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Tune your heart
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it”.
( Proverbs 4:23)
We live in a materialistic society, we are on to please the ‘self’ and
used to the luxurious way thinking and living.
Main aim is to seek
happiness-which has many sources. It comes through achievements, appreciations,
approvals, material possessions, comforts and luxuries. Each one of has our own
programs to search for success or happiness.
Mostly majority of thinking, writing, talking etc, focuses on the outer
self of a person and little importance is being given to the inner man, ( the heart).
Heart consist of our thoughts,
motives, ambitions, values, and decisions. Nevertheless the heart is deceitful
and desperately wicked. We are easily influenced by the world ( word ) around
us.
The heart is an important because God is so deeply concerned about the
inner man or the condition of the heart, it refers to the mind, its emotions, its
thoughts etc.
“Do not look at his appearance or
at his physical stature,.. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the
Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)
“The heart is deceitful
above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I the LORD
search the heart and examine the
mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their
deeds deserve.”(Jeremiah 17:9-10)
Lord looks at the heart --all the issues of
life—our actions, works, pursuits, etc.—all proceed from the heart (Proverbs.
4:23);
“For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also. (Mathew 6:21).
“……how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth
speaks what the heart is full of.”(Mathew 12:34)
“But the things that come out of a
person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.”(Mathew 15:18)
Whatever we do in word and action is a product of what we are
inside , that
the heart consists of the intelligence, the motivation, decision, emotion and the conscience.
Bible tells us
“I
will give you a wise and discerning heart, …”(1
Kings 3:12)
“Do not let your hearts be troubled'. You
believe in God (John 14: 1).
We have an obligation to take care of
the heart because we have the responsibility of keeping his heart .
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are
the issues of life"
Always
remember that God knows everything and nothing is hidden and
“since
he knows the secrets of the heart? (Psalm 44: 21).
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than
any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints
and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation
is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the
eyes of him to whom we must give account.”(Hebrews 4: 12).
Actually we need a very strong person to put us in
the right path. Follow the command:
“Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart”.( Proverbs7:2-3)
Our walk with God is always a matter of the heart.
Arise and Shine
God bless
