The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble. My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:18-27
Just not doing the wrong thing doesn’t mean you are doing the right thing.
Not watching those shows, not listening to THAT music, not speaking cuss words, not doing drugs, not doing all the wrong things with your friends that are doing them, doesn’t mean you are doing the right thing.
To walk in the path of the righteous, to grow in the life that you’ve been given, you must guard your heart because it is where all of life flows from. If your heart stops beating, the blood stops flowing through your body. And your heart can’t beat well if you’re straining it. For your heart to be well you can’t just stop the bad stuff from going in, you must also be putting good into it, you must be exercising it, you must be guarding it.
To be healthy, to be living fully in the life you’ve been given, you must begin to fill your heart, the wellspring of life, with good. As you put more good into your life it pushes out the bad. It’s like the light, as it comes into your life, it pushes out the darkness.
But where is this good? What is this good that guard’s your heart that brings you life and puts you on the straight path? What is true? What is Good? God’s Word is Good. God’s Word is Truth. And the more you put a good word into your heart the more clearly you can see the right way to go.
Stopping the bad from coming in doesn’t clear out the evil that’s already there, but pouring in God‘s word pushes out Words not from God. It gives truth to your soul and health to your bones. The word of God is sweeter than honey and sharper than a two edge sword. It pierces the darkness and brings in light. It fills you with Love, Hope, Peace, and Joy.
To Guard your Heart you must put God’s Word into your Heart. You must look to it daily: reading, listening, writing it as you go. The more you have His Word flowing in, the more you feast on the healthiness of His Truth, the more you come to Know Him, Trust in Him and Hear from Him daily. This treasury of God’s Word stored in your heart will reach into the darkest areas of your soul and fill it with truth and love. God‘s word will speak into you what you need in every moment, it will push back the World’s voice as it tries to intervene. It will turn the broken record in your brain into a worship song in your heart.
God’s Word stored in your Heart will Guard your heart from evil, but you must continually fill it, never giving up.
Just like any diet, if you stop putting the good in, the bad begins to fill you again and darkness will overcome your heart. Then the heart will try to work overtime until it’s broken down, weary, and heading on the wrong path.
So guard your heart by filling it with Good, filling it with God’s Good Word. It will overcome any darkness, it will bring health to your soul, leading you on the right path, shining brighter until the full light of day.
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