Devotional: What's In The Heart?
Christian Women's Devotion on Feeding on Spiritual Food
The mouth speaks
what is in the heart, and it's what's in the
heart that makes a person unclean. We need to
clean the inside (our hearts), then the
outside will be clean also, (Matt. 23:25-26) In Jeremiah 17: 9 it says, "The
heart is deceitful above all things, and it is
exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely,
mortally sick! Who can know it [perceive,
understand, be acquainted with his own heart
and mind]?" How does the heart get in this
state? How do all these things mentioned in
V:9 come into our hearts? I know we are
born in sin (as a result of the fall of Adam
& Eve), but as new-born babes, we do not
have all this in our hearts. I believe it has a
lot to do with the environment we live in—and what we put into our minds (or hearts) that
affect us. If we are feeding ourselves with
unwholesome things, that is what will be in our
hearts. So, what are we feeding our hearts?
Are we eating healthy food that nourishes our
spirits? Or are we feeding on 'junk food' that
feeds the flesh? It's so easy to get hold of
the 'junk food', because there is so much of it
in society. There tends to be a pulling towards
it. It seems appetizing to our eyes, but does
not feed or nourish the spirit and soul. How do we only feed on the wholesome,
nourishing food of God, without going for the
smorgasbord of 'junk food'? I believe it gets a
lot easier the more we resist and full
ourselves with God's food. If we keep ourselves
full on God's food (reading the bible, prayer
etc...), we won't be hungry for the junk. We need
to think on wholesome things as Philippians 4:8 says, "For the rest, brethren, whatever is
true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is
honourable and seemly, whatever is
just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and
lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and
gracious, if there is any virtue and
excellence, if there is anything worthy of
praise, think on and weigh and take account of
these things [fix your minds on
them]." Just some food for thought! © By M.S.Lowndes
Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and wilful and contrary talk put far from you. Let your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you. Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright. Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil. - Proverbs 4: 23-27 (AMPC)
Help me, Lord, to feed my
soul
On the bread of life,
To only think on
wholesome things
And live to honour
Christ. © By M.S.Lowndes
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