HAVE YOU HAD A SPIRITUAL ALIGNMENT LATELY?
Psalm 139:23
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts”
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts”
Early last summer Debbie and I drove to Glacier National Park in Northwest Montana. We decided to drive my Tahoe and pull our utility trailer with all our camping gear and supplies. We tent camped and cooked our own food. It was an amazing two week trip!
However, my Tahoe is rapidly approaching 300,000 miles. Therefore, I took it to my local mechanic shop and had them go over it in preparation for our nearly 5,000 mile road trip. Among many other "little" things that needed to be done, they suggested I have the front end aligned. I mean, with that many miles things were surely to have been knocked out of alignment.
If you don’t keep your front end properly aligned, it will cause unnecessary wear and tear on your tires, reduce your fuel efficiency, and make your ride less comfortable.
The same is true spiritually. Occasionally, it does our souls good to realign them, too.
You realign your soul every time you ask, “What would Jesus do?” Jesus Christ is our Savior and the Lord of our life. His death paid the penalty for our sin, while His life is our guide for living. Instead of doing what comes natural, we need to do what comes “spiritual.”
WORD OF GOD
When you listen to the teaching and preaching of the Word, you are realigning your soul. Our faith is not automatic, it comes from the hearing of the Word of God. We allow God to realign our souls every time we explore His will for our life as outlined in the Scripture.
PRAYER
Prayer is another way we realign our souls. Have you learned to pray: “Thy will be done?” It is an active submission of our will to God’s.
As important as it is to keep your vehicle's front end aligned to keep it running at peak performance, it is more important to keep your soul properly aligned. It is easy enough to go buy a new set of tires if we don’t take care of our car, but it is not that easy to repair the damage we do to ourselves and others through spiritual neglect.
Why not make an appointment with God to check your soul alignment?
However, my Tahoe is rapidly approaching 300,000 miles. Therefore, I took it to my local mechanic shop and had them go over it in preparation for our nearly 5,000 mile road trip. Among many other "little" things that needed to be done, they suggested I have the front end aligned. I mean, with that many miles things were surely to have been knocked out of alignment.
If you don’t keep your front end properly aligned, it will cause unnecessary wear and tear on your tires, reduce your fuel efficiency, and make your ride less comfortable.
The same is true spiritually. Occasionally, it does our souls good to realign them, too.
You realign your soul every time you ask, “What would Jesus do?” Jesus Christ is our Savior and the Lord of our life. His death paid the penalty for our sin, while His life is our guide for living. Instead of doing what comes natural, we need to do what comes “spiritual.”
WORD OF GOD
When you listen to the teaching and preaching of the Word, you are realigning your soul. Our faith is not automatic, it comes from the hearing of the Word of God. We allow God to realign our souls every time we explore His will for our life as outlined in the Scripture.
PRAYER
Prayer is another way we realign our souls. Have you learned to pray: “Thy will be done?” It is an active submission of our will to God’s.
As important as it is to keep your vehicle's front end aligned to keep it running at peak performance, it is more important to keep your soul properly aligned. It is easy enough to go buy a new set of tires if we don’t take care of our car, but it is not that easy to repair the damage we do to ourselves and others through spiritual neglect.
Why not make an appointment with God to check your soul alignment?
TAKE-AWAY
Block off 30 minutes on your calendar this week and ask God to give you a spiritual check up. That’s exactly what David did when he prayed: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts” (Psalm 139:23)
Will you give your life to Jesus today?
Pray this prayer to receive Jesus as your Savior:
“Lord Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. I believe You died on the cross for my sins and rose again to give me new life. Today, I turn from my old ways and invite You into my heart. Be my Lord, be my Savior, and help me follow You all the days of my life. Right now, I trust you as my Savior and will follow you as my Lord. Thank You for loving me. Amen.”
Assurance of Salvation
If you prayed that prayer and meant it in your heart, you can be sure that you are saved.
Romans 10:13 (NLT) “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
John 10:28 (NLT)“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me.”
Romans 10:13 (NLT) “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
John 10:28 (NLT)“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me.”
If you prayed to receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord, please complete the Connection Card below and watch the "Bridge Illustration" video at the bottom of this post.
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