Above all else, guard your heart. By Charles Simeon. The Lord saw
how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that
every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
the time. Genesis chapter 6 verse 5 The
human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately
wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?
Jeremiah chapter 17 verse 9 For from within, out of a person's
heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride,
and foolishness. All these vile things come from
within. They are what defile you. Mark
chapter 7 verses 21 to 23 Our heart by nature is divided among
ten thousand vanities, all of which are sought in preference
to God. Whatever can contribute it to
the satisfaction of the carnal heart becomes an object of desire. Our hopes and fears, our joys
and sorrows, are collied forth into powerful and continual operation
to obtain the fleshly desires of our heart. But in order to
have an acceptable walk with God, the desires of our heart
must all center in Him. He will not accept a divided
heart. God says, My son, give me your heart, Proverbs 23 verse
26, and it must be given to Him entirely. To Him it must be exclusively
devoted in all its faculties. At least, nothing must be an
object of hope or fear, joy or sorrow, but in subservience to
His glory and in obedience to His commands. Jesus said, No
one can serve two masters, for you will hate one and love the
other, you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You
cannot serve both God and money. There is a singleness of eye
and a singleness of heart that is indispensable to a right walking
with God, to Him who searches the heart and tries the thoughts. Above all else guard your heart,
for it determines the course of your life. Proverbs chapter
4 verse 23. Search me, O God, and know my
heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that
offends you and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Psalm 139 23-24