What would you say?
How would you react?
What would you do?
This morning I found out that I needed to have surgery. Not on my physical heart but on my emotional heart. Not with a metal scalpel but with a two-edged sword. Not by a surgeon's hand but by the healing Word of God.
Printed on the pages of my devotional book this morning...
"The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? But I, the LORD, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve. Jeremiah 17:9-10 (NLT)
As I examine my heart today, I become painfully aware of deceitful emotions that need to be removed. Secret motives that need to be repaired. Private thoughts that need to be replaced.
Yep, surgery is required. A decision needs to be made. There is no time to put off.
Will I say yes to the Surgeon? Will I trust His delicate hands? Will I surrender myself into His protective care?
What about you? Do you need surgery too? When you examine your heart what do you see?
Joy or Jealousy
Gratitude or Grumbling
Love or Hatred
Faith or Fear
What are the secret motives that have settled inside your heart? Are their unhealthy rewards you long for? What about the hidden actions that you think no one sees?
He sees.
Yet He still loves.
He wants to repair your heart today.
Will you let Him?
Jesus, Help me to have a heart that is pure. Remove all the broken pieces of pain and loneliness. Replace all my grumbling and discontentment with thankfulness. Carve out any fear and doubt that has woven it's way into the delicate places of my heart. Repair those parts that have been damaged by hatred. And, insert Your joy and peace in all of the hollow spaces of my heart.
Please change my negative emotions and motives. And, let me actions and words not only be honoring to others but most importantly to You. Thank you for my surgery today. Thank you for a new and improve heart. Let it always belong to You...forever and ever!
Sometimes I am tempted to think that something like fear instead of faith is not so ugly as jealousy. But they are really equal in making heart surgery necessary, aren't they? I know I need one.
ReplyDeleteHeart Surgery is not an easy things and We must have to prepared for this surgery. If the doctor told me that, you have to needed heart surgery today than definitely, I am scared. If it necessary than I am ready for the Heart Surgery.
ReplyDeleteLiane,
ReplyDeleteI thought the exact same thing until I realized that fear was really my way of not trusting God in my relationships or circumstances.
It's not to say that I still don't experience fear but I've learned that when it comes to replace the fear or lie with the truth of God's Word.
Often times, it's a scripture verse I will memorize or a song that will flood my heart with faith and joy.
Thanks for sharing your heart today! I'm praying for you, sweet friend. Leah
Oh man! You spoke straight to this woman's being. Ezekiel 36:26 is one of my life verses. I don't know how many times the Lord has had to work on my stubborn hardened heart. Too many to count right now, that's for sure!
ReplyDeleteThank you, sweet sister, for being open and honest with us.
I love you!
Thank you for these words. An inward look truly IS the first step to repentance.
ReplyDeleteGrace and blessings sweet friend.