SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/18/2019 11:04 AM
My Worship Time Focus: “A Right
Perspective”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ephesians
6:5-8
Message of the verses: “5 Slaves, be
obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and
trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; 6 not by way of
eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God
from the heart. 7 With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to
men, 8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive
back from the Lord, whether slave or free.”
In
today’s SD we will look at a couple of sub-sections from the main section that
we have been looking at “The Submissive or Employers.” We have five sub-section remaining, with the
first one today being “A Right Perspective,” and my plan is to do two today and
perhaps two tomorrow and then the last one the next day.
“The
Right Perspective:” “A Christian
worker’s submission to his employer is done under the employer’s authority
‘according to the flesh.’ The intent of
that prepositional phrase is to emphasize that, while the authority-submission
relationship is important and is to be respected, it is only temporal. It lasts only in this life and does not apply
to moral and spiritual concerns at any time or under any circumstances” (John
MacArthur).
“The
Right Attitude:” This is the next sub-section, and I believe that everyone
knows that attitudes are very important as they can actually be hidden. I remember a story of a child who was being
disciplined for doing something wrong and was told that they would have to stop
doing what she was doing wrong. The
child was placed in the corner for a while to help the child to remember what
he was doing wrong. The child who was
standing in the corner stated that in his, her mind that he or she was
continuing to do what was wrong.
Attitude can be hidden, so our verses for today speak of “not by way of
eyeservice, as men-pleasers.”
MacArthur
writes “The place where a believer works is part of his field of service for
the Lord, and it is often a mission field.
When he does his work carefully and respectfully it is a testimony to
unbelievers, and encouragement to believers, and an act of service to God.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Whatever I do, do the glory of the Lord.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to
keep my life clean, confessing any sin and keeping a short list with the Lord
so that I can be filled with the Spirit of God enabling me to be humble.
Today’s Quotation from “Love in Action:”
Therefore, encourage each other and
edify each other, just as you also
are doing. Now we exhort you, brethren,
warn those
who are unruly; encourage the
fainthearted, uphold
the weak and be patient with all.
I
Thessalonians 2:11, 14
9/18/2019 11:23 AM
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