SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/17/2021 8:51 AM
My Worship Time Focus: The
Conversion of the Men
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
9:29-30a
Message of the verses: “29 Then He touched
their eyes, saying, "It shall be done to you according to your
faith." 30 And their eyes were opened.”
The
first thing that I want to say is that this is going to be a very short SD, but
then that is ok since what it is about is very important.
I
have watched fake TV evangelists who say that they are healers make a big
fanfare out of what they do. One man
Earnest Angele (not sure if the spelling is right) will “work” on someone who
has a problem and then yell out “HEEEEEAL.”
I suppose if he had all that “Holy Spirit” power that he should just go
into all the hospitals and yell “heeeeal” and empty all the hospital
wards. In contrast we read in this
passage that Jesus without fanfare or superficial drama simply “touched their eyes,
saying, ‘Be it done to you according to your faith.’ MacArthur adds “According to your faith’
signifies that the extent of Jesus’ ministry to these men was based on the
measure of their personal faith in Him.
Faith is the means by which men receive the salvation God graciously
gives. In light of their confession and
of Jesus’ specific mention of their ‘faith,’ it seems certain that more than ‘their
eyes were opened.’ Their trust in Jesus
Christ likely bought salvation as well as healing. He gave them spiritual life as well as
physical sight.”
We
will conclude this SD with a quotation from Archbishop Richard Trench who
comments on this section, which is included in MacArthur’s commentary.
“The
faith which in itself is nothing is yet the organ for receiving
everything. It is the conducting link
between man’s emptiness and God’s fulness, and herin lies all the value faith
has. Faith is the bucket let down into
the foundation of God’s grace, without
which the man could never draw water of life from the wells of salvation. For the wells are deep, and of himself man
has nothing to draw with. Faith is the
purse which cannot of itself make its owner rich, and yet effectually enriches
by the wealth which it contains.”
I had the pleasure of reading this quote
to our small revival prayer group last evening.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: I often do
and continually need to drop my faith bucket into the well of the Lord.
6/17/2021 9:12 AM
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