It made me think of my visit to the dermatologist yesterday. Each time I go she examines me from head to foot and determines if something is not quite right and looks suspicious. I prayed before I went that she would find anything that might be questionable. She also asked me if there is something that I noticed that may be of concern. Because I had a spot that was similar to one that was cancer last time, she biopsied the new spot so that if this is cancer, she will take care of it right away. She also froze an area on my forehead with Liquid Nitrogen, which hurt when doing it but will get rid of skin growths and keratoses. As I was getting worked on, I thought of David’s prayer as he wanted the Lord to examine him and root out anything in him that was not right. Similarly, as I prayed my dermatologist would examine me thoroughly, when we ask the Lord to do it, he will cause us to see things in light of His truth. Just like I was able to sense that an area on my leg was questionable, the Holy Spirit may give us warnings when we are going off a bit. We need to heed the warning quickly or things will get worse! There can also be pain at the time when we have things removed from our lives, but we must remember the long-range goal. Do we want to grow closer to the Lord, and if so, will we let Him remove things from our lives that cause pain at the time but later bring freedom.
For all of us it is important that we all ask the Lord to examine us, and for Him to show us where we have sinned so we can seek His forgiveness. Now I wish I could say that I was faithful praying every day for the Lord to show me whatever is within me that is sinful, but sometimes I am forgetful. Nevertheless, it is something that is good to do often and even many times a day, so our conscience doesn’t get hardened. We have no secrets from Him for He knows all about us, even our thoughts. So, no matter what the Lord shows us let us seek forgiveness and confidently trust His faithful love.
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