SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 10/10/2012 11:05:26 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm
125 PT-2
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Psalm 125:3-5
Message
of the verses: Today we will
continue looking at Psalm 125 and first I want to look at the end commentary
from Dr. Wiersbe, “Thank God for the faithful who believe God and obey His
Word! The psalm names the benefits that
faith and faithfulness bring to God’s people.”
Faith Keeps Us Obeying (v.3)
3 For the scepter of wickedness
shall not rest upon the land of the righteous, So that the righteous will not
put forth their hands to do wrong.” This
is a good prayer for our country at this time in its history.
When Israel returned from their
captivity from Babylon, due to a continuance of sin, they found that their
land, a land that God truly owned, but allowed Israel to live there, was taken
over by Gentiles and this did not please them.
Some of the children of Israel decided to follow this old saying, “If
you can’t whip them, join them.” This
made it more difficult for those who desired to live as the Lord wanted them to
live. Dr. Wiersbe writes, “But the
‘scepter of wickedness’ was wielded not only by Persians but also by greedy
Israelites who disobeyed God’s law and exploited their own people (Neh.
5). The prevalence of evil makes it
easier for everybody to sin (Matt. 24:12) "Because lawlessness is
increased, most people’s love will grow cold.”
But the Lord will not put permit this to go on forever. The people who trust God will obey His Word
no matter what others may do, and they will not succumb to temptation (1Cor.
10:13) “There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God
is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but
will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to
bear it.”
Faith Keeps Us Praying (v.4)
4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are
good And to those who are upright in their hearts.”
As true believers in the Lord Jesus
Christ we are to continue doing good no matter how hard the times get. The psalmist promises that the Lord will do
good to those who are upright in their hearts.
We are to trust in the Lord in all times, especially difficult times,
for those are the times when we can grow in the Lord if we trust Him through
the tough times. We are to rest upon His
promises and to live by faith, “1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of
witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin
which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is
set before us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith,
who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has
sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:1-2) The writer to the Hebrews has just spent the
entire 11th chapter speaking about faith by looking at many OT
saints and what they went through and how they showed a great deal of faith,
and now he is telling those whom he is writing to, to have faith and not waver
in your faith. The sin that he is
speaking about is the sin of being unfaithful, and not trusting the Lord.
Faith Keeps Us Hoping (v.5)
5 But as for those who turn aside to
their crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with the doers of iniquity.
Peace be upon Israel.
In my prayer time each morning I
praise the Lord for some of the attributes that He possesses, beginning with
holiness. One of the attributes that the
Lord has is justice and I thank the Lord for His justice because I see evil
around me and I also see corrupt judges making wrong rulings. When I see this I remember that one day they
all will have to answer in the real Supreme Court. Paul writing to the Romans says the following
in Romans 12: “19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the
wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,"
says the Lord.” We believers must
remember that God was the inventor of time, but man invented the watch, and so
God’s timetable is not man’s timetable, but God will accomplish all that He
promises in His Word and we as believers have this as part of our hope. Dr. Wiersbe writes “The future is your friend
when Jesus is your Lord. It is not easy
to walk on the narrow way, but it leads to life, while the broad way leads to
destruction (Matt. 7:13-27). They may be
enjoying the pleasures of sin now, but what will the outcome be? “The life of Faith is not easy, but the life
of unbelief is much harder—in this life and in the life to come.”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: The hymn
states “Trust and obey, for there is no other way, to be happy in Jesus is to
trust and obey.” I am thankful for the
fact that God is just and one day all the wrongs that have been committed by
evil men will be taken care of by God, for God, through Jesus Christ will judge
all the unbelievers at the Great White Throne Judgment.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue
to trust the Lord to teach me contentment.
Memory
verses for the week: 1Cor. 13:8-10
8 Love never fails; but if there are
prophecies they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if
there is knowledge, it will be done away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophecy in part, 10 but when the perfect
comes, the partial will be done away.
10/10/2012
11:43:41 AM
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