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I'm thinking today of Judges 5 .16. In Judges

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5 .16 it says, Why did you sit among the sheepfolds?

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To hear the piping for the flocks? Among the

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divisions of Reuben there were great searchings

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of heart. The bottom line is that upon hearing

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the call to come up and serve God and to serve

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in God's army and to defeat the Midianites and

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the tribes that were coming against Israel, a

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lot of people just sort of delayed. rush into

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the effort, didn't get started doing what it

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was that God would have them do. We see the same

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thing today. There are a great many people kind

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of sitting on the fence. Perhaps they are determined

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that God is good and that he rewards those who

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seek him, but they're just not sure about risking

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all for him. They're not sure about moving. They're

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not sure whether what they've been doing to this

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point is enough. There will come a day when we

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may compare a person who searches his heart to

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determine whether or not he will step out for

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God to a person who does not search, and we will

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determine that the person who did search is such

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a better person. But better than searching one's

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heart to try to figure out whether or not one

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is going to move for God is actually moving for

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God. For there will really come a day when God

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will ask, did your hearts not burn within you

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while we walked? Could you not find certainty

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to get beyond doubts? You still sat while others

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were acting upon the truth. No, Lord, please

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let it be that we are found faithful. Let us

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be found among those who act upon what we know,

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not those who simply search our hearts and consider

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your call. God bless you today. Live for the

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Lord.