Guard Your Heart

The Lord whispered to me this morning "Guard your heart with all diligence for out of it flows the issues of life!" Proverbs 4:23

I use to think that this meant to keep my heart from being hurt, or kept my heart true to God, and though it does include those things, I feel that to guard it diligently means to stand watch. Do not allow negative and vile thoughts, self talk, or images to get to your heart.

The bible also says to take into captivity all thoughts that would exalt themselves above the knowledge of God. So, we can not allow those thoughts to get to our heart. This is how we keep our heart. There is a gate to our heart, and we are the keepers of that gate.

We have gates on our ears to what we allow ourselves to hear and either take it "to heart" or reject it. We have gates on our eyes as to what we allow our eyes to see & believe or to reject it. We must wake up to the fact that we are called to be gatekeepers. But above all keep our hearts with all diligence.

Why? Life flows from the heart! Out of the heart the mouth speaks. We speak what we believe in our heart. What comes from our heart defiles a man or blesses a man. If we keep our heart to purity then what comes out will be life! Blessings and prosperity!

guard your heart today! Be a gatekeeper! You can do this! Amen!