DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- REASONING IN OUR HEARTS

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – REASONING IN OUR HEARTS

"And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 'Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this?  Who can forgive sins but God alone?'  But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, 'Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?' " (Mark 2:6-8)

In our scripture for today, the scribes were thinking some pretty dark things about the Lord Jesus – that He was a blasphemer.  That's a pretty serious charge.  They didn't say it but it was just as real as if they had.  Jesus perceived in His spirit what they were thinking.

Do we really think that any of our thoughts escape the attention of God?  When we reason in our hearts, it is not verbalized.  People around us do not know what we are thinking.  But God knows the thoughts and the intents of our hearts (Hebrews 4:12) both good and evil. 

I find myself thinking things that I don't necessarily want others to know about.  It may be a criticism or a mean thought, or even an evil thought.  I think that since I don't say it out loud, that it does not matter.  I may say, "That was a lovely dinner," when my inner thought is,  "That was a horrible dinner."  No harm done, right?

But a lie is a lie, and God knows it.

Jesus said that " 'Nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light' " (Luke 8:17).  Not that we should say everything that we think.  But we need to be honest before God because He knows.  If my thinking stinks, then I need to ask God to waft some Fabreze into my spirit.  The breath of the Holy Spirit can replace stinkin' thinkin' with the smell of roses if I ask Him to. I need Him to purify the reasonings in my heart, so that they will be a sweet aroma to Him.

Love,  Dad