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The Seeking Heart by helps reveal your darkest thoughts and brings them to light, sometimes making you angry. But, the wisdom and guidance that comes out of the pages, in small daily devotionals, provides an opportunity for a more intimate walk with Christ.
Combine a great amount of exactness with your great freedom. Learn not to exaggerate anything. Speak the truth without the embellishment, but do not be hard with it. If you learn too much toward being exact, you will become legalistic. If you try to be free without holding high standards for yourself, you will soon become lazy and careless.
To be truly faithful you must totally obey God. Follow the light which points the way you should go. Intend to please God in all things. Don’t just try to get by with the least amount of obedience. Do the most you can to please God. I want to tell your, however, not to get caught up trying to figure out if you have committed a “big” sin or a “little” sin. Give everything to God and you will have no need to evaluate every action.
Don’t be depressed when you fail. Just pick yourself up and start all over again. God has a lot of patience with you-learn to have patience with yourself. God will perfect you in His own time. There is no use in looking over your shoulder to see what has gone wrong. Press on what is ahead with humility. God is not a spy looking to surprise you. He is not an enemy lurking in the shadows to hurt you. God is your Father who loves you, and wants to help you if you will but trust in His goodness.
It is far better to depend on God to help you because you really cannot help yourself, and neither can you help anyone else on this earth. Trust God and find the path of true freedom.
So I once again say that exactness and freedom go hand in hand. With you I would think that your freedom is outweighed by your strictness. But on the other hand, you are not as stict and committed to total obedience in all areas as I could hope. Learn to trust God and open yourself completely to Him. Completely yield to God as He draws you to Himself.
Do not be afraid to lose sight of yourself and see Him alone. How happy you would be if you were to completely plunge into that ocean of Love. Accept, with a humble heart, all the grace that God pours out to you.
If you enjoyed this excerpt from pages 98-99 of The Seeking Heart, we think you would enjoy the entire book.