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
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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