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TRUTH IN THE INWARD PARTS

"Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part Thou shalt make me to know wisdom." (Psalm 51:5).   God desires that we be honest with Him.  He is interested in both what we do, and why we do it.  Our actions may seem good on the surface, but the Lord searches out our innermost intentions.  He examines our motives to see if our works are wrought in Him, or are "self" propelled.  In another Psalm, David says, "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalm 139:23, 24).  David realized that the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; therefore we need the Lord's help in discerning what makes us tick.   In 1 Corinthians chapter 13, Paul explains that if he were to possess the faith to move mountains, or give all that he had to the poor, or even give himself up as a martyr to the Lord, yet, if he di...
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THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS

"Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned . " (Isaiah 40:2).    2 Chronicles, chapters 17-20, tells the story of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, who lived during the 10th century B.C.  Jehoshaphat was a good king.  Scripture tells us, "his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord." (2 Chronicles 17:6).    He was not a perfect man, however.  He made the mistake of allying himself with Ahab, king of Israel, against the Syrians.  This displeased the Lord because Ahab was a very wicked man who had led Israel away from worshipping God and taught them to worship Baal instead.  It is said of Ahab, "Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him." (1 Kings 16:33).   After the battle with the Syrians in which Ahab was mortally wounded and Jehoshaphat escaped with his life only because of God's divine inte...
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WALK IN HIM

“ As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him : rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:6, 7).   I am forever amazed at just how ready I was to receive Christ as my Savior.   I had been brought to a point in my life where I knew I’d messed up and couldn’t fix things or go back and change the choices that I had already made that had brought me down the road that I was on.   I needed help, but more than that, I needed mercy.   I didn’t need a theologian to tell me I’d offended my Creator.   What little I knew about God was enough to tell me I’d blown it.   That’s when someone found me and told me about Jesus.   I was amazed to hear that my past could be forgiven, and that I could have a clean slate to write the rest of my life on.   It wasn’t difficult – I simply believed it.   As a gift from heaven, I just accepted it an...
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