If the name or image on this post causes you to turn away you may miss the truth behind the story. If you hear the name Kavanaugh and tune out, you’re at risk of not knowing the truth. The resulting effect of the Brett Kavanaugh nomination and Supreme Court appointment is more dangerous than apathy or anger. The result of the Kavanaugh fiasco is hardening your heart to hearing the truth. Regardless of what you think about Brett Kavanaugh, the story behind the Supreme Court Justice is how people turn off their hearts and minds and harden their hearts to the truth.
New Jersey Senator Corey Booker nailed the cause of everyone hardening their hearts. The Senator proclaimed how courageous Dr. Ford was when she came forward and shared ‘her truth’. Everything short of the absolute, spiritual truth has been causing problems since day one. People have been giving their version of the ‘truth’ since the beginning of creation. Eve did the same thing in the Garden of Eden when she retold of her encounter with God to Satan. God had told Eve not to eat from a certain tree in the garden, but later Eve added to the story. “‘We may eat fruit from trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'” Genesis 3:2-3. Eve told ‘her truth’, but it wasn’t ‘the truth’.
I don’t hold a grudge against Eve. I don’t think negatively about Eve nor have I written her and all of her family members off because of what she did. I haven’t hardened my heart to Eve, nor Dr. Ford. History shows that hardening your heart is one of the most dangerous things you can do in life. ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert, where your fathers tested and tried me and for 40 years saw what I did. That is why I was angry with that generation…’ Hebrews 3:7-10. Hardening your heart can keep you from God’s best and His plan for your life. Hardening your heart can keep you from knowing the truth behind everything.
Liberals and Conservatives harden their hearts toward each other and it leads to division in government. Races harden their hearts to other ethnicities and it results in bondage and slavery. Spouses harden their hearts and it leads to divorce. People harden their hearts to elected officials who don’t share their beliefs and it leads to social unrest, civil disobedience and a divided country. History shows the results of a hardened heart are wasted years, relationships and lives. When you allow your heart to be hardened by day to day happenings it can become a lifestyle and is easier to harden your heart to what God says. God’s anger can be the result of hardening your heart to the Holy Spirit.
It’s important to remember the enemy was behind the original version of adulterated truth. The devil planted a thought for Eve. ‘He said to the woman, “Did God really say…” Genesis 3:1. When we allow our heads and hearts to be directed by anyone or anything other than the Holy Spirit, the effect is the same as taking the wrong road on a journey…you don’t know where you’ll end up. Eve led Adam astray. When the Israelites were freed from 400 years of captivity and struck out for the promised land, it took them 40 years to make a trip that should have taken a month or two. They wasted 40 years of their lives wandering around because they had hardened their hearts.
The result of hardening your heart to the Holy Spirit is missing the truth that can result in God’s anger and separation from Him. Hardening your heart to ANYTHING can lead to wasted years…broken relationships…death. Hardening your heart is the work of the devil. ‘The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.’ 1st John 3:8. It took Jesus’ death and resurrection to remedy the problem and free us from Eve’s version of the truth.
Reality is we have an enemy that has been trying to distort and distract since creation until today. Truth is, the result can be the hardening of our hearts towards each other and towards God. Don’t let the Kavanaugh case or anything harden your heart and risk you not hearing the voice of God directing your thoughts and actions. Your life on Earth IS at stake and your eternity may be as well.