“And I will give you an heart of flesh.” — Ezekiel 36:26

A heart of flesh is known by its tenderness concerning sin. To haveindulged a foul imagination, or to have allowed a wild desire to tarry evenfor a moment, is quite enough to make a heart of flesh grieve before theLord. The heart of stone calls a great iniquity nothing, but not so the heartof flesh.

“If to the right or left I stray,That moment, Lord, reprove;And let me weep my life away,For having grieved thy love”

The heart of flesh is tender of God’s will. My Lord Will-be-will is a great blusterer, and it is hard to subject him to God’s will; but when the…

heart offlesh is given, the will quivers like an aspen leaf in every breath of heaven,and bows like an osier in every breeze of God’s Spirit. The natural will iscold, hard iron, which is not to be hammered into form, but the renewedwill, like molten metal, is soon moulded by the hand of grace. In the fleshyheart there is a tenderness of the affections. The hard heart does not lovethe Redeemer, but the renewed heart burns with affection towards Him.The hard heart is selfish and coldly demands, “Why should I weep for sin?Why should I love the Lord?” But the heart of flesh says; “Lord, Thouknowest that I love Thee; help me to love Thee more!” Many are theprivileges of this renewed heart; “‘Tis here the Spirit dwells, ‘tis here thatJesus rests.” It is fitted to receive every spiritual blessing, and everyblessing comes to it. It is prepared to yield every heavenly fruit to thehonour and praise of God, and therefore the Lord delights in it. A tenderheart is the best defence against sin, and the best preparation for heaven. Arenewed heart stands on its watchtower looking for the coming of the LordJesus. Have you this heart of flesh?

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