New Heart

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you an heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26

I have been using my computer for over four years. As much as I enjoy technology, devices, and upgrades, I really wanted to get a new computer. But now there is no need for a new computer for me.

I was visiting my Korean friends over the Christmas holiday. As I was staying over my friend said he had a gift for me. He said he had an extra SSD (Solid State Drive) that he wasn’t using and he was willing to give it to me if I wanted it. For those of you that don’t know too much about computers, computer drive is a storage of large amounts of data/information and it stores the operating system in it. It functions like a brain.

Well, my computer had a hard drive. It was old and would lag a lot, making it difficult for my computer to function properly sometimes. On the other hand, a solid state drive (SSD) is a much faster and quieter drive than a hard drive. (Most computers come out with a SSD now.) So when my friend offered me his extra SSD, I gratefully accepted it. Minutes later, my friend and I opened up my computer, took the hard drive out, replacing it with a new SSD. My friend said I wouldn’t need a new computer for a few more years. It had a new brain, a new heart.

This story will not fully describe the verse above. That’s because what God gives us is much greater and amazing. God has promised us a new heart, a new spirit. Let us pray and be prepared that God can give us a new heart in the New Year. As God gives us a new heart, let us remember the following verse as well: “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My Statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.” Verse 27.