SPIRITUAL DIARY
FOR 11/3/2012 9:36:00 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm 133
PT-3
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Psalm 133:3
Message of
the verses: We want to conclude the 133rd
Psalm in Today’s SD by looking at the last aspect of the Holy Spirit that is
described in this short three verse psalm.
We recently looked at being born of the Spirit and then being anointed
by the Spirit and today we will look at being refreshed by the Spirit.
We
Are Refreshed by the Spirit (v. 3): “3 It
is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the
LORD commanded the blessing-life forever.”
"Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew,
As the droplets on the fresh grass And as the showers on the herb. (Deut. 32:2)
It is because the nation of Israel was primarily an
agricultural people that we see many stories about agricultural that reveal
spiritual truth in the pages of the Bible, and this is one of them. When we see from Deuteronomy 32:2 the phrase “My speech distill as the dew” we can
see that dew symbolizes the life-giving Word of God.
Dr. Wiersbe writes “How often we need the refreshment of
the Holy Spirit that comes silently but bountifully, like the dew upon the
grass! When things are ‘dry,’ they begin
to wither and fall apart, but when the dew comes, it brings new life and things
hold together.” It has been said of
travelers that the dew in the Holy Land is at times like a hard rain, and this
brings much refreshment to the dry land, refreshment not unlike the Holy Spirit
brings to believers today and all throughout the age of the Church.
Psalm 133:3b has the word “there” in it as the psalmist says “From there the
LORD commanded the blessing-life forever.” Dr. Wiersbe states that the “there” probably refers to two
things. “(1) Zion and Jerusalem, for it
is there God commanded His Blessing (132:13-18; Lev. 25:21; Deut. 28:8), for
‘salvation is of the Jews’ (John 4:22); and (2) where there is unity among His
people (v.1). The Holy Spirit is grieved
by the sins that bring division (Eph. 5:25-32).
Both images—the oil and the dew—remind us that unity is not something
that we ‘work up’ but that God sends down.
When we get to the heavenly Zion (Heb. 12:18-29), there we will enjoy
perfect unity ‘life forevermore.’” This
is what we are to strive for while on planet earth, for that is what pleases
the Lord. “Will You not Yourself revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in
You?” (Psalm 85:6)
When I was a very young believer I heard a statement that
went something like this, “To live above with the saints we love, Oh that will
be glory, but to live below with the saints we know, well that’s another
story.” As believers in Jesus Christ we
must remember that we have been born of the Spirit, have been anointed by the
Spirit and we can be refreshed by the Spirit.
“I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he
will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.”
(Hosea 14:5) “’For there will be
peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its
produce and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of
this people to inherit all these things.”
(Zech. 8:12)
Spiritual meaning for my life
today: Is it not just like
God to bring me to a passage that I was in great need to study because of
things that have been going on in my life.
I certainly need the refreshment of the Holy Spirit like the plants need
the refreshment from the dew and the Spirit of God is the Person in the trinity
to bring that about in my life. I praise
the Lord for this.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to
learn contentment. To continue to have
the desire to have my life transformed by the renewing of my mind through the
power of the Word of God (Heb. 4:12). To
pray that the Holy Spirit will bring refreshment to my soul as the dew
refreshes the plants and the grass in a dry land.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 130:1-2
1 Out of the
debts I cried to You, O LORD. 2 Lord,
hear my voice! Let Your ears be
attentive to my supplications.
11/3/2012 10:34:59 AM
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