SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/16/2013
9:58 AM
My Worship Time Focus: The Circumstances before Us
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Isaiah
40:12-26
Message of the
verses: “12 Who has measured the
waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And
calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a
balance And the hills in a pair of scales? 13 Who has directed the Spirit of
the LORD, Or as His counselor has informed Him? 14 With whom did He consult and
who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and
taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding? 15 Behold,
the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust
on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust. 16 Even Lebanon
is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. 17 All the nations are as nothing
before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and
meaningless.
“18 To whom then will you liken God? Or
what likeness will you compare with Him? 19 As for the idol, a craftsman casts
it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of
silver. 20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that
does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol
that will not totter. 21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been
declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations
of the earth? 22 It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its
inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. 23 He it is who reduces rulers to
nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless. 24 Scarcely have they
been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root
in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the storm
carries them away like stubble. 25 “To whom then will you liken Me That I would
be his equal?" says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high And see who
has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls
them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His
power, Not one of them is missing.”
This is one of the greatest passages of the greatness of
God found in all the Bible, and it came at a time when Israel needed to hear
it, for I suppose that many of the remnant were wondering what really happened
to God, for now the Gentile nations seemingly were in charge. As we look at this passage we can see that in
verses 12-20 that God is greater than anything on earth, and then in verses
21-26 we see that God is greater than anything in heaven. This is true because God created all things
and is in control of all things, and this is part of His attributes. People back then, and I suppose some even
know were worshiping idols, made out of stone, or wood, or even metal, but
these are all things that God created, and so this was an exercise in futility.
These are wonderful verses to think over and to meditate
upon to see the greatness of God, for in this section we can see God’s
creation, and not only His creation, but the fact that He controls His
creation. Dr. Wiersbe writes “When you
behold the greatness of God, then you will see everything else in life in its
proper perspective.”
Dr. Wiersbe quotes someone who said “Someone has defined ‘circumstances’
as ‘those nasty things you see when you get your eyes off of God.’ If you look at God through your
circumstances, He will seem small and very far away, but if by faith you look
at your circumstances through God, He will draw very near and reveal His
greatness to you.”
Again please take time to read over this passage and to
meditate upon it!
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: I like the last
quote from Dr. Wiersbe as I should look my circumstances through God He will
draw near to me. I don’t want to look at
God through my circumstances for He will seem very small.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Look at my circumstances through God, for He
is and always be in control.
Memory verses for the
week: 2 Peter 1:1-8
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 promises, so that by them you may become partakers of
the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by
lust. 5 For 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 unfaithful in the true
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “Peter” (Matthew 16:16).
Today’s Bible
Question: “In Psalm 23, the Lord makes
me to lie down where?”
Answer in our next SD.
10/16/2013 11:00 AM
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