Day 16 - Stubborn Heart

2 Chronicles 30:8 Do not be stubborn, as they were, but submit yourselves to the Lord. Come to his Temple, which he has set apart as holy forever. Worship the Lord your God so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.

God warns us about the reality that our hearts and minds can tend to be stubborn.  I was talking to a friend today who was putting up some kitchen cabinets and talked about how he had rigged up all these things to hold up the cabinet so he could connect them to the wall.  I can so relate.  How often do I stubbornly do things myself when it would be so much easier to ask a friend to give me a helping hand.  

Similarly in our spiritual journey, we often get so stubborn that we refuse to ask God to help us.  We often do not have help because we have not asked for help.  We continue to struggle and resist God when He wants to help us if we will simply ask.  

The encouraging part of this verse it that if we worship God it will help us overcome or stubborn spirit.  That is good news for us.  We can overcome our stubborn heart with true worship of God.  Worship helps us put God in the rightful place in our hearts and lives and helps us to call out to God for help.