A New Heart

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5 HCSB

This verse was a part of the last message Moses gave the children of Israel before they moved into the promised land under Joshua. Moses would stay behind. Moses goes on to say:

These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead. Deuteronomy 6:6‭-‬8

Whilst devout Jews still abide by this and tie scripture to their wrists and foreheads, they are unable to tie them to their hearts, unless a new heart is given them. The Old Testament carries the promise of a new heart, but does not give it. We receive a new heart when we become born again. Jesus gave us this through believing in Him.

Any outward reminders will only remind when we see them. However, a new heart brings forth a desire for constant new relationship, as we walk in Him and abide in Him and have fellowship with like minded people.

Romans 5:1,2 says:
Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have also obtained access through Him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

A new heart brings new attitudes, new focus, new behaviours. I am grateful for a change from the very core. Mental gymnastics are no longer needed when we have new hearts. Praise God!