BBD 05.09.16 Guard Your Heart! (New)
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Since June 8th 1998, this
is the 1733rd
Burning Bush Devotional
9 May 2016
Guard Your Heart!
Keep your heart (guard your heart –
NIV) with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. – Proverbs
4:23 NKJV.
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.
It happened in Foxbank Plantation, South
Carolina, that’s where an alligator was seen attempting to ring the doorbell of
a home. The home owner was not at home, but a neighbor’s video of the gator has
gone viral. (05.04.16 Mailonline) Then there is the bear in 2012 in Naples,
Florida that rang the doorbell of a home there; but there are many reports and
videos of other doorbell ringing bears. There is also a video of a lion walking
up to a car and opening the car door. So, if a lion can do that, it could also
conceivably ring a doorbell.
If you knew an alligator was ringing your
doorbell or knocking at your door, would you let it in? Of course you wouldn’t!
If you knew a bear was ringing your doorbell or knocking at your door, would
you let it in? Of course you wouldn’t! If you knew a lion was ringing your
doorbell or knocking at your door, would you let it in? Of course you wouldn’t!
Why would you not let those animals into your home? Because you know they are
dangerous, those animals could hurt you or even kill you. At the very least those
animals could wreak havoc upon the interior of your home, destroying much that
you would think of as being valuable.
Your home is valuable, but there is something
that is even more valuable, and that is your heart. The world, the flesh, and
the devil are continually ringing the doorbell of your heart trying to find a
way in. Envy, greed, lust, pride, and more are ringing the doorbell of your
heart. Don’t let them in! Guard your heart! 1 Thessalonians
5:21-22 says this: “Test all things; hold fast
what is good. Abstain from every form of
evil.” 1 John 4:1 gives us additional instruction saying: “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false
prophets have gone out into the world.” Just
because some evil thing rings your doorbell it doesn’t mean that you have to
let it in. Guard your heart!
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