Hebrews 4:7 NASB
He again sets a certain day, “Today,” saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, “Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”
It is easy to do. When our focus is not on God, we will allow our hearts to go in any number of directions, but it will not take us in the direction of God.
That is one reason that we need to take the warning that this verse. When you hear from God, don’t harden your heart. To do this us to turn away from God, to not listen to God or even to simply avoid what God is saying.
There is a problem with our hearts when we do not have them turned toward God. We stop listening. We stop being fed by God. We stop caring about what God cares about. That is why we have to take some precautions.
Proverbs 4:23 NLT
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
This is the place to start. Guard your heart by the best means possible. God offers those options throughout Scripture and with our ongoing relationship with Him. There are so many things that happen in the life of the Christ follower that helps life flow to and through us.
Come to God. That is the offer. When you are weak, come to God. When you have questions or need wisdom, come to God. When you are struggling and don’t know what is going on, come to Jesus.
All the while guard your heart. It is at the point we come to God that we find life and what feeds our lives.
John 7:38 NLT
Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”
Keep on believing and come to God. Guard your heart. What a great reminder.
NOTE: thanksgiving meal boxes can be picked up at the Henry County Food Pantry in Bassett (the old Bassett Printing building) Wednesday, November 25th from 9 till noon and a Thanksgiving meal will be prepared at Orchard Drive Baptist Church on that Thursday.
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