Feb 09

Just a Thought

avatar Published in Untagged  by Pastor Mark
 Today I was thinking about the fact that God knows all things and all people.  The Word of God tells us that man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.  That verse can be a great comfort for us to know that the Lord does know other peoples motives and deepest thoughts, it reminds me simply that God knows.  That helps me when actions of people make no sense or worse yet when their actions have a long term affect on the lives of others.  God does know and even though people make wrong choices , that does not give you or I the right to compound the problem by making poor choices of my own.  You see the verse that was referred to above is not only a comfort to me it is also a challenge to me.  It calls me up short when I think about all that at times my heart can say that is not the most compatible with my walk with the Lord. 

      

My life is not really a connection of many different facets.  It is not compartmentalized by what I do , who I am related to or what things I own.  My life really comes down to what my heart is connected to and whether or not my heart is functioning as it should.  In the natural a person with a heart condition is always on the verge of facing some major problems.  The same is true spiritual a person with a spiritual heart issue is always on the verge of spiritual heart failure and sickness.  In the natural if a persons heart is not beating with a proper cadence doctor's can put a pace maker implanted in that person in order to have them develop a regular and healthy heart beat.  The same can also be said of the spiritual realm.  God longs for each of us to have a regular heartbeat that is not encumbered by other things that stop us from functioning with the kind of heart action the Lord longs for us to have. 

 

Finally the Lord longs to clear out any blockages that can quickly form in our hearts that will inhibited His holy flow in us and have the potential to cause catastrophic loss.  Our walk with God is easy to know how to live but is often so difficult to live it out with a heart that is not functioning as it was made to. So like the doctors would say about the physical heart. Eat healthy, exercise and don't do things that would clog the plumbing.  Spiritually speaking Eat healthy on God's word, exercise an attitude of grace and love, and whatever you must do, keep any spiritual blockages from forming so that the Lord can flow in you. There is nothing worse than spiritual heart failure.  Let's keep our heart right for the one we love the most,  Jesus!