Hardening Hearts

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Jeremiah 7:23-28 | Psalm 95 | Luke 11:14-23

HARD - AND HARDENING - HEARTS

“They walked in the hardness of their evil hearts.” - Jeremiah 7:24

If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts (see Psalm 95:7-8).

We can have hardening of our hearts for years, even for generations (Jeremiah 7:26). For centuries, we can ignore God and become progressively worse than our fathers, who were worse than their fathers and grandfathers (see Jeremiah 7:26). The hardening of hearts can be a problem, not only for individuals but also for nations (see Jeremiah 7:28). Hard and hardening hearts can be generational, epidemic, and even international. They can become so hard that we kill God’s prophets, forget that there is faithfulness (Jeremiah 7:28), and even accuse Jesus of working for the devil (Luke 11:15). Have you ever wondered what our grandparents would say about some of the things that we take for granted today? What would they think about wholesale abortion on demand, about some of the things that we watch on the TV without batting an eyelid? Would they be surprised that we never bother to read the Bible, or that we rebel against God’s Church and His ways? How far have we come?

If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts.

Prayer: Father, melt my heart, for Jesus’ sake.