The search is on. Yet the question is will we be honest. If we get on honest, greater things are ahead.
That is just part of what I shared in the message Sunday at The Community Fellowship through our series “Road to Recovery”. Whether it is addiction or so many other things, even our health, until we admit there is a problem, help will not come.
That is why we have to ask God to help the search begin. Allow God to look in and begin to work in your life. The outcome is what makes it worth it. Follow on.
Lamentations 3:40 NLT
Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord.
Examine. Search. And then turn to where God leads.
Psalm 139:23–24 NLT
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
I love those verses from Psalms. I first reach them as a teenager. They are powerful. The power comes as we follow what God says. The outcome of the search is worth the effort.
Here is the outcome. Here is also my prayer for so many people. May we let God truly search us and begin to see truth.
One of the first outcomes of the search are our prayers.
1 John 1:9 NLT
But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
James 5:16 NLT
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
Then the work of God is evident. The changes are happening. The search reveals who we are and what we need. The search leads to the work of God. Again, the outcome is worth the great effort.
Isaiah 1:18 NLT
“Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.
Forgiveness is incredible. Sometimes it is easier to see than other times. To allow the guilt and pain to go away is one of the sweetest parts of being a follower of God. Condemnation is gone!
Romans 8:1-2 NLT
So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.
Let God search you. Get honest. Let God work. It is worth it!
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