The Heart of Man

I was at a memorial service last evening - a celebration of someone’s life. Several people spoke about him, realistically and with love. He wasn’t, as far as I know, a believer although at the end, I do know that the gospel was spoken to him and that he closed his eyes in peace.

I was thinking as I spoke to various people there that we really only see what people show us - that their innermost being, their heart, is closed to us and so we tend to judge on appearances. Did they respond well to the gospel I spoke - did they think I was a fool, were they bored or unimpressed, did they seem to mock or treat me with disdain…..all those impressions that we take - none of which of course may be correct.

I was reminded this morning of Isaiah 55:10-11 - ‘My word never returns void’ and the thought that followed straight after - the truth, repeated throughout Scripture, that God looks at the heart and that His Spirit speaks into the heart of man.

We as believers are called only to honour our Lord, to walk worthy of our calling and to remember always the great of love of God in Christ for us. We are to trust with every ounce of our being that the foolishness of man is the very wisdom of God and that He and He alone knows exactly what a person needs to hear and when they need to hear it.

Be encouraged this day - your God is at work through you and He will bring about His purposes!

Ann Absolom