HEART TEST
By Rick Mathes
1 Thessalonians 2:4 (NASB77) 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men but God, who examines our hearts.
We can hide our hearts from those around us but we sure can’t hide from Christ. We are completely transparent before Him. So I have compiled a check list you may use as a guideline to test your own heart so that at least you will be real with yourself and aware that Jesus is knows.
Is your heart:
- broke contrite haughty overcharged
- grieved willing fretting troubled
- discouraged obstinate heavy darkened
- proud wicked searchable impenitent
- trembling perfect despiteful evil
- soft pure new deceitful
- upright clean stony hard
- fixed subtle flesh whorish
- perverse wise meek mischievous
- mercy sorrowful honest compassionate
As I advance in age the condition of my heart both physical ad spiritual has become closer to the top of my daily priorities. I have had a quadruple bypass and have both a family doctor and an internist keeping a professional eye on what keeps me on my feet and preaching.
My large concern is to make sure my heart beats with His. I can hear my heartbeats in the quiet of my bedroom when it’s time to get right with the Lord. Each beat is like a New Orleans funeral march putting me one step closer to going home with each step, each beat. So I am keenly attentive to my heart being in sync with His.
We can’t ever b too ready to go home so getting into the Word should top our daily priorities and searching our hearts for anything offensive to Christ very important. Just pray, “Father God, I’ve been saved by your grace, Brother Jesus, it’s by your stripes I have been healed and Holy Spirit you know the mind of the Father and heart of the Son, What does the God what me to do?”
Rick Mathes 