“I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit
in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender,
responsive heart.”
Ezekiel 36:26
God’s original chosen ones polluted
their land by the way they lived. In His anger he kicked them out. They were
forced to go to other countries to live. God judged them for their ways and
their deeds. Wherever they went, they gave God a bad name. This hurt the Lord,
but God still loved the Israelites. Eventually He decided to do something for
Himself, to save His very character, and His holy name. He came up with a way to
display to the world His great power and Holy name. God promised to bring them
back to their homeland, and by doing so He would show His holiness through them
so that all could see His power and might with their own eyes. He promised to
pour pure water over them and scrub them clean. He promised to give them a new
heart and to put a new spirit within them. He was going to remove the stone
heart from their body and replace it with a heart that is full of God and His
will, one that is responsive to Him, not full of self and one’s own will alone.
He was going to put His Spirit in them and make it possible for them to do what
He tells them to and to live by His commands. He told them that they would once
again live in the land that He gave their ancestors. He even told them that
they would be His people, and He would be their God. This came to pass. Israel became a
nation once again.
God loves you! Maybe you feel that
you have polluted America
by the way that you live. Maybe you feel that you have felt His anger. Maybe
your feel that He doesn’t love You because You feel that He has judged you for your
bad choices, ways and misdeeds. One thing that I know for sure is that God
still loves You. If you go to Him, He can do something amazing in your life. He
will be able to display to the world how great He is. He will be able to impart
His holiness in you so that everyone can see His power and might with their own
eyes by the change that takes place in you. He can pour pure water over you and
scrub you completely clean. He can give you a new heart and put a new spirit
within you. He can remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a
heart that is full of Himself and His will, one that is responsive to Him. He
can put His Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what He tells you
to and to live by His commands in His love and freedom. You can be His, and He
can be your God. Today I ask you to be open to Him and His love. Let His love do
a work in you. You won’t regret it. You will be blessed.
Father, You are the God of so many of us. You have already
given us a new heart. You have already put a new spirit in us. You have already
taken out our stony, stubborn heart and have given us a tender, responsive
heart. And to this, we give You praise. Our prayer goes on from this today. We
pray for those that haven’t known You, Your Son Jesus, or the blessed Holy
Spirit. Do a work in all of their hearts. Give them a new heart. Put a new
spirit within them. Take out their stony, stubborn heart and give them a
tender, responsive heart. May they be Yours, and may You be theirs. In Jesus’
name we pray. Amen.
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