FAITH CAPSULE: Are you finding it difficult to let go of what has been called off?

Exodus 14

God testified, “For forty years I was grieved with that generation, and said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they do not know my ways.’ So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’”(Psalm 95:10-11) Ones who do not know to constantly give thanks to God or praise God at all times will go astray in their heart. Psalmist testifies, “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord…” (Psalm 34:1-2) The psalmist’s testimony is of a heart which never goes astray. 
A heart that goes astray will not see the warning signal against destruction when it comes. It will fail and not stop when there is a warning signal. Our heart needs to be focus on God as much as we have the breath of life. The psalmist buttress “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord” (Psalm 150:6)
Have you been holding on to bitterness, anger, and malice? Are you finding it difficult to let go of what has been called off? Could it be that you are operating a hardness of heart? Hardness of heart is a branch of a heart which goes astray. The Bible have it documented how destructive hardness of heart could be.
Being unforgiving, bitter, malevolent and not to let go when need calls for letting go can be a demonstration of hardness of heart. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, was a good example among those whose heart was hardened in the Bible. After letting go of the Israelites from the bondage of over four hundred years he decided to pursue them because of the hardness of his heart. It is written, “…And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel…” (Exodus 14:8) In this pursuit, Pharaoh lost everything that he put out to pursue the children of Israel. The Lord was responsible for the hardness of his heart. It is worthy to pray to God and ask God not to let hardness of heart be your portion just as it was Pharaoh’s portion. Pharaoh was available as a vessel of dishonor. Ask God to deny in your life whatever causes man to operate or to be available as a vessel of dishonor. God is the God who reverses the irreversible. Be encouraged to ask, seek, and knock for the grace not to become a vessel of dishonor. The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh and he was marked for destruction to the glory of God.

Prayer for today: Pray like David did in Psalm 141:4 “Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men who work iniquity…”