Heats On

“LIfe has moments when the heat is on and things spill over.  The question remains what will be spilling over?”

Loren Thornburg

I hate it when I leave a pot over heat on the stove unattended.  I come back to a mess.  Heat brings things to the surface.  When the heat is on, that which is inside will spill over both on the stove and in our lives.  This is why it is absolutely necessary to look at what’s going on in our hearts.   As much as we attend to the outside, we also need to attend to our inside.  If we don’t, when the heat is on, what’s inside will come out.  When the trials come on, the circumstances get hard, and the busyness gets overwhelming, things start to come out.  They come from our hearts.  We still need to take care of our health, be mindful of our appearance, but above all else we need to pay attention to our heart.  When life gets hard and your heart spills over let it be a beautiful mess.   

“Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.”

Proverbs 4:23 Amplified

God is serious about your heart.  He is after it.  It says “above all that you guard,” guard your heart.  That means more than appearance, more than money, more than your job, more than anything guard your heart.  That doesn’t mean be guarded in the sense of being closed off, but rather to pay attention to, be aware of, and keep it so close you know what is going on in your heart.  Your heart is a big deal to God and He wants you to think it’s a big deal too.  It’s from the heart that life comes.  Life, life and more life, that is what He’s after.  He wants you to experience life.  It comes from your heart.  Let Him have His way with your heart that you may have life, life and more life whatever the trials that your day may bring.