I Give My Heart

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for February 1
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I Give My Heart

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. Prov.
23:26 

The Lord says to every one of you, "My son, give Me thine heart." He
sees your disorders. He knows that your soul is diseased with sin, and
He desires to say to you, "Thy sins are forgiven." The Great Physician
has a remedy for every ill. He understands your case. Whatever may have
been your errors, He knows how to deal with them. Will you not trust
yourself to Him?
The blessing of God will rest upon every soul that makes a full
consecration to Him. When we seek for God with all the heart, we shall
find Him. God is in earnest with us, and He wants us to make thorough
work for eternity. He has poured out all heaven in one gift, and there
is no reason why we should doubt His love. Look to Calvary. . . . 
God asks you to give Him your heart. Your powers, your talents, your
affections, should all be surrendered to Him, that He may work in you to
will and to do of His good pleasure, and fit you for eternal life.
When Christ dwells in the heart, the soul will be so filled with His
love, with the joy of communion with Him, that it will cleave to Him;
and in the contemplation of Him, self will be forgotten. Love to Christ
will be the spring of action. Those who feel the constraining love of
God, do not ask how little may be given to meet the requirements of God;
they do not ask for the lowest standard, but aim at perfect conformity
to the will of their Redeemer. With earnest desire they yield all, and
manifest an interest proportionate to the value of the object which they
seek
It is the submissive, teachable spirit that God wants. That which gives
to prayer its excellence is the fact that it is breathed from a loving,
obedient heart.