​60. He Has Blinded Their Eyes

God can harden your heart.

I think about the mess of this world. The desire to live in a whirlwind of “I want” and “I need.” The focus on self-betterment and raking people over the coals who don’t agree with you (whatever happened to the concept of friendly debate?).

The lie that self is the only thing you need.

And at first, I wondered how a heart could live like that. And then I realized the horror of it all: it can’t.

And it won’t.

There are some people living and breathing right now that have made amends and moved on. They walk a path that’s veered so far off course, and God keeps a hand on their shoulder. But His spirit has left them. And they’re more than okay with that fact.

But I’m not okay with that fact. An eternity with no God is terrifying to me. And what’s madly ironic is that’s the very life I used to live.

But it’s a truth that others will shoulder for eternity:

“He has blinded their eyes

And deadened their hearts

So they can neither see with their eyes,

Nor understand with their hearts,

Nor turn - and I would heal them.” (Isaiah 12:40).

So my question: Are your eyes open? Is your heart beating? Because in that case, it’s not too late.