01/02/2006
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus:
1st Day of Creation
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Genesis 1:3-5
Message of the verse: “3
Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. 4 God
saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the
light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there
was morning, one day.”
I would surmise that the
question concerning verse three is where did the light come from when God did
not create the sun until day four? The
best answer that I can come up with is that God was the One who was the
light. In the book of Revelations, which
has a lot in common with Genesis, states that in the New Jerusalem God is the
One who provides all of the light needed, and there will be no darkness
there. As stated before light represents
God, and God’s goodness and righteousness as looked at in many Scripture
passages, for Jesus said in the Gospel of John,
“Joh 8:12 Then Jesus again spoke
to them, saying, ‘I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk
in the darkness, but will have the Light of life,’ Joh 9:5
‘While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.’” As seen in this passage of John, (John 8:12)
Jesus said that those who follow Him will not walk in darkness, or in sin. Darkness is equated to sin in many Scripture
passages. In Genesis 1:4 Moses states
that God separated the light from the darkness, and I do not think that it
would be stretching this verse to far by saying one can look at in the way of
separating righteousness for sin.
Verse three
of Genesis tells the reader how God created things, and that can be seen by the
phrase, “Then God said,” for in that phrase one can see that when God spoke
things were created. The phrase at the
end of verse four, “and there was evening and there was morning, one day,”
tells how the Jewish people counted there days, for the Jewish day begins in
the evening, where most places begin a day at midnight. The other thing here is that there is a
number corresponding to the day, which makes it a 24 hour day and not some
unknown period of time, like the day of the Lord.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It was God who planned to make the world, and
when God has a plan there is nothing that will stop His plan, even though at
times from my observation point here on planet earth it looks like there is
someone or something that is thwarting God’s plans here for planet earth and
also for my own life, but this is not the case.
Just as God had a plan when He created this earth, He also has a plan
for my life, and I desire for Him to “direct my path” each and every day in
order to work out this plan for my life.
The Word of God has challenged my heart as I read and
studied it this morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: As I begin this New Year I
have some goals that I would like to accomplish and they can be summarized in a
couple of passages from God’s Word: “5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do
not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge
Him, And He will make your paths straight; for I have learned to be content in
whatever circumstances I am.” Proverbs
3:5,6 and Philippians 4:11b. In a sense
this is a two part goal for as I yield to the Lord in all of my circumstances
He has promised to direct my paths, and by doing this I believe that I will
learn to be content. This verse uses the
word learn, so to be content is a learning process, and not something that you
get in an instance.
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