Search Me Lord!

“Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” Psalm 27:14
The Lord had a plan for each one of us. A hope. A future. If only I would seek Him, I would find Him, if I would seek Him with all my heart. Not just my Sunday heart. Not just my quiet time heart. But, seek Him in it ALL. Seek Him. Surrender to Him. Trust Him. Turn to Him. Obey Him. Say yes to Him.

It is important for us to be transparent before God, we may as well be real because God already sees and knows. Even tho he sees and knows, we find our strength and peace when we go to him and acknowledge who we are before him. The beauty of this also is that we find our true selves and live fulfilled lives!

Psalms 139:1 You have searched me, lord, and you know me.
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
23 SEARCH me, God, and know my heart; TEST me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 SEE if there is any offensive way in me, and LEAD me in the way everlasting.

Realize how significantly God can use inconvenience, interruption, and unlikely twists. Instead of always praying, “God bless me,” I started praying, “God unsettle me. God inconvenience me, interrupt me, Test me,  and redirect me and lead me in the way everlasting..” Amen

Ask yourself during different circumstances, “What is my Creator trying to teach me that I might never learn if He were to suddenly pluck me out of this situation?”
Or, “What character qualities is He trying to grow in me? Patience, trust, compassion, contentment?”

“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3

WE ARE TESTED BY OUR FALLS AND FAILINGS

I do not mean that Christians who fall back into old sins and turn back to the
world are being tested. No, those believers face a shipwreck of faith.

But Peter warned, Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position.   (2 Peter 3:17).

God wants to grow us as his faithful forewarners to be used to MENTOR, GROW and TRAIN OTHER believers in Christ.
If so, let us ask for a Peter Anointing in us to know how to USE our PAST mistakes to help empower those in the future.
Whatever it is, let’s all learn to treasure the true value of forewarnings from God in life.

Some of you may have taken a fall in spite of all the progress you’ve made
with the Lord. If I asked you what caused your fall, you might answer,
*It was a fit of anger. I was provoked by my own family and I blew up. I can’t understand it. I thought I was becoming a little sweeter, a little more like Jesus. But somebody just pushed the wrong button and I lost it.”
*You may say, “I’m only human. How much am I supposed to take?”

It does not matter that you were provoked or even that you were in the right.
The provoking simply proved you need deliverance.
Scripture says, “Let all
bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor [fighting], and evil speaking, be
put away from you, with all malice [grudges]” (Ephesians 4:31).

God is going to keep testing you until you say, “I’ve got a spirit in me
that’s got to go.” You will see no growth in Christ, no peace at home or on
the job, until you can say, “You’re right, Lord—take it out!”( Psalms 139:23 SEARCH me, God, and know my heart; TEST me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 SEE if there is any offensive way in me, and LEAD me in the way everlasting.

If you’re being tested in this area, or any other area for that matter, you
may be thinking, “I feel so unworthy. How much ground have I lost? Does the
Lord still love me?”

Dear saint, if you have truly repented, you haven’t lost any ground
whatsoever.
God puts his loving arms around you and says, “I allowed that to happen so YOU would see what’s in YOUR heart. But you’re making progress.
You’ve said you want to walk with me, and I’m teaching you. I know what’s
inside of you and I’ll ALLOW you to be provoked until you get rid of it
all.”

Are you being tested? If so,  pray: “Lord, you’ve put your finger on some areas in me. Pluck them out of my heart. Encourage me, Lord, that I’m
not going backward—I’m Moving Forward with you!”
“Don’t be afraid, I’ve redeemed you. I’ve called your name. You’re mine. When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you. When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down. When you’re between a rock and a hard place, it won’t be a dead end — Because I am God, your personal God, The Holy of Israel, your Savior. I paid a huge price for you: all of Egypt, with rich Cush and Seba thrown in! That’s how much you mean to me! That’s how much I love you! I’d sell off the whole world to get YOU back, trade the creation just for YOU.” Isaiah 43:1b-4 (The Message)

Jesus  pursues me. Jesus loves me more than anything. And Jesus wants to be my everything.

This truth satisfied a deep longing in my heart I didn’t even know I had.
This is the love that fills the gaps in my wanting heart.
God’s Love gives us eyes to see Christ’s victory shining far above the earthly clouds of heartbreak and suffering.

“But being full of the Holy Spirit, he[Stephen] gazed intently into heaven
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus
standing at the right hand of God…”
Acts 7:55

Dear Lord, this part of me that wants to be pursued and rescued…You created it. You created it to be filled by Your unconditional love. Jesus, thank You that You will never grow tired of me or stop pursing me. You want me. Jesus you would sell off the whole world to get US back, trade the creation just for ME! Jesus you Died on that CROSS for my SINS. Jesus, You won and gave each one of us the victory and all we need to do is Choose YOU. God’s Love gives us eyes to see Christ’s victory shining far above the earthly clouds of heartbreak and suffering.  That’s True love- give me more of You Jesus!
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.