Circumcision was the physical mark of being one of God's people. I can't physically mark my heart, but I can spiritually cut away the calluses I have built upon it. I can cut away the fear and doubt. I can remove the walls I've built up to keep others at arms length.
Until I've exposed my heart for God and for God's work.
Once I have softened my heart to God a nice byproduct is that a soft heart is a heart for justice. A heart the seeks out the truth in love. To not be partial in anyway ... to one man or to another.
Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
All. Everything. Holding nothing back.
That can be hard. I'm afraid at times of what God would think about the real me. And then I realize ... I'm like the little kid standing in the open room with his eyes closed: "You can't see me". Of course we can. And of course, nothing is hidden from God. I'm not hiding anything ... I'm just refusing to admit to myself my own sins.
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