SPIRITUAL DIARY
FOR 12/17/2012 7:42:20 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm 149-PT-3
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ps. 149:6-9
Message of
the verses: This is our third lesson from the 149th
Psalm and again I want to remind all of what Dr. Wiersbe wrote at the end of
his introductory commentary for this psalm, “This psalm is a primer on worship
and gives us the basic instructions we need.”
Worship the Lord Triumphantly (vv. 6-9): “6 Let
the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand,
7 To execute vengeance on the nations And punishment on the peoples, 8 To bind
their kings with chains And their nobles with fetters of iron, 9 To execute on
them the judgment written; This is an honor for all His godly ones. Praise the
LORD!”
As true
believers in Jesus Christ we must remember that worship and warfare go
together, for we are in a battle and Paul tells us that we are to put on the
spiritual armor that he describes in Ephesians 6:10-18. The belt of
truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, the
shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is
the Word of God. Prayer and worship are
also a part of our armor along with songs, for when Jesus was about to go to
the cross He and His disciples sang a song.
The church has songs like “Onward Christian Soldiers,” showing that the
Church is indeed an army and we are in the battle to reach the lost souls and
tell them the truth of the gospel in order that they may hear the truth and
come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Part of the battle we are in is that Satan has the desire
to be worshiped, and he does not care if people are “religious” as long as
Jesus Christ is not mentioned and as long as the gospel is not preached. When we look at Revelations chapter thirteen
we can see Satan’s desire to be worshiped.
Satan even tried to entice the Lord Jesus Christ to worship him as seen
in Matthew 4:8-11.
Dr. Wiersbe concludes his commentary on this psalm by
writing the following: “Today, the sword
belongs to the human government and its agents (Rom. 13) and God’s servants do
not wield it (John 18:10-11, 36-37). But
the day of the Lord will come ‘as a thief in the night’ (1Thes. 5:2ff), and
then Christ will ‘gird His sword…and ride prosperously (45:3-5). Until then, the church must take worship very
seriously and realize that worship is a part of the believer’s spiritual warfare. To ignore worship, trivialize it, turn it
into entertainment, or make it routine activity is to play right into the hands
of the enemy. It is an honor to serve in
the Lord’s army of worshiping warriors!”
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: I must never
forget that the Church is in a battle, and also I must never forget that I am
on the winning side. As I look at what
is happening to our country I can see that Satan seems to be having many
victories, but I must remember that Satan is a defeated foe, for Christ
defeated him at the cross, and time is running short for him for one day soon
he will be locked in the pit having an unbreakable chain put on him where he
will remain for 1000 years and then let loose to deceive the nations for a
short time and then will be put into the lake of fire where he will be forever.
I must also remember that worshiping the Lord in the
correct manner is part of defeating the enemy.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to
learn contentment; continue to have my mind transformed into the image of my
Lord through the Word of God. Worship
the Lord in Spirit and truth.
Memory verse for the
week: Psalm 121:1
1 I will lift up
my eyes to the mountains, from where will my help come from.
12/17/2012 8:12:47 AM
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