Thoughts for another day

Jan. 21, 2013.

Today's verse: Ps. 26:2. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; test my heart and my mind. (Amplified Bible – copyright acknowledged)

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

In the Bible there’re places we see people asking God for justice.  I wonder, if I’m in a troublesome situation, would I ask God for justice.  Would I be qualified to receive His justice?   In fact, because of being rooted in sin, I’d rather seek His mercy than justice lest I be subject to worse calamity were God to be just, for such is the state of my soul that every fiber of my being is at cross purposes with the purpose of God and yet, I marvel to think that God is with me and He yet loves me, for this I know because He yet answers my prayer.

But like I said, there’re people asking God for justice and one such person we see often pleading before God is David out of whose mouth are the Words of our Scripture.  But for his misadventure with Bathsheba and his conducting the census without God’s approval, we only see David having a great relationship with God and God testifies to David’s faithfulness in calling him, ‘a man after Mine own heart’ Acts. 13:22. It makes me think, would I be ever able to ask God to examine me and prove me; to test my heart and my mind?  Would I ever be able to do that?

The answer is no; and I even shudder to read this psalm, because I always appropriate each psalm as my own prayer before the Lord and therefore, I very hesitatingly utter these words for were God to examine me as I ask, I would be found wanting and would be subject to His justice and I’ve said before that I dread his justice for it might bring His wrath over me.  Then again, I look to the heavens and I see my God – brilliant in splendor and magnificent in countenance and I see mercy flowing from Him toward me, seeking me as it were, as were the eyes of the father seeking his prodigal son.  I can only bow before His Majesty and say, ‘Thank You my God for You are so good.’