A different kind of loyalty.

God is loyal first to my heart.

Not my dreams, desires or reputation.

God is loyal to my heart.

I was thinking back on two of the hardest years of my life as I read through the words “The Lord your God will fight for you” in Deuteronomy this morning.

Those years were hard because I felt like God wasn’t fighting for me. It felt like He was holding me back and ignoring the cries I brought to Him. But, as I held on through the anger, I knew something else was happening. God was fighting for my heart.

He was fighting for my character and was teaching me what it looked like to live with integrity and trust. He was changing the darkest parts of the hidden me. He was bringing those things to the surface so that they could be wiped away and replaced with the desire to look more like Jesus.

God has always been fighting for me. Every minute. He is fighting for my heart- the most important part of me. And, He’s doing the same for you.

Maybe our prayers need to change? Maybe it’s time that we stop secretly blaming God for holding us back and begin thanking Him for working on the part of us that matters more than our success or reputation ever could.

He is so good. So faithful. So loyal to our heart. ❤️

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With Love,

Em