This past week I have been in South Carolina on a time of solitude and seeking God. A few months ago I shared with you that I had been seeking God to change my heart. That is a prayer that God loves His children to pray and it is a prayer that He is guaranteed to answer! For a few months I have been praying Ezekiel 11:18-20 over my life.
This passages says, “They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols. I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.”
Months ago I realized that there were some stoney places in my heart. You know places that had become hardened and cynical to life. I also realized that there were some places in my heart that had become divided. You know those places of compromise and justification. I was not pleased with what I saw and I know God was not either. So I set out on removing the “vile images and detestable idols” that had been allowed to take up residence within.
God led me to deal with things that I did not want to deal with. He led me to humble myself in ways that I did not want to humble myself. Part of that process was to schedule time away from my family and ministry to seek Him in solitude. That is what I have been doing this week.
Brokeness is good. It allows the light of God’s glory to shine through us IF we humble ourselves! What area of your life is broken? Humbly bring it to God - you won’t regret it!
In Solitude,
Jeff Powell
