Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 (NKJV)Have you ever known anyone who put on a different face and attitude depending on the situation? You know what I’m talking about. They sing in the choir on Sunday and have a “Honk If You Love Jesus”, bumper sticker on their car, but on Monday morning they are swearing and telling dirty jokes by the water cooler.
As I look back over my life, I must confess there are times when others examining my life might have wondered if I was a Christian. I can think of one time in particular when I know, without a doubt, I did not remain true to my convictions. I regret those times and have confessed and repented of them. Fortunately, we serve a loving God who is faithful to forgive us. Through the process of forgiveness, God took that one particular incident and changed it into one that has made me a stronger and more faithful Christian.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 (KJV)We should not be a person of a thousand faces and personalities. We should be the same person on Sunday that we are the rest of the week. If we aren’t, then we are living a lie; either we are living a lie on Sunday before our church family or we are living a lie the rest of the week in front of our family, friends, co-workers and strangers.
If we are not constant in how we live out our lives, we not only hurt ourselves, but more importantly, we also damage our testimony for Christ before others. Pray daily that your words, actions, and attitude are pleasing and acceptable to God, who knows all and sees all.
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.God Bless.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,"
Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day
Darkness and light are alike to You.
For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand
When I awake, I am still with You.
O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.
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.
Psalm 139 (NASB)
