“The Lord says, ‘ I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name.’ “ Psalm 91:14
What does it mean to harden your heart toward Jesus? It means that you refuse to hear or respond to God and not recognize his spiritual realities. It means to pay no attention to the efforts our Lord makes to help us, to communicate to us, and to save us. Many do not realize they are even doing such things. It is, however, easy to succumb to this world and the evil things it puts before us. It is easy, little by little, to become integrated into society and its ways. When this happens, we begin to pay more attention to the things of the world and the ways we do things in this world to satisfy those around us. We take our eyes off of Jesus. We begin to separate ourselves from the Lord and what he is teaching us. We begin to slide into the ways of things going on around us. We are to be in this world, but we are to separate ourselves from the ways of the world. We are not to be of the world! It is hard to follow Jesus. It doesn’t seem like it should be, but with the devil and his band of bandits always tearing at our spiritual beliefs, we must not only believe but we must receive. When we receive the ways of our God we will begin to live in his trust and our faith becomes our life. We focus on Him in good times and hard times. We desire to read and study His Word, and without hesitation, we go to him in prayer for family and friends. He is our source and our resting place at the end of a hard day’s work. He is our morning coffee who gives us strength and wisdom. It is important that we succumb to the Lord and not the world. He is our strength, our knowledge, our wisdom and our safety net. We must continuously focus on his Word, always be in communication with him in prayer and never be lacking in praise for his love, grace and mercy. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!
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