WHO ARE YOU?

         Not only do we not know God saves through Jesus Christ, but we do not know ourselves save through Jesus Christ.  We know neither life nor death save through Jesus Christ.  Apart from Jesus Christ we know not what our life is, nor our death, nor God, nor ourselves. --Blaise Pascal

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:14

         I am not sure when I was first exposed to a microscope but I remember jumping back when I saw what that little machine exposed was in a droplet of water from a mud puddle. Little squiggly things, some long, some round, some fat, some short, some with the potential to upset your stomach and I’m sure others with the potential to kill. Outside of seeing those little blessings though, I would have continued to drink from the ponds of nastiness in our driveway!

         Hey, if it had not been for the Lord Jesus Christ showing us who we are, we would still be drinking from the puddles this world offers to us! Child of God…that’s something monumental we ought to thank the Lord for! A sound mind that directs us to who we were before Him and then Him giving us the power to become the sons of God! We are nothing without Him!

Self Exam Needed

I think the moments we are nearest to heaven are those we spend at the Lord's table. –Spurgeon

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 1 Corinthians 11:28

Before one takes communion there ought to be a self examination of a few things:

1.         Examine whether you are in the faith- Are you saved? Have you received Him as Lord and Saviour?        “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Romans 10:9

2.         Examine whether you have been faithful- How’s your faith? ”…Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” Mark 9:24

3.         Examine whether you have been fruitful- Have you been serving; in what ways? “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15

Inspect the dark places in your life!

The unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24

Friend, when is the last time you really did a thorough inspection of your life? When is the last time you asked the Lord to search your life? It would do us all good to let God inspect those dark places in our life! When we do…He will lead us in the way everlasting!