A heart for God!

Think about your most valued personal belongings—your phone, a private diary, or a family heirloom. These are items of exclusive ownership. We don't share them, and we guard them jealously. If someone else tries to use them or take a piece of them, we naturally resist. In a similar way, when we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ, He assumes exclusive ownership of our hearts. That explains why the Scriptures remind us to love the Lord our God with the whole of our hearts.​God loathes divided attention, and if He is not the Lord of all we have, then He is not Lord at all. We need to guard our hearts, for that is the throne of our King. He should guide and direct all our affections and desires, rather than leaving us to negotiate terms with our old patterns. Where are we giving God divided loyalty today? Where do we need to surrender fully and give Him exclusive control of our lives? We cannot love God with the whole of our heart until we give Him full control. It's when we fully surrender that He takes over.