Tag: Psalm 43:3
Interceding for the brothers!
Scripture reading for June 3rd: 1st Kings 4, Proverbs 1-2, Psalm 43, Romans 9
Key Scriptures: Romans 9:1-5 “I am speaking the truth in Christ–I am not lying; my conscience bears witness in the Holy Spirit–that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.”
Paul shared with the Romans his heart for the Israelites, his own brothers. He identified with them in their lost condition, having been lost himself at one time and proud of his heritage. The Jews had great blessings through the patriarchs and their relationship with God. God had promised them eternal blessings through covenant. But they had rejected Christ Jesus, One of their own, Who was God over all men. Intercession is the heart of God and the Holy Spirit in us. God acts when His people identify with His heart to save all men and they ask Him for their salvation.
Psalm 43:3 “Send out Your light and Your Truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling.”
Faith confession and prayer: Lord Jesus, help me to learn to cooperate with Your Holy Spirit in intercession for those in need of a relationship with You. Thank You that You desire all men to be saved and come to a knowledge of the Truth!
Proverbs 2:6 “For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding; . . .”
Be careful that your eyes are good!
Scripture reading for March 17th: Luke 11
Key scriptures for over-comers: Luke 11:34-36 “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness. See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”
In the natural world there are wave-lengths of light that do not illuminate. Some of these are known as “black light.” This light does very little to illuminate what our eyes could see. Jesus warned of ‘light’ that could be inside of us that was actually ‘darkness’. He wasn’t talking about light, but about ideas and understanding that was not based in truth. Man is actually born in darkness and must be reborn through the ‘light’ of the gospel. (1st Corinthians 4:4)
We must carefully guard what we allow into our bodies and souls through our natural eyes. The eye is the lamp of the body and our spiritual eyes are the lamp of our souls. When we allow our inner man to be filled with sin and lust, our bodies and souls fill with darkness. We can be deceived and enslaved by the darkness which leads to eternal darkness, weeping and gnashing of teeth!
Observations for over-comers: We must keep our eyes on the Lord and His word, the only source of true light! “Send forth Your light and Your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You dwell.” (Psalm 43:3)