Your Heart
Think about this … from the time you start your day, to the time you finish it, everything you do will originate from your heart. Your brain may be sending signals, your lungs producing the air that you’ll breathe , your blood flowing through miles of veins and arteries, but your decisions and choices will come from your heart. From what you’ll decide to wear, whether you brush your teeth or not , what you’ll eat for breakfast, whether you’ll watch reels or read your Bible, whether you’ll be pleasant or grouchy, if you’ll open that door for your sister or just take care of your own self, whether you’ll greet your coworkers and friends with a “What’s up” or “Good morning”, or you’ll let them do the talkin, what attitude you’ll have towards the tasks at hand, whether you’ll enhance the experience or extract from it, what you’ll eat for lunch, whether you’ll lie or stick to the truth, whether you’ll belittle or encourage, if you’ll go to the doctor to get well faster or procrastinate and keep spreading germs, if you’ll spend time with the ones you love or spend as much time as you can away from them, tip or not, witness or not, share the good things that God’s shared with you or not, testify about how good God is or not…etc; etc; etc;. We could go on and on with examples of activities and actions that make up our day-t-day goings on … and each one of em begins in our heart. God, through Solomon’s quill pen, wrote, “ Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life” ( Proverbs 4:23 ). If our heart is still the one we’re born with, everything we do will be for naught. Yeah, we may do a good deed occasionally, but for the most part, everything we do will have an alterior motive behind it. We’ll be examining the outcomes as whether they’re gonna benefit us in some way or another. Our meals won’t include the desires of others…it’ll be what we want. Vacation destinations will be decided by us, and recommendations from the rest of the family won’t really be taken into consideration. Decisions are already decided…by you…”your house-your rules”, no room for discussion. Our old hearts are hardened like granite…cold as steel…and we ain’t changin it no matter how much we try. But … if we’ll allow for change, God’ll give us a heart transplant ! He’ll remove our heart of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh … one that’s pliable … and He will begin the “plying” ( Ezekiel 36:26 ). This “new” heart will produce a new and improved “us” ( 2 Corinthians 5:17 ) ! Crying will be the norm…but the tears will be more from new awareness, joy, remorse and awe of God. Others will matter…we’ll be interested in their thoughts, their feelings and their happiness ( Philippians2:3 ). We’ll also want to see them come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ so they’ll have a relationship that’ll earn dividends. We’ll be happy to go last. They can choose…and if it doesn’t break the bank or cause harm, so be it. Our choices and decisions will change dramatically … “Is this gonna glorify God ?” and “ Will this be a holy decision ?” will come to mind before we take our next steps. God uses the hearts of His people to carry out His will and good purposes. We will choose whether we stick with the old model we’re born with, or, we’ll trade it in for the modified , new and improved version. He’ll make us an offer we can’t refuse … He’s not the godfather…He’s Father GOD !