SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/30/2023 7:53 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-5 “Intro to Matthew 20:20-28”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
20:20-28
Message of the verses: “20 Then the mother
of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a
request of Him. 21 And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She said
to Him, "Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one
on Your right and one on Your left." 22 But Jesus answered, "You do
not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to
drink?" They said to Him, "We are able." 23 He said to them,
"My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left,
this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by
My Father." 24 And hearing this, the ten became indignant with the
two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them to Himself and said, "You know that
the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise
authority over them. 26 “It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to
become great among you shall be your servant, 27 and whoever wishes to be first among you shall
be your slave; 28 just as the Son of Man
did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for
many.’”
One of the things that Jesus was teaching the twelve
while He was on earth was humility, and I think that it is safe to say that
after the resurrection of Jesus and after He ascended back into heaven with His
Father, that the Holy Spirit would come upon the Twelve, minus Judas, and once
this happened that the lesson of humility will be learned at a much faster
paste. I am sometimes hard on the
disciples for not learning some things which are to me obvious things to learn,
and then I realize that the Holy Spirit had not come upon them during their
time of ministry while with Jesus. It
was promised by Jesus to happen, and it did on the Day of Pentecost, but as of
yet it had not happened. I look at my
life and know that from January 26, 1974 when I was born again into the family
of God that I had the Holy Spirit in my life, but in those early years it took
a while for me to better understand exactly what had happened to me, other than
the fact that I knew that I was different, and I knew that God from that day on
had taking swearing out of my vocabulary.
God his been patient with me, and still is, as He was patient with the
Twelve.
It
was during this time period that the disciples continued to bicker among each
other, and Matthew 19:27 seems to be what they were bickering about “When then
will there be for us” (Matt. 19:27). I
think that all true born-again believers ask that same question and in my study
of the Word of God I think that I have found an answer to that question, at
least a Scripture verse that has helped me answer that question: “For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would
walk in them” (Eph. 2:10). I believe
that this verse teaches that “God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in
them” that is in eternity past that God has prepared the things that he desires
for each of His children to do, and it is our responsibility to seek God and
ask the Holy Spirit to show us what it is that He desires for us to do for the cause
of Christ, and then do it through the power of the Holy Spirit so that what we
do will bring glory to the Lord. In my
case I believe that I am called to study the Word of God and to write Spiritual
Diaries that the Holy Spirit is now sending them around the world, and as I
look at what countries He is taking them to I am humbled that I can be a part
of spreading the Word of God around the world.
4/30/2023 8:19 AM
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