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Deuteronomy 5:29: "Oh, that they had such a
heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that
it might be well with them and with their children forever!"
Which of
these - the will to carry forward what we have received or the heart - is more
important to growth in conversion and leaving Babylon? Which of them is subject to the other? Is the will a self-determining
agent, or does something else determine it?
There were two trees in the Garden of Evil: Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The Word of God teaches
that the heart or mind is the dominating center of our being.
Consider
a circumstance that each of us faces, perhaps many times on any given day. If a
person has before him two options, which will he choose? Unless some overriding
reason exists, he will choose the one most agreeable to him, that is, to his
heart, his innermost being.
What if
the choice is between moral or immoral alternatives? If as the person uses phrases like "the ole sinner" It is then evident he must choose between godliness and
sinful indulgence,! His object is seeking "the heart's desire". So which will he select? He will choose the latter because he
prefers it, all arguments to the contrary notwithstanding.
Well Jesus taught and reinforced this very specific point. In Matthew 15:19-20 Amplified Bible 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts (reasonings, and disputings and designs) such as murder, adultery, sexual vice, theft, false witnessing, slander and irreverent speech. 20 These are what make a man unclean and defile [him]; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him unclean or defile him.
So what we see from the above, the heart holds the evil thoughts, that which is of disputes and has designs for murder, harm to another human being.
So again, the heart, that which we regard as our mind, will and emotions can rule and certainly have various influences affecting the course of life.
Proverbs 4:20-23 confirms this:
My son,
give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them
depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life
to those who find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all
diligence, for out it spring the issues of life.
This certainly is an "inside job"!
We all have habits either strong or shaky. To be strong and choosing right ways, we stay the course for the Tree of Life. If we have taken to choosing right, following in the way of Jesus our Shepherd and Savior, we are to become disciplined in the Word, and quick to follow instructions.
But if we are of the shaky attitude, the aimless, without peace and planning through God and His word, we become the "one going somewhere to happen".
The same is true of the one with strong standards from God's Word, they will follow the rules of the road, take note when roads are closed and turn around to not drown.
Yet you find those who will climb fences to get that "magnificent camera shot of the waterfalls even though, due to fire, the place is deemed dangerous to people and is fenced off even with razor wire!. For them, anything goes, and it generally will appear one day for them, that they come to the end of their weak attitude toward life. We will read of their unfortunate demise and how they were taken so quickly, yet they lived their lives in that hapless, fast moving mode of life!
If we come from two parents, raised by two parents, each will certainly show the positive affects. Growing up in America would certainly prove positive to living in a country where battles are the on- going thing like you find in some middle eastern countries today.
So you come from two parents: male and female and within that barrier then you would have children growing up with two parents, living in chaos free zone, living in a community where children attend school, have three meals a day and expect to go to college one day!
On the other side of the spectrum: you find children raised independently.
The child or children will have behaviors that cause them to rebel since they had no instruction in TRUTH. If either parents were absent from their up-bringing and they ultimately were raised by Grandma, their outlook and attitudes would certainly be different from those who had both parents within the home. Even those children who live in foreign countries may have to grow up independently and create their own form of values.
But our values that we develop for the most part would be that we would treat others how we would desire to be treated ourselves. So in the "heart" of each person, there is one of those two trees from the Garden of Eden. Knowing that it is the heart that determines one's preferences, those inclinations or choice would be revealed by their will to do it! God directed Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of good and evil. His plan was to protect, but it was also to prove of His joy for them that they followed His ways and doings in the Garden.
I like the scripture passage from James 3:11-18 Amplified Bible
11 Does a fountain send forth [simultaneously] from the same opening fresh water and bitter? 12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives or a grapevine figs? Neither can a salt spring furnish fresh water. 13 Who is there among you who is wise and intelligent? Then let him by his noble living show forth his [good] works with the [unobtrusive] humility [ which is the proper attribute] of true wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy (envy) and contentious (rivalry, selfish ambition) in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus be in defiance of and false to the Truth.
15 This [superficial] wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal), even devilish (demoniacal). 16 For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry, selfish ambition ), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion ) and all sorts of evil and vile practices.
17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace loving, courteous (considerate, gentle). It is willing to yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits: it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering ad insincerity). 18 And the harvest of righteousness ( of conformity to God's will in thought and deed) is the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts].
Yes it is certain that how we were brought up plays a big role in our lives. It all begins in the heart. And was our heart nurtured in the things that lead to life or to death?
It starts with the heart of each of us! To whom we will serve. There are two trees: one is for life and the other we were told not to eat from.
May each
of us keep the unity of the Spirit through a bond of peace set by the Lord in
one faith, in one baptism, and one God and Father of all who is over all and
through all and in all things.
May we choose life, regard the Word, when spoken, is alive and active and that it has its home in our hearts. Today, may God have His way in our lives by His Holy Spirit for it is Jesus Who sits on the throne of our hearts. May we know that Word dwells in us in all richness , as we teach, admonish,
and train each other in all insight, intelligence and wisdom in spiritual
songs, making melody to God our Father, with grace of God in our hearts!
May we today abide in the peace of God where there is no confusion, no waffling, no jealousy of any kind. May we know that God's word will not return to Him void, but will accomplish to where it is sent..
May we not choose rebellion, but choose oneness with God, to hold up His word and to speak clearly that we have expectancy in our hearts to never be the same. That we hold to Him and desire greatly to see His glory come in our lives.
Father, Your
divine will be done on earth in us as it is in Heaven. Today we choose to totally lean on YOU and learn of YOUR wisdom, drawing on
Your strength and filled with Your quietness……that is bringing the Results we
believe for us who believe together in unity and harmony. May this bless YOU and
bring beautiful music, a lovely sound to YOUR hearing Father. Amen and amen.........let heaven come......
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