Sometimes, God doesn't change the situation not because He wanted us to just continuously be frustrated, in pain or suffering, but He's changing our hearts instead.
Usually, whenever we're on that situation wherein something doesn't happen according to what we want or expecting, we fret and easily get frustrated on why it seems to be happening over and over again - a pattern. Not only it applies to something that we're expecting to happen but it can also be towards a person.
I remember the time I have reposted the below from She Writes for Jesus from facebookĀ which is exactly the same prayer of my heart:
Lord don't give me the desires of my heart, give me the desires of Your heart instead.
I don't want the things that are not from You. I don't want my plans, I want Yours. Let Your desires become mine. I want to live for You, Lord.
Day after that, Iāve faced a lot of things I am not aware I am becoming. That some of the things I desire are really not for God but for my own flesh, my own desires. To satisfy myself but not to bring glory to God.
I know most of us also experience something like this, wherein when we prayed to God about helping or changing our character to be aligned to His, we're put in a situation where our prayer will be answered, only with a twist. And that is not to punish us nor to make our life hard, but it is to stretch us and make us who He wanted us to be.
Most of the time, we tend to forget that God is sovereign. That He is in control. That we think we're much better than Him or anyone else. That He needs our help to fulfill His plans. Not knowing He can do everything in His own will and power.
After days of revelation from the Lord and was able to reflect about the situation I've been, I realized that it isn't God who will adjust to us, but us adjusting to His plans for us, for our good and growth.
It is also important to have accountability partners. Aside that you have these people to rejoice with you, these people also help you with your walk in Christ. You may not always hear what you want to hear but you will hear what you needed to hear.Ā For the enemy, it might be an attack, but for God, those are corrections that will make our Faith and walk be more deeper and rooted in Him alone.
Above all, let all that you do be done in love. 1 Corinthians 16:14
Sharing the below verses as well to encourage and remind us as God changes our hearts.
1. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV)
This is the promise of the Lord - that if we're already in Him, He'll give us a new heart.
A heart of stone represents resistance, stubbornness, coldness, senseless, and unimpressionable. But a heart of flesh is passionate, soft, tender, loving, and has its spiritual senses. It is a heart thatās alive to the will and word of God.
When you have a heart of flesh, God puts desires in your heart. He can make an impression on your heart because itās open, receptive and responsive to Him.
2. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12 (NIV)
As simple as put yourself in someone else's shoes. Remember the time when we're still not in Christ and how He never stopped pursuing and didn't get tired of us.
3. Trust in the Lord completely, and don't depend on your own knowledge. With every step you take, think about what He wants, and He will help you go the right way. Proverbs 3:5-6 (ERV)
Question: Were there also a time where you asked God about a change of heart and you were put in a position where it has been tested? How did you respond to it? Or is there a pattern in your life that has been happening? What do you think is it trying to teach you?
