What convicts you?

Well I will tell you what convicts me the most, the Holy Spirit working in my heart. I would have to say the strongest convictions have been through scripture. Two scriptures get me the most. When reminded of them I will stop dead in my steps. Or like tonight, my arm stopped dead in mid air from carrying food to my mouth. As I was feeding my face I was reading something that mentioned the following verse.

Hebrews 10:26 "For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,".


I am grateful that God will not let me forget that my over eating is a sin. Now to bend my will to God's.

The other scripture that can cut me to the core is Luke 6:46 "And why call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"

I know at times I have tried to convict others, telling them the truth, showing scripture. Yet, if they do not want to know the truth nothing but the Holy Spirit is able to get through them. I believe that is why scripture tells us to pray about a matter before going to them. Only God knows the right timing, only the Holy Spirit can prepare the heart. When I step out of line, people do get offended. Oh, but it can be so hard to wait. 'I want' to say something right away, I just might forget. Isn't that the way with us humans. We want things now. God in His awesome know all knows that waiting is such a blessing.

I am sure there are times that waiting is not a necessity. I think of all the scriptures talking about Jesus going off by Himself to pray. He did spend a lot of time in pray with His Heavenly Father. What an example. He was prayed up and ready for the upcoming situations. Now to learn to turn to my Heavenly Father more, spending more time with Him than thinking about 'situations'. I really see how the 'situations' would work themselves out. And if a word was necessary, God would give it in due time.