I must be very cautious when my heart becomes hardened.

 I must be very cautious when my heart becomes hardened.

I must be very cautious when my heart becomes hardened (Exod. 10:1, 20, etc.).

If God just gave me over (Rom. 1:24, 26, 28), my heart can only become hardened.

The responsibility I must diligently undertake is to melt and break my heart with God's words, like fire and a hammer (Jere. 23:29).

I should continuously use God's word, the sword of the Spirit (Eph. 6:17), to pierce my heart and conscience diligently (1 Sam. 24:5, 10; Acts 2:37).

In this way, I need to plow my heart, which is like unplowed ground (Hosea 10:12).

I pray that the Holy Spirit will continually remove the stony heart from me and grant me a tender and obedient heart (Ezek. 36:26).