EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/18/2026
6:45 PM
My
Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 Intro
to “Calm in the Storm”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke
8:22-25
Message of the verses: “Now
on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to
them, “Let us go over to the other side of the land.” So they launched out. But as they were sailing along He fell
asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they beg an to be swamped
and to be in danger. They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, “Master,
Master, we are perishing!” And He got up
and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became
calm. And He said to them, “Where is
your faith?” They were fearful and
amazed, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that He commands even the
winds and the water, and they obeyed Him?”
I did not get my morning SD done,
and so I will pick up from where I left of last night by quoting from MacArthur’s
commentary and also quoting the many verses he makes reference to, and so this
will take longer this way.
“Even nature will change. Natural enemies will live together in peace; ‘the
wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young
goat, and the calf and they young lion and the fatling together; and the little
boy will lead them….The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, and
the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den’(Isa. 11:6, 8). Carnivorous animals will eat straw like oxen
(Isa. 11:7). Crops will flourish (Isa.
30:23-25; Joel 2:21-27), even in what is now barren desert (Isa. 35:1-2;
35:6-7). In short, paradise lost will become
paradise regained.”
(Isa. 11:6, 8)
“6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the
fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.”
“8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the
cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.”
(Isa. 11:7)
“7 The cow and the bear shall graze; their young
shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.”
(Isa. 30:23-25; Joel 2:21-27)
“23 And he will give rain for the seed with which
you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich
and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures, 24 and the oxen and the donkeys that work the
ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.
25 And on every lofty mountain and every
high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great
slaughter, when the towers fall.”
“21 "Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice,
for the LORD has done great things! 22
Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness
are green; the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and vine give their full
yield. 23 "Be glad, O children of Zion,
and rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given the early rain for your
vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter
rain, as before. 24 "The threshing
floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 I will restore to you the years that
the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my
great army, which I sent among you. 26 "You
shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to
shame. 27 You shall know that I am in
the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God and there is none else.
And my people shall never again be put to shame.”
(Isa. 35:1-2; 35:6-7)
“1 ¶ The wilderness and the dry land shall be
glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus; 2 it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with
joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of
Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, the majesty of our
God.”
“6 then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and
the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert; 7 the burning
sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt
of jackals, where they lie down, the grass shall become reeds and rushes.”
“The power required to redeem lost
sinners and restore the cursed earth is beyond human ability or comprehension;
it belongs only to God. In Psalm
62:11David said, ‘Power belongs to God.’
Job expressed that same truth poetically when he exclaimed, ‘The thunder
of His power who can understand?’ (Job
26:14 MKJV; cf. 36:22).”
(Job 36:22)
“22 Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a
teacher like him?”
“Psalm
79:11 and Nahum 1:3 speak of the greatness of God’s power, while Psalms 29:1-10
and 68:32-35 describe it.”
(Psalm 79:11)
“11 Let the groans of the prisoners come before
you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!”
(Nahum 1:3)
“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.”
(Psalm 29:1-10)
“1 ¶ «A Psalm of David.» Ascribe to the LORD, O
heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness. 3
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of the voice of the
LORD is full of majesty. 5 The voice of
the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion
like a young wild ox. 7 The voice of the
LORD flashes forth flames of fire. 8 The
voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of
Kadesh. 9 The voice of the LORD makes
the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry,
"Glory!" 10 The LORD sits
enthroned over the flood; the LORD sits enthroned as king forever.”
(Ps. 68:32-35)
“32 ¶ O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing
praises to the Lord, Selah 33 to him who
rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his
mighty voice. 34 Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies. 35 Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of
Israel— he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be
God!”
“So clear
is the evidence of God’s power that it leaves unrepentant sinners without
excuse for their rejection of Him (Rom. 1:20).”
(Rom. 1:20)
“20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his
eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the
creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without
excuse.”
“God’s
power is revealed in His sovereign rule over all things (Ps.66:7), raising
Christ (2 Cor. 13:4) and believers (1 Cor. 6:14) from the dead, saving lost
sinners (Rom. 1:16; 1 Cor. 1:18), rescuing the righteous (Neh. 1:10; Ps.
106:8), and destroying the wicked (Rom. 9:22).”
(Ps.66:7)
“7 who rules by his might forever, whose eyes
keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah”
(2 Cor. 13:4)
“4 For he was crucified in weakness, but lives
by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we
will live with him by the power of God.”
(1 Cor. 6:14)
“14 And God raised the Lord and will also raise
us up by his power.”
(Rom. 1:16; 1 Cor. 1:18)
“16 ¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is
the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and
also to the Greek.”
“18 For the word of the cross is folly to those
who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”
(Neh. 1:10; Ps. 106:8)
“10 They are your servants and your people, whom
you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.”
“8 Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he
might make known his mighty power.”
(Rom. 9:22)
“22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and
to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath
prepared for destruction,”
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life Today: I am thankful that the Lord is in control of
all things, and that He loves me with the best kind of Love, and that I can
trust Him as I go through the most difficult time of my life, and that He will
see me through the grieving process of the loss of my wife.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
Continue to trust the Lord to teach me things from His Word that will bring
glory to Him and be helpful for those who read these Spiritual Diaries.
9/18/2026
7:55 PM
No comments:
Post a Comment