Over 30 years ago, I changed the direction of my heart and life and became a Christian. I "repurposed my heart" to live for Christ and not for myself. Paul perfectly describes this change in Galatians 2:20: "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (ESV). Self-centeredness is a death blow to all our relationships, including our relationship with God. We are called to a different purpose than what we would choose for ourselves. Left to himself, man tends to choose the wrong path.
In the Old Testament, the prophet Jeremiah admitted to God, "I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps" (Jeremiah 10:23, ESV). When we attempt to create or determine the way we should live through our own fallible devices, our purpose shifts from God to man. It won't work.
Repurposing our hearts means changing the self-centered direction of our lives towards God and using our lives to glorify and serve Him and not ourselves.
Question: What is the biggest challenge to repurposing your heart?
Repurposing our hearts means changing the self-centered direction of our lives towards God and using our lives to glorify and serve Him and not ourselves.
Question: What is the biggest challenge to repurposing your heart?
