Snowrose
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Greeting dear friends,
I hope you don't mind but I would like to share this little article that I did months ago which is still a work in progess. I don't know why I saved it but if you like, please share your thoughts on it. So here goes:
I was thinking about calluses the other day and was trying to figure out how does one rub away the hardness. Calluses (noun) are formed to protect the skin and the structures beneath it from injury or damage and can develop on any part of the body. The Lord then turned me to this thought of the calloused heart.
The synonyms of Callous (adjective) are – heartless, unfeeling, cold-hearted, uncaring, insensitive, unsympathetic, cold, cruel, pitiless, hard, and thick-skinned. How does one become so callous? Is it our own self-centeredness that we believe that God (the world if you wish) owes us something. We have allowed the regrets, hurts, disappointments …to harden our hearts. We have built up walls (so to speak) to keep out any other injuries. Have we allowed our hearts to become so callous that we place on a mask as soon as we go into church? Who are we fooling! Our Lord God can see the intimate parts of our being and nothing is hidden from Him.
It is out of our hearts that our true emotions, thoughts and desires of man come from. When our hearts are calloused, what then comes out of it - bitterness, doubt….. Have we become so blinded to the glory, vastness, and love of God? Why do we struggle when He is to be our strength? Why do we ask silly questions when we know the answers deep down? Why do we look to man for the answers when God is the truth that will set us free?
How do our hearts become so calloused – it is from not trusting in God, not giving our hurts to him, keeping them within and only believing the lies that Satan hands out. We argue, fight and disagree with God like spoiled children wanting to have our own way.
From the Covenant Keepers web site: “It is our failure to obey His commandments to seek reconciliation. Our disobedience has slowly built up and hardened us, and finally separated us from the relationship we once had with Christ. We must deal quickly with the state of our hearts. Ask God to convict and soften us, so that we might turn from our resentment, anger, pride, or an unwillingness to work at the relationship. Ask Him for a brokenness inside as we see our own faults and failures. Request a willingness to do anything God requires of us.
1. Each time we reject Jesus our hearts become more callous allowing it to be easier to reject Him each time.
2. We need to go to the foot of the cross and pour out all that is in our hearts that hinder our walk with God. Admit that we are spiritual blind and ask for forgiveness."
In Isaiah 6: 9 & 10 (NIV) it says “For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.”
Thanks for listening to me. God bless.
Best wishes,
Snowrose
I hope you don't mind but I would like to share this little article that I did months ago which is still a work in progess. I don't know why I saved it but if you like, please share your thoughts on it. So here goes:
I was thinking about calluses the other day and was trying to figure out how does one rub away the hardness. Calluses (noun) are formed to protect the skin and the structures beneath it from injury or damage and can develop on any part of the body. The Lord then turned me to this thought of the calloused heart.
The synonyms of Callous (adjective) are – heartless, unfeeling, cold-hearted, uncaring, insensitive, unsympathetic, cold, cruel, pitiless, hard, and thick-skinned. How does one become so callous? Is it our own self-centeredness that we believe that God (the world if you wish) owes us something. We have allowed the regrets, hurts, disappointments …to harden our hearts. We have built up walls (so to speak) to keep out any other injuries. Have we allowed our hearts to become so callous that we place on a mask as soon as we go into church? Who are we fooling! Our Lord God can see the intimate parts of our being and nothing is hidden from Him.
It is out of our hearts that our true emotions, thoughts and desires of man come from. When our hearts are calloused, what then comes out of it - bitterness, doubt….. Have we become so blinded to the glory, vastness, and love of God? Why do we struggle when He is to be our strength? Why do we ask silly questions when we know the answers deep down? Why do we look to man for the answers when God is the truth that will set us free?
How do our hearts become so calloused – it is from not trusting in God, not giving our hurts to him, keeping them within and only believing the lies that Satan hands out. We argue, fight and disagree with God like spoiled children wanting to have our own way.
From the Covenant Keepers web site: “It is our failure to obey His commandments to seek reconciliation. Our disobedience has slowly built up and hardened us, and finally separated us from the relationship we once had with Christ. We must deal quickly with the state of our hearts. Ask God to convict and soften us, so that we might turn from our resentment, anger, pride, or an unwillingness to work at the relationship. Ask Him for a brokenness inside as we see our own faults and failures. Request a willingness to do anything God requires of us.
1. Each time we reject Jesus our hearts become more callous allowing it to be easier to reject Him each time.
2. We need to go to the foot of the cross and pour out all that is in our hearts that hinder our walk with God. Admit that we are spiritual blind and ask for forgiveness."
In Isaiah 6: 9 & 10 (NIV) it says “For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.”
Thanks for listening to me. God bless.
Best wishes,
Snowrose
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