I love to build. What I build is the church. I love to think about how to build the church, get strategies from God, bring right people together, and execute and finally see the building rise. There is great joy in building. And what I build is the Kingdom of God!
However, God reminds me there is something more important than building even the church. That is the heart. At the bottom, is my heart growing? Is my love for God growing? Is my heart-connection with God growing stronger? Or is my heart neglected by the excitement of building something, even the church? Heart matters far more. If my heart is neglected because of ministries, at the end I lose. My focus must always be to grow my heart.
If you are like me, you enjoy building something, whether it is a house, a company, or a ministry. But God says, "Grow your heart." Grow your heart toward Him. Develop a bigger love for the Father and the Son. Grow a bigger heart for people. If we build the largest company/church, and lose a heart of tender compassion for another person, we would have lost, not gain. We, human beings, live from the heart. If our heart dies, we die.
I am praying especially for a heart for the lost. "Lord, impart your compassion for the spiritually lost on my heart. Let my heart be broken by their spiritual lostness." It is not "Lord, let the church grow," but "Let my heart grow." Let us pray that God would grow our hearts. Your prayer may be about growing your heart toward God, or your family, or the poor. May we become people of the biggest hearts.
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