Keeping that flame alive

Joel 2:13 -So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God,
For He is gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.

The other day at church I was in a time of worship and God convicted me and said “Don’t just worship me Ben give me your heart”. I realized that I had been playing the game. I was putting on a show and I wasn’t really surrendering all I have to God. I believe this is a word for the Christians of today. In Joel 2 it says: So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God. God is sick and tired of us playing our games. So many times we put on a show during worship. We want other people to see us. We want people to think we are truly worshiping, but we aren’t. What is God longing for? Well it’s pretty simple if you read Joel 2. He wants us to rend our hearts. If you look up rend in the dictionary it means: To rip out violently. He wants us to radically give our hearts and our all to him. His eyes are searching the earth for those with a pure heart and one pure desire for God and God alone. A cry is going for for a people who have given up the ways of the world and are tired of playing the religious game. He is raising up a bride who gives Him their all. Their time and money and most importantly their hearts.