Is Your Heart in It?-dj wade o

Isaiah 66:2b-3a (New Living Translation)
“I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word. 3 But those who choose their own ways—delighting in their detestable sins—will not have their offerings accepted.

When I walked in a well-known pizza restaurant a couple months ago, I was immediately shocked at what I saw. The guy who was taking orders, had a Bluetooth headset in his ear, a Yankees fitted hat on his head and while the customers were placing their order, he was day dreaming. As I chuckled, I just kept thinking how much this guy doesn’t want to be here. It seemed very obvious to me. Regardless, I was starving, so I accepted his customer service, or lack thereof, got my pizza, and left.

We all can think of situations like that, where we knew someone’s heart wasn’t behind the service they were providing us, but we accepted it anyway. While we focus on the end result, in my case, getting my pepperoni and sausage pizza, God focuses on the thought behind it. He wants our hearts. In the scripture above, he’s telling the people, if you do what you want to do and your heart isn’t with me, I’m not going to accept your acts of service towards me. You don’t really mean it.

We can go to church every Sunday and look the part to everyone, but if our heart really isn’t in it, God will know. We can carry our Bibles with us, everywhere, but if we never read it, God will know. And maybe, that guy did want to be at the pizza restaurant and I just caught him on the wrong day. Only he and God truly know the answer to that. The same goes for our relationship with the Lord. If you are just going thru the motions, I encourage you to ask yourself what is prohibiting you from truly committing to the Lord. Remove that thing from your life. As we discussed yesterday, God has your best interest in mind. Trust him.


Grace and Peace,
Wade

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