SPIRITUAL DIARY
FOR 11/11/2012 8:30 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm 135
PT-2
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Psalm 135:5-14
Message of
the verses: We will continue with Psalm 135 in Today’s
SD.
The Lord is
Sovereign—He Does What He Pleases (vv. 5-12): “5 For I know that the LORD is
great And that our Lord is above all gods. 6 Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, In heaven and in
earth, in the seas and in all deeps. 7 He causes the vapors to ascend
from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightnings for the rain, Who brings forth
the wind from His treasuries. 8 He smote the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man
and beast. 9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, Upon Pharaoh
and all his servants. 10 He smote many nations And slew mighty kings, 11 Sihon,
king of the Amorites, And Og, king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan;
12 And He gave their land as a heritage, A heritage to Israel His people.”
When
Israel was a nation and even before the nations around them had their own gods,
and many of the nations had multiple gods, as was the case with Egypt when the
Lord sent the ten plagues against Egypt.
Every one of the plagues was against one of their so called gods,
showing that God is greater than all gods.
The psalmist speaks of this in this section, and also speaks in verse
six of the sovereignty of God along with God doing as He pleases. We see that God is in control of all things
including the weather and weather was one of the things that God would use
against Israel when Israel sinned against the Lord, and still does this in
today’s world.
Dr.
Wiersbe writes “Israel’s exodus from Egypt is a fact of history, and Israel’s
faith is built on the revelation of the God of history, not the fantasies of
gods of mythology. The Christian faith
is also built on solid historical facts (1Cor. 15:1-8; 1John 1:1-4).”
“1 Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast
the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance
what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according
to the Scriptures, 5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 After that He appeared to more than five
hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have
fallen asleep; 7 then He appeared to
James, then to all the apostles; 8 and
last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.”
1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with
our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the
Word of Life- 2 and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and
proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested
to us- 3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too
may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and
with His Son Jesus Christ. 4 These things we write, so that our joy may be made
complete.”
The Lord Is
Compassionate—He Vindicates His People (vv. 13-14): “13
Your name, O LORD, is everlasting, Your remembrance, O LORD, throughout all
generations. 14 For the LORD will judge His people And will have compassion on
His servants.”
When
we think back on the so called gods of the past we hardly even remember their
names as one author wrote, “The great god Ra whose shrines once covered acres /
Is filler now for crossword puzzle makers.”
However everyone or most everyone has heard of the One true God and His
Son Jesus.
One
of the attributes that the Lord possesses is being compassionate, and when we
look at the Old Testament we see the wonderful compassion of God in His
dealings with His people Israel. When we
read the gospels we see the compassion of Jesus as He walked this earth for thirty-three
years, ministering for the last three years, healing the sick and raising the
dead, and then the greatest compassionate act of all was His death on the cross
for sinners.
Spiritual meaning for my life
today: The compassion of
the Lord is beyond understanding as He shows His great love for me a sinner
headed for hell, but stepped into my life one late day in January of 1974 in
order to save me from my sins and to give me a new life, a life “in Christ.”
My Steps of Faith for Today: As I continue to pray for revival in my life
and in the life of my church, and in the life of the Church in America I pray
that God will continue to teach me contentment and transform me my the renewing
of my mind through the power of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 130:1-4
1 Out of the
debts I cried to You, O LORD. 2 Lord,
hear my voice! Let Your ears be
attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3 If You, LORD, shall mark
iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4
But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared.
11/11/2012 9:33:02 AM
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