The Lord Sees My Heart & Still Likes Me!

Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Jim Peters in Hearing God - Jim's Daily D

Psalm 26

Written by King David

¹ You judge, Lord. I have walked with integrity and trusted in the Lord without turning. ² Lord, examine me and test me. See if my emotions and my inner being are pure. ³ Your kindness and goodness have been in front of my eyes and I have walked in your truth.

⁴ I don’t make my home[1] with men (who are) false and I don’t go around[2] with pretenders. ⁵ I hate the gathering of bad (people) and I don’t make my home[3] with the wicked.

⁶ I wash my hands innocently and walk around the Lord’s altar ⁷ (so that) my voice is heard thanking (you and so that I can) talk about all your displays of awesome power.

⁸ Lord, I love the house where you live, the place (where) your glory lives.

⁹ Don’t take away my soul with (the lives of those who) are wicked. Don’t (take away) my life with (the lives of) men who shed blood, ¹⁰ who have an evil plan in their hands and whose right hand is full of bribes.

¹¹ But I walk in innocence. Buy me back and have mercy on me.

¹² My foot stands on a plateau. I will praise[4] the Lord in the in the gatherings (to worship him).

[1] “live/dwell/sit” [2] “go out/come in” [3] “live/dwell/sit” [4] “kneel/bless/praise”

Application

The Lord sees my heart. He knows all about me, every part. I need to live in such a way that I can confidently call on him to judge me.

This obviously means that I am depending on my position in Christ rather than what I have done, because, if God judges me for what I have done, I will be guilty. However, I am declared innocent by the blood of Christ. God tests me on the grounds of where I stand with him through accepting or rejecting the sacrifice of his Son.

So, knowing that I am right with God because of all that he has done, I can then judge myself on the grounds of whether I am following him and his ways. Recognising his goodness to me, I should want to obey and fulfil everything he asks of me, primarily to show that I love him and other people. I need to love being in God’s presence. There is no better place.

I need to judge by his standards. How are my emotions? How is my heart? It’s not what I can do, but it’s who I am inside. Fruitfulness, the good works, the fruit of the Spirit will all flow out of the divine change in my heart.

If my heart’s right, I won’t hang round with a bad crowd but I will love God’s people and enjoy worshiping with them. If I am not enjoying it when the church gets together, then I need to examine my heart.

God paid the price for me, to own me as his. He has lifted me up to stand in a high place on level ground. I need to praise him, kneel before him, fear him and give him everything.

Prayer

Father, thank you that you have saved me. I didn’t do anything and couldn’t do anything other than to accept your grace.

Please go to work in my emotions and my inner being because Lord I want to change. I need you to produce fruit that represents you. I can’t produce the right sort of fruit no matter how hard I try. Please let your life and fruitfulness flow through me.

IJN Amen

Jim Peters

The Lord Sees My Heart & Still Likes Me!

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