Proverbs
4:23
The
most important thing you have is your heart… Your heart provides life within
your physical body as well as your connection with the Lord… You are called to
guard your heart today because your life (physically and spiritually) depends
on it… If you have a heart of hatred and envy you cannot have a connection with
the Lord; the bible tells us that God is love and love is something that starts
in the heart… The heart is a very sacred and vital organ both to your physical
and spiritual life… If we take the analogy of the heart being a pump, we know
that whatever is inside the heart will be pumped out (in the physical since
this is the blood that travels through our veins, in the spiritual we are
talking about whatever Godly or worldly things that reside within)…This is why
we are reminded that if we want to live we must keep our heart… The heart is
the source, it’s the critical point and it’s the very place you’re most likely
attacked by the devil… Luke 6:45 says, “A good man out of the good treasure
of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil
treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance
of the heart his mouth speaketh.” How often do you give
your heart to others? How many times have you found yourself allowing someone
or something to have authority over you by controlling your heart…Whether we
have come to realize it or have not comprehended it yet, the heart is the
center of our living and being… David wrote in Psalm 37 that if we delight in
the Lord, He will give us the desires of our heart… God knows how critical it
is that we maintain our heart; He knows the importance of the heart and has
told us that if we make Him first in our lives He will give us the things that
we seek… God knows the things that we seek are love, appreciation, acceptance
and happiness… Today we are reminded that just because we seek those things
doesn’t mean we try to obtain them at all cost… The proverb today reminds us
that we must “Keep thy heart with all diligence…” The book of Proverbs
was written by the wisest man that ever lived (Solomon), but even he was
subdued and humbled when he did not protect his heart… I am a firm believer
that doors open in your life, but I am a (n) even firmer believer that not
every door is meant for you to walk through… That being said, we must understand
that being patient and thorough when it comes to matters of the heart are
critical not only in Christianity but in simply living in this world… The bible
says that the devil is seeking to steal, kill and destroy and the truth of the
matter is that he will only accomplish this by obtaining control of your heart…
The proverb says in all diligence, we must make every effort, put every last
bit of energy in preserving our heart… The bible records many verses speaking
to the importance of the heart and how it is the foundation of our direction…
Paul wrote to the Romans about salvation and how it is received through the
heart, Romans 10:9 “That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is
Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved.” It
is critical that we understand the value that the heart holds… When we say that
we truly love someone, that love comes from the depths of our heart, when we
look beyond someone’s faults what is displayed is the genuine heart that we
possess… Solomon goes on to tell us that the reason we must protect our heart
is because the issues of life come from the heart… When we have a heart for
something we have the mindset and drive to do it, that in and of itself is
important because a lot of us have the heart to do the wrong things… We have
allowed the enemy to penetrate our minds so long, that our heart has become
poisoned and we have begun to go down the wrong roads in this life… Every turn
you make in life is decided by your heart, every decision you make is validated
by your heart and if your heart is in the wrong place than that is where you
will be also… The heart is serves as the lead for all actions; whether good
or bad… This is why (as we read earlier) Luke tells us that the good in a
mans heart brings forth things that are good, while a evil heart bringeth forth
evil… Nobody will every truly understand your actions or what motivates you to
do things in your life because they cannot see your heart… If Solomon was
allowed to go by his eyesight he would’ve anointed David’s oldest brother king;
however, in that very passage God tells us how important the heart is, "Do not consider his appearance
or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things
man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the
heart." Your heart will manifest its true desires by the way
you conduct yourself in every day affairs… This is not to be misconstrued to
say that you will be perfect, but that your actions will be justifiable based
on your heart… This is why in the midst of all the sins that David committed
God said that “he was a man after mine own heart…” You are guaranteed to
make mistakes, but you must make sure that in the process of your failures your
heart stays right… As men and women, we see the desires of mankind and the
issues of people’s lives by how they act from day to day… If you are a genuine
person and a person that desires the right things, your heart will show that by
the actions that you choose to engage in… Today is a day where I think it is
appropriate that we examine our hearts… We examine the desires of our heart and
make sure that we have protected our heart from the devises of the devil… The
issues of life are the things that affect us, but also the ways in which we
live… An issue is subject, concern or topic; the issues of life are whatever we
make them… If we become worried about a job it’s a (n) issue, if we stay up all
night because of a relationship, we make it a (n) issue and all this derives because
we have allowed our heart to be invaded by things that are not of God… When we
allow God in and keep our hearts with all diligence the issues of life become
living the way God would have me to live, smiling in the face of adversity and
speaking a good/kind word to an enemy… I don’t have to hear you speak or even
ask you questions to determine what kind of heart you have; it will be shown in
your living… The bottom line is that you must protect yourself and your life… If
you’re careless with your heart and give it to any and everybody, it will be
shown by how torn and tattered your life is…
BE BLESSED!!!
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