43 “For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Luke 6:43-45 NKJV
Last night my heart gushed something that came out of my mouth. I didn’t cuss or talk like a sailor but what came out of my mouth was heartless and ugly. So many times when we say things we say we didn’t mean it but the truth is that evil came out of my mouth because there was evil in my heart. Isn’t that what Jesus is saying here? He said that “out of the abundance of the heart” a mouth speaks. I think that makes it even more painful to me. It wasn’t just a mouth issue or a talking issue….it was a heart issue.
Listen to what God said in Jeremiah 17:9-10
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? I the LORD search the heart and test the mind.”
God says our hearts are deceitful above all things. Well that doesn’t sound good does it? At least God doesn’t see our hearts….oh wait. "For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” I Samuel 16:7 ESV
You see you and & I can look as holy and Pius on the outside as we want but the truth is that what we really are is what our hearts look like to our Holy God. That’s probably why the psalmist David prayed “Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit in me!” Psalm 51:10
That is confession. It’s essential to confess our heart’s sins to the Lord. And then after we confess and ask for a clean heart we must protect our hearts. Proverbs 4:23 says “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.”
The health of our spiritual heart matters more than our physical heart. So I pose this question to you today. How’s your heart? Is it sick? Is it deceitful? Is it in need of healing? Is it in need of confession? Are you guarding your heart with everything you are? You should be! Everything flows from our hearts and when our heart isn’t healthy, everything else in life is affected by it and those around you will be effected by it too.
Take Some time to confess: “Lord my heart is wicked! Create in me a clean heart oh God…….”
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