Thoughts for another day

Nov. 26, 2012.

Today's verse: Jer. 17:10. I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

We may do many things as we move on in life and a lot of them could be bad.  But being masters of deception, we project our masks of 'good people' before others; besides, we're also so skilled in this art that even our families don't notice any sign of the evil that's there in our minds or that which has happened through our hands, simply because being so adept at it, we can hide it so well.  And the gullible people we're with trust us so implicitly and help us with even more opportunities to do evil.

Not so God; for God can see through us – He can spot the least spots on our souls for God is able to read the heart and God has known our erroneous ways much before He laid the foundations of the earth.  He has seen the roughness of our hearts as we schemed to do evil to people.  He has known the sinister attitudes we possess and of which no one knows.  His knowledge spans every micro millimeter of our minds to spot the blueprint of anarchy against Him.  He sighs but He notices it and puts it in our record.

When the time for giving according to our actions comes, God removes the book of our records and notices our sinful characters etched in minute details in the book.  It may be years after we turned a new leaf and now live in accordance with His statutes, but God sees the record and He remembers our wrong-doing (or our righteous living) and rewards us according to it, for that is His justice and He is a Just God.  My friend, remember, no matter what you've hidden to yourself of the wrongs you've done, He knows it and before His justice falls on you, confess and repent and seek His mercy.  He is also merciful and His mercy will take over and deliver you from His wrathful justice.