Ezekiel III
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:26 ESV)
Trading Up
I have read of people, con men almost, who go to a flea market with a piece of trivial junk in their hands… maybe a screwdriver. They make a series of trades, each time increasing the value of what they ‘own’ until they leave the marketplace with something surprisingly valuable, like a riding lawnmower.
They trade up.
Ezekiel promises here that for those of us who know we had stone cold hearts, God will enable us to trade up! Through the Christ (and only through the Christ) our selfish hearts become hearts able to love. Our fearful hearts become hearts at peace. Our bored hearts become excited hearts. Our dull hearts become hearts reflecting Christ’s light.
Our dead hearts become alive hearts.
And all because of Christ.