Category: Having a Heart After God

2 Samuel 24:24 (NKJV) 24 Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

David was not going to give God something that cost him nothing. He made sure he bought the threshing floor that Araunah wanted to just give to him freely.

David was not going to offer God a burnt offering where there hadn’t been some kind of sacrifice on his part. He wanted it to mean something.

Someone may say today, ”I don’t know what God would like from me. What could I ever give Him that’s worth anything?”.

One thing for sure is that He wants our whole heart.

He wants a man, woman, young adult, child, etc. to have a heart after His that will love Him sincerely.

David had a heart after God. That is so very important.

Yes, David sinned, just like we will slip at times no matter how hard we try.

But repentance is there for us, allowing us to get back up. Getting our heart right with God is what we can give Him today.

1 Samuel 13:14 (NKJV) 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

Letting go of the things that pull on us and take us away from Him, or put distance between us, is a sacrifice that we will feel.

And there may be times when we want those things back. But stand strong and finish the job by cutting them off completely.

The other thing that God wants from us is to worship Him with our firstfruits from our finances.

This is a sacrifice that we will feel at first, but it will soon become an honor.

Our finances can be a big thing in our lives. Money is looked at as what makes us or breaks us. The more we have, the more comfortable we feel.

But if we give to God first, His word promises He will open the windows of heaven and pour out blessings.

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

The next thing is our minds. As we give to Him our old ways of doing things, He will help us learn the correct way of doing them, training us up in the way we should go.

Give Him all our mind and let Him transform it. We will feel this one too, especially when we want to do something and we feel His conviction telling us it’s not good for us. This is hard stuff at first.

Romans 12:2 (NKJV) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

It all starts with our heart; the rest will fall in place.

Would you like to take the first step today and give your heart to God? Pray the prayer with us below.

Dear God,

I’m here, and today I want to dedicate my heart to You. I have lived this life without you for so long. I repent and ask You to forgive me for my prior lifestyle. I want to change, even if it means giving up things that I have loved to do, and I want to walk with You, I want to let go of all of it today. Please take my heart and my hand, mold me and make me who You want me to become.

I give you me today. Thank you, In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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