Psalm 51:16-1716 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
God desires our hearts, not our actions. Although one's actions may bring joy to his heart, that is not his major concern. His desire is that we would desire him. Oh that we may desire him with the passion and fervency with which he desires us. With everything in us. That we would long for him. Yearn for him. Live for him. Die for him.
However, the truth is that we are not always like that. Most of us could probably pinpoint a time in our past when that was true, but not today. A time when we were closer to him. When he consumed our thoughts and actions and motives. When he was our all in all.
I recently heard the phrase, "fake it till you make it." A phrase that most likely rubs Christians the wrong way because we don't want anything fake. It is not noble. It is not right. We desire for everything about us to be genuine. Especially those things that are of most importance to us. It is almost offensive to hear the suggestion of "faking it till we make it."
Shall we then quit. Shall we then stop praying the prayers that were birthed during a more intimate moment with him or doing the things that were birthed through our past times of fellowship with Jesus. The thought of withholding from something because we do not feel that it comes from the heart seems noble. However, it is a lie from the enemy. It is just like the enemy to trick us into doing something wrong and feeling that it is noble. That mindset is nothing but the enemy taking advantage of the carnal attitude of living by feelings. Where is it written that feelings equal heart? Since when do our emotions equal truth?
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