Where there is a will; Christ Jesus is the way, the truth and the oife

 God loves a willing heart. But what exactly is a willing heart? 

Well, a willing heart is a heart that 'wants to'. 

So, in a way, you could say God loves a heart that wants to chase after him, a heart that wants to seek his presence. 

God loves a heart that wants to serve him and be used for his glory. 

You see, if we think about it, our hearts can so often be filled with many, many things, many passions, many desires, many goals and plans. 

But how much of what is in your heart can be described as a willingness to seek God? 

Too often I've seen people lay the blame for their failures on the devil when in all actuality the root issue was that they never had a willingness to seek God or obey his word. 

And so that left them exposed to the enemy. 

Too many people put the blame on their circumstances or they want to blame it on their past or even on other people. 

But if you really get to the bottom line, their issue is a heart issue. 

They have no willingness. 

They have no 'want to'. 

Their heart is not willing to be led by the good shepherd. 

Their heart's not willing to repent and turn away from sin. 

And let me tell you, a heart that's not willing is often a heart that's in rebellion. 

Let me put it this way. l am not a Formula 1 driver because l've never had a willingness to pursue the sport. 

Therefore, you can never attain what you don't want. 

Matthew 15: verses 8 and 9, Jesus Christ says, "These people draw near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men." 

Now, how many of us can be guilty of this? 

We can have lips that say all of these wonderful things to God when we want something. 

We have lips that can say these elaborate prayers. 

But when it comes down to the contents of our hearts, we really are not willing to know the Lord.

 We are only seeking to benefit from his goodness and his blessings. 

And so when God finds a person who truly has a willing heart, he loves that. 

He loves a heart that's full of faith. 

A heart that's committed and focused to seek his kingdom first above all else. 

Let's talk about David. 

David is described as a man after God's own heart. 

Can you imagine that? 

David is someone who was fully devoted to God in his heart. 

Yes. David fell short. 

Yes, he sinned. 

But boy, let me tell you something. 

David had a willing heart. 

And this is one of the reasons that I really love to read the Psalms because so often the heart is mentioned.

Lord Jesus Christ, KEEP ME HUNGRY FOR SOUND DOCTRINE.

As 2 Timothy 4: verses 3 and 4 warns, "There 

will be a time when people will not 

endure sound teaching, but will gather 

voices that suit their desires and turn 

aside to myths. 

Lord, Keep me hungry for sound doctrine.