"Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.” Jeremiah 7:24
You’ve probably heard the phrase not to be bull headed which without much thought I guess means stubborn but an even better example is not to be ‘mule headed’ as a mule is truly a stubborn set in their way animal not wanting to budge.
You know you need to have a soft forgiving heart yet you want your way and maybe refuse to be forgiving to someone. Would God do that? Answer, of course not. Hard headed people are on path to self destruction if they can’t start letting Jesus and the Holy Spirit change them.
Many places in God’s word refer to a hard heart or stubbornness separating a person from God. Self is what causes it. It is essential to die to self in order to not be ‘mule headed’. Which would you rather be known as? A kind servant of God or a stubborn old mule? Think about it.
PRAYER: I lift up those people who have stubborn hearts some of which I know. Satan likes stubbornness as it keeps people from total submission to God. Break any stronghold in me that would ever cause this. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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