"Domination" (Acts 19:20)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/15/2018 9:26 AM

My Worship Time                                                                                          Focus:  “Domination”

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                           Reference:  Acts 19:20

            Message of the verses:  “So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.”

            You may have noticed that I skipped verses 17-19, and the reason is that because of the busyness of the morning I have decided to so this section because it is very short and save the longer one for tomorrow when I have more time to devote to the longer section.

            What we have been looking at throughout this long section of the book of Acts is how powerfully the Word of God has been working in the lives of the people of Ephesus as Paul spent two years there preaching and teaching the Word of God, and it went so well that all of Asia heard the Word, so we can say that a great revival took place there.  Now we come to the end of this section as this verse states that the Word of the Lord continued to grow mightily and prevailing.  That word prevailing has a large number of meanings as I look it up in the Online Bible Greek/English dictionary.  It means to be strong, but it also means to avail which is what it was doing in the hearts of the Ephesian believers, and I must say that that is what it is suppose to do in the lives of all believers as we grow stronger in the Lord from the study of His Word and allow His Word to have first place in our lives.

            John MacArthur writes “Luke’s brief summary statement (cf. Acts 6:7; 12:24) pulls the passage together and emphasizes the dominant position the Word of God achieved in Ephesus.  All satanic forces of the occult and magic arrayed against the Word could not overpower it.  The bold preaching of the gospel, the confirming miracles, the defeat of exorcists, the resultant awe and respect for the name of Jesus, and the public repudiation of the magical arts demonstrated the invincible might of God’s Word.”

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  In order for the Word of God to have this kind of effect on my life I need to continue to study it each and every day. 

My Steps of Faith for Today:  That the Lord will give us a good day with three of our grandchildren today as we will take them on a mini adventure.

Answer to yesterday’s Bible question:  “As tongues of fire” (Acts 2:3).

Today’s Bible question:  “What did Jesus teach regarding building a house on the sand?

Answer in our next SD.

6/15/2018 9:42 AM