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The Bible speaks often of the heart. The word heart can mean different things depending upon the context. Most often, the heart refers to the soul of a human being that controls the will and emotions. The heart is the “inner man” (2 Corinthians 4:16). The prophet Ezekiel makes several references to a “new heart” (e.g., Ezekiel 18:31; 36:26). An oft-quoted verse is Ezekiel 11:19 where God says, “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.” So what does this mean?
In Ezekiel 11, God is addressing His people, the Israelites, promising to one day restore them to the land and to a right relationship with Himself. God promises to gather the Hebrews from the nations where they had been scattered (Ezekiel 11:17) and give them a new, undivided heart (verse 19). The result of their receiving a new heart will be obedience to God’s commands: “Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God” (verse 20). This prophecy will be fulfilled in the millennium, when Jesus the Messiah rules from Zion and Israel has been restored to faith (Romans 11:26).
Someone whom God has given a new heart behaves differently. Saul is an example of this in 1 Samuel 10:1 and 9. God had chosen Saul to be the first king of Israel. Saul was a nobody, but God chose him anyway and sent the prophet Samuel to anoint him king. “Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, ‘Has not the Lord anointed you ruler over his inheritance?’” Samuel made several predictions to prove to Saul that God had sent him, and verse 9 says, “As Saul turned and started to leave, God gave him a new heart, and all Samuel’s signs were fulfilled that day.” The new heart God gave Saul transformed him from an average nobody to the king of Israel. Not only was his status changed, but his entire outlook was transformed by the power of God.
The human heart was created to mirror God’s own heart (Genesis 1:27; James 3:9). We were designed to love Him, love righteousness, and walk in harmony with God and others (Micah 6:8). But part of God’s design of the human heart is free will. That free will carries with it the opportunity to abuse it, as did Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:11). God desires that we choose to love and serve Him. When we stubbornly refuse to follow God, our hearts, which were designed to communicate with God, are hardened. God compares rebellious hearts to stone (Zechariah 7:12). A heart of stone finds it impossible to repent, to love God, or to please Him (Romans 8:8). The hearts of sinful humanity are so hardened that we cannot even seek God on our own (Romans 3:11), and that’s why Jesus said no one can come to Him unless the Father first draws him (John 6:44). We desperately need new hearts, for we are unable on our own to soften our hard hearts. A change of heart toward God requires a supernatural transformation. Jesus called it being “born again” (John 3:3).
When we are born again, God performs a heart transplant, as it were. He gives us a new heart. The power of the Holy Spirit changes our hearts from sin-focused to God-focused. We do not become perfect (1 John 1:8); we still have our sinful flesh and the freedom to choose whether or not to obey it. However, when Jesus died for us on the cross, He broke the power of sin that controls us (Romans 6:10). Receiving Him as our Savior gives us access to God and His power—a power to transform our hearts from sin-hardened to Christ-softened. When we were separated from God with hardened hearts, we found it impossible to please Him. We tended toward selfishness, rebellion, and sin. With new hearts we are declared righteous before God (2 Corinthians 5:21). The Holy Spirit gives us a desire to please God that was foreign to us in our hardened state. Second Corinthians 3:18 says that we “are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” God’s desire for every human being is that we become like His Son, Jesus (Romans 8:29). We can become like Jesus only when we allow God to rid us of our old, hardened hearts and give us new hearts.
Die Bybel praat dikwels van die hart. Die woord hart kan verskillende dinge beteken, afhangende van die konteks. Meestal verwys die hart na die siel van ‘n mens wat die wil en emosies beheer. Die hart is die “innerlike mens” (2 Korintiërs 4:16). Die profeet Esegiël maak verskeie verwysings na ‘n “nuwe hart” (bv. Esegiël 18:31; 36:26). ‘n Vers wat dikwels aangehaal word, is Esegiël 11:19 waar God sê: “Ek sal hulle ‘n onverdeelde hart gee en ‘n nuwe gees in hulle gee; Ek sal hulle hart van klip uit hulle verwyder en hulle ‘n hart van vlees gee.” So wat beteken dit?
In Esegiël 11 spreek God Sy volk, die Israeliete, aan en belowe om hulle eendag na die land en na ‘n regte verhouding met Homself te herstel. God belowe om die Hebreërs te versamel uit die nasies waarheen hulle verstrooi was (Esegiël 11:17) en hulle ‘n nuwe, onverdeelde hart te gee (vers 19). Die gevolg van hulle ontvangs van ‘n nuwe hart sal gehoorsaamheid aan God se bevele wees: “Dan sal hulle my voorskrifte volg en my wette sorgvuldig nakom. Hulle sal my volk wees, en Ek sal hulle God wees” (vers 20). Hierdie profesie sal in die millennium vervul word, wanneer Jesus die Messias uit Sion regeer en Israel tot geloof herstel is (Romeine 11:26).
Iemand aan wie God ‘n nuwe hart gegee het, tree anders op. Saul is ‘n voorbeeld hiervan in 1 Samuel 10:1 en 9. God het Saul gekies om die eerste koning van Israel te wees. Saul was ‘n niemand, maar God het hom in elk geval gekies en die profeet Samuel gestuur om hom as koning te salf. “Toe neem Samuel ‘n kruik olyfolie en gooi dit op Saul se kop en soen hom en sê: ‘Het die Here jou nie as heerser oor sy erfdeel gesalf nie?’” Samuel het verskeie voorspellings gemaak om aan Saul te bewys dat God hom gestuur het, en vers 9 sê: “Toe Saul omdraai en begin weggaan, het God hom ‘n nuwe hart gegee, en al Samuel se tekens is daardie dag vervul.” Die nuwe hart wat God aan Saul gegee het, het hom van ‘n gemiddelde niemand na die koning van Israel verander. Nie net is sy status verander nie, maar sy hele uitkyk is deur die krag van God verander.
Die menslike hart is geskep om God se eie hart te weerspieël (Genesis 1:27; Jakobus 3:9). Ons is ontwerp om Hom lief te hê, geregtigheid lief te hê en in harmonie met God en ander te wandel (Miga 6:8). Maar deel van God se ontwerp van die menslike hart is vrye wil. Daardie vrye wil dra die geleentheid om dit te misbruik, soos Adam en Eva in die Tuin van Eden gedoen het (Genesis 3:11). God begeer dat ons kies om Hom lief te hê en te dien. Wanneer ons hardkoppig weier om God te volg, word ons harte, wat ontwerp is om met God te kommunikeer, verhard. God vergelyk rebelse harte met klip (Sagaria 7:12). ‘n Hart van klip vind dit onmoontlik om berou te hê, God lief te hê of Hom te behaag (Romeine 8:8). Die harte van die sondige mensdom is so verhard dat ons God nie eers op ons eie kan soek nie (Romeine 3:11), en daarom het Jesus gesê niemand kan na Hom toe kom tensy die Vader hom eers trek nie (Johannes 6:44). Ons het dringend nuwe harte nodig, want ons is nie in staat om op ons eie ons harde harte te versag nie. ‘n Verandering van hart teenoor God vereis ‘n bonatuurlike transformasie. Jesus het dit “wedergebore” genoem (Johannes 3:3).
Wanneer ons wedergebore word, voer God as’t ware ‘n hartoorplanting uit. Hy gee ons ‘n nuwe hart. Die krag van die Heilige Gees verander ons harte van sonde-gefokus na God-gefokus. Ons word nie perfek nie (1 Johannes 1:8); ons het steeds ons sondige vlees en die vryheid om te kies of ons dit wil gehoorsaam of nie. Toe Jesus egter vir ons aan die kruis gesterf het, het Hy die mag van sonde wat ons beheer, verbreek (Romeine 6:10). Om Hom as ons Verlosser te aanvaar, gee ons toegang tot God en Sy krag – ‘n krag om ons harte te transformeer van sonde-verhard na Christus-versag. Toe ons met verharde harte van God geskei was, het ons dit onmoontlik gevind om Hom te behaag. Ons het geneig tot selfsug, rebellie en sonde. Met nuwe harte word ons regverdig verklaar voor God (2 Korintiërs 5:21). Die Heilige Gees gee ons ‘n begeerte om God te behaag wat vreemd was vir ons in ons verharde toestand. Tweede Korintiërs 3:18 sê dat ons “word van gedaante verander na sy beeld met toenemende heerlikheid, wat kom van die Here, wat die Gees is.” God se begeerte vir elke mens is dat ons soos Sy Seun, Jesus, word (Romeine 8:29). Ons kan slegs soos Jesus word wanneer ons toelaat dat God ons van ons ou, verharde harte ontslae raak en ons nuwe harte gee.
Bible Verse and Prayer for Today
So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
—Hebrews 13:6
How can we be confident in what happens today?
What is our assurance for tomorrow?
Where do we muster excitement about eternity?
The Lord is our helper! Fear will not be our master because our future, our destiny, our eternity rest in the hands of the eternal Lord. The worst that man can do is to send us home to our Lord, who will never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5-6). Nothing the evil one can do can separate us from our Father’s love (Romans 8:32-39). We say with confidence, “The Lord is our helper; we will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to us?”
Prayer
Almighty God, my Father and my helper, I place my trust in you. As the Alpha and Omega, the God who is the great I AM, I trust you for all my tomorrows and rest my dependence in you and your unfailing love. In Jesus’ name, I rely on you and praise you for your never-failing love. Amen and Amen
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
So sê ons met vertroue: "Die Here is my helper; ek sal nie vrees nie. Wat kan 'n mens aan my doen?"
—Hebreërs 13:6
Hoe kan ons vertroue hê in wat vandag gebeur?
Wat is ons versekering vir môre?
Waar kry ons opgewondenheid oor die ewigheid?
Die Here is ons helper! Vrees sal nie ons meester wees nie, want ons toekoms, ons bestemming, ons ewigheid rus in die hande van die ewige Here. Die ergste wat die mens kan doen, is om ons huis toe te stuur na ons Here, wat ons nooit sal verlaat of in die steek sal laat nie (Hebreërs 13:5-6). Niks wat die bose kan doen, kan ons skei van ons Vader se liefde nie (Romeine 8:32-39). Ons sê met vertroue: "Die Here is ons helper; ons sal nie vrees nie. Wat kan gewone sterflinge aan ons doen?"
Gebed
Almagtige God, my Vader en my helper, ek plaas my vertroue in U. As die Alfa en Omega, die God wat die groot EK IS is, vertrou ek U vir al my môres en rus my afhanklikheid in U en u onfeilbare liefde. In Jesus se Naam vertrou ek op U en prys U vir u nimmereindigende liefde. Amen en Amen.
Bible Teaching of the Day
In Isaiah 29, Isaiah is prophesying against Jerusalem and, by extension, the rest of Judah (verse 8). He predicts judgment on the kingdom due to their sin—judgment that will come through invading armies (Isaiah 29:3–4). However, the prophet also affirms that God is incredibly graceful and will restore Judah after bringing justice upon their enemies (Isaiah 29:5, 18–24). In the middle of Isaiah’s prophecy, he diagnoses Judah’s problem of hypocrisy, which is bringing about their judgment: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught” (Isaiah 29:13). While the Israelites were saying the right things, their hearts were far from God.
The word heart is a common metaphor. In English, heart often represents someone’s emotions. When we say that someone has a “heart of stone,” we do not mean that his blood-pumping organ has been mineralized; we mean that he is unmoved by emotional appeals. When an ancient Israelite used the word heart metaphorically, he was thinking of the center of someone’s soul, the place where he makes all his decisions and experiences all his emotions. The “heart” was the location of one’s will and intellect. Therefore, when the Bible commands us to love something “with all our hearts,” it means loving with everything we have on the inside.
When God said that “their hearts are far from me,” He meant that they had chosen other loyalties besides God. While they might have sounded religious, they did not love God or obey Him. Their thoughts and their decisions were bent away from God. The NET Bible has a helpful translation here: “These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual” (Isaiah 29:13). In English, we might say that the Israelites worshiped “but their hearts weren’t in it.”
In the New Testament, Jesus quotes this verse in an important confrontation with the Pharisees (Mark 7:6–7). They, too, had hearts far from God. The Pharisees pretended to care about God’s law by following outward acts like handwashing, but they did not care about God on the inside. When they met God in the person of Jesus, they tried to kill Him! After quoting Isaiah 29:13, Jesus scathingly summarized their heart condition: “You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions” (Mark 7:8). The Pharisees still did religious things but had forgotten the reasons behind their actions. They said the right things, but their hearts were far from God.
As Christians, we face the same temptation as the hypocritical Israelites. Sometimes, it is easy to maintain the outward appearance of religious obedience by following basic rules, yet we lack any real relationship with God in our hearts. We start “going through the motions” without growing in love for God or for others. We might faithfully go to church every Sunday but ignore God the rest of the week. Like the Pharisees and the ancient Israelites, “faking it” is not spiritually healthy, and it will eventually catch up with us.
Isaiah 29:13 is a stark reminder that rules and rituals, by themselves, cannot please God. God wants true righteousness. God wants you to love Him with “all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30). “For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6).
Bybel Lering vir die Dag
In Jesaja 29 profeteer Jesaja teen Jerusalem en, by uitbreiding, die res van Juda (vers 8). Hy voorspel oordeel oor die koninkryk as gevolg van hulle sonde – oordeel wat deur invallende leërs sal kom (Jesaja 29:3–4). Die profeet bevestig egter ook dat God ongelooflik genadig is en Juda sal herstel nadat Hy geregtigheid oor hulle vyande gebring het (Jesaja 29:5, 18–24). In die middel van Jesaja se profesie diagnoseer hy Juda se probleem van skynheiligheid, wat hulle oordeel teweegbring: “Hierdie volk kom nader aan My met hulle mond en eer My met hulle lippe, maar hulle hart is ver van My af. Hulle aanbidding van My is gebaseer op bloot menslike reëls wat hulle geleer is” (Jesaja 29:13). Terwyl die Israeliete die regte dinge gesê het, was hulle harte ver van God af.
Die woord hart is ‘n algemene metafoor. In Afrikaans verteenwoordig hart dikwels iemand se emosies. Wanneer ons sê dat iemand ‘n “hart van klip” het, bedoel ons nie dat sy bloedpompende orgaan gemineraliseer is nie; ons bedoel dat hy nie deur emosionele oproepe ontroer word nie. Toe ‘n antieke Israeliet die woord hart metafories gebruik het, het hy gedink aan die middelpunt van iemand se siel, die plek waar hy al sy besluite neem en al sy emosies ervaar. Die “hart” was die plek van ‘n mens se wil en intellek. Daarom, wanneer die Bybel ons beveel om iets “met ons hele hart” lief te hê, beteken dit om lief te hê met alles wat ons binne het.
Toe God gesê het dat “hulle harte ver van My af is”, het Hy bedoel dat hulle ander lojaliteite buiten God gekies het. Terwyl hulle dalk godsdienstig geklink het, het hulle God nie liefgehad of Hom gehoorsaam nie. Hul gedagtes en hul besluite was van God af weggebuig. Die NET Bybel het hier ‘n nuttige vertaling: “Hierdie mense sê hulle is lojaal aan My; hulle sê wonderlike dinge oor My, maar hulle is nie regtig lojaal aan My nie. Hul aanbidding bestaan uit niks anders as mensgemaakte rituele nie” (Jesaja 29:13). In Afrikaans kan ons sê dat die Israeliete aanbid het “maar hul harte was nie daarin nie.”
In die Nuwe Testament haal Jesus hierdie vers aan in ‘n belangrike konfrontasie met die Fariseërs (Markus 7:6–7). Hulle het ook harte ver van God gehad. Die Fariseërs het voorgegee dat hulle omgee vir God se wet deur uiterlike dade soos handewas te volg, maar hulle het nie omgegee vir God aan die binnekant nie. Toe hulle God in die persoon van Jesus ontmoet het, het hulle probeer om Hom dood te maak! Nadat hy Jesaja 29:13 aangehaal het, het Jesus hulle hartstoestand bytend opgesom: “Julle het die gebooie van God laat vaar en aan die tradisies van mense vasgehou” (Markus 7:8). Die Fariseërs het steeds godsdienstige dinge gedoen, maar het die redes agter hulle optrede vergeet. Hulle het die regte dinge gesê, maar hulle harte was ver van God af.
As Christene staan ons voor dieselfde versoeking as die skynheilige Israeliete. Soms is dit maklik om die uiterlike voorkoms van godsdienstige gehoorsaamheid te handhaaf deur basiese reëls te volg, maar ons het geen ware verhouding met God in ons harte nie. Ons begin “deur die bewegings gaan” sonder om in liefde vir God of vir ander te groei. Ons mag dalk elke Sondag getrou kerk toe gaan, maar God die res van die week ignoreer. Soos die Fariseërs en die antieke Israeliete, is dit nie geestelik gesond om “voor te gee” nie, en dit sal ons uiteindelik inhaal.
Jesaja 29:13 is ‘n duidelike herinnering dat reëls en rituele, op sigself, God nie kan behaag nie. God wil ware geregtigheid hê. God wil hê jy moet Hom liefhê met “jou hele hart en met jou hele siel en met jou hele verstand en met al jou krag” (Markus 12:30). “Want Ek wil barmhartigheid hê, nie slagoffers nie, en erkenning van God meer as brandoffers” (Hosea 6:6).
Today’s Devotional
“For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander” (Matthew 15:19). And then: “What comes out of a man is what makes him ‘unclean.’ For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean’” (Mark 7:20-23).
In these passages, Jesus reveals the very springboard of our wants: our fleshly desires come from our innermost being. Sin does not just come about as a result of outside forces. It is borne from those hidden little niches residing in our thoughts and intentions, from the secret desires that only the mind and heart can envision. The bottom line is that, in our fallen state, the desires of our hearts do not come from God. Jeremiah further confirms the nature of man’s heart: “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9)
It has long been the view of many that all humans are basically good and decent and that it is the circumstances of life such as poverty or poor nurturing that turn us into murderers and thieves. But the Bible teaches that all men suffer from a common frailty—sin. The apostle Paul calls it our sin nature. “I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do–this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it” (Romans 7:18-20). Our evil hearts lead us to sin.
Furthermore, the heart is so corrupt and deceitful that our motives are unclear even to ourselves. As sinful creatures we devise and create evil things in the arrogance and self-sufficiency of our hearts (Proverbs 16:30; Psalm 35:20; Micah 2:1; Romans 1:30). The truth is that only God can examine our deepest motives and inward desires and only by His power can we ever hope to untangle the uncertainty and depravity that is bound up within our hearts. He alone searches all and knows us intimately (Hebrews 4:11-13).
Fortunately, God does not abandon us in our struggles with hurtful desires and sinful tendencies. Instead, He provides us the grace and strength we need to resist and overcome sin when it crouches at the door of our hearts. The psalmist says, “Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun” (Psalm 37:4-6).
Here we see that God can literally plant His own desires into the heart of man, the heart that, without Him, is desperately wicked and deceitful. He replaces the evil with good and sets our hearts on the path toward Him, removing our own desires and replacing them with His. This only happens when we come to Him in repentance and accept the gift of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ. At that point, He removes our hearts of stone and replaces them with hearts of flesh (Ezekiel 11:19). He accomplishes this by the supernatural implanting of His Spirit into our hearts. Then our desires become His desires, our wills seek to do His will, and our rebellion turns to joyous obedience.
Vandag se Bemoediging
“Want uit die hart kom slegte gedagtes: moord, egbreuk, seksuele immoraliteit, diefstal, valse getuienis, laster” (Matteus 15:19). En dan: “Wat uit ‘n mens uitgaan, maak hom onrein. Want van binne, uit die hart van die mense, kom slegte gedagtes: seksuele immoraliteit, diefstal, moord, egbreuk, gierigheid, kwaadwilligheid, bedrog, losbandigheid, afguns, laster, verwaandheid en dwaasheid. Al hierdie euwels kom van binne en maak ‘n mens onrein” (Markus 7:20-23).
In hierdie gedeeltes openbaar Jesus die springplank van ons begeertes: ons vleeslike begeertes kom uit ons diepste wese. Sonde ontstaan nie net as gevolg van eksterne kragte nie. Dit word gebore uit daardie verborge klein nisse wat in ons gedagtes en bedoelings woon, uit die geheime begeertes wat net die verstand en hart kan visualiseer. Die slotsom is dat, in ons gevalle toestand, die begeertes van ons harte nie van God af kom nie. Jeremia bevestig verder die aard van die mens se hart: “Die hart is bo alle dinge bedrieglik en ongeneeslik. Wie kan dit verstaan?” (Jeremia 17:9)
Dit is lank reeds die siening van baie dat alle mense basies goed en ordentlik is en dat dit die omstandighede van die lewe soos armoede of swak versorging is wat ons in moordenaars en diewe verander. Maar die Bybel leer dat alle mense aan ‘n algemene swakheid ly – sonde. Die apostel Paulus noem dit ons sondige natuur. “Ek weet dat niks goeds in my woon nie, dit wil sê in my sondige natuur. Want ek het die begeerte om goed te doen, maar ek kan dit nie uitvoer nie. Want die goeie wat ek wil doen, doen ek nie; nee, die kwaad wat ek nie wil doen nie – dit doen ek aanhoudend. Maar as ek doen wat ek nie wil doen nie, is dit nie meer ek wat dit doen nie, maar die sonde wat in my woon wat dit doen” (Romeine 7:18-20). Ons bose harte lei ons tot sonde.
Verder is die hart so korrup en bedrieglik dat ons motiewe selfs vir onsself onduidelik is. As sondige wesens bedink en skep ons bose dinge in die arrogansie en selfgenoegsaamheid van ons harte (Spreuke 16:30; Psalm 35:20; Miga 2:1; Romeine 1:30). Die waarheid is dat slegs God ons diepste motiewe en innerlike begeertes kan ondersoek en slegs deur Sy krag kan ons ooit hoop om die onsekerheid en verdorwenheid wat in ons harte vasgebind is, te ontrafel. Hy alleen deursoek alles en ken ons intiem (Hebreërs 4:11-13).
Gelukkig laat God ons nie in die steek in ons stryd met skadelike begeertes en sondige neigings nie. In plaas daarvan gee Hy ons die genade en krag wat ons nodig het om sonde te weerstaan en te oorkom wanneer dit voor die deur van ons harte loer. Die psalmis sê: “Verlustig jou in die HERE, en Hy sal jou gee die begeertes van jou hart. Laat jou weg aan die HERE oor, vertrou op Hom, en Hy sal dit doen: Hy sal jou geregtigheid laat skyn soos die dageraad, die reg van jou saak soos die middagson” (Psalm 37:4-6).
Hier sien ons dat God letterlik Sy eie begeertes in die hart van die mens kan plant, die hart wat sonder Hom desperaat goddeloos en bedrieglik is. Hy vervang die kwaad met die goeie en plaas ons harte op die pad na Hom, verwyder ons eie begeertes en vervang dit met Syne. Dit gebeur slegs wanneer ons in berou na Hom kom en die gawe van verlossing deur die Here Jesus Christus aanvaar. Op daardie stadium verwyder Hy ons harte van klip en vervang dit met harte van vlees (Esegiël 11:19). Hy bereik dit deur die bonatuurlike inplanting van Sy Gees in ons harte. Dan word ons begeertes Sy begeertes, ons wil poog om Sy wil te doen, en ons rebellie verander in vreugdevolle gehoorsaamheid.
The Collectors of Manna – Women of the Word // Gaarders van Manna – Vroue van die woord
Dilize Light has Managed a TruLight Ladies Group on Telegram for the Past 6 Years and from Today . she will be Sharing her Manna with the Ladies in The TruLight Daily Manna Platform . Dilize is the only Daughter of Pastor Dirk and has been part of the Ministry since the age of 11 . Dilize is also the Radio Host for the Popular TruLight Top 10 that airs on TruLight Radio XM saturdays at 17h00′
Dilize Light bestuur die afgelope 6 jaar ‘n TruLight Damesgroep op Telegram en van vandag af sal sy haar Manna met die Dames deel op die TruLight Daaglikse Manna-platform. Dilize is die enigste dogter van Pastoor Dirk en is deel van die bediening sedert die ouderdom van 11. Dilize is ook die radio-aanbieder vir die gewilde TruLight Top 10 wat Saterdae om 17:00 op TruLight Radio XM uitgesaai word.
‘N Vlieg Se Herinnering:
‘N Vlieg herinner my om elke dag goed te leef. Die dood is ‘n uitstekende herinnering aan die lewe, en die lewe is ‘n geskenk. Salomo het gesê. Enigeen wat onder die lewendes is, het hoop (Pred 9:4). Die lewe op aarde gee ons die kans om die wêreld rondom ons te beïnvloed en te geniet. Ons kan vrolik eet en drink en ons verhoudings geniet (v 7,9).
Ons kan ook ons werk geniet. Salomo het aangeraai. Alles wat jou hand vind om te doen, doen dit met al jou mag. Wat ook al ons roeping of werk of rol in die lewe is, ons kan steeds dinge doen wat saak maak, en dit goed doen. Ons kan mense aanmoedig, bid en elke dag liefde met opregtheid uitdruk.
Die skrywer van Prediker sê. Tyd en toeval gebeur met hulle almal…..Niemand weet wanneer hulle uur sal kom nie (11-12). Dit is onmoontlik om te weet wanneer ons lewens op aarde sal eindig, maar blydskap en doel kan in hierdie dag gevind word deur op God se krag te vertrou en op Jesus se belofte van die ewige lewe te vertrou (Johannes 6:47).
Dit is die dag wat die Here gemaak het, wees bly en bly.
A Fly’s Reminder:
A fly reminds me to live well every day. Death is a wonderful reminder of life, and life is a gift. Solomon said. There is hope for everyone among the living (Ecclesiastes 9:4). Life on earth gives us the opportunity to influence and enjoy the world around us. We can eat and drink cheerfully and enjoy our relationships (v 7,9).
We can also enjoy our work. Solomon advised. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. Whatever our calling or work or role in life is, we can still do things that matter, and do them well. We can encourage people, pray, and express love with sincerity every day.
The writer of Ecclesiastes says. Time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all…..No one knows when their hour will come (11-12). It is impossible to know when our lives on earth will end, but joy and purpose can be found in this day by trusting in God’s power and trusting in Jesus’ promise of eternal life (John 6:47).
This is the day the Lord has made, be glad and rejoice.
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