It is time to take inventory.
Not of your accomplishments. Not of your spiritual resume. Not of the things you want God and others to see. It is time to inventory what you have been hiding. The debts you have not paid. The sins you have not confessed. The wreckage you have left unaddressed.
Every businessman knows the importance of inventory. You cannot run a company without knowing what you have and what you owe. You cannot make good decisions without accurate information. You cannot move forward without a clear picture of where you stand.
The same is true of the soul.
You have been operating on feelings and impressions. You have assumed you know the state of your heart without actually examining it. You have lived on spiritual autopilot, never stopping to count the cost of your compromises or the accumulation of your debts.
Let a person examine himself.
This is intentional work. It does not happen accidentally. You must set aside time, take up the mirror of God's Word, and conduct an honest inventory.
Where have you sinned and not confessed?
Where have you wronged others and not made amends?
Where have you made promises and not kept them?
Where have you received grace and not extended it?
Where have you known the right thing and not done it?
This is your inventory. These are your debts. And until you know what you owe, you cannot begin to pay it.
Take inventory. Today.
PRAYER: Father, I have avoided inventory because I feared what I would find. I have lived on assumptions and avoided examination. Today I take stock. Show me my debts—the sins unconfessed, the wrongs unaddressed, the promises unkept. I cannot move forward until I know where I stand. Help me be honest. In Jesus' name. Amen.
ACTION: Set aside 30 minutes today for inventory. Write down every unconfessed sin, every unresolved wrong, every broken promise you can remember. This is your starting point for making things right.