A New Heart

“And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them.
I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart” (Ezekiel 11:19NLT)

“I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you” (Ezekiel 36:26)

Mix Nescafe with Milo and we called it Neslo – very nice! Mix yellow with blue and we’ll get the color green – amazing! Mix singing with acting and thus a musical theater we shall enjoy – awesome! There is something magical when you add mayonnaise into the omelet. A grandeur scene you’ll enjoy when you view the universe with a telescope. A lively picture when you see it in colors. These are examples of ‘mix’, ‘add’ and ‘amplified’ effects. Mix and you’ll transform the same old thing new. Add and you’ll expand or modify the same thing much better. Amplified and you’ll increases the desire to enjoy thing much more than it really is. But none of the ‘effects’ can really change the old thing into a totally new thing. God can.

Read Ezekiel 11:19 once more. God doesn’t say “I will ‘mix’ you with a new heart” or “I will ‘add’ a new spirit within you” or “I will ‘amplify’ your heart to be more responsive” instead He says “I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart” When God desires to change a man and when a man comes in contact with God, the Living God – he can never be the same again. He will become new; having a new heart and a new spirit. Stubborn become responsive. Rebellious become obedience. Sinful become sinless.

Life Application Study Bible comments “This new life can only be the work of the Holy Spirit. It is God’s work, but we must recognize and turn from our sin. When we do, God will give us new motives, new guidelines, and new purpose.”

Have you received your new heart?

Turn away from your sin
and turn to Jesus, the Giver of Life.

May the Lord graciously give a new heart to you. Amen.

THINK BIG. START SMALL. GO DEEP.