“For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice: Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the wilderness.” [Psalm 95:7-8 HCSB]
One of the greatest risk factors for our spiritual hearts is to allow them to become hardened. Here the Psalmist reminds his readers that the Israelites fell victim to that during their trek in the wilderness. The writer to Hebrews will repeat this warning three times in the Book of Hebrews. [3:8, 3:15, 4:7]
But what is involved in the hardening process?
Hardening of our hearts is an inability to see, understand, hear but most of all an inability to remember what God has done and continues to do for us.
When life gets difficult (or if we allow ourselves to grow complacent), we can forget how God has blessed us and what He has already done for us. That exact thing was often said of the nation of Israel … “They forgot the LORD their God.” [1 Samuel 12:9]
I have often said that if God never does another thing for me, I still cannot say thank you enough for His amazing grace and love and salvation in taking me out of my darkness and putting me into the Kingdom of His Dear Son.
LORD, keep my heart soft before you. May I never forget all you have done for me. Amen
