Ezekiel 36:26
I
will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you
your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh ~ Ezekiel 36:26
The
gift of a new heart in a human body was made known to humanity in my lifetime.
I vaguely recall the news headlines at the time, and how the first heart transplant
was now a success story! God has been in the transplant business for a long,
long time, making old hearts new again. When we are walking with and in the
world, we have senseless hearts which cannot, nor do not, grasp or comprehend
the character of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 says this clearly, as Paul writes: “For
the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing…”. How can
they understand or see the glory of the Lord when they live in the fog of the
world? We cannot save ourselves, but it is a gift from God. It is His reaching
down into the cloud mass, into the depths of the senseless heart, bringing us
into the clear light of His love which brings salvation, and there is where we
will find our old heart of stone suddenly transformed. When the Lord takes hold
of our heart, new thoughts and feelings, new ways of communicating, new ideas
and philosophies and theologies begin a new pathway of learning, of loving, of
living! Our stone-cold heart becomes a heart of flesh and blood life! All you
have to do is ask Jesus to enter into your heart and make it new. He is already
knocking at your door!
Devotion
by Pastor Julia
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