WEEK 17 – DAY 3

TAKE GOD’S WORD TO HEART

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. Luke 16:15

It seems that each time we read God’s word, we are convicted of some wrong thing we’ve done or some good thing we’ve neglected to do. We have the responsibility of having friends who look up to us, and we take that seriously. We do not want anyone to stumble because of disappointment in our behavior. Yet, like all of us, we struggle with sin. No, neither of us have murdered anyone; but we have harbored ill will toward people. We have not stolen from a person, but there have been times that we have stolen from the Lord by not giving Him all He is due. God sees into our hearts, so we cannot hide wrong motives or the fact that we may dwell on inappropriate thoughts. Praise the Lord that He is slow to anger and gracious in His dealings with His children.

Father, look into my heart and reveal the real me.

If there is any blackness there, help me, Lord, to see.

Purify my heart. Refine me in Your fire.

Conform me to the image of Christ…

let that be my true desire.