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SOUNDING OUT:
Hiding The Word In Our Hearts
Someone
asked me recently, “What does it mean when someone
says that a person has a lot of heart?” I said,
“I don’t know. The next time you hear someone
say that, ask him what he means.” People may be
quick to judge others as having or not having “heart,”
but few people really know how to develop their heart.
Psalm
119:11 is one of the fundamental verses on developing
our heart. It was one of the first verses that I memorized
and really lays a good foundation for getting scripture
into our hearts.
Psalm 119:11:
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not
sin against thee.
We take the best thing there is, God’s Word, and
put it in the best place there is, our heart, for the
best reason there is, to not sin against Him. If we
want to develop our intimacy with God, it is going to
require us acknowledging Him and His Word in our daily
living. God’s Word is the greatest reality in
life, and when it is hidden in our heart it will issue
in our life.
God
has provided for us most abundantly and most liberally
in Christ Jesus. He has given us holy spirit. He has given
us His Word which lays a wonderful path before us. Jesus
Christ “blazed the trail” before us, and we
have the privilege to continue in the path, to walk in
his steps, and do the works of Jesus Christ. In order
to do the works of Jesus Christ we must believe the same
words of God that Jesus believed. When we hide God’s
Word in our minds and hearts, we can have the same success
that he did.
Psalm 40:7,8:
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it
is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will,
O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Jesus Christ could do the will of God because he had
hid God’s Word in his heart and he lived it day
by day. He hid God’s Word in his heart and he
delighted in doing God’s will day by day. We have
the same privilege and opportunity to take this wonderful
Word of God, the greatest reality in life, and hide
it in our hearts, which is the greatest place to put
it. We do it for the same reason, “to not sin
against Him.” Then we can walk with power and
might, vitality and joy and be the men and women He
has called us to be.
HUMOR OF THE DAY:
Top Ten List of Silly Questions Asked On A Cruise
Ship
10. Do these steps go up or down?
9. What do you do with the beautiful ice carvings after
they melt?
8. Which elevator do I take to get to the front of the
ship?
7. Does the crew sleep on the ship?
6. Is this island completely surrounded by water?
5. Does the ship make its own electricity?
4. Is it salt water in the toilets?
3. What elevation are we at?
2. (There's a photographer on board who takes photos and
displays them the next day.) The question asked: If the
pictures aren't marked, how will I know which ones are
mine?
1. What time is the Midnight Buffet being served?
Collected in 1998 by Paul Grayson, cruise
director for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.
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