I The Lord Search The Heart And Examine The Mind, To reward Each Person According To Their Conduct, According To What Their Deeds Deserve
Where Your Treasure Is, There Your Heart Will Be Also
JEREMIAH 17:9-10
“”The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.
”Jeremiah 17:9-10 NKJV
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God has made it clear as to why we are so easily tempted into sin. It is a matter of the heart. Our heart is deceitful and desperately wicked; it naturally inclines us toward sin from the moment we are born, selfishly looking for ways to please ourselves and justify our actions.
But we can choose whether or not to continue on a path of sin, yielding to the temptations of the devil, or with God’s help, we can resist the devil and he shall flee (JAMES 4;7).
Jesus made it clear that desiring the wrong treasures leads one’s heart to be in the wrong place, saying, “”Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Matthew 6:19-21 NKJV
Whether we admit it or not, whatever we treasure most will influence our steps.
Our hearts being part of the flesh, looks to survive and please the flesh, even if that involves sin to succeed.
The truth is, we cannot overcome sin in our own strength because our very nature which we inherited from Adam and Eve is sinful (ROMANS 5:12-21)
But Jesus said, ““If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.”
John 14:15-18 NKJV
God has sent us the help we need to overcome sin by obediently walking by the leading of the Holy Spirit. But if money, status, or possessions, or any worldly thing becomes too important to us, we must reestablish control or be rid of such items. God does not take away our free will, therefore we must choose my way, or God’s way.
Jesus calls us to a decision that allows us to live contently with whatever we have, by choosing eternal values over temporary worldly treasures.
Worldly treasures are short lived, but joy in the Lord is eternal. Only Jesus can give lasting peace, continuous security, and eternal contentment, therefore it makes sense to make Him your treasured possession.
My beloved, you can be certain that the Lord searches the heart and examines the mind to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve. Their will always be consequences of our actions, good and evil, and God’s judgment is eternal. The truth is, whatever one sows, he shall reap.
God does not promise us an elaborate life style, or status, or riches in this world, but He does promise to meet our needs (MATHEW 6:33) and a wonderful eternal future with Him (REVELATION 21:3-4).
“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Galatians 5:16-26 NKJV
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
