Think about how many people call themselves
Christian, but don’t walk it out. It says in the Bible that MANY will say, but Lord I believed,
I went to church, I prayed, but you see their hearts were not right.
They
genuinely didn’t believe in their hearts. Some people go to church to feel
better about themselves or because they are told they have to. God wants a
genuine relationship with you and He wants you to believe from the bottom of
your heart…so much so that you will do ANYTHING to live for Christ.
Question,
the demons believe that—and shudder. (James 2:19)
the Bible, regarding the religious people of the day (known as the Pharisees),
that they were men of tradition and that their motives were not honoring to
God. He says in Matthew 15:8, quoting from what Isaiah prophesied, that the
people were worshiping God in vain because their hearts were not genuine and
they were just following man-made rules. (vs.9)
These people honor me with their lips, but THEIR
HEARTS ARE from me. (Matthew
15:8)
easy, and of course we all fall short and make mistakes. God knows that. The question is, Do you have a broken,
humble, contrite spirit and a repentant heart? Many people claim to
believe, but sometimes it’s obvious whom people serve. You cannot serve
yourself and God. You cannot serve both God and money or God and the
world/people (Luke 16:13). You have to choose. That’s the beauty in a
relationship not religion. There is no forcing you to believe. You choose your
life here and its blessings or curses and you choose your eternal future by who
you serve on earth. Remember, the demons even believe and they shudder (James
2:19), so there’s more than just “saying” you believe. Your lifestyle will
reflect the heart of the matter, just as it says in Romans 10:9.
enter the kingdom of heaven, but ONLY THE ONE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER
who is in heaven.
Many will say to me on that
day, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out
demons and in your name perform many miracles?” Then I will tell them plainly,
“I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!” (Matthew 7:21-23)
the precondition of true faith is a pure heart, wholeheartedly seeking God and
worshiping Him in truth. When we truly honor God with our lives, although we
are flawed, we will see a reflection of whom we worship by how we live.
Regardless of how many times you read the Bible or go to church, do you have a
humble heart that sincerely wants to know God more through Jesus and the Word?
I write this article to encourage you to evaluate and examine your faith, not
to scare you if you are in the faith. But we all need to examine our lives and
the fruit we are producing. Let’s ask ourselves, “Is the lifestyle I live reflective of a
true worshiper’s heart?”
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the
true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they
are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers
must worship in the Spirit and in truth. (John 4:23-24)
How can we
really honor God? Let us ask and pray that the Lord will give us all wisdom in
how to execute this in our daily lives and also that we will have pure hearts
fully devoted to the Lord. Do you want to see God?
Then let us purify our
hearts and ask the Lord to purge us of anything that is hindering our walk with
Him.
