It
is about time we stopped worrying about what is happening in outer space
and started concentrating about what is happening in that inner space –
us! The truth of what you really are is disguised
in your heart.
The heart is the sum of that
state of emotion of thoughts having been accepted as true, and herein the
ego has been allowed to predominate,
to roam and accumulate much false information, false in that it does no
good - ultimately!
The heart is you when sincere,
and at its best when in higher
consciousness, not as many
erroneously believe. The heart is us, that is, what makes our individuality,
and that is, all our hopes and dreams, affections, desires, our interests,
ambitions and reactions to others and to circumstances. The heart is you,
your own particular energy 'blueprint' within the Intelligent Universal
Energy.
Be willing to learn spiritual
principles from the Infinite One, in order to change it:.Jeremiah
31:31-33. David understood
how this Great Infinite Creator we refer to as God works:.Psalms
51:10. We often feel God is not there, because we don't feel
it. Believe God is there with you anyway.
A smile is the lighting system
of the face and the heating system of the heart! However, the drain of
this life's war we are in is always toward the demise
of the heart; the hope vanishing moments we all experience from circumstances
that seem to pop out of nowhere, circumstances presenting extreme adversity
to our hopes, our expectations; circumstances that we feel lay groundwork
for destruction of our heart.
Our heart is all that is
us and these overwhelming negatives extend throughout
the very soul of us, dazing us, disconcerting
us, sweeping us down a river that provides little hope of return:.1Peter
1:7; 2Corinthians 3:5;
9:8;
12:9,10.
There is a correlation
between the spiritual and the physical heart:.John
4:23,24 "But the hour comes and now is, when the true worshippers shall
worship
the Father in spirit and in truth.
For the Father seeks such to worship him. God is a Spirit. And they that
worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
The heart,
the
spirit in us is us – our motivations, our emotional makeup; what it
is that we are in spirit (attitude), and this is what God can direct if
we are smart enough to ask Him:.2Thessalonians
3:5 "And the Lord direct your hearts into the
love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ."
In this we are all pretty
much alike:.Psalms
33:15 "He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works."
James
4:2 "...you have not, because you ask not.".God
dwells
in your heart.
From the heart, the deepest
part of us.–.beyond
the thinking and beyond the intents, many things contribute to make
us the unique individuals we all are:.Isaiah
45:9 "Woe unto him that strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive
with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashions
it, What are you making? Or your work, He has no hands?".The
heart or our spirit (human spirit)
is
made lacking that other
component that would make it whole, making it spiritual and interested
in the things of God. The Holy Spirit is in our hearts:.Galatians
4:6; Romans 2:29; 2Corinthians
3:3.
The heart is the loneliest
place in the world, when love is absent! And sometimes
it just condemns us.
It is important to care
for yourself. Have something always to look forward to that refreshes you;
a movie, a walk, solitude time, a trip, a meal, shopping,
reading,
something that adds to your worthwhileness in life. But there are so many
more important things to do right? Do not buy into this pumping of your
mind from the dark side. Hey! There will
always be more important
things to do, and they'll always take you further and further away from
the
time you need just for you.
The important things will
never ever cease to present themselves. You'll always be too busy, too
hurried, too engulfed with the 'necessary' and 'important'
things if you've bought into the dark side's broadcasting of this intense
mental state designed to weaken your heart.
If you've ever said to yourself
"I can't handle all this", then, hello idiot, just don't try and handle
it all!.Jeremiah
12:5 "If you have run with the footmen and they have wearied you, then
how canyou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, wherein you
trusted they wearied you, then how will you do in the swelling of Jordan?".Or,
when a severe trial comes.
The
Infinite One we commonly refer to as God is the Father of spirits (us).(Hebrews
12:9; Job 32:8; Zechariah
12:1; Isaiah 42:5; 1Corinthians
2:11; Proverbs 20:27; Ecclesiastes
3:21) and is concerned not with any
sins we may still have, but now about our hearts, for that is where
He looks (Acts 1:24; Jeremiah
32:19; 1Samuel 16:7; Proverbs
15:11; Romans 10:10; Luke
6:45) and serving Him
in
the spirit. After all, that is where He dwells, even though some Christians
are trying
to write an ancient and outdated form of righteousness upon their hearts.
The Infinite One knows those
that are His (2Timothy 2:19) and
He always knows what's going on in our innermost being:.Luke
16:15; 1Samuel 16:7; 1Chronicles
28:9; Daniel 10:12; Proverbs
5:21.
Character can be built:.The
heart is always open to the dominant thoughts of the mind, attaching emotions
with these thoughts to cement them as character, what it is that one is
and is becoming. Circumstances of life provide the setting of these dominant
thoughts, so let's choose only thoughts of good, thoughts in line with
love.
Watch your emotions. It is
through the heart that we increase or restrict the flow of the Holy Spirit
in us.
Problem is, the normal nature
of man shuts out the things of God. Man could never find God, unless God
revealed Himself first. Pray for yourself and
others that they will be goodhearted:.1Chronicles
29:18,19.
One should not violate his
heart:.Romans
14:23 ".....whatsoever is not of faith is sin.".However,
one should work at changing it by deciding to be different, by deciding
to become the better image one may now have in his or her mind. Keep putting
pure
water in and the dirty water will flush out.
Belief is a precept, a power
to maintain integrity, to set one's character. One changes belief by firmly
deciding to think differently and adhering to his decision. For example:
If one believed that his not working on the Sabbath Day was important to
please God, he better not violate his conscience by working on it. But
he can change in this belief by accepting what he has come to believe to
be correct new information to the contrary of any erroneous beliefs.
Faith is not a 'feeling',
neither kindness, patience, etc. They are actions initiated in the mind
(decisions) and made from decisions to be that way, which, when another
you may be involved with accepts and appreciates them, produces feelings
and drawings toward you and toward God.
Ephesians
5:8 "For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the
Lord. Walk as children of light.".How?.1John
2:9,10 "He that says he is in the light and hates
his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loves
his brother abides in
the light and there is none occasion of stumbling in him."
Enjoying the application
of the things of love brings a deeper
understanding of the inner light:.Matthew
5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill
cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel,
but on a candlestick, and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and
glorify your Father which is in heaven."
It is important to guard
your heart so you don't get down in spirit (Proverbs
4:23,24-27), letting your emotions run away with you and building those
things into you that you really do not want there.
Some faithful and very sincere
Old Testament keeping Christians have been broken
hearted after living a life that they thought, in ignorance, was the
way to be blessed by God.....continue?
