Freak, Part I

Some years ago, I saw a TV documentary on Israel. They showed the place where Jesus was crucified and I saw a woman there and she was crying and overcome by such incredible emotion that she almost collapsed upon the floor. I remember saying to myself, "Oh, please! Give me a break." "What a freak!" Why would this woman act like this?

Almost a year later, God reminded me of this image and stated to me that there was quite a difference between me and that woman. The difference (to my own shame) was her heart, conviction, faith, and most importantly, her love for God. I was a believer at the time I saw the documentary but God made me realize that I had some severe shortcomings and the problem was my heart.

Now, I am that freak! Through His teaching I have realized that my life was so void of love and compassion. My heart was waxed cold and hard. It took some time, but I found that what God looks at the most is not so much our actions but our heart. As believers we must make sure that our heart is in the right place first and then the actions will come automatically. Faith with conviction and zeal produces results and fruit for the glory of God.

If there is anything that I wish comes of these posts, I wish that they would encourage each of us to love God feverishly. The world and Satan have other plans. The world and Satan are only trying to remove God's love from our hearts so that we do not love Him in action or remember Him in our daily pursuits. This is the blindness and waxing of our hearts. Blinding us to compassion because we are so wrapped up in ourselves, our selfish ambitions, and our own pain.

Joel 2:12-13

12 "Even now," declares the LORD,
"return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning."

13 Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the LORD your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.

1Samuel 16:7

7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

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