We
pray
from what we think in our hearts and that is what we are:.Ephesians
6:18;
2Timothy 2:22. We worship.(give
attention to).God
in our hearts:.Philippians
3:3. We express love to God and others from what is in our hearts:.Colossians
1:8. We are close to others who may be far away by what we feel in
our hearts about them:.Colossians
2:5. Use heartfelt
feelings to let others get close to you:.Psalms
40:10. Be sincere.
The Creator is able to create
a clean heart in us if we want one:.Psalms
51:10.
The Creator always knows
what's going on with you. He hears you when you
are down:.Psalms
31:18; Psalms 40:12.
The Creator is the Father
of spirits.(Hebrews
12:9).and
as such is most concerned with what it is that we are and are becoming.
To move up in quality of character, one needs new and better information
to learn new things. Learning
is taking information to heart, that is, believing the information will
make a change when applied in one's life:.John
6:43-45. And when applied, one sees results. This then is
proof
positive that the information is indeed.true.
We are our hearts,
wherein is the base of actions in life:.1Samuel
16:7; Psalms 17:9; Proverbs
17:3;.Jeremiah
11:20 "But, O Lord of hosts, that judges righteously, that tries the
reins and the heart....." Jeremiah
17:10 "I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every
man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings."
The Creator causes
circumstances of life for each of us to see if we will handle them
with love or not. Why? Either way we reap
what we sow or in
other words, we get from life in accordance
to how we handle circumstances.
The circumstances are there
so we can stay awake to our state of knowing, thus,
getting to know ourselves better. It's like Peter, who figured he was one
way, until Christ showed him he was missing
the boat in his life:.John
13:36-38. And so, God allows and/or causes things in our individual
lives so there is opportunity to grow spiritually toward a
great reward.
Psalms
11:4 "The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven.
His eyes behold and try the children of men." 1Chronicles
28:9; 29:17.
Romans
8:27 "And he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the
Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will
of God."
So, we need to learn to have
some things. To add some things to our lives we need knowledge.(Luke
11:52), for example one thing to
add to yourself is discernment.
It protects us. Lack of it, as these folks
exhibited, can be hurtful.
Jeremiah
12:3 "But you, O Lord, know me. You have seen me and tried mine heart
toward you..." 1Thessalonians
2:4 "...even so we speak, not as pleasing men but God which trys our
hearts.(right
from the beginning this was true:.Deuteronomy
13:3)."
2Chronicles
32:31 "...God left him to try him, that he might know all that was
in his heart.".Psalms
11:4.
God tests us:.Exodus
16:4; 20:20; Deuteronomy
8:2,16; Judges 2:20-23;
3:1-4.
David wanted God to test him:.Psalms
26:2.
Job
was tested whether of not he may have wanted it.
God tests us not just
so that we learn to trust Him, but so that He can trust us and for the
great purpose that's coming:.1Corinthians
2:9. God tested ancient Balaam and the
story is a humorous one.
We may think, as Peter did,
that we are solid in God, but like Peter, what he thought showed he really
didn't know himself, but he thought he did. Again:.John
13:36-38.
This is why God is interested
in testing people:.Deuteronomy
8:2 "And remember all the way which the Lord your God led you forty
years in the wilderness to humble you and to
prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments
or no.".And they
failed miserably:.Jeremiah
44:16,17.
An example of God trying
ancient king Saul:.1Samuel
10:8,9. Also an example of Joseph
and David.
Emmanuel tested Philip, a
disciple
of His:.John
6:5,6.
And it's ok to test God too,
to see if we can trust Him:.Judges
6:39,40; Malachi 3:8-10;
And to test
the spirits.
And to test others too as
the Queen of Sheba did:.1Kings
10:1-7; Deuteronomy 13:1-5;
Acts
17:10,11.
And to test your minister
or anyone claiming to be a prophet, etc.:.2Corinthians
2:17. There are those users and abusers such as the corrupt and deceitful
ones in Nigeria of low consciousness that they would do this.
And others similarlywho
would make merchandise of you. Greedy are they:.Isaiah
56:11; Proverbs 1:19; 15:27;
1Timothy
3:3.
Others may also test your
sincerity:.2Corinthians
8:8.
And you should test yourself:.2Corinthians
13:5; Galatians 6:4. Also test
your spirit.
And to test what you eat:.Daniel
1:12-15.
King Solomon tested his life:.Ecclesiastes
2nd chapter. And after testing his life came to this consclusion:.Ecclesiastes
12:13.
