Above all else, guard your heart!

All through the scriptures, there is a lot of emphasis on the heart as it ought to be because the heart is the singular most important part in the human body and when the bible talks about the heart, it talks about both our physical heart and our spiritual heart.

The heart is the central point of our lives. If the natural heart ceases to beat, the body dies. The same goes for our spiritual heart. Our spiritual heart is where our will, our emotions, our thoughts and our personalities are formed.

Everything starts from the heart. Our hearts are truly who we are. We love from our hearts. We hold treasures there. We also hold grudges and bitterness there. Every action and reaction comes from our hearts.

The heart is also very important to God so much that in Proverbs 4:23, He tells us “Above all else, guard your heart [mind, inner being], for it is the wellspring of life”. Why? Because He searches the heart – Jeremiah 17:10, and only the pure in heart, will see Him - Mathew 5:8.

The bitter truth however is that many of us are not guarding our hearts. We have become careless with our hearts. We allow our heart wonder here and there. We feed our hearts things that don’t edify us, we allow people into our heart who don’t deserve to be there.

Can I ask you an honest question? What is the state of your heart? Who and what are you allowing into your heart that is messing you up? When God looks at your heart, what does He see? Have you brought your heart before God for cleansing?

We tend guard and take care of every other thing we treasure except for our hearts; we will lock the door to our homes to guard our lives and our valuables, we will guard our positions at work by doing everything possible to insure a lasting position however, we fail to guard what is considered to be the most important- our hearts!

The purpose of this note if for us to really examine ours hearts. What matters most is not what’s happening on the outside of us but what’s happening on our inside- our heart.

The state of our heart is never hidden. It is seen in our attitude, it is seen in our dressing, and it is seen in our character, it is seen in our words. "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.” - Matthew 12:34

What is the majority of your words saying? Do you talk about money most of the time? Is it power and position, it is career, it is appearance, or it is possessions? Are you constantly arguing, gossiping, worrying or stressing over something? Do you have a hard time saying positive things?

All these are symptoms of an unguarded heart. And it's no secret that an unguarded heart is a breeding ground for sin. Sin in not just expressed in the act alone it is first committed in the heart.

You see, if someone wants to pollute water, he pollutes it at its source. If he wants to purify water, he purifies it at its source. The content of our hearts form the core of our lives- either godliness or ungodliness. “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he” Proverbs 23:7

Who have you allowed into your heart? Who do you spend time with? Why are you surprised that you think and act the way you do when your friendships are full of people who don’t push you toward Christ?

Truth is, you will never know the reality of your heart until you bring it before God.

We must start guarding this precious commodity by bringing it before God for a "check-up" and thereafter guarding it. And if you don’t already have a relationship with God, then you need to first surrender your heart to Christ before you even talk of guarding it.

We need to stop opening our hearts up to things that perverts our heart. Cut out every distraction, turn off those stupid music, switch off those mindless TV shows, refuse any lustful conversations, do away with lies, turn away from gossip, flee any sexual temptation that's around you and don’t put up with people who disobey God and make excuses for sin.

The need for us to guard our hearts cannot be over emphasized so bring your heart before the Creator and allow Him to do a little surgery on it. Trust me; the surgery process is not even painful. He is an expert at fixing faulty, broken, and messed up hearts- a healer in every sense of the word.

When your heart is completely surrendered to Christ you will be conscious about guarding it.

It is my sincere prayer that God will give us the needed grace to adequately guard our hearts the way we ought to…

Above all else, guard your heart!

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