SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/6/2021 12:31 PM
My Worship Time Focus: “Worrying
about Longevity”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew 6:27
Message of the
verse: “27 “And
who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?”
Just
a reminder that we are looking at sub-sections under the main section entitled “Worry
Is Unnecessary Because Of Our Father.”
Today we will talk about people’s worry about how long they are going to
live. I want to quote a verse from one of my very favorite Psalms, Psalm 139:16
“Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of
them.” David is talking all about God
and it would be worth everyone’s while to read over this Psalm all the way to
the end for at the end of this psalm we find the following words which I pray
to the Lord most every day “23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and
know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And
lead me in the everlasting way.” Now
after reading verse sixteen along with reading verse twenty-seven of Matthew
chapter six it seems that as believers we really have nothing to worry about
for God is surely in control of how many days that He will give us while living
on planet earth. When both my father and
my father-in-law died I made mention how many days that they lived and in the
case of my father-in-law he lived 37,300 days as he was a bit over 102 years
old when he died a little over a year ago.
I am so happy that God spared him from what is going on in nursing homes
today.
People
do many things to extend their lives as medicine has greatly advanced since the
20th century. However worry
is not something that a person can do in order to live longer, for perhaps it
will shorten one’s life as opposed to lengthen it. I have to admit that I take a lot of vitamins
and other supplements each day, but it is not for the reason that I want to
live any longer than God wants me to live, but to have a better quality of
life. I have mentioned that last year I
had type 2 diabetics and this caused a warning light to go off in my mind. My doctor put me on meds to help this
problem, but I decided to tackle it in a different way along with the
meds. I lost forty pounds in seven
months, stopped for the most part in eating sugar and other carbs, and walked
around 1550 miles since sometime in late February. Is all this going to make me live
longer? Probably not but one thing that
I have found out is that I truly enjoy walking five miles every day and the problem
with my IBS has gotten a lot better since I stay away from carbs. I am thankful to my Lord for giving me the
desire to live a more healthy lifestyle so that I can better serve Him.
John
MacArthur writes the following in his short section on this subject: “You can worry yourself to death, but not to
life. Dr. Charles Mayo, of the famous
Mayo Clinic, wrote, ‘Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands and
the whole nervous system. I have never
met a man or known a man to die of overwork, but I have known a lot who died of
worry.’
“The
gift of life is a gift from God to be used for His purposes, for spiritual and
heavenly reasons, not selfish and earthly ones.
Our concern should be to obey honor, please, and glorify Him leaving everything
else to His wisdom and care.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am thankful that the Lord is in control of
all things that will happen on this earth, including in our country. I am not always pleased with what is going on
in our country, especially in our war against becoming a communist nation, but
I do know that God is in control and will work things out for my good and for
His glory.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I believe that the quest of having revival in
my life, in my family’s life, in our churches life, and in our nation and world
is something that I want to continue to pray about for the sole purpose of
bringing glory to my Lord.
1/6/2021 12:59 PM
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