July 5
Psalm 137-144
God knows us
better than we know ourselves. He knew us from the moment we were conceived. He
know our hearts and minds. He knows what we are going to say before we say it.
We cannot hide from Him. He knows where we have gone and where we are going. In
spite of all this, He loves us. He answers our prayers, He never leaves us. No
matter where we go, no matter what we face, God is with us.
If we pray as the psalmist prayed; "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." (Psalm 139:23-24, NIV) God will search our hearts, He
will reveal to us our anxious thoughts and our thoughts that are not pleasing
to Him. He will reveal our offensive ways and will help us to change to be the
people God created us to be.
But the only way He will change us is if we allow him to
break us. Like a potter working on a piece of pottery on a wheel, He has to
break us to reshape us. It may be painful a times, but God is gracious and will
extend grace as we travel through the refiners fire to be made new. As He walks
with us and shapes us and breaks us, he will lead us on the road to everlasting
life, if we will follow Him.
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