by Chuck Ness
Lately there have been times when I become angry at the things I see going in the world. I find myself wondering if the things I care about are worth my time. I see many people walking around in a daze, caring only for what the world has to offer them, not what the Lord does.
It seems like my friends and relatives dismiss the things I share with them as just another rant from someone who is way too wrapped up in things they could care less about. My frustration can become so overwhelming that I wonder why I should even care for what they think, or where they are headed. That’s when I realize my love for them has become contempt, and that I need to step back and search my heart.
So I go to Psalm 139:23-24, and I give it to the Lord;
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.
It’s like pulling a power play on my heart. I give it to Him, and He does what He always does. He reveals anything I have yet to deal with in my own life. Sometimes they are things I have hidden, even from myself.
Sometimes it’s a hurt I still feel from a time when someone transgressed against me and I have yet to truly forgive them. Maybe it’s a secret selfish desire I have refused to give up that is eating away at my heart, a little bite at a time. After I have dealt with that part of my heart which needed to be revealed, I am at peace and ready to face the world again.
I still see things going on around me that are wrong, but no longer do I see them through the heart of an angry Christian. Instead I see them through the heart of a forgiving child of God. A child of Christ who lovingly prays for those who are blindly perusing the pleasures of this world.
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