We endure so much in this life, rather it be relationships, career, finances or difficult circumstances. Our hearts can sometimes become hardened when difficult things arise or we go through traumas or deal with people who can be draining to your energy.
Therefore, know that through it all God is bigger than any circumstance we could ever face. I was reminded that it is important that your heart remains pure before God.
I begin to meditate and pray Psalm 51:10, “Lord, create in me a new clean heart and renew a right spirit within me.” God already knows the deepest secrets of your heart. He knows your afflictions, your worries, your burdens. One of His promises towards us is to cast our burdens on him, and to take upon his burden because it is light and His yoke is easy.
We have to be broken before God, releasing all that weight and heaviness, speaking out loud and confessing our sins, with a knowing that He will blot out your transgressions and cleanse you and purify you. He will make you new.
In what areas of your life are you still holding on to hurt and your past traumas? Write it out and surrender it to God. If you do not have a journal as of yet. Check out my newest journal here: https://amzn.to/4aEunDv
Here are a few scriptures to meditate and pray to posture your heart before God:
Psalm 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”
Ezekiel 36:26, “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh and I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and ye shall keep my judgements and do them.”
1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
1 Peter 5:7, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”
Matthew 11:29-30, “Take my yoke upon you; and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”