Day 228 – Dear Lord, Please remove the heart of stone.
Today’s Reading: Ezekiel 11 – 13
Ezekiel 11:19-20 “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. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.”
How many people do you know that walk around everyday with a heart of stone? They may be bitter, downcast, angry, frustrated, constantly envious….and my soul aches for this person. I don’t believe they want to be this way, but they know no other way.
They weren’t born with a heart of stone, it could have as easily been you or me, but for some reason God chose to spare us. He had grace upon us to keep us close to Him. Instead of being harmed and hurt we were healed and filled with hope.
Maybe you’ve had a hardened heart, but God has recently given you a new one, or you realize your heart is hardened but you don’t know how to heal it. The heart that’s been hardened has happened over time. Maybe it started with callouses of childhood hurts, an ugly divorce, an abusive relative, drugs, etc., and then as you began to age you settled into the view that God did this to you or allowed this to happen to you. So, you turned further and further away from Him and harder and harder your heart became.
The good news, however, is that no matter how hard your heart, God can still reach in there, even as late as death, and give you a new heart. This new heart will heal the entirety of your soul and prepare you to worship God forever. How great it is to know that God cares that much. So Pray with Faith for those around you that may have a hardened heart, that it may be exchanged for a heart of flesh filled with love. Not only pray, but also Share Christ’s love with them, so that they may know what this heart will be like. It’s a new heart and a new start, and straight from the love of Christ.
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