A Tricky Heart!!!!
Today was a crazy day for me. It was supposed to be my day off but it turned out anything but a day off. Tomorrow I along with 5 other adults and 16 youth will travel to SouthWest Ohio for a mission trip. It should be a great week and I am looking forward to seeing God do some amazing things during the week.
I received a very interesting phone call today. I had someone call me about the above mentioned mission trip. This person proceeded to tell me that she had prayed long and hard and did not “feel” God wanted to her daugther to go on the trip. Anytime someone says “God told me” or “I prayed about it…”, I immediately begin to wonder. Then I thought about Jeremiah 17:9, “ The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? “ We need to be very careful when listening to our heart. Our heart is deceitful, it tries to trick us into wrong feelings. I tell people to base very little on what you feel. We need to base our feelings and thoughts on the word of God. Does God’s word lead us to believe it is wrong to go and reach people for Jesus? I think not. I recall Jesus saying, “Go and make disciples…” and “You shall be my witnessess…” As parents we need to be promoting our kids living for Jesus not discouraging them. Unfortunately, for this parent, I believe she will one day give an account to a Holy God. Please pray for this parent that she will listen to God and His word and not depend so much on her heart. Pray that we ALL listen to God and place less emphasis on our heart and the feelings it produces.
