SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
6/12/2012 7:49:07 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm 93 PT-2
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Psalm 93: 3-5
Message of the verses: We began to look at the short 93rd
Psalm in the last SD by looking at the introduction by several different Bible
Commentators and then looked at the first two verses of the psalm. Dr. Wiersbe believes that this psalm was
written by a Levite after the return of the Jewish people from their captivity
in Babylon. He wrote the following at
the end of his introductory commentary: “This
brief hymn magnifies the Lord by presenting three divine assurances.”
God Is Greater That Our Circumstances (vv.
3-4): “3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, The floods
have lifted up their voice, The floods lift up their pounding waves. 4 More than the sounds of many waters, Than the
mighty breakers of the sea, The LORD on high is mighty.”
“3 The floods have risen up, O LORD. The floods have roared like thunder; the
floods have lifted their pounding waves. 4
But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore- the LORD above is mightier than these!”
I want to
give several examples of how the Bible uses the sea and even the roaring sea as
a picture of the rise and fall of the nations and the great noise that rulers
make as they desire to impress people:
Psalm
46:1-3 “1 God is our refuge and
strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though
the earth should change And though the mountains slip into the heart of the
sea; 3 Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.”
Isaiah
17:12-13 “12 ¶ Alas, the uproar of many
peoples Who roar like the roaring of the seas, And the rumbling of nations Who
rush on like the rumbling of mighty waters! 13
The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters, But He will
rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like chaff in the
mountains before the wind, Or like whirling dust before a gale.”
Isaiah
51:15 “"For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea and its waves
roar (the LORD of hosts is His name).’”
Isaiah 60:5
“"Then you will see and be radiant, And your heart will thrill and
rejoice; Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, The wealth of
the nations will come to you.”
Jeremiah
51:42 “"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its
tumultuous waves.’”
Daniel
7:1-3 “1 ¶ In the first year of
Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay
on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related the following summary of
it. 2 Daniel said, "I was looking
in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up
the great sea. 3 "And four great
beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another.”
Luke 21:25 “"There
will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations,
in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves.”
Revelations
13:1 “And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast
coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns
were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.”
Revelations
17:15 “And he *said to me, "The waters which you saw where the harlot
sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.”
Daniel
describes the antichrist as a little horn who will boast of great things, “Daniel
7:8 "While I was contemplating the
horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the
first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn
possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.” As we look at the power and boasting of the
antichrist from different chapters of the Bible we will soon realize that as
far as humans born from the seed of Adam he will be the most powerful of all,
yet we know that he is nothing when compared to the power of God. One of the attributes of God is that He is
all powerful, and this means that no one is as powerful as Him, no one even
comes close to His power. Satan does not
come close to His power.
This means
to us that when we are having troubles we should do as Dr. Wiersbe writes, “Do
not focus on the threats around you; focus on the throne above you.” Revelations chapters four and five are short
chapters but the focus on the throne of God and worth reading.
God Always Keeps His Word (v.5): “5
Your royal laws cannot be changed.
Your reign, O LORD, is holy forever and ever.”
“5 Your royal laws cannot be changed. Your reign, O LORD, is holy forever and ever.” (NLT)
“5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness
becometh thine house, O LORD, forever.”
(AV)
Dr. Wiersbe
writes “When the tempest is around us, we look by faith to the throne of grace
above us and the Word of God before us.
The truth about what is going on in this world is not in the newspapers
but in the Scriptures.”
Pilot asked
Jesus what is truth, but we read before this question in John 14:6 that Jesus
said that “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” We read about false teachers or false
prophets throughout the Scriptures, and they come from the realm of Satan who
has been attacking the Word of God ever since he attacked Eve in the
garden.
“Ps 119:89 LAMED. For
ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Ps 119:105 NUN. Thy
word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Ps 119:140 Thy word
is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Ps 119:160 Thy word
is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth
for ever.
John 17:17 Sanctify
them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
Spiritual meaning for my life: In this short psalm we see much about the
Word of God and the God of the Word. We
can always trust the Word of God for in it is found all we need to live a life
that is pleasing to the Lord, and all we need to grow spiritually. We realize that God is on His throne and He
is in charge even though at times it may be hard to realize it, but according
to His Word this is true.
My Steps of Faith for
Today: I want to continue to abide
in the Vine, seeking to do the will of God by trusting that if I abide in the
Vine He will direct my path to do His will.
Memory verse for the week:
2Peter 1:1 “Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To
those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness
of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:”
6/12/2012 8:55:19 AM
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