God, Touch Our Hearts

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Desiring God

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🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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The One with infinite power in the universe reaches down to personally touch and transform us.

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0:00.0	April 18, God, touch our hearts.
0:06.4	Saul also went to his home at Ghibia,
0:09.8	and with him went men of valor
0:12.8	whose hearts God had touched.
0:16.1	1 Samuel 10.26.
0:20.1	Just think of what is being said in this verse.
0:23.6	God touched them.
0:27.6	Not a wife, not a child, not a parent, not a counselor, but God. God touched them. The one with infinite power in the universe,
0:46.0	the one with infinite authority and infinite wisdom and infinite love and infinite goodness and infinite purity and infinite justice.
1:00.0	That one touched their heart.
1:06.0	How does the circumference of Jupiter touch the edge of a molecule, let alone penetrate to its nucleus.
1:17.6	The touch of God is awesome, not just because it is God who touches, but also because it is a
1:26.6	touch. It is a touch.
1:29.3	It is a real connection.
1:32.3	That it involves the heart is awesome.
1:35.3	That it involves God is awesome.
1:39.3	And that it involves an actual touch is awesome.
1:45.0	The valiant men were not just spoken to, they were not just swayed by a divine influence,
1:53.0	they were not just seen and known. God, with infinite condescension touched their heart.
2:03.6	God was that close and they were not consumed.
2:10.6	I love that touch.
2:13.6	I want it more and more.
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