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Why is it so important to ‘Guard Your Heart’? - Written by Sharon Rodrigues
In Proverbs 4:23, it says “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
Have you ever wondered what it means to “Guard your heart”. When you go wondering and start asking yourself about this that and another, guess what is wondering? Not only your mind but your heart also.
Biblically speaking, the heart is the seat of emotion and belief. Honestly, it is our convictions about ourselves and the world which drives us to act in certain ways, some of which are good, and most of which are bad. We all know that our heart is filled with all sorts of rubbish to start off with. That is why most of the time we get hurt.
Most of the time we don’t associate ‘guarding your heart’ with confession of sins. In actual fact, I would say that part of guarding our heart means not only confession of sins, examination of our heart, and also a careful inspection of what we let in and out of our heart and our mind. This would include things like where we go, who our friends are, what show or movie we watch, what we listen to and many more things. But in actual truth we all know that knowing the truth is what will set us from the deceitfulness of our own hearts. John 8:32 states clearly that “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
From Mathew Henry’s Bible Commentary, it states that “we must keep a watchful eye and a strict hand upon all the motions of our inward man. It is our great duty to keep our heart with all diligence. God, who gave us these souls, gave us a strict charge with them. Man, woman, keep thy heart; take heed to thy spirit, Deuteronomy 4:9. We need to maintain a holy jealousy of ourselves, and set a strict guard, accordingly, upon all the avenues of the soul; we need to keep our hearts from doing hurt and getting hurt, from being defiled by sin and disturbed by trouble.”
Most importantly, we need to keep our body, the temple of the Holy Spirit clean as according to 1 Corinthians 6:19 – 20, It states that “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” Our body is indeed not our own. We have been bought at a price and that price was God giving His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for you and me.
I so believe that we need to keep our hearts with more care and concern than we keep any other price possession. As according to Mathew Henry’s Commentary, it states that “A good reason given for this care, because out of it are the issues of life. Out of a heart well kept will flow living issues, good products, to the glory of God and the edification of others. In general, all actions of the life flow from the heart, and therefore keeping that is making the tree good and healing the springs. Our lives will be regular or irregular, comfortable or uncomfortable, according as our hearts are kept or neglected.”
What we do, think, say and feel is important. As from there, others would be able to feel and know what your heart desires. So when people say “Your heart does not lie” is it the truth or is there some untruth in that phrase?
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