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 stories 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 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.” (Hos.
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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