SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 09-11-2006
My Worship Time Focus:
Influence
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Genesis 19:14
Message of the verse: “14 Lot went
out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said,
"Up, get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy the city." But
he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting.”
Comparing
the influence that Abraham had with that of Lot would not be much of a
comparison, for as seen in this verse Lot did not even have enough influence on
his married daughters and their husbands to convince them that the Lord really
was going to destroy the city and so they thought he was just jesting. Again it can be seen that Lot’s problem can
be described as being worldly, for Lot loved the things of the world more that
the things of the Lord and therefore was not a good influence on the people who
were living around him, even on his family for the only two people who would
eventually escape with Lot were his two unmarried daughters and they would
commit incest with him in order to have children, and those two nations that
would come out of their wombs would be a thorn in the side of Israel for a long
time, yet by God’s grace Ruth would come out of one of those nations and be in
the bloodline of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Not getting to close to the world and being
content with the place where the Lord has me, and not getting to attached to
the things of this world, so if the Lord decides it is best to take them from
me that it will not destroy my life. It
seems that Lot’s life was ruined because of all of the things he lost when God
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
The Word of God has been challenging to my life as I read
and studied it this morning.
My Steps of Faith Today: Again I would hope and pray that the Lord
would help me to keep away from worldliness and to continue to teach me
contentment.
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