SPIRITIUAL DIARY FOR 8/23/2013
10:46 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
“The oracle about Arabia.”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Isaiah 21:13-17
Message of the
verses: “13 The oracle about Arabia.
In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites. 14
Bring water for the thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of Tema, Meet the
fugitive with bread. 15 For they have fled from the swords, From the drawn
sword, and from the bent bow And from the press of battle. 16 For thus the Lord
said to me, "In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of
Kedar will terminate; 17 and the remainder of the number of bowmen, the mighty
men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD God of Israel has spoken.’”
As we have been looking at different nations that Isaiah
has written about we have seen how all of them relate to the Assyrian invasions
that they were making during this time in history. The Arabians are no different as we see that
the caravans of the Arabian merchants who were leaving from Deban would be
hiding in the thickets because of the Assyrian army invasion. They would receive food and water from an
oasis town called Tema, but eventually would have to flee for there was no way
that the merchants slow animals be able to out run the Assyrian army. Dr. Wiersbe writes “Like a laborer God had a ‘contract’
to fulfill (16:14). Within a year, the
pomp and glory of the Arabian tribes would be gone.”
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: Even though the
nation of Israel is not mentioned in many of the sections we have been looking
at, just the same we know that God is moving the nations around so that He will
deal with Israel, for they are the “apple of His eye.” God make the covenant with Abraham and then
we see the covenant made with Moses which is called the Old Covenant, and then
He makes a New covenant with Israel, which is called the New Covenant. The covenant was made with Israel, but we as
Gentiles benefit from it as we are in the Church age at this time benefiting
from this New Covenant, but sometime soon God will remove His Church, the Bride
of Jesus Christ and again deal with Israel for seven years during the tribulation
period and then continue to deal with them in the 1000 year reign of Jesus
Christ as He sets on His throne in Jerusalem judging the nations from there.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to trust the Lord to guide my path.
Memory verses for the
week: All of Psalm 46.
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; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its
swelling pride. Selah. 4 There is a river whose stream make glade
the city of God, the holy dwelling place of the most high. 5 God is in the midst of her, she will not be
moved, God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations make an up roar, the kingdoms tottered; He
raised His voice, the earth melted. 7
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.
8 Come behold the works of the Lord, who has wrought desolations in the
earth. 9 He makes wars to cease to the
end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the sword in two; He burns the
chariots with fire. 10 “Cease striving
and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted
in the earth.” 11 The Lord of Hosts is
with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold.
Selah.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “Ephah.”
Today’s Bible
Question: What did Pharaoh request of
the Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah?”
Answer in tomorrow’s SD.
8/23/2013 11:11 AM
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