Lent Day 33 – Lenten Devotion – Friday, March 22, 2024
Open the Eyes of My Heart
Baloche
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see You
I want to see You
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart
I want to see You
I want to see You
“I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
"Put your back into it." We hear this phrase all the time. What do you put your back into? What are you willing to commit yourself to? To put a little extra effort into? How does that feel? How do you feel afterwards? Sore? Kind of proud?
"Put your heart into it." This requires something completely different.
Did you catch that? Completely? How do you feel when you do this, when you put your heart into something? Do you feel complete?
When you put your back into something, you put your hard work into it. This is good. When you put your heart into something, you put yourself into it, you put the center of who you are into it. This is best!
As we continue our Lenten journey, trust Jesus puts his heart into us. Long ago, God wrote his law on our hearts. Long ago God put his heart into us, his complete heart into us, and as he did so, he opened the eyes of our heart, and we see him again and again, in God's grace alone!
Let us pray: Jesus, today I confess I do not always put my whole heart completely into you, believing you and following you and making you and our neighbors first. By your Spirit, give me strength when my back is not really into discipleship and your law. By your Spirit, open the eyes of my heart to see Your complete heart, and Your complete grace alone, are into me. In Jesus' name, I pray with my heart forever in you. Amen.
