FAITH CAPSULE: Desperate for God in the heart is to experience His hand.

Nehemiah 1,2

Man, with desperate heart for the glory of God will experience the backing of good hand of God for God’s glory through man. There is no heart activity that is hidden from God. Psalm 44:21 buttressed, “…God knows the secret of the heart.” As regard to heart, it is written, “The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the inner depths of his heart.” (Proverbs 20:27)
How is your heart desperate for the glory of God? Daniel’s heart was desperate to give it all for the glory of God and God’s hand backed him to do great exploits for the glory of God. Daniel 1:8 recorded, “Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” Daniel purposed in his heart for God’s glory and he lived to do great exploit (Daniel 11:32) because of his heart activity. Daniel’s heart set him for great exploits later in his life. How is it with your heart that is not hidden from God? It is written, “As in water face reflects face, so a man’s heart reveals the man.” (Proverbs 27:19)
How is your heart desperate for the glory of God? Imagine Nehemiah a cup-bearer’s heart activity.
The heart of Nehemiah was with genuine concern for Jerusalem’s welfare but not for self-interest. Nehemiah was a cupbearer with desperate desired heart for better life for his brethren. If a cupbearer could provoke profound change, claiming believers of today should be able to do for the glory of God as a salt agent (not bitter agent), light (not darkness) doing good for the glory of God.
It is clear in the heart of Nehemiah for God to see his desperate desire, touching life for the glory of God. Awesome God invested in Nehemiah as a vessel for reconstructing the broken wall of Jerusalem. The report of what was going on in Jerusalem caused a burden in Nehemiah’s heart and he began to intercede on behalf of the land and his people. The bible recorded in Nehemiah 1:3-4, “And they said to me, ‘The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.’ So it was, when I heard these words that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” Nehemiah poured out his heart in prayer on behalf of his people and his homeland. He asked for nothing that had to do with self-interest, but rather petitioned for things that had to do with a better life for his people. Believers need to quicken heart for God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of God to set your heart desperate for the glory of God.