A Circumcised Heart
I cannot follow my moral compass.
I cannot rely on religion or creeds,
Being born of a certain nation or race,
Or submitting to ritualistic deeds.
It is impossible to obey God’s law
completely,
Never committing sin nor omitting good.
In my flesh, by my will, I cannot attain
To all of the rules I know that I should.
Only a circumcised heart can change me,
Only a spirit made new by the Lord.
Giving my life completely to Jesus
Is what will enable me to obey His word.
His blood has covered my many failures.
He gave His life to pay for my sins.
Accepting His precious gift of forgiveness
Frees me to live a life pleasing to Him.
In order to live a life pleasing to God I had to undergo
heart surgery. God had to cut around my heart to remove the hardness, to
extract my heart of stone in order to give me a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 11:25).
He did this by drawing me to himself and giving me the faith in Christ needed to
save me. When I surrendered my life to
the control of the Lord, his Holy Spirit moved into the renewed heart he had
created. As I daily allow the Spirit control of my life, I am able to
accomplish the tasks God lays on my heart. True service is not willing myself
to obey certain rules and regulations. It is, rather, a complete surrender of
my will to God. It is a moment by moment choice to seek God’s best in every
decision, every action, every breath of my life. As I choose to know more of
the Lord through his Word, worship, and prayer, I am more aware of the ways he
desires to work in and through me. As I learn to pray without ceasing (I
Thessalonians 5:17), bringing everything to him, and as I seek first the Kingdom of God
Father, keep my heart soft and pliable for
your use. Cut away any hardness that would keep me from you.
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