Which Part Of God's Heart Do You Have?

These last weeks have been so unsettling that most want to hide. I know that as a woman, I don't want to be around people who are disagreeable or who are violent. With the unrest in the Muslim world, we see the flesh in it's full glory, ready to have it's rights to do as it wants. All the while evil is lurking around the corner, waiting for the opportunity to take control. Mind you, I do believe in freedom, but one needs to ask," freedom from what, and what next if I should gain freedom". Then, and only then, will one be able to see a little clearer as to where they need to go or be.


Long ago, The Prophets foretold of the unrest in the nations, even Christ said, There will be perplexity of nations and the waves roaring." Luke 21: 25-26. But that statement, pales in comparison with the upheaval in the flesh of an individual when struggling with what to do about Christ, when confronted with their own death one day! They ask what happens when I die, is there life after physical death? Invariable one wants to hold on to what they have or know, afraid of what would happen. Christians need not worry about those things that ordinary man worries about. We are free in deed, set free by His atoning blood. Free to see clearly the things as Christians need to be about. Free to start our journey in Christ and to help mankind to come to that knowledge of Him. But even more, are we to be that part of Him that is loving and merciful and kind to a fault, but able to say NO to evil. To judge rightly!


This morning, as I was thinking along those lines, I remembered something that happened about 8 years earlier. One day, as I was getting dressed He spoke to me in a very clear voice and said," You need another dog". I was shocked that He would even suggest such a thing, being I had 2 and cats as well. I remember arguing with Him in my mind and saying, my husband wouldn't be happy. I have enough to handle as it is. Well one week later, He put a little munchkin in my path that I couldn't refuse. The timing was so fascinating to me as if One had gone to such links to plan, WITH PRECISION, I thought I would relay it to others. When I tell this story, it is amazing that people have this look on their faces, Did she just say He spoke to her?" It is funny to me that look of surprise.


I think, for me the best part of The Almighty, is this thing we call love, mercy and kindness, and thoughtfulness. Scripture tells us, He loves His creation. And rightly so. It is His work with His own hands, mind and heart. He examined it and said it is good, that is until we gave it up. But here is what I am trying to say. This wonderful thoughtful God takes the thought and time to genuinely care for those living beings he loves so much. Here is a God whose knowledge is so great, we can never know it all. A God, who knows physics, created the universe, and yet has time for a little dog. Jesus said, " consider the lillies of the field how they grow, they toil not, niether do thy spin: Solomon, in all his glory was not arrayed like one of them". Mathew 6:28-29.


We may have great knowlwdge, gone to university, are successful, and have a good part of God's knowledge, BUT WHAT THOUGHT HAVE YOU GIVEN TO THE HEART OF GOD? WHICH PART OF HIS HEART DO YOU HAVE? The knowledge part, or that tender part that loves his fellow creatures? If not the heart of God, trust me, it will be the heart of evil.


To get to His heart, you must be broken, you must regognise your need for Him. Even this is a gift from Him. How can you see clearly if it isn't He that restores your sight! What mercy is there in this wonderful God! Paul said he couldn't take it all in, it was overwhelming. The beauty of God's tender heart is overwhelming. So today think wisely and choose to do that that pleases Him.