What's the Condition of Your Heart?
By Judy Glasser
What's the condition of my heart?
It it open? Is it big?
What's the condition of your heart?
What's the condition of my heart?
It it open? Is it big?
What's the condition of your heart?
Writing about the size of our hearts reminds me of one of our Glasser Family Christmas traditions. We watch 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" every year. The Grinch was very concerned about the size of his heart so he often measured it. He wanted a small heart so he wouldn't feel anything or care about anybody else.
What about us?
When God looks into our hearts, what does he see?
What about us?
When God looks into our hearts, what does he see?
God talks to us often in his Word about our hearts. "I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh." Ezekiel 11:19.
As I read the rest of Ezekiel 11, God tells me I must -
When I do these things, God promises he will me give me a heart centered on him and his love and his grace. He promises to replace my rebellious and self-centered heart with a heart devoted to obeying God. He tells me he will bring a new wind of his spirit into my life - giving my life purpose and meaning.
As I read the rest of Ezekiel 11, God tells me I must -
- turn away from focusing on what I want,
- lose my need for control,
- simplify my life so that I'm never too busy to spend time with God.
- change my priorities so that I can love him with all my heart, soul and mind.
When I do these things, God promises he will me give me a heart centered on him and his love and his grace. He promises to replace my rebellious and self-centered heart with a heart devoted to obeying God. He tells me he will bring a new wind of his spirit into my life - giving my life purpose and meaning.
I've been on this journey of sincerely getting to know God by reading the entire Bible for the last 13 years and, as the years accumulate, I can see God transforming my heart. He is softening it and opening it up to the things he loves and cares about. He has brought a more powerful presence of his spirit into my soul, keeping me grounded in his truth. He has developed a strong desire within me to obey him and submit to his will. My heart is very different from what it was 13 years ago. It has become undivided and centered on God.
What is the condition of your heart?
What is the condition of your heart?
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