Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139: 23 - 24 KJV
The Inspiration:
God must really be interested in the state of my heart if he keeps reminding me to submit my heart to Him for His review and examination. God's verdict on the human heart has been made clear in Jeremiah, where God made it clear that the heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. That is the state of heart that God needs to work on, clean up and change, if He will use it for His glory. I have to know that the fallen man's heart has no use for God. An unregenerated heart is dangerous. There is no limit or depth to the evil that such a heart can produce. The same man who wrote the words of this psalm once had an illicit affair with another man's wife, killed the husband when he would not go home and be with his wife, and then immediately married the woman as soon as the husband had been killed.
The Contention:
We may consider this extreme, but before God, the sin of lying or murder come from the same heart. No matter how you view any sin, it carries the same punishment, which is death. This is why today's verse is critical to my walk with and work for God. David was a man after God's heart, not because he was perfect by the world's standard, but because he would go back to God every time he did wrong. No matter how terrible his actions were, even the one that led to a plague on all Israel, he went back to God in repentance. I must not allow the devil fill my heart with so much regret about sin that it pushes me away from God. No matter how deep or dirty my heart is now, the blood of Jesus can take care of it. No matter how deep the guilt may have gone, the mercy of God can go to the roots to deal with it. All it takes is surrender.
The Conclusion:
The prayer in today's verse is critical. God must do the searching and the leading. I cannot do it by my own power. I must bring the heart under the control and influence of the Holy Spirit. The creator of the heart is the only One qualified to deal with the heart. I must bring it willingly, or I might as well keep it to myself. God will not force Himself on anyone, but He will do an eternal work on any heart that has been surrendered to Him. He will uproot the desire of sin, and replace it with the desire to please God. God is not just concerned about my earthly living but also about my eternal life. He wants me to impact my present location, but to also be worthy of eternity with Him. Am I totally surrendered to God? Is my heart under His direct leading and control? It's not too late, as long as it is done right now. God's time of favour is here.
No comments:
Post a Comment