I had a lesson in church about the above scripture. We talked about, among other scriptures, Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 11: 17-20, 36:24-28.
I got very inspired by talking about our relationship personally with God. The teacher asked us to think about what it means to us to have God written upon our hearts. To me, it means many things: to help me forget about my past problems, so I can live for Him, that I know Him, He is a part of my being, and that He is my God and I am His.
We have all had things happen in our lives that we wish hadn't happened or should never have happened. But, with God's help, I think we can forgive and forget and move on with our lives. Our Savior went through so much more than we'll ever go through. Why not use His experience to help us? He wants us to live large for Him, and how can we do that if we're thinking about what happened in our past. It's ONLY through Him that we can truly forgive.
There aren't many things that are truly ours. Everything comes from God, either directly or indirectly, almost. He gave us the freedom to choose. By realizing our relationship with Him, we realize that's the only thing we can truly give Him. Once we give up our freedom to choose for what God wants for us, we can live fully and largely for God.
Only by communicating with God and following His communications with us can we know how He communicates with us. In learning how to communicate both ways strengthens our relationship just by the nature of it. Imagine trying to communicate with someone of another language if neither of you speak each others' language. Not too easy, is it?! You may be able to do it with non-verbal communication - a sense of charades.
Have you ever had a friend that you've connected with so much that you can read each others' thoughts? I can imagine it's similar to that if you're close enough to God. He can be a part of every thought, every action, every intent and every belief. If He is a part of you, you'll know what He'll do under all circumstance.
In order to have Him become yours and you become His, the first step is regular communication. This is keeping a prayer in your heart at all times or officially praying often. I've heard a relationship sometimes described in the scriptures as Christ being the husband. Think of an intimate relationship that a husband and wife share. This is the type of relationship Christ wants with us.
Basically, Christ wants us to love and care for Him as much as He does for us. He knows us deeply and wants us to do our part in the relationship. He wants us to desire a relationship with Him as well. He wants us to know Him as well as He knows us. He wants as much commitment from us as He has TO us (remember, He has engraven us upon the palms of His hands). I hope we will choose this committed relationship to Him. Our life will be a lot more fulfilling if we do.
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