1 Kings 8:46-49 (New International Version)

"When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to his own land, far away or near; and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their conquerors and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly'; and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name; then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.”

I love writing. It is always interesting to see where God will direct me when I sit down to write. I never know where He will lead, I just follow. I do know it will direct to me toward a deeper understanding of Him, His heart and His ways!  I pray you will be blessed.

Here’s my thinking process on this series: If the heart can turn away, it can turn back. Not only because that is what God desires for each turned away heart but there has to be a reason for those turned away seasons in each of our lives. That reason will be discussed in the third and final part of this series.

Through our free will, we can not only turn our backs to God, but we can also turn back to Him and run, walk, stumble or even crawl back into His arms. When one returns to God, you know there are angels singing in the heavens!

When one decides to turn back to God, he or she inevitably decides to turn their back to whatever it was that enticed them away in the first place. This can look different and take various lengths of time for each of us, but the results are similar. A turned back heart is a transformed heart, one which God can use.

Do I think every heart will turn back that has turned away? No. I think for the few that do, He is there with an outstretched arm waiting with anticipation for the lost sheep to return to the fold.

Question:  Is there any “turning back” that needs to take place in your heart?