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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  SEARCH ME

Psalm 139:23 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.

This is a prayer we should pray as a spiritual tune up. It is possible over time to let little things creep their way into our lives. When we ask God to search our hearts and try us and our thoughts, look out. He will do what we have asked. Sometimes we may not like the answer.

He will find that little bit of hurt, betrayal, even maybe a sin that we have tucked away in a small closet in our heart, behind lots of other things. This is a closet we leave closed and do not look in, unless God does some searching.

It is when he brings the things to light that we have to deal with them and get rid of them, like a sweater that is three sizes too small, but we hold on to it. But when we remove things from our heart like, hurt, pain, bitterness, jealousy or even maybe hate, God can use that space to place more of his fruit of the Spirit.

If our lives are so full of hurt and bitterness, we will not have room for joy. Maybe we aren’t carrying hurt or bitterness, but we are holding on to something else that it is time to let go. We don’t even know we are carrying these weights until God lifts them off of us and then we can feel the difference.

God wants us to give it all to him. Our ugliest messes, our worst pain and hurt, our anger, bitterness and jealousy. We are not hiding anything, at least from him. This is why we can be totally honest in our prayers. Once he has cleansed our lives of all of these things that are weighing us down, we can run faster. We will be able to run this race that is set before us with patience and God’s love.

Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 

As Christians we desire to finish our race well. We want to hear the Lord say, Well done. He is faithful to lead us in the right path and will not deny us when we ask him for ways to draw closer to him.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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