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Search Me O God!

Posted by jjpinto on November 14, 2008 at 11:12 AM

Most of the times we are not concerned about letting God see how we look on the outside, the challenge is giving God permission to look on the inside. What will he find out? Will he be shocked? Will he still love me? Am I still worthy? All these questions are valid, reasonable and somewhat scary. Since we are all sinners by nature and practice, it is hard to let the Holy Spirit take control, convict and clean what does not bring him glory. This song was based literally on Psalm 139: 23-24. God does not say: I WANT TO SEARCH. He wants us to voluntarily admit and confess our weaknesses asking him to remove anything that hinders our full potential. All pride, selfishness, independence, envy, jealousy, evil desires and gossip are not going to stand the test of the Almighty, Holy God. There is nothing we can do to work it out on our own. Instead, we should come to him with an open an honest heart and say: SEARCH ME. I never did that in the past until I wrote the song. I was scared to death to even think about asking, but I had to do it in order to be able to minister effectively. I understand that it is hard to do it, but our motivations, agendas, plans, desires, programs, formulas, religious structures, self-righteousness and goals need to be tested and purified but the fire of the Holy Spirit. I encourage you today to ask God to search you. He knows what nobody else knows, he is ready to clean, forgive and forget.

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