Do you remember a guy named Christiaan Barnard? He was a heart surgeon from South Africa. Dr. Bernard performed the world's first heart transplant back in 1967. Or did he?
According to our opening Bible verse, GOD has performed millions of heart transplants, LONG before 1967.
God removes hearts of stone and installs hearts of flesh.
"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." - Ezekiel 36:26
A heart of stone is not good. Uncaring, unfeeling, a heart of stone is something that God does not want us to have. God wants us to love Him and to love others. It's His first and greatest commandment.
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” - Mark 12:30-31
What does it mean to love God "with all your heart?" I think it means to love God without conditions. To love Him above ALL things. To place God first in our lives. Even above ourselves.
That's the first question we have to ask ourselves. Is God first in our lives? If not, the next question must be, "How can we change that?" How can we place God first in everything we do? How can we serve others without thinking of ourselves first?
That's easy. Ask God to give you a new heart. Ask Him for renewed energy for doing His will. As God for the courage to walk up to someone and ask them, "How is your heart feeling today? Would you like a transplant?"
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