God Sees the True Condition of Our Hearts

Jesus didn’t walk around trying to prove His anointing to people so why are you? So what if those people don’t believe that you are called and so what if they don’t accept the word that God has given you for their lives. That is their loss not your yours. Remember that your anointing is from the Lord and not to be used as a popularity card. Check your heart and motives before God. I had to be reminded that God sees our motives. We can get away with a lot when it comes to man, but nothing is hidden from God. God knows your heart. Lord put me in a place with you where nothing matters but the state of my heart before your eyes. Lord help me to see you and Lord help me to make you my confidence and not popularity.

We should never want to be in a place where the fame of being anointed takes precedence over God. We never want to be in a place where God stops speaking to us. We never want to be Saul. That is a miserable place to be in. We should never want to be in the place of believing that we are right with God, but the reality through His eyes is that our hearts and minds are filth before Him.

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10 KJV).

Get in a place where God is what’s most important. I’m in a place where I have to learn to communicate with God. Sometimes our human emotions and how we treat people spills over to how we treat God. Prayer is not a chore, but a treasure. If no one understands my day, God does. Stop trying so hard to please man because they are just that, a man. Man is made up of flesh and man cannot save your soul. Man cannot open a door that no one else can close and man cannot fill any void that you have in your life. Stop putting earthly treasure before your relationship with God.

What is God requiring of you in this season? Are you wasting time? Get before the Lord for the instructions as to why he has you where you are right now. Stop running from the process.

Jeremiah had to endure a lot of things because he loved God. People wanted to take his life and he was called to show those same people who God was. If the same people that Jeremiah was called to wanted to take him out, how do you think people are going to treat you? Above all else seek to honor God in every part of your life.

Make sure to focus on those private areas. Don’t neglect time with God to engage in worldly activities. Do check ins as a way to start opening up the lines of communication with God. Be ok with your progress instead of comparing what God has done for another person to what He doing is for you.

Remember that God is good all the time. He is good through your struggles, He is good when nobody likes you, and He is good when you are broke. Know that God is using your process to make you.

Lord, if I cannot be honest with anyone else I can be honest with you. Lord help me rest in the fact that I can come to you about anything and that you will help me. Lord help me to not be afraid in the midst of my process and help me to make the best decisions that I can while I am here. Help me to celebrate the victories instead of looking at the faults. Help me to communicate better with you Lord. In Jesus name.

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“And yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand” (Isaiah 64:8 NLT).

“O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel” (Jeremiah 18:6).

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