I Give You My Heart

Sadly, it's the last thing we truly surrender to the Lord is our heart - completely and fully - nothing held back or a portion reserved for self.

Many believers like myself experience sharp spiritual highs and lows. Moments we ebb and flow in power and grace then just as quickly we feel disconnected and spiritually low.

It seems a balanced and tempered life of staying close to the Savior is illusive. Our emotions keep betraying us. The Satanic lies that God has left us on our own can be too much (and may even feel real). As a result, many believers are in survivor mode - just trying to get through one day at a time.

So we lack vision and as such the power to see beyond our moments and days for an everlasting kingdom that would inspire hope and passion.

And it all starts with giving Him our heart (again and again) even though we have unexplained pain and find ourselves falling into old sinful habits.

For some giving their heart to God is difficult. They gave it to others only to experience diminishing returns of love leaving them bitter and disappointed. Promises broken. Relationships were shattered and hearts crushed, rejected.

But God steps in with a rich promise that it only requires us to say yes and He will do all the work of taking and replacing our hearts. Ezekiel 11:19 says I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. (NIV).

Our response to God's work of changing our hearts should be David's cry: "Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name." (Psalms 86:11 NIV).

Start today.

Tell Him your heart is faint even cold toward Him. Ask for His power to bring it to life again. And as I had to do so often I raise my hands in surrender and say, "Here I am. Take me and this heart of mine. It's all yours."

I lift my hands to believe again
You are my refuge, You are my strength
As I pour out my heart, these things I remember
You are faithful, God, forever (I Lift My Hands, Chris Tomlin)