"Above all else guard your heart for it affects everything you do." Proverbs 4:23
"Lord, I just want my heart to be right." Ever prayed that prayer? I have--but not nearly often enough. Honestly, much of the time I don't pay very close attention to where my heart is or what's going on inside of it. I guess you could say I allow my heart to get "hijacked" more often than I would like to admit.
Hijack. The dictionary definition says it all - "to illegally seize in transit and force to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes."
If my heart isn't surrendered and dedicated to my Lord then guess who has the easy opening to hijack it? To whom have I given the power to seize it and force it to a different destination? To whom have I handed over the power to use it for his own purposes?
This scripture reminds me that my heart is so fragile, so precious that it needs to be guarded. Why? Because the attitude of my heart affects every area of my life. I must be deliberate about where my heart is and who has control of it. It's my choice.
"Lord, I really do want my heart to be right..."
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Thanks, I’m realizing myself now I must revert back to a child like faith. If I could only focus on the very first commandment, maybe I wouldn’t have forgotten my first love, let alone abandoned Him, only to follow my own agenda. New year, new struggles, new opportunities.... resolutions ...
true story ... I always say when I grow up I want to be just like Willa my daughter, by divine arrangement her name means resolute ...
In my heart my resolution is to remain in Love with Jesus, yet my flesh is weak, and my mind says “ how is this possible? It’s an unattainable feat, you are destined to fail, destined to fall into the same old traps that have been laid out for you since the devil himself asked if he could sift you as wheat” ... just then in the moment my heart knows I can’t and it breaks and cries My savior says “well done good and faithful servant, you are right where I want you” Oh Lord keep me in constant surrender to you wherever and whatever it takes for me to be continually and ultimately desperate for you!
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