Saturday June 18, 2011

Read Proverbs 4:23;  Hebrews 4:12

Why should I guard my heart? Why can’t I just let it be filled with all the ‘pleasures’ of life, all the good things that life has to offer? Surely it’ll hurt no one?

Galatians 6:7-8 ensures us that a man reaps what he sows. If we continue to sow to fulfil our sinful bodily passions we will reap corruption and eternal destruction. Eternal condemnation awaits us because we have proven that our heart is not with God. It is with ourselves and in ’entertain me’ mode.

Proverbs 4:23 tells us that we are to guard our heart because it is the well spring of life. It is the source of life, true life, meaningful and significant life. The heart is the place where God speaks with us and leads/guides us. It is the place where the conscience resides and where moral goodness rests. If we let sin into our heart then all these God given qualities quickly start to erode.  It’s like trying to think or meditate with a ghetto blaster blaring in your eardrums. The noise of the world will quickly drown out the voice of God if we let the world into our heart.

Far too many Christians are crying out ‘Lord, what’s your will for my life or in this area?’ They can’t hear the voice of God over the noise of sin in their life. The compass of God is skewed by the lusts, passions and desires they’ve allowed into their heart. If we really want to know God’s will for our lives, God’s direction at the current junction, God’s plan at work, God’s marriage partner for my life, God’s career choice for me…. guard your heart for it is the well spring of life.

Think of your heart as a battlefield. The enemy wants to come in and cause corruption, disruption and chaos. The enemy wants to scatter your heart and leave you for dead.  The enemy has many weapons - bodily desires, lusts of the flesh, TV, video, magazines, music, nonbelieving friends, persecution, fear of death and so on. You have the Bible, the Word of God. You have your fellow  Christian soldiers in your unit. You have prayer.  It doesn’t seem like a fair fight does it? But you have the greatest fighter, the victor, the greatest soldier on your side - Christ Jesus Himself. The question is how you and your unit will build a barricade/bunker to protect not only your heart but the heart of every soldier in your unit. How will you protect the women, children and teenagers? The enemy will mercilessly kill them by any means possible! The enemy will spare no one!

How will you and your unit fight today?

Prayer:-

V Pray that you are aware of your spiritual gifts and that you will use these to help spread the word of God.

V Pray this for others in your congregation.