Inventory Time Psalm 119:113-120

[nancyshanice]

Let's take time for a spiritual inventory and ask three simple questions: What do you hate? Where are you hiding? In what do you hope? The best answers to those questions are found in verses 113 and 114.

"I hate the double-minded, but I love Your law. You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word."

What do you hate? The psalmist hated vain thoughts. Vanity means that which is empty, false and temporary. Thoughts are important, because what you think is what you become.

"As he thinks in his heart, so is he" (Prov. 23:7).

Thinking leads to doing, and doing leads to being. Sow a thought and you reap an action. Sow an action and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny. If we love God's Law, we will hate the things that are contrary to His will.

Where are you hiding?

"You are my hiding place and my shield.”

Are you hiding in the Lord? Is He your Shield? Christians have enemies who want to rob us of the blessing of God. Maybe you are hurting today. Run and hide in Jesus Christ.

In what do you hope?

"I hope in Your word."

If your hope is anywhere other than in God, your future is hopeless. But if you are hoping in the Word of God, the future is secure, because God is preparing the way for you. What a glory it is to be able to hope in the Word of God.

Spiritual inventories force you to see if you are aligning with God's will and Word. Today, ponder the three questions found in these verses. Stay aligned to God's Word.

[luicer]

This invitation is for believers, for Christians, for those who claim to follow Christ. We can so easily find our passion lost to being lukewarm. So Jesus speaks to his churches and urges them, and us, to hear what the Spirit says. In this case, be earnest and repent -- change our hearts and minds to follow the teaching and example of Jesus with passion!

[lynkez]

Having a double mind means you have an option in case either fails. God detests that. He wants us to have totality in trust and faith in Him. We should not lose hope whatever it takes in life but that we should show our problems how big our God is. The word of God is so empowering.

[Ivyc]

The invitation is for those who have cleansed themselves with the blood of the lamb of god that was shed at Calvary. All God requires from us is total faith and trust in him, if we fail to have these things then we will not be invited to his banquet instead we will be invited to rot in Hades for the rest our lives.