A new life is mine

“Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh.” (Ezekiel 11:19)

When a person has a heart attack, a portion of the heart muscle dies - making the organ less efficient in pumping life-giving blood throughout the body.

A heart of stone - cold, hard, and immovable - cannot pump life and love within us, either. We are born needing a heart transplant. Our naturally divided hearts chase after the glittering desires of the world, jealous of success of others, harboring deep resentments, bitterness, and anger in their dark chambers. We think the world will satisfy the emptiness we feel inside.

God is willing to give us an undivided heart - a heart that is open and ready to see, hear, and love God. This heart has a single focus: loving God and others with a tenderness that we know comes from Someone beyond us.

The good news is we have already had successful surgery, and our donor heart is within us. We received our heart transplant when Jesus died for us, creating new spirits within us.

God’s heart changes everything and creates us as new people with living hearts.