The Heartbeat of God
A friend recently shared with me about a heart transplant surgery that she watched years ago on one of those real-life-in-the-E.R. shows. It was simply fascinating. As she shared, I visualized with a sense of wonder how the surgical team redirected the patient’s blood flow through a machine and removed his heart. Then they retrieved the “new” heart that had been preserved in a cooler of ice and connected it in the patient. After everything was reconnected, one of the surgeons leaned in close and began to tap the heart with his index finger. The surgeon tapped a steady rhythm on the heart to get it to start beating again. For several moments, the heart beat with an irregular rhythm. But as the surgeon continued his steady tapping, the heartbeat conformed to his rhythm. My friend commented that those moments were amazing and beautiful to her. The Holy Spirit ministered to her through watching this surgery that she needed Him to tap her heart to beat with the rhythm of His love for her.
Have you ever considered that God’s love has a rhythm, a heartbeat? His love’s rhythm is meant to be a steady influence on the pattern of our living. Just like our heartbeat needs to be steady for all things within our physical body to function properly, God’s love needs to be a steady influence within our souls for all things in our spiritual life to function properly. Scripture declares that God is love, and Jesus is called the Son of His love. Jesus taught that the greatest commandments are to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Scripture goes on to say that we love Him because He first loved us. God’s ultimate destiny for our lives is that His unfailing love pulsate within us and influence all that we are, all that we feel, all that we think, all that we say, and all that we do.
I wonder what would have happened had the surgeon not tapped a steady rhythm on the transplanted heart. Would it ever have beat as desired? This surgeon knew that regardless of the many hours of surgery and the skill of the surgical team, in the end, the critical need was to retrain this vessel to beat as designed. And with the whole team watching, the surgeon calmly began the process of gently reminding the heart of its destiny. Patiently he tapped the life-sustaining rhythm into existence. And all celebrated!
Like this surgeon, God knows exactly what retraining is needed in each of our lives. We are vessels designed to house and minister His Holy Presence. Is the Lord leading you into a process of being gently reminded of your destiny in Him? Will you yield to His rhythm? Know that He will calmly and patiently tap the life-sustaining rhythm of His Love into your existence. And all will celebrate!
1 Kings 8:58 (Message)
May he keep us centered and devoted to him, following the life path he has cleared, watching the signposts, walking at the pace and rhythms he laid down for our ancestors.
(NKJV) that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
1 Samuel 13:14
…The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart…
Blessed Father, I pray that You tap Your will into our life. We yield to our destiny in You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Barb and Yerusha
Have you ever considered that God’s love has a rhythm, a heartbeat? His love’s rhythm is meant to be a steady influence on the pattern of our living. Just like our heartbeat needs to be steady for all things within our physical body to function properly, God’s love needs to be a steady influence within our souls for all things in our spiritual life to function properly. Scripture declares that God is love, and Jesus is called the Son of His love. Jesus taught that the greatest commandments are to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Scripture goes on to say that we love Him because He first loved us. God’s ultimate destiny for our lives is that His unfailing love pulsate within us and influence all that we are, all that we feel, all that we think, all that we say, and all that we do.
I wonder what would have happened had the surgeon not tapped a steady rhythm on the transplanted heart. Would it ever have beat as desired? This surgeon knew that regardless of the many hours of surgery and the skill of the surgical team, in the end, the critical need was to retrain this vessel to beat as designed. And with the whole team watching, the surgeon calmly began the process of gently reminding the heart of its destiny. Patiently he tapped the life-sustaining rhythm into existence. And all celebrated!
Like this surgeon, God knows exactly what retraining is needed in each of our lives. We are vessels designed to house and minister His Holy Presence. Is the Lord leading you into a process of being gently reminded of your destiny in Him? Will you yield to His rhythm? Know that He will calmly and patiently tap the life-sustaining rhythm of His Love into your existence. And all will celebrate!
1 Kings 8:58 (Message)
May he keep us centered and devoted to him, following the life path he has cleared, watching the signposts, walking at the pace and rhythms he laid down for our ancestors.
(NKJV) that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
1 Samuel 13:14
…The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart…
Blessed Father, I pray that You tap Your will into our life. We yield to our destiny in You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Barb and Yerusha
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