July 25 "Do I Know I'm Doing Evil" Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps as you go to the house of God 

And draw near to listen 

Rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; 

For they do not know they are doing evil. 

Eccl 5:1.

Those words haunt . . . "they do not know they are doing evil." And it happens every single day in our hearts. I was engaged in an argument today. I couldn't stop. I kept repenting and diving right back in. My repentance was way-too-shallow but I couldn't, no---I wouldn't stop proving my point. And I was r.i.g.h.t. The world says to stop and keep quiet. But, that may be sinning, too. My world says I am too intense about all this stuff. Oh, no. Not at all. In fact, I'm probably not intense, intensive, intended, intent on keeping God's Word at any cost. We just don't dig deep enough---or let the Spirit of God reveal what's really beneath all of this behavior we see.

G-u-a-r-d your steps. Today. Always.
D-r-a-w near to listen. Today. Always.
L-e-t your words be few. Today. Always.

"Let me hear the call of no seductive siren but only the Voice of Your Son." Larry Crabb

PRAYER FROM PSALMS

Psalm 64:1 Oh God! Hear my voice, my words.  Protect me from the fear beneath all these layers of behavior that I see.  Fear of not being enough for people.  Fear of not being wanted.  Fear of not making a difference in this life.  So very grateful that You are emptying me of what does not please You, drawing me to Yourself.  And all that matters in this life is You.

OVERVIEW: Ecclesiastes 5-8