Deut. 30:6 "The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live."
Deuteronomy chapter 28 is rough. It contains a bunch of curses for the people of God if they turn from him. Chapter 30 is pretty sweet. It contains some blessings for the people if they turn towards him. And in verse six God tells them that he will circumcise their hearts.
Circumcision was a physical sign that the people belonged to God. Here God promises to circumcise hearts. And that's really what he's after most anyway-our hearts. Where is my heart today? Yes I am getting good at the "Do's and Don't List" of Christianity. And that's all well and good, but where is my heart? Is my heart circumcised and set apart for my savior? I need to start there and let the list take care of itself.
Dear Jesus, help my heart to be set apart for you and you alone. Amen.
