a "dead" heart?
"Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me." Psalm 51:12
lord, thank u for reminding me that many times though outwardly we may be serving u but do not know sometimes we have lost the reason of why we do it. we can be just living life like motion.
not knowing that we are dead in our heart- dead to you.
sometimes, do nt know whether if we know that we sometimes do reali have a void in our heart. we have came to a time where we find no meaning in doing anything.
and i remembered tat i shared this with joc- abt sometimes i jus gt so tired and sick of doing things. and she said that it is a stage that we are alrdy being stagnant in our growth. well, it jus seems scary or perhaps nt right, this shouldnt be a life that i ought to live or wat. there is more than this...
and today as i was reading this article, it jus hitted hard on me that in fact i do reali have a dead heart sometimes..
cos i found myself or in fact others too, being so caught up in working and relationships problems, hatred and bitterness to sink in and forgotten abt God.
a heart that loses the meaning of why im doing certain things.
a heart that loses the joy of my salvation.
Joy!!! talking abt joy...ya i think it is so divine. the theme of my church this yr is Going out with JOY.
what is the use of going out mission when we ourselves are nt right with God, we have not settled our issues with Him, or perhaps lost the joy of our salvation alrdy... that is what Pastor Edmund Chan said today.
yeah perfectly agree with that!! after hearing n reading a similar thing, it jus caused me to need to go back to God in prayer and gif thanks. cos i noe this is nt the 1st time hearing this but thanks for His constant reminder.
sth to ponder:
When was the last time I spent any quality time with my Lord? When was the last time I delved into reading God's word and focused on sincere prayer?
Do you have a void in your heart that you have unsuccessfully been trying to fill with things other than God?
John 4:13-14, "Jesus answered, 'Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.'" (NIV)
Luke 20:38, "He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive." (NIV)