{"id":1015,"date":"2020-08-26T00:47:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T00:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2020-08-26T00:48:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T00:48:22","slug":"pouring-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/pouring-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Pouring out of Heart…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I\u2019ve mentioned before that the Hebrew word \u201cmitzvah\u201d (\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4) is often translated as \u201ccommandment,\u201d though its basic idea is about our connection to God (i.e., the root \u05e6\u05d5\u05d4 means to \u201cbind\u201d or \u201cunite\u201d). Being connected with the Almighty means making time to get alone to talk with him, relating to him as your Heavenly Father, and trusting that he genuinely esteems you as his beloved child. Whatever else you may think about the commandments of God, this idea of a love connection is foundational and essential. The very first of the Ten Commandments is Anochi Adonai Elohekha (\u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05db\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05d4\u05b6\u0591\u05d9\u05da\u05b8), \u201cI am the Lord your God,\u201d which invites you to open your heart to receive the touch of the Spirit of God. There is no love like that of the Lord, but you simply can\u2019t feel that love if you don\u2019t speak to Him, pouring out your heart and clinging to the truth of his love for you….<\/p>\n

Pouring your heart out to God in an honest, spontaneous, and intensely personal way is called \u201chitbodedut\u201d (\u05d4\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea) in Hebrew. After we \u201ctalk our hearts out\u201d before the Lord, in our emptiness we can begin to truly listen, as it says, \u201cIn returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength\u201d (Isa. 30:15). Only after we sigh deeply and surrender are we receptive to the voice of the Spirit\u2019s whisper. \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05db\u05b5\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 – \u201cBlessed are all those who wait for Him\u201d (Isa. 30:18). We wait, we abide, we persevere — even when God seems to \u201ctake his time\u201d or does not immediately intervene in ways we might apprehend. We do not lose heart, for we find strength when we trust in God\u2019s love… The Light of the world still shines: Yeshua, be my inner word, my heart, and my groaning for life today, and forevermore, amen.<\/p>\n

Since the essence of Torah is connection to God, the greatest blessing is to be filled with the desire to draw close to him, to experience \u201chunger and thirst\u201d (i.e., visceral yearning) for God\u2019s presence and touch. Holy desire \u2013 expressed in the yearning of heartfelt prayer \u2013 is therefore a state of true blessedness, and the more desperate our need for God the more blessed we are. It is our desire, our holy need that creates a bond of connection between our soul and its Creator, and that is the deeper meaning of \u201cmitzvah.\u201d As Yeshua said: \u201cBlessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied\u201d (Matt. 5:6).<\/p>\n

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We are to pray to God with all our heart (\u05de\u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05dc\u05d1), but that must include the broken heart, too – that is, the broken parts of ourselves that must be recollected and mended before the passion of God’s healing love. We “lift up our soul” to the LORD – all of ourselves – as we pour out our heart before God. Our feelings are important in prayer – the ingredient added to our petitions that quicken the heart and focus the will…. \u201cReturn, O Israel, to the LORD your God\u201d (Hos. 14:2) means returning to the place of heartfelt faith – where the LORD is your God, and you are his beloved child.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve mentioned before that the Hebrew word \u201cmitzvah\u201d (\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4) is often translated as \u201ccommandment,\u201d though its basic idea is about our connection to God (i.e., the root \u05e6\u05d5\u05d4 means to \u201cbind\u201d or \u201cunite\u201d). Being connected with the Almighty means making time to get alone to talk with him, relating to him as your Heavenly Father, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}