SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/8/2014 9:44 AM
My Worship Time Focus: The
Incentive of Survival
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 2 Thess.
3:10
Message of the
verses: “10 For even when we were with you, we used to give
you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat,
either.”
This is not the first time that Paul has talked to these
people about this subject as we have discussed before. 1 Thess. 4:11 “And to make it your ambition
to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands,
just as we commanded you.” 1
Thessalonians 5:14 “We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the
fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.” So the problem is not that they did not know this, the problem is that
they were not following this command that Paul has given to them as the Word of
the Lord.
We have a great problem in our country with the giving
away of food stamps to people who are just unwilling to work, and this causes
those who receive them not to want to work, and then this causes more problems
for it makes our society into an entitlement society. What will probably happen is that one day we
will run out of money to give the people who are unwilling to work and then
there will be riots and eventually this will help in destroying our
country. The problem with history is
that people don’t learn from it, so Paul is trying to stop this kind of
behavior in Thessalonica. My father was
out on his own at very early age, but he never wanted to receive anything
without working for it. I have heard
some stories or him riding the rails, moving from place to place just to try
and find enough work in order to eat.
This was passed on to his children and I am thankful for this quality of
my father because it helped instill it into my life, the lives of my sisters,
and the lives of our children, and they are passing it onto the lives of their
children. He was born on this day in 1915.
We must remember that Paul’s issue is with those who will
not work, and not with those who were unable to work. If the church in our country would take care
of the ones who are unable to work, then they would not have to rely on the
government to care for them. We have to
be an example to the world by taking care of the ones in the flock we attend.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: Trust the Lord to
continue to give me the desire to help others who are in need by doing all that
we can.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
Mark 14:38 “"Keep watching and
praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the
flesh is weak."”
Memory verses for the
week: 2 Peter 1:1-4.
1 Simon Peter, a
bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of
the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus
Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied
to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3 seeing that His divine
power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through
the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4 For by these He has granted to us His
precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of
the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “A rod” (Exodus 4:2).
Today’s Bible
question: “According to 2 Corinthians
9:7, how should one give?
Answer in our next SD.
12/8/2014 10:09 AM
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