sensitive hearts

Can you name people today who seem to carefully listen to God? - People whose hearts are especially sensitive to the Holy Spirit? I can almost guarantee that those are the men and women who know what it is to be broken and bruised. They have the scars to prove it.

Perhaps, as you read these words, you bear the marks of a carnal week. Day by day, you've gone your own way and grieved the Spirit of God. And now, you come with a certain kind of desperation to change in your heart - to learn from God and renew your fellowship with Him.

Do you realize what's happened? Your failure has given you a sensitive, teachable spirit. It has broken the pride-barrier in your life. It is what Paul called a "Godly sorrow"(2 Cor. 7:10).