The Open Heart

Being among those with heart problems was certainly not my choice!  The stark truth is everyone has heart trouble! “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9).  That "who can understand it" question is worth answering: no one fully understands how deeply sick we are at-heart.  Unfortunately, a pill or two or even healthier choices won't fix the heart's spiritual disease.  One of my favorite Biblical accounts of man's confrontation with his sin-sickness is found in Psalm 51 when King David faced his wrongdoing.  Immediately and without hesitation, he sought the [only] One Who could forgive, heal and restore wholeness: "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me." (Psalm 51:10).  Oh, in what grave danger we place ourselves when we neglect our waning hearts.  Proverbs 4:23 says, "Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life." Just like an unhealthy heart affects the physical, so a neglected heart impacts the spiritual.  By an act of my own will, I choose to open my heart for God’s inspection and to allow His work in it toward healing and restoration.  What's your choice?