Along the way I’ve discovered that when I ask God to transform my heart, I should be prepared for Him to dig in and do some serious work—work that is sometimes difficult, sometimes painful, and often uncomfortable.
I must confess that God’s way of transforming my heart seldom looks anything like what I had in mind when I prayed for the transformation. Often God brings difficult situations and difficult people into my life—situations and people that challenge me, causing me to reexamine my life. God uses these people and these situations to reach deep into my soul, revealing the closely cherished (and often buried sins) that cause a gaping chasm to form between God and myself.
The fact is that in order for God’s heart transformation to be successful, I must be willing to allow Him cut these things from my life. I am required to let go of my pride, my arrogance, and haughtiness—the very feelings I never dreamed I harbored. Through these situations and these people, God gently points out the things in my life that I need to turn over to Him—the changes I need to make in order to become a true reflection of His glory.
Recently, I had been feeling kind of proud of the way I treat people, believing that I had this love thing down, foolishly thinking I could do it on my own. But God—in His infinite wisdom, and because I asked Him to transform my heart—brought two challenging people into my life to remind me that I cannot do it on my own. No matter how good I get at loving, no matter how proficient I get at compassion, no matter how kind I become, I am still completely incapable of doing good on my own.
So join me as I turn my pride and arrogance over to God, allowing His work to continue in my life and allowing Him to give me a new, transformed heart that truly reflects His glory.
Final Thought: The moment we believe we can do good on our own we are faced with the reality of our human limitations—and failure is always lurking just around the corner, ready to pounce.
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