Tag: Energy

Remorseful / Repentant Heart Will be Revived

I am a pretty cynical person and do not always believe what I am told or see. I know that it is an area of weakness for me and one that, as a Christian, have to get past. That cynicism keeps me from proceeding with love from time to time as I am cautious with giving in where there is a lack of trust. This is really a heart thing for me that I need to get past.

I know, what does this have to do with remorse and repentance. Well, it is about that directly in that I have instill in my heart one of remorse and repentance to place my trust in the LORD.

“15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,

who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:

‘I dwell in the high and holy place,

and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,

to revive the spirit of the lowly,

and to revive the heart of the contrite.’”

— Isaiah 57:15 (ESV)

You see, the LORD is with us, even us who are cynical. He is waiting for our remorse and repentance to kick in to which He will revive us. The LORD is waiting on me to trust and depend on Him and all the work He is doing. All I need to do is just that, trust and depend on Him and He will reveal Himself to me and revive my heart to that place of warmth to Him and away from that cynicism.

God wants the relationship with me. Where I am in my 50s as far as age, I feel as though I have a long way to go in my maturity with Christ. I have so much to learn and every day I am working to understand and trust Him more. It is about doing the work that God has for me and seeking the why, but trusting that it is the work He has for me and it is just one tooth in the gear that leads to His glory. I have to get past the doubt and cynicism and trust Him. I have to give in to the love of the LORD and know that He has a bigger plan for me that I cannot see just yet. In short, God’s got me.

As I am able to demonstrate my contrite heart, the LORD fills it with the energy and love that only He gives. That energy and love revives me to move forward with strength and courage and love for not only Him and those around me, but for me and my relationship with Him.

How are you being revived? Are you looking for external forces revive you internally? What if you were to demonstrate your remorse and repentance and allow God to fill your heart with energy and love to revive that heart to one of trust in and love for Him?

Do Not Build for Self

God is jealous. He created all things and therefor is deserving of our full attention and allegiance and glory. When we set off to do things on our own, He will right things in such a way to bring us back to Him.

“4Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.’” – Genesis 11:4 (ESV)

Isn’t it a good thing as noted above that the people would take out to build a city and a tower. And isn’t it a good thing that they have the capacity to do so. Yes, from a capacity and capability and desire to do the work it is a good thing. God does provide talents and skills to us that we are to use for His glory. And that is it, it is for His glory and not our own. The people built a city for security so that would be able to stay in one place together. They built a tower to praise themselves as others would be able to see what they had built.

The LORD is generous with what He provides for us, and our abilities are certainly from Him. But, we are to be using those provisions and abilities that come from Him to glorify Him and ensure that more and more people have the opportunity to find Him as their LORD. This is not what the people were doing in the building of the city and tower.

“’7Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.’” 8So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.” – Genesis 11:7-8 (ESV)

As the LORD witnessed the work of the people, He found it to be good work. The people worked together in union to accomplish a task and the LORD recognized this. But their work was pointed in the wrong direction. The people were moving into a place of self sufficiency and were turning away from Him. God rectified this by confusing them and there ability to understand one another. By this they would not lose there abilities and capacity to do the work, but they would turn back to Him and direct there energy to Him.

This is where we should be, building for the LORD, not ourselves. It is easy to get caught up in the actions that we are taking and seeing things as ways to have security and a name. I know that I get caught up in who gets the credit for things in this world. When I am not recognized for the work that I have done by those around me I am frustrated and confused. But maybe, just maybe that is God’s way of bringing me back to Him as I had strayed into building something for myself and not for His glory.

What have you built in this world? Did you take on the build or join in the build for the glory of yourself? What if instead, you turned your energy to building for the LORD for His namesake and security?