The Heart of the Problem is the Problem of the Heart
I was really blessed with last Sunday's D12 with my discipler Roochie, and yup, that's the title of what she shared. The heart of the problem is the problem of the heart - how true.
She always told us to put a mirror to our faces, and I haven't been doing that lately. I just do stuff without ever asking myself why I do it. But we should do that you know - ask ourselves what our true motives are.
Because sometimes, even the most "good" acts could be sin if done with the wrong motives. Just like the parable of the widow who gave her last mite. Other people gave much more than the widow, but Jesus didn't see their offerings as valid... because in their hearts was pride - they gave coz they wanted to look good in front of people.
For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. - 2 Chronicles 16:9
...it didn't say, whose deeds are fully committed to him - but the Bible said, whose hearts.
I think we are all guilty of that, you know, of doing stuff to make us look good. I guess it really takes a conscious effort to truly examine our motives. That's why it's really important to pray about our decisions and to constantly ask God to show us our true motives.
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? - Jeremiah 17:9
Only God can understand what's in our hearts. It takes a consultation with the Creator of hearts to know how our hearts work. And usually, when we see our own hearts, it humbles us. Well, it does me - because I don't usually like what I find there. But to know that God loves me despite the filth in my heart - it's worth everything. But my God is more than that... He doesn't look on passively, but He lovingly cleans up the filth in my heart. =)
She always told us to put a mirror to our faces, and I haven't been doing that lately. I just do stuff without ever asking myself why I do it. But we should do that you know - ask ourselves what our true motives are.
Because sometimes, even the most "good" acts could be sin if done with the wrong motives. Just like the parable of the widow who gave her last mite. Other people gave much more than the widow, but Jesus didn't see their offerings as valid... because in their hearts was pride - they gave coz they wanted to look good in front of people.
For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. - 2 Chronicles 16:9
...it didn't say, whose deeds are fully committed to him - but the Bible said, whose hearts.
I think we are all guilty of that, you know, of doing stuff to make us look good. I guess it really takes a conscious effort to truly examine our motives. That's why it's really important to pray about our decisions and to constantly ask God to show us our true motives.
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? - Jeremiah 17:9
Only God can understand what's in our hearts. It takes a consultation with the Creator of hearts to know how our hearts work. And usually, when we see our own hearts, it humbles us. Well, it does me - because I don't usually like what I find there. But to know that God loves me despite the filth in my heart - it's worth everything. But my God is more than that... He doesn't look on passively, but He lovingly cleans up the filth in my heart. =)
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