What It Takes to Melt Our Hearts

UV 1226/10,000 What It Takes to Melt Our Hearts
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow
Psalm 147 v 18

This is a very deep and meaningful uni-verse. The Lord sends His specific word to melt the hearts of those who hear, repent and receive it as the Word from God and the Word of God. He sent Jesus as His messenger of love to quicken our consciences that were inured to sin and to melt our hearts. The best of teachers, the best of books and the best of education of mankind can only reach our minds and help us formulate concepts and remember jargon but only the Word can penetrate the space between our conscience and our imagination, the space between our memories of the past and the visions of the future, the space between our spirits, minds and bodies. Only the Word can fill the vacuum in our hearts with truth, grace, love and wisdom. Our hearts that were once calloused and hardened by sin now begins to be revived and restored with faith and hope.

Once we are convicted by the power of the Word, the Lord sends His spirit, the Holy Spirit referred to in the uni-verse as “the wind”. No one but God knows where the wind comes from and where it goes. It is His breath that He breathes down on us to inspire us from within, to help us to understand His Word and His will and to do it. The Spirit will teach us not to take the Word casually but to pay heed and to value every word. The Spirit of God anoints us to lead and leads us. He comforts us, encourages us, reminds us and prompts us with gentle nudges to walk in obedience to the call of God.

The Word of God is the eternal water of life. The Spirit is the Wind of God. Together they cause a spring or a fountain to rise and flow in our hearts and lives. As Jesus said, “ Rivers of life-giving water will flow from our hearts.” Just as the snow melts in the Himalayas to cause the mighty rivers to rise and flow through the mountains, hills and plains, the Word melts our hearts and cause the rivers of irrepressible joy, inexpressible hope, inexhaustible love, unfathomable wisdom, abundant peace to flow in our lives through the ravines of huge problems, massive pain, innumerable challenges and the routine of everyday life. Our responsibility is not to hinder the flow of these spiritual rivers in our lives by building dams and barrages with our own manufactured thoughts, anxieties, fears and inhibitions.

Prateep V Philip