Watchman Nee Daily Devotional for 10-14-11And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36.26.The stony heart has reference to the hardness of the heart, while the heart of flesh has reference to a softness or tenderness of heart. On the day a person gets saved his hardened heart is softened, yet we dare not say it is totally softened.The progress of our life hinges entirely on the transformation of our heartwhether it is hard or soft. If our heart is seized by anything outside of Godbe it an event, a person, or a thingthe operation of life will as a rule be hindered. For this reason God will transform our heart continuously until it wholly becomes like tender flesh. Then His Spirit is able to cause our inner life to expand with strength. Just be willing to obey God and His life will move into the conscience, mind, will, and emotion of your heart. It will keep on moving.
_________________Mike
Something came to mind while reading this. Insignificant, but it came to my mind anyway.Quote:'On the day a person gets saved his hardened heart is softened, yet we dare not say it is totally softened'.When Adam sinned in the garden of Eden, God told him he would die. As it was, Adam lived to be 930, but he did die. The death process began as soon as he ate of the tree.As with us, God gives us the heart of flesh, and, by and by, it will soften, until it is molded into the image of His desire.There is hope. God bless.
"As with us, God gives us the heart of flesh, and, by and by, it will soften, until it is molded into the image of His desire."Amen! The work of sanctification in us in which we are being conformed into the image of God's Son is a process. We have to remember this are we would be greatly discouraged in our Christian walk. God is faithful and He will finish the work that He started in us. He is the author and finisher of our faith. "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." (Philippians 1:6). "For the earth brings forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear." (Mark 4:28).