We tend to go on about different things in the world and notice that we aren't here for our lovers, our animal companions, our galaxy. If you think about it.. what is the one emotion that leads us to being human. Love.
"'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.', This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF', On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." - Matthew 22: 37-40
Your Spiritual Heart, the most beautiful thing God gave us, the gateway to understanding God's desires, wants, yearnings, and emotions. In the Passage Mark 10:13-16:
"13And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. 14But when Jesus saw this , He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. "15Truly I say to you , whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all. 16And he took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them."
We Learn here several things Concerning the Spiritual Heart, we should take into account two things. 1. Children, 2. the kingdom of God.
1. Children, we know what they are; Physical and relational blessings from God corrupted by the world and the sinful nature that we have. However, take note of the fact that children are "child-like"; they are silly, wise, conniving, entertaining, fun, curious, and accident-prone. In verses 14-15, two things happened:
- Jesus gets indignant:
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You see God doesn't care how mature we act in front or 'behind' Him when we come forth with a problem or if we just want to speak with Him, the point is that you came to Him to begin with. (v13. And they were bringing children to Him).
2. The Kingdom of God. Read the scripture again, but this time replace where it says kingdom of God, to heart of God. Now do you see a difference?
Now what does Heart of God actually mean though?
- Proverbs 28:14; Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble
- Proverbs 15:13; A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit
- Matthew 11:29; Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest
for your souls.
- Mark 7:21-22; For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and foll
- Romans 5:5; And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love
- Ephesians 3:16-18; I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
Ok so now that we understand how God and our Hearts relate to each other we can continue onward to victory with this new understanding. You see when you learn to recognize God's heart you'll understand more and more how God feels about certain things, and you'll begin to become familiar to know his opinions (Which are just and perfect and always true). So if that is the case, now you can ask or know in your heart how God feels about certain things like drinking, smoking pot, cussing, pornography, pie, eating, environment, etc... So basically an indicator to know Him more. Have you ever realized that when you hang around certain people constantly that you adapt their mannerisms? So now think about it. Lets say you are constantly asking the Holy Spirit what He thinks about certain things, what He would like to do with you, how does He want to hang out with you today, etc... I don't know if it's just me, but I'll get His "Holy Christ-like Mannerisms", So that one song that goes like, "Give me your eyes for just one second..." suddenly makes sense now. The more you get used to talking to people you become familiar with their views on things, with their likes and dislikes, same with God/Jesus/ Holy Spirit. So now with this new found long paragraph of awesomeness lets read this again with the substitution in mind. (Don't worry I got you covered by saving you a few scroll ups.)
14But when Jesus saw this , He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the [heart of God] belongs to such as these. "15Truly I say to you , whoever does not receive the [heart of God] like a child will not enter it at all.
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