You Can Get There From Here

Day 16     A Hard Head And A Soft Heart

Isaiah 50:7 (New International Version)

 ⁷ Because the Sovereign LORD helps me,
       I will not be disgraced.
       Therefore have I set my face like flint,
       and I know I will not be put to shame.

When we leave on a journey, we should know where we are going.  Maybe you are saying right now, “I don’t know where I am going!  That’s the problem!”  One thing that you do know is that you cannot stay where you are.   So you can say, “I am on my way.”  As you thank God that you are on your way, He will fill in the details.  Just “set your face” to your future.  As you write down your questions, He will answer them.  Here are some examples:

“Where am I going, Lord.”

“Whose going with me?”

“What do I take with me and what do I leave behind?”

“What do I have to do to prepare?”

I call this having my questions on the “drawing board” of heaven.  They are all out there for God to answer.

Yesterday we talked about getting the “static” off the line.  Another thing that hinders the voice of God is a hardened heart.  Sometimes the experiences we have had in the past, causes us to have a guard up around our heart until our hearts become tough…hardened, if you will.

Ezekiel 11:19 (Amplified Bible)

¹⁹And I will give them one heart [a new heart] and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take the stony [unnaturally hardened] heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh [sensitive and responsive to the touch of their God],

We want our hearts sensitive to the touch of God.  If our hearts hurt, we don’t want anyone touching it, but if we allow God to heal us of our past, then when we feel the touch, we know it is God’s loving and gentle touch.

God is gentle and He nudges us into the direction He wants us to go.  He also promises never to leave our side as we go on life’s journey.

Hebrews 13:5 (Amplified Bible)

for He [God]Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not,[I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]

Today’s assignment:

1.       Write your specific questions on the “drawing board of Heaven.”  Be specific.

2.      Ask God to show you if you are still carrying hurt from the past.  (Past meaning yesterday and also meaning 25 years ago.)  Realize it is a stumbling block to you and relinquish it to God quickly.

3.      Ask God to keep your heart soft and pliable in His hands.

4.      Read the following scriptures and write what they mean to you.

Ezekiel 36: 26-28                 Jeremiah 24: 7

Prayer:

Father, I set my face to follow Your plan for my life.  It is my purpose now to find it and walk in it.  In hardening my heart to my past circumstances, I have hardened my heart to You.  Forgive me, Lord.  Take out my hard heart and massage it until it is soft and ready for your touch.  Thank You for never leaving me now that we have started this journey to all that You have planned for me.  I am so glad I can meet with You each and every day and know that I am not alone.   Amen.