FRESH START TODAY - Know the Heart of God (Blog 47)

FRESH START TODAY…..Know the Heart of God, Thursday, Jul 26, 2012 Jeremiah 9:23-24, This is what the Lord says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the Lord. NIV Can you hear the heart of God today? We make such boastful claims about who we are, what we have done and what we want to accomplish in this life. God is wiser and his ways are bigger than what we can guess what He wants do through us. I just spent time in prayer with the Lord and I feel His encouragement not to worry about what other people think that are directly opposed to God’s will. He has directed me to love these people. We need to rise above the circumstances. People disappoint us in this life time and time again. You may want people to understand you, but that really does not matter. The Lord wants us to know Him. During my prayer time God brought to my mind that Jesus seemed to have constant conflict with people who were threatened by His ministry. He taught people to grow in the wisdom of God by the spirit of the law and not just living under the strict rules of the Law. God gave those Laws through Moses to teach mankind that it is impossible to live by those Laws. He wanted the people to understand and know Him. With God’s leadership we can learn to follow the Laws that were meant to protect us, as believers. People became stiff-necked and fell into judgment. God is kind; He is fair and delights in giving His children the desires of their heart. We need to only desire to know His heart. He will bless us with knowledge that is very personal. He will reveal information that is beyond our imagination. Our hearts have to be surrendered to Him for the revelation to be understood. He has revealed to me the truth of my heritage that humbles me, but it has lead me right back to my relationship with God. Jesus is truly the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The Word of God through people of faith that have surrendered their personal comfort and wills to God have accomplished God’s eternal plan. People did not always get where they were suppose to go by being selfish. God will and does change hearts. The Bible tells us about a young man named Joseph who boasted about his coat of many colors and his dream about his brothers bowing down to him. His boasting got him sold into slavery in Egypt and eventually we witness, by the reading of God’s Word, Joseph was put in jail for being accused of something he did not do. Joseph became acquainted with the God that gave him the dream. In the fullness of time, the dream came true. Do you suppose that just maybe Joseph’s only personal companion was God during the times he was alone? He began to understand the heart of God. What was intended as harm, God meant for the good of Joseph’s future, and to accomplish God’s plan. God worked through Joseph to save His people from the future famine. What will you do to allow God to work through your life? What is the secret to know the heart of God? Hear the Word of God! When you get to know His heart then you will have the wisdom from God to know how to follow this next scripture. Matt 7:7-8, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. NIV