Wooing wayward hearts

We are “prone to wander.” God is constantly calling his children back to himself (Jer 3:22). The standing offer is, “return and be healed.” In returning we need to do three things: 1) Plow up our fallow ground. 2) Stop sowing among thorns. 3) Surrender our pride and power. (Jer 4:3-4) That is, we need to break up our hardened hearts, changing longstanding attitudes of rebellion and resentment. We need to stop wasting our lives in futile endeavors. Determine where God is at work and join him in doing what really matters. Finally, (probably should be “firstly”) we need to acknowledge our own sin and inadequacy for the task. We are totally dependent on God for holiness and productivity in the kingdom. Without Him we can do nothing (Joh 15:5).