"Keep thy
heart with all diligence:
for out of it
are the issues of life."
Proverbs 4:23
The Wellspring
of Life
We are apt to
regard our thoughts as
fleeting and
unimportant.
As a result, we
imagine that it matters very little
what we think,
as long as we say and do what is right.
Yet, in the
last analysis,
everything
depends on our initial thoughts.
Our thoughts
are the products and proof
of our
character.
But they are
infinitely more than that!
They are the
very materials out of which our character,
lives, and
destinies are built.
Evil thoughts
mar and destroy.
Good thoughts
build up, encourage, elevate, and refine.
What we shall
be in the future is based
on what we
think today.
For what we
think today, provides the basis
from which all
our words and actions spring.
Above all, as
Christ rules in our hearts,
His radiance
beautifies our thoughts.
He enables us
to lift our thoughts above all that is
sinful and to
keep them steadily
in the presence
of God.
Paul had this
in mind when he said,
". . .
whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever
things are
honest,
whatsoever
things are
just,
whatsoever
things are
pure,
whatsoever
things are
lovely,
whatsoever
things are
of good report;
if
there be
any virtue,
and if
there be
any praise,
think on these
things."
Philippians 4:8
This is the
peace that Christ earned for us
by His death on
the cross
and that enters
our hearts by faith in Him.
Guard your
heart ~ for it is the wellspring of life.
"Create in me a
clean heart, O God;
and renew a
right spirit within me."
"Lord Dictated
Them"
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