SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/5/2012 8:27:36 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm 111 PT-2)
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Psalm 111:2-6
Message of the verse: In Today’s SD we will continue to look at the
111th Psalm.
Remember God’s Great Works (vv. 2-6): 2
Great are the works of the LORD; They are studied by all who delight in
them. 3 Splendid and majestic is His
work, And His righteousness endures forever. 4
He has made His wonders to be remembered; The LORD is gracious and
compassionate. 5 He has given food to
those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever. 6 He has made known to His people the power of
His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.”
I have written about how
important a study of God’s attributes is for all who know the Lord Jesus Christ
as their Savior and Lord, and in this section an even beyond this section we
see some of the attributes of our great God.
Dr. Wiersbe writes, “His works reveal His attributes, for like Him they
are great (v.2), glorious, majestic and righteous (v. 3), wonderful, gracious
and compassionate (v. 4), powerful (v.6), faithful, just and trustworthy (v.
7), and holy and awesome (v.9). Who
could not trust a god with that kind of character!” This last statement is one of the very best
reasons to study the attributes of God, for by studying them we will begin to
know God better and by knowing Him better we will then begin to trust Him more
and more.
At the beginning
of His commentary Dr. Wiersbe writes the following: “God’s people do not live in the past, but
they know how to use the past to give them encouragement in the present and
hope for the future.” Sometimes it is
easy to live in the past or perhaps to live in the future because of a great
hope, and neither of these are wrong, but we have to remember that we are to
live in the present and be aided by what we have learned in the past and what
we hope for in the future, and we must remember that our hope as believers is
certain.
Verse two
has been an encouragement to me as I read it, for in it we see that the Lord’s
works are great, but we also see that those who study about these works will
delight in them. This is one of the joys
of having a regular time in the study and reading of God’s Word, for by doing
this I can delight in His wonderful works, and be encouraged by them.
Israel has
had a wonderful story, from their miraculous beginning with the birth of Isaac
to the Exodus, and then to the conquering of the Promised Land, to the story of
David and God’s covenant with him, and even to the dispersion of Israel to
Babylon where we know that God did not give up on them, but used this to bring
about a revival in them, and eventually bring about the birth of the Messiah,
Jesus Christ as promised by God from as far back as Genesis 3:15. When Jesus Christ came to earth Israel was in
bad shape spiritually, and because of this He chose twelve men and later on the
Apostle Paul to begin the age of the Church, but as Paul writes in Romans 9-11
God is not done with Israel yet for all of the promises given to Israel by God
are still going to be fulfilled in the future, promises like a Kingdom on earth
which will last for 1000 years where Jesus Christ will rule and reign. Like Paul states Israel has been set aside,
but I truly believe that because of the rebirth of the state of Israel on May
14, 1948 that it will not be long until the Church will be removed in the “rapture”
and then God will again begin to work with the nation of Israel, for when we
study the book of Daniel in the ninth chapter we will see that there are seven
years left on a wonderful promise that God gave to Daniel almost 2500 years
ago. A. T. Pierson used to say “History
is His Story,” and this is a true statement.
One more
thing and it comes in verse four where we see the word “remember” and Dr.
Wiersbe points out that this word is “memorial.” “We read it, ‘He has caused His wonders to be
a memorial,’ In fact; Israel itself is a memorial to the power and grace of
God.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: The verses in this section have been a
wonderful reminder to me, and also a wonderful encouragement to me to continue
to study the Word of God, and also to remember it in the form of continuing to
memorize His Word, to hide it in my heart.
My Steps of Faith for
Today: Abide in or remain in the
Vine, to study His Word, so that in these two activities I can receive my marching
orders from the Lord.
Memory verses for the week:
2Peter 1:1-9
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; 2 Grace and peace be
multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 seeing that
His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness,
through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4 For by these He has granted to us His
precious and magnificent promise, so that by them you can become partakers of
the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
5 Now by
this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral
excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge 6 and in your knowledge
self-control, and in your self-control perseverance, and in your perseverance
godliness, 7 and in your godliness brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly
kindness, love. 8 For if these qualities
are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in
the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these qualities
is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former
sins.
8/5/2012 9:17:52 AM
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