THE IDEA OF THIS "NOTE" HAS BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A FEW DAYS. I HAVE HELD BACK FROM WRITING IT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN AFRAID OF MAKING CERTAIN PEOPLE UPSET. I DECIDED TO WRITE IT TONIGHT NOT TO POINT ANYONE OUT, BUT TO REMIND MYSELF AND OTHERS OF ONE VERY IMPORTANT FACT. WE CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE, SOME OF THE TIME, BUT WE CAN NEVER OR WILL NEVER FOOL GOD!
WE CAN PUT ON AN ACT. WE CAN SAY AND DO ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. WE CAN EVEN MEMORIZE AND QUOTE SCRIPTURES. WE CAN LIE TO OTHERS AND CLAIM TO BE VICTORIOUS IN THE NAME OF JESUS! WE CAN LOOK LIKE A CHRISTIAN. WE CAN ACT LIKE A CHRISTIAN. WE CAN EVEN BE SEEN IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES. WE CAN SIT ON A CHURCH PEW TIL THE COWS COME HOME.
BUT....................
GOD KNOWS ALL, SEES ALL, HEARS ALL. HE EVEN KNOWS OUR THOUGHTS!!! WE MIGHT LIE TO OTHERS AND WE MIGHT EVEN FOOL THEM, BUT GOD KNOWS OUR HEART AND IS NEVER FOOLED. HE KNOWS THE MOTIVE AND THE REASON BEHIND OUR EVERY ACTION. IN FACT, JESUS EVEN ASKS IN MATTHEW 9:4, "WHY DO YOU THINK EVIL IN YOUR HEARTS?" NOTICE I USE THE WORD "WE." TO SOME EXTENT, WE ARE ALL GUILTY OF THESE ACTIONS. A LIE DETECTOR TEST IS NOT ADMISSIBLE IN COURT, SIMPLY BECAUSE "WE" ALL HAVE A TENDENCY TO LIE. HOWEVER, GOD'S LIE DETECTOR TEST IS ALWAYS RELIABLE, NOT ONE OF US CAN LIE TO HIM!!!
THERE COMES A POINT IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE MUST SIMPLY REALIZE THAT THE LORD KNOWS OUR EVERY THOUGHT. JAMES 1:8 DESCRIBES A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN AND CALLS HIM UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS. WE NEED TO TAKE THIS SCRIPTURE SERIOUSLY AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO NOT LET THIS BE OUR DESCRIPTION. BEING DOUBLE-MINDED BLOCKS OUR BLESSINGS. GOD WANTS TO BLESS US ALL. HE TRULY WANTS WHATS BEST FOR US. ALL HE ASKS FOR IN RETURN IS AN HONEST HEART WHICH CAN BE MOLDED BY HIS GUIDANCE AND LOVE.
INSTEAD OF TEARING ONE ANOTHER DOWN THROUGH LIES, LETS TRY TO BUILD EACH OTHER UP THROUGH PRAYER. LETS SPEAK LOVE, NOT HATE. LETS BRING BLESSINGS, NOT CURSES.
1 CHRONICLES 28:9 ...FOR THE LORD SEARCHES ALL HEARTS AND UNDERSTANDS ALL THE INTENT OF THE THOUGHTS...
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