The Test of Our Actions
Commit thy
works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. Prov. 16:3.
Let us feel
thankful that we have the privilege of committing our works to God. We are to
remember that we are not pieces of inanimate mechanism, but intelligent beings,
able to choose the right and refuse the wrong, with a clear conscience and a
pure purpose. We are to aim at consistency in all our works.
We are to commit
our way to the Lord, testing it by His searching laws. "Commit thy way
unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass" (Ps.
37:5). We cannot commit our way to God if we are working out deeds of
injustice. "If I regard iniquity in my heart," the psalmist declares,
"the Lord will not hear me" (Ps. 66:18). When we commit our way to
the Lord we are to search the heart through and through, casting out all evil,
that Christ may fill it with His righteousness. We are to seek the Lord in
prayer, putting at the beginning of our petitions repentance for sin. . . .
God's law is the
test of our actions. His eye sees every act, searches every chamber of the
mind, detecting all lurking self-deception and all hypocrisy. All things are
naked and open to the sight of Him with whom we have to do. But He will receive
all who come to Him with contrite hearts and a true purpose to forsake every
wrong. . . .
In all our
business transactions, in every word and deed, we are to maintain a pure
purpose and a clear conscience. We are to commit our works to God and then
leave them in His hands. Our work is to be done in the strictest integrity.
Nothing is to be cherished that we cannot carry into the heavenly courts. As we
labor let us ask God's help, realizing that this is the only thing that can
keep our work free from selfishness. . . . Look upward with intense sincerity,
for you need constant draughts of the refreshing air of heaven. We need to live
in constant communion with our heavenly Father. . . . Perform your duties as if
in the sight of a holy God.
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