Garbage in, garbage out; good in, good out. At some point, what we see and hear moves from just being in our head to being in our hearts. Anger, brawling, slander, malice, envy, hatred, cursing, betrayal, manipulation, deception; all come from the confines of our heart. What we bring into our body through what we see and hear invades our minds and eventually our hearts, and what is in our hearts will eventually come out our mouths and dictate our actions. Jesus tells us in Luke 6:45, "The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart; for the mouth speaks what the heart is full of."
David declares in Psalm 101:2-4, "I will walk in my house with a blameless heart. I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me; men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil." He makes it clear that leading a blameless life takes careful consideration in all we do. In Psalm 141:3 He prays, Set a guard over my mouth, Lord, Keep watch over the gates of my lips." Guilty pleasures fill our heart with garbage but Godly pleasures sweep the heart clean.
Solomon instructed us in Proverbs 4:23, "Above all else, to guard our hearts with all diligence for out of it flow all the issues of life." and Paul teaches in Philippians 4:8, "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever admirable- if anything is excellent or praise worthy, to think about such things." These men had learned that it is from the abundance of the heart and mind that the mouth speaks to either bless or to curse mankind. Once Words are spoken they are either life or they are death,.
Solomon instructed us in Proverbs 4:23, "Above all else, to guard our hearts with all diligence for out of it flow all the issues of life." and Paul teaches in Philippians 4:8, "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever admirable- if anything is excellent or praise worthy, to think about such things." These men had learned that it is from the abundance of the heart and mind that the mouth speaks to either bless or to curse mankind. Once Words are spoken they are either life or they are death,.
Just as a warm shower refreshes and revives us, allowing time to enter into God's presence and allowing His Spirit to flow over and through us refreshes and revives our mind. Filling our mind and heart with good things equips us to speak forth good things since out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks! As you begin to rest from your days activity, I pray you will meditate on these things and allow your words spoken to bring life and blessings to all you encounter. Enjoy a wonderfully blessed life, dear friends. God loves you and so do I~~~
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