SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/26/2020 12:26 PM
My Worship Time Focus: “Continue
looking at the "Source" and then Supplication”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew 6:11
Message
of the verse: “11 ’Give us this day our daily bread.”
First of
all I want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all who read this Spiritual Diary,
as we truly have much to be thankful for, including the gift of salvation that
was provided to us through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Next I
want to finish our thoughts on the “Source” as we did not finish that one in
our Spiritual Diary from yesterday.
We have
already mentioned that the source is God and God provided for man even before
He created man. Remembering God’s final
creation it was man as God created everything else before man was created as if
He was making everything perfect for His creation of man. Let us look at Genesis 1:29 “Then God said,
"Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface
of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;”
(NASB95). One can see from this verse
that God had everything planed out ahead of time for when He would create
man. Since that time of creation God has
continued to provide an abundance of food for mankind, in an almost unlimited
variety. I could list some of those
varieties but I don’t want to get anyone hungry and run off and not finish
reading this SD.
MacArthur
writes “Yet Paul tells us that ‘the Spirit explicitly says that in the last
times some will fall away from the faith…and advocate abstaining from foods,
which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know
the truth. For everything created by God
is good and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with gratitude; for it
is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer’ (1 Tim. 4:1, 3-5). The Word of God sanctifies it by way of
creation, and we sanctify
it when we receive it with grateful prayer. This is probably perfect timing as we study
this on Thanksgiving Day. I really had
nothing to do with the timing.
Every
physical thing that we have comes from God’s provision through the earth, and
therefore the sins of indifference and ingratitude are not to daily recognize
His gifts in thankful prayers. I am sure
we will all do this today, but remember to do it each and every day of the
year.
Supplication: We see from the word “give” as this is where
the supplication is expressed. That is
the heart of the petition, and it is because it recognizes need. MacArthur adds “Even though God may already
have provided it, we ask Him for it in recognition of His past and present
provision as well as in trust for His future provision.” This topic was spoken about in the last
sermon that Dr. Gary Anderson as he preached at our church last Sunday morning
as\nd he stated that we are to give thanks for what God has already given to
us, and not what we think that He may give us.
There
is only one thing that could make Jesus’ instruction and our petitions valid
and that is the promise of God. It would
be wrong for us to expect God to give us what He has not promised, and that is
the reason that we all should be students of God’s Word to see exactly what God
has promised. Knowing His promises we
can pray confidently because God has promised abundantly. “3 Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in
the land and cultivate faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself in the LORD; And He
will give you the desires of your heart.”
“10 Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will
look carefully for his place and he will not be there. 11 But the humble
will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity”
(Psalm 37:3-4; 10-11).
MacArthur
concludes “God does not bind Himself to meet the physical needs of everyone,
but only of those who trust in Him. In
Psalm 37 David is speaking to believers who ‘trust in the Lord’ (v-3),
‘delight…in the Lord (v-4), ‘commit [their] way to the Lord’ (v-5), ‘rest in
the Lord and wait patiently for Him’ (v-7), ‘cease from anger,’ and ‘do not fret’
(v-8). He says, ‘I have been young and
now I am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or his descendants
begging bread’ (v-25).”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It is always a great thing to do to give
thanks to the Lord, for He is the One who gives me all that I need.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Trust in the Lord to continue to supply the
things that I need, and not necessarily the thing that I want for they may not
be good for me.
11/26/2020 12:52 PM
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