2.21.2011
Acts 28:26-27 26 “... ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” 27 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.’...” NIV
Yesterday I sat in church and heard one of the finest messages I have ever heard. Our speaker was a guest and he spoke on change. Change is difficult for most because we go about it the wrong way. Change has little effect on us because we bring the same baggage with us and our issues – more often than not – get in the way and we find ourselves the same as before but only in a new locale.
As I listened to this man speak, it occurred to me that the hardest substance known to man is the heart that will not yield to God. Paul spoke of this unyielding spirit that had affixed itself upon many of the Jews; they were ever hearing but never understanding – and persistently so. Such is the power of religion.
However, the greatest Power known to man is the love of God which can guide the unyielding soul through such a series of unfortunate events (so they are thought) as to bring a softening of the heart and a receptivity to the soul that is otherwise doomed to an eternity without God. “The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell. It goes beyond the highest star and reaches to the lowest hell…”
And the greatest service of any saint is to pray that such God-ordained suffering take place that the Love of God becomes a reality to the hardened person wandering far from the fellowship, love, and grace of God.
Today my duty is to pray and believe in the love of God which has the power to turn lives around from death to life, and from darkness to light.
Father in Heaven,
Hear my prayers as I remember those before You who don’t yet know or accept the wonders of Your goodness and presence – through Jesus Christ, amen.
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