Ezekiel 36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
My heart rejoices at this passage of Scripture from Ezekiel. God promises to each of us, that He alone is the ultimate heart surgeon. He alone can work a miracle in the hardest of hearts. He can bring love and peace to the stony heart. God can develop forgiveness and love in an enraged heart. He can evoke joy and hope in the broken heart.
This radical heart transplant is performed on each of us when we accept Jesus as Savior and make God the Lord of our lives. There is nothing difficult or challenging about this process. His Word tells us: BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved! When we simply admit our sins and shortcomings to God; believe that God allowed His Son Jesus to be sacrificed on the cross for our sins; and confess with our mouths that we accept Jesus in our lives, the surgery is performed. No need to try to fake this process, God is all knowing. God looks at the heart while man looks at the outward appearance. I John tells us that “…God is greater than the heart and knows all things.”
God then gives us that new heart. He places His Holy Spirit into our heart and dwells there. Everything looks differently when this occurs. As this verse from Ezekiel tells us: “I will take the heart of stone……” God alone is able to perform this type of repair on a broken heart in a broken life. Is this not reason to rejoice?
Today, if your life is in disarray and shambles. If your heart is broken, and you have no where to turn, you can turn to the “heart surgeon”. God is waiting to repair your broken heart. Simply ask the Great Physician to heal your heart, your life, and your hope.
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