So when I paused to pray “Search me” that afternoon at church camp, I was blindsided by the reality of the depths of my sinfulness. Years later I discovered a verse that says it well: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me” (Isa. 29:13). I gave God lip service, but my heart was wicked. I talked the talk, but I didn’t walk the walk. I pretended to be a Christian, but I didn’t know the Christ.
