2 Chronicles 6:29-30-
29 whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when each one knows his own burden and his own grief, and spreads out his hands to this temple: 30 then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men), 31 that they may fear You, to walk in Your ways as long as they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.
May the reflections in our life be those of our Father through the Son Jesus(Yeshua, the Temple of God). There are many delusions today, many reflections of shadows, dim lights that do not reflect the brightness and glory of the true Father of All. Until we can understand that our life must be completely absorbed into the life of the Savior and our actions must come from a heart of pure motive, we will never be walking in true righteousness and piety. Contrived actions emanate from places of pretension. In other words we may pretend to walk and talk as a full spirit believer, so that we may somehow gain the fullness of the Spirit, before we Know the Spirit, this is an act of folly and will gain us nothing but deceit and hypocrisy. If we wait upon the Lord, study to show ourselves approved, allow our heart to be changed and build our relationship with the Father through our Savior, then and only then may we walk in the fullness of His Spirit. An obedient vessel gains the fullness of Heaven, and a dis-obedient vessel gains nothing but worldly, physical rewards.
We may give outward appearance of spirituality, say the correct words, do the correct actions but, righteousness comes from the heart, and God knows the heart. Live your life in righteousness from your heart and not just from the physical. The funny thing is, once the heart is right, the vessel then becomes right. Are you tired of the sacrifices you give to the Lord, maybe your sacrifices are not from an obedient heart? Are you sure your righteousness exceeds your neighbors, maybe it doesn't at all. Romans 10:10 tells us:
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
And we see from the words of Samuel to King Saul this most basic principle of righteousness in 1 Samuel 15, verse 22:So Samuel said:
“Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
Faith without works is dead, and works without faith is dead also. Make believe spirituality will only lead to deception, with the heart man believes unto righteousness. Lose your life in Christ Jesus and you will find life. I will leave you with these words from a broken David in Psalm 51, verses 16 and 17:“Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.
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