DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 5 June 2025
TOPIC: A Necessary Heart Transplant
TEXT: Ezekiel 36:16-27 (KJV)
KEY VERSE
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 an heart of flesh.
(Ezekiel 36:26)
DCLM Daily Manna 5 June 2025 Message
The most dreaded failure is heart failure because the heart is very central to life. The heart is responsible for pumping blood around the body. Stoppage of this process is called cardiac arrest, which warrants immediate steps to get the heart working or death will result. Some treatments may help a heart failure patient live longer. But when other treatments fail, a heart transplant becomes inevitable. This involves surgery to replace the diseased heart with a healthy one from an organ donor.
The Bible often metaphorically refers to the human heart as the centre of emotions and desires, where all expressions in life originate. God promised to give a new heart to the Jews who had strayed from Him, cleansing them from sin and idol worship. This restoration process would involve being purified with pure water, symbolizing God’s word and the Holy Spirit’s influence. Additionally, God would replace their stubborn hearts with ones capable of following His ways, by placing His Spirit within them. This transformation would enable them to live according to His will and commend them to His favour again.
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These all point to the glorious experiences that God intends not only for the Jews but also for humanity. God’s word makes it clear that “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). But sin defiles and damns the soul and leads to eternal punishment in hell. However, God not willing that anyone should perish has made provision for our cleansing through the blood of Jesus Christ that was shed on the cross. We can be saved from the power, pollution, and punishment of sin.
More than this, by the operation of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, God wants, through the second work of grace (sanctification) to change our stony (hard, cold, and unyielding) hearts to a heart of flesh (a tender heart that feels more love for God and people). Furthermore, He has promised to put His Spirit within us, even in a baptismal measure to empower us for His service. Until you, through penitent and longing prayer, avail yourself of these blessings, you are not where God wants you to be.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: A sin-deformed heart needs no mending but a transplant called sanctification.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Samuel 1-2
