“Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves”
“if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard”
Psalms 4:4
Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent.
Psalms 63:6
when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
Psalms 77:6
I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.” Then my spirit made a diligent search:
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
Lamentations 3:40
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!
Ezekiel 18:28
Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Revelation 3:2-3
Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
Revelation 2:5
Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Haggai 1:7
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.
Col ossians 1:21
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard.
Consider your ways, ponder in your heart, meditate in your heart, examine your ways, remember, and WAKE UP, are all reminders in God’s word given to us. Why are these reminders for us recorded? It is so easy to get busy with life and things of family and work that soon our heart and mind are full, exhausted, and occupied. How easy we forget Jesus Christ sacrifice freely given and the call on our lives to humbly serve, honor and glorify God. Our lives are blessed when we walk with Him. Our lives are fuller when we not only meditate and consider our ways but when we do this in light of His word. We need His word in our lives daily. Without it we have nothing but what the culture we live in and accepts as what is right and we do what seems “right in our own eyes”. Purpose in your heart to read it, meditate on it, and consider your ways in light of it.
