SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 02/14/2006
My Worship Time Focus:
The serpent cursed
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Genesis 3:14
Message of the verse: “14 The LORD God said to the serpent, ‘Because
you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every
beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the
days of your life.’”
There is
only one who is cursed in this verse, and that is the serpent, who more than
likely was a creature who stood upright when he was first created, but now will
crawl on his belly for the rest of his days on this earth. Satan was the one who used the serpent and he
will be cursed in the next verse.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I have always been a bit confused as to why God
cursed the serpent and made him crawl on the ground for the rest of his
life. I wonder if the serpent had the
ability to refuse to be used of Satan in all of this. Could it be that because of the beauty of the
serpent before the fall that God did not want to leave it in that beautiful
condition?
I must
remember that the secret things belong to the Lord and that I am to obey the
things that I know I am to obey and to try and find out the answers to my
questions, but if I don’t find the answers then continue to trust the Lord.
Another
thing that I can learn from this passage is that I am never to be used by the
evil one any more for I am sure that before I was a believer that I had been
used by him because at that time I did belong to him, but that is all different
because I have been purchased by the Lord Jesus Christ and belong to Him for
all of eternity. Praise the Lord for His
goodness to me!
The Word of God has been a challenge to my heart as I read
and studied it this morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: Continue to trust the Lord to
direct my paths in all that I do and also to continue to trust the Lord to
teach me contentment. Trust the Lord in
all of the trials and decisions that need to be made, that He will give me the
confidence that the decisions that I make will be the one’s He has directed me
to do.
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