Soul Searching...

Hello Brothers and Sisters

Gen 2:7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

 

Job 12:10

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

 

The soul of all human beings is most precious.  It is the means by which every instance of our lives is recorded.  Every thought, deed and action taken.  Every emotion, intent and desire felt.

It is you in your completeness.  Good and bad.  All encompassing. 

 

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

 

GOD revealed much to us in the Book of Job about soul searching.  Job was a righteous man and perfect in his ways, yet GOD in HIS love for us wants the very best for us.  HE will refine us to get the very best we can be.  Job was tested beyond what I can even imagine.  He did some soul searching in that process that went into the very depths of the most inner part of himself.  When was the last time we went so deep inside of ourselves and look to see what our Creator LORD God sees.  HE knows what ails us and will give us the trials we need to refine us into pure gold.  I don't know if you have a Bible near where you are so I am going to post Chapter 33 of Job for you.  It is a beautiful chapter of GOD thru Elihu answering Job about his own self righteousness.

 

Job 33

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

 

Do you not see in these words of GOD how much HE loves us.  For HE speaketh once, yea twice.

Our LORD JESUS was the second and the ransom to deliver our souls from going into the pit.

GOD loves us with a pure love and if you will let HIM, the wisdom in the trails we face is pure.  If we know and believe in HIS love for us then we know that all things work for the good for those that trust in HIM.

 

Lev 17:11

For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

 

The Blood of JESUS CHRIST upon the altar is the atonement for our very souls.

 

Psa 11:5-7

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

 

Psa 19 7-14

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

 

Who can understand his errors and secret faults?   This is what soul searching is all about.  Quiet time with yourself and the LORD.  No distractions and believe me they will come relentlessly.  Especially if you are truly searching for what is really within you.  You see... satan does not want you to do this.  He wants you to lose your soul.  He wants you to have to die as he will for his wickedness against all life.  GOD is life and it exists in love and purity and holiness.  It will compliment itself and all life surrounding it.  It will respect and promote goodness and positive growth forever.

 

Psa 23:3

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

 

Psa 24 4-5

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

 

Pro 27:7

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

 

If we ever feel that our heart and soul is full and we have need of nothing we are in danger.  Every bitter thing is sweet, this tells me that the trials our Father puts before us are for our betterment.  We need to look at these trials as a growing experience and thru the pain... grow and learn to trust in HIM for understanding of such things.  HE will never forsake us and will carry us thru these trials.

 

Isa 26:9-10

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

 

Lev 20 6-7

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

 

Isa 32:6

For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

 

Isa 51:23

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

 

We pray for boldness from our LORD.  Let us not bow down our body to the ground as the street.  As children of the MOST HIGH GOD we are to stand up for HIS righteousness and holiness.  HIS power is all things and nothing is above it ever.  HE gives us HIS power to tread upon the wicked.

 

Luke 10:19

Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

 

Mic 1:3

For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

 

Mal 4:3

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

 

HOLD FAST Brothers and Sisters!!!   The LORD JESUS is with us!!!

 

Let us be diligent in our soul searching and ask our LORD to search our heart and soul for all uncleanliness according to thy truth.  Be willing O MY SOUL to face the truth that our LORD reveals in this search.  Let us turn from the ways that are not of you O LORD.

 

Thank you for listening,  May GOD Bless you and keep you!!!

Imaginations of the Heart...

Welcome Brothers and Sisters

The heart is the very core of our being.  Our hearts are truly who we are.  The thoughts of our hearts,  did we ever stop to think about this?  Our heart thinks??

Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Pro 6:18

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

 

Jer 7:24

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

 

Our heart is the inner man, our will, our soul, our understanding.  It is our mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, and memory.  It is our inclination, resolution, determination (of will).  It is our conscience, our moral character.  It is the seat of our emotions and passions.  A seat of courage and appetites.

 

Our heart is the central point of our blood and the seat of life.  Our hearts are filled with confidence, contempt, joy, sorrow, contrition, bitterness and despair.  Our hearts can become as stone and hard, rebellious, uncircumcised, stubborn and inflexible.

 

All these things are thoughts of our hearts. 

 

Jer 13:10 

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

 

Rom 1:21 

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

 

2Cor 10:5 

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

 

This is why Jesus tells us to take captive our thoughts always.  If we keep GOD's word fully in our hearts at all times there would be no room for vain imaginations to creep in. 

 

GOD's Word is the seven spirits that surround HIS throne.  Wisdom and understanding, knowledge and fear of the Lord, counsel and might, Holiness, Truth, Grace and Life.  These are the things that should fill our hearts and leave no room for anything else.  When we abide in these things of Goodness which is JESUS we produce the fruits of the Spirit.

 

These fruits are Love, Joy and Peace of which is our relationship to GOD that we may pass these on to our brothers.  Longsuffering (patience), Kindness (Gentleness), and Goodness of which is our relationship with our brothers.  Faith, Meekness (Humbleness) and Temperance (Self-control, one who masters his desires and passions) of which is our relationship with ourselves.

 

2Peter 1-11 

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

 

Amen Brothers!!!

 

If our hearts are pure in GOD, HIS GOODNESS will fill us and we will be in one accord with HIM.

 

2Sam 22:21-28 

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. 

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

 

Job 8:6

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

 

Psa 12:6

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

 

Pro 30:5

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

 

Pro 30:12

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

 

We ought to be very humble before our LORD.  Some of us feel we are righteous and pure before our LORD.  But what is the measuring stick?  Only our LORD JESUS will be the judge.  We will have a face to face. 

 

Mat 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

 

1Tim 5:22

Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

 

Titus 1:15 

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

 

Jas 3:17 

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

 

Rev 22:1

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

 

The Heart... An amazing living beautiful creation in GOD.  Given to us to nurture and treasure and share with all life.  This world is beautiful beyond our comprehension and we fill it with the GOODNESS that is within us.  The Spirit of Life and Love is all powerful.  Let's spread it EVERYWHERE!!

 

May our LORD JESUS CHRIST Bless you and keep you!!!