SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/1/2022 8:50 AM
My Worship Time Focus: “The Result”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
16:17a
Message of the verse: “And Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona,”
This will be a rather short SD for today as we look
at the results of the question that Jesus asked the disciples, and then
tomorrow we will begin to look at “The Source,” Lord willing.
The
ones that truly confess that Jesus is God, and this is to confess Him as Lord,
and Savior as seen in 1 John 4:14-15, are divinely and eternally blessed. “14 We have seen
and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the
world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him,
and he in God.” MacArthur writes “They
are ‘blessed…with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,’
chosen ‘in Him before the foundation of the world…[to] be holy and blameless
before Him,’ and ‘in love [are] predestined…to adoption as sons through Jesus
Christ to Himself’ (Eph. 1:3-5). God
pours out all His supernatural resources on those who come to Him through faith
in His Son, because through Him they become God’s own children.
“Emphasizing
Peter’s human inadequacy, Jesus called him by his original family name, Simon
Barjona, the second part of the name being an Aramaic term that meant son of
Jonah (or John).”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am thankful for this truth that we see here
in this short part of verse 16:17a, because this is what I did when the Lord
called me to be born-again back on January 26, 1974. I am thankful to be able to serve my Lord
since that day, and look forward to continue serving Him until He comes again
in the clouds at the Rapture of the Church.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I am so very thankful that I was not the car
in front of me coming home from church last night who slammed into a large
truck that was, for some reason, parked right on the right side of the road
without any lights on to be able to see it.
I continue to pray for those who were involved in that accident. I called 911 right away and told them what
happened. The accident occurred not far
from the Highway Pastoral’s office and they got there right away. It still makes me very uneasy this morning as
I run what happened over in my mind.
9/1/2022 9:08 AM
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