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.
>From That I May Know Him - Page 290
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