What kind of heart do you have? I don’t mean in the usual sense . . . as in “Are your arteries clogged or do you have a strong ticker?” I mean what is going on inside your mind? What drives you? What matters to you and makes you get up every day?
You see, most of us have, or need to have, a purpose for our life. In the West, we see the heart as the seat of our emotion. So let me ask you again, “What makes you tick?”
King David of Israel was famous among his people for having a heart after God. In the book of Acts, we read that he was a man after God’s own heart because “he sought to do all the will of God.” God’s heart and David’s heart were aligned; they were as one.
Do you suppose David came by this mindset as a natural result of how he was wired or was it something he deliberately cultivated? Is it possible that we could come to a point where we have a heart after God?
Scripture is clear that the Natural man does not seek after God but seeks only his own way. This is our fundamental problem and leads us into trouble continually. You can see it every day in your own life and in the news. In both big and small ways . . . we want to do our own thing don’t we? We do not want to be tamed or to submit to anyone or anything. But there is no safety in that kind of a life.
Being independent means we are on our own and responsible for ourselves. Being dependant on God means He is responsible for us and our well-being.
Lately, I have come to realize that although I may feel a certain temporary sense of security or even strength in being a self-made man, the end of the story is very disappointing. I am truly powerless in everything that really matters. My life is but a vapor which is here today and gone tomorrow. If I want my life to have ultimate meaning and impact, I need to have eternal life and only God can give that to me if I choose to be under His authority.
So let me ask you again . . . what kind of heart do you have? Think carefully before you answer . . . the choice is entirely up to you.
Remember the proverbial chestnut, “Can God make a rock, so big that He cannot pick it up?” Yes, He made you and gave you a free will. You are the rock so big, that He cannot pick you up unless you choose to allow it.
