Hello Friends: Thanks for stopping by today. In pondering the question of why we need to guard our hearts, I considered the source of the admonition. In Proverbs 4:23, a father instructs his son to guard his heart for it is the wellspring of life. In this command, the father gives his son advice, and then gives a reason. First, he warns the son to protect his heart. Then he explains that the reason his son should protect his heart is because the heart is the wellspring of life, meaning that the heart is where life originates. The father implies that if the heart is left unguarded, it can be attacked. Furthermore, he implies that a heart under attack cannot operate efficiently as the source of life. When we cease to protect the source of life, we expose ourselves to feeling lifeless. When I have left my heart unguarded, and it was subsequently attacked in unexpected ways, the result has been that that I would prefer death to suffering through the agony of the healing process. Avoiding that state of mind which would prefer death to life is reason enough to guard one’s heart. For in such a place you do not reap the victories and abundances that God has promised.
What do you think? Have you ever been to the place where your heart was unguarded? What was the result? What did you learn from that experience? You may reply here, or you may reply to me at wellspring423@aol.com.
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