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Let It Pass to the Heart

by John Tilton on July 11, 2022

Scripture 

“This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.” (Hebrews 8:10)

Observation

These scriptures are so important to the believer that desires to walk in the ways of the Lord.  Why?  The Lord Jesus indeed puts His laws into our minds for us to know His ways and will.  However, unless His laws are deposited into our hearts so that our beliefs and actions reflect Christ; His ways and will according to His laws will probably lay dormant in our minds – as head-knowledge, not head-to-heart-to-actions for Christ.  In order for Jesus to be our God and we His people, we must walk and live in His ways and will by His word.  However, His word needs to be translated into obedience to His will and ways, by what we say, what we do, and what we believe.

Application

I recall when I was a young boy and sometimes for whatever reason, I did not heed the advice, direction, or guidance from my father or mother, they would say either 1) “You have stink ear, no listen, too much wax in your ear,” or 2) You ... everything we tell you go in one ear and out the other; plug it and listen.”  What my dad and mom were saying is that they knew I heard them, but I didn’t take their words to heart, and do what they told me to do.  A reprimand or consequence often came after that.  They expected me to hear them, then take what they said to heart, and follow through in obedience to them as my parents.

So, too it is with the Lord, our Father through Jesus.  His word is clear! In obedience and honor to our heavenly Father through Jesus, I need to take His Word and will to heart, that His word would make its way from my head/mind to my heart and change me from the inside out so that my secular and “self” ways and tendencies would change to follow in His ways.

Prayer

Dear Jesus, please enable your word to go from my head to my heart; to change me, guide me, and inspire me to be the man you’ve called me to be.  May I not let your word remain as head-knowledge, but instead be manifested in heart-knowledge that precedes living and doing your will in my life.

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