Isaiah 57:17. “For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on forwardly in the way of his heart.” THE WAY OF HIS HEART. The heart is attracted after the eyes and the ears, Are turned from right, to some other glittering thing. Eyes like the shallow beauty and the sounds ear likes to hear Turn the heart of the careless from what duty brings. For there are obligations that accompany God’s grace – Truth balances grace with a foundation on which to build – The blessings of grace are written so heart can easily trace – The purposes of God that can keep heart always filled.
Heart only can use what comes in through other means. It responds to information through the gates to the soul. Then heart takes all of that and forms character that is seen – By life and by words revealing with what the heart is full. The way of the heart makes the way of the rest – All activities seen, start from way down within. The person who decides what is bad and what is best – What pleases God and what will lead me to sin.
When God begins a work of recovery or of faith – He doesn’t make the change with ears or with eyes – But goes to the heart that discerns what He saith. God goes right to where the essence of man lies – The heart of the contrite is revived when the Lord Has the place of supremacy in the heart – When eyes and ears together bring to heart God’s Word – Then the way of the heart surely will be right.
“Heavenly Father, I want to take the admonition to “keep my heart with all diligence”- really to heart. I know the gates to my heart will always be opened to all that is around. But my heart is really able to be controlled when I yield to the Spirit of God within. I pray I will always be submissive to Him, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”