Jeremiah 17:9-10
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
10 “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
In the Smith’s parking lot, in the space of 2 minutes, I was both outraged at the outrageously slow walking of the shoppers in the parking lot, parked, then was infuriated by the infuriating drivers as I tried to walk in the store. That is the silly and dirty top to the disgusting and sinful depths of my heart. How can I work to clean things up if I can’t even see myself and chart the inconsistencies, pride, madness, and transgressions of my own life?
God sees to the bottom of that spinning chaos you call a heart and He shows you your sin. Consequences follow actions in God’s world and it is incredibly kind of Him to make it so. If your heart is beyond your own understanding, lean on His. Commit to doing life His way and watch what happens.
Prayer prompt: Lord, show me my ways that I may change them to follow Your commands.
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