The world tells us, "Follow your heart."
But God's Word says in Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick; who can understand it?"
In our sinful nature, we cannot see how deceptive our hearts can be. We need God and His Word to show us the truth:
" 'I the Lord search the heart and test the mind to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.' "Jeremiah 17:10 (emphasis mine)
Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." (emphases mine)
1 Samuel 16:7 "...For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
We can't change our hearts to follow God. But He can.
Make this your prayer, "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me."
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