LOOKING FOR SOMETHING

            Salvation is not something that is done for you but something that happens within you.  It is not the clearing of a court record, but the transformation of a life attitude. -Palmer

Romans 6:23, For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

            Many people are looking for something. They are looking to fill that empty feeling in their heart that only the Saviour can fill. They attempt to plug the hole with drugs, alcohol, careers, social gatherings, or whatever. The try everything to fill the void except the One that can.

            Hey friend, this morning how about trying something different. Tune into an online church service. Tune into a radio service. Load up a YouTube video of a preacher of the Gospel. Or, GET UP, GET READY, and GO TO CHURCH! Be asking the Lord while you do to show you the truth. Ask Him to direct your heart to what you need to hear. (Need a recommendation of someone that preaches the truth? Inbox me and I’ll be glad to give you some.)

HAVE YOU EVER ASKED THE LORD TO SEARCH YOUR HEART?

I believe the holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness that remains in him. -Spurgeon

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: Psalm 139:23

We sing the song, “SEARCH ME OH GOD” which comes from Psalm 139 in our church. I often wonder as we are singing it if we are really thinking about the message of the song. Do we really want the Lord to search our hearts? Do we really want Him to see if there be some wicked way in us? Do we really want Him to make us pure within?

Oh friend, we should echo what David said in Psalm 139. We should ask the Lord to search our hearts. We should allow Him to “See if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” 

Self Exam Needed

I think the moments we are nearest to heaven are those we spend at the Lord's table. –Spurgeon

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 1 Corinthians 11:28

Before one takes communion there ought to be a self examination of a few things:

1.         Examine whether you are in the faith- Are you saved? Have you received Him as Lord and Saviour?        “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Romans 10:9

2.         Examine whether you have been faithful- How’s your faith? ”…Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” Mark 9:24

3.         Examine whether you have been fruitful- Have you been serving; in what ways? “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15

Inspect the dark places in your life!

The unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates

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

Friend, when is the last time you really did a thorough inspection of your life? When is the last time you asked the Lord to search your life? It would do us all good to let God inspect those dark places in our life! When we do…He will lead us in the way everlasting!