Stop Thinking With Your Head...Start Thinking With God's Heart

Isaiah 32:2-4 -  He will shelter Israel from the storm and the wind. He will refresh her as a river in the desert and as the cool shadow of a large rock in a hot and weary land.  Then everyone who can see will be looking for God, and those who can hear will listen to his voice.  Even the hotheads among them will be full of sense and understanding. Those who stammer in uncertainty will speak out plainly.

 

Isaiah speaks of that time when all people will realize who God really is.  They will not just wait for his second coming…but run to the window of their homes to see if he is on the way.  All eyes and ears will be focused on him…everyone able to speak plainly about his love.

 

There will be a time of clarity for all people.  The atheist will realize his theories were wrong.  The wealthy cheater will be exposed.  The lazy person will have no more food. All of them will see the truth. They will see the wasted moments and earthly treasures they built for themselves are no more.

 

But those of us that have waited on God will see a time of peace and rest ushered in.  The winds will cool those in hot deserts. The rivers will refresh those in the mountains.  The valleys in-between will share perfect weather for a time. God will provide his supernatural protections and shelter to all who have believed in his name.

 

It reminds me to keep trying to share the truth with everyone who is lost before it is too late.  Once this time comes…the ones still straddling the fence won’t be able to change their minds.  But the oppressed will be released from all oppression.  The poor will have an abundance of food and all needs met in excess.  The ones who have more than they need will willingly give to those they see in need around them.

 

Before this time….people will still be tricked into thinking that we should concentrate on ourselves.  We will still stockpile our material wealth…and let next door neighbors starve.  We will rant and rave about illegal children coming into our nation…instead of looking into the hearts of the mothers who sent them here in hopes of a better life.  We will still lie and cheat to pad our pocketbooks and keep our favorite jobs. But what we sometimes forget…is that all that self-centered thinking makes us lose part of the focus we should have on God.

 

Father…thank you for the reminder that I should think more about what you want for me… than what I want for myself.  Forgive me for the times that I have let my selfishness take my focus off doing your work.  Help me to stop thinking with my head…and start thinking with your heart. Keep a hedge of protection around me so that satan can’t whisper lies in my ear that will trick me into being so selfish anymore.  Amen.