The river of LIFE, the river of God flows where His presence resides. We experienced a tangible move of His presence and that river yesterday in service. In the middle of it, the Holy Spirit deposited this small thought in my heart which I shared to the congregation. Hope it speaks to all of us and challenges us.
When and where the river flows, we can be a big boulder that just is there in the middle of the river. The boulder will see the water flowing and will get hit with it but it wont "move". The river will flow around it and keep moving on and the boulder will sit there.
Or we can be a pebble stone that gets carried along the flow of this river. Where the river flows this pebble stone will go. It is at the mercy of the river. Its totally surrendered to to the move of the river.
Our hearts can be hearts of stone or hearts of flesh as it says in the Bible. The river will flow around you or it can take you with it. I rather go with the river of life and trust it to take me where it needs me to be.
If we don't have tender and broken hearts so His Spirit can flow into and work thru our lives, there will come a day when He will have to take the boulders out of the water, His way! I rather make the first move and come to Him with tender heart, totally surrendered to Him and at His mercy and leading in my life.
Can we have hearts of flesh instead of hearts of stone? Let's go with His flow. Believe me, there is a brighter future down the river and the journey will be adventurous.
Ezekiel 36:26 NLT - And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart.
Ezekiel 11:19 NLT - And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their hearts of stone and give them tender hearts instead.
Enjoy The Ride,
Cecil
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