Wednesdays in the Word: Verse C

I'm so excited about this verse! I've been studying it for several days now, and yesterday, as I prayed about it, God allowed me to see it in a completely different way than I ever have before, and I'm so excited to share with you what I learned!

This verse is one of those that...if you have any Bible background...you've probably heard and/or memorized. It's quoted often, it's been turned into song...it's a "popular" verse. I'm always excited when I can see a "popular" verse in a new light - and to be truthful, I was mostly stuck on just the first part of the verse as I learned. I'm sure there's more hidden in the second part when my mind is ready to move on to marinating there!

It's a prayer, you know...this verse. An invitation.

Heart work is always so daunting, isn't it? Learning new character traits...growing...stretching...it's exhausting. And it's how I've felt about this verse every time I've studied it. I would look at the words staring back at me from the page of the Bible and think...oh goodness. I have to work so hard at all this. I have to put forth all this effort and figure everything out...and it's just so much!

But did you see the words at the start of the verse? Create in me...O God.

It's on Him. The creation of the new heart is all God's work. All you have to do is extend the invitation and then wait while He works. Now, of course, He will ask you to make changes, but the creation of that heart is not yours to do. It's His.

The same God who created the heavens and the the earth...out of nothing...all the way back at the beginning of time...can create a new heart in you. Even if you have nothing good to offer.

Even if you're a confused mess, He can still create something new in you, because that's Who He is and what He does.

Creating.

All He's waiting on from you is...the invitation.

For you to ASK. {Like...say...we learned in the A verse??} {Here's the B verse too, if you missed it.}