Bible Verse: 2 Corinthians 13:5 "Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do your yourselves not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless you fail the test."
Check this out, Paul is urges us to give ourselves a spiritual check-up just like when you go to the doctor to get a physical check-up. He wants us to listen, poke, prod around, and look at what we are doing, how we are doing it, who we are hanging around, how do we look, how do we sound, how are we seen, are we spiritually healthy? we must examine ourselve regularly and look for Christs' presence in our lives.
I want to share something that I found at work yesterday. I needed to make a phone call and was looking for a phone. When I found one, I sat down and was making a couple of calls. While I was waiting for someone to pickup I looked up at a buletin board and saw and devotion that someone had stuck on the board from August 24, 2011. It quoted Provers 19:25 Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will discern knowledge. Here's the thing, we can see every face in the world except one....Our own. We can see what our face looks like in a mirror or in a picture; but it's a reflection, not the real thing. We can't see ourselves the way others can. To be our best, we need to see ourselves as they do. Maybe even enlist the help of someone that will be honest with us. Maybe even brutally honest. I know most people are uncomfortable either giving or recieving constructive critism. Self-examination and accountabilty to others is so very important in our walk with Jesus. We can't just come to Jesus for a "Life-enhancement". We should come to Him with a fully surrendered heart that is open to God being in every part of it. I pray this touched you as it did me. Do me a big favor. Stop what you are doing right now and sit back and examine your walk right now. Take just a few minutes. If God shows you something. Get to work! It's never too late. Have a great day, I love you, and God bless!!
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