I imagine that every one of us has gone through times of heartache. If some of you have not, I’m going to bet that it’s going to happen at some point. Things happen that just seem to crush us. Maybe it’s a divorce. Maybe it’s losing a job. Or maybe it’s losing a loved one. Whatever the case, heartache happens. It’s part of being on earth. It’s part of us being human. It’s not easy. In fact, it’s very hard. But it happens. Broken hearts happen. And I’ve had my fair share of them.
Our hearts are also the center of our “physical” lives. It’s our pump to keep the blood flowing in our bodies. Without it, our bodies will not function. But what about our spiritual lives? There are some strong arguments that our spiritual lives are centered around our hearts. One of those being…It’s what is in our hearts that dictates how we live our spiritual lives. And since that is the case, we must strive to have Christ as the center of our hearts. No question about it. He must be the center. What I mean by that is…we must believe Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. If we do this, people will be able to see Christ through our actions. That means, people will see Christ in all that we do.
So here’s today’s challenge. Let’s allow God to continuously work in our hearts. Let’s allow God to continuously build us spiritually. Doesn’t matter where we work. Where we live. Nothing should block us from letting God work in us. Nothing! So today, let’s strive to commit our hearts to God. To commit our hearts to what God is calling us to do. If we do this, our hearts will remain pure. Then that will help us better serve him. I believe that as long as we are alive, our purpose is show the grace that only Jesus provides. We may be that one person, that shows that one person, that Jesus is our Lord and Savior. Read that again. And before we conclude this, I would like to ask everyone reading this to be praying for our country. Pray for our leadership. Pray that Jesus can guide decisions that are made at that level. Many would agree that we need him now more than ever. Our country needs to be united and heal. And I believe the way that can happen is by having biblical principles dictate government decisions. Now I realize that this may be easier said than it is to do. I get that. But it’s doable. And since it’s doable, we must strive to do it. And that’s because God loves us. He always has. He always will.
