The Daily Need for Self Examination

UV 4302/10000 The Daily Need for Self Examination God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. Genesis 1 v 31 Even God evaluated what He had made. He examined the results of creation and had it validated. We, too, need to evaluate, examine and validate whatever we do. We need to check the quality of all our efforts in every field. We need to examine everything we do every day of our lives and aim to make improvements, changes in the days that follow. If we have the habit of introspecting and evaluating for some time every evening, it would be a very useful practice. We need to check in what ways have we fallen short of the image of God in our thoughts, words, actions and reactions. Having identified these shortcomings, we need to confess it to the Lord daily, seek His help to overcome it in the future. If there is some area where we need guidance, we can seek the assistance of the Holy Spirit. Our evaluation needs to be honest and truthful, not hiding anything from the Lord. Under the new covenant, any willful acts, any hidden sins, any unintentional errors can all be confessed and the Lord promises to cleanse us of all unrighteousness and set our record straight. We need not seek our validation for anything we do from any people other than the Lord but we can consider the feedback and constructive suggestions of people whom we trust. Every new day is an opportunity for us to make amends, to make changes for the better. As long as we are examining our lives in the light of the word of God and using it as a plumbline to verify if our lives are being built in alignment with the cornerstone Jesus, we are on the right track. Making ourselves accountable to an inner circle of believers or colleague is another useful way we can get frank and valuable corrections and endorsement as well of our decisions, actions and responses. We should not be emotion-driven, mood-driven, impulse-driven or even reason-driven. We need to be spirit-driven. We need to have clear standards or principles based on the word to evaluate ourselves. We should also check if our actions each day help us advance towards realizing the vision God has given us, the purpose set for us.