Over 25 years ago, I took a month to read through the book of Jeremiah. Two verses stood out to me then that have continued to produce spiritual growth in my life.
The two verses are:
Jeremiah 24:7
I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
I realized that God had promised the people they could have a heart to know Him. Therefore, the God who never changes has also promised me I can have a heart to know Him, not just know about Him, but really get to know Him personally. I began praying that God would give me that kind of heart.
A few days later, I read this verse:
Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me for their own good and the good of their children after them.
God also promised His people that not only could they know Him intimately, but also He would help them carry out that heart in the things they did. They wouldn’t simply believe a truth; they would actually begin to live truth. Again, I realized God would do the same for me. I began praying that God would give me “singleness of heart and action.”
Praying the truths of these two verses became a pattern for my life over the next year. Looking back, I can see how God did just as He promised. I continue to make mistakes (lots of them) and I consistently need to go back to these principles, but God truly has given me a heart that desires to know him and more and more I am beginning to see myself live out the truth I believe.
What verses have worked that way in your heart? Do you need to pray God would work these verses for truth in your life?
What wonderful verses and prayers to start the new year with. Thank you for this gift.
Amen. Thank you
Ron, I have constantly listened to Jeremiah 33:3, "call unto me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things of which you know not."
Amen.