As we meditate our scripture today from the book of Matthew 15, Jesus led us to understand what defiles us in verses 10-20. He explained that what makes us impure are the words and actions that stemmed from our hearts. As Luke explained in chapter 6:45 that out of the abundance of the heart our mouth speaks – Jesus exhorted us that our hearts are not naturally good and out of our heart evil flows.
Our hearts seeps into every conversation. It dictates every relationship. Our very lives emanate from the heart it impacts the intensity of our communication with others. Every arena of our lives intersects with what’s going on in our hearts.
Our heart is such a mystery, as Prophet Jeremiah said: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it.
The world promotes to FOLLOW OUR HEARTS – but it will lead us straight to hell. There’s a big difference between setting our hearts on good things vs Godly things.
Only God knows what is in our hearts. So, what can we do?
We need the courage to ask the heavenly Father for help to watch over, understand, and purify our hearts. He is eager to respond and to show us (through equipping) how to replace old bad habits of the heart with new and better ones that will in time make us more like his Son.
Let us reflect: We can’t monitor our hearts but we can monitor our actions and words. These two are the reflection of our hearts. Lately, what are the words we uttered and actions we did? – were they pleasing to the Lord or hurtful for others?
Lets us remember Luke 6:45- “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.” Amen.
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