Ezekiel 18:31 – “Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?”

The Bible says that God knows those who are His.  In Ezekiel 9 and 11, I saw something that resonated with me.   God marks those who find sin unacceptable, and sinfulness troubles them.   That mark is a sign of ownership.

In Chapter 11, we find that those marked are given a new heart and Spirit, enabling them to walk pure before the Lord.  We keep justifying our flesh when God promises victory over it.  By justifying the flesh, we give it power.  By condemning the flesh, we render it powerless.

Idols in the Heart are hindrances that block our progress.

Ezekiel 18:31 gives an interesting declaration: “Cast away from you…”  Who is doing this?  We are!  “…all the iniquities which you have committed; AND…”  Who is the AND directed to?  Us!  “…make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit…”  We cannot make our Hearts or Spirit new, but our actions open that door.  “…SO THAT you may not die…”   We should take that literally and spiritually.

In Mark 7, Jesus explained the natural and spiritual.   He explained the Heart.  The Heart is the key.  When something gets in the Heart, it shapes life and defines who we have become.

The Heart is like a fruit tree or a spring of water.  If the tree or spring is good, the fruit is good.  If it is bad, it has no redeeming value.  It provides no sustenance.

We speak, think, and act based on the overflow of our Hearts.   It is not Freudian slips; it is revelatory of what is in the Heart.   Therefore, we own it and repent of what needs to be repented so we can open the door to being marked and transformed. 

We do not have to manifest sin and allow the flesh to dominate.   If we do, we are testifying that that is the condition of our Heart.  If Christ is IN Us, is he dominated by the flesh?   Do not excuse the flesh, but seek God and be filled with His Righteousness.    We are not super saints but totally committed followers of Jesus, making us super!

Victory is your heritage from God.  Embrace it!

Have a great day in Jesus, and walk in the fullness of the victory He won at Calvary.