YIELD YOUR HEART TO GOD!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY JUNE 07, 2023.

SUBJECT: YIELD YOUR HEART TO GOD!

Memory verse:  "Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer" (Psalm 19 vs 14).

READ: Psalm 37 vs 31; 40 vs 8:

37:31: The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.

40:8: I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my heart.

INTIMATION: 

The heart is the chief organ of physical life. It occupies the most important place in human system. By an easy transition the word came to stand for man’s entire mental and moral activity, both rational and the emotional elements. In other words the heart is used figuratively for the hidden springs of the personal life. 

The Bible describes human depravity as in the ‘heart,’ because sin is a principle which has its seat in the centre of man’s inward life, and then ‘defiles’ the whole circuit of his action (Matthew 15 vs 19 - 20). On the other hand, Scripture regards the heart as the sphere of Divine influence (Romans 2 vs 15). The heart, as lying deep within, contains ‘the hidden man,’ (First Peter 3 vs 4) the real man. It represents the true character but conceals it.

The very first place in your life is your heart (your mind). It is very important to yield to God that very first place in your life! When you do this, you will be yielding your mind and spirit as channels through which God can think His thoughts. When His thoughts are expressed through you and in you, your words become His will. Your prayer, your thought process, your words are according to His will, and you will a commander of this world because you get whatever you say. 

By your words, you establish in your life the exact place that God will hold. God recognizes you by your words. Your prayer and meditation should be from your heart that you may obey Him from your heart. Obeying God from your heart means to give yourself fully to Him; to love Him with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind (Matthew 22 vs 37). This is God’s greatest commandment, and He wants to give you the power to obey Him with all your heart. 

As you meditate, see that your meditations are governed by the word of God. Your conduct is largely made of past thinking. Jesus said, “...Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12 vs 34). You cannot think or meditate long and deeply without your thought materializing into action and words. And what you say and do reveal what is in your heart. Therefore, occupying your heart with God and His Word ensures that you will always walk in accordance with His Will. Consequently, you will receive all your petitions to Him because you will always pray according to His Will flooding your heart.

Jesus says in Revelation 3 vs 20, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and He with Me.” Jesus knocks at the door of our hearts because he wants to save us and have fellowship with us.

God is willing to live in the hearts of His people—He takes residence in the heart of those who love Him. Therefore, yield your heart completely to Him, put Him first in everything in all areas of your life, and you will be a true follower of Him. A lifetime of doing good is not enough if we make the crucial mistake of not following God with all our hearts. 

Jesus said, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to Him and make Our home with him” (John 14 vs 23). Do you realize what it means to have God the Father and the Son make Their home with you? It is awesome! Nothing can be impossible with you! You will have the world in your pocket!

When you discover God, your understanding of what place God holds in your life begins to come alive. The discovery starts with reading and hearing the Word, to know Him—the only One who has the answer for all your life concerns. As you study, you will realize the greatness of God's words, and also realize your own limitations. In His Word is the answer to any dilemma in which you might ever find yourself. If you do realize these truths and affirm them, God will open doors to you that you formerly thought were impossible to open. 

Give your heart completely to God. Let your words express the truth about what God means to you, about your union and partnership with Him. Affirm that He is the One who backs you up and furnishes you with the strength to accomplish all you do. 

Give Him credit for His ability and wisdom. Dare to confess aloud to let the world hear that your confidence for success lies in His grace as He has shown to you. God will always honor such commitment. Only with Him do all things become possible, and "without Him you can do nothing" (John 15 vs 5).

Prayer: Abba Father, in You I live, and move, and have my being. Flood my heart with Your thoughts for I desire an intimate relationship with You. Create in Me a clean heart, always thirsty of Your Word. My desire is that Your Word will richly dwell in me through faith, and I may be filled with the fullness of You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!