Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24.

Let (God) have all your worries and cares, for He is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you. 1 Peter 5:7 TLB.

And this final Co- from My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers: ““Death no longer has dominion over Him…the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God.” Romans 6:9-11. Co-Eternal Life. Eternal life is the life which Jesus Christ exhibited on the human level. And it is this same life, not simply a copy of it, which is made evident in our mortal flesh when we are born again. Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift of God. The energy and the power which was so very evident in Jesus will be exhibited in us by an act of the absolute sovereign grace of God, once we have made that complete and effective decision about sin. “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (Acts 1:8) – not power as a gift from the Holy Spirit; the power is the Holy Spirit, not something that He gives us. The life that was in Jesus becomes ours because of His Cross, once we make the decision to be identified with Him. If it is difficult to get right with God, it is because we refuse to make this moral decision about sin. But once we do decide, the full life of God comes in immediately. Jesus came to give us an endless supply of life – “that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:19). Eternal life has nothing to do with time. It is the life which Jesus lived when He was down here, and the only Source of life is the Lord Jesus Christ. Even the weakest saint can experience the power of the deity of the Son of God, when he is willing to “let go.” But any effort to “hang on” to the least bit of our own power will only diminish the life of Jesus in us. We have to keep letting go, and slowly, but surely, the great full life of God will invade us, penetrating every part. Then Jesus will have complete and effective dominion in us, and people will take notice that we have been with Him.”

There was a line from The Chosen in The Last Supper, Part 3, that resonated with me: “Say yes to the world’s no”. And we could turn that around…”Say no to the world’s yes”…and this morning in prayer, I realized it’s our turning around, taking our eyes off this broken world so we can see Creator God – Father, Son, Spirit…and say “Yes!” All of Scripture shows us that truth. In our chapter, Hosea 10, Israel was a spreading vine; he brought forth fruit for himself. As his fruit increased, he built more altars; as his land prospered, he adorned his sacred stones. Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will demolish their altars and destroy their sacred stones. Then they will say, “We have no king because we did not revere the Lord. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us?” They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field. The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile. It will be carried to Assyria as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be destroyed, swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters. The high places of wickedness will be destroyed – it is the sin of Israel. Thorns and thistles will grow up and cover their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!” v. 1-8. I’ve seen shows where archaeologists find altars of stone covered and long-buried. Just stone. And the result? “But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors, the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be devastated – as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children. So will it happen to you, Bethel, because your wickedness is great.” v. 13-15. But with warning is always hope…“Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until He comes and showers His righteousness on you.” v. 12. It was so bad that the people feared for their calf-idol. They mourned over it when it was taken into captivity with them. They said yes to the world and no longer knew God. What about us?

When we finally see the world for what it truly is and mourn for it, we have no choice but to turn around and look for what is left. It takes looking away. It is time to seek the Lord, until He comes and showers His righteousness on you. It takes saying, “Yes!” to the world’s no. Carry this only, our need for Creator God and His unfailing love to guide us. Begin to see Him as you walk with Him and learn from Him. Though you will still live in and recognize what this world is and says yes to, you will not walk alone. He will be with you showing you how to love with His help always. He loves us in all our brokenness and weakness. He knows what we are for He created us. As you walk with Creator God, you will find you can trust Him for everything. Everything.