Double - edged sword

Hebrews 4 :12,13

"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account"

We all know that we are made up of spirit, soul and body. The spirit is the inmost being that alone is capable of communicating with God. The soul is what makes our personality, our attitudes, emotions, thoughts intelligence etc..and the body is the one that is in contact with the outside world.

Let us pay close attention to the order of spirit, soul and body. We see that spirit comes first then the soul and body. If this is the way that operates in our life, then we are fine. But most of the time it is not this way. After we are born again, the Holy spirit dwells in us and we need to allow the Holy spirit to control us.

We should put our "self" which is the soul and the "flesh" which is the body to death. We should not be driven by anything other than the Holy spirit of God. But sadly in our lives, we are driven either by the flesh or the self even after we are born again. That is the reason why the spiritual lives of many of us are in a pathetic condition.

Whenever we hear a good sermon, or read an inspirational book, we feel a high and after some time we lose the passion. This is because we are driven by emotions, which again belongs to self or the soul. All our worships with the best of the musics would be of no use if we do not worship God in truth and spirit.

Let us not fool ourselves by living in flesh and self and experiencing an emotional high inspired by either our thoughts or the situations. Let us ask the Holy spirit of God to cut through us and examine us thoroughly. Let this spiritual surgery be performed on us by the Holy spirit of God. Let us yeild to Him.

We need to analyse our lives by comparing with the word of God. As we read in the above verse, God's word will pierce through us and divide our soul and spirit. It will analyze our deep thoughts, motives attitudes and all the filth inside us. We can never hide anything from God. Remember we can never out smart God.

Let us not be lukewarm Christians feeding our body and soul with all the filth and dirt of the world and then acting as though we are religious and Godly. God will womit us if we live a life like this.

Let us run to the throne of grace and ask for forgiveness.Let us allow the Holy spirit to teach us how to live. Let us be driven by the spirit and let us live a victorious Christian life which is pleasing to God.Let us never forget all through our life the fact that "Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account".