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“My son, give me thine heart” (Proverbs 23:26).
Sometimes we hear gospel preachers tell those who are not saved that they need to give their heart to the Lord Jesus. Those who say this mean well, but it is important to notice that we do not find this kind of gospel preaching in the Bible. Why not? It is because of what we had in our verse on March 4 — “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked” (Jeremiah 17:9). Can we bring that kind of a heart, and present it to the Lord? No, for we also read in the Word of God that “Thou (God) art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity” (Habakkuk 1:13). God cannot accept our sinful hearts.
Rather we need a new heart and a new nature, which we get when we accept the Lord Jesus as our Savior. Then, as true believers, we can give our heart to the Lord. In our verse today, God says, “My son, give me thine heart,” and this shows that He is speaking to those who have a real relationship with Him. Then we can give our new hearts to the Lord, and use our time and energy for His glory. It is because we love the Lord that we willingly give our heart to Him, and this can happen only after we are saved.
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