The Wisdom of Self-Examination

We are approaching a Season where the Judgment of God is going to be released. It needs to be established that before The Father judges the world, He will first judge His church (1Peter 4). The blessing with this is that when the Judgment of God hits the world, for those who have submitted to the Judgment of God for themselves, will not have to endure the Judgment that God has reserved for the world. Yes, we will all have to go through it, but that doesn't mean that we have to be adversely affected by it. However, the only way to insure that we are not "victims" if you will, of the coming Judgment of God is to embrace the Wisdom of Self-Examination.

The bible says that we should "examine ourselves" (1Corinthians 11). Now is the time to let the Holy Spirit lead us in the ministry of self-inspection. There are areas in our lives that we need to "check", in order to be rightly aligned with The Father. It's time out for playing. Time out for "getting away" with things. The bible says in Acts 17 that God is not "winking" anymore. The Call for Repentance has been sounded, and the people of God are commanded to turn from our wicked ways and repent unto The Father (Acts 20). Let me clarify as well that the areas for which we need to examine and inspect don't always have to be "areas of sin". Yes, if there's an area in your life that is blatantly outside of the Divine Will of God, take it to God and repent. He will give you the Grace to move beyond it. But for some of us, the issue is not sin, the issue is focus. God wants us to seek first the Kingdom of God (Matthew 6). For many of us, God is still not our top priority. This is an attitude from which we must repent. God is not settling for a luke-warm church (Revelation 3). He's ready for a church that's on fire for Him! If you've been passive and laid-back in regards to your relationship with God, you need to examine that and repent.

For the Season we're about to enter, please understand, everyone is going to be Judged (2Corinthians 5). And as I've stated before, Judgment is not necessarily a "bad thing". If I get an "A" in a course, then my Judgment is good. If I get an "F" in a course, then my Judgment is bad. So either way, the Judgment is set. The question is, which side of the Judgment will you be standing when God brings into accountability the creation that He has made and the church that He has saved. Don't wait until the last minute to find out the answer to this question. Exercise now the Wisdom of Self-Examination.