SPIRITUAL DIARY
FOR 12/17/2012 7:42:20 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm 149-PT-3
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ps. 149:6-9
Message of
the verses: This is our third lesson from the 149th
Psalm and again I want to remind all of what Dr. Wiersbe wrote at the end of
his introductory commentary for this psalm, “This psalm is a primer on worship
and gives us the basic instructions we need.”
Worship the Lord Triumphantly (vv.
6-9): “6 Let the high praises of God be
in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand, 7 To execute vengeance on
the nations And punishment on the peoples, 8 To bind their kings with chains
And their nobles with fetters of iron, 9 To execute on them the judgment
written; This is an honor for all His godly ones. Praise the LORD!”
As true
believers in Jesus Christ we must remember that worship and warfare go
together, for we are in a battle and Paul tells us that we are to put on the
spiritual armor that he describes in Ephesians 6:10-18. The belt of
truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, the
shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is
the Word of God. Prayer and worship are
also a part of our armor along with songs, for when Jesus was about to go to
the cross He and His disciples sang a song.
The church has songs like “Onward Christian Soldiers,” showing that the
Church is indeed an army and we are in the battle to reach the lost souls and
tell them the truth of the gospel in order that they may hear the truth and
come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Part of the battle we are in is that
Satan has the desire to be worshiped, and he does not care if people are
“religious” as long as Jesus Christ is not mentioned and as long as the gospel
is not preached. When we look at
Revelations chapter thirteen we can see Satan’s desire to be worshiped. Satan even tried to entice the Lord Jesus
Christ to worship him as seen in Matthew 4:8-11.
Dr. Wiersbe concludes his commentary
on this psalm by writing the following:
“Today, the sword belongs to the human government and its agents (Rom.
13) and God’s servants do not wield it (John 18:10-11, 36-37). But the day of the Lord will come ‘as a thief
in the night’ (1Thes. 5:2ff), and then Christ will ‘gird His sword…and ride
prosperously (45:3-5). Until then, the
church must take worship very seriously and realize that worship is a part of
the believer’s spiritual warfare. To
ignore worship, trivialize it, turn it into entertainment, or make it routine
activity is to play right into the hands of the enemy. It is an honor to serve in the Lord’s army of
worshiping warriors!”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: I must
never forget that the Church is in a battle, and also I must never forget that
I am on the winning side. As I look at
what is happening to our country I can see that Satan seems to be having many
victories, but I must remember that Satan is a defeated foe, for Christ
defeated him at the cross, and time is running short for him for one day soon
he will be locked in the pit having an unbreakable chain put on him where he
will remain for 1000 years and then let loose to deceive the nations for a short
time and then will be put into the lake of fire where he will be forever.
I must also remember that worshiping
the Lord in the correct manner is part of defeating the enemy.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to
learn contentment; continue to have my mind transformed into the image of my
Lord through the Word of God. Worship
the Lord in Spirit and truth.
Memory verse for the
week: Psalm 121:1
1 I will lift up my eyes to the
mountains, from where will my help come from.
12/17/2012 8:12:47 AM
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