Discovery ByOlakunle Yusuf: Your Heart Condition!

Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the LORD, that He may come and shower righteousness upon you.”
Hosea 10:12 NLT

Is your heart soft and tender and broken before the Lord… or is it like hard ground?

There is only one thing that hardens your heart: sin. And only one kind of sin: your sin. My sin cannot harden your heart, and your sin cannot harden my heart. Personal sin is what brings the callousness. And the longer we continue in personal sin without getting honest, open and repentant before the Lord, the harder our heart becomes.

If you want to see how hard your heart is, ask yourself this question: Do the things that break God’s heart break my heart? God’s heart breaks over sin, does yours? God’s heart breaks over pride and selfishness, does yours? God’s heart breaks for those who are lost and on the highway to hell, does yours? God’s heart breaks over broken vows, does yours? God’s heart breaks over injustice, indifference, abuse, abortion and sexual immorality, does yours?

Maybe like me, you need to heed the call of God through the prophet Hosea and ask the Lord to plow up the hard ground of your heart. Ask Him to change you and open your eyes to any bitterness and pride and sin and selfishness that may be lurking within you. Ask Him to make your heart like His.

The time is now to seek the Lord—and to seek Him with a broken heart. We will be amazed at the awesome things He will do when we get our hearts in line with His.

Pastor Olakunle Yusuf, Lead Consultant, Above Media.