Here’s My Heart
I believe that love is an activity of both the brain and the heart. I believe that the two go hand in hand when surrendering to love. The love that the Lord has for is profound and powerful. It is hard to understand and process. His love is deep and wide. His love is strong and long. His love is relentless. He wants us to love like that. While I believe that love is a function or activity of brain and heart, I believe it begins with a decision. I use my head to guard my heart in love. The Lord appeals to my head and my heart.
Joel was telling Israel about destruction that was coming, but help was on the way too. He challenges the people to surrender to the Lord knowing that they are powerless to change the current circumstances. Check this out….
12 ‘Even now,’ declares the Lord,
‘return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning.’
13 Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity. (Joel 2:12-13 NIV)
My heart is what the Lord wants surrendered. The enemy wants the same thing. It seems that the enemy appeals to making the outside beautiful while the inside is diseased and destroyed. The Lord’s Presence in me changes everything I touch, see and know. He wants to be invited into every area of my life. He does not invade my life; He waits for an invitation. Check this out…
28 ‘And afterwards,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
29 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days. (Joel 2:28-29 NIV)
When the Lord is given first place in my heart, I see everything from a different perspective – His perspective. He wants me to love like He loves. He wants me to live like I was designed to live. He wants me to give like He gives. He wants all of me to be filled with Him.
Pressing On!
Dwayne