Psalm 139:23
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my
anxious thoughts.
It is hard to understand, but we are in many ways strangers
to ourselves. We may hate sin and we may
repent of all the sin in our lives, yet our natural eye is unable to see the
depths of our iniquities. Our human
nature with its sin stained flesh is simply incapable of making an unbiased assessment
of the darkness within us. We must do as
the psalmist did. We must ask God to
search our hearts and reveal to us everything that is displeasing to Him.
Jesus Christ died on the Cross so that we could stand
blameless before the Father. To prepare
us for this time, the Holy Spirit dwells within us to guide us through the
sanctification process. The Holy Spirit
takes us beyond the carnal limits of our own understanding. Inspired by the light of Our Savior, we are
allowed to see the full depth of the darkness of our sin and the full height of
our potential in Christ. Rest assured
that we would never properly examine ourselves without the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit.
Let us report for full inspection in humble recognition of our need. Let us pray that the Holy Spirit will search
our hearts. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to uncover every speck of darkness in our hearts, especially those that we do not see ourselves. Let us faithfully repent of what is revealed to us so that we may live in the fullness of a life in Christ.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, we thank You for making us righteous
through the sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus.
We thank You for providing the grace that we need and the ever present
assistance of the Holy Spirit so that we may submit to the transformation
process from sinner to saint. We pray
that You open the gateways of our minds so that we may see and repent of all of
the shackles of sin on our lives. We
pray that we may see and grasp the fullness of your plans for our lives as
revealed to us by Your Holy Spirit. We
ask these things in the name of the purifier of our souls, Jesus Christ.
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