October 30

Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23.

We are to watch over, or guard, our hearts because they are so vulnerable. God is seeking a person after His own heart, so He regards our heart as something so precious. In the parable of the sower in Matthew 13 the heart is said to be the soil where the word is sown. (See Matthew 13:19). We are to be fertile soil that responds fully to God’s word.

There are times when I allow my heart to be choked by problems, hurts, and circumstances that only crowd out the voice of God. I allow these things to grow when I should repent and allow the Lord to uproot these foreign plants. He will do this if I would only trust in Him. He is forever seeking me, and He wants only to nourish me with His word.

Today, Lord, let me be fertile soil--let me present a heart that You will cultivate and nourish. I expect to be ‘plowed’. Your ways are always the best, for You seek the proper outcome—one that makes me more like You. I thank You for being the great soil tender. Amen.
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