A Prayer for an Unwilling Heart by Chelsea DiMateus, read by Liam Arden.

Unwillingness is something that often gets overlooked or passed off as permissible.

The world tells us we can harbor whatever feelings we want and we can do with them whatever feels best.

I met this head on as I went through a season where God revealed to me just how much unwillingness was buried in my heart.

Perhaps you've been there too?

Maybe you've been unwilling to forgive, to show up where God has clearly called you, to listen to your neighbor struggling,

to grieve and heal through your own hearts, or to stand firm in your faith when you felt pressured by others.

The lists go on and on in regards to what we have buried in our hearts.

As the Lord peeled back these layers for me, I continually saw that having a heart willing to do what God commands of us is completely contrary to the world.

Our world celebrates the power of a person to choose to do what they desire, when they desire, and how they desire.

As I went through this season of my unwillingness, the Lord led me to first Corinthians 2.14.

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

It's been a struggle for man since Eve ate the fruit from Satan.

We saw this unfold in Genesis 3. Eve was unwilling to trust what God had told her, and Adam was unwilling to step in and lead his wife.

We see clearly throughout Scripture that being willing to do what God commands is not natural to the flesh.

Second Corinthians 2.14 also tells us that those in Christ are spiritually discerned.

This should not only excite us, but cause us to approach the Lord with hearts willing and desiring to live fully for him.

This means, as we know what his word says about the very things we are struggling in, we clearly know how his heart feels towards what we are walking through.

We see what we need to specifically pray for and seek.

So whatever you find yourself unwilling to hand over today, know that the Lord sees it.

He sees your heart and desires you to surrender it to him.

The Lord not only wants to reveal his heart to you through this, but he wants to walk with you, each step of the way as this season unfolds.

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