“Search me, God, and know my heart; Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there is any hurtful way in me …”
Have you ever let shame stop you from praying that prayer? Have you ever been afraid to ask God to
Search your heart? …You might as well - He has already seen it. (Psalm 7)
Every selfish thought, every hypocrisy. Your pride, your
lust, your perversions…The dark things you don’t even admit to yourself…He already
knows.
But there is something YOU need to know…He has seen it all
and He loves you.
Regardless of what immorality turns up when your heart is
examined…. God loves you; and proved it by dying for you while you were still rejecting
Him.
Because God has seen it all…because He has faced it all -
so can you. You don’t have to hide anything anymore – because it has all been viewed,
paid for, and redeemed.
Pray the prayer. Ask God to search your heart…and be ready
to deal with whatever He finds…No more hiding. There is no sin that He cannot release
you from, and there is nothing He can’t forgive…Face the hidden failings that
you have been ashamed to confess and allow Him to restore your freedom.
When you hide sin in the dark, it grows …Drag it out in the
light of God’s grace and watch it disintegrate.
There is freedom in transparency - and there is bondage in
hiding. It has been said that “we can endure all kinds of pain, but it is shame
that eats men whole”. Confess it, knowing that nothing can separate you from
His love. (Romans 8)
Cling to Christ and lay your sins at the cross - God has
promised to make those sins as far from you, as the east is from the west, they
are no longer part of your story. You don’t have to put up a façade. He knows all
and loves you.
No more deception. Your value is based on His love not your
past… Now you can walk in integrity and tell others about His grace offering
the same forgiveness and freedom that has been given to you.
“An exciting and inspiring future awaits you
beyond the noise in your mind, beyond the guilt, doubt, fear, shame, insecurity
and heaviness of the past you carry around.”- Debbie Ford
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