MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
3/17/2026 9:25 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-1 “The Power of God is
Wondrous”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
“Luke
1:64-65
Message of the verses: “And at once his mouth was opened and
his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God. Fear came on all those living around them;
and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea. All who heard them kept them in mind, saying,
“What then will this child turn out to be?”
For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him.”
We pick up this miraculous story in this morning’s SD
by reading about as soon as Zacharias had written that his son’s name was John
that his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in
praise of God. Zacharias had been
unable to speak of hear for nine months and the only way he had to communicate
was by writing after reading what someone else wrote to him. I realize that it was because of Zachariah’s
lack of faith that caused him not to be able to speak, as he did not believe
Gabriel when he told him that he and his wife were going to have a baby boy,
and was to name him John. However as I
think about this in light of how he was now able to speak it certainly added
drama to the story.
John MacArthur writes “From the
beginning to end, the Bible extols God’s power.
Genesis records His creation of the universe out of nothing (Gen. 1-2;
cf .Jer. 10:12; 27:5; 32:17; 51:15; Rev. 4:11), and Revelation declares that
God will destroy the present universe and create a new heaven and a new earth
(Rev. 21-22; cf. 2 Peter 3:7-12).” I
want to look at 2 Peter 3:7-12 at this time and comment on those verses.
(2 Peter 3:7-12)
New American Standard Bible
7 But by His word the present
heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of
judgment and destruction of ungodly people.8 But do not let
this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the
Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one
day. 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some
count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to
perish, but for all to come to repentance.
A New Heaven and Earth
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in
which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements
will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and [a]its works will be [b]discovered.11 Since all these things are to be
destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and
godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the
day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and
the elements will melt with intense heat!
The word in the Greek for elements is the word
“stoicheion” (n). Stoicheion in the
Greek means “basic building block.” The basic
building block of the universe is the atom.
Now in order to explain about that atom one would have to look at how a
magnet works. Magnets have north and
south sides and if you but the north side of one magnet toward the south side
of another magnet they will come together, however the atom that is being
talked about with this word has two north sides coming together, and it is the
Lord who holds them together. Now when
God destroys the universe, which will happen at the end of the Millennium
period He will simply take away the power to hold the atoms together and then
the entire universe will be burned up and the explosion will be like a gigantic
Atom bomb.
MacArthur goes on to write “God, in
the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, ‘upholds all things by the word of His
power’ (Heb. 1:3). Psalm
62:11declares that ‘power belongs to God,’ one of whose names is El
Shaddai—God Almighty (cf. Gen. 17:1; 28:3; 35:11; Ex. 6:3; Ezek. 10:5). God’s power is limitless (Num 11:23); therefore ‘with God all things
are possible’ (Matt. 19:26) and ‘nothing will be impossible with God’
(Luke 1:37); cf. Gen. 18:14). His
power is great (Ex. 14:31; Nah. 1:3), majestic (Ex. 15:6), exalted (Job 37:23),
and mighty (Isa 8:11).”
I will conclude this SD by quoting the verses which
are above in the highlighted portion, which comes from the last paragraph we
looked at.
(Num 11:23)
“23 And the LORD said to Moses, "Is the
LORD’s hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you
or not.”
(Matt. 19:26)
“26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man
this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’”
(Luke 1:37)
“37 For nothing will be impossible with God.’”
Gen. 18:14)
“14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the
appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall
have a son.’”
(Ex. 14:31; Nah. 1:3)
“31 Israel saw the great power that the LORD used
against the Egyptians, so the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the
LORD and in his servant Moses.”
“3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power,
and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and
storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.”
(Ex. 15:6)
“6 Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power,
your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.”
(Job 37:23)
“23 The Almighty— we cannot find him; he is great
in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.”
(Isa 8:11)
“11 For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong
hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying”
Spiritual
Meaning for my life today: I can see in this section that the
Lord is in charge of all things, even the complete destruction of the present
universe, and so that gives me a great desire to trust Him with things going on
in my life at this time.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to trust the Lord for
everything that is going on in the lives of my wife and myself.
3/17/2026
10:22 AM
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