I thought I was better than Ananias and
Sapphira—until the meaning of the story really began to sink in.
I'm not better—at all.
I made a vow more solemn than theirs.
I promised Him my whole
heart.
And
worse than simply holding back part, I've taken it back a hundred
times. I've told people that He had my whole heart—but He didn't.
I was given a choice of who I would
serve. And my choice called for a full surrender of my heart to God.
It's not because He's arbitrary and unreasonably exacting that my
choice to serve him called for that. No. On the contrary, it's
because He loves me too much to leave me to any other course.
“Father, I surrender back into
your hands the one thing that you ask and that I promised to give—my
whole heart.”
It is of the
LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed,
because his compassions fail
not.
—Lamentations 3:22
Wow. This completely broke me. I never thought of it that way before. Thank you so much for sharing, Hannah.
ReplyDeletePraise the Lord for His mercy! Thank you so much for this thought, Hannah, it really opened my eyes to the state of my heart. You and your family are such an encouragement to me, keep serving Him and by His grace we'll all be home soon! God bless!
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