Our Scripture reading today is Ezra 7:8-10.
Verse 10, "For Ezra had prepared his heart..."
If we are not diligent to prepare our heart, it will lead us astray. Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" When our heart is prepared; we, like Ezra, will seek God's law, obey God's law, and teach others to do the same. In order to have a heart that is prepared, it will require humility. 1 Peter 5:5b, "...for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble." I would like to encourage each one of us to prepare our hearts for Sunday. Whether or not we can have an in person service, Sunday is STILL the Lord's Day. May we all humbly repent of any sin that is in our heart and prepare to receive what God has for us.