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If you ever watch any
of the Indiana Jones movies or play the game Tomb Raider Both hero and heroine are searching for something. Psalm 139 is one of the most beautiful and thought-provoking
chapters in the Bible. The ending two
verses though draw you to a different kind od search. It’s a plea for cleansing.
Psalm 139:23-24
“Search me, O God and
know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and
lead me in the way everlasting.”
I often pray and ask
God to cleanse my heart and my mind because I know I’m a sinful person. I get angry way too easy and it’s not
good. As I read these verses I was
reminded of a very old song by Sandi Patty called “When the Time Comes”. It’s about having your heart right before
God.
“Cleanse me Lord, of
all my silly sad charades How I long to be all and only yours, Take away the
clutter in my life everyday and make me like a child at play.”
God wants all of your
heart. We have to be willing to be
searched and confess when we are wrong.
In the song “Heat it
Up” by Degarmo and Key they compare it to being purified and cleansed by
fire. We are standing before Holy God.
“I need a thermo
boost, a nuclear device an eternal flame to penetrate the ice, this chill is so
depressing raise up the temperature in tears I stand confessing I need a heart
that’s pure.”
Some might say you’re
taking this relationship with God too seriously. God is extremely specific about our focus
being on him.
Revelation
3:14-16
“To the angel of the
church in Laodecia write ‘These are the words of the Amen, the Faithful and
True Witness the Ruler of God’s Creation I know your deeds that you are neither
hot nor cold I wish you were either one or the other! So because you are lukewarm- neither hot or
cold I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”
Be passionate about
letting God search your heart and show you where you are wrong and be cleansed! God wants you all of you. Stop playing church and be the church.
Casual Christian by Degarmo and Key
Hit you where you Live by Petra
When the Time Comes by Sandi Patti
Ready or Not by Degarmo and Key
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