On Your Heart

Those of us who have made technology a career can look back and chuckle.  It really wasn’t so terribly long ago – those days before point-and-click - when users were prompted to type commands on a black screen.  Those were also the days when computer desks were a must-have for those big computers and monitors.  Yes, it’s quite the chuckle.

God spoke to Jeremiah about a new covenant, and he wrote, "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put My law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be My people." (Jeremiah 31:33).  The introduction of handheld and mobile devices quickly made those massive computers a thing-of-the-past!  The same eternally faithful God put His righteous precepts into each person's heart rather than upon tablets of stone!  From the inner man, where His laws are bound securely and written upon the "tablet" of a person's heart (Proverbs 3:3), the Holy Spirit guides the Believer into rightful obedience.  Consider the deep delight of God's promise: "I will be their God and they shall be My people"!  Matthew Henry comments, "... a God all-sufficient ... the summary of all happiness."  Now, let's be reminded of the free and unlimited access we have to the rich treasures of God revealed in written word.  How many copies of His Word do you own?  Is it on a shelf - Is it dusty - Is it handy?  Is it precious to you?  How precious is it?  Pick it up - Open it - Read it well - Read it often.  Let its words find their rightful place on your heart.  Let its precepts live in you.