SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/21/2014
8:40 AM
I mentioned in our last SD that the SD we will be doing
for today will be different in that I want to quote the last portion from
Warren Wiersbe’s commentary on Lamentations.
“Living Lessons”
“The Book of Lamentations vividly presents to us some
important lessons that God’s people must learn and never forget.
1.
Privilege
brings responsibility, and responsibility involves accountability.
2.
God is
longsuffering, but there comes a time when He must chasten His people.
3.
When the
blessings He gives are taken for granted and used selfishly, He takes those
blessings from us. To enjoy the gifts
but ignore the Giver is idolatry.
4.
God is always
faithful to the terms of His covenant, either to bless because we have obeyed,
or to chasten because we have not.
5.
When parents
sin, the children also suffer.
6.
When spiritual
leaders refuse to hear and obey God’s Word, they lead their followers into sin
and judgment.
7.
It’s possible
to declare God’s Word faithfully and never see the Lord change the hearts of
sinners. Jeremiah was faithful for over
forty years, yet the nation became more and more wicked.
8.
Jeremiah was a
man with a broken heart, a man who suffered much; yet he was rewarded by being
identified with Jesus (Matt. 16:13-14).
Jeremiah’s ministry may not have been ‘successful’ as we measure
success, but his character became more and more Christlike, ‘conformed to the
image of His Son’ (Rom. 8:29).”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: There is
much to learn from these eight lessons that are spoken of from the book of
Lamentations, much to go over in my mind and ponder on in order to make my life
more pleasing to the Lord.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I want to remember the lessons that I have
learned from my study in the book of Lamentations, and remember these eight
lessons from Dr. Wiersbe’s commentary.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Macedonia” (1 Thessalonians
4:10).
Today’s Bible
question: “Who was with Paul and Silas
in Berea?”
Answer in our next SD.
9/21/2014 8:55 AM
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