“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9 KJV
With Scripture we have an insight towards sorting though lies, deception and the truth. Last week I wrote about our words and how we can see what lies hidden within the heart by what comes out of the mouth. The reason this is so true is that the, “The heart is deceitful” that means that our hearts will deceive and lie even to ourselves. Consequently, the heart knows what we want to hear and so it will tell us, and we will believe. Oh, it’s so easy for the heart to lead us astray. Not one of us can truly know our heart. Sadly, the heart and mind work together to complete their wicked ways. The heart knows what we want and will give our mind a reason to work with, the mind then completes the task of justifying our action and within our heart we feel fine, but let us not be so easily persuaded, “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind” vs. 10.
God is the one who looks at the motives of the heart and mind. We may easily deceive ourselves but let’s not be fooled…God will not be deceived! For in the end we are not the ones who get to judge our actions and before the Lord there will be no excuses or justifications.
Through the gospel’s assurance we are united with Christ and we are enabled to live lives of sacrificial love and obedience. Confession and repentance are necessary habits to walk closely with Jesus. Do not pretend you are perfect or that we don’t need help… with dependence on God we can surrender our own distractions, failures and sin…Christ is our only hope.
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