Commitment

“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.”  2 Chron. 16:9  (NIV)

 

Fully committed – that’s the key. 

    Of course, we think that we are fully committed. But sometimes our hearts deceive us. (Not our new heart that God has placed in us – in the “new creation”, but that old heart that we inherited from Adam. The heart of our old nature.) I think this is one reason why we need trials and tribulations – they reveal what’s in our heart. And they show us where we’re walking according to our flesh, instead of according to the Spirit. When we lose our peace and our joy, when we become anxious or fearful, or full of doubts – that reveals a place in our hearts where we’re not submitted to God – an area where our faith is weak, where we don’t fully trust Him.

 

I sure need that "strengthening of the heart"!