MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/11/2026
10:21 AM
My
Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 “Prophetic
Confirmation”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke 1:141b-43, 45
Message of the verses: “and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
Spirit. And she cried out with a loud
voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your
womb! And how has it happened to me,
that the mother of my Lord would come to me?...And blessed is she who believed
that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”
In yesterday’s SD we learned that John the Baptist,
the son of Elizabeth who was in her womb was filled with the Holy Spirit and
now we see that Elizabeth is also filled with the Holy Spirit. MacArthur writes, “As mentioned earlier, such
filling was often connected to speaking a message from God. In 2 Samuel 23A:2, David declared, ‘The
Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and His word was on my tongue.’ After John’s birth ‘Zacharias was
filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied’ (1:67; cf. vv. 68-69). ‘Simeon
27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and
when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the
custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in
his arms and blessed God and said, 29 "Lord, now you are letting your servant
depart in peace, according to your word; 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation 31 that you have prepared in the presence of all
peoples, 32 a light for revelation to
the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.’”
“Acts 2:4
records that on the day of Pentecost the believers ‘were all filled with the
Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues [recognized foreign
languages; vv. 8-11], as the Spirit was giving them utterance.’ Later in
Acts,
“8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said
to them, "Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today concerning a
good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the
people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified,
whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by
you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for
there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.’’
(Acts 4:8-12) ESV
After
Peter and John were threatened and released by the Sanhedrin, the believers ‘were
all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with
boldness’ (Acts 4:31). The writers
of Scripture were ‘men moved by the Holy Spirit [who] spoke from God’ (2
Peter 1:21).
MacArthur then goes on “After being filled with the
Spirit Elizabeth cried out with a loud (a term associated with the
speaking of divine truth in such passages as John 1:15; 7:28; 37; Rom. 9:27) voice.”
(John 1:15; 7:28; 37; Rom. 9:27)
“15 ¶ (John bore witness about him, and cried out,
“This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he
was before me.’”)
“28 So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the
temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from. But I have not come
of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.”
“ 37 ¶ On the last day of the feast, the great day,
Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and
drink.”
“27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
"Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a
remnant of them will be saved,”
“She
literally shouted out the message God
gave her, both from excitement over its content, and to emphasize its authority. What followed was a hymn of praise, the first
of five associated with Christ’s birth that Luke records (cf. 1:46-55, 67-79;
2:14, 25-32). This hymn of praise
pronounced blessing on Mary, her child, Elizabeth herself, and ultimately
everyone who believes God’s word.”
(cf. 1:46-55, 67-79; 2:14, 25-32)
46 And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the
Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God
my Savior, 48 for he has looked on the
humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call
me blessed; 49 for he who is mighty has
done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50 And his mercy is for those who fear him from
generation to generation. 51 He has
shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of
their hearts; 52 he has brought down the
mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate; 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and
the rich he has sent away empty. 54 He
has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, 55 as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to
his offspring forever.’”
“67 ¶ And his father Zechariah was filled with the
Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, 68 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for
he has visited and redeemed his people 69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David, 70 as
he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, 71 that we should be saved from our enemies and
from the hand of all who hate us; 72 to
show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, 73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham,
to grant us 74 that we, being delivered
from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all
our days. 76 And you, child, will be
called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare
his ways, 77 to give knowledge of
salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high 79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and
in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.’”
“14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
“25 ¶ Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name
was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation
of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy
Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and
when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the
custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in
his arms and blessed God and said, 29 "Lord, now you are letting your servant
depart in peace, according to your word; 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation 31 that you have prepared in the presence of all
peoples, 32 a light for revelation to
the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.’”
Spiritual
Meaning for My Life Today: The more that I study the gospel of
Luke the more I understand the importance of the things that he puts into his
writing about the life of Christ, how it began, which is seen in this first
long chapter. He weaves the story so
that one can understand how important every detail that God planned for His Son
in order to be born on planet earth, including the mention of the forerunner,
John the Baptist. It is easy to overlook
these details, but that is not what I am doing as I look once again about the
early stages of Christ before He was even born, and then while He was actually
in the womb of His mother Mary.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to learn more of the early
life of Jesus Christ and how it was that God the Father, and the Holy Spirit
were involved in the birth of Jesus Christ.
I know that there is still some mystery about it, but what I know I
certainly can praise the Lord for.
3/11/2026
11:29 AM
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