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The title of today’s episode: SEARCH YOUR HEART

I want to talk to you today about some spiritual maintenance. Every so often we need to stop and take an inventory of our lives. In doing this we can see where we stand with God. Are we still standing firm on the issues that matter to God? Are we still calling sin a sin, or have we let down our guard.

Prov 4:20-23 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

We have to make sure to keep our hearts right before God. The enemy will come in with some lie that is almost truth. He will even tell you ten truths in order to tell you one lie. We have to stop the lies when they hit our mind. They need to be reasoned out and compared to the word of God, to see if they are true.

Sometimes satan will find us in a state that our mind is tired. We may be fighting sickness, stress or some type of distraction that will allow something to get beyond our first line of defense. We will accept something as truth that is not. Then the lie the seed the enemy has planted will start to take root in our hearts. This doesn’t make us weak; it makes us human. But it is also the reason we have to search our hearts and compare our beliefs to the word of God.

The word “search” according to oxford dictionary online means – try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly:

We have to seek carefully, trying to find the things that don’t belong in the heart of a child of God.

Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

David often in the Psalms asked God to search his heart. I cannot tell you the times over the years that I have asked God to search me. I can not tell you how many times he came back with an answer. You need to work on this or that and point out something that had tried to take root. Things like jealousy, bitterness and more.

I’ve recently been on a journey that I didn’t consciously decide to take, but its been a good one. I was praying one day and ask God to remove anything in me that was not of Him. Over the course of the next two months, he brought three people into my life that had caused me hurt. They were what most would call a chance meeting. There were no big apology scenes or even a discussion. But God allowed me to let go of the hurt that had turned to bitterness. I was carrying, that I didn’t even realize. I won’t share all of them, but I will share one.

I was at a gathering and a friend. She had some friends that sat with us. A woman that had made me feel really small and useless years ago, came and sat with us. As I sat listening to her share her story from the past ten years, God filled me with compassion for her and removed my bitterness. He will dig deep and search out the things that he knows we are ready to deal with and let go of; all we have to do is ask Him.

Prov 4:26-27 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

I think when we take time to ponder the path of our feet and make sure we are established in our faith that is another way of searching our hearts. We have to stay on the straight and narrow. In other words, keep our focus on God and his plan for our lives. We cannot allow ourselves to lose focus and turn to the right or left. If we do, we can remove our foot from evil and make a course correction. This is why we search our lives, to make sure we are still on the right path.

God is faithful and just, he will lead us into all truth and righteousness, but we have to make the choice each day to follow. We must have a made-up mind to keep our focus on him and allow him to lead us.

Psalm 57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

When I was younger, I thought this verse meant that God had healed our brokenness. David was saying his heart was now fixed or healed. Because Jesus can heal the brokenness of our lives. He delivers us out of the place that we are walking around shattered in pieces and makes us whole.

But I believe that David was saying his heart was fixed like a point on a map. It was no longer going to be swayed by the enemy but was set on God. His life was on course and his heart was steady. The place his heart was, could be used as a reference point. In other words, he had a made-up mind and heart to keep his God focus.

It is amazing how fast this week has flown by, I want to encourage you to stay strong, keep looking up, and make sure you are on the right path. We are facing some scary things, but God will see us through them if we put our trust in Him and walk by faith. We know that things are not always as they appear to be at first glance. The enemy loves to try to deceive us, by making things look worse than they are at first glance. Be smart and don’t fall for his deception. Be ever vigilant about guarding your heart and mind.  

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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