5
He has given food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever.
6 He has made known to His people the
power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.”
I have written about how
important a study of God’s attributes is for all who know the Lord Jesus Christ
as their Savior and Lord, and in this section an even beyond this section we
see some of the attributes of our great God.
Dr. Wiersbe writes, “His works reveal His attributes, for like Him they
are great (v.2), glorious, majestic and righteous (v. 3), wonderful, gracious
and compassionate (v. 4), powerful (v.6), faithful, just and trustworthy (v.
7), and holy and awesome (v.9). Who
could not trust a god with that kind of character!” This last statement is one of the very best
reasons to study the attributes of God, for by studying them we will begin to
know God better and by knowing Him better we will then begin to trust Him more
and more.
At the beginning of His commentary
Dr. Wiersbe writes the following: “God’s
people do not live in the past, but they know how to use the past to give them
encouragement in the present and hope for the future.” Sometimes it is easy to live in the past or
perhaps to live in the future because of a great hope, and neither of these are
wrong, but we have to remember that we are to live in the present and be aided
by what we have learned in the past and what we hope for in the future, and we
must remember that our hope as believers is certain.
Verse two has been an encouragement
to me as I read it, for in it we see that the Lord’s works are great, but we
also see that those who study about these works will delight in them. This is one of the joys of having a regular
time in the study and reading of God’s Word, for by doing this I can delight in
His wonderful works, and be encouraged by them.
Israel has had a wonderful story,
from their miraculous beginning with the birth of Isaac to the Exodus, and then
to the conquering of the Promised Land, to the story of David and God’s covenant
with him, and even to the dispersion of Israel to Babylon where we know that
God did not give up on them, but used this to bring about a revival in them,
and eventually bring about the birth of the Messiah, Jesus Christ as promised
by God from as far back as Genesis 3:15.
When Jesus Christ came to earth Israel was in bad shape spiritually, and
because of this He chose twelve men and later on the Apostle Paul to begin the
age of the Church, but as Paul writes in Romans 9-11 God is not done with
Israel yet for all of the promises given to Israel by God are still going to be
fulfilled in the future, promises like a Kingdom on earth which will last for
1000 years where Jesus Christ will rule and reign. Paul states Israel has been
set aside, but I truly believe that because of the rebirth of the state of
Israel on May 14, 1948 that it will not be long until the Church will be
removed at the “rapture” and then God will again begin to work with the nation
of Israel, for when we study the book of Daniel in the ninth chapter we will
see that there are seven years left and a wonderful promise that God gave to
Daniel almost 2500 years ago. A. T.
Pierson used to say “History is His Story,” and this is a true statement.
One more thing and it comes in verse
four where we see the word “remember” and Dr. Wiersbe points out that this word
is “memorial.” “We read it, ‘He has
caused His wonders to be a memorial,’ In fact; Israel itself is a memorial to
the power and grace of God.”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: The
verses in this section have been a wonderful reminder to me, and also a
wonderful encouragement to me to continue to study the Word of God, and also to
remember it in the form of continuing to memorize His Word, to hide it in my
heart.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
Abide in or remain in the Vine, to study His Word, so that in these two
activities I can receive my marching orders from the Lord.
Memory
verses for the week: 2Peter 1:1-9
1.
Simon
Peter, a bond-servant, and apostle of Jesus Christ
To
those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness
of our
God and
Savior, Jesus Christ; 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge
of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us
everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him
who called us by His own glory and excellence.
4 For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent
promise, so that by them you can become partakers of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
5 Now by this very reason also,
applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your
moral excellence, knowledge 6 and in your knowledge self-control, and in your
self-control perseverance, and in your perseverance godliness, 7 and in your
godliness brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 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.
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