SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 06-07-2006
My Worship Time Focus:
Fear Not
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Genesis 15:1
Message of the verse: 1 After these things the word of the LORD
came to Abram in a vision, saying, ‘Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your
reward shall be very great.’
I suppose
that this is one of the verses in the Scriptures that I just kind of read and
not really thought too much about before, but Dr. Wiersbe brings out some very
wonderful points in commenting on this verse.
This is the
first time in Scripture that the words “the Word of the LORD came to,” and in
this case it was Abraham. There will be
many more times that this phrase is used and thus God will speak many times to
people in the OT in this way.
God says to
Abraham, “Do not be afraid,” and if God said this to Abraham it can be assumed
that Abraham was indeed afraid, and perhaps he was afraid of having these kings
that he defeated to come back and attack him, but at any rate there was fear in
Abraham’s life. It is also possible that
Abraham was thinking about all of the riches that he had given up after the
battle, perhaps he was having second thoughts about them.
The answer
to Abraham’s fear, and for that matter for anyone’s fear is God, and God tell
Abraham that He is a shield to Abraham and that He too is the One who will
reward Abraham and that reward will be very great. I believe that God’s reward was in two parts
for Abraham, and that would be here on earth and also a great reward in heaven.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: There is a song that I have been listening to
that the Lord has used in my life that speaks about trusting God in the storm,
and even praising God in the storm. “I
will praise Him in the Strom,” is a song that was written and is sung by
“Casting Crowns,” which is a very popular commentary Christian singing
group. Trusting God in the storm is not
easy, but is seems to be necessary in the walk of the Christian in order to
bring growth in his life.
The Word of God has been very refreshing to my heart as I
read and studied it this morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: To continue to trust and
praise the Lord in the storms that I am going through at this point of my life.
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