SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/2/2023 9:33 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-4 “The Exactness of Prophecy”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
21:1b-7
Message of the verses: “then Jesus sent
two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and
immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie
them, and bring them to Me. 3 “And if anyone says something to
you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them."
4 Now this took place that what was spoken through the prophet might be
fulfilled, saying, 5 “SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, ‘BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING
TO YOU, GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF
BURDEN.’" 6 And the disciples went and did just as Jesus had directed
them, 7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid on them their garments,
on which He sat.”
For those of you who read my last Spiritual Diary
you may remember that I said that it would be the last one written on the
verses above, but there is just a little bit more and what I want to do is
finish this section this morning with a quotation from John MacArthur’s
commentary. Yesterday’s SD was very long
and I don’t like to make my Spiritual Diaries too long, so I will make up by
quoting this one paragraph from MacArthur’s commentary this morning, and then
Lord willing, I will begin by looking at the next sub-section, “The Epitome of
Praise” in my next SD.
“None
of the disciples, including the two sent for the donkey, understood the Lord’s
purpose in this or in the other great events of the coming week. ‘These things His disciples did not understand
at the first, John said; ‘but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered
that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to
Him’ (John 12:16). But the two
obediently went and did just as Jesus had directed them, and brought the donkey
and the colt. Because they had no
blankets to pad the animals’ backs and were not sure which one He would ride,
they laid on both of them their garments, on which He sat. Jesus chose the colt, the smallest and
lowliest of the two, and mounted it with the help of the disciples (Luke
19:35).”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I want to focus in on verse six “And the
disciples went and did just as Jesus had directed them.” In this short verse lies one of the most
important things that I need to do, and that is do just as Jesus directs me to
do for the cause of Christ.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I desire to do the things that God has
planned for me to do before the earth was formed.
6/2/2023 9:49 AM
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