What is your heart’s desire?

Luke 11:28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

I have been primarily in two places in God’s Word this week; Luke 11 and John 11. Luke where Christ was being accused of having demonic powers, and John where Lazarus dies and Christ speaks of being the resurrection and the life. Jesus was addressing the greatest blasphemy in Luke, and Jesus was conquering death in John’s gospel. In the midst of all of it was his reply to the women who spoke blessings over Mary for boring Jesus in Luke 11:27; the passage above was His reply to her. Even his miracles are outweighed by the heart that lives their lives in humble obedience to God’s Word.

A heart after God’s heart makes him smile; it is what He designed us for, the relationship we can have with him. David failed over and over, yet even in his failures God saw his heart; He saw that he truly had a heart for God. Psalm 62 is a heartfelt plea from David, a man that has a heart for God. 8 Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah. Jesus told us in Luke 11 of how important our hearts for God are. A measure of our heart for God is directly related to how we live our daily lives. Jesus spoke directly to this evidence found in Luke 11:23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

This is what bothers me; how little evidence of our faith is shown in our daily lives. This evil in this world is snowballing on a steep downhill run, and I am worried that many Christians are being caught up in the tumble. I see us wrapped up in all this world has to offer, and giving God our obligatory hour on Sunday mornings. We feel good about ourselves for upholding our “religious” duty, but there is no evidence of our faith the other 167 hours per week. How could we claim a relationship with only a one hour investment? Look at your calendar, at your checkbook, at your to-do list, at your alarm clock, at your Bible……. Religion does not save; Jesus condemned the religious all throughout the New Testament. Do you consider yourself religious, or do you have a relationship with your Savior? The more time you invest in God’s Word, the more the Holy Spirit will work in your daily life to help you keep God’s Word. Then you begin to live the blessing that Jesus spoke of in Luke 11:28.