“I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God because they will return to me with all their heart.” Jeremiah 24:7 (CSB) |
 Source: Turning to God When It’s “Inconvenient” | Jasmine Williams (proverbs31.org) Excerpt: God takes our efforts and multiplies them for His glory. We mess up over and over, but when we return to Him with all of our hearts, He turns our failures and brokenness into pathways that lead us to Him. It can be so tempting to get bogged down by our heaviness and discouragement that we shy away from God, but He says to return to Him with everything we’ve got, and He promises to give us hearts to know Him. Only when we embrace Him, despite our pain, stress or shame, will He use the fragments of our lives to make something beautiful. He didn’t say, “Return to Me in perfect condition.” He just said to come with all our hearts. Doing so will give us the greatest reward — hearts to know Him. What a blessing, to know He can shift and change us even at the level of our desires! The more times we return to Him, the more those “I don’t feel like it” moments become “I have to spend time with God” moments. Thank You, God, for promising that, if I come back to You, You’ll let me know You more deeply. Thanks for doing a work in me. Give me a heart to return to You no matter what I face. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. [more...] |