Search My Heart O Lord
Why would we ask God to
search our hearts? Because, Proverbs 4:23 tells us, 'the heart is the well
spring of life and everything we are and do flows from it.' There is a battle
raging over our hearts and if we allow it to get clogged up and become lukewarm
towards God, we will not win that battle. So, it's good to do a regular 'heart
check-up' and ask God to search it and reveal to us the muck that's in our
hearts. Only God, through the Holy Spirit, can search our hearts and see what
‘grot’ is lying there, and only God can do anything about removing it. He wants
to remove it because it's the grot in our hearts that spoils the intimate
relationship that God wants to have with us. Our guilt and shame about the
things we have and haven't done prevent us from coming to Him daily and sharing
time with Him. The muck of unforgiveness, bitterness, anger, jealousy and
hatred can lurk there, quietly having a devastating effect on our well-being
and our relationships. God doesn’t want anything to wage war against His love
for us and our ‘grot’, gone unchecked and uncleansed, will do just that. But
take courage because God doesn't berate us for our ‘grot’. He wants to minister
to us in His unfathomable grace and mercy, forgive and cleanse us. But He does
require our cooperation to recognise and hand it over to Him in the first
place.