SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/25/2023 10:34 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-1 “The
Riches of Poverty”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Matt. 19:27-29
Message of the verses: “27 Then Peter
answered and said to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed
You; what then will there be for us?" 28 And Jesus said to them,
"Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when
the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve
thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 “And everyone who has left
houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s
sake, shall receive many times as much, and shall inherit eternal life.”
I begin a new section in our SD for today as I finally
got through the first section and if you compare the two names, "The Riches of Poverty," of these
sections they are not really what a person would think is true, but I think
that as we go through tis section which should not take as long then you will
understand that spiritually speaking that both of these titles are correct.
The
first thing that I want to look at is what Peter asked Jesus, and perhaps when
Peter asked this question he probably was uncertain as to what the Lord would
say to him. 27 Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Behold, we have left
everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?" Peter was saying to the Lord that we came on
our own terms, didn’t we? Do we
therefore then qualify for eternal life?
Once again I want to reference the rich young ruler who refused to
surrender his possessions and his life to the Lord, therefore he forfeited the
kingdom. However Peter is saying that we
have risked everything to follow You, and we left our families while on the
road with you, and we also left our work, remember when we left our fishing
boats to follow You. Peter may have also
been thinking that we have repented of our sins and surrendered to Your
lordship. I think that is safe to say
that Peter and all the rest of the disciples minus Judas have at sometime along
their time with Christ had confessed their sins, unlike the rich young
ruler. So Peter is saying in effect “Doesn’t
that qualify us for a place in Your kingdom?”
Now
remember that Peter was the disciple in charge and so he was in effect speaking
for all the disciples, as none of them had any idea about Judas. Judas would
soon make it evident of who he really was, that is not unlike the rich young
ruler Judas had not forsaken everything for Christ but was instead seeking to
use Him for his own ends. I think that
there are times when as a believer that I too are similar in doing the things
that Judas did, no that will not cause me to lose the gift of salvation, for it
is a gift of God and cannot be taken away.
I am thinking about a song that Michael Card wrote and I want to see if
I can find the lyrics to it and put it on this SD.
Michael Card
Why did it have to be a friend
Who chose to betray the Lord
Why did he use a kiss to show them
That's not what a kiss is for
Only a friend can betray a friend
A stranger has nothing to gain
And only a friend comes close enough
To ever cause so much pain
And why did there have to be thorny
Crown pressed upon His head
It should have been the royal one
Made of jewels and gold instead
It had to be a crown of thorns
Because in this life that we live
For all who seek to love
A thorn is all the world has to give
And why did it have to be
A heavy cross He was made to bare
And why did they nail His feet and hands
His love would have held Him there
It was a cross for on a cross
A thief was supposed to pay
And Jesus had come into the world
To steal every heart away
Yes, Jesus had come into the world
To steal every heart away
Well the first part of this song speaks of Judas,
but I will have to search and see if there is another song, and if I find it I
will put it on my next SD.
3/25/2023 11:08 AM
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