Greetings Balanced Life Family,
The scripture tells us to “Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life”. Proverbs 4:23 So, exactly what does that mean? It means to be careful and persistent in protecting your heart from sin, because the source of your life flows from your heart. What’s in your heart determines what type of person you really are.
It’s absolutely impossible to be a good person with an evil heart, just as you’ll never find an evil person with a good heart. The heart is who you are in the secrecy of your thoughts and feelings, when nobody knows but God. You can clean up the outside and pretend to be right, but if your heart isn’t clean, it’s just a show. God won’t reward you for that. God is concerned about the inward you, your heart.
Be mindful of what you speak, because what you speak come out of your heart. “. . . . For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” Matthew 12:34
If you’ve been born of the spirit, then you’ve had a change of heart. You’re the recipient of a spiritual heart transplant. God took that old heart that was full of sin and replaced it with a new one that was clean and pure. Praise God! Ain’t that good news? The new heart is filled with love, joy, peace, goodness, righteousness which causes you to become Christ-like.
When the world looks at you, they should see that your character and conduct is different from theirs. Your conversations, your deeds, your reactions should reflect Christ. Can’t do it with that old heart.
Now this doesn’t mean that you’ll never do anything wrong or make any mistakes. But when you do, if your heart is pure, you won’t be content until you make things right. You’ll apologize or repent or do whatever it takes to correct the mistake.
So remember what’s in the heart will come out. Just be sure that it’s Christ-like and comes from a Pure Heart.
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