It's All a Matter of the Heart

Let’s open the Book of Truth and delve:

Psalm 53:2 (ESV) “God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.”

Deuteronomy 4:29 (ESV) “But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find Him, if you search after Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

I don’t mean to always sound like a broken record, but God has a lot of servants. They are called angels. But His free will children are rare. They are those who have decided there is nothing that matters more than belonging to Him. They haven’t left this world yet, but they are anxious to be with Him for all eternity. And they want what He wants.

Remember Mary and Martha? Martha was busy about her serving. She even wanted Mary to get up and help her serve. What was Mary doing? She was sitting in front of our Lord drinking in all of His words. Jesus said she had chosen the better!

This might sound radical, but God does not need our help. What He wants is our loyalty and faithfulness. But we have fallen into the trap of thinking about our ministries instead of focusing entirely on our relationship with Christ. Yes, He might want us to do something for Him, but it is more likely for our benefit than His need.

We think, just keep our heads down and plow ahead. In so doing we miss out on something so wonderfully abundant and don’t comprehend the beauty we are missing. It’s all about the relationship, the work can come later! I know there are some church leaders who would be terribly appalled by this writing. They already are overburdened by all they must do for the church and need help. But there is a better way.

The Holy Spirit! He knows exactly what to do all the time and every time. If we would stop to listen for His whisper then we would begin to hear the will of God. Isn’t that what we really want anyway? But how do we get there?

Ask, seek, and knock by combing through His Scriptures. All the truth and answers are in there if we would only seek. Then let’s obey what we find. Let’s be His children and heirs to all His promises. Like Mary!

Amen?