HEART: LIFE’S CONTROL TOWER
Memorise: Keep thy heart with
all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23
Physically, the heart’s role in keeping a man alive
cannot be undermined. The organ is very crucial to human existence. In the
non-empirical world, the heart of a man is that part of his soul that directs
his physical actions. Jesus made this clear in Mark 7:18-23. it is this “heart”
we are considering in this study. It is popularly said that “the heart of the
matter is the matter of the heart”. This means that the core issues of life are
matter of the heart. This is the crux of what our Bible reading today is saying
in verse 23
“Keep they heart with all
diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
What moulds a life comes from the heart. Ordinarily,
the Bible says the heart is evil – deceitful and desperately wicked (Jeremiah
17:9). After a man experiences the salvation of Jesus, the heart is impacted
and made available for working upon by the word of God. It is supposed to be a
dwelling place for the word of God so that it can be transformed to being forth
virtues, victories and success. For this to be experienced in reality, the
child of God needs as a matter of duty to work constantly on the heart through
studying, meditating and memorising the word of God.
Basically, the heart of a man can be in any of these
four states:
1) The
roadside heart
2) The
stony heart
3) The
thorny heart
4) The
good heart
Our Lord Jesus Christ explained these states in a
parable he defined as the key of all other parables (Mark 4:13-20). The state
an individual’s heart assumes is the choice of the fellow. The heart is the
place to receive knowledge, besides the head. Until the knowledge is obtained
in the heart, a person will not benefit from it. What kind of knowledge do you
receive into your heart?
A working relationship between the heart and the mouth
charts the course of a man’s life – whether good or bad. The mouth is the
outlet of the heart; thus, the issues that mould a life are coming out of the
heart through the mouth. The state if the heart is the true identity of a man.
It is the place God looks at to relate to a man (1 Samuel 16:7)
Action point
Examine your thought pattern
in the mirror of Philippians 4:8 and pray accordingly.
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