To the church in Thyatira, John records the words of our Lord: (Revelation 2:23)
And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
We try to hide from man today our thoughts and the thoughts of our hearts…but God sees right to them.
We think that if man doesn’t see them, maybe God doesn’t as well. Wasn’t that the same thought process as Jonah?
That if he ran, God couldn’t find him?
Our concern should not be on whether man can see them or not, but rather, if what’s in our minds and heart are acceptable to God.
Maybe, just maybe, if things aren’t going well in your life, look in your heart. Check out your thoughts. Are these pleasing to God.
He gives according to our works. The answer is right in front us. But to do that, we must be more concerned with what God thinks than
what man does.
We must be in this for the long haul, not the short duration that we’re on this earth.
I took this from a friends facebook page…thought it ended this post well:
Two Natures beat within my breast, One is evil one is Blessed, One I love, one I hate, the one I feed will Dominate
Reminds me of what a Pastor of mine used to say.
“You find out what’s inside when your bucket gets kicked.”
The visualization of having a bucket with water or anything else in it, and when someone or something upsets it, you find out what’s in it because it comes out.
So it appears to me that when unpleasant or difficult things happen, we find out what is really in our hearts.