(by pastor Norman)

Do you have any blind spots in your life? Blind spots are thought patterns or actions that could inhibit your Christian walk and ministry but you are not willing to recognize and change. King David provides us with a rather extreme example. He saw Bathsheba bathing, slept with her and had her husband killed in a battle. God had to send His prophet, Nathan, to convict David who repented and went on to be used mightily by God (2 Sam 11-12). In the book of Revelation, although the people of Laodicea rejoiced in their wealth and material success, they were spiritually cold and God directed the apostle John to warn them that He was ready to spit them out of His mouth (Rev 3:14-16). In Psalm 139:23-24 David asks God to search his heart for any evil; in Psalm 19:12 he further asks the Lord, “Who can discern his lapses and errors? Clear from me hidden (and unconscious) faults” (AMP) and in v 14 (NKJV) he writes, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer.” God knows our thoughts and our words before we even speak them (Ps 139:2b,4). We are deceived if we think we have no sin but if we confess and ask forgiveness God will forgive (1 John 1:8,9). Get in the word, stay in the word and let it show you those blind spots, even if that causes some discomfort. Let the word convict you and then be a doer of the word and change. The results are liberating and bring victory (James 1:21-25).