“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” - Ezekiel 36:26 (ESV)
We recognize that the prophet Ezekiel was delivering God’s word to His people and the promise was what God was going to do in the future. For us it is a promise of what God does in us today when we accept the gift Jesus Christ has for us. The gift of eternal life results in changing the hearts of all who choose to believe by faith in God. One day as Jesus entered Jericho, He captured the attention of Jericho’s Chief Tax Collector. Zaccheus, a powerful and wealthy man had enriched himself by cheating others as he collected taxes. That was the graft practiced by corrupt tax collectors. So, they were despised by all the people. Zaccheus was also a short man who needed to climb a tree to see Jesus over the crowds and from above. Jesus called him out of the tree and Zaccheus came to believe. He received a new heart and spirit from Jesus that day. It changed Zaccheus’ life, just as God promises to change our lives when we believe. Let's be thankful for the new heart God has given to us when we accept Him as our Lord and Savior.
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