TODAY’S INSPIRATION: HOW’S YOUR HEART?

The heart is a symbol for love. I read somewhere that the heart is the locus of physical and spiritual beings, and represents the central wisdom of feeling as opposed to the head-wisdom of reason. I agree because the heart can be compassionate and understanding, however it can also lead you into a path of destruction. The heart is definitely complex.

Scripture tells us to guard our hearts. It also tells us that the heart can be deceitful. Hmmmm, deceitful is not “good”. A “good” heart leads us to righteousness. I believe the best way to guard our hearts and keep it from being deceitful is to surrender it to Jesus. When we give our hearts to God, we stop worrying about all that we can’t control. We slow down, we begin to trust, we let the little things roll off our backs. We know that our heart is in a safe place, and we can find comfort knowing God will never break or leave it. I am thankful that God looks at the heart of man and not the flesh, because if the heart is right, God can help us change the flesh. If we make a genuine effort to strive for a “good” heart in all our interactions, even with our enemies, the Lord will hear our prayers when our hearts break from the troubles of this world or from someone we love. Thank God that Jesus will always be there to comfort and heal our broken hearts. There is a song that asks the question, where do broken hearts go? The answer is to Jesus. My prayer is that we all be known to God as David was, a man after His own heart. We all know that David was not perfect but what set him apart was that his heart was pointed toward God. Love and Blessings…

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9)

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet”
(Proverbs 4:23-27)

“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
(Samuel 16:7)

“And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.” (Acts 13:22)

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
(John 14:27)