Have you thrown away your #empty Valentine #heart shaped box after #searching, testing, and trying to get the best chocolate in the selection? The #Bible tells us that God looks, tries, and searches our hearts for the #sweet and the #bitter. “I, the LORD SEARCH the HEART” Jer.17:10 “Lord looks at the heart”1Sam.16:7 “For the LORD SEARCHES ALL HEARTS, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him: but if you forsake Him He will reject you forever.” 1Chron.28:9 “SEARCH ME, O GOD, and KNOW MY HEART; TRY ME and know my anxious thoughts; see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.” Ps.139:23
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The LIVING LORD #STANDS
#Inflated or #Deflated are terms we have heard on every newscast lately addressing the football’s air pressure. This brings back my thoughts to rules, laws, standards of any game or sport or contest. There has to be an official to make the appropriate call according to the rules of the game which can be challenged by a review/replay in football. How does this work with our game plan for living our life? Have you seen people totally deflated/depressed or others arrogantly puffed/ inflated with self importance? We are to ‘stand guard at our station to keep watch for God’s Word’ just like Habakkuk. Hab. 2:4 “Behold for the proud one , His soul is not right within him; but the righteous will live by his faith.” Bible speaks of “WOE” which is a miserable state. “Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity….Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil..” Is.5:18-22 The Living Lord is the head official for our game of life and He already has an instant review…. HIS PREVIOUS CALL STANDS! ISAIAH 3:13 “THE LORD STANDS UP TO JUDGE THE PEOPLE”
The LIVING GOD #DIRECTS
Are you #driving yourself #faster and faster, yet always #behind? In our fast-paced #society, are you on a purposeful path or just trying to get to the next quick fix? A champion runner, Oswald Chambers said, “Never run before God gives you His direction” First we have to ASK GOD as in Ps.143:8 “Show me the way to go, for to you I entrust my life“ No one likes to ask for directions when traveling, but all of us need instruction on long uncharted paths. “I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not in himself; nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps. Correct me LORD” Jer.10:23 “The mind of man plans his way, but the LORD DIRECTS his steps“ Prov. 16:9 “Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord DIRECT OUR WAY to you and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all men, just as we also do for you; so that He may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints” 1 Thess.3:11-13 Drive safely on your life’s journey following true Heavenly Directions to that great meeting!