I began to reflect today as I listened to a song that is the cry of my heart. “I won’t relent until You have it all, my heart is Yours.” So many times I’ve heard people say that ‘actions speak louder than words’ which I believe is true. But if I really want Him to have all of me then He needs more than just my words or my actions. People will see His love through my actions, but He sees through my actions and sees my motives.
When was the last time you evaluated the motives behind your actions? I just did and there’s some work to be done. I want to walk where He says walk; I don’t want to just go somewhere because I might see my friends. I want to smile at everyone to show His love, not just because I’m in a good mood. In spite of my bad or sad mood I still want to smile at people because it’s showing the love of our Father. He sees our motives, but even more than that He sees our hearts!
How’s your heart today? My heart is broken from what I’ve seen. My heart is saddened at the hopelessness of so many people. There is fear in my heart of the unknown. My heart wants to be at home with my family. There is worry plaguing my heart. Sadness sneaks in my heart too often. While none of these emotions or feelings are bad to experience, we are not meant to let these emotions overtake us and we are not meant to walk in these emotions all the time. We are meant to surrender our hearts and everything in our hearts to our Father. He wants our everything! He doesn’t just want us to talk about Him. He doesn’t just want us to show His love to others. He wants us to walk in the fullness of His love! He wants us to walk in joy and peace as we talk about Him and show His love!
Will you join me in giving Him your everything? He you to give Him your sadness, hurt, pain, depression, fear, worry, and anything else that is plaguing you so He can fill you with His joy, peace, love, comfort, hope, and anything else you need. We can only be a better witness of His love when we let His love completely saturate our hearts and lives.
