The Tablet of Your Heart
“Let not mercy and truth forsake
you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart, and so
find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man.” (Proverbs 3:3–4 NKJV)
Have you ever thought about what
is written on the tablet of your heart? In KingdomNomics we stress the
importance of soaking the heart in the Word of God. The heart is like a sponge
and soaks up whatever is around it. Whatever we soak our hearts in becomes our
treasure. If the water is dirty, then the treasure is dirty. If the water is
pure, then the treasure of the heart will be pure.
The Word confirms this: “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 6:45 NKJV).
We must ask ourselves what is the
abundance found in our hearts.
Whatever it is, that is the
treasure of our hearts and what will manifest itself in our lives. People will
be able to tell what is on our hearts, what we are consumed by, and what is
controlling our thought lives and behaviors.
This passage in Proverbs tells us
not only to bind mercy and truth around our necks, but also to do that with all
of the instruction we receive from the Word of God. In other words, we are to
memorize and meditate on what God says to us in his Word. As we do so, we are
then “writing these truths on the tablet of our hearts.” What is written on the
tablet of our hearts becomes the abundance from which our mouths speak.
This is important to God. If we
write God’s Word on the tablet of our hearts, it will impact our behavior and
the way we talk. The result is gaining favor and high esteem in the sight of
God. What more does any person need than the favor of God? Our relationship
with him becomes our precious gold and silver.
Today, ask yourself:
What am I writing on the tablet
of my heart? If someone were to look into my heart what would be the abundance
found there?
Culled from KingdomNomics
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