SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/26/2014
8:45 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
Beholding the Glory of the Lord PT-3
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ezekiel
1:15-21
Message of the
verses: “15 Now as I looked at the
living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living
beings, for each of the four of them. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their
workmanship was like sparkling beryl, and all four of them had the same form,
their appearance and workmanship being as if one wheel were within another. 17
Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning
as they moved. 18 As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims
of all four of them were full of eyes round about. 19 Whenever the living
beings moved, the wheels moved with them. And whenever the living beings rose
from the earth, the wheels rose also. 20 Wherever the spirit was about to go,
they would go in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the
spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. 21 Whenever those went, these
went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those
rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the
living beings was in the wheels.”
I first of all want to quote an endnote from Dr. Wiersbe
on the word “spirit” and what this word is in the Hebrew. “The Hebrew word ruah means spirit, Spirit, or wind, and in his book, Ezekiel uses
the word I all three senses.” Next we
will look at the sub-title for today’s lesson:
“The wheels (Ezekiel 1:15-21).
Dr. Wiersbe points out that what we are looking at as we
look at these wheels is the providence of God.
He writes “What an arresting picture of the providence of God, always at
work, intricately designed, never wrong, and never late.”
The following is the web address from Youtube that shows
what is seen in the first chapter of the book of Ezekiel. Of course it is someone’s conception of what
is written about, but it does give an idea of what Ezekiel saw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT0qNVbyevg
These wheels that we are talking about were very tall,
and there was a wheel inside a wheel and there were many eyes inside the
wheels. I am convinced that what Ezekiel
sees in this vision is what God can and does do. We know that God is a Spirit and when we
study the Gospel of John we read of a question that was asked of Jesus: “John 14:8 Philip *said to Him, "Lord,
show us the Father, and it is enough for us." John 14:9 Jesus *said to him, "Have I
been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has
seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ’Show us the Father’?” Ezekiel got a glimpse of what God looked
like, and by seeing this vision he was able to see some of the things that God
does, like being everywhere as the eyes would represent. I can’t imagine what this did to Ezekiel
while, and after seeing such a wonderful vision, but for one thing it certainly
changed his life.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: As a NT believer
in Jesus Christ I can see the Lord through the pages of His Word, and as I
study His attributes I can better understand who He is, and although I probably
will never see a vision like Ezekiel saw, I still can understand who God is and
therefore bow down and worship Him because of who He is and what He has done
for me through His death on the cross as He took my place there on the cross in
order to pay for all of my sins and give me eternal life.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I want to see the Lord Jesus as I read and
study His Word each day.
Memory verses for the
week: Colossians 3:8-11.
8 But now you also, put
them all aside: anger, wrath, malice,
slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its
evil practices, 10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge
according to the image of the One who created him-11a renewal in which there is
no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian
and Scythian, slave and freeman, but Chris is all, and in all.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Samson” (Judges 14:14).
Today’s Bible
question: “The rough goat that Daniel
saw in a vision was the king of what place?”
Answer in our next SD.
10/26/2014 9:24 AM
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