“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.” Mark 2:22 (NLT)
I cannot begin to explain how God has been shaping and
moulding me over the past month or so. I think I’ve grown more in November than
I have this entire year (queue short jokes here) I’m actually referring to the growth of
my heart.
We sing songs at church proclaiming; “Spirit lead me where
my trust is without borders, let me walk upon the waters, wherever
You would call me” and songs like “More of you, less of me, take this
life, Lord it’s yours” without fully understanding the impact it should have on
our life. When God asks for our heart, He demands all of our heart, all of our energy and all of our time not just the parts of our life we chose to give Him. If
you sit down and think about it, it may feel like a tough journey to venture
out on and that’s why most people who start coming to church eventually start
to fade and end up living the life they use to live. We sometimes become so
focused on changing the world that we forget that change should happen within
us first. To avoid having a change of heart allow your heart to be changed first.
We don’t need God to fix our problems we need Him to mend
our heart. Problems are part of life, it’s inevitable but the way we react to difficult
situations sets us apart from everyone else. If we can look at every minute of
our life being carefully orchestrated by God we begin to ask questions like “Lord,
what do You want me to learn from this?” instead of stating “Lord, what did I
do to deserve this?!”
What I’ve learnt is that I would rather have my heart
changed first so that my actions can reflect what my heart truly feels, instead
of changing my actions first and doing things half-heartily. Good deeds may get you to the pearly gate but
if your heart is for the Lord, heaven will be your reward.
God can work on your heart in a number of ways, mostly it’s
Him calling you to step out in Faith to do the things you deem as impossible. Ps
Scott Jones puts it like this “Heaven is our destination not our destiny, our
destiny is to make a difference while we are still on earth.” People will give
you one million reasons not to do something but hold firmly onto the word that
God has placed on your heart. We should stand for the one thing we believe in
instead of falling for everything the world believes in. We need to make the conscious
decision to take the first step, if it’s God’s will for our lives, He will take
care of the rest. Although God isn’t always precise with His instructions, He does it to test how faithful we truly are:
By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a
sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one
and only son, even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your
offspring will be reckoned.” Hebrews 11:17-18
We look to God for answers and direction but sometimes it's really difficult to understand what He wants from us, God makes things clear when we take time to be with Him. God wants people that won't give up on Him, that will tirelessly search for the light switch in a dark room instead of sitting still and complaining that they can't see. Yes, bad things happen to good people but that’s because God
wants to turn good people into great ones, when the going gets tough get God,
that’s the only thing He asks of us.
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