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This past week in our morning devotion time, we have been studying the heart. And for me when I think of the heart , my mind automatically goes to love. But as I was reading in Lamentations I came across a passage in chapter 3 that says:

22 The faithful love of the LORD never ends!
His mercies never cease.
23 Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!”
25 The LORD is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the LORD!

Reading this reminds me of a skit I used to do back at home, where there was a guy Bobby and this girl. (ohhhhh!) But this girl would always ask Bobby for his heart and he would always give it to her, and every time Bobby would give her his heart, she would break it. Bobby gives her his heart like 3x. And after she breaks it every time, God is right there asking Bobby if he can fix his heart. And Bobby is hesitant to give it to God.

God showed me this is how we are with him, why do we always tend to give our hearts away so easily. To friendships, a boyfriend or girlfriend but when it comes to giving our heart to God, we are hesitant. We give our heart to so many other people that don’t need it, that when it comes time to give our heart to God all we can give him is our leftovers because we already gave the rest away. So then it starts to be, we give all of our leftovers to God. Our time, our effort, our money everything we do we give God what we have left because we spend it all on other things that aren’t supposed to get so much from us.

So I bring a challenge, search your heart deep down and see who has your heart. And if it’s pleasing to Jesus, then Praise God but if not, know there are things and people and friendships that will have to go. God wants our whole heart, not half of it. It isn’t a part time contract, where he gets it on the weekends or from 9 to 5 on the weekdays. God wants all of your heart all of the time. So he can move and heal it. But not until he has your whole heart, can he begin to do stuff within you. So I say it again, WHO HAS YOUR HEART? And are you ok with the outcome? Is it bringing you closer to God?