I wish to be more discerning.
I want to recognize right from wrong. Immediately.
I want to recognize good from bad. Instantly.
I want to recognize the vital from the trivial. Consistently.
I want to have my conscience trained.
I want my senses to be alert.
I want my mind clear and focused.
I want my body responding to my spirit and not my flesh.
I want my spiritual eyes to be keen.
I want my spiritual taste to be for truth.
I want to distinguish what is pleasing and what is provoking to my Creator.
I want to recognize what is helpful, and what is hurtful to my body, my spirit, my soul.
I want to recognize temptation before it gets to me, long before I become trapped or involved.
I want to use scripture as it is intended by God, not to suit my own purposes.
“O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar……. you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.”(Ps. 139:1-4)
“…. Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me…. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.” (Ps. 19:13,14)
I live in a body of flesh. But I am a spiritual being and I have a soul.
Personal sin is not just offensive to God, it is hurtful to me. What is displeasing to Him is even more so because of the effect it has on me, His creation.
My sin hurts Him….and me.
Even if I don’t discern it at the moment.
I wish to be more and more discerning.
