Re-Evaluating

I have had a rough week examining myself. I have been re-evaluating Who I am in Christ and also being reminded that I am His Temple and that He dwells in me. Well by the end of the week my conclusion was this; I didn’t like what I saw. Mind you, I understand that I am His daughter-but I had to ask myself what kind of daughter was I being? The next thing I had to ask myself (and this one was really hard) what was I doing to His temple– the place He lived? Am I taking care of it and being mindful of what goes into it? That means what I hear and see and eat and again the question arose what kind of daughter am I being?

I was reminded of the two men who went into the temple to pray. The passage is as follows:

Luke 18:10-14 (MSG)
10 "Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax man. 11 The Pharisee posed and prayed like this: 'Oh, God, I thank you that I am not like other people - robbers, crooks, adulterers, or, heaven forbid, like this tax man.12 I fast twice a week and tithe on all my income.' 13 "Meanwhile the tax man, slumped in the shadows, his face in his hands, not daring to look up, said, 'God, give mercy. Forgive me, a sinner." 14 Jesus commented, "This tax man, not the other, went home made right with God. If you walk around with your nose in the air, you're going to end up flat on your face,but if you're content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself."

It wasn’t that I was praying like the Pharisee but God revealed to me that who I thought I was, wasn’t the truth, and when he opened my eyes to the truth I humbled myself before Him and just like the tax collector cried out to God for forgiveness.

Have a wonderful week in the Lord!