SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/25/2006
My Worship Time Focus: The Death of a Princess
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Genesis 23:1-2
Message of the verse: “1Now Sarah lived one hundred and
twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is,
Sarah is a very famous OT character, who is mentioned in the NT on many different occasions, and all of them are in a good light. She was called a princess by God in Genesis 17:15, for the name Sarah means princess and it was God who changed here name to Sarah.
Dr. Wiersbe brings out some interesting things regarding a verse that Solomon wrote concerning death, “A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.” (Ec. 7:1) In commenting on this verse Dr. Wiersbe points out that when a person is born he is given a name and depending on how the life of that person was after his death will depend on whether the person will be remembered in a “good smelling fragrance, or a bad smelling one, and in the cases of both Abraham and Sarah it is a good smelling fragrance.
As far as Abraham’s tears, this is the first mention of tears in the Scriptures, and they will continue until God wipes them away as recorded in Rev. 21:4, “and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.” As seen in this verse there will be no longer any death or mourning or crying or pain at this time either. Jesus is seen as weeping in the Scriptures at the grave of Lazarus, and other places, so this proves to me that there is nothing wrong with weeping at the correct time, and the death of a loved one is one of those times.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I think that the one thing that I was taught from this lesson is that I must live my life so that the fragrance of my name will be remembered as something that is sweet smelling because I have followed the Lord throughout most of my life, as I was save at the age of 26. I can only do this by staying in the Word each day and by applying what I have learned to my life as the Holy Spirit teaches me each day.
The Word of God has been refreshing, challenging and convicting as I read and studied it this morning.
My Steps of Faith Today: Continue to trust the Lord through the storms of life, that through them he may cause me to grow in my faith, and to be more and more conformed to the image of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, that God would also teach me to be content in all situations and that He would continue to direct my path.
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