SEARCH ME

A short time back I decided to convert a garlic bed to

a kale bed.  I took a tiller and went through the bed

very carefully and took out all the garlic I could find.

I have been delayed a few weeks from planting the

kale, and it also rained.  Guess what.  A few days ago

I noticed garlic sprouting up all over the bed.

The bucket full of small garlic in the above image is

what I had to dig out - AGAIN.

But, while digging the "fresh" batch of garlic a 

Scripture went through my mind.

"Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

And see if there be any hurtful way in me,

And lead me in the everlasting way."

(Psalms 139:23,24 NASB)  

I could not help but think that if I ask God

to search me the way the Psalmist did, He would

find more stuff in me than I was finding in that

garden bed.

Frankly, I do not have the "guts" to ask God to

search me out.  I am afraid that He would find 

more than I could handle.

But, on the other hand.   The "Psalm" above was

written by King David.  And you remember that 

David was king because "he was a man after God's

own heart".  David was asking God to show him the

stuff that was in him that was displeasing to God.

Perhaps I should ask God to show me what is 

displeasing to Him in me.  It certainly would 

improve my relationship with Him.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"And you shall seek me, and find me, when you

shall search for me with all your heart."

(Jeremiah 29:13)

TODAYS' PROMISE

"There you will look for the LORD your God,

and if you search for him with all your heart,

you will find him.  When you are in trouble 

and all those things happen to you,

then you will finally turn to the LORD and obey him. 

He is a merciful God,

He will not abandon you or destroy you,

and he will not forget the covenant that he

himself made with your ancestors."

(Deuteronomy 4:29-31 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"But from there you will seek the LORD your God,
and you will find him,
if you search after him with all your heart
and with all your soul."
(Deuteronomy 4:29 RSV)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNB)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

DIAGNOSED BY GOD

"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."

(Psalms 139:23,24 KJV)