by Dona Hake
I can remember an incident that happened to me a few years ago. I was working with arranging some wicker baskets in my kitchen, and later on I felt as if there was a splinter in my finger. As I looked at it I could not see a thing. It was such a tiny splinter but I could not see it, yet I could definitely feel it was there. I went down to my office where I have a special light with a magnifying glass in front of it, and sure enough when I looked at my finger under this magnifying glass there was a teeny tiny splinter. The thought of taking a sterile needle and digging it out made me cringe, yet to leave it there would just cause an even more painful problem. I decided to remove that splinter and even though it was painful, I was so glad it was out.
This reminds me of how many times the Word of God will expose things within us that are ever so tiny. Sometimes there are things in our hearts that we think are okay to leave alone. He well understands that our problems start as a seed and if let go they have the potential to gain momentum and cause us painful consequences. We can choose to leave these “little things” alone and bear painful consequences or allow Him to deal with them. Sometimes the dealings of getting our hearts right isn’t always the most comfortable, but when it is taken care of, the healing will surely begin.
Hebrews 4: 12 – 13 (PHILLIPS)
” For the Word that God speaks is alive and active;
it cuts more keenly than any two-edged sword:
it strikes through to the place where soul and spirit meet,
to the innermost intimacies of a man’s being: it exposes
the very thoughts and motives of a man’s heart.
No creature has any cover from the sight of God;
everything lies naked and exposed before the
eyes of him with whom we have to do.”
I am so thankful that His Word is able to cut right through to where soul meets spirit and joints meet marrow, and it is quick to judge the inner reflections and attitudes of our heart. No one knows us better than the God that has made us! He loves us so much and desires to lovingly deal with our hearts that we may continue to go forward and grow in Him. Today let us praise the living God whose Word is active and alive!