Matters of the HEART

For the next few weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, I am focusing myself on the "heart". While it is the center of our bodies, it seems that not simply physically but emotionally and spiritually as well, most of life's issues are centered at "the heart".

The HEART, or "kardia" in Greek, occurs more than one thousand times in the Bible. It is the most common reference to human beings in the Bible!

While man observes the outside, God looks at the heart. But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7) Even with the best of x-ray machines, imaging, or other modern tools, man will never know the issues of the heart as our Creator. He formed us within our mothers' wombs and knows not only the physical make-up, but also those emotional and spiritual challenges one faces. If heart disease is the leading cause of death today, then as the Maker and Healer of all our heart issues, would it not only be beneficial, but necessary to give our "heart" over to Him?