Scattered: Cleanse the TempleSample

UNDIVIDED HEART

In relationships, we often find ourselves most passionate and affectionate in the beginning. Sustaining such a passionate state of love for someone is not natural. After the initial high dies down, we need to be intentional to keep the passion alive. If passion is left unprotected, the passing of time will decay the extravagance of your love expression. This is true in our human relationships as well as our relationship with God. Distractions and familiarity are often the enemies of sustained passion. May God help us to steer clear of these as we offer Him undivided hearts.

We live in a world full of constant competition for our attention and affection. We are likely to acquire whatever we put our attention and affection towards. Many do not always consider that those very things can end up owning us. God has promised through His Word that a heart that loves Him and seeks after Him will find Him (Jeremiah 29:14). His one condition is that He desires our whole heart, undivided and entirely dedicated and surrendered to Him. Our perfect example of this is Jesus Himself. Jesus Christ’s heart was undivided when it came to His allegiance to the Father. Therefore, when He saw that people were defiling the temple, His heart felt the Father’s heartache, and He became consumed by the Father’s righteous anger (see John 2:13-16).

Pray that God will intertwine your hearts with His and help you to love what He loves and hate what He hates. Pray that God will help you to stand in agreement with Him and His word. Pray that God will help you trust Him. Pray for the Holy Spirit to intoxicate you and to fill you to the point where you don’t think for yourself but are fully led by Him. Ask the Holy Spirit, our Reviver, to cause you to burn with first love for Jesus Christ again and again and again. Pray that the Holy Spirit guides you to the place where you constantly choose God, rejecting the pleasures of this world and starving the desires of your flesh. Declare, "Help me Lord, by Your Spirit, to keep loving You."