SPIRITUAL DIARY
FOR 11/3/2012 9:36:00 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm 133
PT-3
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Psalm 133:3
Message of
the verses: We want to conclude the 133rd
Psalm in Today’s SD by looking at the last aspect of the Holy Spirit that is
described in this short three verse psalm.
We recently looked at being born of the Spirit and then being anointed
by the Spirit and today we will look at being refreshed by the Spirit.
We
Are Refreshed by the Spirit (v. 3): “3 It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down
upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing-life
forever.”
"Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew,
As the droplets on the fresh grass And as the showers on the herb. (Deut. 32:2)
It is because the nation of Israel
was primarily an agricultural people that we see many stories about
agricultural stories that reveal spiritual truth in the pages of the Bible, and
this is one of them. When we see from
Deuteronomy 32:2 the phrase “My speech distill as the dew” we can see that dew
symbolizes the life-giving Word of God.
Dr. Wiersbe writes “How often we
need the refreshment of the Holy Spirit that comes silently but bountifully,
like the dew upon the grass! When things
are ‘dry,’ they begin to wither and fall apart, but when the dew comes, it
brings new life and things hold together.”
It has been said of travelers that the dew in the Holy Land is at times
like a hard rain, and this brings much refreshment to the dry land, refreshment
not unlike the Holy Spirit brings to believers today and all throughout the age
of the Church.
Psalm 133:3b has the word “there” in
it as the psalmist says “From there the LORD commanded the blessing-life forever.” Dr. Wiersbe states that the “there” probably
refers to two things. “(1) Zion and
Jerusalem, for it is there God commanded His Blessing (132:13-18; Lev. 25:21;
Deut. 28:8), for ‘salvation is of the Jews’ (John 4:22); and (2) where there is
unity among His people (v.1). The Holy
Spirit is grieved by the sins that bring division (Eph. 5:25-32). Both images—the oil and the dew—remind us
that unity is not something that we ‘work up’ but that God sends down. When we get to the heavenly Zion (Heb.
12:18-29), there we will enjoy perfect unity ‘life forevermore.’” This is what we are to strive for while on
planet earth, for that is what pleases the Lord. “Will You not Yourself revive us again, That
Your people may rejoice in You?” (Psalm
85:6)
When I was a very young believer I
heard a statement that went something like this, “To live above with the saints
we love, Oh that will be glory, but to live below with the saints we know, well
that’s another story.” As believers in
Jesus Christ we must remember that we have been born of the Spirit, have been
anointed by the Spirit and we can be refreshed by the Spirit.
“I
will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take
root like the cedars of Lebanon.” (Hos.
14:5) “’For there will be peace for the
seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce and the
heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to
inherit all these things.” (Zech. 8:12)
Spiritual meaning for my life
today: Is it not just like
God to bring me to a passage that I was in great need to study because of
things that have been going on in my life.
I certainly need the refreshment of the Holy Spirit like the plants need
the refreshment from the dew and the Spirit of God is the Person in the trinity
to bring that about in my life. I praise
the Lord for this.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to
learn contentment. To continue to have
the desire to have my life transformed by the renewing of my mind through the
power of the Word of God (Heb. 4:12). To
pray that the Holy Spirit will bring refreshment to my soul as the dew
refreshes the plants and the grass in a dry land.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 130:1-2
1 Out of the debts I cried to You, O
LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to my
supplications.
11/3/2012 10:34:59 AM
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