SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/4/2015
8:34 PM
My Worship Time Focus: A Deceitful
People
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ezekiel
22:28
Message of the
verse: “28 "Her prophets have smeared whitewash for
them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ’Thus says the
Lord GOD,’ when the LORD has not spoken.”
In our study of the book of Jeremiah we have seen similar
things that we see in this verse, that is that the false prophets were telling
lies to the common people to encourage them saying that God would not allow the
city of Jerusalem to fall because of His covenant with David. This was a lie for all they had to do was to
find a scroll of Deuteronomy and look at it and they would see that God had
already prophesied that the God would judge His people because of their sin and
take them out of the land that He had given to them, and then He would bring
them back into their land and then they would sin more, which they did by
crucifying the Lord Jesus Christ and then He would remove them again. These people were actually putting God in a
box saying what He could and could not do and they were wrong. Let us now look at Jeremiah 23:16-22 “16 Thus
says the LORD of hosts, "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you.
They are leading you into futility; They speak a vision of their own imagination, Not from the mouth
of the LORD. 17 “They keep saying to those who despise Me, ’The LORD has said,
"You will have peace"’; And as for everyone who walks in the
stubbornness of his own heart, They say, ’Calamity will not come upon you.’ 18
“But who has stood in the council of the LORD, That he should see and hear His
word? Who has given heed to His word and listened? 19 “Behold, the storm of the
LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on
the head of the wicked. 20 "The anger of the LORD will not
turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart;
In the last days you will clearly understand it. 21 “I did not send these prophets, But they
ran. I did not speak to them, But they prophesied. 22 “But if they had stood in
My council, Then they would have announced My words to My people, And would
have turned them back from their evil way And from the evil of their deeds.”
I want to copy a prayer request from my prayer sheet that
I use 5-6 times a week which has to do with wisdom. The reason that I want to copy this is
because this is what we need when we hear things that people say that they heard
from the Lord as these false prophets did.
First of all the Word of God is finished as we now have a completed
Bible so no one is getting direct revelation from the Lord any more, and those
who say they do are lying, plain and simple.
Follow the guide lines of this prayer request to help get wisdom from
the Lord and also help to understand when you are being lied to, and remember
Satan is the father of lies.
1. “I
Pray that the Lord will give me and also our pastors wisdom in all of the decisions that
we have to make today. Proverbs 3:5-6
says “5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own
understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths
straight.” “I’m putting on the belt of
truth. I ask You to make it very clear
to me what I am to accept into my life and what I am to reject. Help me to see clearly the motives of others
as they deal with me and converse with me.
Let me walk in Your truth, making decisions and choices according to
Your plans and purposes for my life.”
This quote comes from a book by Charles Stanley on the spiritual
struggles of a believer and what to do to prevent these troubles.”
2/4/2015 9:09 PM
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