A question about YOUR heart

[Blien]

After you were born again.. did you seem to loose your passion of things you have before? For example, if you were painting and loved to paint suddenly you can't find urself to pain anymore? It just doesn't flow out of your heart???

Ezekiel 36:26

"Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh."

I ask because this seems to be the case with me. I dont know where my hearts passion is anymore.... I have like no vision of what I want to do for my future where as in the past it was sooo easy. Is there something I am doing wrong?

Proverbs 20:5

The purpose in a man’s heart is like gdeep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

[Shiloh62]

After you were born again.. did you seem to loose your passion of things you have before? For example, if you were painting and loved to paint suddenly you can't find urself to pain anymore? It just doesn't flow out of your heart???

Ezekiel 36:26

"Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh."

I ask because this seems to be the case with me. I dont know where my hearts passion is anymore.... I have like no vision of what I want to do for my future where as in the past it was sooo easy. Is there something I am doing wrong?

Proverbs 20:5

The purpose in a man

[Believer1997]

I actually have a deeper sense of beauty and God's presence all around me. I see things I never did before and feel more deeply. As far as not wanting to paint or create - I've done some of my best work as a born-again Christian.

[OneLight]

For me, there were things that I thought were important to me that are no longer important. Riding a motorcycle is the first that came to mind. I use to take "pride" in my Harley. Playing pool, which I was very good at, left. Attending certain social gatherings lost its appeal. Many things God removed from my life. I was made new, very new, in Him. Other things, He strengthened, as climbing, where I can witness and not be tempted to sin.

[glorywatch]

I believe that when you are born again, you may loose the passion you had for something, such a painting, because maybe you painting your 'god". Many of us tend to put whatever we enjoy before God and when we come to have a personal relationship with God, we put God in His rightful place, and the thing we were passionate about is put in its rightful place...it is no longer first priority in our lives.

I hope this makes sense!

[EricH]

Yes and no. I certainly lost passion for some inappropriate things (sin) i was doing. But some of my hobbies I was able to enjoy more, because Christ redeemed them.

[ayin jade]

Long after I was saved, but before I was serving Him, I was into quilting, specifically art quilting. I wanted to make a name for myself as an artist. During that time, I started getting online and involved at worthy. I lost any desire to make quilts now. I figure He adjusted my focus on serving Him and not making a name for myself. Him, not my pride. My quilts, pretty as they are, really have no value to man. Not like the value of spreading the gospel. Other activities I still do. Guess they dont interfer in His work as quilting must have.

[EricH]

By the way, if you can get your hands on, The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and read chapter 5, Discipleship and the Individual, it will explain much of what you are experiencing. It opened my eyes

[Blien]

Thanks EricH, I'll grab a copy and take a read of it... much appreciated bro

[kross]

I had been in 40+ TV commercials and movies and theater. When I got saved I found I no longer wanted the spotlight. The problem with that is that GOD called me to be a preacher and teacher of the gospel.

My first job as a pastor went terribly wrong because I did not want to build a church around my talents and personality. It wasn't until many years with JESUS that I realized the very reason I was called to be what I was called to be is because I am what I am.

I am a man who can get up in front of a group of people and speak and sing and do drama and pour out myself and my passion.

Motivations change. You likely wanted to paint because you wanted people to see your gift and talent. The selfish aspect of that goes away and the motivation goes away. When you start to paint in order to show the glory of GOD in and through your work, the motivation and passion is renewed with great ferver.

In the fullness of times.