SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/03/2024 11:21 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-3 “Submission”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
29:18b
Message of the verses: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”
I begin by writing about the fact that even the prophet Daniel foresaw sovereign authority being given to Christ. This is seen in his night vision he beheld “One like the Son of Man…coming, and He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. And to Him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed” (Dan. 7:13-14, also look at Isa. 9:6-7).
Now we can look at how Jesus Himself had described His coming dominion. “The sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:30, also look at 26:64).
MacArthur writes “Jesus’ sovereign authority was given to Him by His Father, who ‘has given all judgment to the Son’ (John 5:22), ‘made Him both Lord and Christ’ (Acts 2:36), and has ‘highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ I Lord’ (Phil. 2:9-11). Then, finally, in an act of adoring love and submission, ‘when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, that God may be all in all’ (1 Cor. 15:28).”
MacArthur goes on to write “Before giving the
commission, Jesus first established His absolute, pervasive authority, because
otherwise the command would have seemed hopelessly impossible for the disciples
to fulfill, and they might have ignored it.
Were it not for knowing they had the Lord’s sovereign demand as well as
His resources to guide and empower them, those five hundred nondescript, powerless
disciples would have been totally overwhelmed by the inconceivable task of
making disciples for their Lord from among every nation on earth.
“Submission to the absolute sovereignty of Jesus Christ is not a believer’s option but is his supreme obligation. It is not negotiable or adjustable to one’s own particular inclinations and plans. It is rather the aptitude that says with absolute sincerity, “Whatever the Lord commands, I will do.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It has been
my desire to submit to doing what the Lord wants me to do, and I know that I
have not always been faithful in doing it, but that is STILL my desire.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I desire to
be submissive to what the Lord has called me to do. 11/3/2024 8:35 AM
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