Today’s Spiritual Theme: And See If…Lord?

Devotional Reflection

“And See if …Lord?”

Sis, Well we will keep this going from yesterday, Yesterday we began with asking God to search our hearts, but today we want God to dig deep into our hearts to find any wicked way that may be within our hearts. This is where the dissection truly begins . I like the way David says, “And see if there be any wicked ways…”. Now, David you know that there are wicked ways in all of us. We are not perfect and as we discussed yesterday, we are working towards perfection. By living a life that models our elder brother Jesus. But let’s be real once again – we have some ways about us that do not line up with the Christ character that we should be mirroring.

Even those of us that walk around with our skirts to the ground, and a “blessed and highly favored” every time you ask. We all have hidden things within our hearts that only God can see and to be honest He is the only one that can reach down deep enough in our hearts and cut out these ways. And don’t kid yourself, the secret thoughts of malice and hatred God sees that. The jealousy, the dislike, -God sees it all. We are not without sin y’all! and we must face that. In the book of James, he says
“when you fall into divers temptations”. We are not beyond falling; it will happen but the great things about it is that only God can perform the necessary surgery and remove it all and then he renews the tissue of my heart.

So, Sis, be honest… on yesterday did you take time to sit in a quiet space and ask God to dissect your heart and remove what’s needed. Well, if you didn’t then this is another great opportunity to do it today. Separate yourself from everyone and everything and find a quiet space. Pray and ask God perform the necessary surgery so that you can move on with your life. For some of us this is what’s holding us back from life. We are held captive by what’s in our hearts buried. It’s time to let him in Sis and let him remove it.

One thing about the God that we serve is that after your “heart surgery” that’s when rehabilitation begins. David says “lead me in thy way…” – Ask God for the healing process and be willing to do the work. God will lead you in His way through His Word and this will strengthen your walk. But with rehabilitation there will be some challenges. Remember healing is a process and does not happen overnight. God removes what has been damaging your heart and stifling your life but following this he restores the healthy tissue through proper nutrition (through His Word) and exercise (through forward movement of His ministry).

So keep in mind, that the journey of healing begins post surgery.

Today’s Prayer

Lord, Jesus, I come this morning asking you to perform the surgery that will place me on path of healing. Remove all that is harmful to my growth and detrimental to my path. Lord I need you to search deep into my heart. I know that only you can do it and in you, I put my trust in you alone. You are the God of another chance and I believe that you will renew the spirit of my heart so that I have another chance to carry out the will that you have for my life.

Sis, Remember This…

Sis, open your heart and allow THE CHIEF SURGEON to perform the surgery that is guaranteed to removed everything that does not belong and not only that He will place you on a treatment plan that is guaranteed healing.