It's a Heart Issue

Our hearts control a lot of things, yes you are right they pump a lot of blood and all of that, but that is not the heart I am referring to. The heart I am talking about is the one that falls in love, the one that has faith, the one that some people believe they don't have because they have a hard time caring or other things. When our heart is in need of repair we can't go to a heart doctor, we can't expect them to give us a new heart, but we can go somewhere else to have our heart fixed. He is the one that has gone before us, the one that has made a way for us. When we have a heart issue, isn't it time to go to Jesus? He has provided a way.

I heard a story about a Christian singer that dealt with depression, anxiety, fear, doubt and so much more his whole life. He felt God calling Him to be a worship leader and he told God that he couldn't and He still felt God calling Him. The singer thought that because of all that he had, that God couldn't use Him. The singer realized it God said it and that had to be final for Him. The more the singer realized that it was a choice to allow God or to allow the feelings. He has made the choice ever single day to allow God to bring him freedom from all those conditions and change him. God has changed him and today he writes and sings. (I can't remember singers name, I heard story on radio yesterday.)

I was thinking this in context so many different things. I was once a person that thought that glass was half empty, I thought that nothing good could happen for me. I based all of my thoughts on my human mind, my human heart. I look at the snow and figured it would never end, I saw the bad in every situation and thought of all the things that could go wrong (and at times I still struggle with this). It is a heart issue, I didn't truly believe what I know to be really real. It came down to I was willing to trust 90% or less of the way, but not all the way. Change is hard and my thinking was God made me that way, why should I change, but the truth is God has made us with a choice to allow Him to make us new each day or for us to say its not for me, or I don't deserve it, but God said we do. It comes down to a choice, Lord keep making me, Lord your will be done, not mine, for I am your servant and I want to surrender it all to you, not just the easy things, but the hard things too. Like my son or my relationship, Lord it is Yours, Your will be done. The more we hold onto things, the more those things can destroy us, the more we allow God, the more those things can change us.

I will not tell you it was easy to change, I can't tell you that people will except the change, but what I can tell you is that the change has made a life difference. God changed me, I didn't do it, I am not the man I am today because of me, but I am me because of God. I was broken and He healed me, He keeps shaping me and making me new each day. Yes, I stumble and I even fall. I sin, but God. He continues to teach me in every situation. It doesn't mean I am perfect, by no means, but God.

Where is your heart today? Do you believe what you believe to be really real? Look at the disciples, they struggled to believe and they had Jesus right with them the whole time, they saw Him do miracles, they saw Him walk on water, He healed the sick and still they doubted. But Jesus has risen and He is here with me, He is here with you, isn't it time to allow Him to heal your heart too, daily choice bring forth change, moment by moment He changes me.