Our prayer, in all our ways – Amen
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Psalm 139:23
Each moment we are observed, every second is recorded. All we do is in memory, no matter how ‘flawed’ it is.
You went somewhere? You remember the place, your activities. Perhaps not the time exactly, but you in the deep recesses are aware.
We already shared about angels (other existence beings around us, we recently attempted to define the what and how.) We are known in toto.
“He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God.
That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who Love Him along the same lines as the life of His Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity He restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in Him.
After God made that decision of what His children should be like, He followed it up by calling people by name. After He called them by name, He set them on a solid basis with Himself. And then, after getting them established, He stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what He had begun.
So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose?”
Romans 8:27-37 MSG
Our thoughts are known by God:
Thoughts are the most private parts of our human experience. No one else can know our thoughts unless we communicate them, so we tend to imagine that anything we think is safe, as long as it stays in our minds. But there is one Person who always knows what we are thinking; God knows everything about us, and He also knows our thoughts.
God knows our thoughts no matter who or where we are. Psalm 139 begins this way: “O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar” (verses 1–2). God searches the hearts and minds of people, seeking those whose hearts are turned toward Him (Jeremiah 12:3; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Acts 15:8). Two of the Ten Commandments deal with our thoughts. The first commandment is to have no other gods before the Lord (Exodus 20:3). That is a heart matter. The tenth commandment warns us not to covet what others have (Exodus 20:17). Coveting is also a sin of our thoughts. When Jesus walked the earth, He knew people’s thoughts and answered before they even verbalized their questions (Matthew 9:4; 12:25; Luke 9:47; 11:17). In this way, Jesus exhibited the divine trait of omniscience.
It can be intimidating to realize that God knows our thoughts. He knows the angry thoughts, lustful thoughts, vengeful ideas, secret greed, and hidden coveting. God also knows about those secret longings, hopeful desires, and private dreams. And He understands. First John 3:20 assures us that “if our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.” Sometimes we are harder on ourselves than God is. He knows we are frail humans made from dirt and born with a sin nature (Psalm 103:14).
If we have given our lives to Christ, then we should find comfort in remembering that our loving Father knows us better than we know ourselves. God knows our desire to please Him (Psalm 37:23), even though we stumble at it. Within that loving relationship, we have confidence to cry, “Search me, 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). We don’t have to be afraid of being vulnerable to our Creator. And there’s no sense in trying to hide things from Him. Whatever the issue, He already knows about it and wants us to feel safe enough to confess our thoughts to Him (Psalm 50:15; 91:15; 1 John 5:14–15). God knows our thoughts, and He helps us to know ourselves better when we talk them over with Him.
What we think is not converted to acts. Eve in the garden was tempted and we are aware what occured, we live the circumstances each and every day. One thing I noticed was that though Satan was cast out of Heaven to The Earth, it in no way speaks of tempations or acts before this. IF Eve had not eaten of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, EVERYTHING would be different now and in no way would it be necessary to know exactly occured. Prior temptations or activities we are not aware of, however the crucial fall from grace we are made aware of.
“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Jeremiah 17:10
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:5
For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
1 John 3:20
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Hebrews 4:12-13
It is our actions that count, yes! There will be thoughts. Line them up with The Word of God, Amen.
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in action.
1 John 3:18
So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
James 2:17
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 1:22
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
James 3:13
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
The HUGE, LOOMING question is WHAT does it mean to be Christian?
I will let you think on this, dwell on it, meditate on it. Are you Christ like?
We can quote Scripture, but I am asking you to be real.
What did Jesus do? What is a Christian?
Remember, it is to be Christ like!
14 WAYS WE ARE TO BE LIKE JESUS CHRIST
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